UOGuide:About

Charter

UOGuide was founded to fulfill the need for a website containing readily available and up to date information about Ultima Online. Through community contributions, it is hoped that this site will grow into a well kept repository of game play knowledge.

History

This site was conceptualized and built by JCtheBuilder in mid-June 2006. It received many notes of support during its initial days. But a few weeks after launch there was a server failure which wiped out the database and spelled disaster for the site. Approximately 2 weeks later the site was back online. At this time the UO wiki site UOStuff announced its intentions to expand into the same area as UOGuide. Rather then compete with the established wiki, it was decided to halt all efforts on building UOGuide. By early September 2006 it was clear UOStuff was not living up to the claims that were made during the feud. Thus it was decided to relaunch UOGuide near the end of September.

In the fall and early winter of 2006 the site has been growing rapidly. Major sections on Veteran Rewards, Cooperative Collections, Halloween 2006, Holiday 2006, and Kingdom Reborn have been added. By the end of the year, UOGuide was closing in on 400 content pages.

Goals

The current goal of UOGuide is to have most general UO information on the site by the launch of the next UO expansion Kingdom Reborn. In addition, keeping pace with current changes and events is also a high priority.

Staff

UOGuide has staff dedicated to certain aspects of the site. If you see an open position, you can apply by registering a username and posting that you want it on this page's Talk page.

Administrators

Administrators handle all aspects of the website.

JC the Builder

Sysops

Sysops have full content and editorial access on the website.

Timeline

Notable events in the history of UOGuide.

May 2006 - The concept of UOGuide is thought up and worked out
June 8, 2006 - UOGuide domain is registered and initial work begins
July 1, 2006 - The database becomes corrupted due to server host incompetence. The backups are not salvageable
July 16-18, 2006 - The site is on a new host but site development is put on hold
September 27, 2006 - UOGuide receives new templates, information pages, and other maintenance for the impending re-launch
October 1, 2006 - The site is officially relaunched
October 31, 2006 - The site now has 50 pages of information
November 14, 2006 - The site now has 200 pages of information
December 3, 2006 - Site updated to MediaWiki version 1.82
January 6, 2007 - The site now has over 500 pages of information
January 22, 2007 - A collaboration is setup with Inuwiki and site updated to MediaWiki 1.90
February 21, 2007 - The site now has over 600 pages of information and Skill training guides
May 28, 2007 - The site now has over 1000 pages of information. The 1000th page was for the Dryad and created by Sarphus.
August 29, 2007 - Page 1337 created: Client Patch 4.0.0c created by Cogniac.
November 25, 2007 - Page 1500 created: Client_Patch_1.26.4b created by Cogniac.