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It's the new year but things haven't quite begun as planned. No more updates to Diep.io, no more for a long time, and (as you probably noticed) no January  until now.

But not everything is gloomy. We still have lots of engaging work to do; we have a new ; we have loads of new ; we have a redesigned theme; and most importantly, we have a this Friday! So while the year may have had a poor (to say the least) start, there's still hope for the future.


 * -|Changelog News=

Diep.io

 * Reworked Skimmer
 * Focus on area denial to avoid overlapping with Rocketeer


 * Removed “Disable ads” cryptomining button
 * Unfortunately it doesn’t generate enough revenue compared with ads

Arras.io (aka Diep2.io aka Diiep.io)

 * Rename
 * Neither Diep2.io nor Diiep.io will be used as the official name, due to monetary and typographical reasons (Diep2 was too expensive and Diiep was autocorrected to Diep). Instead, Arras.io is now the official name and will always be, per Neph.


 * Hiatus
 * Since the Dev has become busier with school, release of Arras.io has been delayed until the Summer and the previously playable Beta version has been taken offline until then. For now, Arras.io pages need to be cleaned up, organized, and otherwise prepared for when Arras.io once again comes online a few months from now.


 * -|Event News=

Sandbox this Friday!
The next Wiki will be held January 26th, 2 PM - 4 PM Eastern Time (UTC 19:00 - 21:00). We hope lots of folks can attend to talk about the next steps for the Wiki and to play some Diep.io!

Goodbye Diiep, Hello Arras
The renaming game is not yet over! Diiep is no more; behold, Arras! This change has been yet more work, but the transition was much easier than the last one, thanks to our experience and a new script (see Tech News). FANDOM Staff were slow to rename the namespace, but at last, it and everything else involved has been completed.

Goodbye Arras
Per Changelog News, Neph has announced in the dev that Arras.io will be taken down until the Summer. Although with Arras offline for the next few months we have less work, there’s still plenty to do! To start with, we need to standardize and enlarge the entire namespace. This includes adding content and fixing existing content. In addition, we need lots of new pages, particularly those having to do with Gameplay.

Unfinished Business
That’s not all! The arrival of Diep2 made us shelve several projects, but now that the game is shut down until summer, those projects are back on! What projects, you ask? Firstly, the entire category needs to be moved to the  namespace, page by page. Moving these hundreds of pages is a grueling job, since it involves clearing, identifying the creator, moving the page, notifying a member (if a redirect is created), and clearing categories. However, if we all work together as a community, this project can go by like nothing. Secondly, the entire namespace needs to be moved either to the User or to the Concept namespace. This job is nearly identical to the unknown author project and just about as difficult. However, the same principal applies: a group effort can and will succeed. Finally, old and low-quality need to be moved the User namespace. Again, WhatLinksHere must be cleared first, the blog itself must be deleted, and a  page with the  category must be made. Unlike the other two projects, this one can only be completed by Staff members… but if you’d like to help, try becoming an ! In conclusion, there’s a lot of work to be done, even with Arras temporarily gone. Hopefully the next few months will see the wiki become better and cleaner than ever before.


 * -|Policy News=

Infobox modus operandi
Currently, infoboxes have image tabs delineated as “Old Colors” and “New Colors,” Old Colors being first, which show the difference in color after the graphics update of March 2017. However, the graphics update has been in place for almost a year now, and is soon to be older than the original version. Additionally, thanks to the great efforts of (who may receive a Medal for this) it is no longer an issue that our old-version images were of higher quality than the new-version images; meaning we can choose any format we want. So, it seems logical that “New Colors” should now be first, rather than the other way around. But there’s more; the mobile version of Diep.io still has the old colors, so we could completely ditch the Old vs. New dichotomy and instead use “Desktop Colors” vs. “Mobile Colors”. This would be a pretty big change in standardization, and would require a lot of work to implement, so leave your thoughts in the comments. This is just brainstorming; for now, at least.

Promotions & Demotions

 * Promotions
 * — Promoted to for.
 * — Promoted to.
 * — Promoted to, due to a lengthy history of activity, helpfulness, and responsibility.
 * Demotions
 * — Demoted to Regular User after End.
 * — Demoted to after retiring.
 * — Demoted to for.
 * — Demoted to sole- for inactivity as a.


 * -|Tech News=

6DIIep, a new theme
has, with help, created a new wiki theme. Looking around the wiki, it may not seem very drastic, but it’s actually a significant update, making the wiki more modern and Diep-like in appearance. Changes include:
 * A new theme for, including hover animations and new borders/backgrounds.
 * A redesign of official . Changes include uniform borders and shadows.
 * Restyling of the side rail to make it look similar to the infoboxes and notice templates.
 * Customized icons for every single right rail module.
 * Tweaks to the Profile Mastheads so that they conform to the standard color scheme.
 * Polls were modified slightly.
 * The module at the bottom of most pages for the purpose of adding categories was slightly changed.

Gadgets galore
The past few weeks have seen a significant increase in and revamp of our. Feedback on all gadgets is welcome; enable them.
 * New Year’s Theme gadget changes the wiki’s theme to suit the New Year.
 * Archprophet Theme gadget changes the theme to suit the, the villain of the.
 * has replaced the old  and   gadgets with one for s, one for s, and one for  and tools to suit each usergroup.

Besides the new gadgets, has been tweaked to remove   and duplicate/unnecessary code.

Lists changes followup
Last year we changed the style for unordered lists ( s) to circles instead of squares. This matches the  with the  skin, although community approval was lukewarm. So, we can either change the style to something completely custom to make it better (such as the lists seen ), we could completely revert to the way they were, or keep them the same. Your input is appreciated.  While we deliberate on that, some temporary gadgets may be created for users to test out the plethora of different styles for ordered lists ( s, lists that are numbered). An announcement will be made once they are ready, and soon users will be able to try them out for themselves to help make a decision on what style our  s should have.

MassEdit updates
For those interested in such things or those running bots equipped with the script, has received a feature addition in the form of a find-and-replace function, allowing users to locate all instances of a word or phrase in a set of pages and remove or replace them at will. Thanks to (among others) for suggesting this improvement. All bug reports should be directed to.

Miscellaneous

 * HiddenFootnotes now works properly in the.
 * Removed is now displayed in Mercury, previously it did not show at all.
 * has been cleaned up, including bug fixes and a  redesign.


 * -|Opinion Polls=