World2ch - Revision history

Agb001: /* Revival site */ minor clarification

2026-01-22T17:09:17Z

Revival site: minor clarification

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:09, 22 January 2026
Line 101:		Line 101:
	Regarding the Zurubon uploader, '''world2ch intentionally removed Heyuri from the credits section at the bottom of the page'''. Despite [[kaguya]] requesting that they restore the credits, world2ch has thus far made no attempt to do so. This has lead to additional ill feelings towards the site from Heyuri staff-san.		Regarding the Zurubon uploader, '''world2ch intentionally removed Heyuri from the credits section at the bottom of the page'''. Despite [[kaguya]] requesting that they restore the credits, world2ch has thus far made no attempt to do so. This has lead to additional ill feelings towards the site from Heyuri staff-san.

	The world2ch.org domain currently redirects to the revival site, and seems to have been as such since atleast June 6th, 2025.<ref name='WHOIS History'></ref>		The original world2ch.org domain currently redirects to the revival site, and seems to have been as such since atleast June 6th, 2025.<ref name='WHOIS History'></ref>


	== References and Links ==		== References and Links ==
	<references />		<references />

Agb001: /* 4chan drama */ better opener. i still need to write the rest of it lol

2025-11-18T10:06:12Z

4chan drama: better opener. i still need to write the rest of it lol

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:06, 18 November 2025
Line 17:		Line 17:

	=== 4chan drama ===		=== 4chan drama ===
	On the 2nd of October 2003, user '''0037 @A0z7CY5eG2''' posted to a thread on World2ch about war on Something Awful; ~~seperately calling out~~ 4chan for ~~allegedly~~ making zero acknowledgements towards world2ch, and acting as if 4chan was the first to make english-language imageboards a thing ~~on the [[ADTRW]] sub-forum of SA~~: <ref>https://ia801801.us.archive.org/21/items/world2ch-2020-03-16/dramabomb-fixed.html</ref>		4chan was founded on the 1st of October 2003, where moot then posted to [[Something Awful]] on the [[ADTRW]] sub-forum, announcing it's grand opening.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070325000032/http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=724028</ref> It was met with cheer, and then some hate from world2ch members accusing the site for being the same thing as world2ch, making a 2chan for the west. Arguably it was, just with less inactive boards, and better leadership.

			On the 2nd of October 2003, user '''0037 @A0z7CY5eG2''' posted to a thread on World2ch about war on Something Awful; mostly just wanting to attack 4chan for making zero acknowledgements towards world2ch, and acting as if 4chan was the first to make english-language imageboards a thing: <ref>https://ia801801.us.archive.org/21/items/world2ch-2020-03-16/dramabomb-fixed.html</ref>
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	15 Name: <FONT COLOR="#008200">0037 @A0z7CY5eG2</FONT> : 10/02/2003 03:14UTC ID:k4KSMCJ6 By Other Language (Permelink)		15 Name: <FONT COLOR="#008200">0037 @A0z7CY5eG2</FONT> : 10/02/2003 03:14UTC ID:k4KSMCJ6 By Other Language (Permelink)

Agb001: /* Birth and development */ just putting italics here

2025-11-18T09:32:10Z

Birth and development: just putting italics here

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:32, 18 November 2025
Line 10:		Line 10:

	=== Birth and development ===		=== Birth and development ===
	RIR6 was, at the time, a 16 year old Japanese student living in Tokyo, initially hosting the site on one of those free geocities-like hosting services under the domain "newswatch.cool.ne.jp/world2ch/world2ch.html".		RIR6 was, at the time, a 16 year old Japanese student living in Tokyo, initially hosting the site on one of those free geocities-like hosting services under the domain ''"newswatch.cool.ne.jp/world2ch/world2ch.html"''.

