HRWiki:A History
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| + | The HRWiki Internet Relay Chat channel was founded 27 weeks and 6 days ago by [[User:Tom|Tom Preuss]], as nickname ''Tom39''. Although its name, [irc://irc.freenode.net/hrwiki #hrwiki], and parent wiki both suggest that the topic would be kept strictly to Homestar related material, the atmosphere is calm and friendly. Language is kept at a ''PG'' level and personal attacks are not tolerated to keep the chat channel this way. Currently, this channel is kept in check by five of the six members of the [[Template:adminteam|Admin Team]], [[User:JoeyDay|Joey Day]], [[User:Tom|Tom Preuss]], [[User:Stu|Stuart Wilde]], [[User:InterruptorJones|Jordan Running]], and [[User:It's dot com|Ben White]]. Operator status is not abused by any of these members, even though authority is clearly in place. 11 weeks and 6 days ago, the [[HRFWiki:Main Page|Fanstuff wiki]] IRC channel, [irc://irc.freenode.net/hrwiki-fanstuff #hrwiki-fanstuff], was founded. This is a sightly looser and less constructed atmosphere for those who choose it, just as its parent wiki. | ||
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| + | Users of the chat channel are encouraged to register a nickname, preferably identical or similar to his or her wiki user name, by typing the following: '''/msg Nickserv REGISTER <your password>'''. This keeps your nickname to yourself, requiring a password to properly access it. You will need to recognize yourself to the server each time you log on to assure that you are really whom you say you are: '''/msg Nickserv IDENTIFY <your password>'''. | ||
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Revision as of 00:42, 30 November 2005
The history of the Homestar Runner Wiki.
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Overview
The beginnings and early days
In November 2002, a mutual friend emailed Joey Day and Stu Wilde a link to Strong Bad email #51, website, knowing they would enjoy it since they are both web-design hobbyists. This was the first time they had experienced Homestar Runner, and both of them were immediately hooked.
Nearly a year later in September 2003, Joey stumbled across Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. He immediately fell in love with the concept and decided to start a wiki of his own. After researching the various wiki platforms available at the time, he settled on one called WikiTikkiTavi because it used a MySQL database and produced valid XHTML markup. He hadn't given much thought to scalability at the time, preferring something light and snappy over the larger and more stable platforms like Twiki, Moin Moin, or MediaWiki.
After installing the software on October 7, 2003, Joey decided he needed a topic. It didn't take him long to decide it should be a Homestar Runner knowledge base. After Googling to make sure no one had already set up such a thing, he promptly called his wiki the Homestar Runner Wiki.
The start of year two
The start of year three
Goals for the future
Important additions
STUFF
First attempt
Overhaul
Featured articles
Da Basement
Da Basement is a place for administrators and sysops to congregate and discuss important issues that involve the wiki. These discussions range from new page ideas to formating and template changes to the content of the wiki. Although Da Basement is intended for sysops, anyone is allowed to contribute. The name originated from Arcade Game.
The Stick
Recent changes patrol
Recent changes patrol is an HRWiki committee that search Recent Changes for red exlamation points (!). This crew patrols the wiki every time an edit has been made. This patrol is the Wiki's first line of defense. If anyone were to make an edit that is false, mispelled, or malicous, a user will revert the edit. Although anyone is allowed to patrol, it is encouraged to join the committee if you do.
Welcoming Committee
The Welcoming committee is a group of users who welcome new users to the Wiki. These messages are added to the new user's talk page. These messages are meant not only to help the new user out as they get started, but to also make them feel more at home. Generally, welcome messages tend to include links to several helpfull articles and pages, including the "Help" section and the MediaWiki user's guide. Anyone is allowed to join the committee.
Important upgrades
Wiki Tiki Tavi
MediaWiki 1.3
MediaWiki 1.4
MediaWiki 1.5
Administration and maintenance
Infamous vandals
Willy on Wheels
NSMC
NSMC is a vandalbot that has caused widespread damage to several wikis. Its method of operation exploits various access points available to anonymous users. As a result, these access points have been temporarily disabled. In its first attack, it anonymously and randomly vandalized vandalized by replacing their contents with "N— stole my bike" and later "N— stole my cow". To avoid being blocked, the bot uses a vast amount of Internet proxies so that it can appear to originate from hundreds of IP addresses. The number of pages affected was in such a small amount of time that it created a denial of service. Later, when anonymous editing had been disabled, the bot created hundreds of random usernames with "NSMC" plus a number, each with one edit, so new-user registration was taken offline. After the knowlegde base was hit, then it moved to the Fanstuff. The usernames eventually became just random numbers approximately 20 characters in length, and the content of the vandalism changed from something static that we could search for to various bits of actual content. In the latest attack, the "email new password" feature of the user login page was abused, sending thousands of emails to various users. The identity of the vandal is not currently known, nor is the motive.
Spinoffs
Forum
Fanstuff
IRC channel
The HRWiki Internet Relay Chat channel was founded 27 weeks and 6 days ago by Tom Preuss, as nickname Tom39. Although its name, #hrwiki, and parent wiki both suggest that the topic would be kept strictly to Homestar related material, the atmosphere is calm and friendly. Language is kept at a PG level and personal attacks are not tolerated to keep the chat channel this way. Currently, this channel is kept in check by five of the six members of the Admin Team, Joey Day, Tom Preuss, Stuart Wilde, Jordan Running, and Ben White. Operator status is not abused by any of these members, even though authority is clearly in place. 11 weeks and 6 days ago, the Fanstuff wiki IRC channel, #hrwiki-fanstuff, was founded. This is a sightly looser and less constructed atmosphere for those who choose it, just as its parent wiki.
Users of the chat channel are encouraged to register a nickname, preferably identical or similar to his or her wiki user name, by typing the following: /msg Nickserv REGISTER <your password>. This keeps your nickname to yourself, requiring a password to properly access it. You will need to recognize yourself to the server each time you log on to assure that you are really whom you say you are: /msg Nickserv IDENTIFY <your password>.
The IRC channel is a faster, more group-oriented, yet still annonymous way to communicate with fellow wiki users, as opposed to using talk pages.
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