Changes: Wowpedia:News

Latest revision as of 11:32, 16 August 2020

This page lists news articles related to Wowpedia.

News in 2013

2 April 2013 – WP:NEWS withdrawn: The New Enhanced Writing Style policy has been withdrawn pending future changes. Thank you for your votes.
1 April 2013 – WP:NEWS proposed: The New Enhanced Writing Style policy will ensure that Wowpedia articles are 420% more legendary than articles on any other World of Warcraft wiki. Vote today!

News in 2012

3 August 2012 – Wowpedia's Mists of Pandaria beta contest!: The contest is now over! We've given away a number of Mists of Pandaria beta keys to our editors; see more details on our contest page.

19 April 2012 – Wowpedia reaches the 100,000 article milestone!: Wowpedia has reached over 100,000 articles! Congratulations to everyone who has helped contribute to this monumental achievement!

News in 2011

8 March 2011 – Wowpedia's Spring 2011 contest!: The Spring 2011 contest is now over! We've given away a couple of Razer keyboards and some Curse premium subscriptions! See the winning screenshots on our contest page.

8 February 2011 – Patch 4.0.6 live, Wowpedia hits 90,000 articles!: It's patch day! Take a look at the patch notes to see what changed. Make sure to update your AddOns!
Also, Wowpedia crossed the 90 thousand article barrier in the past day or so. We couldn't have become the most comprehensive wiki guide to World of Warcraft without your support. Thank you and keep editing!

News in 2010

4 December 2010 – New Community Site Now Live!: Blizzard Entertainment has officially rolled out its new community site, unveiling many new features including Wowhead and Wowpedia integration!

20 October 2010 – Wowpedia.org is live!: Wowpedia.org is a now a fork of WoWWiki and is supported by Curse Gaming. Most of the WoWWiki administration and many of its active users have migrated over to Wowpedia.
See Forum:Welcome to the new Wowpedia! for community discussion around the event.

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+|1=2 April 2013 &ndash; [[WP:NEWS]] withdrawn
-|1=23 June 2011 - [[Ask_CDev#Ask_CDev_Answers_-_Round_2|Ask CDev Round II]] has been answered!
+|2=The [[Wowpedia:NEWS|New Enhanced Writing Style]] policy has been withdrawn pending future changes. Thank you for your votes.
-|2=Among the multiple answers, the top lore changing question has finally been answered... Are the Warcraft and World of Warcraft RPG books considered canon? Well... some parts used elsewhere are, but you're much better off considering the RPG books non-canonical unless otherwise stated.
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+|1=1 April 2013 &ndash; [[WP:NEWS]] proposed
-|1=18 April 2011 - Guild Chat now available on World of Warcraft [[Armory|Mobile Armory]]!
+|2=The [[Wowpedia:NEWS|New Enhanced Writing Style]] policy will ensure that Wowpedia articles are <span class="qc-legendary">'''420% more legendary'''</span> than articles on any other World of Warcraft wiki. Vote today!
-|2=About two weeks ago, Blizzard provided a [http://www.curse.com/articles/world-of-warcraft-news/942212.aspx preview] of a new feature for the Mobile Armory: Guild Chat functionality. It is [http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/2653949 now available] as part of the Mobile Armory for the iPhone and iPod Touch under the [http://us.battle.net/wow/en/services/wow-remote/ World of Warcraft Remote] service.
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+|1=3 August 2012 &ndash; Wowpedia's [[Wowpedia:MoP beta key contest|Mists of Pandaria beta contest]]!
-|1=12 April 2011 - [[BlizzCon 2011]] Ticket Sales Announced!
+|2=The contest is now over! We've given away a number of [[Mists of Pandaria]] [[beta]] keys to our editors; see more details on [[Wowpedia:MoP beta key contest|our contest page]].
-|2=Blizzard has [http://us.blizzard.com/blizzcon/en/ announced] its ticket sales for BlizzCon 2011 at the Anaheim Convention Center on October 21st and 22nd. '''Tickets will go on sale 21 May PT and 25 May at 7 PM PT for $175 each.''' Virtual Tickets will cost $39.99 each, though details on how to purchase those are still to come.<br/>On October 20th, Blizzard will host a pre-BlizzCon dinner to benefit the Children's Hospital of Orange County. Tickets cost $500 and include a convention ticket. These tickets will go on sale on May 28th at 10 AM PT.
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-|1=8 March 2011 - Wowpedia's [[Wowpedia:Spring 2011 contest|Spring 2011 contest]]!
-|2=The Spring 2011 contest is now over! We've given away a couple of Razer keyboards and some Curse premium subscriptions! See the winning screenshots on [[Wowpedia:Spring 2011 contest|our contest page]].
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+|1=19 April 2012 &ndash; [[Project:About the wiki|Wowpedia]] reaches the 100,000 article milestone!
-|1=1 March 2011 - [[Patch 4.1.0]] now on the [[test realm|public test realms]]!
+|2=Wowpedia has reached over '''[[Special:Statistics|100,000 articles]]'''! Congratulations to everyone who has helped contribute to this monumental achievement!
