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        "*": "<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\" id=\"mw-diff-left-l1\">Line 1:</td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 1:</td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Greetings</del>. <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">I'm Arancaytar, the founder of the Encyclopedia Ermariana. Here's my story:</del></div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Wiki software successfully installed</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\"></td><td class=\"diff-context diff-side-deleted\"><br/></td><td class=\"diff-marker\"></td><td class=\"diff-context diff-side-added\"><br/></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">== History ==</del></div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Please see </ins>[http://<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">meta</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wikipedia</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">MediaWiki_i18n documentation </ins>on <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">customizing </ins>the <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">interface</ins>]</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"+\"></td><td class=\"diff-addedline diff-side-added\"><div>and the [http://<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">meta</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wikipedia</ins>.<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wiki</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide </ins>User'<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">s Guide</ins>] for <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">usage </ins>and <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">configuration help</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">===Blades of Exile===</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">I found [[Exile III]] on a shareware CD (from </del>[http://<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">heise</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">de|heise]'s software magazine c't, incidentally) late in the year 2000. Playing through the Exile series (I did not finish Exile I, but I played the other two until the shareware barrier), I soon found [[Blades of Exile]]. In Summer 2001, to be precise.</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Late in 2001, I visited the SW boards, but didn't register or post.</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Time passed.</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">===Leave Your Sanity at the Door===</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">I didn't have any kind of regular internet in 2002, until we moved houses in October. In March 2003, we installed our internet access, and I remembered the [[Spiderweb Software Boards]] two months later (call it latent insanity). In the [[BoE]]</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[[BoA]] forums (BoA wasn't out, but it sure had a board) I quickly noticed that there was one flaw in the whole world of... um. Nobody knew anything about it, and what people did know, they disagreed about. [[Jeff Vogel|Jeff]] had never given it a name, the other three continents ([[Aizo]], [[Pralgad]] and [[Vantanas]]) floated as vague names through an incomplete reality, and there was no knowledge of the [[Empire]]'s history, its culture or its mythology. Jeff had managed to tell a story without ever actually telling us about the world it was set in.</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">===Ermarian===</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">At least a name had been come up with by the community: [[Ermarian]] (goodness knows where it came from), which is often misspelled Ermaria. There was a long list of [[Emperors]] reaching from someone named [[Baltimore I]] into the far future, the late autumnal age of the world, and the emperor [[Tachyon IV]] There was the game [[canon]] of course - [[Hawthorne I]], [[Hawthorne II|II]], and [[Hawthorne III|III]], the [[Empire War]], [[Prazac]]. But it was all disordered and dispersed. If you wanted to know something, your best bet was in asking someone </del>on the <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">board, resulting in a long argument usually.</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">===The Encyclopedia Ermariana===</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The project was conceived on July 17, 23:57, roundabouts. I signed up a site at [[Wikipedia:Geocities]] first, because that was the webspace used by most BoE fan sites (making one's own BoE site - [[graphics]] archives, [[scenario]] downloads, articles on design, etc - was still in fashion then, a trend that had had its high time a little over a year ago).</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The site had a black background (#111111 actually, a kind of almost black color which makes you think you've set your screen too bright) with white text (#cccccc, a dirty light grey which makes you think your screen is about to die). The navigation was nonexistant. Eventually, my sister (who was then tutoring me in HTML; she'd taken to web design far more quickly than I had) taught me how to use frames, and the horror truly began. The menu I used was dark blue, which I changed to an orange-blue background pattern once I learnt to do that. The text itself was orange.</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The project was booming and vegetating at the same time. Everyone was joining the project, but little content was actually being produced - partly because there was too little organization and communication, and partly because the website itself really sucked in such a way as to discourage writing content for it. The only way to get published was to write me an email with the content, have it mercilessly hacked to pieces and rewritten, and eventually published a few months later.</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">===JavaScript===</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">In January 2004, I learnt CSS and Javascript. The old HTML menu (which was basically a dozen of different menu pages that linked to each other, with the buttons stuck in \"up\" and \"down\" positions) was replaced by a more flashy one in which the menu buttons moved around on the page, and submenus were displayed without having to load a new page. It didn't work in Mozilla first, but it sure did later that year in [[Wikipedia:Firefox|Firefox]</del>]<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">.</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Around July 2004, the background was changed to a light sky-blue, </del>and the <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">menu buttons were made smaller following a suggestion from [[User:ef]]. The page now looked almost </del>[http://<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">geocities</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">com</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">arancaytar/frameset.html|pretty].</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">===Aachen===</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">In September 2004 I started an apprenticeship as Mathematical Technical Assistant in Aachen, which meant I finally learnt programming through other means than self-teaching (which is comparable to teaching oneself magic in a fantasy world: It can work, but it leads to unforeseen results). Also, it meant that I didn't have time for the site.</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">===Nothing===</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">For months on end, nothing happened in the Encyclopedia, with little bits of something in between. On January 21, I set up an [http://p206.ezboard.com</del>/<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">btheencyclopedistsbackroom|ezboard forum] in a fit of madness (ezboard sucks if you must know). On March 10, I learnt enough PHP to make a little automatic translator for [[Novah]], the [[Vahnatai]] language. In July 12, I received two entries from [[</del>User<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">:Drakefyre|Drakefyre]].</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">===MediaWiki===</del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">I</del>'<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">ve thought about changing the Encyclopedia into a wiki for a long time now. Definitely since January, when [[User:FZ|FZ</del>]<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">] suggested that Polaris set up a wiki site </del>for <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">easier communication. The trouble is that so far I had failed to understand the difference between Wikipedia </del>and <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Wiki. </del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">That's a pretty easy mistake right there, perhaps. But it meant I didn't know that Wikipedia is not run on just any Wiki system, but MediaWiki, a system specifically for designing a knowledge base/encyclopedia/media archive. </del></div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div>\u00a0</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n<tr><td class=\"diff-marker\" data-marker=\"\u2212\"></td><td class=\"diff-deletedline diff-side-deleted\"><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Today (August 22, 2005) I realized this, and within less than an hour, I had set up a working MediaWiki on my webspace here</del>.</div></td><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-side-added\"></td></tr>\n"
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