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'''Wizchan''' is a website focused on [[wizardry]]. It is the successor of '''Wizardchan'''. A [[wizard|'wizard']] in the [[incelosphere]] refers to a joke which describes how an adult [[Men|male]] [[virgin]] transforms into a wizard with magical powers after age 30. | '''Wizchan''' is a website focused on [[wizardry]]. It is the successor of '''Wizardchan'''. A [[wizard|'wizard']] in the [[incelosphere]] refers to a joke which describes how an adult [[Men|male]] [[virgin]] transforms into a wizard with magical powers after age 30. | ||
Wizardchan was a website created by someone named "Mr.Pacific".<ref name=":0">[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/wizardchan-admin-faq.3478/page-3 Wizardchan Admin FAQ -] </ref> The most famous admin of Wizardchan was [[Fredrick Brennan]] aka "hotwheels" or " | Wizardchan was a website created by someone named "Mr.Pacific".<ref name=":0">[https://kiwifarms.net/threads/wizardchan-admin-faq.3478/page-3 Wizardchan Admin FAQ -] </ref> The most famous admin of Wizardchan was [[Fredrick Brennan]] aka "hotwheels" or "Copypaste", who later went on to create [[8chan]]. Wizardchan was started as a copy of [[4chan]] and [[2chan|2chans]] bulletin board software, except designed only for adult virgins. | ||
When Wizardchan went offline in 2014,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20141113154558/https://wizardchan.org/</ref> its moderators and its admin Glaive created Wizchan, and some of its users created other websites with the same imageboard style as Wizardchan, such as MagicChan<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190804172403/https://www.magicchan.org/</ref> or MerlinChan,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150902053041/http://www.merlinchan.com/</ref> to replace Wizardchan. A /wiz/ board on 8chan was also created (or may have already existed before Wizardchan went down). To this day, only Wizchan remains. It is possible Wizardchan closed due to unwanted attention brought by GamerGate. | When Wizardchan went offline in 2014,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20141113154558/https://wizardchan.org/</ref> its moderators and its admin Glaive created Wizchan, and some of its users created other websites with the same imageboard style as Wizardchan, such as MagicChan<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190804172403/https://www.magicchan.org/</ref> or MerlinChan,<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150902053041/http://www.merlinchan.com/</ref> to replace Wizardchan. A /wiz/ board on 8chan was also created (or may have already existed before Wizardchan went down). To this day, only Wizchan remains. It is possible Wizardchan closed due to unwanted attention brought by GamerGate. | ||