RationalWiki:Timeline
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| 2007: | March | - | April | - | May | - | June | - | July | - | August | - | September | - | October | - | November | - | December | ||||
| 2008: | January | - | February | - | March | - | April | - | May | - | June | - | July | - | August | - | September | - | October | - | November | - | December |
| 2009: | January | - | February | - | March | - | April | - | May | - | June | - | July | - | August | - | September | - | October | - | November | - | December |
| 2010: | January | - | February | - | March | - | April | - | May | - | June | - | July | - | August | - | September | - | October | - | November | - | December |
| 2011: | January | - | February | - | March | - | April | - | May | - | June | - | July | - | August | - | September | - | October | - | November | - | December |
| 2012: | January | - | February | - | March | - | April | - | May | - | June | - | July | - | August | - | September | - | October | - | November | - | December |
| 2013: | January | - | February | - | March | - | April | - | May | - | June | - | July | - | August | - | September | - | October | - | November | - | December |
| 2014: | January | - | February | - | March | - | April | - | May | - | June | - | July | - | August | - | September | - | October | - | November | - | December |
| 2015: | January | - | February | - | March | - | April | ||||||||||||||||
| See also - Footnotes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The following is a timeline of major events in the history of RationalWiki.
March 2007
| 28th | - | Tmtoulouse leaves a comment on ColinR's Wikipedia talkpage that sparked the creation of RationalWiki. |
| - | The web address rationalwiki.com is first registered. |
April 2007
The history of RationalWiki is shrouded in mystery at this point.
May 2007
| 22nd | - | RationalWiki 2.0 is set up. |
| - | Despite the new user log being non-existent at the time, evidence suggests that the first accounts registered were: Linus M., ColinR, Tmtoulouse, Human and Huey gunna getcha. The earliest user to appear in the logs is Kels. | |
| - | Linus makes the first edit which reads: |
| First new account! W00t! |
| - | Helios issues the first block (and joke block) to Icewedge |
June 2007
| 3rd | - | WhatIsG0ing0n creates What is going on at CP? The first comment is left by Kels. |
December 2007
| 7th | - | The Rational Wiki article of Uncyclopedia is created. It isn't funny. Just Like Uncyclopedia. |
January 2009
| 3rd | - | Π (then 3.14159) uses the intercom to point out how many sysops he has created. |
| 4th | - | Radioactive afikomen notices the intercom message and realizes how far behind he is, thereby beginning the dick-off that would lead to RationalWiki's "make everyone a sysop" policy. |
| 6th | - | RationalWiki is allowed to crash at Trent's place until it gets itself together. |
| 11th | - | Genghis Khant founds the Saloon bar |
April 2009
| 24th | - | RationalWiki was upgraded to MediaWiki 1.14. Ames detailed the exciting events of the day's proceedings on his blog. |
August 2009
| 19th | - | RationalWiki crashes and the entire internet goes into panic. The mass exodus of RationalWikians is detailed in RationalWiki:Summer Holiday 2009 for posterity. |
September 2009
| 6th | - | RationalWiki is rebooted and begins working again. |
May 2010
| 31st | - | In a fit of nostalgia/irrationality Π creates the RationalWiki:Timeline article. |
July 2010
| 1st | - | Encyclopaedia Dramatica creates an article on RationalWiki. |
November 2010
| 14th | - | RationalWiki finally moves out of home |
April 2011
| 8th | - | Russian RationalWiki is launched. |
May 2011
| 15th | - | On the fourth anniversary of the Night of the Blunt Knives Armondikov decrats everyone. |
| - | Behind the scenes Nx desysops everyone. |
January 2014
| 14th | - David Gerard updates RW's MediaWiki to version 1.19.10, breaking a number of things, such as MediaWiki "gadgets" and custom signature substitution. Much complaining ensues while the problems persist in the following |
March 2014
| - Zero creates a centralized page for discussing proposals for article deletion, RationalWiki:Articles for deletion, using a partial and clunky |
April 2014
| 20th | - Some longstanding problems with RW's software, including the signature issue, are finally fixed. |