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{{NewsItemRed | timestamp=March 31| news=We are moving forward for plans to launch officially tomorrow, April 1.--[[User:Sockii|Sockii]] 05:28, 31 March 2008 (PDT)}}
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{{NewsItemWhite | timestamp=February 6| news=Have to give some props to [http://www.dreamhost.com dreamhost], as they looked at my database speed issues today and I think have taken care of them well for now. So in the future, just let me know whenever page loading seems to take excessively long, and I'll have it checked out.--[[User:Sockii|Sockii]] 15:35, 6 February 2008 (PST)}}
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{{NewsItemRed | timestamp=October 29| news=We are currently running a fundraising campaign to help offset the costs of recent upgrades and maintenance work for the website. If you love The PoliceWiki and want to see it continue to grow and thrive, please visit our [http://www.gofundme.com/thepolicewiki GoFundMe page].--[[User:Sockii|Sockii]] ([[User talk:Sockii|talk]]) 07:11, 29 October 2014 (PDT)}}
{{NewsItemRed | timestamp=February 5| news=Server speed problems seem to be resolved for the moment, though there have been some continued connectivity issues continuing today. If you experience more problems please contact sockii @ policefans . org so I can keep track and investigate.}}
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{{NewsItemWhite | timestamp=October 24| news=Maintenance work is now complete on the Wiki and editing is back open for business. We are hoping to transition the site to a dedicated URL/domain next month, so stay tuned for updates and further details regarding any site downtime.--[[User:Sockii|Sockii]] ([[User talk:Sockii|talk]]) 07:11, 29 October 2014 (PDT)}}
{{NewsItemWhite | timestamp=February 4| news=We're aware of the suckiness of the page loading speed right now and have submitted a support ticket with our host about it.}}
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{{NewsItemRed | timestamp=February 2| news= The [[PoliceWiki:Sandbox|sandbox]] is open! Use it to practice and try out wiki coding without having to mess around with an already existing article.}}
 
{{NewsItemWhite | timestamp=February 1| news= [[PoliceWiki]] is working on the category structure to simplify browsing through the site before public launch.}}
 
{{NewsItemRed | timestamp=February 1| news= [[User:Lkkinetic]] has been getting album cover art uploaded. Yay!}}
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 07:11, 29 October 2014

Wiki News
October 29 We are currently running a fundraising campaign to help offset the costs of recent upgrades and maintenance work for the website. If you love The PoliceWiki and want to see it continue to grow and thrive, please visit our GoFundMe page.--Sockii (talk) 07:11, 29 October 2014 (PDT)
October 24 Maintenance work is now complete on the Wiki and editing is back open for business. We are hoping to transition the site to a dedicated URL/domain next month, so stay tuned for updates and further details regarding any site downtime.--Sockii (talk) 07:11, 29 October 2014 (PDT)
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How to use

To add a line to the wiki news, do the following:

  1. If the first entry begins with "NewsItemRed", copy and paste in the following code above the first entry:
    {{NewsItemWhite | timestamp=MONTH DAY| news=(INSERT NEWS ITEM TEXT HERE}}
  2. If the first entry begins with "NewItemWhite", copy and paste in the following code above the first entry:
    {{NewsItemRed | timestamp=MONTH DAY| news=(INSERT NEWS ITEM TEXT HERE}}
  3. Correct the time stamp and new links.
  4. Add the item to Template:Wiki News

Items that have been up for more than two months should be removed from the list.