	On April 2003, it was then moved to the 'world2ch.net' domain, where it would flourish and become a more fleshed out site, where Westerners slowly began to come in and interact with more of the Eastern side of the internet; particularly after world2ch started being advertised on other sites such as [[Something Awful]].		On April 2003, it was then moved to the 'world2ch.net' domain, where it would flourish and become a more fleshed out site, where Westerners slowly began to come in and interact with more of the Eastern side of the internet; particularly after world2ch started being advertised on other sites such as [[Something Awful]].

	The actual imageboard part of the site came around soon after, with 2 boards. the Grotesque board was for sharing guro, and the Imgboard was just a general board, all of which using an early version of [[GazouBBS]].		The actual imageboard part of the site came around soon after, with 2 boards. the Grotesque board was for sharing guro, and the Imgboard was just a general board, all of which using an early version of [[GazouBBS]].

	=== 4chan drama ===		=== 4chan drama ===

Agb001: /* The World2ch Historical Society */ rewording to make more sense

2025-09-03T21:39:38Z

The World2ch Historical Society: rewording to make more sense

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:39, 3 September 2025
Line 72:		Line 72:
	== The World2ch Historical Society ==		== The World2ch Historical Society ==
	The World2ch Historical Society was first started in June 2011<ref name='WHOIS History'>https://www.bigdomaindata.com/whois-history/world2ch.org#history</ref> by admin0037, an oldfag from world2ch, the same <FONT COLOR="#008200">0037!A0z7CY5eG2</FONT> that incited a 'riot' against 4chan.		The World2ch Historical Society was first started in June 2011<ref name='WHOIS History'>https://www.bigdomaindata.com/whois-history/world2ch.org#history</ref> by admin0037, an oldfag from world2ch, the same <FONT COLOR="#008200">0037!A0z7CY5eG2</FONT> that incited a 'riot' against 4chan.
	The World2ch Historical Society (hereon referred to as W2HS) combined both a wiki and a Kareha based textboard BBS, with the intenet of archiving the ~~very early days~~ of both world2ch and ~~4chan~~.		The World2ch Historical Society (hereon referred to as W2HS) combined both a wiki and a Kareha based textboard BBS, with the intenet of archiving the history of both world2ch and the early days of adjacent BBSes.

	To quote the site's wiki (like I haven't done that enough):		To quote the site's wiki (like I haven't done that enough):

Agb001: /* References and links */ grammuuuur

2025-09-03T21:38:11Z

References and links: grammuuuur

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:38, 3 September 2025
Line 102:		Line 102:


	== References and ~~links~~ ==		== References and Links ==
	<references />		<references />

Agb001: clean up references and elaborate on W2HS. i can't think of anything else we need to add, so it's done now

2025-08-30T14:59:58Z

clean up references and elaborate on W2HS. i can't think of anything else we need to add, so it's done now

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:59, 30 August 2025
Line 1:		Line 1:
	[[Category:Bulletin_Board]] ~~{{Template:Construction}}~~		[[Category:Bulletin_Board]]
	World2ch was a (primarily) English-language 2ch-type bulletin board website, which also featured a couple of imageboards. It was first created on March 3, 2003 by a user known as RIR6.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171206164403/http://world2ch.org/wiki/doku.php?id=world2ch.net_archive</ref> It was one of the first, if not, the first, multi-language Japanese-style BBSes (predating [[4chan]] by 7 months), and was made with the purpose of being a [[2channel]] for foreigners. Unfortunately, mismanagement by RIR6 led to the site activity dying off before finally shutting down during late May 2004.		World2ch was a (primarily) English-language 2ch-type bulletin board website, which also featured a couple of imageboards. It was first created on March 3, 2003 by a user known as RIR6.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171206164403/http://world2ch.org/wiki/doku.php?id=world2ch.net_archive</ref> It was one of the first, if not, the first, multi-language Japanese-style BBSes (predating [[4chan]] by 7 months), and was made with the purpose of being a [[2channel]] for foreigners. Unfortunately, mismanagement by RIR6 led to the site activity dying off before finally shutting down during late May 2004.

