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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 consituted a vacation. | 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 consituted a vacation. In November 2025, he failed the reconsideration period and was banned from the server again. | ||
== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
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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. | ||
=== | === Other nicknames === | ||
On May 21, 2025, 10 people unanimously voted to pass down the [[Catmint]] curse to Lemuria, leading to his nickname being changed to catmint. He later added "(Lemuria)" in parentheses to the nickname. During his 75-day ban from the server, he prefixed the name with "[On Vacation]", which Fern removed for him at the end. | |||
On May 21, 2025, 10 people unanimously voted to pass down the Catmint curse to Lemuria, leading to his nickname being changed to catmint. He later added "(Lemuria)" in parentheses to the nickname. During his 75-day ban from the server, he prefixed the name with "[On Vacation]", which Fern removed for him at the end. | |||
Around October 23, 2025, Lemuria changed his Discord nickname to "port and starboard elizabeth", referencing [[#"Port_Elizabeth"_controversy|his obsession with the city of Port Elizabeth]]. It is also a pun, playing on the names for the two sides of a ship, port and starboard. On November 20, after a major argument over the name of the city, Fern illegitimately reset Lemuria's nickname without his permission, forcing him to return to his old "Nora Elise Proctor" nickname. | |||
== | == Creations == | ||
Lemuria has created a variety of projects for the site; two worlds, a newspaper, and fictional maps featuring extensive references to OWOT users and his other interests. His longest-running project was ''[[Our World of News]]'', which ran from February 2024 to 2025. On the site, he created /asciinavy (a world with simple drawings of spaceships made using ASCII), and /galaxymap (a set of star names on a galaxy). The latter world was the WOTD for March 13, 2024. In November and December 2024, he created the [[OWOT Fanart#Uvias_Metro|Uvias Metro]], a fictional metro system with stations named after OWOT proper nouns. In June 2025, he created the [https://lemuria.ph/owot/starmap?ref=wiki.ourworldoftext.com OWOT Starmap], the successor to galaxymap, entirely abandoning the OWOT world-based format for a slippy map format similar to OpenStreetMap. | Lemuria has created a variety of projects for the site; two worlds, a newspaper, and [[OWOT Maps and Charts|fictional maps]] featuring extensive references to OWOT users and his other interests. His longest-running project was ''[[Our World of News]]'', which ran from February 2024 to 2025. On the site, he created /asciinavy (a world with simple drawings of spaceships made using ASCII), and /galaxymap (a set of star names on a galaxy). The latter world was the WOTD for March 13, 2024. In November and December 2024, he created the [[OWOT Fanart#Uvias_Metro|Uvias Metro]], a fictional metro system with stations named after OWOT proper nouns. In June 2025, he created the [https://lemuria.ph/owot/starmap?ref=wiki.ourworldoftext.com OWOT Starmap], the successor to galaxymap, entirely abandoning the OWOT world-based format for a slippy map format similar to OpenStreetMap. <gallery heights="120" widths="120"> | ||
File:Owot wiki map.jpg|alt=Lemuria's map of the OWOT Wiki(May 22nd, 2024)|Map of the OWOT Wiki(''May 22nd, 2024'') | |||
File:Owot wiki map october 28 2025.webp|Updated map of the wiki on October 28th, 2025 | |||
File:Owot links map.jpg|alt=Map of OWOT worlds by Catha'vi and Lemuria(July 3rd, 2024)|Map of OWOT worlds by Lemuria and [[Catha'vi]](''July 3rd, 2024'') | |||
File:Owot and surrounding territory.webp|OWOT and surrounding territories | |||
File:Owot starmap june 30 2025.png|OWOT Starmap(''July 2nd, 2025'') | |||
File:Uvias metro 1.jpg|Uvias Metro(''December 5th, 2024'') | |||
File:Uvias metro 2.png|November 15th, 2024 | |||
File:Uvias metro.jpg|Uvias Metro v.2(''December 5th, 2024'') | |||
</gallery> | |||
== Mental health == | == Mental health == | ||
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On July 10, 2025, [[Fern]] invited [[d9eoead]] to begin arbitration against Lemuria for his various actions over the past year, in OWOT's first and only ''ad hoc'' arbitration case. After seven days of deliberation, Fern issued Lemuria a 75-day ban from the server, which lasted until September 30, 2025. This was Lemuria's first period of major inactivity; though he remained sporadically active on the OWOT website and wiki during the period. He also framed the ban as a "mental health break" and "vacation", due to not having to fight endless dramas for those 75 days. | On July 10, 2025, [[Fern]] invited [[d9eoead]] to begin arbitration against Lemuria for his various actions over the past year, in OWOT's first and only ''ad hoc'' arbitration case. After seven days of deliberation, Fern issued Lemuria a 75-day ban from the server, which lasted until September 30, 2025. This was Lemuria's first period of major inactivity; though he remained sporadically active on the OWOT website and wiki during the period. He also framed the ban as a "mental health break" and "vacation", due to not having to fight endless dramas for those 75 days. | ||
== Reconsideration period == | |||
