YPPedia:News

''The YPPedia is an ever changing entity with many facets for usage and information. As such, it is necessary for our users to be knowledgeable of the changes that take place in policies, guidelines, templates, administrators, and all aspects of the wiki. This page is a directory of all recent changes made to the wiki in that respect and will contain all updates for the past three months.''
 * For past news items, see the archive.

Policies
''For more information on any policy, see YPPedia:Policies and guidelines. ''
 * 07/09/2008 - Incorrectly done RfAs will be reverted and considered failed.
 * 04/12/2008 - Hearty lists are not permitted on pirate articles.
 * 09/15/2007 - Large galleries of portraits on crew/flag pages are to be hidden.
 * 04/04/2007 - Separate articles for stalls owned by a pirate are no longer permitted and related information is to be confined to individual pirate articles
 * 03/18/2007 - PEAR scores are no longer permitted on pirate articles.
 * 02/27/2007 - Lists of trinkets and pets longer than twelve items total should be hidden inside a show/hide box. Ex: Vova, Stevensam.
 * 01/22/2007 - Lists of standard renamed ships are no longer permitted on pirate articles.

Current
''These are discussions currently taking place about YPPedia policies and guidelines. Results of them can often decide which way a policy will go so contribute as you see fit. ''
 * 01/25/2009 - Restricting the listing of trophy triggers to main trophy page only
 * 03/29/2007 - Not using disambiguation pages where only two articles are concerned
 * 03/11/2007 - Voting procedures for electing new administrators and the lack of recent responses to votes
 * 02/10/2007 - Removing lists of royalty from flag articles & shops/stall from flag, crew, and pirate articles

Resolved

 * 04/12/2008 - Removing plain hearty lists from pirate articles
 * 09/15/2007 - Hiding large galleries of portraits in crew/flag pages - motion passed on 9/15/2007, vote: 4/0/0
 * 04/03/2007 - Disallowing bulleted stall lists in pirate and crew pages - motion failed on 04/23/2007, vote: 1/5/2
 * 03/27/2007 - Portraits in crew and flag articles - motion was carried as a non-vote and changes have been implemented.
 * 03/11/2007 - Disallowing separate articles for stalls owned by a pirate and confining related information to individual pirate articles - motion passed on 04/04/2007, vote: 7/0/0
 * 03/01/2007 - Proposal to remove PEAR score from individual pirate articles - motion passed on 03/18/2007, vote: 6/0/0
 * 02/18/2007 - Proposal to remove Pirate Codes on individual pirate articles - motion failed on 03/18/2007, vote: 2/5/0
 * 02/05/2007 - Proposal to hide large lists of pets and trinkets in pirate articles - motion passed on 02/27/2007, vote: 4/0/1

Templates

 * 05/21/2007 - The Infobox pirate template now has a new parameter for each pirate, rank. It displays an icon representing the indicated rank on the Yoweb link box to the left of the ocean name. See here for an example.
 * 04/13/2007 - All the Stub templates have had clear templates added to them, and a new category, Category:Stub templates, was created.
 * 03/27/2007 - Infobox_flag now contains the ability to add a flag portrait similar to the infobox configuration seen on the individual pirate articles. Flag images should be uploaded to the filename  Image:Flags-flagname.jpg . See the usages notes on the template page for more information.
 * 03/25/2007 - Infobox_crew now contains the ability to add a crew portrait similar to the infobox configuration seen on the individual pirate articles. Crew images should be uploaded to the filename  Image:Crews-crewname.jpg . See the usage notes on the template page for more information.
 * 01/23/2007 - Infobox_pirate now contains direct links to the pirate's portrait gallery [[Image:Portrait_link.png]] and trophy gallery [[Image:Trophy_link.png]]. These will be automatically displayed next to the ocean Yoweb link on each article employing the template. For more information, see Template_talk:Infobox_pirate.
 * 01/11/2007 - Links to Yoweb crew and flag pages are now available through the Infobox_crew and Infobox_flag templates. These function using the crew/flag identification number listed when opening the page in a browser. For more information, see Template_talk:Infobox_crew. For an example, see the British Bandits article.
 * 08/25/2009 - has been supplanted by Flag blockade on all pages which used it. It performs the same function, but has a different layout and a more intuitive title.

Current
''These are discussions currently taking place about YPPedia templates. Results of them can often decide which way a template policy will go so contribute as you see fit. ''
 * 03/07/2008 - Selection of a method for adding a tertiary color variable to hte My trinkets template system
 * 02/27/2007 - Adding a section in the Infobox_pirate template to accommodate a single displayed trophy on pirate pages.

Major Article Changes

 * 02/17/2007 - All production releases since launch charted at Release calendar.

Other News

 * 07/24/2008 - YPPedia Community forum added

Recent Appointments

 * 12/13/2009 - Congratulations to Addyrielle, recently appointed as one of the newest Yppedia administrators.
 * 01/25/2009 - Congratulations to Belthazar451, recently appointed as one of the newest YPPedia administrators.
 * 01/26/2009 - Congratulations to Alfwyn, recently appointed as one of the newest YPPedia administrators.