As South Korea was seeing heated online debates about radical feminist website Megalia during this time,[9] the article quickly gained a lot of attraction and contributions.

[10] The false article existed for longer than six months, until a feminist wiki named Femiwiki brought forward specific and definite arguments on 24 January 2017.

[11] In September 2018, the site began displaying advertisements on the top banner of its pages, ostensibly to help fund its server rental fees.

[12] On 9 January 2019, Korean politician Cho Hae-joo formally announced that he had deleted material written on his Namuwiki page, as it contained "false elements," which resulted in political backlash.

[14] In November 2023, the Democratic Party accused then president Yoon Suk Yeol of 'preparing for martial law' on the basis of 130 officers deleting their Namuwiki pages.

In a press conference, Democratic Party MP Yang Mun-suk (양문석) said: "130 officers of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces have deleted or have taken the preemptive actions for the removal of their Namuwiki pages since last April.

[15] On August 14, 2024, the Communications Review Subcommittee (통신심의소위원회), one of the smaller committees of the Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC), postponed a resolution regarding a previous incident where two civilians who had small followings on social media requested the deletion of their personal information, pictures with their ex-lovers, and other inappropriate content from Namuwiki, while issuing consultancy from one of their subsidiaries, special committee for telecommunication consultations (통신자문특별위원회).

[16] On October 15, PPP legislator Kim Jang-Kyum (김장겸) said that "Namuwiki is becoming a distributing channel for illegal content such as deepfake porn, and fake news.

It is in the structure of a 'voluntary encyclopedia by the collective intellect', but is subject to malicious edits, stigmatization, and false accusations", and that "The government should come up with powerful solutions to deal with Namuwiki's dangerous and illegal elements.

The Special Committee for Telecommunication Consultations further stated that this was a "decision made in consideration of the rapid spread of Internet media and its increasing influence day by day", and that they were "applying the relevant regulations more strictly than before, reflecting the recent reality that can cause enormous damage to individuals by spreading unwanted portraits or privacy information.

"[22] On October 21, 2024, during a national audit regarding the Science, ICT, Future Planning, Broadcasting and Communications Committee [ko], a standing committee of the National Assembly, Kim Jang-kyom further stated that the website was "being used as a tool for all kinds of illegal activities such as digital sex crimes, copyright infringement, personal information infringement, etc.

It is said to be a citizen participation type (시민참여형), but if (the operating body) is unidentifiable and unable to be rectified, I wonder if it isn't necessary to exercise (Korea's) sovereignty like (in the examples of) France or other South-American countries and control it clearly or to block it outright."

"[24] According to the KCSC on October 23, when one of the influencers mentioned above requested the deletion of a Namuwiki article with a photo of the individual with his/her ex, the publisher (계시자) removed it voluntarily.

Fake news, defamation, the inappropriate publications of private information is something that cannot be protected under the name of freedom of speech...[27][28] On November 1st, 2024, the PPP's Special Media Committee (미디어특별위원회), stated that Namuwiki's reality is shocking.

'[28][29][clarification needed] Coincidentally, that afternoon (November 1st), Namuwiki was temporarily unusable, with pages displaying this error message: "잠시 서버 작업이 진행되고 있거나, 일시적인 오류일 수 있습니다.

[33] According to Kim, the revisal's key elements are the reinforcing of Namuwiki's proxy body in Korea, and the introduction of a confiscation system for profits based on the distribution of illegal information.

Furthermore, Kim says that they are pushing for a system where the domestic proxy requirements are expanded from current user count and revenue to encompassing other elements such as visits and traffic, with an addition of similar expansions for minor protection.

[34] Like its predecessor Rigveda Wiki, Namuwiki's articles are lightly worded and humorous, often containing jokes or references to subculture knowledge from various areas, including movies, games, and online memes.

However, less emphasis is placed on creating verifiable information; Namuwiki acknowledges on its behalf that its comparatively lax editing policies can cause material to be incorrect, biased, or defamatory, especially given its smaller number of contributors.

[38] Various hypotheses have arisen to speculate the motivation behind the wiki's transfer, the most prominent of which characterizes the move as an attempt to avoid sensitive South Korean internet laws.

[38] Namuwiki, according to SimilarWeb, is the 5th most visited website on the South Korean internet as of October 5, 2024, behind only the likes of Google, Naver, YouTube, and Daum.

[43] According to the E-daily, public figures reading, reviewing, and editing their own NamuWiki articles have been an increasing trend on Korean YouTube.