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GaryGocek — 2020-10-03T16:35:26Z

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ReyTucker — 2019-02-21T01:08:11Z

name update

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Damiankumor — 2016-10-26T16:07:39Z

2016 City win!

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	+ * '''2016-10-25''': RocWiki wins Best Local Website in the ''City Newspaper'' Best of Rochester 2016, in the category [http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/best-local-color/Content?oid=2908851 Local Color].

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EileenF — 2015-10-29T01:02:00Z

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EileenF — 2015-10-29T01:01:38Z

We win

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Damiankumor — 2013-10-30T15:14:31Z

+runner up

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peteb — 2012-09-06T21:13:20Z

updated older news

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	+ * '''2010-10-29''': RocWiki is now available with [https://rocwiki.org/ HTTP Secure]. + * '''2010-05-18''': ["Users/PeteB"] became the first contributor to do '''20000 edits'''. He also has '''2247 Created pages'''. + * '''2010-04-16''': RocWiki surpassed 100,000 edits with [http://rocwiki.org/Lori%27s_Natural_Foods?action=recall&version=38 revision 38 of Lori's Natural Foods]; alas, the Wiki is still not perfect. + * '''2010-03-08''': ["Users/FrankAshcraft"] created a new section under play. ["Music Events"] has a template within the code commented at the top. Help is needed to add live music events around Rochester. + * '''2010-02-15''': ["Users/BradMandell"] became second contributor to create '''1000 Pages'''. He previously exceeded '''670 file uploads''' and '''9000 edits'''.

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peteb — 2012-09-06T21:12:12Z

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Damiankumor — 2011-07-20T14:59:44Z

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	+ * '''2011-07-12''': RocWiki T-shirt designs are put up for sale through Zazzle.

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peteb — 2011-03-16T20:07:58Z

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- The Rochester Wiki (RocWiki) was born out of the same meetings that began the process of forming ["Ant Hill Cooperative"]. ["TobinFricke"], ["RyDahl" Ryan Dahl], and ["RobertPolyn"] saw need for a community edited information repository and stepped forward to fill the void. The site began in 2004 using MediaWiki software and hosted at its peak around 100 pages. As it was decided PHP is the devil, the site then switched to using [http://projectsycamore.org Sycamore], the MoinMoin fork developed to run [wiki:DavisWiki: Davis Wiki]. You can learn more about the development of the system [wiki:DavisWiki: Wiki Developers].	+ The Rochester Wiki (RocWiki) was born out of the same meetings that began the process of forming ["Ant Hill Cooperative"]. ["TobinFricke"], ["Users/RyDahl" Ryan Dahl], and ["RobertPolyn"] saw need for a community edited information repository and stepped forward to fill the void. The site began in 2004 using MediaWiki software and hosted at its peak around 100 pages. As it was decided PHP is the devil, the site then switched to using [http://projectsycamore.org Sycamore], the MoinMoin fork developed to run [wiki:DavisWiki: Davis Wiki]. You can learn more about the development of the system [wiki:DavisWiki: Wiki Developers].

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peteb — 2011-03-16T20:06:31Z

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	+ * '''2011-03-16''': [http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/guides/Annual-Manual-2011-Local-bloggers/ City Newspaper] mentions RocWiki.

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ReyTucker — 2010-06-12T16:41:00Z

fixing oldest misspelling of philip neustrom's name in the history of mankind

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ReyTucker — 2010-05-22T19:19:05Z

archiving older news

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BradMandell — 2008-11-20T23:42:31Z

Adopt the TALK page

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BradMandell — 2008-07-11T14:27:13Z

link to McKamey & Polyn flikr photo

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ReyTucker — 2008-07-11T01:18:21Z

de-duping a bit

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DaveMahon — 2008-04-24T06:50:52Z

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DaveMahon — 2007-11-24T19:54:36Z

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	+ * '''2007-11-23''': 5,000th New Page! + * '''2007-11-14''': Rocwiki was voted the [http://rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/guides/BEST+OF+2007%3A+Media/ best local website] in ["City Newspaper" City Newspaper's] Best of 2007 awards! + * '''2007-10-28''': A general ["Wiki Community/October 2007 Wiki Meeting" contributors meeting] was held at ["Virtu"]. + * '''2007-08-26''': A general ["Wiki Community/August 2007 Wiki Meeting" contributors meeting] was held at the ["Old Toad"]. + * '''2007-08-19''': ["JoshFritsch" 2,000th Contributor] registers, a day shy of 8 months after the ["JackPorcello" 1000th contributor]! + * '''2007-07-29''': We now have a group on ["Wiki Community/Facebook" Facebook]. + * '''2007-07-12''': 4,000th New Page! Rochester mentioned in Toronto's [http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/annex/article/29238 Annex Guardian] as having the second largest city wiki. + * '''2007-05-16''': RocWiki is featured in the cover-story "A wiki to build a Village" in the May 16-22, 2007 edition of ["City Newspaper"]. [http://rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/pop-culture/ROCWIKI%3A+Everything+you+never+knew+you+needed+to+know+about+Rochester/ Read the story]

