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 [[Image:SaDLbanner.png|400px|right|thumb|The current Strange And Distant Land banner, which implements various celebrities and pop-culture references along with Weezer.]]
-'''Strange And Distant Land''' (commonly referred to as SaDL) is a [[Weezer]]-related fansite created in May 2020 in response to both the shut-down of '''[[Weezer Club]]''' and the issues that forum users had with [[Allthingsweezer]] moderation.
+'''Strange And Distant Land''' (abbreviated as '''SaDL''') was a short-lived [[Weezer]]-related fan forum created in May [[2020]] in response to the shut-down of the ''[[Weezer Club]]'' forum, and as a statement of dissatisfaction with the moderation of the [[AllThingsWeezer]] forum.
 ==History==
-The web forum was created in May 2020 by users '''Votto''', '''CodySolo''', and '''Ult''', after the [[Weezer Club]] forums had been shut down two weeks prior. The website aims for a welcoming forum experience with as few restrictions as possible, and a variety of topics of discussion. The fansite's main focal point is to be enjoyable for anybody, not just [[Weezer]] fans, with a focus on various other types of discussion, for off-topic threads, movies, video games, and more. This was reflected in the forum's banner which depicted assorted cool dudes, hot babes and people from American TV shows and films.
+The web forum was created in May [[2020]] by users '''Votto''', '''CodySolo''', and '''Ult''', after the [[Weezer Club]] forums had been shut down two weeks prior. In August of that same year, SaDL was shut down. To date, it has not returned.
-The website also seeks to cure many of the issues that previous web forums have had with moderation. There are quarterly mod elections in which users of the website are able to vote to keep or replace certain moderators that they may be happy or unhappy with, along with a moderation section of the forums where moderator decisions are made with complete transparency. The idea of this is to give the user-base a say in how the website is run, with suggestions and debates being open topics of discussion.
-In August 2020, the website mysteriously was closed "for repairs" and users have said to be anxiously awaiting its return.  Rumours have circulated that Warp Records labelmates Thom Yorke and Aphex Twin have privately conflicted over which of the two acts gets to launch their next album via the forum.
 ==See also==
 * [[List of common abbreviations used on Weezer forums]]