Wiki not found

We know it can be frustrating if you can't find a wiki. There might be several reasons why the wiki you're looking for cannot be found.

Misspelling
The most common reason you might not find a wiki is because the subdomain has been misspelled. Make sure you spelled the subdomain correctly and try again. If you still can't find the wiki, check out our directory of wikis.

Changed subdomain
It's possible the wiki you're looking for changed subdomains. Try searching for the wiki on a search engine or ask someone you know who knows about the wiki if they know of any subdomain changes. You can also check out our directory of wikis to see if you can find the wiki.

Self-requested closure
Sometimes, wiki bureaucrats request that their wikis be deleted. If the project is a small, personal project, we respect that and delete the wiki for them. If the project is bigger, we hold a community vote about closing the wiki and if it passes, we delete the wiki.

Closure due to inactivity
Because Miraheze runs exclusively on donations and never shows you ads, we have only so many resources available to us. For that reason, after 6 months of inactivity on a wiki, pursuant to the Dormancy Policy, we 'soft' delete wikis. During this phase, a wiki will appear as 'not found' but we can still reopen it easily if you request it on Requests for reopening wikis.

During this period of 'soft' deletion, your wiki is also eligible for permanent deletion. We don't permanently delete wikis every 6 months on the dot at midnight as we know users may come back during this time and wonder what happened to their wikis. We allow some time to pass before deleting these wikis to give wiki bureaucrats a chance to request their wiki be reopened if they notice it has been deleted.

If a wiki is permanently deleted and is also public, we make a backup for them and we also upload it to Archive.org.

Closure due to policy violations
In rare circumstances and following global policy violations, Miraheze may close and delete a wiki. While this is rare, it happens only in egregious cases and after remediation attempts with the local community have failed.