	A imageboard and wiki made by a user known as 0037 was started on the world2ch.org domain, with the objective of archiving and documenting the original site. It went down in ~~mid~~ 2018. Funnily enough, ~~a small chunk~~ of the site's wiki ~~and imageboard seems to be missing~~.		A imageboard and wiki made by a previous user known as 0037 was started on the world2ch.org domain, with the objective of archiving and documenting the original site. It went down in April 2018. Funnily enough, archives of the site on archive.org state that a few posts and wiki edits are lost.

	An unaffiliated revival site was started in 2022 by Angeleno, who bought up the original domain name and first promoted/discussed the project on Heyuri. Angeleno left the project in mid-2024, and the site is now presumed to be operated by a certain anti-Heyuri troll who spams mentions of the site everywhere.		An unaffiliated revival site was started in 2022 by Angeleno, who bought up the original domain name and first promoted/discussed the project on Heyuri. Angeleno left the project in mid-2024, and the site is now presumed to be operated by a certain anti-Heyuri troll who spams mentions of the site everywhere.
Line 68:		Line 68:
	</blockquote>		</blockquote>

	tl;dr: RIR6 broke and subsequentially abandoned the site while there was a conflict of interest between westerners and him. The community wanted to post silly bullshit, but he wanted SERIOUS BUSINESS, and ended up screwing with the established culture in the process. The majority of people progressively left, particularly since 4chan was basically the same thing, just with a more fun and interesting culture that wasn't mostly imported from 2ch.		tl;dr: RIR6 broke and subsequentially abandoned the site while there was a conflict of interest between westerners and him. The community wanted to post silly bullshit, but he wanted SERIOUS BUSINESS, and ended up screwing with the established culture in the process. The majority of people progressively left, particularly since 4chan was basically the same thing, just with a more fun and interesting culture, and more people that wasn't mostly imported from 2ch.

	== The World2ch Historical Society ==		== The World2ch Historical Society ==
	The World2ch Historical Society was ~~formed~~ in 2011(?) by ~~0037~~		The World2ch Historical Society was first started in June 2011<ref name='WHOIS History'>https://www.bigdomaindata.com/whois-history/world2ch.org#history</ref> by admin0037, an oldfag from world2ch, the same <FONT COLOR="#008200">0037!A0z7CY5eG2</FONT> that incited a 'riot' against 4chan.
			The World2ch Historical Society (hereon referred to as W2HS) combined both a wiki and a Kareha based textboard BBS, with the intenet of archiving the very early days of both world2ch and 4chan.

			To quote the site's wiki (like I haven't done that enough):
			<blockquote>
			I felt motivated (primarily by the extremely affordable hosting plans available these days) to publish and hopefully preserve some history of world2ch, 4chan's earliest days, and other happenings of the Internet ca. late 2003. Actually, I won't be preserving shit. As soon as I lose interest and stop paying my bills, archive.org will be the one in charge of that.
			</blockquote>

			The site closed in sometime during April 2018<ref>https://archive.org/details/world2ch_2018-04-08</ref>, which led to a few posts and wiki edits from after April 8th going missing. The majority of this article uses sources and quotations taken from these archives, so hopefully we weren't missing out on much.

	== Revival site ==		== Revival site ==
Line 90:		Line 98:
	* a Zurubon uploader fork that has been greatly enhanced by various Heyuri developers		* a Zurubon uploader fork that has been greatly enhanced by various Heyuri developers
	Regarding the Zurubon uploader, '''world2ch intentionally removed Heyuri from the credits section at the bottom of the page'''. Despite [[kaguya]] requesting that they restore the credits, world2ch has thus far made no attempt to do so. This has lead to additional ill feelings towards the site from Heyuri staff-san.		Regarding the Zurubon uploader, '''world2ch intentionally removed Heyuri from the credits section at the bottom of the page'''. Despite [[kaguya]] requesting that they restore the credits, world2ch has thus far made no attempt to do so. This has lead to additional ill feelings towards the site from Heyuri staff-san.

