ATC Winter

The ATC Winter (named after the "Arab Winter" and ironically took place during the summer) was a era of controversy and arguements among the ATC wiki following the end of the ATC Spring.
== Timeline ==
=== War on Alpha ===
==== Phase I: Alphadonian Coalition ====
On May 29, 2021, Alpha announced he was creating the Alphadonian Coalition as a coalition of ATC users led by him and Freecoder with the goal of cracking down on drama and resolving it. Finn and Hi opposed this coalition, while Patriot and MGG accepted it. After a brief arguement with Hi telling Alpha to get lost since he left the wiki, Finn also told MGG not to suck up to Alpha. After this part of the conflict cooled down, Freecoder backed down and voted against the coalition.
==== Phase II: Alpha's Return Poll ====
A day later, on May 30, 2021, Alpha put up a poll about whether or not he should return to the wiki. Poxy, Patriot, Liuan, MGG, and Bste all voted in favor of Alpha returning. Hi, NotFinland, Belastan, Sria, and Finn voted against.
Finn turned the poll into a conflict by arguing that Alpha can't make himself 13, and that he needs to stay gone until he is 13. Sria intially didn't want to vote, though eventually decided to vote against Alpha. Patriot invited Alpha to come back if he wished, but said he didn't have to. Hi and Liuan soon reminded Alpha he wouldn't be getting his owner back even if he did come back, but Alpha told Hi to shove it. This got Finn to come back telling Alpha he wouldn't get admin at all. Alpha eventually decided he didn't care anymore and moved on.
=== Spy Controversy ===
On May 31, 2021, Patriot made a post detailing if he was really a spy in the May Revolution, though it was really Patriot's attempt to recover his reputation. He started by rambling that he wanted to be on everyone's good sides etc. Liuan only responded by saying Patriot was still a spy.
=== Third War Over Politics ===
On June 3, 2021, Alpha made a post detailing how he was creating a new MediaWiki alongside Patriot that included politics, inviting everyone to join it if they liked. This upset literally everyone for some reason. Belastan responded by shouting at Alpha, followed by Liuan saying it was a violation of the May Revolution peace treaties stating that politics would never return to the ATC. Liuan went on by quotting Alpha and essentially disagreeing with him entirely. Patriot eventually intervended saying that the MediaWiki was completely separate from the ATC, meaning any ATC treaties don't apply to the MediaWiki. Finn then jumped in just to call Alpha immature, followed by MGG warning Alpha not to associate the MediaWiki with the ATC. Liuan then made a post about what these never-actually-signed treaties were and how Alpha was breaking it. Patriot responded by saying that the treaties were dumb and the MediaWiki is separate from the ATC.
=== Fraud Conflict ===
On June 4, 2021, Patriot announced that there was fraud in the Alpha Return Conflict because Sria had voted on the poll with an alt. Liuan responded by saying it technically wasn't fraud because it was obvious it was Sria's alt, but Freecoder said that is still counts as fraud. The main problem with the fraud was that Belastan had said the poll had been equal, but the fraud had meant that the Pro-Alpha Returners had actually won the poll. Liuan had then announced that he was changing his vote, and it didn't matter whether it was a fraud or not.
=== COPPA Conflict ===
As a result of the Fraud Conflict, Sria and Belastan stated that Alpha should be banned anyways because him being on the wiki was a violation of COPPA. Patriot, Freecoder, and Alpha all argued that COPPA was a bad law anyways and that it didn't matter.
=== Attempts to Return Politics ===
See also: Patriot Politics Movement, July 11 Coup d'état, and New Left Movement
Several times after the COPPA Conflict, the aftermath of the Patriot-Belastan War could be seen with several political rivalries and tensions between Belastan, a social democrat and capitalist, and Patriot, a marxist and revolutionary progressive. Some people saw this as an attempt by Patriot to bring back politics and a continuation of the Patriot Politics Movement. Among these debates was one over LGBTQ+ rights where Belastan stated he didn't support the LGBTQ+ community, causing Patriot and Finolian to fight him on Discord, resulting in Belastan leaving the community.
