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It was opened in August 2006 by Andrew Whyman and is currently managed by Andrew "Andy" Whyman with the assistance from co-admin mrpijey and the moderators. The site features a FTP server which is accessible once a user has attained the Advanced Member status on the forum. | It was opened in August 2006 by Andrew Whyman and is currently managed by Andrew "Andy" Whyman with the assistance from co-admin mrpijey and the moderators. The site features a FTP server which is accessible once a user has attained the Advanced Member status on the forum. | ||
== | ==Ranking System== | ||
Members get an star ranking system, shown between the user's avatar and user name, works a follows: | |||
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Image:BA_0_Stars.gif|0~49 posts | Image:BA_0_Stars.gif|0~49 posts | ||
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Image:BA_3_Stars.gif|750~999 posts | Image:BA_3_Stars.gif|750~999 posts | ||
Image:BA_4_Stars.gif|1000 and above posts | Image:BA_4_Stars.gif|1000 and above posts | ||
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There are also special ranks, these are (were) set by Andy Manually or on a Group.<br> | |||
Note that Ex-OSBA used to be given out, but stopped back in 2008, Permantly Banned is not always set and the n00b was more of an joke that continued. | |||
There is also: ''I don't like the stars'' set for [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=902 happy dude] because he didn't like the stars. | |||
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Image:BA_Admin.gif|Administrators Rank | |||
Image:BA_Moderator.gif|Moderators Rank | |||
Image:BA_EX_OSBA.gif|Ex_OSBA Rank | |||
Image:BA_Noob.gif|N00b Rank | |||
Image:Permantly_Banned.gif|Permantly Banned Rank | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 09:07, 10 October 2011
BetaArchive is one of the largest repositories of beta and alpha builds of software on the Web.
It was opened in August 2006 by Andrew Whyman and is currently managed by Andrew "Andy" Whyman with the assistance from co-admin mrpijey and the moderators. The site features a FTP server which is accessible once a user has attained the Advanced Member status on the forum.
Ranking System
Members get an star ranking system, shown between the user's avatar and user name, works a follows:
0~49 posts
50~299 posts
300~749 posts
750~999 posts
1000 and above posts
There are also special ranks, these are (were) set by Andy Manually or on a Group.
Note that Ex-OSBA used to be given out, but stopped back in 2008, Permantly Banned is not always set and the n00b was more of an joke that continued.
There is also: I don't like the stars set for happy dude because he didn't like the stars.
Administrators Rank
Moderators Rank
Ex_OSBA Rank
N00b Rank
Permantly Banned Rank
Member Groups
There are 4 primary member groups on BetaArchive, namely Admin (reserved for Andy and mrpijey), Moderator (Hounsell, Daniel, Vista Ultimate R2, Beta Freak, Rioter, Andrew and Alpha-Critik), VIP (people who donated US$5.00 or GBP2.50 or most people with 750 posts or more) and Advanced Member (10 contributing posts).
Getting to the Advanced Member status and VIP status is not automatic, as they will have to be approved.
Wikipedia Article
Wikipedia contains an Article on BetaArchive, but there seems that some users on Wikipedia do not like BetaArchive and try to have the article removed.
BetaArchive members are all invited to add informative information to the article on Wikipedia by Andy to help improve the article.
