User blog comment:Miss Dawg289/Update on SpongeBob Fanon Wiki: The Series/@comment-1762932-20130309101548

The Sponge:

In April 2010, a user named MrBlonde267 posted an article on the wiki called The Sponge. The article was meant as a SpongeBob/Seinfeld crossover, and involved the Seinfeld character Elaine killing SpongeBob and using him as a method of birth control. I won't bore you with any details.

The article itself, however, was very detailed and completely inappropriate for the wiki. (This is back when the wiki had a 'nothing over PG' rule. The article was rated R.)

This is when things start to get fun.

A respected administrator at the time, Bigman602, saw the article and immediately told the author to take it down. MrBlonde retaliated, saying that it was better if they let the community decide. This seemed like a good idea at the time, so Bigman went along with it. While everybody who didn't like it voted against it, MrBlonde created a dozen accounts, each of which saying that they wanted to keep the article. MrBlonde told Bigman that the jig was up. Unaware of the sockpuppetry, Bigman had no choice but to let the article stay.

This was not okay with any of the users that wanted the article gone. They all posted their opinions on The Sponge's talk page, including me. At one point I think even an adult came in and had their say. Finally, SpongeWriter123, another very well-respected administrator, came in and finally deleted the article.

This is when things start to go bad.

MrBlonde created another account, TraceRoseborough, who, as well as having a very inappropriate avatar, played an important part in the events during The Sponge's time on the wiki. The user started posting threats on Bigman602's talk page, telling him to undelete the article, and threatening him with a bot that would copy every page in the wiki hundreds of times if he didn't.

A user, SquidTheBaptist, decided to help. He started tracking down the people that were doing this, and telling Bigman602 who they were so that he could ban them from the wiki. He also started a SpongeBob Fanon Wiki IRC channel so that the administrators could discuss things. However, the plan fell through because nobody knew how to use IRC. Eventually, a member of the Wikia Staff, Sarah Manley, told Bigman602 that SquidTheBaptist was actually responsible for creating the users that he told Bigman to ban, and a great deal more too. It can be assumed that SquidTheBaptist was just another sockpuppet user created by MrBlonde.

TraceRoseborough came in a few days later and told Bigman that there was one day left to undelete the article before the bot would be released on the wiki.

This is when things start to get interesting.

SpongeWriter123 couldn't take any more of this. He started banning the sockpuppet accounts one by one, and telling TraceRoseborough to stop blackmailing Bigman, and to get off of the wiki. TraceRoseborough found this amusing, and told Bigman that, not only was SpongeWriter being immature on the matter, but he was also dishonouring their agreement. As such, Bigman was to block SpongeWriter123 for one day by noon.

Bigman said he didn't have a choice. SpongeWriter said otherwise. They argued about this for a long time. And when Bigman finally blocked SpongeWriter123 for a day, this is what they said.

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''I am sorry but I must block you SpongeWriter. It makes me sad too. If I don't the vandal will ruin the wiki making thousands of "The Sponge" pages. But it's only for a day. Please come to the IRC so we may discuss a plan during your block. I am sorry to do it but it's for the good of Spongebob Fanon Wiki. Bigman602, The Cool Guy 21:21, May 25, 2010 (UTC) Account "hacked"?............... Is the block thanks for saving the wiki from that "spammer-wave"? Maybe I shouldn't become administrator, make you administrators, and do 1525 edits on this wiki?!? That's it! I'm not going on IRC and I'm not going on this wiki EVER!! Quitting, SpongeWriter123 11:04, May 26, 2010 (UTC)''
 * You can blame Bigman for this. Had he left the article alone and honored our agreement, you'd be free to edit right now. TripRiker 21:29, May 25, 2010 (UTC)

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And that was that.

Bigman undeleted the article, and everything went back to normal. The spammers all disappeared. And so did SpongeWriter. He wouldn't return to the wiki until January 2013. And even then, it would only be for a couple of weeks.

Bigman's account was hacked, and was banned by the hacker.

In 2011, Ponyo Fan noticed that the article was still there and deleted it for good.

That's pretty much all I can remember off the top of my head. If I see anything that I may have missed, I'll let you know. Sorry for the wall of text.