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MiddleWiki About - 2026 Site Move

2026-10-27T13:10:16Z

Milesent: /* 10/13/26 */

[[Milesent Vibert]] purchased a Go Daddy site and installed MediaWiki in 2024, but stalled on going live for various reasons. In 2025 she took back up the crusade, enlisting the advice of Ginna Vettori (who runs the very excellent Cleftlands wiki)

Fall of 2025 the project kicked off with meetings. There were several attempts to export/import the existing Wiki database into the new install that all failed; there were just too many versions and upgrades between. It was suggested to install an earlier copy of the wiki and upgrade it multiple times, but this was deemed likely to encounter problems; if we needed to solve issues upgrading from version 1 to 2, then from 2 to 3, then 3 to 4, etc. Finally it was determined to go forward with manual importing and exporting of pages. MediaWiki does have an export/import feature and indeed, 100s of pages can be imported and exported at once. However, for quality control issues the team chose to move a few pages at a time and lock (protect) those pages on the old site once moved to prevent their being updated.

The old site admin, Grant Root, was able to give Milesent an export of the database and all of the image files. She was able to import the image files directly and that was done in October 2025. (This did become a problem as some images were updated after that point and had to be manually updated on the new site.)

Milesent originally hoped to be done with the site move by January of 2026, however as of February 16th, we are still below 5,000 pages (of 7,500) moved. Various delays included server outages on the old site.

== Team members ==

* Milesent Vibert - Project Manager, set up server, configuration changes, moved pages, moved image files, investigated account creation options and database import options. Learned a lot!
* [[Edward Brackenburye]] moved over 1/3 of pages
* [[Raffaele da Cernia]] moved over 1/3 of pages
* Roisin de Burgh - verification and checking of templates that aren't used
* Magarhita
* Dai
* Gianna Vettori - Configuration consultant
* Seamus MacBain - investigated account creation options and database import options
* Tali
* Zygmunt
* Philip the Pilgrim

==Meeting Minutes ==

=== 10/13/26 ===

A lot of folks have been hitting the old site - put up redirect! We had been waiting for final Category check (Seeing if categories on old site have any content that needs to be re-created, all major categories have already been checked.), not necessary go for redirect

Need to research if I can reset a password on the server side? manually.
(Kat Coscomb)

Current issues:
* thumbnail issue
* account request issue
* password reset issue
* email issue (Related to password reset)

Concept: fresh copy of site; import database, confirm is good, swap with live site (is the issue fixed?)

Roisin - busy removing duplicate photos

need to update php to 8.3 to avoid fees

Next meeting in two weeks

=== 6/25/2026 ===

Short meeting - Roisin is done with her checks, yay! And is categorizing images
Milesent going to re-install Request Account, reinstalling TemplateStyles fixed that one problem, yay. One down, more to go...

=== 6/9/2026 ===

wiki is updated to 1.43, yay!
TemplateStyles needed to be updated again (It said it was good but it wasn't) the "hooks" issue is resolved. Huzzah!
Roisin has reviewed all pages! Notes for updates are in the to do list
Added two non-admin users: Diccon and Avery

Issues:
image re-sizing Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: /usr/bin/convert: No such file or directory Error code: 127 (timing out? General database connection issues may be related.)
request account still not working, new and interesting errors (we're making progress!)
email notifications (request account, password reset) still not working properly
website running slow (database connection issue)
re-add site icon (Milesent accidentally deleted it)
Still need to categorize images and confirm all categories have been recreated.

Roisin to make a list of personal culture categories
Raef and Dai are looking at templates

Grace is going to reinstall extensions ConfirmAccount and ConfirmEdit (Scrubnto too?)
was hoping upgrading to 1.43 would fix the database issues; maybe updating the extensions will do it? if not, will continue troubleshooting.

next meeting Thursday June 25th

=== 5/7/2026 ===

Roisin - halfway through the alphabet! yay! Not many issues; mostly updated images.
Milesent is attempting to update us to 1.43... site is currently down. Probably doing this in the hardest, slowest way possible (yay learning curve!)

Discussion of admin processes - watch pages, notifications of changes

Seamus: once site is back up; will take a look at why email isn't working.

Uptime bot: https://stats.uptimerobot.com/btVB12Oj8k
Note: orange outages once php upgrade happened. Hopefully site upgrading to 1.43 (which is compatible with this version of php)

=== April 9, 2026 ===

Pages moved - done, Roisin did find a couple pages that were not moved; need to move those as well (noted on to do list)
category re-creation - in progress (need to check old wiki if there is any content and move if there is, ome category pages have content, most do not)
re-tagging image files - in progress

(still need old wiki for reference until we've confirmed all pages and content is moved.)

Upgraded our php version; we had version 8, got a notice that we would have to pay extra for support if we didn't upgrade so I did! That went OK.

issues: Server slowness, believe database related One cause may be that I installed JsonConfig when Json was already installed... oops.

Edward wasn't able to log in, but now he is.

smtp still not working (but it DID work before! ack! found messages in my spam folder from March, but today it is not working) went on with GoDaddy support; settings are correct. was able to send an email directly from the donotreply@middlewiki.org account, however.
request account not working (see above)

Suggestion from Gianna - upgrade to 1.43 (we're currently on 1.40) 1.43 is a more stable, recent release though GoDaddy doesn't have it in their Installer gui. Gianna says she will be free to assist in another week or two, Cleftwiki is running 1.43 (She mentioned perhaps combining the Cleftwiki with Middlewiki, something to think about for after we're done with our complete migration.)

