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*02 January 2014: '''BrokenMnemonic promoted to Wiki Admin''' ([[User:Nicjansma|NicJansma]])
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*26 October 2016: '''20,000th article''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
: Long-time wiki contributor [[User:BrokenMnemonic|BrokenMnemonic]] has been promoted to be a wiki administrator, joining the 7 other [[BattleTechWiki:Administrators|BattleTechWiki Administrators]].
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: Today, the 20,000th article was created on Sarna. This marks Sarna (and BattleTech) as one of the biggest fan wiki projects out there.<br />Numbers are arbitrary as articles are continuously created and occasionally also deleted (and aren't numbered), but at this time, the honor of being the 20,000th article goes to the article about the DropShip ''[[Gorgon Gal]]''.
  
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*7 October 2016: '''Assistant LD Ben Rome steps down''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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: Long-time Assistant [[BattleTech Line Developer]] [[Ben H. Rome]] announced on his homepage that as of 7 October 2016 he was no longer Assistant Line Developer, and not working for BattleTech or CGL anymore. Raised to the position by his gaming friend and then-Line Developer [[Herb Beas]] (who left the LD position in 2013), he had himself declined the LD position and had been hinting for some time already that he might retire. Ben Rome's work includes the acclaimed ''[[The Wars of Reaving]]'' and ''[[Combat Manual: Kurita]]'' and is held in particularly high esteem by the fan base, who had nothing but praise and good wishes for him and expressed regret at his decision to leave BattleTech.
  
*02 January 2014: '''Nominations for the 2013 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Revanche|Revanche]])
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*25 May 2016: '''2015 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
: Happy New Year everyone...once again we call upon all Editors, Readers and Admins to nominate contributors' names to the Founder, [[User:Nicjansma|Nic Jansma]], for consideration for recognition of efforts in 2013. All entries are sought <u>[[BattleTechWiki:2013 Founder's Awards|here]]</u> no later than 31 January, 2014. Thanks!
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: Please congratulate the winners of the [[BattleTechWiki:2015_Founder%27s_Awards|2015 Founders Awards]], giving recognition to all of the amazing community members and their contributions over the last year.
  
 
*31 December 2013: '''Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
 
:In the name of the Admin staff, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!<br />Again, we can look back on the past year as a successful one. Both BattleTech and the Sarna.net BattleTechWiki are going strong and adding great content; Sarna has added another 2000 new content pages this past year. Thanks to all who contributed!
 
 
 
*26 August 2013: '''Line Developer Herb Beas steps down''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
 
:Today, the official Catalyst Game Labs website announced that Line Developer [[Herbert A. Beas]] has stepped down. Randall Bills (the previous Line Developer) is taking up the position as interim Line Developer.
 
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Revision as of 09:37, 13 November 2016

  • 26 October 2016: 20,000th article (Frabby)
Today, the 20,000th article was created on Sarna. This marks Sarna (and BattleTech) as one of the biggest fan wiki projects out there.
Numbers are arbitrary as articles are continuously created and occasionally also deleted (and aren't numbered), but at this time, the honor of being the 20,000th article goes to the article about the DropShip Gorgon Gal.
  • 7 October 2016: Assistant LD Ben Rome steps down (Frabby)
Long-time Assistant BattleTech Line Developer Ben H. Rome announced on his homepage that as of 7 October 2016 he was no longer Assistant Line Developer, and not working for BattleTech or CGL anymore. Raised to the position by his gaming friend and then-Line Developer Herb Beas (who left the LD position in 2013), he had himself declined the LD position and had been hinting for some time already that he might retire. Ben Rome's work includes the acclaimed The Wars of Reaving and Combat Manual: Kurita and is held in particularly high esteem by the fan base, who had nothing but praise and good wishes for him and expressed regret at his decision to leave BattleTech.
  • 25 May 2016: 2015 Founder's Awards (Nicjansma)
Please congratulate the winners of the 2015 Founders Awards, giving recognition to all of the amazing community members and their contributions over the last year.