What happened to the Oddworld Library?

[useretail]

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[Fred The Fuzzle]

Apparently it was infected with viruses and had to be closed.

[Wil]

And then I cleaned it of viruses and it went back into operation.

And then the domain name expired and my registrar hasn't renewed it despite my paying them to.

[MeechMunchie]

Someone stole our internet! Quick! Get the network hacked back online!

> fix broken internet

It's not working! Use maximum access clearance!

[Phylum]

> sudo fix broken internet

[enchilado]

[sudo] password for Phylum:

[Phylum]

>

It's not responding!

[Crashpunk]

Oddworld Library.exe is not responding
Windows is checking for a solution to the problem.

[useretail]

Viruses?! Have you heard about Linux?

[Phylum]

I was actually making a joke about the terminal password prompt making whatever you type invisible and the confusion it causes people.

[Wil]

Viruses?! Have you heard about Linux?

Breaking news: There are viruses that affect files hosted on Linux servers.

[useretail]

Breaking news: There are viruses that affect files hosted on Linux servers.

Well, some viruses (especially worms) act by themselves, otherwise your site was simply hacked (meaning not infected)

[Nepsotic]

I'm relatively certain he knows what it was.

[Nate]

I'm completely certain that the virus is old news.

The domain registrar just needs to fix the DNS settings and all will be good.

[useretail]

I hope content is safe

[Wil]

It is. The host is quite separate from the domain registration. In theory you should be able to access it with an IP address, but I can't find what that IP address is.

[Havoc]

Then you have a shitty host

[Xavier]

Any idea, when it will be back up?

[Nepsotic]

Dem non-standard commas.

[MeechMunchie]

C,ra,z,,y,.,

[Strike Witch]

Make a wiki instead.

[Fred The Fuzzle]

Make a wiki instead.

Should we start from scratch or fix the existing one - the Oddworld Wikia at the moment is lacking a lot of information.

[Andrelvis]

Should we start from scratch or fix the existing one - the Oddworld Wikia at the moment is lacking a lot of information.

I've even offered to make the staff here admins of the Oddworld Wikia, but they weren't quite interested.

[Xavier]

I am actually still very much interested and I think revamping the oddworld wiki might not be such a bad idea. As much as I love Wil's articles they just take years to be written, and now that he's an insider I am not sure if he'll be able to write them anymore.

Adrelvis, does the offer to make us admins still stand?

Who are the current admins?

[useretail]

IMO wiki is good for text information, for an articles. I'm interested in redesigning old Oddworld Library (not wiki)

[Crashpunk]

I would love to see a fresh new design on the Wiki. Hell, I'm still waiting for a new style for the Forum

[Havoc]

Wil has said on multiple occasions how much he hates traditional Wiki systems due to the way the coding and syntax's work. Personally I think a regular wiki page, like so many game franchises have these days, would be just fine.

In fact, just go here and edit whatever needs editing.

http://oddworld.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

Seems to serve its purpose well enough?

[Wil]

I'm determined to get the encyclopedia section of Oddworld Library full to the brim of information. I just don't know how to get an authoring environment that doesn't piss me off massively.

[STM]

authoring environment.

What do you mean by this? I'm curious as to whether I might be able to offer some assistance or at least information. =)

[Nepsotic]

I like how when you hear the word 'author' or anything else to do with writing, your ears always prick up.