Should the category be Scroll Images or Scribal Images? - Scroll images, it's classic, we know what it is.

Do we let folks in to play? - Seamus - agrees with a limited roll out, stressing it can see if there are more issues. everyone: Yes, let's let a few, active folks in to play.

Note to educate users to search for existing pages first before making new pages (lots of duplicate persona pages, etc.).

team is OK with continuing to meet every two weeks

=== March 24th, 2026 ===

Very brief touch base, just Milesent and Raefaelle

=== March 10th, 2026 ===

We have been busy and a lot of work has been completed!

Initial page move complete! huzzah! Big thanks to Edward and Raeffe who did most of the page moving. You guys are awesome.

Roisin - found a missing page (Baronial award), noting on to do list, she will continue to look for missing pages on her site review. Also been updating populace pages with outdated templates. (Other team members are welcome to join her on checking.)

Milesent Account Requests - enabled, however can't approve account requests until I get email notifications working for password resets. Started on that, GoDaddy does have email settings, need to make sure I get the settings right, however.
Unfortunately, Captcha is not working, grr. Extension was already loaded in our install, however when I enable it, it gives an error that the underlaying captcha settings are not there. May be a database issue? (That was what prevented account request enabling not to work, files were there but underlaying database tables had not been created.) Milesent will continue to troubleshoot. First get email setup, then will revisit Captcha.

we've had one account request; Katherine Coscombe. I've informed her that she's now our beta tester for account creation. :) Milesent demonstrated how to manage account requests. You need to be in the Bureaucrat group to do account requests. Some of our helpers are in admin group only and do not see confirm account requests on special pages. If you need/want to be a part of account creation process, let me know to add you to bureaucrats.

Milesent installed JsonConfig extension and added the first two configuring lines to LocalSettings, not sure about the others Dai sent as some of the settings seem to be server specific. Will discuss that with him. Tuesdays aren't good for Dai; may set up a meeting on a different night so he can attend. (Not Wednesday!)

We have started Re-creating category pages (See To Do list for complete list of categories) started with the most linked to categories, should go quickly.
We've also started Re-categorizing files - Edward has started Arms Images and Award Images
Double category: C&I Images and Scroll Images; C&I seems more accurate but Scroll is more used... decision on which to keep? Scribal Images? Added a poll to discord Middlewiki page and to our Facebook page to get folks to weigh in on what category we should use going forward.

There have been some issues with the new site running slow, worrisome. Load balancer? May need to visit our configuration and ensure we have enough resources on the site.

Raeffe has been going through his punch list; he and Dai are working on our remaining troublesome templates.

Good job team! Keep up the good work and let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns.

-Milesent
Project manager.

===February 24th, 2026 ===
Middlewiki team meeting 2/24/2026

we're at 5,254 pages moved, yay! about 2,000 to go, some of which won't be moved (talk pages, user pages)

Discord message: Mikolai Golubin (Fenix) - I think that the "Pages using duplicate arguments in Template Calls" is presently mostly an issue with the last couple lines of Template:Navbox_subgroup, where it's causing two arguments not present to become an argument called "void"

Raeffael and Margarita send regrets, they're out and won't be home in time for the meeting. He's done moving all of his sections and they are ready for review. Going forward Raeffael will be focusing on punch list items such as the errant template issues we have.

Dai is back from Europe, and working on the extensions again. We're missing another one - JsonConfig. (Milesent will add!) Dai will continue working to see what he can find in terms of the minimum we might be missing.

Those who attended discussed if it is time to move the "Current Events" task list to our new site. Yes! -Milesent will do. And... has done. "MiddleWiki To Do List" is the new page on the new site (linked on the Main page)

We were low on disk space on the new site; error in backup configuration. I think I got it now (excluded the clone backup of the site from daily backups, hee.) May review how long to keep backups as well. Milesent shall continue to monitor our disk usage. (Note: after deleting excess backups we went form 47 gigs used to 20, our quota is 50 gigs. If the site grows to need more than that, we will examine purchasing more storage space, though now is NOT a good time for that with storage prices soaring.)

Roisin is doing final reviews; first section done! (others welcome to help her)

Everyone is reminded to note when you find problems on the project plan (which I will move to new site. there, Middlewiki To Do List is the new page on the new site! https://middlewiki.org/index.php/MiddleWiki_To_Do_List Included link on old Current Events page.

New page on the new site for historical information about this site move :) https://middlewiki.org/index.php/MiddleWiki_About_-_2026_Site_Move

Request Account workflow - not working yet; Milesent spent several hours on it this week :) I did get the request an account form to load, but it errored out. May be a configuration setting (currently it is disabled, will try again soon.) Good news about this ConfirmAccount tool; we can configure the request form and approvals will happen inside the wiki. Access approval can be granted to a group (Admins "Beurocrats" or a group we decided to create for the purpose. I say we start with "Admins" and revisit once we're live on if we want to create a larger account approver group.

