760620aa No.1
After the sudden closure of wakachan.org, I have volunteered to continue hosting the /azu/ board.
This board is running on vichan
https://github.com/vichan-devel/vichan/, a fork of Tinyboard, itself a popular PHP-based replacement to aging imageboard software such as Wakaba. Tinyboard+vichan offers a host of usability features that Wakaba does not. Because no code is shared between these projects, it is not possible to import the old posts. However, I believe the advantages offered by vichan are an acceptable trade-off.
I am in contact with the former administration of wakachan.org to retrieve a backup of /azu/ from before its closure. Pending transfer of the old site data, I will attempt to create a read-only mirror archive of the old site and reinstate the random header images.
As a reminder, this is a work-safe board.This post will be updated with further information as requested.
760620aa No.2
Additional features available in vichan include the following:
- In addition to the normal Wakaba-style markup, several additional formatting options are available:
- Text can be marked as a spoiler with two percent signs %%: %%Everyone passes their college entrance exams.%% → Everyone passes their college entrance exams.
- Text can be underlined with two underscores __: __Yotsuba&!__ by Azuma Kiyohiko → Yotsuba&! by Azuma Kiyohiko
- Text can be struck out with three underscores ___: ___Why in the heck?___ → Why in the heck?
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- For advanced users, the vichan API is enabled. See https://github.com/vichan-devel/vichan-API/ for details.
- The image gallery for Nameless Window can be accessed at the "galleries" link at the top of the page.
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15bbbaf4 No.5
It's good to be home, hopefully everyone finds their way back.
b542880f No.6
End of an era I guess. Not the only time the board had to move. I hope wakachan at least gives you the board data.
760620aa No.19
>>16This board was created independently out of a desire to preserve the /azu/ community. I have no means to contact any members of /azu/ other than Ralen, who informed me of wakachan.org's closure directly, nor was I aware of any branches of the larger iichan/Wakachan network that were still operational.
6030f244 No.21
Why did Wakachan suddenly close anyways? 10+ years is nothing to scoff at, so it's kind of sad that it just up and died without warning. It was my favorite imageboard even if it was slower than molasses.
54b3cac1 No.23
>>21According to the old board's administrator, someone posted something illegal (it's not clear if it was on /azu/ or one of the other wakachan boards) and it the hosts took it offline.
There was the occasional "teen model" spam on /azu/, but I was always quick to delete it and ban the spammer's IP whenever it showed up.
fec1e92c No.24
>>19Got it.
I had been periodically checking for info on the other boards on shanachan after wakachan went down, and found out about idlechan before I found the link to this place.
Doesn't seem like idlechan /azu/ has any traction at all, but it's only a few days old.
54b3cac1 No.25
>>24I posted a link to this place in the nsfw thread on the shanachan fetish board, but I don't know how many people have seen it.
ffae5b1e No.26
>>25That's how I got here, as it was the only thing I could think of that would bring me back. I figured that we would probably re-incarnate sooner or later, as we've done it before.
3fb04dd2 No.28
>>2599.5% posters on new /azu/ confirmed perverts.
(Nothing has changed)
760620aa No.37
As an experiment, all traffic on this site will now be automatically redirected to use HTTPS.
588f9cb2 No.59
Thanks a lot. Looking forward to that backup
fe13865a No.141
I've made a change to the page header. You may need to clear your cache to see it.
13b7f8ec No.174
>>58I just found it by searching for "azumanga ralen".
968ca7fd No.178
>>174i actually went to relen's tumblr page that he used as a travel to ask where everyone went.
still haven't heard nothin' lol
54b3cac1 No.179
>>178Did you submit a question? I haven't updated the blog since I got back over a year ago, but I should still get email notifications if someone submits a question.
968ca7fd No.180
>>179im sure i did but im new to the site so i don't even know if im supposed to get notified if anyone replied back or not lol
821cc4db No.184
>>178I was thinking about doing that too, but figured that even though it was mostly inactive, I didn't want to ask about /azu/ in case it was more of a personal type blog. I know that most of the /azu/ related stuff was omitted from the blog and just posted in the board.
Hopefully these spoiler tags work out. Also Ralen, I kinda miss your blog posts. I hope that's not creepy, but I just found it kinda interesting and refreshing to see what kind of stuff you were up to aside from /azu/Instead, I ended up just asking in YP. Although I don't really feel great about that either since I hate posting off topic for any board, I'm glad that Gulf Standard was very understanding since he or she comes to /azu/ sometimes too.
54b3cac1 No.186
>>180I'm not sure why I didn't get an email notification. I just logged in to my tumblr account and I can see your question there.
>>184Any questions go to my private tumblr inbox first, and they only show up on the blog if I post a public response to them. I got a few inappropriate inquiries when I was still maintaining the blog that I never responded to.
fe13865a No.189
For those curious, after 30 days of operation, the largest sources of traffic are, in order, Google searches, Yuri Project, and Idlechan.
83732b16 No.229
>>189Neat. Thanks for putting this back up, I also googled 'azumanga imageboard ralen' to get here haha
a84d13d5 No.288
Damn, some of the headers are good. How do I go about to download them?
83ef0b5a No.322
I wandered in via a random Google search for Azumanga Daioh boards. Glad to see it back, and thank you AXYPB.
Does anyone know if the illegal material that killed Wakachan.org was related to the Yotsuba translations, or was it something else?
54b3cac1 No.323
>>322I don't know what the content was for sure, but I would imagine it was probably porn spam of some sort.
c40a421c No.334
Oh thank god I found this.
6bb415ad No.554
>>551This site is hosted free of charge. No financial support will be necessary, but the sentiment is greatly appreciated.
717ecdc5 No.583
Wow, I hadn't looked at /azu/ for a really long time. So glad to see the community went somewhere else. And there's even a Kagura thread!
15bbbaf4 No.1254
>>1250The question is why did I continue searching for ralens name after I found where this moved. Also why is my verification image a picture of a fence.
393fe353 No.1256
>>1250It's a Christmas miracle!
122713a5 No.1264
>>1250Thank you for your support and everything you've done for this little community. Merry Christmas to you and to everyone on /azu/!
5d5b5f94 No.1282
>>1250Thanks for having us! I only found this with a Google search for Azu, not Ralen.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
And more Yotsuba.
5f80dfa2 No.1370
>>1358You might check the gallery on MFC here:
http://myfigurecollection.net/picture/&sort=date&search=item%3A193604Didn't see one with that exact description but there's a few outdoor shots.
1c2363ee No.1944
Anyone still have any of the images I posted there like Chiyo taking a bite out of a kitten's head, the A-Team and Dr Strangelove parodies or the mirror universe AD?
8de0fc0f No.2435
>>1944With apologies for the bump, but…
also: hi, everyone.
d35fb81c No.2437
>>2435Hi.
I never saw those before. Damn, how I loved the A-Team when I was little.
But recently I tried to watch it again and all my nostalgias got bruises and cuts.
Still, clever pics. Love the あ-Team part.
Unlike the A-Team, I can watch/read Azumanga even after all these years and it's still great. Kagura being Baracus is specially nice because gives new context to this.