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*26 October 2016: '''20,000th article''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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*11 June 2017: '''CGL BattleTech Forum back online''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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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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: 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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*7 October 2016: '''Assistant LD Ben Rome steps down''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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*22 May 2017: '''2016 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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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.
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: The BattleTechWiki Founders Awards are here! [[BattleTechWiki:2016_Founder%27s_Awards|2016 Founders Awards]].
  
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*25 May 2016: '''2015 Founder's Awards''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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*03 May 2017: '''Spambot alert''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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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.
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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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*17 February 2016: '''MediaWiki upgraded''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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*18 January 2017: '''Server Maintenance''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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: We've upgraded Sarna.net from MediaWiki 1.24 to 1.26.  Please [[User_talk:Nicjansma|let me know]] of any issues.
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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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*13 February 2016: '''MWO Hero 'Mechs declared canonical''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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*15 January 2017: '''Server Maintenance''' ([[User:Nicjansma|Nicjansma]])
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: [[Line Developer]] [[Randall N. Bills]] [http://community.battletechgame.com/forums/threads/1190 expressly confirmed] that the fluff for the Hero 'Mechs in [[MechWarrior Online]] is considered [[canon]]ical for BattleTech. The storyline for the upcoming [[BattleTech (Video Game)]] is also intended to be canonical. This is notable as computer games are otherwise expressly excluded from the definition of canon, being considered apocryphal instead.
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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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*01 January 2016: '''A Happy New Year!''' ([[User:Frabby|Frabby]])
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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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: 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. The 20,000th article will probably be written this year, which is very exciting.<br />The signs are good. Here's to a great 2016!
 
  
 
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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)

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