Milesent is teaching a "MiddleWiki and You" class at Masque of Courtly Love this Saturday; obviously I was hoping we'd be further along by now, heh, but I'm hoping to talk about the project and how the new wiki will be easier for folks to use. (We may create or update some user pages in the class.)

Next meeting: March 10th

=== February 10th, 2026 ===
Short, quality meeting tonight. We are at 4,600+ pages moved. The Visual Editor has been enabled (huzzah!)
All sections ready to review have "Ready for final review" after them on the Current Events page. Many redirects are resolving now that more pages have been moved. Final reviewers; mark if redirects are resolved and I expect "Finished except for redirects or issues" will be marked after most sections. Only one section is currently unclaimed.
Still one template having issues - Navbox - Infobox issues
two missing templates: Template: userpage and Template: ASDate
Updated Photos - note in current events if users updated their profile pics since image files were moved and Milesent will take care of it
Roisin had trouble getting in this week on the old site.
"Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls"
"How to Pages" will need to be updated for new site.
As we discover content issues, add to the list to address after move (unnecessary pages or redirects, etc.)
We will reconvene in two weeks.
-Milesent
Project Manager

=== January 27th, 2026 ===

Thank you everyone, another good team meeting tonight. We're currently over 3,500 pages migrated (4,000 ish to go!)
We discussed account creation; given the volume, our "if all else fails" is to just continue with manual account creation. Current plan is to institute a captcha/prove you're human tool (Cloud flare is currently available free) to reduce spammers and then a manual approval for accounts.
Default install of MediaWiki does not have a graphical editor; want to turn one on for sure to make it easier for the populace to edit and update pages. Milesent investigating this.
Milesent will look at the links Seamus shared for account creation strategy
Edward and Raeffael are busy moving pages and confirmed what sections they are tackling next.
Zygmunt and Roisin are going to quality control; review pages that have been migrated and confirm they are good or note any issues to be addressed.
There are 7 image files which did not transfer to the new site; Raef noted two images on the Great Book page were corrupted and Aeryton Archers image is missing.
Once we reach the 6,000 pages moved mark we should test account creation so we can go live quickly once we finish migration.
We want to continue these meetings (and open them to more people) after migration to address issues with individual pages or decisions about the wiki in general.
Our next meeting will be in two weeks!
At your service,
-Milesent-
Project manager

=== January 13th, 2026 ===

Tonight's meeting was a quick touch base; porting pages has continued apace, Raeffael and Edward Brackenburye and I have been doing a lot of porting (go team!) as of right now Special:Statistics shows 2,873 pages on the new site (including talk pages and redirects, etc.) The old site has 7,511 pages.
Watch out for redirects when porting pages; we will want to go back and check that the redirects are working properly once the page they point to is ported.
We decided to get rid of the Disambigulation pages template; it only has 7 pages in it.
We fixed the "Create page" page and "Create new page" page by deleting them 🙂 hee.
THere do seem to be a couple more templates we may need to visit specifically the nav box template does not have a boarder unless you call it; we may want to set a style template for the site to do that (something to look into)
Update the "Move templates" section on current events with any template issues please.
Raeffael is going to poke Seamus about account creation which he's investigating.
See y'all in two weeks!
- Milesent
Project Manager

=== December 30th, 2025 ===

We had a short, but quality meeting.
The major templates have been moved! We can now port pages! WOOT! We went over the process:
1. Claim a section of pages under "Move Pages" on Current Events on the old site. You can sub-section a section if that's easier for you.
2. Go to "All Pages" under special pages and select your start and ending pages; this will give you a list of all those pages. Copy this list.
3. Go back to "Special Pages" and choose "Export"
4. Paste the list of pages and export to a file.
5. On the new site, go to "Special Pages" and go to "Import"
6. Import the file. Voila! the pages are moved!
7. Verify the pages moved properly
8. Lock the pages on the old site (click "Protect" on each page and put "moved to new site" as the reason.)
Feel free to share steps, one person can lock and another verify, etc.
Our next meeting will be January 13th at 6:30 pm Central, 7:30 pm Eastern. See me if you'd like to be added to the google calendar event.
I will make an announcement on the Midrealm page about our status, letting folks know that it is wise to not make any updates while we are porting pages. Seamus? You're in charge of investigating new account creation methodologies 😉
Since I already tested the porting with numbered pages (reign pages and crown tournament pages mostly) I am taking the first section. I need to verify the pages I already ported haven't been updated since I ported them and import the rest of that section.
Go team!
Questions, comments, concerns? Let me know.
-Milesent-
Project manager

