User blog:TheGoldenPatrik1/It's aliiiiiive!

Hey lads! The wiki is ALIIIIVE once more, from the return of Arras, to Fanon cleanup, to the Senior Admin nomination, to an upcoming Sandbox, to even more theme updates! All in all, it's an exciting time for the wikia (or is it wiki?).


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Arras updates!
There have been many ! This bodes well for the future, since there’ll be more content for us to add!

Changelog excerpt

 * PATCH 2018.03.26.01
 * Nerfed swarm drones reload.
 * Buffed most tanks reload slightly.
 * PATCH 2018.03.25.03
 * Buffed base protectors.
 * Nerfed shields again.
 * PATCH 2018.03.25.02
 * Added base protectors.
 * Nerfed shields.
 * PATCH 2018.03.25.01
 * Arena is now 2x bigger.
 * Shapes spawn 62% less often.
 * Bases added in corners.
 * PATCH 2018.03.23.01
 * Nerfed sentries.
 * PATCH 2018.03.22.01
 * Arras is back!
 * Tokens removed


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Massive Fanon Cleanup
At long last, our content is getting a massive overhaul. Kickstarted by a highlighted thread, users have moved over 400 pages in just a few days, completing clearing out the category. have been awarded to for overseeing the project, to  for doing the most work, and to many other users for participating. Although this particular project is at an end, Fanon cleanup does not stop here—redlinks need to be removed, more pages (particularly those in ) need to moved, and numerous pages require proper categorization. Nevertheless, our Fanon content is much cleaner than ever before.

Fanon Namespace Rename
The  namespace has been renamed to , a term that encompasses a wider variety of pages. As part of this, a few miscellaneous tasks have been carried out: This is but the first step in the ongoing project of unifying our Fanon content, so keep an eye out for more updates.
 * has been removed.
 * Fanon source code has received minor cleanup.
 * Fanon categories have been removed from the namespace.

The Future of “The Tale of Diep”
The Tale of Diep has always been a bit of an anomaly to the wiki, labelled under its own namespace like Arras, despite not properly existing. The Tale of Diep namespace was meant to be merged with Concept into the Fanon namespace, but that did not happen, for a simple reason. Sometime in the future, the Tale of Diep will be leaving the wiki. The majority of the prominent, secret revealing pages, will be removed, while some still generally applicable to Diep.io will stick around. Creators and  feel that people still wrongly associate the project with Diep.io when really it has become it’s own thing entirely. It is also believed that information about endgame content of the project such as the Archprophet, The Void, and numerous aspects of the Realm and its lore all lose their specialty when all knowledge about them is known in advance, undermining the secrecy and sense of exploration and learning. When ToD leaves, it will assume a new name, and not be moving anywhere in particular. It is encouraged that editors or those dedicated to the project stay on the wiki, as and  won’t be going anywhere. Work and knowledge of everything that’s happening in ToD and developments of story or secret lore just will no longer be put on public display, undermining the discovery factor. We wish it the best of luck in its pursuit of reality, and the ToD team agree that the project would be nothing without the help and support of the people at Diep.io Wikia.

Arras Returns
As expected, a developer has picked up the code. As stated here, this means we have a lot of work to do—a lot of our Arras content is outdated, low-quality, or sparse. All help is appreciated as we begin, once again, the arduous task of keeping up with the furious pace of updates. The Changelog can be found in the normal tab

3rd Conception Tournament
The voting for the 3rd Conception Tournament continues at a rapid pace! In the Polygons Category, conception  narrowly triumphed over contenders. Congrats, Tidal! Meanwhile in the Enemies Category, a by  and, , won. The has been awarded to Tidal since he did the majority of the work, so congratulations again! Don’t forget to vote in the Game Modes category!


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Senior Administrator nomination
Discussion continues to take place on this thread. There is still much time to decide who shall become the next. Please get involved, due to the important nature of this decision.

Upcoming Sandbox
Be sure to attend the on the 31st, 12 PM to 2 PM Eastern Time. There’s a lot to talk about, including Arras, the path forward as a community, gaming threads, Sentinel rights, and our codebase. Try and make it if you can!

Promotions and Demotions

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Comment Warning added
Comment sections now have a warning above them linking to the associated policies, as decided in the article comments vote. On the and  s, they link to. On blog pages, they link to the.

Theme updates continue
Thanks to the excellent work of, our wiki theme continues to improve. The latest area to get an overhaul was Threads and Comments, which now look much better and more Diep-like than ever before. But even though our wiki theme is largely completed, Banarama has promised more updates in the near future!

Archprophet Gadget Overhaul
has greatly improved the to make it compatible with our new theme (see above!). It remains a work in progress but, nevertheless, looks much better than before.

Comments and Talk Pages
As mentioned last week, now has  and the  work properly thanks to.

Miscellaneous

 * A bug in the EotM main page module has been fixed.
 * For the first time in many months, we have a new chat emoticon (you guessed it)!
 * All chat emoticons now use protocol.
 * now has s, here and on over half of all non-English Diep.io Wikis.


 * -|FANDOM News=

Rebrand opportunity
FANDOm Staff have been going around to Wikis & rebranding them from “Wikia” to “Wiki” (e.g. “Agar.io Wikia” to “Agar.io Wiki”). This presents an opportunity to rename our Wiki if we desire. We would have to remake our Wordmark, but other than that there would be little change other than the name our website has. The choice is ours, and we may keep our name if we so choose, or pick a whole new unique name if we wanted. Please discuss it in the comments.


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