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About the Wiki

In a nutshell, this is incarnation number two. Incarnation number one got corrupted some years back. This wiki was launched on the 19th of March 2010, after the popular first version had got a database corruption due to an upgrade failure on MySQL.

BetaArchive Wiki contains information about betas and abandonware from all side of the spectrum! Here are just a few important things we include:

- BIOS Date
- Beta Product Keys
- Timebomb Explosion Dates (of the software kind of course)
- Preceding and succeding Operating systems

Feel free to contribute if you are a member! We rely on you guys because we can't do all of the work ourselves! All that you have to do is to create an account and then get contributing, it's that easy.

How you can help

Alright here is our all call! We need your help!
BetaArchive Wiki is full of blank, incorrect, and incomplete articles that need some much needed TLC, and you can help us fix those articles!
If you're not registered on the wiki, what are you waiting for?! Join now! And as always thanks for reading!

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 === About the Wiki ===
 In a nutshell, this is incarnation number two. Incarnation number one got corrupted some years back.
-This wiki was launched on March 19th, 2010, after the popular first version had got a database corruption due to an upgrade failure on MySQL.
+This wiki was launched on the 19th of March 2010, after the popular first version had got a database corruption due to an upgrade failure on MySQL.
 BetaArchive Wiki contains information about betas and abandonware from all side of the spectrum!  Here are just a few important things we include:
-- BIOS Date
+- BIOS Date<br>
-- Beta Product Keys
+- Beta Product Keys<br>
-- Timebomb Explosion Dates (of the software kind of course)
+- Timebomb Explosion Dates (of the software kind of course)<br>
-- Preceding and Succeding Builds/Operating Systems
+- Preceding and succeding Operating systems<br>
-Feel free to contribute if you are a member!  We rely on you guys because we can't do all of the work ourselves!
+Feel free to contribute if you are a member! We rely on you guys because we can't do all of the work ourselves! All that you have to do is to create an account and then get contributing, it's that easy.
-=== Why this wiki has a strict entry rule===
+=== How you can help ===
-Initially, the wiki was open to all. Anyone could register and even IP users could edit pages. But due to growing vandalism, one or your supreme rulers (Andy) knew it was time to introduce a restriction. From then on, only forum users who are registered for 3 months or more can even apply for the wiki.
+Alright here is our all call!  We need your help!<br>
+BetaArchive Wiki is full of blank, incorrect, and incomplete articles that need some much needed TLC, and you can help us fix those articles!<br>
-Despite criticism, this rule has stood.
+If you're not registered on the wiki, what are you waiting for?! Join now!
+And as always thanks for reading!
-=== How you can help===
-This wiki really needs your help. If you're a registered user on this wiki , you could easily help by updating the huge number of articles which are nearly blank.<br>
-If you're not registered on the wiki but satisfy the requirements for the wiki account , what are you waiting for? Join now by contacting an admin!<br>
-Unfortunately , if you do not have a forum account that is registred for 3 months or more, you cannot register on the wiki. You'll have to wait or register a forum account. You also need FTP access.