=== December 11th, 2025 ===

Good meeting, thank you team. We've decided our next meeting will be Tuesday, December 30th at 6:30 pm Central, 7:30 pm Eastern.
Dai has been working on Template Documentation and found another extension that was needed, ParserFunctions, which Milesent has enabled.
Milesent was supposed to be looking at Startbox/EndBox, but hasn't, mea culpa. Will keep that on my to do. Note Sir Zygmunt asked for an account on the new site, he wasn't able to attend tonight's meeting however, will be including him on the invites going forward (Welcome Zyg!)
Seamus is looking at extensions for adding new user accounts; the hope is to find a more automated way to add new users. From a quick look it seems there are two basic choices on how to keep spam at bay, 1. Moderation or 2. Only authorized users (what we're doing on the current site) We should think about how we want to handle this going forward, he hopes to have more info to present at the next meeting.
Roisin is going to look at the Ayerton Baronial templates; they're the only Barony using separate templates and rather than port those, she will just copy the content to the pages and un-link the templates (They can be re-created if necessary in the future, saves us the work of getting those templates up to spec.)
Everyone else keep poking at templates, as you find things that are needed (like that ParserFuctions thingy) let me know. Raef noted an error with successionBox, missing json config extension, cannot load banner tag. Hrm... shall continue investigation/troubleshooting.
See you Dec 30th!
-Milesent
Project Manager

=== November 13th, 2025 ===

Notes from tonight's meeting, thank you everyone who attended:
Raffaele and Magarhita send apologies, their flight was delayed so they're up in the air right now and unable to attend.
Note: Grant posted that the old site is experiencing slowness issues right now, please be patient if you're working on the old site.
Discovered a setting change needed; users were able to make changes while not logged on, oops! Fixed that! -Mi
Templates update - Scibunto extension added and TemplateData extension. we found out what happens if I enable an extension that's not installed (oops!) Dai noted that we need to add TemplateStyles - Milesent will work on that; there are likely more extensions needed, but now we know how to add them it should go easier.
Roisin has id'd some templates which are needed by template:documentation
we agreed to remove Template:A as it's only used on a few pages and purely decorative
Template Documentation - Dai is working on, ignore templates that require that for now, it is way out of date with current Mediawiki standard (not surprising)
Succession box template is needed for great officer templates, Milesent is going to concentrate on that one next. Note that Start Box and End box have been replaced in newer wikis, may end up having to manually replace those templates on pages (Or make a redirect from Start Box to S-Box, as it were.)
Categories - creates the categories, but isn't creating the category page. Will probably have to re-create category pages; note some existing category pages do have content so we'll need to double check that, adding that to the project plan!
We will continue to meet every two weeks to keep in touch and keep on task, see Mi for details/questions/comments/concerns

=== October 30th, 2025 ===

Good meeting tonight, thank you everyone who attended.
We went over what has been done since our last meeting (Visible on the Current Events page of the site.) All image files have been moved; a few files failed to link, all had corrupted file names and I believe all had newer versions uploaded. (knock on wood).
Biggest issue right now is Templates. Roisin de Burgh volunteered to go through the list of templates on the site to identify templates that we can safely get rid of and mark what the templates are for on the list (which will be helpful in prioritizing and making sure they're applied properly.)
We do need to set up a plug in on the site, Lua, which is used by many of the Mediawiki built in templates (that's a to do for me or Gianna as it has to be done on the server side.)
I'm asking that whenever an item is marked done on the to do list, another member of the team check the work and put "verified" and your name after the "Done", just to proof each other and hopefully catch any errors.
Raffe Philip Chrysler and Magarhita Margaret Chrysler were working on the MKings template, which relies on the Navbox template. Milesent (that's me) is going to look at that template, Raffe is moving on to the Territories template.
We've decided to use the existing Middlewiki discord channel to communicate, please see Roisin de Burgh for assistance with joining discord.
Our next meeting is in two weeks, same bat time, same bat channel!
At your service,
-Milesent-
Project Manager

=== October 16th, 2025 ===

Attendance: Milesent, Edward, Rosin, Tali, Gianna, Seamus, Philip
Milesent went over the efforts thus far to import the database to the new server; long story short it won't work, we're too many versions behind. (We knew this... but it's been confirmed.)
The team quickly moved to the decision to import the pages manually. Milesent tested the workflow with the Reign pages.
We'll be keeping track of the project on the Current Events page of the wiki: http://middlewiki.midrealm.org/.../MiddleWiki:Current...
Step 1: Move/Re-make our templates. Milesent is going to compare our template list with the built-in wiki templates that are already on the new site to make the to-do list and post to the Current Events page. Volunteers will mark the templates they have moved and/or any issues with each template.
Milesesnt is to make accounts on the new server for our volunteers. (Not able to attend the meeting, but still want to help out? Bill Dai Sutton? Let me know and I will make you an account too.)
Milesent will make a post on the Midrealm FB group and Discord about the move to let our populace know what is up. We are not going to make any more new accounts from now until the move is completed and we will lock pages on the wiki as they are ported over.
Once templates are done we will start moving pages in batches (Milesent demonstrated the process very briefly) Claim the batch you are moving; export/import that batch, verify they ported ok or report errors. Lock original pages.
We will meet again in two weeks, same bat time, same bat channel.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Let me know!
- Milesent 🙂
Project Manager 😉

MiddleWiki About - 2026 Site Move

2026-10-27T13:08:41Z

Milesent: /* Meeting Minutes */

[[Milesent Vibert]] purchased a Go Daddy site and installed MediaWiki in 2024, but stalled on going live for various reasons. In 2025 she took back up the crusade, enlisting the advice of Ginna Vettori (who runs the very excellent Cleftlands wiki)

Fall of 2025 the project kicked off with meetings. There were several attempts to export/import the existing Wiki database into the new install that all failed; there were just too many versions and upgrades between. It was suggested to install an earlier copy of the wiki and upgrade it multiple times, but this was deemed likely to encounter problems; if we needed to solve issues upgrading from version 1 to 2, then from 2 to 3, then 3 to 4, etc. Finally it was determined to go forward with manual importing and exporting of pages. MediaWiki does have an export/import feature and indeed, 100s of pages can be imported and exported at once. However, for quality control issues the team chose to move a few pages at a time and lock (protect) those pages on the old site once moved to prevent their being updated.

