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== Server Status ==
<strong>Currently in a relatively stable status.</strong> However, due to the early state of the server, changes to the server, infrastructure, and pages may still be made if deemed necessary.

== Server News ==
You may have noticed that the account creation is currently limited to those who know the password. Wanna know the password? Check out ErinaAveen's userpage on Wikia OR Erina's userpage on this wiki, and type in the name of his favorite girl (hint, her name starts with an I). We are also looking for admins, feel free to contact Erina for more information! Account creation is currently limited due to the amount of spambots that tend to auto-create accounts and unwanted content on the server.

Also, more admins will be necessary in the due future. Active contributors on the previous wikia are highly recommended to talk with me (Erina) if interested.

The future of this wiki is to become much more exhaustive and extensive than the current active Wikia. This means that information about the girls (their personalities, interests, statistics, etc.) as well as their available in-game cards will be added.

'''We are currently accepting all edits!''' Feel free to contribute content to the pages, by editing previous pages for quality or by adding new content! A wiki is run by its contributors, so anyone with knowledge on Girlfriend Kari should come contribute! Keep what I said above about the hardware issues in your mind, and take a look at our editing policies and uploading policies before you contribute. Feel free to provide [[User:Erina|Erina]] feedback on how the server is working as well.

== Database News ==
A new project is currently in the works, which is to set up a separate database which will (hopefully) host images that deal with the specific girls for the Girlfriend Kari Wiki. Status, updates, and progress will be posted here. 

Currently working on the back-end (php/rest api)

== Hardware Notices ==
A few hardware notes:
* The current hardware that the server is running on is more than enough to support MediaWiki and its core functions.
* The current hardware that the server is running on meets the requirements to support VisualEditor and Parsoid.
* '''What this means to you:''' Avoid using the VisualEditor to make edits if you know how to use markup text. Also, don't play around with images too much (as in constantly resizing them, spamming them in various articles, etc.). This causes unnecessary server load.

As a general rule of thumb, use the visual editor only when dealing with formatting, images, or other stylistic properties that would be hard to do in the source editor. For help with editing, visit [[Project:Editing]].

For now, the server seems to be able to handle a decent sum of traffic pretty well. However, if anything is to come up or change, there may end up being two options:
# Return to the GF Kari Wikia that we have been using thus far.
# Open donations and hope that they will sum up to ~$20/month.
So far, I've encountered very little difficulty with running this server and site, so I think we should be fine. However, this is just a notice in the event that something bad does occur.

Here's to everything working out!

== Changelog ==
The below lists the current changelog to the wiki:
* 2/12/2015: <strong>MediaWiki has been successfully installed.</strong>
* 2/13/2015: '''VisualEditor has also been successfully installed.'''
* 2/13/2015: Main Page has been '''changed''' to "Girlfriend Kari Wiki." This is the new main page.
* 2/14/2015: Logo and favicon have been '''added'''.
* 2/15/2015: Main page has been '''updated in design and style'''. Now uses MediaWiki:Common.css to edit design.
* 2/15/2015: gfkari.com '''redirects''' to wiki.gfkari.com, for the time being.
* 2/17/2015: '''Modules and Templates are now working''', along with documentation! I'll add more information on these later.
* 2/19/2015: '''Comments can be added to any pages with the comments tag'''. Just put the word comments in diamond brackets.
* 3/18/2015: '''Categories''' have been added.
* 3/24/2015: Enabled SSL (more security, but not like we'll ever need it)

== Future Updates ==
Future updates:
* Consider adding extensions for further image reliability support (or as feasible due to constraints in memory)
* Working on finishing the policy and help pages.
* Change and add more girls onto the main page (but not so much that they're cluttered). Working on finding good (better) sprites from GF Kari to use, like the Haruka one.
* Actually adding content!

--Erina