After the end of the first ban, Lemuria was put in a reconsideration period. Originally meant to last 30 days, it was meant to see if Lemuria's behavior or personality had sufficiently changed over the past 75 days, and if the issues that led to his original ban in July remained. It lasted until November 22, due to the time commitment involved in reviewing all of Lemuria's messages throughout the month. Lemuria failed the period, and his account was restricted again. On November 29, 2025, Lemuria left the server on his own after he learned in [[Tatejo]]'s Discord server that his ban was going to be permanent. Fern had not yet written her final ruling, which meant that before this, Lemuria's account was in a state of "limbo". | |||
=== "Port Elizabeth" controversy === | |||
=== "Port Elizabeth" === | |||
[[File:Lemuria port elizabeth chat.png|thumb|229x229px|Lemuria sending a Port Elizabeth copypasta in [[chat]]]] | [[File:Lemuria port elizabeth chat.png|thumb|229x229px|Lemuria sending a Port Elizabeth copypasta in [[chat]]]] | ||
During the course of his 75-day ban (or "vacation" from OWOT), Lemuria developed a keen interest in the {{wpd|South Africa}}n city of {{wpd|Port Elizabeth}}, renamed "Gqeberha" in 2021. D9eoead originally did not consider this interest bait, but by mid-October, | During the course of his 75-day ban (or "vacation" from OWOT), Lemuria developed a keen interest in the {{wpd|South Africa}}n city of {{wpd|Port Elizabeth}}, renamed "Gqeberha" in 2021. D9eoead originally did not consider this interest bait, but by mid-October, Lemuria had began to use the city as bait, sending the name "Port Elizabeth" in chat and canvas unprompted without context or correlation to ongoing conversations; consistent with his prior baiting behaviors. | ||
Lemuria feels extreme disdain towards Port Elizabeth's name change to Gqeberha, believing that "Elizabeth" is a "beautiful name" that must be preserved on the map. D9eoead and other users argued that the name "Port Elizabeth" was a remnant of imperialism and {{wpd|apartheid}} that should be erased, but Lemuria disagreed with this, believing the name change to be a completely pointless and ineffective measure. Lemuria further argued that the name could be separated from its imperialist roots, but Fern and d9eoead believed otherwise, the latter stating that it is necessary to abandon the name in the effort to completely erase imperialism and colonialism. | Lemuria feels extreme disdain towards Port Elizabeth's name change to Gqeberha, believing that "Elizabeth" is a "beautiful name" that must be preserved on the map. D9eoead and other users argued that the name "Port Elizabeth" was a remnant of imperialism and {{wpd|apartheid}} that should be erased, but Lemuria disagreed with this, believing the name change to be a completely pointless and ineffective measure. Lemuria further argued that the name could be separated from its imperialist roots, but Fern and d9eoead believed otherwise, the latter stating that it is necessary to abandon the name in the effort to completely erase imperialism and colonialism. | ||
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The beauty of the name and the memory of Elizabeth Frances Markham needs to be preserved. | The beauty of the name and the memory of Elizabeth Frances Markham needs to be preserved. | ||
</blockquote> | </blockquote> | ||
This behavior had d9eoead worried, as he believed it was a sign that he did not change much during his ban. d9eoead pointed out similarities to pre-ban controversies, namely when Lemuria would put his interests above the beliefs or even livelihoods of other people. d9eoead pointed out that he did not care that much about other name changes in South Africa, stating that he disregarded the name's imperialist roots and the need to recognize African communities all in an attempt to justify his continued usage of the name "Port Elizabeth". | This behavior had d9eoead worried, as he believed it was a sign that he did not change much during his ban. d9eoead pointed out similarities to pre-ban controversies, namely when Lemuria would put his interests above the beliefs or even livelihoods of other people. d9eoead pointed out that he did not care that much about other name changes in South Africa, stating that he disregarded the name's imperialist roots and the need to recognize African communities all in an attempt to justify his continued usage of the name "Port Elizabeth". | ||
Lemuria's earliest Port Elizabeth-related activities date back to the start of September 2025, on [https://wplace.live/ Wplace], a [[Similar sites to OWOT|collaborative pixel canvas]], where he has expressed his disapproval of the name change on Wplace through signs depicting the name Port Elizabeth on the canvas, and a portrait of Elizabeth Frances Markham, the namesake of the city. | Lemuria's earliest Port Elizabeth-related activities date back to the start of September 2025, on [https://wplace.live/ Wplace], a [[Similar sites to OWOT|collaborative pixel canvas]], where he has expressed his disapproval of the name change on Wplace through signs depicting the name Port Elizabeth on the canvas, and a portrait of Elizabeth Frances Markham, the namesake of the city. | ||
So far, Lemuria has finished three signs; the first one was griefed and replaced with a sign saying "Gqeberha", the second one was erased; and the third one is a larger version of the second one that now coexists with a similarly-sized "Gqeberha" sign. In October 2025, he began construction on the fourth sign; significantly larger than the third one, which when finished, will display "Port Elizabeth" in a script font. | So far, Lemuria has finished three signs; the first one was griefed and replaced with a sign saying "Gqeberha", the second one was erased; and the third one is a larger version of the second one that now coexists with a similarly-sized "Gqeberha" sign. In October 2025, he began construction on the fourth sign; significantly larger than the third one, which when finished, will display "Port Elizabeth" in a script font. | ||