The old site admin, Grant Root, was able to give Milesent an export of the database and all of the image files. She was able to import the image files directly and that was done in October 2025. (This did become a problem as some images were updated after that point and had to be manually updated on the new site.)

Milesent originally hoped to be done with the site move by January of 2026, however as of February 16th, we are still below 5,000 pages (of 7,500) moved. Various delays included server outages on the old site.

== Team members ==

* Milesent Vibert - Project Manager, set up server, configuration changes, moved pages, moved image files, investigated account creation options and database import options. Learned a lot!
* [[Edward Brackenburye]] moved over 1/3 of pages
* [[Raffaele da Cernia]] moved over 1/3 of pages
* Roisin de Burgh - verification and checking of templates that aren't used
* Magarhita
* Dai
* Gianna Vettori - Configuration consultant
* Seamus MacBain - investigated account creation options and database import options
* Tali
* Zygmunt
* Philip the Pilgrim

==Meeting Minutes ==

=== 10/13/26 ===

A lot of folks have been hitting the old site - put up redirect! We had been waiting for Category check, not necessary go for redirect

Need to research if I can reset a password on the server side? manually.
(Kat Coscomb)

Current issues:
* thumbnail issue
* account request issue
* password reset issue
* email issue (Related to password reset)

Concept: fresh copy of site; import database, confirm is good, swap with live site (is the issue fixed?)

Roisin - busy removing duplicate photos

need to update php to 8.3 to avoid fees

Next meeting in two weeks

=== 6/25/2026 ===

Short meeting - Roisin is done with her checks, yay! And is categorizing images
Milesent going to re-install Request Account, reinstalling TemplateStyles fixed that one problem, yay. One down, more to go...

=== 6/9/2026 ===

wiki is updated to 1.43, yay!
TemplateStyles needed to be updated again (It said it was good but it wasn't) the "hooks" issue is resolved. Huzzah!
Roisin has reviewed all pages! Notes for updates are in the to do list
Added two non-admin users: Diccon and Avery

Issues:
image re-sizing Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: /usr/bin/convert: No such file or directory Error code: 127 (timing out? General database connection issues may be related.)
request account still not working, new and interesting errors (we're making progress!)
email notifications (request account, password reset) still not working properly
website running slow (database connection issue)
re-add site icon (Milesent accidentally deleted it)
Still need to categorize images and confirm all categories have been recreated.

Roisin to make a list of personal culture categories
Raef and Dai are looking at templates

Grace is going to reinstall extensions ConfirmAccount and ConfirmEdit (Scrubnto too?)
was hoping upgrading to 1.43 would fix the database issues; maybe updating the extensions will do it? if not, will continue troubleshooting.

next meeting Thursday June 25th

=== 5/7/2026 ===

Roisin - halfway through the alphabet! yay! Not many issues; mostly updated images.
Milesent is attempting to update us to 1.43... site is currently down. Probably doing this in the hardest, slowest way possible (yay learning curve!)

Discussion of admin processes - watch pages, notifications of changes

Seamus: once site is back up; will take a look at why email isn't working.

Uptime bot: https://stats.uptimerobot.com/btVB12Oj8k
Note: orange outages once php upgrade happened. Hopefully site upgrading to 1.43 (which is compatible with this version of php)

=== April 9, 2026 ===

Pages moved - done, Roisin did find a couple pages that were not moved; need to move those as well (noted on to do list)
category re-creation - in progress (need to check old wiki if there is any content and move if there is, ome category pages have content, most do not)
re-tagging image files - in progress

(still need old wiki for reference until we've confirmed all pages and content is moved.)

Upgraded our php version; we had version 8, got a notice that we would have to pay extra for support if we didn't upgrade so I did! That went OK.

issues: Server slowness, believe database related One cause may be that I installed JsonConfig when Json was already installed... oops.

Edward wasn't able to log in, but now he is.

smtp still not working (but it DID work before! ack! found messages in my spam folder from March, but today it is not working) went on with GoDaddy support; settings are correct. was able to send an email directly from the donotreply@middlewiki.org account, however.
request account not working (see above)

Suggestion from Gianna - upgrade to 1.43 (we're currently on 1.40) 1.43 is a more stable, recent release though GoDaddy doesn't have it in their Installer gui. Gianna says she will be free to assist in another week or two, Cleftwiki is running 1.43 (She mentioned perhaps combining the Cleftwiki with Middlewiki, something to think about for after we're done with our complete migration.)

Should the category be Scroll Images or Scribal Images? - Scroll images, it's classic, we know what it is.

Do we let folks in to play? - Seamus - agrees with a limited roll out, stressing it can see if there are more issues. everyone: Yes, let's let a few, active folks in to play.