			The world2ch.org domain currently redirects to the revival site, and seems to have been as such since atleast June 6th, 2025.<ref name='WHOIS History'></ref>


	== References and links ==		== References and links ==
	<references />		<references />

Agb001: /* Original 2003 site */ reformatting, corrections

2025-08-17T14:08:36Z

Original 2003 site: reformatting, corrections

← Older revision		Revision as of 14:08, 17 August 2025
Line 10:		Line 10:

	=== Birth and development ===		=== Birth and development ===
	RIR6 was, at the time, a 16 year old Japanese student living in Tokyo, initially hosting the site on one of those free geocities-like hosting services under the domain 'newswatch.cool.ne.jp/world2ch/world2ch.html'.		RIR6 was, at the time, a 16 year old Japanese student living in Tokyo, initially hosting the site on one of those free geocities-like hosting services under the domain "newswatch.cool.ne.jp/world2ch/world2ch.html".

	On April 2003, it was then moved to the 'world2ch.net' domain, where it would flourish and become a more fleshed out site, where Westerners slowly began to come in and ~~interact with the place, and also~~ interact with more of the Eastern side of the internet; particularly after world2ch started being advertised on other sites such as [[Something Awful]].		On April 2003, it was then moved to the 'world2ch.net' domain, where it would flourish and become a more fleshed out site, where Westerners slowly began to come in and interact with more of the Eastern side of the internet; particularly after world2ch started being advertised on other sites such as [[Something Awful]].

	The actual imageboard part of the site came around soon after, with 2 boards. the Grotesque board was for sharing guro, and the Imgboard was just a general ~~site~~, all of which using an early version of [[GazouBBS]].		The actual imageboard part of the site came around soon after, with 2 boards. the Grotesque board was for sharing guro, and the Imgboard was just a general board, all of which using an early version of [[GazouBBS]].

	=== 4chan drama ===		=== 4chan drama ===
	On the 2nd of October 2003, user '''0037 @A0z7CY5eG2''' posted to a thread on World2ch about war on Something Awful; calling out 4chan for allegedly making zero acknowledgements towards world2ch, and acting as if 4chan was the first to make english-language imageboards a thing on the [[ADTRW]] sub-forum of SA: <ref>https://ia801801.us.archive.org/21/items/world2ch-2020-03-16/dramabomb-fixed.html</ref>		On the 2nd of October 2003, user '''0037 @A0z7CY5eG2''' posted to a thread on World2ch about war on Something Awful; seperately calling out 4chan for allegedly making zero acknowledgements towards world2ch, and acting as if 4chan was the first to make english-language imageboards a thing on the [[ADTRW]] sub-forum of SA: <ref>https://ia801801.us.archive.org/21/items/world2ch-2020-03-16/dramabomb-fixed.html</ref>
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	15 Name: <FONT COLOR="#008200">0037 @A0z7CY5eG2</FONT> : 10/02/2003 03:14UTC ID:k4KSMCJ6 By Other Language (Permelink)		15 Name: <FONT COLOR="#008200">0037 @A0z7CY5eG2</FONT> : 10/02/2003 03:14UTC ID:k4KSMCJ6 By Other Language (Permelink)
Line 31:		Line 31:
	:If you look in their Hentai forum, you can see their reasoning for doing it, that is to say, they don't have one. Either they accepted our declaration of war :) or they just think this forum isn't 31337 (read: faux-stupid) enough for them.		:If you look in their Hentai forum, you can see their reasoning for doing it, that is to say, they don't have one. Either they accepted our declaration of war :) or they just think this forum isn't 31337 (read: faux-stupid) enough for them.
	</blockquote>		</blockquote>
	After some more instigating (and realizing world2ch was actually mentioned, just offhandedly), world2ch decided to declare war upon 4chan, ~~essentially in order~~ to both boost world2ch out of it's decline and... i dunno really. They intended to do this by emailing the ISP of 4chan and getting them to do something about the loli porn on the /b/ board. <sup>([[EPIK FAIL\|sounds familiar]])</sup>		After some more instigating (and realizing world2ch was actually mentioned, just offhandedly), world2ch decided to declare war upon 4chan, with the motives to both boost world2ch out of it's decline and... i dunno really. They intended to do this by emailing the ISP of 4chan and getting them to do something about the loli porn on the /b/ board. <sup>([[EPIK FAIL\|sounds familiar]])</sup>