-|2=It's time for the first major content patch of ''Cataclysm''! [[Zul'Gurub (instance)|Zul'Gurub]] (and the rare mounts) are back! Check out the [[Patch 4.1.0|patch notes]], copy a character ([http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/charcopy/ US]/[http://www.wow-europe.com/charcopy/ EU]), download the client ([http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/charcopy/downloads.html US]/[http://www.wow-europe.com/charcopy/downloads.html EU]) and read the PTR forum ([http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/1181024/ US]/[http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/874932/ EU]) for more information.
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-|1=8 February 2011 - [[Patch 4.0.6]] live, Wowpedia hits 90,000 articles!
+|1=8 March 2011 &ndash; Wowpedia's [[Wowpedia:Spring 2011 contest|Spring 2011 contest]]!
+|2=The Spring 2011 contest is now over! We've given away a couple of Razer keyboards and some Curse premium subscriptions! See the winning screenshots on [[Wowpedia:Spring 2011 contest|our contest page]].
-|2=It's patch day! Take a look at the [[patch mirrors]] and [[patch 4.0.6|patch notes]] to see what changed. Make sure to update your AddOns!<br/>Also, Wowpedia crossed the '''90 thousand''' article barrier in the past day or so. We couldn't have become the most comprehensive wiki guide to World of Warcraft without your support. Thank you and keep editing!
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-|1=2 February - 19 February 2011 - [[Love is in the Air]]!
+|1=8 February 2011 &ndash; [[Patch 4.0.6]] live, Wowpedia hits 90,000 articles!
+|2=It's patch day! Take a look at the [[patch 4.0.6|patch notes]] to see what changed. Make sure to update your AddOns!<br/>Also, Wowpedia crossed the '''90 thousand''' article barrier in the past day or so. We couldn't have become the most comprehensive wiki guide to World of Warcraft without your support. Thank you and keep editing!
-|2=Something is in the air in the major cities of Azeroth. Some call it love, and some just call it friendship and admiration. Whichever it is, many guards and townsfolk now spend their days giving and receiving tokens and gifts to other amorous citizens. Collect [[Love Token|Love Tokens]] and buy all sorts of seasonal rewards (and don't forget the always handy [http://wow.joystiq.com/2011/02/05/the-overachiever-guide-to-love-is-in-the-air-2011/ OverAchiever guide].)
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-|1=23 January - 12 February 2011 - The [[Lunar Festival]] has begun!
-|2=It is a time of celebration and remembrance of the valor and wisdom of the elder races (the [[night elves]], [[tauren]], [[furbolgs]], and [[earthen]]) who came together to defeat the first incursion of the [[Burning Legion]]. Set off with [[Quest:Lunar Fireworks]] to gain a [[Lunar Festival Invitation]] (and a handy flightpath to [[Moonglade]] avoiding the need for low-level characters to fight through [[Felwood]]). The Stormwind Park may be gone, but the druids await outside the gates to Stormwind. [http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/02/11/the-overachiever-guide-to-lunar-festival-achievements/ Read the Over Achiever Guide here.]
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-|1=6 January 2011 - [[Patch 4.0.6]] now on the [[test realm|public test realms]]!
-|2=See the [[Patch 4.0.6|patch notes]], copy a character ([http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/charcopy/ US]/[http://www.wow-europe.com/charcopy/ EU]), download the client ([http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/charcopy/downloads.html US]/[http://www.wow-europe.com/charcopy/downloads.html EU]) and read the PTR forum ([http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/1181024/ US]/[http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/forum/874932/ EU]) for more information.
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 ==News in 2010==
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-|1=14 December 2010 - PvP Season 9 has begun!
+|1=4 December 2010 &ndash; New Community Site Now Live!
-|2=The first PvP season of ''[[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm]]'' has begun! [http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1685497 Read the blog entry here.]
+|2=[[Blizzard Entertainment]] has officially rolled out its [http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1334974 new community site], unveiling many new features including [[Wowhead]] and [[Wowpedia]] integration!
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-|1=13 December 2010 - Cataclysm sales reach 3.3 million on launch day!
-|2=Blizzard has revealed that the third expansion surpassed the three million mark, making the expansion the fastest selling PC game of all time. [http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?101213 Read the press release here.]
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-|1=7 December 2010 - A new age has begun...
-|2=The ''[[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm|Cataclysm]]'' expansion has been released! Upgrade your accounts now! [https://us.battle.net/account/management/add-game.html?style=upgrade-wow US] [https://eu.battle.net/account/management/add-game.html?style=upgrade-wow EU]
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-|1=4 December 2010 - [http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1334974 New Community Site Now Live!]
-|2=Blizzard has officially rolled out its new community site, unveiling many new features including [[Wowhead]] and [[Wowpedia]] integration.
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-|1=29 November 2010 - [http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1223948 Moonkin Hatchling and Lil' Ragnaros Now Available]
-|2=New in-game pets, Lil' Ragnaros and the Moonkin Hatchling, are now available in the Pet Store section of the online Blizzard Store at a price of [http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100001332 US] $10 or [http://eu.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=221004438 EU] EUR 10 each.
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-|1=9 November 2010 - [http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1113829#blog Dial-in Authentication Now Available]
-|2=Blizzard has announced dial-in authentication as a free option for people who need an extra layer of security.