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DaveMahon — 2007-09-08T21:35:10Z

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- The Rochester Wiki (RocWiki) was born out of the same meetings that began the process of forming ["Ant Hill Cooperative"]. ["TobinFricke"], Ryan Dahl, and ["RobertPolyn"] saw need for a community edited information repository and stepped forward to fill the void. The site began in 2004 using MediaWiki software and hosted at its peak around 100 pages. As it was decided PHP is the devil, the site then switched to using [http://projectsycamore.org Sycamore], the MoinMoin fork developed to run [wiki:DavisWiki: Davis Wiki]. You can learn more about the development of the system [wiki:DavisWiki: Wiki Developers].	+ The Rochester Wiki (RocWiki) was born out of the same meetings that began the process of forming ["Ant Hill Cooperative"]. ["TobinFricke"], ["RyDahl" Ryan Dahl], and ["RobertPolyn"] saw need for a community edited information repository and stepped forward to fill the void. The site began in 2004 using MediaWiki software and hosted at its peak around 100 pages. As it was decided PHP is the devil, the site then switched to using [http://projectsycamore.org Sycamore], the MoinMoin fork developed to run [wiki:DavisWiki: Davis Wiki]. You can learn more about the development of the system [wiki:DavisWiki: Wiki Developers].
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rottenchester — 2007-07-30T00:58:04Z

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JoannaLicata — 2007-07-30T00:27:49Z

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JoannaLicata — 2007-07-26T02:28:50Z

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	+ + * '''2006-12-20''': RocWiki has added its 1000th registered member, ["JackPorcello"]!! + * '''2006-11-01''': Opening the November-December issue in Rochester Almanac, ["Rochester Magazine"] profiles RocWiki and mentions its founders. “In 2004, ["University of Rochester"] grad student ["TobinFricke" Tobin Fricke] teamed with ["RobertPolyn" Robert Polyn] and ["RyDahl" Ryan Dahl] to create RocWiki. By August 2006, it has passed the 2600-page mark. It's so big now that it needs a watchdog, engineer ["FarMckon" Jon McKamey]…” + * '''2006-08-2?''': RocWiki passes the 2,500 page mark! + * '''2006-08-21''': RocWiki adds built-in Google maps, thanks to ["Rottenchester"] + * '''2006-03-26''': RocWiki hit 2,000 Pages!! Page 2000 was ["Walter Palmer"] by ["JasonWilder"]
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RobertPolyn — 2007-05-17T16:04:20Z

my slant, vindication

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adamdewitz — 2007-02-15T21:25:35Z

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FarMcKon — 2006-01-14T23:39:40Z

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TobinFricke — 2006-01-07T03:50:27Z

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TobinFricke — 2006-01-07T03:42:25Z

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TobinFricke — 2006-01-07T03:38:57Z

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TobinFricke — 2006-01-07T03:38:39Z

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TobinFricke — 2006-01-07T03:38:18Z

ancient history

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FarMcKon — 2006-01-07T03:10:29Z

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	+ * '''2005-12-30''': A Very Wiki Holiday Party at ["SpyBar"]. Darts were played. Software was cirticized. People hid from cameras. A good time was had by all.

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RyDahl — 2005-12-16T02:57:32Z

I don't like my name here. ^_^v

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- The Rochester Wiki (RocWiki) was born out of the same meetings that began the process of forming ["Ant Hill Cooperative"]. ["RyDahl"], ["TobinFricke"], and ["RobertPolyn"] saw need for a community edited information repository and stepped forward to fill the void. The site began in 2004 using MediaWiki software and hosted at its peak around 100 pages. As it was decided PHP is the devil, the site then switched to using the same MoinMoin variant developed to run [wiki:DavisWiki: Davis Wiki]. [http://dev.daviswiki.org/ You can learn more about it here].	+ The Rochester Wiki (RocWiki) was born out of the same meetings that began the process of forming ["Ant Hill Cooperative"]. ["TobinFricke"], and ["RobertPolyn"] saw need for a community edited information repository and stepped forward to fill the void. The site began in 2004 using MediaWiki software and hosted at its peak around 100 pages. As it was decided PHP is the devil, the site then switched to using the same MoinMoin variant developed to run [wiki:DavisWiki: Davis Wiki]. [http://dev.daviswiki.org/ You can learn more about it here].

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FarMcKon — 2005-12-14T23:27:10Z

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	+ * '''????-??-??''': RocWiki.org goes live + * '''2004-11-19''': RocWiki.org URL registered

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RobertPolyn — 2005-12-04T12:50:35Z

history for Edmond

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RobertPolyn — 2005-08-18T14:54:47Z

Updated City Newspaper Link

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RobertPolyn — 2005-06-17T05:37:21Z

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	+ == Milestones == + * '''2005-05-26''': Our first mention in the news! Read ["City Newspaper"]'s article: [http://www.rochester-citynews.com/gbase/Gyrosite/Content?oid=oid%3A3522 Forgive their trespasses]. + * '''2005-05-09''': We've hit the 500 page mark!