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-====== New Board (a.k.a. Second Board and Third Board) ======
+====== New Board (a.k.a. Second / Third Board) ======
+The current incarnation of AlternateHistory.com that replaced the technically much simpler [[Old Board]] began its life in 2004. Since then, it has existed and developed uninterrupted for over 14 years, under two different software platforms.
-The current incarnation of AlternateHistory.com that replaced the technically much simpler [[Old Board]] began its life in 2004. Since then, it has existed and developed uninterrupted for over 12 years, under two different software platforms.
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 ==== vBulletin era (January 2004 - May 2016) ====
-This was the vBulletin software incarnation of AH.com. It was referred to as the "new board" from 2004 to 2016, in order to differentiate it from its predecessor, the [[Old Board]] (active in 2000-2004, also known as the First Board). The Second Board officially opened on January 1st, 2004, and closed on May 12th, 2016. After the upgrade to XenForo software in 2016, the term "new" had become obsolete.
+This was the vBulletin software incarnation of AH.com. It was referred to as the "new board" from 2004 to 2016, in order to differentiate it from its predecessor, the [[Old Board]] (active in 2000-2004, also known as the First Board). The Second Board officially opened on January 1st, 2004, and closed on May 12th, 2016. After the upgrade to XenForo software in 2016, the term "new" had become somewhat obsolete for this era of the board, as it was superceded by the newer software. Nevertheless, it's still part of the New Board era, even if not the current one.
+To get an idea of what the board looked like during the vBulletin era, visit the following page:\\
+**[[2004-2016 New Board Appearance Archive]]**
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 **[[ah.com - a chronology|AH.com : A Chronology]]**
+**[[https://web.archive.org/web/20180109033527/http://soc.history.what-if.narkive.com/d8V395WF/fyi-shiny-new-ah-discussion-board-at-www-alternatehistory-net-discussion|FYI: Shiny new AH discussion board at www.alternatehistory.net/discussion]]** - Ian's (now-archived) thread announcing the launch of the New Board in early 2004, posted at the then still active [[offtopic:soc.history.what-if]] online community.
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 **[[offtopic:off topic|Offtopic Section Main Directory]]**
-**[[alternate history:AH.com's AH Writing Slang]]**
+**[[alternate history:ah slang and acronyms|AH.com's AH Writing Slang]]**