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;"probably in 1978"
:Author [[A. Bertram Chandler]] attends a match of the [[All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling]] league. If this hadn't happened, there would be no ''[[Dirty Pair]]''<ref>According to [[w:Dirty Pair|Wikipedia]], Chandler's attendance at that match directly resulted in the creation of ''[[Dirty Pair]]''.</ref> Without ''Dirty Pair'' there would have been no ''[[Undocumented Features]]'', and thus no [[TV Tropes]] page for it maintained by [[User:Looney Toons|Looney Toons]], and thus no notice of that page by [[User:Labster]], and thus no visit by Labster to Looney Toon's forums, and thus no discovery that other Tropers were also annoyed by the then-current state of affairs at TV Tropes, and finally no desire to [[Start My Own|Start Our Own]]. It sounds like [[Insane Troll Logic]], but it's true.
;10 March 1997
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;July 2004
:[[User:Looney Toons|Looney Toons]] reads [http://boingboing.net/2004/03/11/tv-cliches-catalogue.html a blog entry] about [[TV Tropes]] and decides it might be a fun way to spend a slow afternoon.<ref>Said afternoon has lasted
;2004-2010
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;1 December 2022
: Due to [https://phabricator.miraheze.org/T10033 a newly-discovered] (and as-yet unaddressed<ref>As of early 2024.</ref>) security issue
;16 June 2023
:Miraheze's [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Board_of_Directors Board of Directors] announce [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Community_portal/Archive_40#Statement_from_the_Board their intention to cease operations and shut down Miraheze by the end of August 2023].
;19 June 2023
:Miraheze's shutdown is stayed when [[User:Labster|Labster]] and Zippx spearhead an effort to save the (wiki) farm.
;22 December 2023
:In response to confusion and misinformation, Labster launches an [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Requests_for_Comment/Reorganization_of_Miraheze RFC] on the reorganization of Miraheze and its ultimate fate.
;1 January 2024
:Voting on the RFC comes to a close with the start of the new year; a merger with/transfer of operations to the [https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/WikiTide_Foundation WikiTide Foundation], a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt public charity, receives the most votes. Within a days the process of the transfer begins.
;1 February 2024
:The transfer of Miraheze and All the Tropes to WikiTide is complete, or so nearly so as to make no difference.
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