User blog:Ironwestie/Channel termination and the wiki

Hello all! For those of you who don't know who I am, I'm Ironwestie, one of the wiki's administrators and current de-facto head of this wiki.

If you haven't heard the news already, the SiIvaGunner channel was terminated two days ago, leaving the channel's future in limbo. From the team's Q&A and discussion during MAGFest 2019, we know that the channel will not be uploading for at least a few weeks (assuming they cannot get the original channel back). What's more, once the channel begins uploading again, it will take around 180 days (minimum) for all rips to be re-uploaded due to the 50 video-a-day upload limit. Again, this is assuming the worst, which is very likely. If you want more info on the termination, check the MAGFest 2019 SiIvaGunner panel page.

Regardless, because the channel is gone, we have no way to see rips or videos, and thus nothing to do in the meantime right? Well, not necessarily.

Data we have
Before the channel was terminated, I wrote a script that extracted video data and playlist data on all SiIvaGunner rips. While I was not able to download the videos themselves, I was able to download pertinent information about each video, including its upload date, YouTube ID, title, and video description. This list goes all the way to December 11. With the help of re-uploads, SoundCloud uploads, Bandcamp releases, and existing information on the wiki, we can fill in the gaps that are currently in our rip database.

Here is a link to a copy of my spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nrQRrR2qB3WIDE99lj1XKGcAmP8uz_pGbEar_9cxUTA/edit?usp=sharing

(Bear in mind that the spreadsheet is missing some information (like private rips and GiIvaSunner rips).)

I will also attempt to contact members of the SiIvaGunner team to see if there is a way to access rip files or archive files.

How you can help
Even if the channel wasn't deleted two days ago, we still would have had a ton of work to do in keeping the wiki high quality. I believe this termination is actually a great time to get some projects rolling, especially since we have some time before more rips are uploaded. The SiIvaGunner channel's absence from YouTube means that there are now very few places to get SiIvaGunner content. This wiki is already a huge benefit for fans, and it could be even more high quality if we put ourselves to it.

Look at these areas
As explained on our Community Portal, there are several places that you can look at to help improve the wiki, including:
 * List of songs featured in rips - missing sources and rips in the list -- if you don't see an appropriate rip linked to on this page, please add it here!
 * Some album pages need complete tracklists.
 * Article stubs need to be expanded
 * List of rips by month are missing (e.g. List of March 2016 rips)

These categories have lists of pages that are incomplete in some way:
 * Category:Incomplete lists - articles with incomplete joke lists
 * Category:Incomplete transcripts - articles with incomplete transcripts
 * Category:Incomplete lyrics - articles with incomplete lyrics sections
 * Category:Incomplete tracklists - album pages with incomplete track lists


 * Category:Uncredited rips - rip pages are automatically put here if there is no ripper credited -- if you know a team member and they have a list of their contributions, use it to make the article complete!


 * A large number of our Images are uncategorized and should be in image categories (which can be found under Category:Images).

Check out Community Portal.

Post reuploads!
The SiIvaGunner team encourages people to re-upload rips on their own channels! If you have an archive of a SiIvaGunner rip, post it to this forum thread! Please follow the rules!

Help translate the wiki!
Are you bilingual / fluent in another language? Check out SiIvaGunner Wikia:Translate this wiki to learn how you can help translate this wiki into your language!

Questions / suggestions?
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