Otherkin Directory 2.0

As some of you may have already noticed, there has been a major update to the Otherkin Directory.  In all honesty, the old plugin we had been using to power the directory finally crapped itself beyond my ability to repair.  So I set out in search of a new plugin we could use, and found the very impressive Ultimate Member plugin for WordPress.  I’m still learning everything that it can do, but I think the new directory looks amazing and will serve us well.  The profiles it provides already give users more information than the old one, even some rudimentary integration with the forum to display a user’s recent forum posts.  It even provides privacy settings to opt out of being included in the directory and to hide one’s profile entirely.

The catch, of course, is that everyone who wishes to be included in the directory needs to go edit their profile and upload a cover photo.  If your account doesn’t have a cover photo (not just an avatar) you won’t appear in the directory even if you previously did.  I set it up this way so that no one, new or old, would accidentally be included in the directory against their wishes — it requires explicit action on your part to opt-in.

AnOtherWiki hits 600 articles!

I’m very pleased to announce that AnOtherWiki has reached a new milestone, hitting a full 600 articles on the eve of it’s one year anniversary.  This is an amazing accomplishment, particularly in the face of persistent DDoS attacks which have attempted to make the site unusable, but there’s still so much work yet to be done.  Let’s work together in the year to come to double and redouble our efforts.  This is our encyclopedia, written for our community by our community and about our community. Let’s make it everything it can be, together.

Thank you all!

AnOtherWiki Update

I’m very pleased to announce that, despite recent Denial of Service attacks on AnOtherWiki, we’re still here and we’re still going strong.  Tonight we’ve hit a new milestone – 400 articles.  This is an amazing achievement since we just hit 300 articles on December 24, 2012.  We’re currently averaging roughly 2.56 articles a day.  We’re hoping to do better still, though, and are aiming for a whopping 600 articles by the wiki’s one-year anniversary on March 20, 2013!

This is our encyclopedia, written for our community by our community and about our community.  All it costs us is a bit of time and effort, and the reward is quite worth it.  Let’s work together to make it everything it can be.

As always, a big “Thank You!” to everyone who has helped make this possible, and who continues to help us as we grow and mature as a wiki.