Thread:Simon Peter Hughes/@comment-26102182-20161103001419/@comment-1709282-20161103052902

You got it right the first time. The URL books.wikia.com used to redirect to Literawiki. I have no idea how long it had existed as a redirect to my wiki. Very shortly after the Books Hub was created, I was asked if I minded handing that redirect over to the Books Hub. I happily gave it over because the Books Hub was an idea that I strongly supported. I was saddened to see the Books Hub get neglected by staff, saddened when it was removed from navigation and saddened to read that it would no longer exist as an official hub.

On October 25, I got a message from staff member Witnessme. The message said that the URL books.wikia.com was available again and it was being offered to me because I had "been fighting for it for some time". I replied that I had not been fighting for it and that I happily gave it over to Wikia Books Hub. I agreed to take it back on the understanding that the Books Hub no longer existed.

There certainly have not been lots of users on Literawiki demanding to have the books.wikia.com redirect back. Although we're a medium-sized wiki in terms of visitors, getting a few hundred visits a day, we're a small one in terms of editors. Apart from me, only two other users have edited articles in the last twelve months. And we all mainly just get on with adding content without making much of a fuss about anything. The decision to hand over the books.wikia.com redirect to the Books Hub and the decision to take it back last week were entirely mine alone.

I think you have been shabbily treated by being kept out of the loop. If you want to ask staff to give you the books.wikia.com redirect back, you have my blessing.