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*26 August 2013: '''Line Developer Herb Beas steps down''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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*11 June 2017: '''CGL BattleTech Forum back online''' ([[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) will return to the position as interim Line Developer.
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: After a two week hiatus, the official BattleTech web presence and especially the [[BattleTech Forum]] is back online. The last three days of postings prior to the outage have apparently been lost. The [[BattleCorps]] site remains offline.
  
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*22 May 2017: '''2016 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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: The BattleTechWiki Founders Awards are here! [[BattleTechWiki:2016_Founder%27s_Awards|2016 Founders Awards]].
  
*20 August 2013: '''Sarna.net Design Update''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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*03 May 2017: '''Spambot alert''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
:Sarna.net has fully transitioned to a new visual style.  Please [[User_Talk:Nicjansma|let me know]] what you think about it.
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: A slew of spambots has managed to register accounts, and is using these to create gibberish articles. Users are encouraged to immediately introduce themselves on their user page and/or talk page when setting up a new user account, to avoid being lumped in with the spambot accounts and being summarily blocked or deleted with extreme prejudice.
  
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*18 January 2017: '''Server Maintenance''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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: I'm currently experimenting with some performance tuning of the server.  If you see any issues with images breaking, or other parts of the site not working, please let me know.  ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
  
*15 May 2013: '''Introducing the Sarna.net BattleTech News Blog!''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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*15 January 2017: '''Server Maintenance''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
:I'm excited to announce a new section for Sarna: The [http://www.sarna.net/news/ Sarna.net BattleTech News Blog]! We aim to bring you the latest tabletop and video game coverage as well as product reviews, community highlights and more.  [http://www.sarna.net/news/ Check it out!]
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: At approximately 7am EST 15 January 2017, the sarna.net server will be undergoing maintenance and a migration to new hardware. Please expect some downtime. MediaWiki will also be upgraded, so there may be some things temporarily brokenIf you encounter any issues, please [[User:Nicjansma|let me know]] or tweet at [https://twitter.com/SarnaNet @SarnaNet]
  
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: 10pm EST: Server maintenance is complete.  Apologies for any downtime today.  Please let me know if you encounter issues. ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
  
*16 March 2013: '''2012 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
 
:The [[BattleTechWiki:2012 Founder's Awards|2012 Founder's Awards]] have been posted.  Let me give a sincere '''Thank You''' to everyone who's helped out on the wiki over the last year!
 
 
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Revision as of 01:52, 12 July 2017

  • 11 June 2017: CGL BattleTech Forum back online (Frabby)
After a two week hiatus, the official BattleTech web presence and especially the BattleTech Forum is back online. The last three days of postings prior to the outage have apparently been lost. The BattleCorps site remains offline.
  • 22 May 2017: 2016 Founder's Awards (Nicjansma)
The BattleTechWiki Founders Awards are here! 2016 Founders Awards.
  • 03 May 2017: Spambot alert (Frabby)
A slew of spambots has managed to register accounts, and is using these to create gibberish articles. Users are encouraged to immediately introduce themselves on their user page and/or talk page when setting up a new user account, to avoid being lumped in with the spambot accounts and being summarily blocked or deleted with extreme prejudice.
  • 18 January 2017: Server Maintenance (Nicjansma)
I'm currently experimenting with some performance tuning of the server. If you see any issues with images breaking, or other parts of the site not working, please let me know. (Nicjansma)
  • 15 January 2017: Server Maintenance (Nicjansma)
At approximately 7am EST 15 January 2017, the sarna.net server will be undergoing maintenance and a migration to new hardware. Please expect some downtime. MediaWiki will also be upgraded, so there may be some things temporarily broken. If you encounter any issues, please let me know or tweet at @SarnaNet
10pm EST: Server maintenance is complete. Apologies for any downtime today. Please let me know if you encounter issues. (Nicjansma)