	moot showed up in the thread only a few posts later to snarkily reply to the world2ch community:		moot showed up in the thread only a few posts later to snarkily reply to the world2ch community:
Line 68:		Line 68:
	</blockquote>		</blockquote>

	tl;dr: RIR6 broke and subsequentially abandoned the site while there was a conflict of interest between westerners and him. The community wanted to post silly bullshit, but he wanted SERIOUS BUSINESS, and ended up ~~fucking everything~~ in the process. The majority of people progressively left, particularly ~~when~~ 4chan was basically the same thing, just with a more fun and interesting culture that wasn't mostly imported from 2ch.		tl;dr: RIR6 broke and subsequentially abandoned the site while there was a conflict of interest between westerners and him. The community wanted to post silly bullshit, but he wanted SERIOUS BUSINESS, and ended up screwing with the established culture in the process. The majority of people progressively left, particularly since 4chan was basically the same thing, just with a more fun and interesting culture that wasn't mostly imported from 2ch.

	== The World2ch Historical Society ==		== The World2ch Historical Society ==

Agb001: /* 4chan drama */ wrong date BAKA AGB

2025-07-08T08:30:15Z

4chan drama: wrong date BAKA AGB

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:30, 8 July 2025
Line 17:		Line 17:

	=== 4chan drama ===		=== 4chan drama ===
	On the ~~10th~~ of October 2003, user '''0037 @A0z7CY5eG2''' posted to a thread on World2ch about war on Something Awful; calling out 4chan for allegedly making zero acknowledgements towards world2ch, and acting as if 4chan was the first to make english-language imageboards a thing on the [[ADTRW]] sub-forum of SA: <ref>https://ia801801.us.archive.org/21/items/world2ch-2020-03-16/dramabomb-fixed.html</ref>		On the 2nd of October 2003, user '''0037 @A0z7CY5eG2''' posted to a thread on World2ch about war on Something Awful; calling out 4chan for allegedly making zero acknowledgements towards world2ch, and acting as if 4chan was the first to make english-language imageboards a thing on the [[ADTRW]] sub-forum of SA: <ref>https://ia801801.us.archive.org/21/items/world2ch-2020-03-16/dramabomb-fixed.html</ref>
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	15 Name: <FONT COLOR="#008200">0037 @A0z7CY5eG2</FONT> : 10/02/2003 03:14UTC ID:k4KSMCJ6 By Other Language (Permelink)		15 Name: <FONT COLOR="#008200">0037 @A0z7CY5eG2</FONT> : 10/02/2003 03:14UTC ID:k4KSMCJ6 By Other Language (Permelink)

Agb001: /* 4chan drama */ rewording

2025-07-08T08:28:08Z

4chan drama: rewording

← Older revision		Revision as of 08:28, 8 July 2025
Line 17:		Line 17:

