Difference between revisions of "Dark Ages achievement"

Revision as of 17:39, 31 March 2020

Origin

After KarMann found a remarkably well-placed geohash while the old Wiki was out of commission, he found that he could have gotten another achievement or two if he'd been able to read the Wiki before setting out. (Yes, he did do some dredging about on the Wayback Machine, but that's rather more awkward to find arbitrary information on.) By coincidence, DanQ started up this NuWiki just a day or two later, and the rest is history. And history means Dark Ages. Geohashing was harder during the Wiki's absence (not to mention the persistence of geohashing almost 12 years into it). Let's make an achievement of it.

Criteria to obtain achievement

The usual proof of an expedition taking place on a date after the old Wiki was shut down due to the PhpBB problems, and before NuWiki was brought into existence. The expedition does not have to be successful.

While it is unclear when exactly the Dark Ages started and ended, anything between 2019-08-31 07:01 UTC and 2020-01-29 15:02 UTC is uncontroversial. The Dark Ages may have lasted longer than that, perhaps from 2019-08-30 11:01 UTC until 2020-02-02 07:04 UTC. This is currently being discussed.

Ribbon

The Ribbon shows the number 503 as a reference to the HTTP Status Code 503: Service Unavailable. It is dark because the Dark Ages were dark too.

This user earned the Dark Ages achievement

by going on an expedition to the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

Winners

See Category:Dark Ages achievement

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-{{Proposal talk|date=2020-02-06}}
 == Origin ==
 After [[User:KarMann|KarMann]] found a remarkably well-placed geohash while the old Wiki was out of commission, he found that he could have gotten another achievement or two if he'd been able to read the Wiki before setting out. (Yes, he did do some dredging about on the Wayback Machine, but that's rather more awkward to find arbitrary information on.) By coincidence, [[User:DanQ|DanQ]] started up this NuWiki just a day or two later, and the rest is history. And history means [[Dark Ages]]. Geohashing was harder during the Wiki's absence (not to mention the persistence of geohashing almost 12 years into it). Let's make an achievement of it.
 == Criteria to obtain achievement ==
-The usual proof of an <s>successful</s> expedition taking place on a date after the old Wiki was shut down due to the PhpBB problems, and before NuWiki was brought into existence. I think the former was sometime in September 2019, and the latter [[2020-02-02]] or [[2020-02-03]]. Obviously, we'll have to refine that before passing the achievement.
+The usual proof of an expedition taking place on a date after the old Wiki was shut down due to the PhpBB problems, and before NuWiki was brought into existence. The expedition does not have to be successful.
-Of course, if I'd just looked at the [[Dark Ages]] article, I'd see that the hacking was reported on [[2019-09-01]], and the phpBB & Wiki server was taken offline 'shortly after'. And it was indeed brought back up on [[2020-02-02]], a marvellously palindromic day. So other than finagling over 'shortly after', or consulting a historical record, that should settle the criteria more precisely.
+While it is unclear when exactly the Dark Ages started and ended, anything between 2019-08-31 07:01 UTC and 2020-01-29 15:02 UTC is uncontroversial. The Dark Ages may have lasted longer than that, perhaps from 2019-08-30 11:01 UTC until 2020-02-02 07:04 UTC. This is currently [[Talk:Dark Ages|being discussed]].
 == Ribbon ==
-I*'ve looked over the XKCD archives and scoured my memory for anything appropriate to illustrate the Dark Ages, and the best I've come up with so far is the [https://xkcd.com/1521/ Sword in the Stone]. I have no idea yet where the artwork for the ribbons come from; a few look to be from actual XKCDs, but I think they're mostly original, by whom I have no idea, either. I lack the artistic talent to draw a stick figure myself, so my drawing one up isn't a great idea.
+[[Template:Dark Ages|The Ribbon]] shows the number 503 as a reference to the [[wikipedia:HTTP 503|HTTP Status Code 503: Service Unavailable]]. It is dark because the Dark Ages were dark too.
-{{Ribbon
-| color = black
+{{Dark Ages}}
-| achievement = Dark Ages achievement
-| action = reaching the [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat={{{latitude}}}&long={{{longitude}}}&date={{{date}}} ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash] on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]] during the [[Dark Ages]]
+==Winners==
-| category = Dark Ages achievement
+''See [[:Category:Dark Ages achievement]]''
-| image = {{{image|}}}
-| iconcode = <div style="width:44px;height:44px;border-radius:22px;background-color:black;color:white;display:flex;align-items:center;font-weight:bold;font-family:initial;font-size:1em;justify-content:center">503</div>
+[[Category:New achievements]]
-}}
-<nowiki>*</nowiki> [[User:KarMann|KarMann]], in case it wasn't obvious enough, and who has issues with speaking of himself in the third person consistently