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The '''MechWarrior: Living Legends Wiki''' ('''MWLL Wiki''') is a [[MechWarrior: Living Legends]] community project designed to be a repository of information related to the mod and bring knowledge to everyone. It is a source of both game descriptions and many useful hints & ideas.

==History==
The idea of wiki was proposed by MWLL Forum guest called Drutort on 21 February 2010. Forum itself was set up on 22nd February.

{{Quote|It has been asked for and we did heed the call: today, we give to you the MWLL Community Wiki at http://wiki.mechlivinglegends.net

''When we say "we give to you", that is exactly what we mean: this Wiki will absolutely and only live by your participation, it is a "Community Wiki". Therefore, please ensure that when you create content on this wiki, it is correct and valid as you will be responsible for the quality of this Wiki as an informational resource, not just for new players of course.|Official MWLL: Community Wiki launch announcement}}

In first days after wiki begun to grow rapidly, gaining new editors, and new pages. Soon few news on the MWLL website were posted, and in less than a month since it's release the wiki gained new theme.

Currently, the MWLL wiki is largest compendium about MWLL available.

==Current Events==

As of July 2017, the MWLL wiki is in the process of being ported over to a new MediaWiki software instance, as the old setup was becoming a hindrance to maintaining and adding to the articles.

==Milestones==
* '''24 July 2017''' - The new wiki is created. Articles begin to be ported over from the old wiki.
* '''23 April 2017''' - A wiki channel for all new wiki-editors is created on Discord.
* '''5 February 2017''' - [[User:DaveSparhawk]] becomes the first new wiki user of the 0.8.x era, beginning the long and arduous process of updating the wiki.

==Legacy Milestones==

* '''30 November 2010''' - [[Small guide through defeating specific enemies‎|200 Articles]]
* '''23 October 2010''' - [[:File:Ares.jpg|200 Images]]
* '''15 June 2010''' - 100 users with [[User:(TLL)RickHunter|(TLL)RickHunter]] registered
* '''13 April 2010''' - First [[Mechwarrior Living Legends Wiki:Featured article|Featured article]] selected by voting: [[1st Federated Suns Armored Cavalry]]
* '''12 April 2010''' - 20,000 views of the [[Main Page]]
* '''11 April 2010''' - [[:File:Arm off.jpg|100 images]]
* '''27 March 2010''' - 50 [[Special:ListUsers|Users]]
* '''13 March 2010''' - [[User:Snowball|Snowball]] elected the first [[Mechwarrior Living Legends Wiki:Editor of the month|Editor of the month]]
* '''13 March 2010''' - New theme for wiki
* '''6 March 2010''' - [[Autoexec.cfg]] breaks the border of 100 articles.
* '''28 February 2010''' - 1000 edits
* '''23 February 2010''' - [[User:Skywalker|Skywalker]] becomes the first [[Mechwarrior Living Legends Wiki:Administrators|Administrator]]
* '''21 February 2010''' - Wiki is launched

==Legacy News stories==

* [http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/2010-05/mechwarrior-living-legends-wiki-community-interview/ MechWarrior Living Legends Wiki: Community Interview], 08 May
* [http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/2010-02/mwll-community-wiki-launched/ MWLL: Community Wiki launched], 22 February
* [http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/2010-02/community-wiki-community-administrator-appointed/ Community Wiki: Community administrator appointed], 23 February
* [http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/2010-03/full-steam-ahead-the-first-week-in-our-community-wiki/ Full steam ahead: The first week in our Community Wiki], 01 March
* [http://www.mechlivinglegends.net/2010-03/new-theme-for-wiki/ New Theme for Wiki], 13 March

