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==Summary==
{{See also|The Sims Wiki:About}}
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===2004===
*According to some sources, The Sims Wiki was founded on the 11th of November, roughly two months after the release of ''[[The Sims 2]]''. The founder is unknown.
===2005===
*On the 6th of February, The Sims Wiki was founded by an unknown user. Wikia pinpoints to [[User:Jamie|Jamie]] as having been the founder of the wiki. Despite this, Jamie has contested that he did not create the wiki. As of now, no one knows who actually founded the wiki.
*Jamie creates the first article on February 11th,
===2006===
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===2009===
*2009 became a hot year for the wiki as users anticipated for the release of ''[[The Sims 3]]''. More growth
*Growing concerned with the amount of traffic and user activity, A morris decided it was time to promote a few users. The [[The Sims Wiki:Requests for administratorship|Request for adminship]] page was created on April 10th, 2009. Very quickly, a heap of users requested rights.
*[[User:Bayoubash|Bayoubash]], [[User:Random Ranaun|RandomRanaun]], [[User:Matta_jr|Matta Jr.]], [[User:KazeNoYouko|KazeNoYouko]], [[User:JEA13|JEA13]], [[User:Bob Newbie is kl|Bob Newbie is kl]], [[User:JAL|JAL]], [[User:Bella Goth|Bella Goth]], and [[User:TheDataMonster|TheDataMonster]] were all given administrator rights within a short period.
*The Sims Wiki held its first and only [[The Sims Wiki:Logo Contest|logo contest]]. [[User:Trull|Trull]] designed the winning logo while [[User:Matta_jr|Matta jr]] received second place.
*[[User:JEA13|JEA13]] created the wiki's [[The Sims Wiki:IRC Channel|IRC channel]].
===2010===
*By the time of 2010, the wiki had a permanently settled community. Many users left the wiki but passed the torch on to new users. This year (like the last) was a time of growth and a steadily growing user base.
*New expansion packs for [[The Sims 3]] were released:
*[[User:Bleeh|Bleeh]], [[User:Frostwalker|Frostwalker]], [[User:Dharden|Dharden]], [[User:Monster2821|Monster2821]], [[User:LostInRiverview|LiR]], and [[User:Duskey|Duskey]] were granted administrator rights this year.
===2011===
*This year was a relatively important as a landmark decision was made; after large amounts of discussion, heated debate, and general ranting, the canon wiki and the fanon wiki were merged. The fanon namespace was created to separately house fanon content. LiR made it official on January 21, 2011.
*[[User:BobNewbie|BobNewbie]], [[User:Lost Labyrinth|LostLabyrinth]], [[User:DarthCookie|DarthCookie]], [[User:Auror Andrachome|Auror]], [[User:Thelamppost|Thelamppost]], [[User:Woganhemlock|Woganhemlock]], and [[User:XoTulleMorXo|XoTulleMorXo]], [[User:
*The Inactive Admin Policy and the Administrative Projects were established this year.
===2012===
*Another year means new users, new articles, and newly released games to cover. The fanon administrators and the canon administrators were merged into one being.
*[[User:DanPin|DanPin]], [[User:Starmoonie|Starmoonie]], [[User:Bakerychaz|Bakerychaz]], [[User:AsherÉire|AsherÉire]], [[User:TheSims23|TheSims23]], [[User:Freedom50000|Freedom50000]], and [[User:Mathetesalexandrou|Mathetesalexandrou]] were all made administrators.
===2013===
*2013 was
*User activity had highs and lows but it eventually dropped to a record low: 192 active registered users (levels not seen since late 2009).
*[[User:Waikikamukow|Waikikamukow]], [[User:Beds|Beds]], [[User:Pidgeoraptor7|Pidgeoraptor7]], [[User:JasonThePlum|JasonThePlum]], and [[User:Frostwalker|Frostwalker]] (2nd time) were all made administrators.
*Tensions between users seemed to flare this year; one user described it as being the veterans versus the new contributors.
*As a result of one nomination [[The_Sims_Wiki:Requests_for_administratorship/Archive_5#HanaGoth96_2|in particular]], the
===2014===
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*[[User:K6ka|K6ka]], [[User:Icemandeaf|Icemandeaf]], and [[User:Joey.eyeball|
*Bureaucrat [[User:LostInRiverview|LiR]] created the idea of a [[The Sims Wiki:Monthly Question|monthly question]], meant to replace the short polls that appeared on the main page.
===2015===
*[[User:WikiBuilder1147|WikiBuilder1147]] and [[User:C.Syde65|C.Syde65]] were promoted to administrators this year. As of now, this is the last year in which users were promoted to administrators.
*Due to inactivity, the fanon battles were closed [[Forum:Retiring the fanon battles|per forum decision]].
===2016===
*The ChatLounge IRC relay (headed by [[User:MrBenC|MrBenC]]) was established in April of this year.
===2017===
*The Sims Wiki admins created a [[The Sims Wiki:Discord|Discord]] server.
*Due to inactivity, the main battles were closed [[Forum:Retiring the battles|per forum decision]].
===2018===
*[[User:LostInRiverview|LiR]] suggested and eventually spearheaded the creation of the [[The Sims Wiki:Moderators|content moderator]] role. [[User:KailynnKat|KailynnKat]] and [[User:SimDestroyer|SimDestroyer]] become the first two users to be granted moderator rights.
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