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*16 August 2014: '''Sarna 2014 Survey''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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*11 June 2017: '''CGL BattleTech Forum back online''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
: Please take a moment to help us improve Sarna.net by taking a [https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sarnanet2014 survey]. The survey asks 20 questions and should only take 5 minutes of your time. We will use it to help us better understand how we can improve the site. Feedback is anonymous. Thanks to everyone who participates!
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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.
  
*03 March 2014: '''2013 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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*22 May 2017: '''2016 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
: Thank you to everyone who nominated their fellow community members for the [[BattleTechWiki:2013_Founder%27s_Awards| 2013 Founder's Awards]]. The awards have been posted.  Here's to another great year!
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: The BattleTechWiki Founders Awards are here! [[BattleTechWiki:2016_Founder%27s_Awards|2016 Founders Awards]].
  
*02 January 2014: '''BrokenMnemonic promoted to Wiki Admin''' ([[User:Nicjansma|NicJansma]])
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*03 May 2017: '''Spambot alert''' ([[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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: 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]])
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*15 January 2017: '''Server Maintenance''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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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 broken.  If 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]])
  
*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!
 
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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)