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| **28th of April** - Ian quietly appointed [[TheDarkServant]] (later known as [[TheDarkServant|TheDarkMessiah]]) as the board' | **28th of April** - Ian quietly appointed [[TheDarkServant]] (later known as [[TheDarkServant|TheDarkMessiah]]) as the board' | ||
| - | **22nd of June** - The Board [[http:// | + | **22nd of June** - The Board [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/ |
| **26th of June** - The Shared Worlds forum no longer augments post count, significantly altering the pointless hierarchy based on such. It is also hidden from anonymous users. | **26th of June** - The Shared Worlds forum no longer augments post count, significantly altering the pointless hierarchy based on such. It is also hidden from anonymous users. | ||
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| **29th of September** - [[Wanderlust]]' | **29th of September** - [[Wanderlust]]' | ||
| - | **14-18th October** - Unbeknownst to even himself at the time, [[Petike]] starts what will eventually become the Great Wiki Reform. Sometimes, [[http:// | + | **14-18th October** - Unbeknownst to even himself at the time, [[Petike]] starts what will eventually become the Great Wiki Reform. Sometimes, [[http:// |
| **23rd of November** - The Q-BAM Improvement Project begins. | **23rd of November** - The Q-BAM Improvement Project begins. | ||
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| ===== 2012 ===== | ===== 2012 ===== | ||
| - | **22nd of January** - Climax of [[the Pony Wars]]. | + | **22nd of January** - Climax of [[the Pony Wars]]. |
| **22nd of February** - Beloved member [[Wolf]] passed away. The board mourned. | **22nd of February** - Beloved member [[Wolf]] passed away. The board mourned. | ||
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| **16th of August** - After many months of waiting, [[Ian]] the Admin decides to test new forum software and creates the **Test Alternate History Discussion Board**, also known as **the Third Board**. | **16th of August** - After many months of waiting, [[Ian]] the Admin decides to test new forum software and creates the **Test Alternate History Discussion Board**, also known as **the Third Board**. | ||
| - | **22nd of August** - After a series of member purges, [[Emperor Norton I]], [[vultan]], and [[Tank Cdr]] [[http:// | + | **22nd of August** - After a series of member purges, [[Emperor Norton I]], [[vultan]], and [[Tank Cdr]] [[https:// |
| **25th of August** - The fourth and final incarnation of the Off-Topic Thread was locked by [[the bald imposter|Burton K. Wheeler]], who warned members not to create another one. Members flocked to othyrsyde' | **25th of August** - The fourth and final incarnation of the Off-Topic Thread was locked by [[the bald imposter|Burton K. Wheeler]], who warned members not to create another one. Members flocked to othyrsyde' | ||
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| **26th of October** - Beloved member [[Torqumada]] passed away. The board mourned. | **26th of October** - Beloved member [[Torqumada]] passed away. The board mourned. | ||
| - | **14th of November** - In the aftermath of the Paris Terrorist Attacks on November 13, several members are either banned or kicked during the [[offtopic: | + | **14th of November** - In the aftermath of the Paris Terrorist Attacks on November 13, several members are either banned or kicked during the [[offtopic: |
| **26th of November** - Since this day, all the subpages of the form *address*.alternatehistory.com redirect to www.alternatehistory.com/ | **26th of November** - Since this day, all the subpages of the form *address*.alternatehistory.com redirect to www.alternatehistory.com/ | ||
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| **4th of January** - The site returns in shiny new form. [[Ian]] begins the process of tweaking and bug fixing leading to several very short outages over the next few weeks. | **4th of January** - The site returns in shiny new form. [[Ian]] begins the process of tweaking and bug fixing leading to several very short outages over the next few weeks. | ||
| - | ---- | + | **10th of January** |
| + | **Early February** - A user points out to [[e of pi]] that links are broken on the **[[timelines: | ||
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| + | **3rd of June to 8th of June** - [[Ian]] announces that he was the victim of doxing, and that he was denied access to a private discord maintained by some members to investigate. These members informed him that he was “pre-banned”. Fighting and infighting ensue, and by the time the dust clears, twenty-six people (many of which were long-time, established members of the site) were banned. | ||
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| + | **30th of August** - Alternatehistory.com turns 20 years old! | ||
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| + | ===== 2021 ===== | ||
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| + | **April 10** - | ||
| + | Ian announces that threads in Chat and Non-Political Chat that have been inactive for six months will be entirely deleted from the forums. This was done for a variety of reasons. First, it would speed up the board, as it would free up memory space. Second, and most important, it would protect member privacy, as many have previously posted political opinions they have long since move on from, several have discussed gender-transitions, | ||
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| + | **April 18** - | ||
| + | Ian begins the process that is, from here forward, called the Great Deletion. Thousands of threads are moved to specially created subforums and out of Non-Political Chat and Chat, scheduled to be deleted the next month. The Great Deletion would be on track to remove nearly 8 million posts, some dating back to 2004. A few notable threads would avoid the Great Deletion and be placed in a special Archive subforum. | ||
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| + | ===== 2022 ===== | ||
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| ==== See Also ==== | ==== See Also ==== | ||
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| **[[AH.com Structure]]** | **[[AH.com Structure]]** | ||
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