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'''Lemuria''', also known as '''Nora Elise Proctor''', is a user who joined in November 2023. He discovered the website through [[Polonez]], who left spam comments on {{Wikipedia|OpenStreetMap}}, that he then followed. His visit was brief; he did not start using the website in earnest until February 2024. That month, he started [[Our World of News]], a now-defunct newspaper for the website that ran until February 2025. | '''Lemuria''', also known as '''Nora Elise Proctor''', is a user who joined in November 2023. He discovered the website through [[Polonez]], who left spam comments on {{Wikipedia|OpenStreetMap}}, that he then followed. His visit was brief; he did not start using the website in earnest until February 2024. That month, he started [[Our World of News]], a now-defunct newspaper for the website that ran until February 2025. | ||
Starting around June 2024, Lemuria began to attract controversy for his behavior on, and philosophy towards Twitch, alongside other behaviors perceived as "attention-seeking". In July 2025, Lemuria received an initial 75-day ban with a 30-day reconsideration period pursuant to the ruling of [[Lemuria v. Concerned Parties]], which also | Starting around June 2024, Lemuria began to attract controversy for his behavior on, and philosophy towards Twitch, alongside other behaviors perceived as "attention-seeking". In July 2025, Lemuria received an initial 75-day ban with a 30-day reconsideration period pursuant to the ruling of [[Lemuria v. Concerned Parties]], which he also used as a "vacation" from OWOT to repair his mental health. On September 30, he was released and his 30-day reconsideration period began; at the end of the period, Fern will review Lemuria's behavior to determine if any further punishments are needed. | ||
== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
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=== "Lemuria er Nalaneriv humas" === | === "Lemuria er Nalaneriv humas" === | ||
On April 1, 2025, Lemuria changed his nickname to "Lemuria er Nalaneriv humas"{{Efn|The nickname originally used the word ''husirs'', which is grammatically incorrect, as ''hu'' ("to be") uses the first conjugation. The correct suffix to indicate habitual present in the first conjugation would be ''-mas'', whereas the second conjugation, reserved for verbs that end in consonants, would use ''-irs''. ''husirs'' was used in an earlier version of the language, and the phrase was in Lemuria's notes regarding sample translations into the language, that had not been updated with the changing Kenahari grammar, hence the error, and subsequent change from ''husirs'' to ''humas''.}}, for April Fools. However, Lemuria later chose to retain the phrase as his nickname, and retire "Nora Elise Proctor', even after April Fools. The phrase means "Lemuria is a fan of Nalani Proctor" in [https://conlangs.lemuria.ph/lexicons/kenahari/index.html Kenahari], one of his [[Wikipedia:constructed language|conlang]]s. | On April 1, 2025, Lemuria changed his nickname to "Lemuria er Nalaneriv humas"{{Efn|The nickname originally used the word ''husirs'', which is grammatically incorrect, as ''hu'' ("to be") uses the first conjugation. The correct suffix to indicate habitual present in the first conjugation would be ''-mas'', whereas the second conjugation, reserved for verbs that end in consonants, would use ''-irs''. ''husirs'' was used in an earlier version of the language, and the phrase was in Lemuria's notes regarding sample translations into the language, that had not been updated with the changing Kenahari grammar, hence the error, and subsequent change from ''husirs'' to ''humas''.}}, for April Fools. However, Lemuria later chose to retain the phrase as his nickname, and retire "Nora Elise Proctor', even after April Fools. The phrase means "Lemuria is a fan of Nalani Proctor" in [https://conlangs.lemuria.ph/lexicons/kenahari/index.html Kenahari], one of his [[Wikipedia:constructed language|conlang]]s. | ||
== Projects == | == Projects == | ||
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== Cats == | == Cats == | ||
[[File:Julie Mao cat 2025-10-03 06-24-05.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Mao in 2025]] | [[File:Julie Mao cat 2025-10-03 06-24-05.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Mao in 2025]] | ||
Lemuria's affinity for cats, while predating OWOT, was significantly strengthened by the cat culture on OWOT, and [[Fern]]'s influence. During the vacation, Lemuria met a cat at his local convenience store, who he later named Julie Mao. This name was inspired by an employee jokingly naming the cat "Julie the Second" after herself, and Lemuria later added the name "Mao" due to its phonetic similarity to "meow" and due to a TV show he watched during | Lemuria's affinity for cats, while predating OWOT, was significantly strengthened by the cat culture on OWOT, and [[Fern]]'s influence. During the vacation, Lemuria met a cat at his local convenience store, who he later named Julie Mao. This name was inspired by an employee jokingly naming the cat "Julie the Second" after herself, and Lemuria later added the name "Mao" due to its phonetic similarity to "meow" and due to a TV show he watched during his ban. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||