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* '''VAX article imports''' - I have just imported a large number of VAX articles provided by Antonio Carlini; I have looked at the history of ''all'' of them, and where there was previous content, I have merged it back in. I '''think''' I got them all - if I missed any, I do humbly apologize! [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 16:08, 29 July 2017 (CEST)
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*'''Documentation category''' - [[:Category:Documentation]] has been added, and a link to it added to the Main Page. Anytime you run across a copy of a document hosted here, if it's not tagged with this category tag, please add one to it; thanks! (I know there are quite a few, I'm just too lazy to go search for them!) [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 19:11, 28 December 2018 (CET)
  
* '''Admin services''' - [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] has added me to the [http://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=sysop admin group], and I have considerable experience as an admin on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jnc Wikipedia], so if anyone needs anything which requires admin status (e.g. merging histories for duplicate articles, deleting article names with typos, etc, etc) please let me know. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 14:18, 25 July 2017 (CEST)
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*'''Categories upgrade''' - In an attempt to make the [http://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UncategorizedPages Uncategorized Pages] list more useful, a lot of work on categories was just done. See [[Help talk:Introduction to Categories#Background category?|here]] for details. It's probably worth glancing at the [http://gunkies.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3APrefixIndex&prefix=Category%3A&namespace=0&hideredirects=1 list of categories] to see which ones exist now. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 14:48, 17 December 2018 (CET)
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** The 'stub' and 'semi-stub' categories have gone away, because they mess up the Uncategorized Pages list; the templates will remain, though (and people should keep using them). [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 23:31, 18 December 2018 (CET)
  
* '''I am very sorry for having neglected this wiki for so long'''. I have authorized two other users to create accounts and AFAIK cleared the backlog of user signup requests. If anyone still has an outstanding request, please let me know. -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] ([[User talk:Toresbe|talk]]) 13:47, 24 July 2017 (CEST)
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* '''Semi-stubs''' - Since we have a lot of articles that are better than pure stubs, but could still use more content, I have created a new 'semi-stub article' template for them, to display a note, etc: [[:Template:Semi-stub]]. Syntax is just like 'stub': <i><nowiki>{{semi-stub}}</nowiki></i>. [[User:Jnc|Jnc]] ([[User talk:Jnc|talk]]) 16:01, 18 September 2018 (CEST)
 
 
* '''The gunkies.org domain has been moved to a less glacial server'''. Hope everything works fine! -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] ([[User talk:Toresbe|talk]]) 00:54, 2 December 2015 (CET)
 
 
 
* '''After some strange malware problems - presumably owing to our hosting provider being compromised, the site is once again free of worry.''' All reports of problems go to me, with my gratitude. -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] ([[User talk:Toresbe|talk]]) 00:50, 10 June 2012 (PDT)
 
 
 
* '''To get some measure of control over spam, user creation has been temporarily disabled.''' Please send [[User:Toresbe|Toresbe]] a mail if you wish for him to set up an account. This should be a short-term, temporary measure. -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] ([[User talk:Toresbe|talk]]) 21:32, 10 February 2011 (PST)
 
  
 
''Older news is [[Computer History Wiki:Older News|here]].''
 
''Older news is [[Computer History Wiki:Older News|here]].''
  
 
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Revision as of 19:11, 28 December 2018

  • Documentation category - Category:Documentation has been added, and a link to it added to the Main Page. Anytime you run across a copy of a document hosted here, if it's not tagged with this category tag, please add one to it; thanks! (I know there are quite a few, I'm just too lazy to go search for them!) Jnc (talk) 19:11, 28 December 2018 (CET)
  • Categories upgrade - In an attempt to make the Uncategorized Pages list more useful, a lot of work on categories was just done. See here for details. It's probably worth glancing at the list of categories to see which ones exist now. Jnc (talk) 14:48, 17 December 2018 (CET)
    • The 'stub' and 'semi-stub' categories have gone away, because they mess up the Uncategorized Pages list; the templates will remain, though (and people should keep using them). Jnc (talk) 23:31, 18 December 2018 (CET)
  • Semi-stubs - Since we have a lot of articles that are better than pure stubs, but could still use more content, I have created a new 'semi-stub article' template for them, to display a note, etc: Template:Semi-stub. Syntax is just like 'stub': {{semi-stub}}. Jnc (talk) 16:01, 18 September 2018 (CEST)

Older news is here.