New-look Countdown Wiki

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After literally minutes of arduous design and test work, I'm proud to unveil the new highly aesthetic Countdown Wiki look - come check it yo: http://www.countdownwiki.com

Hopefully you can now find most of the stuff you might want with just a few clicks from the front page. I'm open to suggestions for improvement (and particularly corrections.) All pages of the wiki remain editable (except the front page -- it was just too much of a spam target.)

I'm now looking for someone to take over the News feature on the front page. This won't require any more of your time than you feel like giving - if you want to do daily updates, be my guest; if you want to update only on major events, also be my guest. Basically I really need guests. If I get several applicants then we can probably organise a rota and reduce the demands on you even more. So, if you feel like contributing something to the wiki and have no previous experience with it, now's a good time to volunteer your services. You will earn the gratitude of me and the many millions* of wiki readers.


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This is awesome, Charlie (et al?). You might be a snidey Oxbridge twat but you are also a God which is **almost** compensation.
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David O'Donnell wrote:This is awesome, Charlie (et al?). You might be a snidey Oxbridge twat but you are also a God which is **almost** compensation.
Sorry, I can't understand your strange regional brogue. Are you from Scotland?
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Is there any chance I could be an administrator then, if you want me to write daily reports? Because the front page is protected. Also there a couple of links that could be changed, i.e. John Davies -> John Davies (Series 49) which I can't do right now because I'm not an admin.

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I thought you were an admin already. But yes, I'll promote you if you want to take on the job. Other volunteers still welcome.
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Great stuff, cheers! I'll try not to click on the block user links by accident when editing articles!

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Looks good Charlie.
I'd seen it earlier today before this thread had been started, and had been finding my way around.
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I'll do whatever it is that you're asking somebody to do. :?
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I'll let you liaise with Martin to divide up the work, but in the meantime I'll promote you to admin. I'm sure Martin can explain the general idea.
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Hmmm... re the 'News' segment - do people really want spoilers on the homepage of the wiki?
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