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Wikipedia Maze Launch

Wow! It's been a busy couple of months. Wikipedia Maze is now out of Beta! A lot of improvements have been made to the site including a brand new design. Over the next few days we'll be blogging about some of the specific elements of the site that have changed. In the meantime take a look around and... [More]

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New Design

To kind of give you an idea of where we're headed we've pushed up a new design for the blog. Terry's been working on the final touches of the main Wikipedia Maze site, but in the meantime we thought it would be cool to float the general idea behind the theme out there and get some feedback.  N... [More]

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The Ackernaut

I'm very excited to announce that Terry Acker (a.k.a the Ackernaut) has joined Wikipedia Maze. Terry is a brilliant graphic designer and user experience expert. He's already got a killer new design for the site along with a ton of usability improvements. These past few months we have been working h... [More]

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Take Me To Your Leader

Spent some time yesterday hammering out some of the details of what it means to lead a puzzle. Leading a puzzle means you are the first person to solve the puzzle in the fewest amount of steps. In other words if the current best score on a puzzle is 5 steps and you were the first to do it, then you ... [More]

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Tagging Puzzles with Themes

One of the things that gets more complicated as the site grows is finding puzzles that are interesting to play.  To make this easier we've introduced a feature called Themes. Themes give you a way to easily identify puzzles. For instance, you're a young Padawan and need to find any puzzles... [More]

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@wikipediamaze Is Alive

First of all, thanks to all the noise makers for spreading the word about us getting banned for "aggressive following". After getting the attention of @delbius our account was finally released from the claws of the Glaring Owl. Here's the response we finnally received: Hi , Thanks for your email. Fo... [More]

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Adventures of Being Banned From Twitter

Ok Twitter. Seriously? You've made your point. Now get off your high-horse and please un-ban us! @wikipediamaze was banned for "Aggressive Following". Hmmm... What is so awful about following a lot of people? I had setup a search so that I could follow people that say things like "wikipedia gam... [More]

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Twitter Support

It's small, but cool. In your profile you now have a contact info section that let's us connect with you through popular webservices like Twitter. If you add your twitter username to your profile anytime you create a puzzle or take the lead on a puzzle we will give you credit for it. Here's an examp... [More]

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Update your Profile

You can now update your profile information. When you login, click on your name at the top of the screen to go to your profile Now click on the "Edit" link and you can change a number of available pieces of information. Side Note: Your avatar is based on your email address. To not use the generic ... [More]

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