Note to educate users to search for existing pages first before making new pages (lots of duplicate persona pages, etc.).

team is OK with continuing to meet every two weeks

=== March 24th, 2026 ===

Very brief touch base, just Milesent and Raefaelle

=== March 10th, 2026 ===

We have been busy and a lot of work has been completed!

Initial page move complete! huzzah! Big thanks to Edward and Raeffe who did most of the page moving. You guys are awesome.

Roisin - found a missing page (Baronial award), noting on to do list, she will continue to look for missing pages on her site review. Also been updating populace pages with outdated templates. (Other team members are welcome to join her on checking.)

Milesent Account Requests - enabled, however can't approve account requests until I get email notifications working for password resets. Started on that, GoDaddy does have email settings, need to make sure I get the settings right, however.
Unfortunately, Captcha is not working, grr. Extension was already loaded in our install, however when I enable it, it gives an error that the underlaying captcha settings are not there. May be a database issue? (That was what prevented account request enabling not to work, files were there but underlaying database tables had not been created.) Milesent will continue to troubleshoot. First get email setup, then will revisit Captcha.

we've had one account request; Katherine Coscombe. I've informed her that she's now our beta tester for account creation. :) Milesent demonstrated how to manage account requests. You need to be in the Bureaucrat group to do account requests. Some of our helpers are in admin group only and do not see confirm account requests on special pages. If you need/want to be a part of account creation process, let me know to add you to bureaucrats.

Milesent installed JsonConfig extension and added the first two configuring lines to LocalSettings, not sure about the others Dai sent as some of the settings seem to be server specific. Will discuss that with him. Tuesdays aren't good for Dai; may set up a meeting on a different night so he can attend. (Not Wednesday!)

We have started Re-creating category pages (See To Do list for complete list of categories) started with the most linked to categories, should go quickly.
We've also started Re-categorizing files - Edward has started Arms Images and Award Images
Double category: C&I Images and Scroll Images; C&I seems more accurate but Scroll is more used... decision on which to keep? Scribal Images? Added a poll to discord Middlewiki page and to our Facebook page to get folks to weigh in on what category we should use going forward.

There have been some issues with the new site running slow, worrisome. Load balancer? May need to visit our configuration and ensure we have enough resources on the site.

Raeffe has been going through his punch list; he and Dai are working on our remaining troublesome templates.

Good job team! Keep up the good work and let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns.

-Milesent
Project manager.

===February 24th, 2026 ===
Middlewiki team meeting 2/24/2026

we're at 5,254 pages moved, yay! about 2,000 to go, some of which won't be moved (talk pages, user pages)

Discord message: Mikolai Golubin (Fenix) - I think that the "Pages using duplicate arguments in Template Calls" is presently mostly an issue with the last couple lines of Template:Navbox_subgroup, where it's causing two arguments not present to become an argument called "void"

Raeffael and Margarita send regrets, they're out and won't be home in time for the meeting. He's done moving all of his sections and they are ready for review. Going forward Raeffael will be focusing on punch list items such as the errant template issues we have.

Dai is back from Europe, and working on the extensions again. We're missing another one - JsonConfig. (Milesent will add!) Dai will continue working to see what he can find in terms of the minimum we might be missing.

Those who attended discussed if it is time to move the "Current Events" task list to our new site. Yes! -Milesent will do. And... has done. "MiddleWiki To Do List" is the new page on the new site (linked on the Main page)

We were low on disk space on the new site; error in backup configuration. I think I got it now (excluded the clone backup of the site from daily backups, hee.) May review how long to keep backups as well. Milesent shall continue to monitor our disk usage. (Note: after deleting excess backups we went form 47 gigs used to 20, our quota is 50 gigs. If the site grows to need more than that, we will examine purchasing more storage space, though now is NOT a good time for that with storage prices soaring.)

Roisin is doing final reviews; first section done! (others welcome to help her)

Everyone is reminded to note when you find problems on the project plan (which I will move to new site. there, Middlewiki To Do List is the new page on the new site! https://middlewiki.org/index.php/MiddleWiki_To_Do_List Included link on old Current Events page.

New page on the new site for historical information about this site move :) https://middlewiki.org/index.php/MiddleWiki_About_-_2026_Site_Move

Request Account workflow - not working yet; Milesent spent several hours on it this week :) I did get the request an account form to load, but it errored out. May be a configuration setting (currently it is disabled, will try again soon.) Good news about this ConfirmAccount tool; we can configure the request form and approvals will happen inside the wiki. Access approval can be granted to a group (Admins "Beurocrats" or a group we decided to create for the purpose. I say we start with "Admins" and revisit once we're live on if we want to create a larger account approver group.

Milesent is teaching a "MiddleWiki and You" class at Masque of Courtly Love this Saturday; obviously I was hoping we'd be further along by now, heh, but I'm hoping to talk about the project and how the new wiki will be easier for folks to use. (We may create or update some user pages in the class.)