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-|1=5 November 2010 - [http://us.battle.net/wow/en/ New Community Site Live Preview]
-|2=A preview of the new World of Warcraft community site is available. It contains forums and profiles so far.
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-|1=28 October 2010 - [http://us.battle.net/account/management/upgrade-wow.html Cataclysm digital upgrade now available]
-|2=Blizzard has for the first time made available a pre-release digital upgrade which will allow users to pre-download Cataclysm and begin playing it as soon as the release date arrives.
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 |1=20 October 2010 &ndash; Wowpedia.org is live!
-|2='''Wowpedia.org''' is a now a fork of [[WoWWiki]] (run by Wikia) and is supported by [[Curse (site)|Curse Gaming]]. Most of the WoWWiki administration and many of its active users have migrated over to Wowpedia.<br/>See [[Forum:Welcome to the new Wowpedia!]] for community discussion around the event.
+|2='''Wowpedia.org''' is a now a fork of [[WoWWiki]] and is supported by [[Curse (site)|Curse Gaming]]. Most of the WoWWiki administration and many of its active users have migrated over to Wowpedia.<br/>See [[Forum:Welcome to the new Wowpedia!]] for community discussion around the event.
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-|1=18 October 2010 - [http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/2019-Cataclysm-Cinematic-Intro Cataclysm Intro Trailer released!]
-|2=Blizzard has revealed the introduction trailer for ''[[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm]]''! See the video on '''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq4Y7ztznKc YouTube].'''
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-|1=4 October 2010 - [http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/press/pressreleases.html?101004 World of Warcraft Cataclysm Release Date Announced!]
-|2=Blizzard has just announced the official release date of ''[[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm]]''. The highly anticipated expansion to the most successful MMO of all time will be hitting the store shelves on December 7th.
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-|1=3 July 2010 &ndash; Cataclysm content cavalcade!
-|2=Busy days here on WoWWiki - now that the [[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm|Cataclysm]] beta has begun, we are filling out the wiki with masses of new content. If you wish to help out, and all help is appreciated, please see our quick guide '''[[Help:Updating for Cataclysm|here]]'''.
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-|1=6 June 2010 &ndash; Fun with Captions!
-|2=WoWWiki and '''[[Wowpedia:Caption fun|Caption Contests]]'''? Well, yes and no... yes, you can make your own captions, but it's currently just for fun. No prizes, unless you count the laughter from users you know and don't know as something you would treasure!
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-|1=1 February 2010 &ndash; 80,000 articles and counting!
-|2=So, we hit [[Special:Statistics|80,000]] articles a few weeks ago. Go go editors, go! Thank you all for your hard work. '''[[Special:UserLogin|You too]]''' can [[WP:BOLD|edit]] WoWWiki to make it the best WoW resource on the web!
-}}
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-|1=3 January 2010 &ndash; WoWWiki has over 80,000 articles!
-|2=WoWWiki has started the New Year out by setting a new record: now the tally consists of more than 80,000 articles, thus strengthening its position as the #1 specialized wiki all over the planet! And, with the upcoming third WoW expansion, ''[[World of Warcraft: Cataclysm|Cataclysm]]'', new heights await to be reached. Thank you editors!
-}}
-==News in 2009==
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-|1=24th August 2009 &ndash; Kirkburn's BlizzCon 2009 Report
-|2=[[User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]] has written up his first-hand experiences of worgen and goblin starting areas - check it out at '''[[Wowpedia:Kirkburn's BlizzCon 2009 Report]]'''.
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-|1=1st July 2009 &ndash; BlizzCon 2009 ticket contest winners!
-|2=View the winners '''[[Wowpedia:BlizzCon Contest 2009|here]]'''. Congratulations, and thanks to all who entered!
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-|1=27th April 2009 &ndash; BlizzCon 2009 ticket contest announced!
-|2=We have BlizzCon tickets to give away - find out more on '''[[Wowpedia:BlizzCon Contest 2009]]'''!
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-|1=27th April 2009 &ndash; Screenshot contest winners!
-|2=The winners of the recent screenshot contest (to win one of five ''[[Arthas: Rise of the Lich King]]'' novels) are now available on '''[[Forum:WoWWiki Screenshot Contest Spring 2009]]'''! Thanks to everyone who entered.
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-|1=7th May 2009 &ndash; WoWWiki forums!
-|2=It's been a long time coming, but WoWWiki finally has forums :) They take over from our village and Warcraft pumps, and should hopefully make discussion (and life) a lot easier. Visit them at '''[[Forum:Index]]''', and find out more about them on '''[[Forum:Welcome to the forums!]]'''
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-|1=1st May 2009 &ndash; WoWWiki and Xfire in-game browser!
-|2=Fresh from a partnership with Xfire, we are proud to announce that WoWWiki will serve as the default in-game web browser for Xfire while playing WoW. That’s right, no more alt-tabbing, throw away your second monitor, close your laptop, put your pants back on... er, you get the picture. '''[[Forum:Wowpedia and Xfire in-game browsing!|Visit the forums for more info!]]'''
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-|1=30th April 2009 &ndash; WoWWiki upgrades - now on MediaWiki 1.14!
