ArchWiki:News
2014/12/22 - Adopt an article
The ingredients of a healthy and successful wiki are both the addition of fresh, up-to-date content (the "attack"), but also protection from counter-productive edits (the "defense"). While "attacking" may be the most entertaining part, please be aware that helping "defend" the ArchWiki is of invaluable importance and fortunately also extremely easy! Just add a bunch of your favorite articles to your watchlist and follow their changes, taking action when necessary: the wiki will receive your love with gratitude :) See ArchWiki:Contributing#The most important task for a more extensive introduction.
2014/10/31 - Unintelligible edits
This news entry is a reminder that edits that do not respect the 3 fundamental contributing rules may be reverted without previous warning, especially on popular articles. The ArchWiki is a shared resource within the Arch community, and users who do not understand this concept, and treat wiki articles like they would with their own personal blog, are invited to spend their time somewhere else. Thank you for choosing to respect your fellow Archers, keep up the good work everybody!
2014/08/03 - New administrator
With great pleasure we announce that Lahwaacz has gained his seat at the command table, very well deserved after tirelessly serving our community with more than a year of innumerable, high-quality contributions that have certainly played a big part in the continuous effort we all make to preserve the ArchWiki as one of the best Linux documentation sources currently available. Congratulations!
2014/07/20 - New maintainers
Today the ArchWiki:Maintenance Team can count on the contribution of two new users: Alad and Indigo. Thank you for the effort you are spending on the wiki!
2014/03/13 - New maintainer
We are happy to announce that Lonaowna has joined forces with the other members of the ArchWiki:Maintenance Team. Keep up the good work!
2013/12/09 - Code templates are fixed
Template:bc and Template:hc have been adapted to work like before they broke. No fixes are required anymore.
2013/12/08 - MediaWiki 1.22.0 has broken code templates
After upgrading MediaWiki to version 1.22.0, the wiki will not parse wiki syntax or HTML code inside Template:bc and Template:hc anymore, rendering them as plain text. This has broken many templates around, especially those that were using ''
and '''
for highlighting parts of code with italic or bold. Please help fixing them, guidelines for dealing with the various cases are a work in progress.
2013/08/05 - New maintainer
A new user, Lahwaacz, has joined the official Maintenance Team: our community is thankful for the quality and accuracy of his contributions.
2013/06/15 - New maintainer
The official Maintenance Team sees the addition of a new member: thank you Flu, your commitment will be of great help for our wiki.
2013/05/02 - New administrator
The ArchWiki proudly welcomes a new administrator, Fengchao, whose passionate dedication to our community we have been able to witness over the past several months: thank you! We are confident this will give our beloved, ever-growing wiki an important help in maintenance and moderation for the times to come.
2012/06/11 - Changes in internationalization
In the next few days Template:i18n will be deprecated and replaced by interlanguage links (e.g. [[en:Title]]
) also for the languages hosted locally. This operation will be completely performed by a bot, please do not attempt to "help" it with manual edits, as it is necessary to follow a particular procedure and you would risk compromising its operations. The original discussion is in Help talk:I18n#"Dummy" interlanguage links and deprecation of Template:i18n.
2012/06/06 - Maintenance team additions
We announce that also Filam, Emiralle and jstjohn have joined the group of Maintainers: the ArchWiki is thankful for their contributions so far!
2012/05/20 - Maintenance team
An official team of users has been created with the purpose of helping supervising the recent changes and fixing the resulting reports. See ArchWiki:Maintenance Team for more information. Thanks to the initial Maintainers (in alphabetical order) AlexanderR, Fengchao, Graysky and Skydiver, who have been chosen for their constant commitment and the accuracy and quality of their work on the ArchWiki.
2011/11/01 - Official style guidelines
An official set of style rules is now defined in Help:Style in order to improve the consistency of content formatting among the various articles: all ArchWiki contributors are encouraged to read these guidelines and follow them when editing articles.
Kynikos 12:14, 1 November 2011 (EDT)
2011/09/20 - Administration team additions
Congratulations to the two newest additions to the ArchWiki administration team: Kynikos and thestinger. Over the past year, both have demonstrated dedication and exceptional judgment in maintaining and improving ArchWiki. Their contributions have undoubtedly helped thousands of (Arch and non-Arch) Linux users and served to render ArchWiki one of the best sources of GNU/Linux documentation on the web. Thank you!
pointone 15:37, 20 September 2011 (EDT)
2011/05/29 - A reminder
Please completely avoid the use of contractions and keep the language formal. Thanks!
Misfit138 19:38, 29 May 2011 (EDT)
2010/03/27 - Thank you, ArchWiki contributors
Thanks to everyone for their invaluable contributions to ArchWiki. Its content and reputation have been and continue to be second to none. Please keep the knowledge flowing in.
Misfit138 12:37, 27 March 2010 (EDT)
2010/01/14 - Internationalization guidelines
As you may have noticed, many articles have been moving around this past month; especially non-English ones. This was due to a recent discussion on the topic of ArchWiki internationalization. As a result, new guidelines have been drafted and a major transition has begun. For more detail, please see the related forum thread and Help:i18n. Briefly, the following standards have been set:
- Non-English article titles should be of the form Title in English (Language), where "Language" is the localized spelling of the language.
- Localized titles can and should still be created, but only as redirects to the English-named article.
- Template:i18n should be used in place of the old
Template:i18n links start
,Template:i18n entry
, andTemplate:i18n links end
combination.
pointone 23:43, 14 January 2010 (EST)
2009/09/18 - Remember to keep it formal
Please remember to avoid chatty, conversational style throughout the wiki. Also, avoid signing your name to a wiki article or comment therein. Thanks!
Misfit138 11:36, 18 September 2009 (EDT)
2009/01/04 - Article categories!
Please remember to add your contributed articles to the appropriate category at the top of the page. This will streamline the search process and make use of the Table of contents system in place. Thanks!
Misfit138 12:33, 4 January 2009 (EST)
2008/09/21 - The finest GNU/Linux distribution wiki
Thanks to your vigilant dedication and contribution, the Arch Linux wiki remains the finest available. It continues to grow and improve in quality daily. Nothing negative to report, just keep up the great work.
Misfit138 12:55, 21 September 2008 (EDT)
2008/07/22 - Thank you, Arch users
The recent boost in wiki contribution has been nothing short of miraculous. Thanks to everyone contributing and improving ArchWiki. Informative and well written articles, as well as gratuitous translations, are coming in at an alarming rate. Because of you, word is spreading about Arch Linux, its high quality wiki and its excellent community!
Misfit138 20:28, 22 July 2008 (EDT)
2008/05/01 - Don't just give me the 'how' - give me the 'why'
A wiki is a collection of knowledge, most of which ends up being how-tos, which is to be expected. Let us always remember to add the 'why' to our how-tos. Explanatory information always goes further toward imparting knowledge than does instruction alone. Adding explanatory wiki articles is also welcome. Why not add one if you are qualified? Thanks for the recent increase in contribution to the wiki! Please keep the knowledge coming.
Misfit138 12:45, 1 May 2008 (EDT)
2008/04/21 - ArchWiki needs YOU!
In our goal to provide the most exhaustive high-quality documentation, Arch is calling all qualified users to contribute to the wiki. Share your knowledge and help us improve this invaluable free resource.
Misfit138 18:03, 21 April 2008 (EDT)