User:Ac2k/SmashWiki events log
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This is a page containing a record of all the major events on SmashWiki. Add stuff to it if you want. Note: This page was created in October 2013 and any time before that may not be as detailed.
2010
September
- The SmashWiki community moves to this site, moving away from SmashWikia, and joins NIWA (Nintendo Independent Wiki Alliance).
October
- Articles, images, and other content are rapidly imported from SmashWikia.
- Shaun's Wiji Dodo becomes a user.
November
- SmashWiki's logo is updated to its current look.
December
- Dots becomes a user. He was originally named "....."
2011
January
- PokemonMasterJamal3 becomes a user.
April
- PSIWolf becomes a user. He was originally named "Wolf rulez!".
- SmashWiki is not speculative is written as an official policy.
May
- MeMyselfAndI becomes a user. He was originally named "Conanshinichi".
- ToastUltimatum becomes a user.
June
- The Wii U is introduced at E3 2011. The next Smash Bros. game is revealed for the 3DS and Wii U.
- BlindColours becomes a user. He was originally named "Forbidden7".
July
- Monsieur Crow becomes a user, rejoining the wiki. He was originally named "ReiDemon". He was an acclaimed user by the community.
- 1337 B33FC4K3 becomes a user.
August
- JamesHeart123 becomes a user.
- RoyboyX becomes a user, rejoining the wiki.
- Smash Arena celebrates its 100th round of voting.
- The SmashWiki YouTube channel is created.
September
- Fugudev becomes a user. His old account was named "NotAnOuendan".
- RickTommy becomes a user.
- SmashWiki's userpage policy is put into effect.
October
- Mousehunter321 becomes a user. He was known to be very competent on this wiki.
- LightningBlue becomes a user.
- PenguinofDeath rejoins the wiki and applied for admin again like he was back on SmashWikia.
- SW:SIGN rules that user signatures cannot have images that are on mainspace articles and/or animated.
- SmashWiki's article on Super Smash Bros. 4 is created.
November
- DarkFox01 becomes a user. He was originally named "MeleeMarth01".
December
- Bandit becomes a user. He was originally named "Avengingbandit".
2012
January
- Unknown the Hedgehog creates a request for adminship; it fails.
- ToastUltimatum creates a request for adminship; it fails.
- SmashWiki is not censored is written as an official policy.
Febuary
- Air Conditioner becomes a user. He was originally named "Accoolx".
June
- SmashWiki is not spoiler-safe is written as an official policy.
July
- ChuckNorris24 becomes a user.
August
- ToastUltimatum creates a second request for adminship; it fails.
- The discussion to whether to rename the article Hookshot and Clawshot begins.
- The SmashWiki Status System is created.
- SmashWiki creates plans to improve its competitive play information. Expansion to the "In competitive play" sections has since been added. The community today still tries to improve the smasher articles and tournament pages.
September
- Brawls of fury becomes a user.
- Terrible becomes a user.
- SmashWiki introduces probation, a user right that disables a user from editing on his/her userpages and forums.
- "Relationship matchup" lists are banned from userpages.
October
- The VIP category is reorganized into Category:VIP players, Category:VIP tournament directors, and Category:VIP contributors.
- NotAnOuendan becomes SmashWiki's first bot, run by Fugudev.
- SmashWiki's sockpuppet policy is created.
November
- Conny becomes a user. He was originally named "Airconny", changed because it was too similar to AirCon, another name for Air Conditioner.
- SmashWiki is not for off-wiki business is written as an official policy.
December
- The {{competitive-stub}} tag is created.
- Monsieur Crow announces departure from the wiki.
2013
January
- Ac2k becomes a user.
March
- After a lengthy discussion, Nintendo console articles that do not host Smash games are deleted.
- EXemplary Logic, SmashWiki's second bot, is created by Toomai.
April
- For April Fool's Day, the Main Page is translated into French.
- An idea for creating moveset subpages (containing detailed info on technical data and competitive uses of attacks) is proposed.
- Air Conditioner announces departure from the wiki.
June
- The {{technical data}} and {{competitive expertise}} tags are created.
- The E3 Super Smash Bros. 4 trailer debuts.
- Boo Buddy becomes a user.
- Scr7 becomes a user.
- The first moveset subpage is created.
- SmashWiki's Read This First, Man policy is put into effect.
July
- Olimar is confirmed for Smash 4 to return as a veteran and his article is created on SmashWiki.
August
- Luigi is confirmed for Smash 4 to return as a veteran and his article is created on SmashWiki.
- Timson622222 becomes a user.
- Smash Arena celebrates its 200th round of voting.
- The Wikia SmashWiki begins plans to rid it of its old community influences.
- Major Smash Bros. websites such as Smashboards, All is Brawl, and the Project M website were hit and disabled form service by a unknown DDoS attack. It took almost a month to recover from the attack.
- SmashWiki is one of the few Smash Bros. sites not to be hit by the DDoS attack.
September
- Terrible announces departure from the wiki.
- The original Wikia SmashWiki is renamed "Smashpedia", and the domain is changed from super-smash-bros.wikia.com to supersmashbros.wikia.com.
- Peach is confirmed for Smash 4 to return as a veteran and her article is created on SmashWiki.
- Toon Link is confirmed for Smash 4 to return as a veteran and his article is created on SmashWiki.
- SmashWiki's Username policy is put into effect.
October
- Sonic is confirmed for Smash 4 to return as a veteran and his article is created on SmashWiki.
- After a long discussion lasting over two months on whether moveset subpages should be merged or not, the descriptions of the attack are eventually merged onto one page, with each individual hit's data having its own page.
- The discussion to whether to rename the article Hookshot and Clawshot ends after a long time, with the result being the page name staying as is.
- A discussion starts over whether the wiki should provide more in-depth coverage of Project M.
- SmashWiki's professionals categories are split into separate games.
- Fireblaze77 creates a request for adminship; it fails. Shortly after, he announces his departure from the wiki.
November
- Conny announces departure from the wiki.
- Marth is confirmed for Smash 4 to return as a veteran and his article is created on SmashWiki.
- The Project M debate concludes, with the final result allowing PM to have character pages, partial standing compared to the actual games, and a PM game icon intended to be used on PM character and tournament pages.
December
- Rosalina & Luma is confirmed for Smash 4 as a newcomer and their article is created on SmashWiki.
- Zelda is confirmed for Smash 4 as a veteran and her article is created on SmashWiki.
2014
January
- King Dedede is confirmed for Smash 4 as a veteran and his article is created on SmashWiki.
- Monsieur Crow returns to the wiki after a year-long hiatus.
Febuary
- Little Mac is confirmed for Smash 4 as a newcomer and his article is created on SmashWiki.
- Diddy Kong is confirmed for Smash 4 as a veteran and his article is created on SmashWiki.