-|2=As part of WoWWiki's continual upgrade plan, we are now running the latest stable release of MediaWiki, and have also seen several new feature releases over the past few months. Please see '''[[Wowpedia:Upgrades]]''' for more info!
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-==News in 2008==
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-|1=12th November 2008 &ndash; 65,000 articles and counting!
-|2=That article count just keeps rising, and [[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King|WotLK]] isn't even out! Tomorrow is the big day, and hopefully we will be able to cope with the influx of visitors ... the past few weeks have been record breaking for the wiki :)
-}}
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-|1=29th September 2008 &ndash; WoWWiki has shattered the 60,000 article barrier!
-|2=Last count put us in the 63,000 range. To all of the editors who helped us reach this impressive number, thank you!
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-|1=25th August 2008 &ndash; The WoWlympics have ended - who will win [[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King|WotLK]] beta keys?
-|2=Check back in a few days when we announce the winners of the 2008 WoWWiki WoWlympics! Visit '''[[Wowpedia:WoWlympics]]''' for details.
-}}
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-|1=18th July 2008 &ndash; WoWWiki and [[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King|WotLK]] information...
-|2=The [[NDA]] has been lifted! You can now add anything from the beta. Thank you for waiting patiently for this day to arrive :P<br/>Update: we now have portal dedicated to WotLK up! See '''[[Portal:WotLK]]'''.
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-|1=12th June 2008 &ndash; New search engine!
-|2=WoWWiki has a new internal search engine. Find out more on the [[Help talk:Searching#Updates!|talk page]]. If you've got any feedback or notice any bugs, please do let us know on there.
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-|1=2nd May 2008 &ndash; Upgrade status!
-|2=As you may have noticed, WoWWiki has been undergoing major overhauls. If you want to find out more about what has been going on, please visit [[Wowpedia:Upgrade early 2008]]. We hope you like the changes!
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-|1=28th March 2008 &ndash; Site stats update!
-|2=Now that we're upgraded, I think it's a good time for a stats update - 55,000 articles, and rising! As a result of the patch we also broke our daily page views record, now standing at over 5 million! We have even broken into the top 800 websites according to [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=www.wowwiki.com Alexa]. Congratulations all round!
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-|1=27th March 2008 &ndash; WoWWiki has been upgraded!
-|2=WoWWiki is now running on MediaWiki 1.12 - visit '''[[Wowpedia_talk:Village_pump#MediaWiki_1.12_is_live.21|here]]''' for more details.
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-|1=14th March 2008 &ndash; SXSW panel audio is up!
-|2=The SXSW team has posted a link to an audio podcast of the recent panel (see below) - you can download it '''[http://audio.sxsw.com/podcast/interactive/panels/2008/SXSW08.INT.20080307.GamersAreAdoptingTheWikiWay.mp3 here]'''.
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-|1=29th February 2008 &ndash; WoWWiki upgrades underway!
-|2=The wiki will be getting [[Wowpedia:Upgrade early 2008|various upgrades]] over the next few days and weeks with changes all over the place. If you see any problems, please report them on the [[WP:VP|Village pump]]!
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-|1=7th February 2008 &ndash; Instance boss pages changes!
-|2=We've been making a couple of changes to boss pages - the instance navigation can now normally be found via a drop-down list at the end of the NPC infobox. Note that this site uses some Javascript, so we recommend turning it on if you have disabled it.
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-|1=17th January 2008 &ndash; Another milestone reached!
-|2=We've broken into the top 1,000 websites according to [http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=www.wowwiki.com Alexa], and recently hit 3 million page views in a single day! Nice work :)
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-==News in 2007==
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-|1=31st December 2007 &ndash; Happy New Year from WoWWiki!
-|2=Here's to another year of Warcraft and WoWWiki! If all goes well, the WoWWiki '''[[Wowpedia:Upgrade Early 2008|upgrades]]''' should occur very early in the new year.
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-|1=29th November 2007 &ndash; Can't find your guild page?
-|2=Remember, all [[Wowpedia:Guild pages policy|guild pages]] now follow the format <code><nowiki>Guild:Guildname (Servername Location)</nowiki></code>
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-|1=21st November 2007 &ndash; 51,000 articles!
-|2=Not only have we hit '''50,000''' articles, we're now well beyond it!
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-|1=1st November 2007 &ndash; "WoW patch info" box!
-|2=On the left column you can now find a box with useful links about upcoming WoW patches - currently it has links to several [[Patch 2.3.0|Patch 2.3]]-related articles!
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-|1=30th October 2007 &ndash; 45,000 articles!
-|2=We hit 45,000 articles a few hours back! Thanks to all contributors {{=)}} See also the '''[http://www.wowinsider.com/2007/10/30/wow-wiki-reaches-45-000-articles/ WOW Insider report]'''
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-|1=20th October 2007 &ndash; [[Patch 2.3.0]] updates!
-|2=Many instance and item pages on WoWWiki are being updated with their upcoming Patch 2.3.0 information - please bear with us as we update :)
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-|1=19th October 2007 &ndash; WoWWiki upgrades!
-|2=WoWWiki will be undergoing some upgrades and changes in the near future - check out '''[[Wowpedia:Upgrade Late 2007]]''' for more details.
