Scioly.org History

The History
I give you the history of Scioly.org, complete with pictures and a timeline. The Beginning First Generation wiki

Scioly.org started in 1998 and had about 10 members* subscribed to it. There where many features such as State pages, a Question and answer panel, a Java Chat room, even Event Pages that may have been similar to the present wiki

Second Gen Board
Message Board Posting

Then around 2000 a new Layout of the Homepage Began it seemed to be hosted by Charles. There were multiple ways to Join, subscribe directly by email or email the people in charge to add you*. That board was extremely successful with 52 pages of Topics 22935 hits and a live chat twice a week.

Board gen 3


The homepage of the SOSC changed yet again in October** of the same year. there where more features added during the change,Team of the Week, Editorials, a more organized Event Info, and even Competition by State Info. Team of the week was written by Linda(a mod in the forums later).There where five people in charge of the Board Ben:Webmaster, Main Page Design Jim R:Webmaster, Main Page Design Linda:Webmaster, Team of the Week, Editorials, Weekly Sections, News, Photographer. Eric:Webmaster, Main Page Design, Logo Design, Trajectory Page. Charles:Server and Domain Administrator This board had around 300 topics and almost 22300 hits. They where an enterprising bunch.They sold SOSC (what the forum was called back then) Buttons.

Board gen 4
Around October 2nd 2001 they added a bulletin board similar to thia site. This bulletin board had 175 members and 281 topics it even reached 1858 posts. There are very few members still around from that time the old hats like Jim_R Uncle Fester,Deltahat,and Mathew. They again decide to change change so the layout changes to a blue similar to the one we know and love. The admins emerged with colored nicks. They where* Jim_R, Linda, and Charles. This version exploded into life with 1230 members 2208 topics, 36163 posts and 363781 views. In this period of prosperity for the SOSC they implemented the OBB board many of you may know this as the OBB Archive.Around April 2006 when the SOSC was put to rest and the homepage changes to the OBB forum.

OBB achive and original Wiki
And the name changed to Scioly.org. This board reached 10474 members 177009 posts and 9087 topics. It was then that The Esteemed Dark Sabre was Crowned Administrator. This version had tons of great features a calendar the present WIKI, Birthdays, Team forums, and collapsible forums.

They Present Board was created in June 2008. Dark Sabre added new staff for better moderation of the forums. They where gh Siegelord bah and eak227, all exmplemary members on the OBB forums. Also he added the better than ever Chat engines. The board has been running fine ever since with 12000 members at least 1000 topics and more than 70000 posts. Also we have a score tracker made by Tehkubix and the Image gallery to share pictures.

Staffing Additions History
gh, bah, and Siegelord were promoted to Administrator positions

Zekebud was added to the moderator staff on April 6, 2009

andrewwski was added as an Admistrator on April 6, 2009

jander14indoor was added as a moderator

fleet130 was added as a moderator

Starpug was added as a Wikimod on April 6 2009

Robotman09 was added as a Wikimod on January 23 2010

Aia was added as a Gallery Mod around May 1st 2010

Wiki Layout
During the Summer of 2010 a new wiki skin was created and implimented to give a single look throughout the site.If you wish to browse the wiki using the old theme you can adjust it through your preferences tab along the top of the wiki it was called Kindofblue

All info came from the Way back machine

Board Information
There are many small nuances of the phpBB3 board.

First off the Organization
The Current Board is organized into 5 sections.

The Student Forums which hold the Event Help pages. The Student Forum is further split into Study Event Help, Lab Event Help, Building Event Help, and General Chat.

The Competition Forums which hold Regional and State Discussions and Nationals Discussions

The Administrative Forums which house Announcements and Feedback

Team Forums where any and all team private forums are.

Achives where all past year Event Help threads go to die

Achievments
Stars

On the Forum there is the Star System based off post count.

1 star: any member

2 stars: 10 posts or more

3 stars: 75 posts or more

4 stars: 150 posts or more

5 stars: Moderator

6 stars: Admins

Ribbons

There are a few ways to earn medals.

Contribution to the Wiki

Contribution to the Image Gallery

Code contribution to the site