User blog:Ursuul/Big Events!

This month, while a bit slow, has witnessed a great many important events many of which will have serious implications for the future of the Wiki. There are big decisions to make & much to discuss, so let us dive right in!


 * -|Changelog News=

A joke update
On February 27th, we received an update to Diep.io! Or so it was thought. In reality, Zeach played a prank, stating in the changelog how the update was 'Literally nothing'. That being said, it does give some hope that the dev is still interested and watching over the game, hopefully planning for the big update we have been dying for to finally come out.

Mobile update
On March 16th, for the first time in a very long time, there has been an update to the mobile version of the game. However, it only consists of bug fixes.

Arras.io is dead, long live Arras
Neph, the developer of Arras.io (aka Diep2.io aka Diiep.io) has decided to abandon Arras.io as opposed to taking up the project again this Summer, as promised. Neph has left the source code, meticulously labelled, at GitHub:Nepphhh/arrasio in case anyone wants to take up the standard. However this has implications for our. Should we delete the content? Archive it (i.e. lock it & just remove all mainspace links to it)? Or should we keep it alive on the hope of its restoration? All of this may be discussed in the comments and in the next.


 * -|Event News=

Senior Administrator nomination
For the first time in over a year, the is going to promote another Senior Administrator, this time to replace. It is required that our be lead by exactly two Senior Administrators, no more or less. As decided by Ursuul, only two users, and, have the qualifications to properly fill the role. They are both outstanding local Administrators, ors vetted by FANDOM Staff, and they are both dedicated to the. Banarama has been around since the beginning, and his efforts can be seen throughout the site in the form of the theme we currently enjoy. TheGoldenPatrik1 came later, but he has been no less unwavering in his dedication to improving the, leading numerous projects to enhance the content that our readers come here for and always being available to provide assistance to others. Either of these outstanding members of our community could fulfill the role, though they both have their own pros and cons, and so it shall be left up to the community to decide whose merits are greater. Therefore, there shall be a long Community Vote beginning within the week, to decide who shall succeed Zathsu. Be sure to keep an eye out!

3rd Conception Tournament
The 3rd Conception Tournament has begun with the Tanks Category. has won with his conception,. Congrats! Voting is now ongoing for Polygons so be sure to make your opinion count as the best polygon conceptions on the wiki face off!


 * -|Policy News=

Next Sandbox
The next shall be Saturday, March 31st, 12 PM - 2 PM Eastern Time (UTC 16:00 - 18:00). We will primarily be discussing the fate of Arras.io content & path forward for our community in general. However, if you feel more should be discussed, Project talk:Sandbox is available for your topics; several have already been entered.

Loss of the Original Bureaucrat
Not Mewsh the Founder, but the first leader, the adoptee, the first to utilize those tools, the first to set our community on a path forward, Zathsu, has resigned from the position of Bureaucrat (a title absorbed from now onward into Senior Administrator). As mentioned in the previous tab, this has immediate implications for our community, but this space has been set aside to appreciate the contributions of Zathsu. She gave the full measure, and her leadership both in the early stages of the and during the Great Merge will always be remembered and cherished. From the last of the Bureaucrats to the first, from the Staff current and past, and from the entirety of our great community; thank you Zathsu.

Promotions & Demotions

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 * -|Tech News=

Özün Oldun returns! (a while ago…)
has restored to her former state, using code by  & coaching from. Not only are back, but all Chat activity is sent to the  Discord for Discord users to view as well. At some point it is hoped that this can become a two-way connection, allowing Discord users to have their messages sent to chat, & vice versa, to facilitate real-time conversation between the two platforms. However it may be some time off before this can become a reality. One last bot-related announcement; also on the Discord, there is another bot that acts as an activity feed for, allowing folks to be notified whenever new discussions take place. Join the Discord to take advantage of these features!

Comments coming to Tale of Diep
Originally we did not enable comments for the namespace due to its uncertain future. After all, its somewhat pointless to go to the trouble of asking Staff to enable comments in it if we plan to merge it into a  namespace soon. However, confirmation that ToD will not be merged with the namespace has been established, so comments will be enabled there also.

TalkButton problems
Enabling comments in the namespace means that the “Talk” link the edit button dropdown (leading to the associate Talk Page) is now gone for that namespace. We have imported a to restore this button; however, it was not designed for custom namespaces and so the links have been broken. is currently working to fix these problems and they should be all cleared up by now.

CSS improvements

 * Bug fixes:
 * A bug where long usernames would distort the Trending Discussions Main Page module was fixed.
 * An bug that caused font sizes to change randomly (making the page “jump” around) was fixed.
 * A -specific bug that made avatars in lose their border radii was fixed.
 * Unordered lists in Threads were fixed to use the standard circular style.
 * Tweaks:
 * BlogFooter was restyled to match the Wiki Theme.
 * modules were tweaked slightly when within s.
 * Transitions for images & links were slowed down, for a more lazy animation.
 * Some spacing support for left-aligned images was added.
 * The gadget was improved, with support added for  and aspects of our new-ish theme.
 * Rail modules:
 * The Rewards module (that displays ) had its tooltips upgraded.
 * A few previously missed rail modules had SVG icons applied to them.
 * The border from the Wiki Updates module on was removed.
 * Infoboxes:
 * Infobox  tags were made to match the rail modules in height.
 * Some light support for titleless/headerless infoboxes was added, although it is strongly recommended that every Infobox have a title &/or header.


 * -|Opinion Polls=