[Obsidian]

Honestly, if the site is pretty much being partially ignored already, I really don't want it shut down for X amount of time and risk them forgetting about the site for even longer. At least this way, we've got somewhere to post for the time being.

They can do edits on a test server. I don't know what comes of their packages but the site I have, I have unlimited subdomains. So they can always created a password-protected subdomain for testing to do changes before releasing.

But something is going to have to get done.

You cannot have a site without a dedicated and active owner.
You cannot have staff without a dedicated and active owner.
You will not have active members without a dedicated and active owner with dedicated and active staff.

It all boils down to an owner. If an owner isn't dedicated and constantly active, the staff doesn't feel compelled to do what needs to be done because they feel like they're not getting the acknowledgement that they deserve.
And without a staff, the members of the site feel less likely to want to come back because there's nothing being pushed through.

How I know?
I've been a pixelist of a site (actually probably still currently listed as one) on another pixel avatar site which is still running but pretty much dead.