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-|1=1st October 2007 &ndash; Hover tooltips and more!
-|2=Hover tooltips are now active on the wiki - more details '''[[Wowpedia_talk:Village_pump#Hover_tooltips.21|here]]'''! In addition, we have recently hit '''44,000 articles''', and most of the wiki is now viewable on light skins! The revamp continues...
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-|1=26th September 2007 &ndash; WoWWiki Steam Community group!
-|2=We recently started a group called "WoWWiki - the Warcraft wiki" on the '''[[wikipedia:Steam (content delivery)|Steam Community]] site'''. Visit '''[http://steamcommunity.com/groups/wowwiki here]''' to see what we're up to on Steam! (More info on communities can be found on '''[[Wowpedia:About]]'''.)
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-|1=17th August 2007 &ndash; "Warcraft news" box
-|2=On the left column you can find a new box with an edit link, for Warcraft news. Whenever something ''major'' is announced, please consider adding it and a link to the relevant wiki article!
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=15th August 2007 &ndash; 40,000 articles!
-|2=We just hit '''[[Special:Statistics|forty thousand]]''' articles! In addition, the Main Page has had another small revamp, to convert it completely to the new modular layout.
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-|1=12th August 2007 &ndash; WoWWiki at BlizzCon 2007
-|2=BlizzCon may be over, we're still getting new bits of information, most of which is linked from '''[[World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King]]''' or '''[[:Category:Wrath of the Lich King]]'''. If you remember something from BlizzCon, and we're missing it, feel free to add it!
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-|1=4th August 2007 &ndash; Mid-BlizzCon Report
-|2=[[User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]] here - so many things to report! '''[[Death Knight (hero class)|Death Knight]] [[Hero Class]]''', '''[[Dalaran]]''' on the move, '''[[Inscription]]''' profession and much, much more. We plan to add many photos once we return, but for now we're just soaking up the information to pass on later. Safe to say, we're impressed! Remember, you can find us in the bright yellow "Wikia" t-shirts - please say hello :)
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-|1=4th August 2007 &ndash; Mid-BlizzCon Report addendum
-|2=[[Fandyllic]] butting in - don't forget to check [[User:Kaydeethree|Kaydeethree]]'s [[User:Kaydeethree/BlizzCon|BlizzCon info page]] for other tidbits (Kaydeethree was one of our BlizzCon 2007 Sponsorship winners).
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-|1=1st August 2007 &ndash; Main Page redesign
-|2=The Main Page has gone through a major redesign, now also featuring BlizzCon updates and featured media. You may also hide unwanted boxes.}}
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-|1=25th July 2007 &ndash; Site update
-|2=Visit the '''[[Wowpedia_talk:Village_pump#Site_stats_update|village pump]]''' for a quick stats update on the wiki. '''''Thanks''' for making us what we are today!''
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-|1=25th July 2007 &ndash; [[Blizzcon 2007]] update!
-|2=Three members of WoWWiki are going to BlizzCon - [[User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]], [[User:Kaydeethree|Kaydeethree]] and [[User:Tusva|Tusva]]. If you have any requests, please contact them!
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-|1=3rd July 2007 &ndash; WoWWiki cited for its success by CIO Magazine
-|2=WoWWiki was cited by the founder of Wikipedia as a successful example of what a wiki can do for online collaboration. See the article [http://www.cio.com/article/121711?source=nlt_cioinsider here].
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-|1=14th June 2007 &ndash; BlizzCon 2007 Sponsorship update!
-|2='''[[User:Tusva|Tusva]]''' and '''[[User:Kaydeethree|Kaydeethree]]''' have been chosen to represent WoWWiki and Wikia at BlizzCon! Congratulations!
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-|1=7th June 2007 &ndash; BlizzCon 2007 Sponsorship!
-|2=WoWWiki and Wikia are sponsoring two WoWWiki contributors to attend BlizzCon 2007 in Anaheim on August 3-4.  Take a look at the [[2007 BlizzCon Invitation]] for qualifications and information on how to nominate yourself.  Don't delay, the last date to add yourself is '''next Tuesday, June 12th!'''
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-|1=6th June 2007 &ndash; Wiki and server update
-|2=As WoWWiki is now on [http://www.wikia.com/ Wikia] servers, you may have noticed a few changes around the wiki, especially the improved reliability. Coming up, we will be receiving an upgrade to MediaWiki 1.10 and a user account merge with Wikia. More details on the latter will be coming soon!
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-|1=10th May 2007 &ndash; Looking for foreign language editors!
-|2=Playing WoW in a language other than English?  Interested in contributing to a World of Warcraft wiki in your language?  There are communities on Wikia's foreign-language sites that are being formed... check out the sites for [http://wowtw.wikia.com/ Chinese], [http://fr.wow.wikia.com/ French], [http://wow.wikia.com/ German], [http://hu.wow.wikia.com/ Hungarian], [http://pl.wow.wikia.com/ Polish] , or [http://sk.wow.wikia.com/ Slovak].  If you're interested in starting a World of Warcraft wiki in a language other than the ones listed here, leave a note on [[User_talk:Rustak|my talk page]]. -- [[User:Rustak|Rustak]] 21:30, 10 May 2007 (EDT)
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=7th May 2007 &ndash; New admin
-|2=Please welcome the newest addition to the WoWWiki administrators, [[User:Teomyr|Teomyr]]!
