Scioly.org History

Here is a complete history of the site, complete with pictures and text.

scioly.org started in 1998 and had about 10 members subscribed to it. Features included state pages, a question-and-answer panel, a Java Chat room, and even event pages that may have been the forerunners to the present wiki.



scioly.org v2
Message Board Posting

Around 2000, a new layout of the homepage began, hosted by Charles. There were multiple ways to join: one could subscribe directly by email or email the people in charge to request to be added. That board was extremely successful and had 52 pages of topics, 22935 hits, and a live chat twice a week.

scioly.org v3


The homepage of the SOSC (the colloquial name of the forum back then) changed yet again in October of the same year. Even more features were added during the change, including Team of the Week, Editorials, a more organized Event Info, and even Competition by State Info. Team of the week was written by Linda (who later became a mod in the forums). This board had around 300 topics and almost 22300 hits. There were 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 They where an enterprising bunch, selling SOSC buttons.

scioly.org v4
Around October 2nd 2001, they added a bulletin board similar to the current 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 - they include Jim_R, Uncle Fester, Deltahat, and Matthew. This time, the layout changed to a blue one similar to the current one The admins (Jim_R, Linda, and Charles) received easily identifiable colored nicks. This version became very popular, acquiring 1230 members, 2208 topics, 36163 posts, and 363781 views. In this period of prosperity the OBB board was implemented; this is now known as the OBB archive.

scioly.org v5
The present board was created in June 2008. Dark Sabre added new staff for better moderation of the forums; this is when gh, SiegeLord, bah, and eak227, exemplary members of the OBB forums, were honored. Also added were improved chat engines. The board has been running smoothly ever since, accumulating 12000 members, 1000 topics, and 70000 posts (and counting). The new site also features a score tracker made by Tehkubix and an image gallery on which pictures are hosted.

OBB archive and original Wiki
Around April 2006, the SOSC was put to rest and the homepage changed to the OBB forum; the name was then changed to Scioly.org. This board reached 10474 members, 177009 posts, and 9087 topics. It was then that Dark Sabre was crowned Administrator. This version had tons of great features including a calendar, the present Wiki, birthdays, team forums, and collapsible forums.

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



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

Zekebud was added as a moderator 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.

Both Starpug and Robotman09 were promoted to Forum Mods on March 31st 2011.

starpug and robotman09 were promoted to Administrators on May 30, 2011.

EASTstroudsburg13 and zyzzyva98 were added as Wikimods on June 13, 2011.

zyzzyva98 and RandomPerson were promoted to Moderators on April 5, 2012.

EASTstroudsburg13 was promoted to Moderator on August 29, 2012.

AlphaTauri was added as a moderator on September 19, 2012.

zyzzyva98 was promoted to admin on October 24, 2012.

foreverphysics was added as Wikimod on March 15, 2013.

iwonder was added as moderator and mnstrviola as Wikimod on September 16, 2013

iwonder was promoted to Gallery Administrator on December 2, 2013.

EASTstroudsburg13 was promoted to administrator on February 6, 2014.

Schrodingerscat was added as moderator on March 9, 2014.

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

Organization
The Current Board is organized into 5 sections.

The Student Forums hold the Event Help pages and General Chat. The Student Forum is further split into Study Event Help, Lab Event Help, Building Event Help, and General Chat (with the subforum Posting Games)

The Competition Forums hold Regional and State Discussions and Nationals Discussions

The Administrative Forums house Announcements and Feedback

Team Forums has any and all team private forums

Archives retires past years' Event Help threads and Competition Forums

Achievements
Stars

On the Forum, there is the Star System based off of "useful" post count; any posts not made on General Chat and the subforum Posting Games count as "useful".

1 star: any member

2 stars: 10 "useful" posts or more

3 stars: 50 "useful" posts or more

4 stars: 150 "useful" posts or more OR Exalted Member

5 stars: Moderator

6 stars: Admins

Ribbons

There are a few ways to earn medals: contribution to the Wiki, contribution to the Image Gallery, and code contribution to the site.

Links
All info came from the Way back machine