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Type of site | Wiki |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Owner | Daniel 'Dycaite' Wilson |
| URL | lostmediawiki |
Lost Media Wiki is a wiki created in 2012 by Daniel "Dycaite" Wilson to list and organize lost or hard-to-find media. The site also promotes events to search for specific lost media.
Creation
[edit]The idea for the site emerged in 2011 when Dycaite participated in an online investigation forum on the 4chan website about paranormal subjects, after discovering the 2000 film called Cry Baby Lane, which had been broadcast on Nickelodeon. In 2012, Dycaite founded the Lost Media Wiki group, after a suggestion from one of the members to move his personal list to a complete website.[1]
Reception
[edit]As of April 21, 2020, the site recorded over 3,000 items separated into categories of found, partially found, partially lost, existence unconfirmed, non-existent confirmed, and lost.[2]
The site also organizes searches for specific media in online forums and petitions for the archiving of other content. One of the most notable campaigns promoted by the site was the search for a removed cutscene from the PlayStation game Spider-Man 2: Enter: Electro which featured Thor, as well as the prototype for the video game sequel to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.[3] Other lost media cases include the pilot episode of Family Guy, which was found;[4] Slamfest '99, a promotional event for Super Smash Bros. that remains partially lost;[5] Mean Girls, an unreleased video game based on the film of the same name that was found, but left unreleased to the public;[6] and O parádivé Sally, a Czech short that aired on the series Pinwheel. Search efforts for O parádivé Sally began after an Internet user known as Commander Santa shared his recollection of it online in 2012, with the short being found in 2017.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Wesolowski, Sebastian (February 17, 2016). "'Lost media': les chercheurs de trésors du web" ['Lost media': treasure hunters of the web]. Motherboard (in French). Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
- ^ Blanchet, Brenton (April 21, 2020). "The internet community unearthing lost episodes from your childhood faves". i-D. Vice Media. Archived from the original on August 31, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2026.
- ^ Bailey, Dustin (September 25, 2025). "After 24 years as lost media, a legendary cutscene from a PS1 Spider-Man game that was delayed and censored in the wake of 9/11 has finally been found and preserved online". GamesRadar. Archived from the original on January 1, 2026. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
- ^ Hughes, William (March 21, 2025). "Lost media detectives finally found the full original pilot for Family Guy". AV Club. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
- ^ Plunkett, Luke (February 15, 2023). "In 1999 Nintendo Had A Real-Life Wrestling Match Starring Mario And Pikachu". Kotaku. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
- ^ Notis, Ari (July 20, 2021). "Infamous 'Lost' Nintendo Mean Girls Game Now Fully Revealed". Kotaku. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
- ^ Lucia (February 8, 2021). "The Weird Part Of YouTube: "O Paradive Sally" ("About Dressy Sally") And The Unraveling Of The Nickelodeon Clock Man Mystery". The Ghost In My Machine. Retrieved April 13, 2026.