Template:New on the wiki

news archive What's new on the wiki 2010-07-13 We have new achievements. Try to get a Fly a kite achievement or a Juggernaut achievement! 2010-07-10 The APBot Notification daemon is currently not working. It is being worked on, however. 2010-06-07 The gallery of recent expeditions has a new format. Please comment here, and get familiar with the new gallery code here. Have fun!

discussion archive Now discussing - please join in

About the New on the wiki announcements template

This template is designed to be displayed on the Main Page to highlight new developments on the wiki. It has two sections, one mainly to tell and one mainly to ask. These announcements should stay up for about a week, unless their relevance passes sooner.

The template can be added to a user or graticule page if you use that over the Main Page. Simply add {{New on the wiki}} to the desired page.

What's new on the wiki

This section includes new ways to waste time and to save time on the wiki. There's more to the wiki than posting pictures on the main page, and this is intended to be a more efficient way for users to find out what's new than hitting the "Recent changes" button every thirty minutes. Announcements include new tools for planning geohashes, monthly Most Active Graticule records, special events and wiki policy. Announcements about remarkable expeditions should generally go in the Hall of Amazingness, not here.

Now discussing

This section gives all users, not just those who happen to be on the geohashing IRC channel at the right moment, a chance to have their say on developing geowiki standards, qualifying for achievements, and planning special events. Particularly active discussion about a single expedition or geohasher might be linked here if the result of the discussion is likely to affect geohashers as a whole.

Upcoming Announcements

Announcements here are formatted, linked to pages that explain them, and ready to be placed in the template. Place suggestions that aren't yet fleshed out on the Talk page.

Past Announcements

Old announcements can be browsed here after they have been deleted from the Main Page. Most recent are at the top.

• 2010-06-05 The automatically generated expeditions lists on the Current events page and date pages are now being presented in a table.
• 2010-05-23 Geohashing Day 2010 is over. Read expedition reports for 2010-05-21 and for 2010-05-22, Mouseover Day.
• 2010-04-05 Automagickally generated markers for your expedition is just one of the many wonderful features of http://activegeohasher.com.
• 2010-04-21 Peeron's zooming in and out behaviour seems to have changed.
• 2010-03-05 The globalhash for 2010-03-07 is in the Baton Rouge graticule!
• 2010-02-21 There is now an image tagging page.
• 2010-02-16 ReCAPTCHA has been installed. Contact joannac, if there are any problems.
• 2010-01-24 Globalhash coordinates are now included on date pages and Current events.
• 2010-01-15 The current events bot can now create expedition lists for users. Learn how to get this set up for yourself.
• 2010-02-17 There is now a view random expedition image page.
• 2009-12-31 Scenic xkcd markers is the topic for the 2011 calendar. Unless we find a more scenic name.
• 2009-11-07 Study the geohashing Narrative chart in svg or png format.
• 2009-10-22 Posted achievement and A Tale of Two Hashes achievement are accepted as new achievements.
• 2009-08-24 Add yourself to this list if you would like to order a geohashing calendar.
• 2009-10-30 San Francisco still active, Canberra not so much; will Amsterdam survive?
• 2009-10-15 San Francisco & Canberra become inactive.
  • News on SF updated.
• 2009-08-10 Berlin, Germany is catering a suitably sizable meetup on August 29 (Saturday). Join us!
• 2009-07-27 The geohashing calendar is available in a low resolution preview for comments.
• 2009-07-19 The Main Page gallery is again unsullied by text summaries.
• 2009-07-15 The Hobbit achievement is the latest New Achievement.
• 2009-07-15 New Zealand now 30cm closer to Australia.
• 2009-07-02 Date pages now include automatically created expedition summaries.
• 2009-06-25 The graticule template has changed. Learn how to switch.
• 2009-06-24 The current events page is now updated by a bot.
• 2009-06-20 The default graticule map template will change (on Wednesday).
• 2009-06-11 Check out the New Achievements available.
• 2009-06-10 Photo size limits have been removed.
• 2009-05-31 Donate your unused GPS hardware!
• Read Mouse Over Day expedition reports.
• Read Geohashing Day expedition reports.
• See how Revisited places change over time.
• Add Template:Maintained to pages that bots shouldn't update.
• Geohashing Day ribbons for expeditions on May 21st.
• Get e-mail when a geohash is near a point you like.
• Most active graticules records now updated for March.
• The Meetup Graph shows who has met whom.
• See how gallery categories work like photo tags.
• A wikibot is renaming pages to comply with Naming conventions.
• We can now make announcements here.

Past Discussions

These topics have been discussed recently but the matters have been settled or the discussion has died down. Most recent are at the top.

• 2010-06-28 Juggernaut achievement proposed. (discuss)
• 2010-06-25 I think we need to clarify the rules for the Water geohash and Walk on water geohash.
• 2010-04-25 Play By GeoHashing games have been proposed, with battleship being the first one created.
• 2010-06-05 Should we include more days in Template:Gallery, and possibly compact the layout?
• 2010-05-24 Should we switch the main page gallery to Template:Gallery?
• 2010-01-31 Lots of new achievements discussions are being rediscovered. Browse Category:Proposed achievements if you'd like to voice your opinion.
• 2010-01-15 Daft geohash achievement, the newest achievement suggestion.
• 2010-04-30 It's Geohashing Day. What does your graticule do?
• 2009-12-15 The Geohashing Uncovered Calendar for 2010 is being a huge success. What should be the theme for the 2011 calendar?
• 2009-12-10 Should the daily globalhash coordinates be included on day pages?
• 2009-10-23 Is the Skate geohash achievement proposal the better ski geohash achievement?
• 2009-08-12 Should the Migration Geohash be based on number of people, or number of different graticules? Should it be split into two achievements?
• 2009-09-28 Are some of the gratuitous ribbons ready to become a real achievement?
• 2009-09-28 Should we create a landing place for non-geohashers, who found a marker?
• 2009-07-13 Are Main Page automatic Expedition summaries good or bad? (They were determined to be bad, and removed.)
• 2009-07-08 Is a A Tale of Two Hashes ready to be an achievement?
• 2009-07-07 What should be done about all the spam we're getting?
• 2009-07-01 Should split city pages be changed into separate pages for graticules and communities?
• 2009-07-09 Should we include expedition summaries on the Main Page (We tried it.)
• 2009-06-26 Discussion about whether to include bot generated summaries on date pages. (Included.)
• 2009-06-15 Hobbit and Travelling hashman, the latest Proposed achievements (Hobbit was accepted, Hashman not).
• 2009-06-12 Discussion of bot to convert Current events page to a better purpose. (Bot was designed).
• Discuss proposed changes to the default graticule map template
• Talk about the feasibility of Geohashing General Meetings (Meetings were not embraced.)
• We still want your opinion on Proposed achievements. (Still do.)
• We need geohashing T-shirts. (See page for designs).
• What should we do for the anniversary of the algorithm comic? (An annual celebration).

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