On June 8, 2021, Alpha came back on his alternate account, EpicHistorian, and told everyone they should bring back the political system on the wiki. This was met with opposition from Freecoder and Liuan.
On July 11, 2021, Patriot attempted a coup to overthrow Freecoder and Liuan and reestablish politics. The July 11 Coup d'état fails due to Finn intervening and Patriot is banned.
The September Conflict began on September 2, 2021, when Alpha made a post titled 'Looking BackLooking Back | Fandom' where he detailed how politics never hurt the wiki and that they should be brought back. This poll became a source of argument as Patriot sided with Alpha and Freecoder sided against him. Bstew sided with Freecoder and the post was debated on for multiple days, eventually ending by September 4, 2021. Thus ending the September Conflict.
=== New Left Argument ===
On September 7, 2021, Patriot and Alpha founded the New Left Movement (NLF) as a Marxist movement to keep peace and prevent corruption on the wiki. Freecoder, Liuan, and Bstew debated with Patriot and Alpha, expressing mild concerns. This became known as the New Left Conflict. Bstew was quick to call out the NLF, saying it was unecessary and accused Alpha and Patriot of disturbing the peace. Freecoder expressed mild concerns and agreed with Bstew that it was unecessary, but didn't take much action. Liuan warned the NLF to not cause drama, but was otherwise fine with the movement's existence.
=== Poll Controversy ===
Not to be confused with the New Left Argument, although these to arguments took place around the same time.
When Alpha wrote the Looking Back Post, he said about how Liuan "Ruined the Long Peace with a poll that angered him and Patriot". At first Liuan didn't know what poll Alpha was talking about but then he realised that it was the poll that removed politics from the wiki. He was a little triggered by now, as Alpha was blaming him for stuff that he thought he didn't even do. So he wrote a poll where there was a lot of yelling (on the poll, not in the comments) and then Alpha realised that Freecoder suggested the poll.
=== The Soviet Question ===
== Factions ==
=== War on Alpha ===
==== Pro-Alpha Returners ====
* Alpha
* Poxy
* Patriot
* Liuan (formerly)
* MGG
* Bstew
==== Anti-Alphaists ====
* Hi
* NotFinland
* Belastan
* Sria/Sran
* Finn
*Liuan
=== Spy Controversy ===
==== Wiki-Politicals ====
* Patriot
==== Wiki Apoliticals ====
* Liuan
=== Third War Over Politics ===
==== MediaWikiists ====
* Alpha
* Patriot (somewhat allegedly)
==== Pro-Treatyists ====
* Liuan
* Sria
* Finn
* Belastan
=== Fraud Conflict ===
==== Anti-Fraudists ====
* Patriot
* Alpha (partially)
* Freecoder (some)
==== Fraudists ====
* Sria/Sran
* Belastan (allegedly)
=== COPPA Conflict ===
==== Anti-COPPA Forces ====
* Patriot
* Alpha
* Freecoder
==== COPPA Forces ====
* Sria
*Belastan
* Finn
=== Attempts to Return Politics ===
==== Wiki-Politicals & Patriot Politics Movement ====
Patriot-Belastan War Aftermath:
* Patriot
* Alpha/EpicHistorian
July 11 Coup d'état:
* Patriot/HistoryIsPog
* Alpha (allegedly)
September Conflict:
* MapOfFish (Patriot)
* AlphaAlt (Alpha)
==== Wiki Apoliticals & Patriot Politics Movement Opposition ====
Patriot-Belastan War Aftermath:
* BelastanBelastan left the ATC during this conflict.
* Liuan
* Freecoder
July 11 Coup d'état:
* Liuan
* Freecoder
* Finn
September Conflict:
* Freecoder
* Bstew
=== New Left Argument ===
==== New Left Movement ====
* MapOfFish (Patriot)
* AlphaAlt (Alpha)
==== Wiki Apoliticals ====
* Bstew
* Freecoder
===Poll Controversy===
====Wiki-Politicals====
*AlphaAlt
*Supported by:
**MapOfFish (allegedly)
====Wiki Apoliticals====
* Liuan
==References==
Category:Actual War the on Wiki
Category:ATC Winter