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*25 July 2015: '''(Former) Unseen remodeled''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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*11 June 2017: '''CGL BattleTech Forum back online''' ([[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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: 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.
  
*3 July 2015: '''A question of style''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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*22 May 2017: '''2016 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
: We've begun a discussion about what style and tempus articles on Sarna.net BTW should follow, and we're looking for input from the community, from everybody who is using Sarna as a resource. Please share your opinions in the discussion thread [http://www.sarna.net/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/177827/an/0/page/0#177827 here] and in the survey [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1b9mvBOCMJDOacnTujvB97VzeaJJvlo57gAVqQY52e8k/viewform here].
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: The BattleTechWiki Founders Awards are here! [[BattleTechWiki:2016_Founder%27s_Awards|2016 Founders Awards]].
  
*7 April 2015: '''2014 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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*03 May 2017: '''Spambot alert''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
: Thanks to everyone in the community, the [[BattleTechWiki:2014_Founder's_Awards | 2014 Founders Awards]] are now available!
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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.
  
*20 January 2014: '''Nominations for the 2014 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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*18 January 2017: '''Server Maintenance''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
: We once again we call upon all Editors, Readers and Admins to nominate contributors' names to the Founder, Nic Jansma, for consideration for recognition of efforts in 2014. All entries are sought here no later than 28 February, 2015: [[BattleTechWiki:2014_Founder's_Awards | 2014 Founders Awards]]
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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]])
  
*25 December 2014: '''Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year''' ([[User:BrokenMnemonic|BrokenMnemonic]])
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*15 January 2017: '''Server Maintenance''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
:On behalf of Nic and the admin staff I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas as we come to the close of another busy and productive year on Sarna. Sarna continues to grow and improve steadily thanks to the efforts of all of our contributors - thank you to everyone who has helped over the last year to make Sarna even better. I hope that everyone has had a good 2014, and that everyone will have a great 2015 to follow.
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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]])
  
 
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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)