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*01 January 2016: '''A Happy New Year!''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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*26 October 2016: '''20,000th article''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
: 2015 was another great year to be a BattleTech fan. The ''[[Unseen]]'' issue is finally going away through the retroactive introduction of new designs that actually look recognizably like the earlier, unseen images. New print novels have been announced (and a small print run of one was sold at GenCon).<br />On the Sarna.net BattleTechWiki side of things, we've seen a continuous drive to improve the existing database, and another 549 new articles added this past year.<br />The signs are good. Here's to a great 2016!
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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]]''.
  
*25 December 2015: '''Merry Christmas...''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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*7 October 2016: '''Assistant LD Ben Rome steps down''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
: ...to the BattleTech community! :)
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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.
  
*11 December 2015: '''Forbes linking to Sarna''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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*25 May 2016: '''2015 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
: Sarna was linked to by Forbes in this article about [http://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2015/12/11/mechwarrior-online-is-finally-released-on-steam/ MechWarrior Online releasing on Steam].  A testament to the high quality content this community has worked on!
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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.
 
 
*25 July 2015: '''(Former) Unseen remodeled''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
 
: As part of [[CGL]]'s recent major announcement, they presented new art that explicitly retroactively replaces the old "[[unseen]]" art. Not all unseen designs have received a makeover yet, but the idea apparently is to put the unseen issue to rest for good.
 
  
 
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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.