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2011-04-13
Switched from ReCaptcha to QuestyCaptcha. Some enterprising spammers have apparently either cracked ReCaptcha, or they're using some kind of new OCR or maybe using humans to defeat it. As a result we'd been getting 5 to 7 new pages full of spam a day from newly registered accounts since the middle of February. Other SYSOPS have reported that other Captchas are still working, so I switched over the QuestyCaptcha today in hopes this will stem the tide. Let me know if you encounter any problems or special difficulties. The two questions asked should have very obvious answers to pipe smoking humans that are nominal English speakers. --sethile 20:02, 13 April 2011 (CDT)
2011-04-10
Thanks to some help from Platonides from mediawiki-l I was able to fix the database and we are now running full steam ahead with the latest stable version of Mediawiki! --sethile 19:37, 10 April 2011 (CDT)
2011-04-08
Just updated to Mediawiki 1.16.2. Looks good so far. Please let me know if you notice anything odd. --sethile 15:41, 8 April 2011 (CDT) Actually, I just did in the updating of this page, which caused a database error, but seems to have worked anyway. I'll look into that... --sethile 15:44, 8 April 2011 (CDT)
2010-01-31
German brand Lindström added.
2008-09-21
German pipemaker Wallenstein ceases to sell his pipes directly to his customers. On the occasion of the 30. Inter-tabac Fair Dortmund, September 19. - 21., 2008 Otto & Kopp of Offenbach takes over the worldwide distribution of Wallenstein pipes (excluding the USA). - Foreseeing he will also cease to introduce new pipes on his website. A real pity, because this will make it really difficult for the customer to come to know which pipes are actually available and where.
2008-09-20
Kurt Huhn of Rhode Island announces a brand new line of tabletop pipes, the Mount Doom line. See also Kurt's blog.
2008-07-27
E. Nachwalter announces to be on sabbatical from pipe making until Jan. 20., 2009.
2008-07-12
Danish pipemaker Søren Eric Andersen announced to retire from pipe making by the end of June. He might be selling off his remaining stock on discounted prices.