Zelda Wiki:Announcements Archive


 * September 28th, 2009 - Thumbnail Issues: This is just an update to let people know that we are still dealing with the thumbnails issues, and that we hope to have them fixed by tomorrow at the latest. We know the cause of the error, but applying what appears to be the logical fix doesn't seem to do anything. We'll update this page when the issue is fixed. Until that time, file uploading is still disabled. We apologize for the inconvenience.
 * September 19th, 2009 - Transition Completed: The process of moving the wiki to its new home is now complete. Although a small number of edits were unfortunately lost during the process, much of this has now been restored. We are still experiencing minor issues with image thumbnails; please stand by while this is being resolved, and refrain from uploading any new images at present. Thank you for your patience.
 * September 18th, 2009 - Server Move: Zelda Wiki.org has been down due to a recent server move, some edits made after September 16th have been lost. We apologize for the inconvenience and confusion.
 * September 13th, 2009 - Errors Fixed: Zelda Wiki.org has now fixed a long-standing error that prevented some page references from being visible while not logged in. All page references should be visible no matter if the person viewing is logged in or not.
 * September 7th 2009 - Navigation Panel: Zelda Wiki.org now has included a navigation bar at the top of the Main Page that allows easy access to all of the main series games as well as our Facebook and Twitter pages.
 * August 27th, 2009 - Twitter: Zelda Wiki is now on Twitter. Why not follow us here?
 * August 27th, 2009 - User Accounts: Zelda Wiki now has a page explaining various aspects about user accounts.
 * August 22nd, 2009 - Glitch Standards: Zelda Wiki has new Glitch page standards for editing the glitch pages. Please read the Glitch Disclaimer Notes for more information.
 * August 15th, 2009 - The Pinnacle Award: Yesterday, Zelda Wiki.org won LegendOfZelda.com's coveted Pinnacle award for best Zelda site! Congratulations to all of our contributors, past and present, for helping to make this achievement possible!
 * July 15th, 2009 - Image Editor Applications Removed: The staff of Zelda Wiki.org has decided to withdraw the Image Editor Applications, leaving the quality control up to the individual members to check each others work.
 * June 23rd, 2009 - Ordon Village is the newest website to join the Zelda Wiki.org collaboration. They are also our tenth Mastermind! We are all very excited to have this young, fresh site involved with us. If you run a Legend of Zelda fansite why not become a part of Zelda Wiki?
 * June 17th, 2009 - Image Editor Applications: Zelda Wiki.org now has an application process for people who are experienced with image editing to apply so that they can help out with the image requests. See the image requests page for details on how to apply.
 * June 14th, 2009 - Sidebar Updated - If you haven't noticed, the Image Requests page has now been added to the sidebar (to the left) so that it is readily accessible from every page. Featured Content voting is now available through Castle Town.
 * June 13th, 2009 - New Template - A new template has been created for pages that contain incorrect wiki coding. See:.
 * June 13th, 2009 - Image Requests - There is a new section on the image requests page for changing files with a capitalized extension to lowercase, as per Zelda Wiki.org's image quality standards.
 * June 11th, 2009 - Zelda Wiki.org has an extensive number of pages pertaining to Glitches and Hacks, all of which need some expansion and work. If you are familiar with hacks and glitches you are welcome to contribute to these pages, and even if you aren't, your contributions can help to improve these page.
 * June 8th, 2009 - Portal to Hyrule is the newest website to join the Zelda Wiki.org collaboration. We all warmly welcome them on board. If you run a Legend of Zelda fansite why not become a part of Zelda Wiki?
 * June 7th, 2009 - New Template: A new template has been made, (Template:YouLink), so that articles which refer to playable characters as "you", "the player" or any other variation, can be flagged for improvement until they are corrected to refer to the specific characters.
 * June 6th, 2009 - Image Requests: The image request page has been revamped to correspond with the new quality standards on images.
 * May 30th, 2009 - New Quality Standard Policies: Zelda Wiki.org now has official written policies pertaining to adding theories to articles and the language to be used in articles, which will clear up some concerns held by a number of editors.
 * May 14th, 2009 - References: Remember when adding references to articles, do not just type in the title of the game it is from, but rather provide the specific quote. Links to websites are also acceptable for references.
 * May 7th, 2009 - A new template for out-of-date articles that need to be updated has been created. Type   to add it to a page.
 * May 4th, 2009 - The Sacred Realm is the newest website to join the Zelda Wiki.org collaboration. Lets all give them a warm welcome.
 * April 30th, 2009 - We welcome the website LegendOfZelda.com as the newest Mastermind to Zelda Wiki.org. If you run a Legend of Zelda fansite why not become a part of Zelda Wiki?
 * April 16th, 2009 - Zelda Wiki has now taken an active role at Facebook . If you're a member at Facebook become a fan and join the group . Spread the word of Zelda Wiki through the number one friend networking site on the web.
 * April 10th, 2009 - Overhaul of Image Templates Check out the full announcement over at Castle Town for full details.
 * March 28th, 2009 - We are currently in the process of expanding the Spirit Tracks article. If you have any helpful information, images, or videos, please add them to the article. However, please keep any speculation or theories off the article for the time being! Make sure you also check the Mastermind's Dashboard for more information on Spirit Tracks and other Zelda related news!
 * December 26th, 2008 - Important! After a good deal of work, and several days of investigation, we've solved Zelda Wiki.org's server issues once and for all. Pages should load instantly now!
 * December 26th, 2008 - NOTICE!: We are currently experiencing technical difficulties with images - therefore, all newly-uploaded images (and images newly-added to pages) will not work. Thank you for being patient as we work to resolve this issue.
 * December 26th, 2008 - The News Dashboard has gotten a cleanup, and now displays text previews! We're still tweaking its appearance, but we're well on our way to having that front page we always dreamed of ever since we were little boys and girls.
 * December 26th, 2008 - The chatroom has finally kicked the bucket. Nobody went there, so we've disabled and trashed that feature of the site.
 * December 25th, 2008 - IMPORTANT! Due to technical difficulties, image pages are currently producing 404 errors. Please bear with us as we fix this issue - we know the cause, but fixing it is more difficult than it seems. Once that is done, we will be performing maintenance to improve the speed of the wiki; something on the wiki is causing it to move very slowly. Thanks for understanding!
 * December 6th, 2008 - Zelda Wiki.org has been mentioned in print, in The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy ! Don't believe us? Check page xiii:-
 * "Want to know anything about the Zelda franchise, anything at all? Just look it up on zeldawiki.org - an online Zelda encyclopedia."


 * November 30th, 2008 - Zelda Wiki news and updates, as well as all things pertaining to the ZW.org community, are located at Castle Town - if you want some, you should go there! We'll post excerpts and tidbits from the news here.