	=== 4chan drama ===		=== 4chan drama ===
	On the 10th of October 2003, user '''0037 @A0z7CY5eG2''' posted to a thread about war on Something Awful calling out 4chan for allegedly making zero acknowledgements towards world2ch, and acting as if 4chan was the first to make english-language ~~boards~~ a thing on the [[ADTRW]] sub-forum of SA: <ref>https://ia801801.us.archive.org/21/items/world2ch-2020-03-16/dramabomb-fixed.html</ref>		On the 10th of October 2003, user '''0037 @A0z7CY5eG2''' posted to a thread on World2ch about war on Something Awful; calling out 4chan for allegedly making zero acknowledgements towards world2ch, and acting as if 4chan was the first to make english-language imageboards a thing on the [[ADTRW]] sub-forum of SA: <ref>https://ia801801.us.archive.org/21/items/world2ch-2020-03-16/dramabomb-fixed.html</ref>
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	15 Name: <FONT COLOR="#008200">0037 @A0z7CY5eG2</FONT> : 10/02/2003 03:14UTC ID:k4KSMCJ6 By Other Language (Permelink)		15 Name: <FONT COLOR="#008200">0037 @A0z7CY5eG2</FONT> : 10/02/2003 03:14UTC ID:k4KSMCJ6 By Other Language (Permelink)
Line 44:		Line 44:

	(i'll write alot more too... gimme a long while...)		(i'll write alot more too... gimme a long while...)

	=== Death ===		=== Death ===
	As quoted from the world2ch Historical Society's end of world2ch section:<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171206164403/http://world2ch.org/wiki/doku.php?id=world2ch.net_archive</ref>		As quoted from the world2ch Historical Society's end of world2ch section:<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171206164403/http://world2ch.org/wiki/doku.php?id=world2ch.net_archive</ref>

Agb001: add historical society segment & a bit of it's 4chan drama

2025-06-27T16:50:22Z

add historical society segment & a bit of it's 4chan drama

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[Category:Bulletin_Board]] {{Template:Construction}}
-World2ch was a (primarily) English-language 2ch-type bulletin board website, which also featured a couple of imageboards. It was first created on March 3, 2003 by a user known as RIR6.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171206164403/http://world2ch.org/wiki/doku.php?id=world2ch.net_archive</ref> It was one of the first multi-language Japanese-style BBSes (predating [[4chan]] by 7 months), and was made with the purpose of being a [[2channel]] for foreigners. Unfortunately, mismanagement by RIR6 led to the site activity dying off before finally shutting down during late May 2004.
+World2ch was a (primarily) English-language 2ch-type bulletin board website, which also featured a couple of imageboards. It was first created on March 3, 2003 by a user known as RIR6.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171206164403/http://world2ch.org/wiki/doku.php?id=world2ch.net_archive</ref> It was one of the first, if not, the first, multi-language Japanese-style BBSes (predating [[4chan]] by 7 months), and was made with the purpose of being a [[2channel]] for foreigners. Unfortunately, mismanagement by RIR6 led to the site activity dying off before finally shutting down during late May 2004.
 An unaffiliated revival site was started in 2022 by Angeleno, who bought up the original domain name and first promoted/discussed the project on Heyuri. Angeleno left the project in mid-2024, and the site is now presumed to be operated by a certain anti-Heyuri troll who spams mentions of the site everywhere.
@@ Line 14: / Line 16: @@
 The actual imageboard part of the site came around soon after, with 2 boards. the Grotesque board was for sharing guro, and the Imgboard was just a general site, all of which using an early version of [[GazouBBS]].
-* drama between it and 4chan? needs moar research. think its about stolen code or something
+=== 4chan drama ===
 === Death ===
 As quoted from the world2ch Historical Society's end of world2ch section:<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20171206164403/http://world2ch.org/wiki/doku.php?id=world2ch.net_archive</ref>
@@ Line 40: / Line 68: @@
 tl;dr: RIR6 broke and subsequentially abandoned the site while there was a conflict of interest between westerners and him. The community wanted to post silly bullshit, but he wanted SERIOUS BUSINESS, and ended up fucking everything in the process. The majority of people progressively left, particularly when 4chan was basically the same thing, just with a more fun and interesting culture that wasn't mostly imported from 2ch.
 == Revival site ==