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===[[Current_events|News]] Archive===

For news that is no longer relevant or out-of-date


===Pages to be deleted===

The category "[[:Category:Pages to be deleted|pages to be deleted]]" has been tidied out - that is, all the pages within the category have been removed. Please do not just create blank pages for the sake of completion, only if you are planning to put some content on it.

''[[Chris_Priestley|Chris]], 19 November 2006''

===Uploads===

Are sadly not working at the moment, by the looks of it. [[Clizard]] promises this will be fixed soon....ish

''[[Chris_Priestley|Chris]], 17 November 2006''

===Finishing Off The Move===
This will take place over Sunday 12th November. Unfortunately it's not quite finished yet. Old colours and statistics will be added and any missing elements of the wiki will be addressed over the next day.

''[[Clizard]], 12 November 2006''

===Moving to new Host===
Over the weekend (very very early Sunday), I'll be moving the wiki onto new hosting which should improve speed or at least improve the uptime of the BRGS Wiki. I'm going to try and do this as quickly as possible but there are lots of images to transfer, which will likely take up the bulk of my time. Once available this site will forward to the new address which is [http://www.brgswiki.org www.brgswiki.org]. All page links should forward correctly to the new site and most, if not all elements of the site will be saved. The MediaWiki software is also being upgraded at the same time to the latest release version.

Hopefully this'll go without too much of a hitch, but I may have to turn off the wiki for some of Sunday to get everything shifted over. By all means continue to edit the current site. All content will be saved and transferred.

''[[Clizard]], 8 November 2006''

===Important Note===
Unfortunately, we have been plagued recently by certain acts of vandalism, such as deleting the entire content of a page and replacing it with "such a person is a ****." 

'''This will not be tolerated!'''

All changes are logged in [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]] along with your IP address, so we know '''who''' has changed '''what''' - please bear this in mind! By all means, edit any page you wish to, but keep it clean, informative, funny, and in line with the [[HowToEdit|Guidelines]].

Enjoy!

''[[Chris_Priestley|Chris]], 2 November 2006''

===New Proposals on Rules for Moderation===
Thanks for all your edits, viewing and support over the last couple of months. The site grew over 50% in September, in page hits and is looking to do so in unique hits too, according to our [http://my.statcounter.com/project/standard/stats.php?project_id=1719808&guest=1 statistics page]. As the site grows, it is inevitable that a wider audience will come along. Searching for something related to BRGS, like "[[Mr Fuller|fuller brgs]]" returns results from certain UK search engines to pages here.

Therefore, we now have a responsibility for a minimum level of quality - by making sure spelling and grammar is mostly correct and that articles are not offensive, nor rely on using swear words. To bring all current and future articles to this standard, a [[HowToEdit|new proposal for the editing guidelines]] has been submitted and now features on the front page. We'd appreciate constructive feedback and edits on the draft. 

''There will be '''no''' punishment for users not following the guidelines'', with the exception of anyone who is here just to vandalise the site by, for example, replacing an entire page with a derogatory comment. You '''will''' be banned if you do this!

''[[Clizard]], 25 September 2006''

===The To-do list===
If you ever have a spare 20mins or so, or would like a section added and don't have time, the [[BRGS Wiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]] now plays host to the '''to-do list'''.

===New Colours===
To give BRGS Wiki a more BRGS-esque theme, we've been experimenting with the colours. Hopefully they'll all work and are better (or at least more unique) than the defaults.

===It begins [http://blog.myspace.com/brgswiki From Myspace]===
So, the BRGS Wiki MySpace profile has been up and running for a few days now, and I'm pleased to report that you seem to be flocking to join up and help support the site. Better still, the Wiki itself now has some extra features, including a detailed statistics link at the bottom of the page that will take you to all the information you could possibly want about the site, and- perhaps more importantly- show you how many people access the page every day and see your work.

Now all we have to do is work out a way to appeal to the masses... any ideas?