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=5th May 2007 &ndash; Wiki upgrade complete
-|2=WoWWiki is now running on MediaWiki 1.9.3. See the [[Wowpedia talk:Village pump#Upgrade_to_1.9.3_Complete|village pump]] for more information! {{User:Kirkburn/Sig3}} 12:37, 5 May 2007 (EDT)
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=1st May 2007 &ndash; WoWWiki moving to Wikia!
-|2=Over the past few months, I've been thinking a lot about how to keep up with the needs of the WoWWiki community. I'm really proud of how WoWWiki has grown into a valuable resource for all World of Warcraft players, and want to make sure that it can continue to grow. As you've seen, I've had trouble keeping up with server issues, problems, and getting the upgrades and extensions that are needed to make WoWWiki better.<br/>I've looked at a few options on how to solve this over the last month. When [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_wales Jimmy Wales] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Penchina Gil Penchina] offered to let us move the wiki to [http://www.wikia.com/ Wikia], this seemed like a natural fit and I accepted. These guys have a record of treating communities well and running a great service, and I'm going to stay involved to help make sure that they deliver what our community needs.<br/>Some more details about this are on the [[Wowpedia talk:Village pump#WoWWiki_moving_to_Wikia.21|village pump]]! -- [[User:Rustak|Rustak]] 03:06, 2 May 2007 (EDT)
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-|1=19th April 2007 &ndash; MediaWiki updates and upgrades
-|2=The wiki is currently undergoing software changes and updates. This will result into multiple maintenance downtimes during the week. However, the MediaWiki version should be fully upgraded to 1.9 within 10 days.<br/>On a side note, multiple changes have already been done to the wiki interface. Email authentication is now necessary to create an account and the editing interface has been made clearer. We hope you like them! --{{User:Adys/Sig}} 03:44, 19 April 2007 (EDT)
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-|1=15th April 2007 &ndash; Patch 2.1.0 up for testing!
-|2=[[Patch 2.1.0]] is now open for testing. You can now check out the complete [[Patch 2.1.0 (Release Notes)|release notes]] as well as a huge [[Patch 2.1.0 (Undocumented Changes)|undocumented changes]] list! --{{User:Adys/Sig}} 03:44, 19 April 2007 (EDT)
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=1st April 2007 &ndash; [[Portal:Main|Main page]] overhaul
-|2=The '''Main Page''' has had an overhaul!<br/>We have added a [[Wowpedia:Featured article|Featured Article]] (FA) section and expanded the [[Wowpedia:News|WoWWiki news]] section. In addition, the many of the links have been reappraised and in some cases, altered. We hope you enjoy it, and we appreciate any [[Wowpedia talk:Village pump|feedback]] you may have on this or any other part of the site! {{User:Kirkburn/Sig3}}<br/>''We hope you enjoyed our [[:Category:April Fools|April Fools]], "[[Main Page/MeoWWiki|MeoWWiki]]"!''
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-|1=29th March 2007 &ndash; New WoWWiki guideline
-|2=A new [[Wowpedia:Guidelines|guideline]] has been created! See [[Wowpedia:Signature]]. {{User:Kirkburn/Sig2}} 06:31, 29 March 2007 (EDT)
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-|1=28th March 2007 &ndash; Favicon
-|2=We have one! See http://www.wowpedia.org/favicon.ico/ <br/>If you're not seeing it in Internet Explorer, don't worry, it may just take a while. For Firefox users, visit the above link, reload it, then come back here. It should then appear! {{User:Kirkburn/Sig2}} 22:23, 27 March 2007 (EDT)
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-|1=17th March 2007 &ndash; New Admin
-|2=Please welcome the newest addition to the [[Wowpedia:Administrator|administrator]] ranks, [[User:Baggins|Baggins]]!. {{User:Kirkburn/Sig2}} 19:23, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
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-|1=26th February 2007 &ndash; The State of the Wiki
-|2=In a bit of good news, the wiki will soon be updated to Mediawiki 1.9.2. The recent slowness has been very frustrating, we know, and we've been looking at reason as to why it occurs. We are attempting to simplify the template usage for the moment to reduce load. Hopefully these changes will help until we find a better solution! {{User:Kirkburn/Sig}} 20:37, 26 February 2007 (EST)<br/>''Update - though the update has not yet occurred due to other commitments, we have fixed much of the stability problem by reducing the number of special template calls, such as to <nowiki>{{exists}}</nowiki>.'' {{User:Kirkburn/Sig2}} 19:19, 17 March 2007 (EDT)
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-|1=15th January 2007 &ndash; Wiki upgrade
-|2=Tonight the wiki's server was upgraded with more RAM - hopefully as a result we will be able to cope better with the loads from people wanting Burning Crusade information! If you have any trouble, please mention it on the [[Wowpedia talk:Village pump|Village pump]]! {{User:Kirkburn/Sig}} 17:00, 15 January 2007 (EST)<br/>''Addendum - we know the wiki has been experiencing some stability issues recently. We are looking into the cause of the problem, and hope to find a resolution soon.'' {{User:Kirkburn/Sig}} 01:26, 11 February 2007 (EST)
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-==News in 2006==
-{{Main page news item
-|1=21st December 2006 &ndash; New Administrators
-|2=I cordially invite you to congratulate the new wave of [[Wowpedia:Administrators|admins]]!
