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==September 9==
==October 22==
Bulbapedia, Bulbanews, and the Bulbagarden Archives are all open and once again running as per normal... except with hopefully fewer technical disruptions.
Thank you all for your patience over the past few months. Our recently revamped servers are chugging along just nicely and as such we have relaxed some of the rules instituted since the release of {{game|Black and White|s}}.


Our revamped servers are up and running, but we are still fiddling with them so an error may pop up now or then, but we can't finalize the server optimization unless everyone edits like normal. We've also recently installed the latest MediaWiki version (full release details [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Release_notes/1.17 here]). Most of the changes to the system will be back-end stuff, but you may see a few changes to your own editing interface. The update should hopefully contribute to a faster-running site.
Firstly, the ban on adding trivia has been removed. However! Please think twice before you add trivia. Make sure that this edit contributes to the article as a whole and is not just a coincidence or irrelevant bullet point.


Once we get the whole system running properly and everyone is happy, we will roll out some of those projects spoken of in the previous message (new templates, section changes, etc). In the meantime, enjoy the new site, and if you encounter a recurring problem, ''please'' report it to our [http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f195/suggestions-ideas-problems-39604/ official problem reporting thread]. Once again, we thank you guys for all your support, and hopefully the updated system will prove a success!
Secondly, we have amended our {{bp|userspace policy}} to permit at most three userspace edits per day (cue excited screams). There is a slight catch though - in order to continue the large volume of constructive edits Bulbapedia has amassed over the past few months, we ask that you make at least one more edit to the mainspace than your userspace every day. For example, if you want to make three userspace edits, you have to make at least four mainspace edits as well.
 
There will be a few more changes around Bulbapedia in the near future — but we can't say too much at the moment. Watch this space!


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Revision as of 04:25, 22 October 2011

October 22

Thank you all for your patience over the past few months. Our recently revamped servers are chugging along just nicely and as such we have relaxed some of the rules instituted since the release of Pokémon Black and White.

Firstly, the ban on adding trivia has been removed. However! Please think twice before you add trivia. Make sure that this edit contributes to the article as a whole and is not just a coincidence or irrelevant bullet point.

Secondly, we have amended our userspace policy to permit at most three userspace edits per day (cue excited screams). There is a slight catch though - in order to continue the large volume of constructive edits Bulbapedia has amassed over the past few months, we ask that you make at least one more edit to the mainspace than your userspace every day. For example, if you want to make three userspace edits, you have to make at least four mainspace edits as well.

There will be a few more changes around Bulbapedia in the near future — but we can't say too much at the moment. Watch this space!

Read more | Past messages