Lost Media Wiki
Type of site | Wiki |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Owner | Daniel 'Dycaite' Wilson |
| URL | www |
Lost Media Wiki is a wiki created in 2012 by the user 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
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
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 the removed cutscene from the PlayStation game Spider-Man 2: Enter: Electro and the prototype for the video game sequel to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.[3]
References
- ^ 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.