-:*[[User:Adys|Adys]]
-:*[[User:Ragestorm|Ragestorm]]
-:*[[User:Gryphon|Gryphon]]
-:*[[User:Tekkub|Tekkub]]
-:*[[User:Varghedin|Varghedin]]
-:*[[User:Hobinheim|Hobinheim]]
-:*[[User:Montag|Montag]]
-:Admins, I expect you to do your best and always think before doing! -- [[User:Kirkburn|<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="Kirkburn is a WoWWiki Admin">Kirkburn</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Kirkburn|talk]])</small> 20:20, 21 December 2006 (EST)
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-|1=21st December 2006 &ndash; Official WoWWiki IRC Channel
-|2=For all talk WoWWiki, visit the new official IRC channel, set up solely for your WoW + Wiki needs :P Several of the admins frequent the channel, and you are invited to discuss issues with us or notify us of important developments there! -- [[User:Kirkburn|<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="Kirkburn is a WoWWiki Admin">Kirkburn</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Kirkburn|talk]])</small> 20:20, 21 December 2006 (EST)<br/>Visit: '''[irc://chat.freenode.net/wowwiki chat.freenode.net, #wowwiki]'''
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-|1=6th December 2006 &ndash; Early December '06 Performance Problems
-|2=I finally got through to [[User:Rustak|Rustak]] and he says he thinks he's fixed the performance problems everyone has probably been noticing. He's been pretty busy, so he hasn't visited WoWWiki recently and his monitoring scripts were not working right. -- [[User:Fandyllic|<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="Fandyllic is a WoWWiki Admin">Fandyllic</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Fandyllic|talk]])</small> 4:17 PM PST 6 Dec 2006
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=18th October 2006 &ndash; ''[[World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade]]'' policy
-|2=Material pertaining to the beta of the upcoming expansion can now be posted freely on the wiki with some limitations.<br/>Please, no screenshots of unreleased content, and no datamined screenshots. Anything you could or can view in the alpha/beta is postable, as long as no exploits were used.<br/>-- [[User:Kirkburn|<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted; cursor:help;" title="Kirkburn is a WoWWiki Admin">Kirkburn</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Kirkburn|talk]])</small> 10:47, 18 October 2006 (EDT)
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=26th September 2006 &ndash; Recent policy and guideline changes
-|2=Recent policy and guideline changes:
-:*[[WP:DEL|Deletion policy]] - there is no longer a separate termination policy. There's no real difference for you people. The speedy deletion policy covered all the special cases that the termination policy outlined; we're just reducing confusion with this change.
-:*[[WP:FANFIC|Fanfic policy]] - The only thing we require now is that fanfic be about WoW and not mix in other gaming universes. Everything else was moved to optional advice in the [[Wowpedia:fan fiction guidelines|fan fiction guidelines]].
-:*[[WP:DNP|Do-Not-Post policy]] - Non-English content is now DNP, with a few possible exceptions outlined in the policy.
-: -- [[User:Mikk|<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted; cursor: help;" title="Mikk is a WoWWiki Admin">Mikk</span>]] <small>([[User talk:Mikk|T]])</small> 09:04, 26 September 2006 (EDT)<br/>
-:Guidelines:
-:*[[WP:IMAGE|Image guidelines]] have been created, with helpful tips on how to pick image format, handle compression, transparency, background coloring, etc...
-:*[[Wowpedia:Fan fiction guidelines|Fan fiction guidelines]] have been created as optional practices for writing fan fiction. (It mostly consists of the removed portions of the [[WP:FANFIC|fanfic policy]], reworded as hints rather than rules).
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=August 2006 &ndash; MediaWiki 1.7.1 Upgrade
-|2=[[User:Rustak|Rustak]] has upgraded the [[Wowpedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software to v1.7.1, which brings with it a number of changes.<br/>{{strike|See MediaWiki Quirks for problems arising from the upgrade, along with workarounds where possible}}.
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=30th August 2006 &ndash; New WoWWiki admins
-|2=Please congratulate [[User:Kirkburn|Kirkburn]] and [[User:Mikk|Mikk]] on their promotion to [[Wowpedia:Administrators|admin]]. Now you can bug them instead of me! --[[User:Fandyllic|Fandyllic]] <small>8:31 AM PDT 30 Aug 2006</small>
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=August 2006 &ndash; Main Page Updated!
-|2=The look of the [[Portal:Main|Main page]] has changed to the winning design among several proposals on 25 Aug 2006. We hope you like it.
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=August 2006 &ndash; Main Page Update!
-|2=The look of the [[Main Page|<font style=" color:#aaaa00;">main page</font>]] will be changing in the next week or so based on the winner of a [[Talk:Main_Page#Main_page_redesign_vote|<font style=" color:#aaaa00;">few proposals</font>]]. Please see [[Wowpedia:Main Page Dev 4|<font style=" color:#aaaa00;">WoWWiki:Main Page Dev 4</font>]] for a preview.
