Thanos
[The second half of his name has been deleted for balance]
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⚠️ This article is incomplete. Exactly 50% of the content was deleted by user Thanos_Inevitable on 4 March 2026. The admin who attempted to restore it no longer exists. The backup bot now only runs on alternating days. The article has been described as “perfectly balanced, as all things should be” by its vandal and “an unprecedented disaster” by everyone else.
Thanos
Thanos is a [removed by admin] from the planet Titan who sought to [removed by admin] using the Infinity [removed by admin].
He is known for his philosophy of universal balance, which he implemented by [removed by admin] half of all [removed by admin].
[Editor note: The 'removed by admin' tags are misleading. The admin didn't remove this content. Thanos did. The admin no longer exists.]
The Snap
In a pivotal moment, Thanos acquired all six Infinity Stones and snapped his fingers, erasing half of all living beings in the universe.
[The second paragraph of this section has been snapped.]
The event, known as “The Decimation” or colloquially “The Blip,” resulted in widespread devastation across the galaxy.
[The fourth paragraph of this section has been snapped.]
Thanos described the act as “mercy” and retired to a garden planet to watch the sunrise.
[The sixth paragraph of this section has been snapped. The pattern should be clear by now.]
Philosophy
Thanos believes that the universe's resources are finite and that [snapped]. He argues that by reducing the population by [snapped], the remaining [snapped] would thrive.
Critics have noted that this philosophy has [snapped] logical flaws, including the fact that populations [snapped] and that doubling resources would have been [snapped].
[Thanos responded to this criticism by snapping the word 'snapped' into the criticism itself. We have to admit this is thematically consistent.]
Article Statistics
4,000
Original word count
2,000
Current word count
24
Original references
12
Current references
8
Original admins on page
4
Surviving admins
HEdit History (the other half has been deleted)
Deleted exactly 50% of the article. Every other paragraph removed.
“Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.”
Attempted to restore deleted content
“This is vandalism. Restoring.”
Admin_NickFury's account has been [SNAPPED]. It no longer exists.
“I am inevitable.”
Attempted to restore from backup
“I've got the backup right here—”
Deleted half the backup.
“You could not live with your own backups. Where did that bring you? Back to me.”
Deleted half the edit history
“The edit history was unbalanced. I corrected it.”
Deleted half the categories
“Too many categories. Now there are fewer. You're welcome.”
Deleted half the references
“Even citations must be balanced.”
Attempted automated restore
“Executing scheduled backup restore...”
Deleted half the bot.
“Half the code remains. It still runs, but only on alternating days. Balanced.”
Added to Talk page: 'Dad, this is embarrassing. Please stop.'
“I cannot stress this enough: please stop.”
Changed article word count from 4,000 to exactly 2,000
“I used the words to destroy the words.”
TTalk Page: “Half the Article Is Missing”
Half of this Talk page discussion has also been deleted.
TonyStark_Genius
Okay, let me get this straight. He deleted half the article, half the edit history, half the categories, half the references, half an admin, and half a bot. And nobody can revert it because he keeps deleting half of every attempt. This is the single most effective act of Wikipedia vandalism in history and I am grudgingly impressed.
Gamora_Zen
Dad. You have to stop. You cannot 'balance' a Wikipedia article. That is not how encyclopedias work. They are supposed to have ALL the information. Not half the information.
Thanos_Inevitable
The universe had too many Wikipedia articles. I reduced them. Now there is enough server space for everyone. They called me a madman. But the servers run faster now. The load times have improved by exactly 50%.
Gamora_Zen
You did NOT improve the load times.
Thanos_Inevitable
I did. The server thanks me. It knows the cost of balance.
DrStrange_14M
I viewed 14,000,605 possible outcomes of this edit war. In only one does the article get fully restored. I cannot tell you which one. But I can tell you it involves a very specific combination of an undo button and a gauntlet.
PeterParker_Spidey
Mr. Stark, I don't feel so good about this article. Half the sentences just... stop mid-
Thanos_Inevitable
Balanced.
🫰 Administrator Notice
The Wikipedia Arbitration Committee convened an emergency session regarding user Thanos_Inevitable. Of the 12 committee members, 6 arrived. The other 6 no longer exist. The remaining members voted 3-3 on whether to ban the user, which Thanos described as “perfectly balanced.” The committee has been dissolved. Half of it, anyway.
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