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 ==Legacy Milestones==
-* '''30 November 2010''' - [[Small guide through defeating specific enemies‎|200 Articles]]
+* '''30 November 2010''' - 200 Articles
-* '''23 October 2010''' - [[:File:Ares.jpg|200 Images]]
+* '''23 October 2010''' - 200 Images
-* '''15 June 2010''' - 100 users with [[User:(TLL)RickHunter|(TLL)RickHunter]] registered
+* '''15 June 2010''' - 100 users with User:(TLL)RickHunter registered
-* '''13 April 2010''' - First [[Mechwarrior Living Legends Wiki:Featured article|Featured article]] selected by voting: [[1st Federated Suns Armored Cavalry]]
+* '''13 April 2010''' - First Featured article selected by voting: [[1st Federated Suns Armored Cavalry]]
-* '''12 April 2010''' - 20,000 views of the [[Main Page]]
+* '''12 April 2010''' - 20,000 views of the Main Page
-* '''11 April 2010''' - [[:File:Arm off.jpg|100 images]]
+* '''11 April 2010''' - 100 images
-* '''27 March 2010''' - 50 [[Special:ListUsers|Users]]
+* '''27 March 2010''' - 50 Users
-* '''13 March 2010''' - [[User:Snowball|Snowball]] elected the first Editor of the month
+* '''13 March 2010''' - User:Snowball elected the first Editor of the month
 * '''13 March 2010''' - New theme for wiki
-* '''6 March 2010''' - [[Autoexec.cfg]] breaks the border of 100 articles.
+* '''6 March 2010''' - Autoexec.cfg breaks the border of 100 articles.
 * '''28 February 2010''' - 1000 edits
-* '''23 February 2010''' - [[User:Skywalker|Skywalker]] becomes the first Administrator
+* '''23 February 2010''' - User:Skywalker becomes the first Administrator
 * '''21 February 2010''' - Wiki is launched

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 ==Current Events==
-As of July 2017, the MWLL wiki is in the process of being ported over to a new MediaWiki software instance, as the old setup was becoming a hindrance to maintaining and adding to the articles.
+As of September 2017, the MWLL wiki has been moved to the new MediaWiki instance. It is now more up-to-date and user-friendly than ever before!
 ==Milestones==

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 * '''24 July 2017''' - The new wiki is created. Articles begin to be ported over from the old wiki.
 * '''23 April 2017''' - A wiki channel for all new wiki-editors is created on Discord.
-* '''5 February 2017''' - [[User:DaveSparhawk]] becomes the first new wiki user of the 0.8.x era, beginning the long and arduous process of updating the wiki.
+* '''5 February 2017''' - User:DaveSparhawk becomes the first new wiki user of the 0.8.x era, beginning the long and arduous process of updating the wiki.
 ==Legacy Milestones==

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 ==History==
-The idea of wiki was proposed by MWLL Forum guest called Drutort on 21 February 2010. Forum itself was set up on 22nd February.
+The idea of a MWLL wiki was proposed by MWLL forum guest called Drutort on 21 February 2010.
 {{Quote|It has been asked for and we did heed the call: today, we give to you the MWLL Community Wiki at http://wiki.mechlivinglegends.net
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 ''When we say "we give to you", that is exactly what we mean: this Wiki will absolutely and only live by your participation, it is a "Community Wiki". Therefore, please ensure that when you create content on this wiki, it is correct and valid as you will be responsible for the quality of this Wiki as an informational resource, not just for new players of course.|Official MWLL: Community Wiki launch announcement}}
-In first days after wiki begun to grow rapidly, gaining new editors, and new pages. Soon few news on the MWLL website were posted, and in less than a month since it's release the wiki gained new theme.
+In its first few days after establishment, the wiki began to grow rapidly, gaining many new editors and numerous pages and updates. Some news articles regarding the wiki were posted on the MWLL site, and in less than a month since its creation the wiki gained a new theme of its own.
-Currently, the MWLL wiki is largest compendium about MWLL available.
+On 24 July, 2017, a large effort was started to migrate all articles and files to a new wiki (the very one you are reading from). About a month later, the new wiki was officially unveiled in an announcement on the MWLL Discord server.
 ==Current Events==
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 ==Milestones==
 * '''24 July 2017''' - The new wiki is created. Articles begin to be ported over from the old wiki.
 * '''23 April 2017''' - A wiki channel for all new wiki-editors is created on Discord.