Board Thread:In-Editor Help Assistance/@comment-43649209-20191114002126/@comment-43649209-20191115151459

''Have you contacted staff yet? They are the only ones that would be able to give you definite answers. ''I have but they will mostly mess everything up like they did last time.

As has already been said, we can't even begin to speculate about your main account unless you tell us the username. '''I just need the password i think. I think it was "Dkolbin". '''

Even then, it would just be speculation. It is possible the founder may have been globally blocked for his/her actions on other wikis but that would not result in the wiki being removed. '''Someone reported it (they testified) and during that time, it was being vandalized. The staff said it was "inappropriate" for fandom and closed the wiki and the vandalizer. The vandalizer is known for vandalizing wikis and creating alt accounts.'''

There are only two common cases for wiki closure. The first is as the other users have already stated; violating the terms of use. I guess.

However, in my experience, when this happens, Wikia usually makes sure to delete the wiki database as well (or at least makes it inaccessible).

I can still view the cached version of it and get data from it.

In your case, following the URL of your old wiki brings you to the "closed wiki" page rather than the "non-existant wiki" page. This likely means that your wiki was recently closed for reasons other than ToU violations; probably the second common reason. So what is the second common reason? Low page count and low activity.

'''It had like 30 pages. they was an admin still active but i slowly stopped being active on it. '''

If your wiki had only a handful of pages and no one has edited for quite some time, then Wikia may considered it abandoned and remove it. Wikia does these kinds of sweeps every so often so that server resources are not held-up by pointless wikis. It also prevents users from creating a bunch of wikis just to claim the domain name. '''That's why i can't make a new wiki with the domain name of th origianl one right? i get that.'''

''If you look near the end of the message on the "closed wiki" page, there are two links for downloading the wiki database.  ''

'I saw. '

''The first link gives a file with only the latest version of pages. The second link gives a file with not only the latest versions but the complete revision history of each page. Using the version with page histories allows you to retain the edit logs so you can see who did what and when. If you download this, I believe you should be able to import it to your new wiki using Special:Import on your wiki; effectively instantly restoring all of your lost pages. However, you will need to reupload all of the files (i.e. images, videos, PDFs, etc.). ''

'''I got some of those bunch saved on my chromebook. Someone else tried that and i think it worked but it didn't work for me.'''