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Mentach
Noldvach (Нольдвач), or Mentach (Ментач),1) was a short-lived Russian bulletin board, founded by Artem Zhirkov (Артём Жирков), which existed from January 17, 20092) to February 23, 2010. It mostly had a reputation as a place for underage /b/ users, before Sosach took them in.
History
Following Dvach's death, Noldvach set up at “02ch.ru” using Wakaba around January 17, 2009,3) then moved to “02ch.su” and “02ch.jp” after the domain was reported for child pornography.4) Noldvach had a plethora of issues, then the server stopped around April 16, 2009, so they temporarily moved to “212.117.165.20”, but then it showed the default Apache message on April 30, 2009 and most presumed Noldvach dead.
A few months later, a 'reconstruction' message appeared,5) then Noldvach returned at “02ch.su” with all of the data intact around September 6, 2009,6) suggesting a transfer in ownership. However, the “02ch.ru” domain expired on January 27, 2010, then the “02ch.su” domain expired on February 23, 2010, which effectively meant that Noldvach, or 'Mentach', was finally killed off for good.
Notes
- The website slogan was “law and order” (закон и порядок, zakon i poryadok).
- Several mascots for Mentach were proposed, but the community never really decided on one.
- Anatoli Dukalis (Анатолий Дукалис) - A fictional police officer, portrayed by Sergey Selin, from a Russian crime detective TV series, Streets of Broken Lights and Deadly Force.
- Uncle Styopa (Дядя Стёпа) - A fictional character from a series of Soviet children's poems. His image was shown on the front page, so he was *technically* considered to be their mascot.
- Mentach-chan (Ментач-тян) - A red-haired girl in a blue Soviet police uniform, partially preserved. Much of the finer details are lost, but some argue that there wasn't much to begin with.
- Rin Kokonoe (Рин Коконоэ) - The fictional character from Kodomo no Jikan in a police uniform. This was a late proposal, but it apparently pissed someone off enough to spam the thread.