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-==News in 2005==
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-|1=June 2005 &ndash; Lore
-|2=The [[:Category:Lore|Lore]] section has tons of info about the history, characters, places, and creatures of the Warcraft universe.
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-|1=June 2005 &ndash; New Chat Info
-|2=New chat info:
-:*[[Chat|Usage and Commands]]
-:*[[Chat#Advanced_Chat_Termonology.2FDetails|Terminology and Shortcomings]]
-:*[[Chat#Chat_Channel_Troubleshooting|Troubleshooting]]
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=February 2005 &ndash; WoW Festival 2005
-|2=WoW Festival 2005 is April 22-24. It is sponsored by Rush3d.com and promises to bring out a number of players and community related websites.<br/>See http://www.wowfestival.com for details.
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-|1=January 2005 &ndash; New Chronos Library
-|2=[[Chronos]] - a new UI Library has been added to the Front page.
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-==News in 2004==
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-|1=23 November 2004 &ndash; Server Performance Issues
-|2=The popularity of the wiki caught me a bit off guard; I had to scramble to a bunch of last minute software upgrading and cache setting-upping.  Things are working fairly well though; you'll notice a large performance boost if you log out if you're just browsing, and log in just to edit.  Also, make sure that your links/bookmarks/etc.  look like <tt><nowiki>http://www.wowwiki.com/Main_Page</nowiki></tt> -- not <tt>www.wowwiki.com:8080</tt> or <tt>/index.php/</tt> (those will still work, but the first form will be the fastest).  I'll probably do a hardware upgrade here in the next week or so as well.  Thanks for all the contributions!  -- [[User:Rustak|Rustak]] 07:00, 23 Nov 2004 (EST)
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-|1=23 November 2004 &ndash; Index of Wiki Templates
-|2=An [[Wowpedia:Templates|index]] of Wiki Templates has been started. Please add to it as appropriate. -- [[User:Goldark|Goldark]] 09:51, 23 Nov 2004 (EST)<br/>Update: Moved to the "About WoWWiki" namespace (WoWWiki:), July 2005. - [[User:LAISREN|Laisren]]
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-|1=23 November 2004 &ndash; Server List
-|2=Complete server list up at: [[Realms list]]. -- [[User:AlexanderYoshi|AlexanderYoshi]] 01:10, 23 Nov 2004 (EST)
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-|1=22 November 2004 &ndash; Categories
-|2=Categories have now been added to many of the gameplay-related pages. Please try to categorize any new pages from now on, using existing catgories where possible, but adding new ones if required -- [[User:Goldark|Goldark]] 12:11, 22 Nov 2004 (EST)<br/>(Note: ''Meta:Categories'' moved to the '''About WoWWiki''' namespace (<b>[[Wowpedia:About|WoWWiki:]]</b> ) June 2005. -Laisren)
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-|1=22 November 2004 &ndash; Money Icons
-|2=You can now add money icons to your posts! [[Wowpedia:Templates|Money Example]] -- [[User:OwlBoy|OwlBoy]] 09:27, 22 Nov 2004 (EST)
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-|1=21 November 2004 &ndash; Spell detail
-|2=I've added a new example Spell detail page, at Warlock Spells > Shadow Bolt.  I'd like feedback on it, but I'm wondering if it wouldn't be nice to have a spell detail page like this for every spell and ability.  If so, we could mock up a template on it for future use. -- [[User:Jat850|Jat850]] 19:29, 21 Nov 2004 (EST)
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-|1=Classes
-|2=There's a new look to the [[Class]]es page thanks to [[User:Jat850|Jat850]]. Many other fantastic contributions by various people. Keep it going! -- [[User:Goldark|Goldark]]<br/>[[Hunter]], [[Shaman]] and [[Paladin]] classes added too. All classes now have a basic first page at a minimum, but there's still lots to do. A new [[Racial Traits]] page has also been added. -- [[User:Goldark|Goldark]]<br/>[[Druid]], [[Mage]] and [[Rogue]] guides are up! Thanks [[User:Metaphaze|Metaphaze]], [[User:Goldark|Goldark]], and [[User:Sarf|Sarf]]! --[[User:AlexanderYoshi|Alex]]<br/>Brand new guides for the [[Warrior]], [[Priest]] and [[Warlock]]. Go check 'em out! --[[User:AlexanderYoshi|Alex]]
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-|1=Templates
-|2=Added some [[Templates]] (not wiki templates) to act as a framework skeleton for the class and quest information -- [[User:Goldark|Goldark]]
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-{{Main page news item
-|1=Guilds
-|2=Lots of news going on at the [[Guilds]] page!
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-|1=API
-|2=A lot of people are working on the [[World of Warcraft API]]. It's looking GREAT! --[[User:AlexanderYoshi|Alex]]<br/>The Cosmos AddOns list has been started, feel free to help contribute to the documentation!
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-|1=Newbie Guide
-|2=The [[Newbie Guide]] is online and ready for perusing! Thanks Vlad!
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-==See also==
-*[[Portal:Main/News]]
-[[Category:Wowpedia|News|Community Portal]]
-[[Category:Community| Community Portal]]
-[[Category:News| WoWWiki:News]]