Next meeting: March 10th

=== February 10th, 2026 ===
Short, quality meeting tonight. We are at 4,600+ pages moved. The Visual Editor has been enabled (huzzah!)
All sections ready to review have "Ready for final review" after them on the Current Events page. Many redirects are resolving now that more pages have been moved. Final reviewers; mark if redirects are resolved and I expect "Finished except for redirects or issues" will be marked after most sections. Only one section is currently unclaimed.
Still one template having issues - Navbox - Infobox issues
two missing templates: Template: userpage and Template: ASDate
Updated Photos - note in current events if users updated their profile pics since image files were moved and Milesent will take care of it
Roisin had trouble getting in this week on the old site.
"Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls"
"How to Pages" will need to be updated for new site.
As we discover content issues, add to the list to address after move (unnecessary pages or redirects, etc.)
We will reconvene in two weeks.
-Milesent
Project Manager

=== January 27th, 2026 ===

Thank you everyone, another good team meeting tonight. We're currently over 3,500 pages migrated (4,000 ish to go!)
We discussed account creation; given the volume, our "if all else fails" is to just continue with manual account creation. Current plan is to institute a captcha/prove you're human tool (Cloud flare is currently available free) to reduce spammers and then a manual approval for accounts.
Default install of MediaWiki does not have a graphical editor; want to turn one on for sure to make it easier for the populace to edit and update pages. Milesent investigating this.
Milesent will look at the links Seamus shared for account creation strategy
Edward and Raeffael are busy moving pages and confirmed what sections they are tackling next.
Zygmunt and Roisin are going to quality control; review pages that have been migrated and confirm they are good or note any issues to be addressed.
There are 7 image files which did not transfer to the new site; Raef noted two images on the Great Book page were corrupted and Aeryton Archers image is missing.
Once we reach the 6,000 pages moved mark we should test account creation so we can go live quickly once we finish migration.
We want to continue these meetings (and open them to more people) after migration to address issues with individual pages or decisions about the wiki in general.
Our next meeting will be in two weeks!
At your service,
-Milesent-
Project manager

=== January 13th, 2026 ===

Tonight's meeting was a quick touch base; porting pages has continued apace, Raeffael and Edward Brackenburye and I have been doing a lot of porting (go team!) as of right now Special:Statistics shows 2,873 pages on the new site (including talk pages and redirects, etc.) The old site has 7,511 pages.
Watch out for redirects when porting pages; we will want to go back and check that the redirects are working properly once the page they point to is ported.
We decided to get rid of the Disambigulation pages template; it only has 7 pages in it.
We fixed the "Create page" page and "Create new page" page by deleting them 🙂 hee.
THere do seem to be a couple more templates we may need to visit specifically the nav box template does not have a boarder unless you call it; we may want to set a style template for the site to do that (something to look into)
Update the "Move templates" section on current events with any template issues please.
Raeffael is going to poke Seamus about account creation which he's investigating.
See y'all in two weeks!
- Milesent
Project Manager

=== December 30th, 2025 ===

We had a short, but quality meeting.
The major templates have been moved! We can now port pages! WOOT! We went over the process:
1. Claim a section of pages under "Move Pages" on Current Events on the old site. You can sub-section a section if that's easier for you.
2. Go to "All Pages" under special pages and select your start and ending pages; this will give you a list of all those pages. Copy this list.
3. Go back to "Special Pages" and choose "Export"
4. Paste the list of pages and export to a file.
5. On the new site, go to "Special Pages" and go to "Import"
6. Import the file. Voila! the pages are moved!
7. Verify the pages moved properly
8. Lock the pages on the old site (click "Protect" on each page and put "moved to new site" as the reason.)
Feel free to share steps, one person can lock and another verify, etc.
Our next meeting will be January 13th at 6:30 pm Central, 7:30 pm Eastern. See me if you'd like to be added to the google calendar event.
I will make an announcement on the Midrealm page about our status, letting folks know that it is wise to not make any updates while we are porting pages. Seamus? You're in charge of investigating new account creation methodologies 😉
Since I already tested the porting with numbered pages (reign pages and crown tournament pages mostly) I am taking the first section. I need to verify the pages I already ported haven't been updated since I ported them and import the rest of that section.
Go team!
Questions, comments, concerns? Let me know.
-Milesent-
Project manager

=== December 11th, 2025 ===

Good meeting, thank you team. We've decided our next meeting will be Tuesday, December 30th at 6:30 pm Central, 7:30 pm Eastern.
Dai has been working on Template Documentation and found another extension that was needed, ParserFunctions, which Milesent has enabled.
Milesent was supposed to be looking at Startbox/EndBox, but hasn't, mea culpa. Will keep that on my to do. Note Sir Zygmunt asked for an account on the new site, he wasn't able to attend tonight's meeting however, will be including him on the invites going forward (Welcome Zyg!)
Seamus is looking at extensions for adding new user accounts; the hope is to find a more automated way to add new users. From a quick look it seems there are two basic choices on how to keep spam at bay, 1. Moderation or 2. Only authorized users (what we're doing on the current site) We should think about how we want to handle this going forward, he hopes to have more info to present at the next meeting.
Roisin is going to look at the Ayerton Baronial templates; they're the only Barony using separate templates and rather than port those, she will just copy the content to the pages and un-link the templates (They can be re-created if necessary in the future, saves us the work of getting those templates up to spec.)
Everyone else keep poking at templates, as you find things that are needed (like that ParserFuctions thingy) let me know. Raef noted an error with successionBox, missing json config extension, cannot load banner tag. Hrm... shall continue investigation/troubleshooting.
See you Dec 30th!
-Milesent
Project Manager

