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 :Bethesda intends to update the Wiki to v1.14 once v1.14 comes out, I believe (v1.14 is currently in beta, and is being used on WikiMedia Foundation sites like Wikipedia); at that point, we'll look into this. Seems like an update needs to happen before most of those will work.
 :[[User:DragoonWraith|<span style="font-family: Oblivion, Daedric Runes; size=2;">D</span>ragoon <span style="font-family: Oblivion, Daedric Runes; size=2;">W</span>raith]] [[User_talk:DragoonWraith|<span style="font-family: Oblivion, Daedric Runes; size=2;">TALK</span>]] 12:59, 11 January 2009 (EST)
+It is a rather good idea, as it implements how popular the page is, or how useful it can be, as if it's unpopular people wouldn't often go to it and if it's useless then peopl wouldn't read right through it much, all in all, a splendid idea, as i've seen it on other websites and i find it useful!
+--[[User:Oblivious12123|Oblivious12123]] 12:30, 28 December 2009 (EST)
 == Heads-up for new users ==
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 Why not write a bot to automatically add an entry, one that informs them about the wiki's policy on asking questions, to the TALK page of new users ? That could help with keeping down the creation of unnecessary new articles.<br>
 [[User:Shademe|shadeMe]] <sup>[[User_talk:Shademe|<span style="font-family: Oblivion, Daedric Runes; size=2;">TALK</span>]]</sup> 18:23, 4 October 2009 (EDT)
+:Hmm... I'm not certain that the bot's allowed to be "always on" like that. I'm also not certain how to configure it to do that (though I know it can). Hmm... I'll look into it. Typically those things go on their Talk page after they've made their first Edit though.
+:Someone want to write a welcome message thing, then?
+:[[User:DragoonWraith|<span style="font-family: Oblivion, Daedric Runes; size=2;">D</span>ragoon <span style="font-family: Oblivion, Daedric Runes; size=2;">W</span>raith]] [[User_talk:DragoonWraith|<span style="font-family: Oblivion, Daedric Runes; size=2;">TALK</span>]] 21:12, 31 January 2010 (EST)
+:: Heh, it'd probably be more of a "go away" message. In any case, I'm willing to try.<br>
+::[[User:Shademe|shadeMe]] <sup>[[User_talk:Shademe|<span style="font-family: Oblivion, Daedric Runes; size=2;">TALK</span>]]</sup> 21:29, 31 January 2010 (EST)
+:::I did some <nowiki>"research"</nowiki> about bots on some other wiki's and I found an article containing a script that welcomes new users ([http://botwiki.sno.cc/wiki/Python:Welcome.py here]). That page seemed to be part of an entire wiki about bots:([http://botwiki.sno.cc/wiki/Main_Page here]).
+:::I hope this information helps.<br>
+:::--[[User:Darkness X|Darkness X]] 11:12, 5 May 2010 (EDT)
 == Ideas to support newbies: ==
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 Maybe we should keep the beginners' guide on the main page, after a new featured article is selected. It would make things simpler for newbies and more convenient and less frustrating and time consuming...
 --[[User:Oblivious12123|Oblivious12123]] 12:25, 28 December 2009 (EST)
+''New ideas to support newbies should be left in this section, not a new one, please leave a line and start anew, then reinsert this piece of writing at the bottom of your work''
+:That's a pretty good idea. Currently, though, I don't think the Beginner's Guide is in much danger of being shuffled off... *shrug* When we're looking to change it, yes, I think that's a good plan.
+:[[User:DragoonWraith|<span style="font-family: Oblivion, Daedric Runes; size=2;">D</span>ragoon <span style="font-family: Oblivion, Daedric Runes; size=2;">W</span>raith]] [[User_talk:DragoonWraith|<span style="font-family: Oblivion, Daedric Runes; size=2;">TALK</span>]] 21:10, 31 January 2010 (EST)
+== May 28, 2011 MediaWiki Update ==
+The Wiki has, for the first time in a ''long'' time, had its version of MediaWiki updated. This is wonderful news, generally speaking.
+Unfortunately, it seems to have broken the Liquid Style custom CSS, and there may be a few niggling details that need to be fixed as well. Please post anything you find odd here; I'll try to communicate this with Bethsoft.
+List of issues:
+* The box around categories look very odd, and it's there even if a page does not have any categories.
+* Custom signatures appear to have been reset and their maximum length reduced. At least, mine was too long and was reset, but it may have only been reset ''because'' it was too long.
+* Liquid Style custom skin needs to be updated.
+That last one is obviously not Bethesda's problem, heh. I'll be trying to fix that.<br/>
+[[User:DragoonWraith|<span style="font-family: Oblivion; size=2;">D</span>ragoon <span style="font-family: Oblivion; size=2;">W</span>raith]] [[User_talk:DragoonWraith|<span style="font-family: Oblivion; size=2;">TALK</span>]] 17:43, 28 May 2011 (EDT)
+:This is good news, I guess. For anyone else wondering; we're now running 1.16.5, which is the most recent stable version of MediaWiki. The GECK Wiki is still running 1.13.2 which was released in October 2008.
+:If I can, I'll take some time to look into the liquid style.
+:--[[User:Qazaaq|Qazaaq]] 11:11, 30 May 2011 (EDT)
+== Search is broken ==
+Every time I try to search for anything, it brings me to a blank page. Can someone please do something about it? - [[User:ZuTheSkunk|ZuTheSkunk]] ([[User talk:ZuTheSkunk|talk]]) 14:14, 11 December 2014 (EST)
+== Need to replace the captcha system ==
+The captcha system (used to weed out bots when trying to create an account, and to submit an edit) is hosed.
+* More than half the time it does not load at all.
+* When it does, it almost always presents a picture-moving puzzle, which is not functional in Chrome, or any other browser I tried other than an old copy of Internet Explorer.  So, I cannot edit this site other than by resorting the worst browser on earth, which is now old Microsoft abandonware that won't even work in future versions of Windows.  Just get the regular captcha that 99% of captcha-using sites use, "I am not a robot".  I works universally.
+[[User:Darklocq|Darklocq]] ([[User talk:Darklocq|talk]]) 03:50, 9 May 2018 (EDT)
+Oh, hell, it's even worse than I thought. I can't edit actual articles here, only talk pages, because the articles are using a different captcha that even fails in IE. It's the "pick all squares with street signs" one. After you successfully do it, you're returned to the page, but minus the edits you just made, and you try to do them again, the same thing happens. I just tried 5 times in a row to fix a typo, and can't do it.  No wonder no one's editing this site any longer.  It's broken.  PS: It's taken me at least 20 tries, in IE, to even save this comment. [[User:Darklocq|Darklocq]] ([[User talk:Darklocq|talk]]) 04:12, 9 May 2018 (EDT)