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* April 2004: Out of the threads of ''Website/BuffistasOrg'', the wiki dedicated to plot devices named TV Tropes is created following a derail thread about ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' writer Creator/TimMinear. The first trope made is GilliganCut. The [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/catalogue.png first version]] was called Television Tropes, Idioms, and Devices, before being finalized and published at [[https://web.archive.org/web/20040404033819/http://tvwiki.sytes.net/ Television Tropes Wiki]] at [=http://tvwiki.sytes.net=].

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* 2004: Some uncertain period in the development phase. The [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/catalogue.png first version of the home page]] was called Television Tropes, Idioms, and Devices. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20040724004508/http://tvwiki.sytes.net/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/PmWiki/FAQ The page]] with the earliest modification date says January 2004.
* April 2004: Out of the threads of ''Website/BuffistasOrg'', the wiki dedicated to plot devices named TV Tropes is created following a derail thread about ''Series/{{Angel}}'' and ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' writer Creator/TimMinear. The first trope made is GilliganCut. The [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/catalogue.png first version]] site was called Television Tropes, Idioms, and Devices, before being finalized and published at as [[https://web.archive.org/web/20040404033819/http://tvwiki.sytes.net/ Television Tropes Wiki]] at [=http://tvwiki.sytes.net=].
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* April 15, 2024: The [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/search_result_forum.php#gsc.tab=0 new forum search]] goes live.
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* March 19, 2024: The Wishlist section of the site is renamed to [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?type=wl Tech Wishlist]] to make it more clear that it's for tech requests and curb misuse for requests that belong on other sections of the site.

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* March 19, 2024: The Wishlist section of the site is renamed to [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?type=wl Tech Wishlist]] (as it was named in the first place before leaving the forums) to make it more clear that it's for tech requests and curb misuse for requests that belong on other sections of the site.
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* March 19, 2024: The Wishlist section of the site is renamed to [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?type=wl Tech Wishlist]] to make it more clear that it's for tech requests and curb misuse for requests that belong on other sections of the site.
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Main.Media Finder is a Red Link, so linking directly to the page (at least for now). The URL still contains "ykts", at least for now (I don't know if there are plans to change that).


* March 20, 2024: You Know That Show is renamed to Media Finder to clarify that section's purpose.

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* March 20, 2024: You Know That Show is renamed to [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?type=ykts Media Finder Finder]] to clarify that section's purpose.

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Adding YKTS being renamed (since I forgot to add that), and historical present tense for the TRS and IP thread reasons (for consistency with the rest of the page)


* March 21, 2024: Due to concerns regarding the clarity and/or usefulness of some of the predefined thread reasons for the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop and Administrivia/ImagePickin, the lists of thread reasons for both were adjusted to remove ones that were determined to be unclear or unnecessary, while new ones were added to better account for the needs of thread creators.

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* March 20, 2024: You Know That Show is renamed to Media Finder to clarify that section's purpose.
* March 21, 2024: Due to concerns regarding the clarity and/or usefulness of some of the predefined thread reasons for the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop and Administrivia/ImagePickin, the lists of thread reasons for both were are adjusted to remove ones that were determined to be unclear or unnecessary, while new ones were are added to better account for the needs of thread creators.
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* March 21, 2024: Due to concerns regarding the clarity and/or usefulness of some of the predefined thread reasons for the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop and Administrivia/ImagePickin, the lists of thread reasons for both are adjusted to remove ones that are unclear or unnecessary, while new ones are added to better account for the needs of thread creators.

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* March 21, 2024: Due to concerns regarding the clarity and/or usefulness of some of the predefined thread reasons for the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop and Administrivia/ImagePickin, the lists of thread reasons for both are were adjusted to remove ones that are were determined to be unclear or unnecessary, while new ones are were added to better account for the needs of thread creators.
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* March 21, 2024: Due to concerns regarding the clarity and/or usefulness of some of the predefined thread reasons for the Administrivia/TropeRepairShop and Administrivia/ImagePickin, the lists of thread reasons for both are adjusted to remove ones that are unclear or unnecessary, while new ones are added to better account for the needs of thread creators.
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* March 15, 2024: The new Visual Editor goes live.

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* March 15, 14-15, 2024: The new Visual Editor goes live.
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* March 15, 2024: The new Visual Editor goes live.
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I was thinking about adding this for a while, but wasn't sure when the change was made until I found this post announcing the change

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* May 2021: The Administrivia/TropeRepairShop and Administrivia/ImagePickin have the number of threads that can be active at the same time capped at 50 threads and 60 threads, respectively.
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* January 8, 2024: Three new engineers are recruited.
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* December 14, 2023: The first Common Edit Reasons are added to Edit Page on the wiki.
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Spelling/grammar fix(es)


* December 24, 2023: Following a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16774558610A31578400 discussion]] and subsequent vote regarding the scope of Useful Notes pages, the {{Platform|s}} and MediaNotes namespaces are made for media platforms and the information about them.

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* December 24, 2023: Following a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16774558610A31578400 discussion]] and subsequent vote regarding the scope of Useful Notes pages, the {{Platform|s}} and MediaNotes namespaces are made created for media platforms and the information about them.them respectively.
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* December 24, 2023: Following a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16774558610A31578400 discussion]] regarding the scope of Useful Notes pages, the {{Platform}} and MediaNotes namespaces are made.

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* December 24, 2023: Following a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16774558610A31578400 discussion]] and subsequent vote regarding the scope of Useful Notes pages, the {{Platform}} {{Platform|s}} and MediaNotes namespaces are made.made for media platforms and the information about them.
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* December 24, 2023: Following a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16774558610A31578400 discussion]] regarding the scope of Useful Notes pages, the Platform and Media Notes namespaces are made.

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* December 24, 2023: Following a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16774558610A31578400 discussion]] regarding the scope of Useful Notes pages, the Platform {{Platform}} and Media Notes MediaNotes namespaces are made.
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* December 24, 2023: Following a [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16774558610A31578400 discussion]] regarding the scope of Useful Notes pages, the Platform and Media Notes namespaces are made.
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* December 21, 2023: An update is pushed that paginates the History pages of articles.
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* December 5-6, 2023: An update is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=17014625490A82097400 pushed]] that upgrades the internal server database to UTF-8. The site is turned read-only for more than 11 hours while the server is updated.

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* December 5-6, 5–6, 2023: An update is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=17014625490A82097400 pushed]] that upgrades the internal server database to UTF-8. The site is turned read-only for more than 11 hours while the server is updated.
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* December 5-6, 2023: An update is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=17014625490A82097400 pushed]] that upgrades the internal server database to [=UTF8=]. The site is turned read-only for more than 11 hours while the server is updated.

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* December 5-6, 2023: An update is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=17014625490A82097400 pushed]] that upgrades the internal server database to [=UTF8=].UTF-8. The site is turned read-only for more than 11 hours while the server is updated.

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