User blog:StrawberryMaster/Nine years of the Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki

Hello there, members of the HHW community!

Today is, yet again, another special day in the history of this wiki. Today marks the wiki's 9th anniversary! Hooray!

Nine years ago, on September 28, 2010, Sjmaven1993 created the wiki as a database for some fictional articles he created. Fast forward years later, and the wiki has more than 40 active editors and over 8,000 articles created.

As a bureaucrat, I have to say that is quite impressive! I've been here for four years and this was one of the few wikis where I regularly contributed on that worked differently from other wikis. Of course, during those nine years, there has been some controversy, especially in the past three years. Most recently, there was a Twitter post by one user claiming that the website was filled with fake hurricanes.

Of course it's true. We aren't called the Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki for nothing, after all! All storm and season articles in here are purely fictional and any resemblance to any real life event is purely coincidental. With that being said, make sure to remember the three things below:


 * HHW is not a "hurricane fanfiction" website
 * The articles written in here are simply fictional version of storms made by users, sometimes realistic and sometimes not, that have no intention of spreading misinformation, destruction, or chaos.


 * HHW is not simply yellow journalism
 * As stated before, the articles here are fictional and should not be interpreted as real by any person. The articles are not created to cause confusion among the public.


 * HHW is not a crystal ball
 * The articles here are not predictions of the future. Suppose Tropical Storm Imelda is active and you want to search for it, and the first article that comes up is a deadly and destructive Category 5 hurricane also named Imelda. The first thing you should do is take a look at the website the article is on. If you're lost, you can check with an official, trustworthy source: the National Hurricane Center.

Hopefully you all should be aware of those things, in case you weren't. With that being said, let's focus on the wiki no and celebrate!