Kogaru Diaries

Kogaru Diaries was a shared fictional universe created by Garry Marsden and the Cynosure Collective in 2007. Featuring a range of characters and storylines, the media was initially hosted media on Yahoo and MSN, with some additional content on Geocities. Following contemporary visual trends of the period, the continuity was patterned after Japanese eroge and light novels.

Originally envisioned as a Dating Sim, the concept underwent a variety of permutations between 2007 and 2010. Although no actual game was ever completed, a number of settings and narratives were developed, resulting in two discussion boards hosted on Google sites and IB4Free. Both were eventually shut down by the service providers after online communities went out of fashion.

Gameplay and Characters
In theory, the KDU (Kogaru Diary Universe) would have featured a range of primary and supporting characters, many corresponding to well-known anime archetypes. As a general rule, protagonists were usually depicted as young girls (reflecting the popularity of the shojo genre), while antagonists may be either male or female.

Controversy
Kogaru Diaries became the focus of a major online controversy in August 2010, after a number of KDU images were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Although the pictures violated no specific policies, Commons administrators opted to delete most of the files and permanently disabled all of the contributing accounts. Similar actions were taken on en.Wikipedia citing "scope" concerns.

A second conflict arose in March 2011, when several Wikipedia administrators attempted to have the remaining images permanently removed from Commons, claiming that they were copyright violations. In this instance, Commons rejected the deletion request, choosing to retain the files in a modified form.