Lemuria's interest in the city continued through to October 2025, with similarly mounting community criticism. On November 20, 2025, a major argument broke out in the server again between Lemuria and multiple members, including Fern. In the argument, Lemuria tried to justify his actions by dehumanizing people, treating them like pawns or banks rather than people. Lemuria even stated that he wished he could erase his ability to feel guilt. | |||
Fern eventually took the “Elizabeth” out of Lemuria’s nickname, stating that she is tired of Lemuria going out of his way to aggravate people on the server. Fern wrote that she was tired of Lemuria going out of his way to aggravate people on the server, and effectively banned further discussion of Port Elizabeth and the name change within the server. Lemuria, outraged by the name change, attempted to play the victim by arguing that Fern did not ask for permission to change his name, even though mods don’t necessarily need to ask permission. D9eoead explained that Lemuria has shown that he refuses to change his behavior himself, so Fern had to take it into her own hands and forcefully change the name. Lemuria became even more aggressive, stating that he was afraid he might “do something even worse” if the mods did not mute him. | |||
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200"> | |||
File:Rotated floral heart bullet.png|[[Symbols for Legacy Computing|SLC]] [[art]] protesting Lemuria's advertisement of P.E. at [[Spawn]](''October 18th, 2025'') | |||
File:Port elizabeth let me tell you.png|"''wtf is wrong with yall''" | |||
</gallery> | |||
=== Other Elizabeths === | |||
By late October 2025, Lemuria's Port Elizabeth obsession had somewhat decreased in intensity. He began switching to other Elizabeths, such as Purely Elizabeth, an American food brand founded by Elizabeth Stein; and {{wpd|Elizabeth, New Jersey}}, which just like Port Elizabeth, was also named for a wife named Elizabeth. | |||
Fern was the first to indirectly mention Purely Elizabeth in the server, when on October 28, 2025, she posted a link to an AP News story that used an image of grocery products in shopping carts. One of the products happened to be that of Purely Elizabeth. Lemuria immediately pointed it out with a crop of the image, but received three wastebaskets, including one from Fern, and voluntarily deleted it. | |||
Lemuria created a thread initially dedicated to Port Elizabeth, but later renamed it "a large amount of elizabeths". So far, the thread has no other users except Lemuria. | |||
== Permanent ban == | |||
[[File:Lemuria rest in piss.png|center|thumb|Created by [[Guest-1052]]]] | |||
On November 29th 2025, upon learning that he would be banned from the OWOT discord server, Lemuria left on his own volition, This would essentially mark the start of the permanent ban. | |||
Lemuria failed the reconsideration period because he had not shown any remarkable change from before the first ban. He still baited to intentionally aggravate people, and he still didn’t care about others feelings. During the reconsideration period, his behavior became worse and worse as he cared less and less about trying to change his actions (if he even cared at all). In fact, when the 30 day mark passed, he went back to regular baiting tactics because he believed he was automatically absolved of all wrongdoing. | |||
Currently, Lemuria is arguably at his lowest point yet, regularly posting diagrams about his relationship with Fern and “attention extraction”, such as a {{wpd|Sankey diagram}} of Fern's attention and a map of oil rigs in the {{wpd|North Sea}} recontextualized as a metaphor for "attention extraction rigs". During an argument with d9eoead on Tat’s server, Lemuria compared people to machines that could be used, saying that Fern was “defective, and in need of replacement.” He felt sad that his relationship with Fern did not give him the “desired outcome”, implying that he was never genuine in any of his conversations or discussions with her, and only wanted to use her as a source of attention. Strangely, he also kept referring to himself as “we”, and calling Fern and other users “colonies”. D9eoead confronted him about dehumanizing and objectifying people, but Lemuria retracted, saying that he wasn’t genuinely treating people like machines. He stated that he wasn’t only pretending to do so, trying to elicit outrage and distress from d9eoead as one last bait tactic before he left the community. This action shows that he has lost all care in attempting to change, and is fully embracing his selfish desire for attention. Either that, or he was pretending it was bait so he couldn’t be shamed for dehumanizing people. Either way, Lemuria has shown that he is a lost cause, unable to change or face accountability. After this, he has continued to discuss attention extraction on Tat’s server, with some users finding his desperation amusing. | |||
== Cats == | == Cats == | ||
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[[Category:YWOT Users]] | [[Category:YWOT Users]] | ||
[[Category:Cat Enthusiasts]] | [[Category:Cat Enthusiasts]] | ||
[[Category:Controversial users]] | |||
[[Category:Drama]] | [[Category:Drama]] | ||