=== November 13th, 2025 ===

Notes from tonight's meeting, thank you everyone who attended:
Raffaele and Magarhita send apologies, their flight was delayed so they're up in the air right now and unable to attend.
Note: Grant posted that the old site is experiencing slowness issues right now, please be patient if you're working on the old site.
Discovered a setting change needed; users were able to make changes while not logged on, oops! Fixed that! -Mi
Templates update - Scibunto extension added and TemplateData extension. we found out what happens if I enable an extension that's not installed (oops!) Dai noted that we need to add TemplateStyles - Milesent will work on that; there are likely more extensions needed, but now we know how to add them it should go easier.
Roisin has id'd some templates which are needed by template:documentation
we agreed to remove Template:A as it's only used on a few pages and purely decorative
Template Documentation - Dai is working on, ignore templates that require that for now, it is way out of date with current Mediawiki standard (not surprising)
Succession box template is needed for great officer templates, Milesent is going to concentrate on that one next. Note that Start Box and End box have been replaced in newer wikis, may end up having to manually replace those templates on pages (Or make a redirect from Start Box to S-Box, as it were.)
Categories - creates the categories, but isn't creating the category page. Will probably have to re-create category pages; note some existing category pages do have content so we'll need to double check that, adding that to the project plan!
We will continue to meet every two weeks to keep in touch and keep on task, see Mi for details/questions/comments/concerns

=== October 30th, 2025 ===

Good meeting tonight, thank you everyone who attended.
We went over what has been done since our last meeting (Visible on the Current Events page of the site.) All image files have been moved; a few files failed to link, all had corrupted file names and I believe all had newer versions uploaded. (knock on wood).
Biggest issue right now is Templates. Roisin de Burgh volunteered to go through the list of templates on the site to identify templates that we can safely get rid of and mark what the templates are for on the list (which will be helpful in prioritizing and making sure they're applied properly.)
We do need to set up a plug in on the site, Lua, which is used by many of the Mediawiki built in templates (that's a to do for me or Gianna as it has to be done on the server side.)
I'm asking that whenever an item is marked done on the to do list, another member of the team check the work and put "verified" and your name after the "Done", just to proof each other and hopefully catch any errors.
Raffe Philip Chrysler and Magarhita Margaret Chrysler were working on the MKings template, which relies on the Navbox template. Milesent (that's me) is going to look at that template, Raffe is moving on to the Territories template.
We've decided to use the existing Middlewiki discord channel to communicate, please see Roisin de Burgh for assistance with joining discord.
Our next meeting is in two weeks, same bat time, same bat channel!
At your service,
-Milesent-
Project Manager

=== October 16th, 2025 ===

Attendance: Milesent, Edward, Rosin, Tali, Gianna, Seamus, Philip
Milesent went over the efforts thus far to import the database to the new server; long story short it won't work, we're too many versions behind. (We knew this... but it's been confirmed.)
The team quickly moved to the decision to import the pages manually. Milesent tested the workflow with the Reign pages.
We'll be keeping track of the project on the Current Events page of the wiki: http://middlewiki.midrealm.org/.../MiddleWiki:Current...
Step 1: Move/Re-make our templates. Milesent is going to compare our template list with the built-in wiki templates that are already on the new site to make the to-do list and post to the Current Events page. Volunteers will mark the templates they have moved and/or any issues with each template.
Milesesnt is to make accounts on the new server for our volunteers. (Not able to attend the meeting, but still want to help out? Bill Dai Sutton? Let me know and I will make you an account too.)
Milesent will make a post on the Midrealm FB group and Discord about the move to let our populace know what is up. We are not going to make any more new accounts from now until the move is completed and we will lock pages on the wiki as they are ported over.
Once templates are done we will start moving pages in batches (Milesent demonstrated the process very briefly) Claim the batch you are moving; export/import that batch, verify they ported ok or report errors. Lock original pages.
We will meet again in two weeks, same bat time, same bat channel.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Let me know!
- Milesent 🙂
Project Manager 😉

Schutzenfest

2026-10-26T20:42:25Z

Milesent: /* The Current Schutzenkonigs */

[[Image:schutzenfestpop.jpg|thumb|Popinjay hand bow prize. Wood and bronze Popinjay by Colette Zilka, bronze chain by Zenith Quinn Drake, photo courtesy JamesSKoch]]
[[Image:schutzenfestpoppin.jpg|thumb|Bronze Schutzenkonig Pin Backed Badge, photo courtesy JamesSKoch]]
The Schutzenfest was begun in response to a perceived need for a master level competition to challenge the members of the Order Of The [[Greenwood Company]] and provide a venue for recognizing the skills of up and coming archers. This is currently an annual [[archery]] competition. The shoot is open to any and all archers and was originally broken into two divisions, hand bow and crossbow. A third division was added beginning at BWTA in late Winter 2019. This is a SCA period hand bow division for archers shooting equipment legal for use in the Pennsic Period equipment competition, no cut out arrow shelves and any arrow nocks must be of materials used during the SCA period. Matching costumes are encouraged. The Schutzenfest Coordinator arrainges a host for the competition, advertises, and handles the prizes. There are no set targets or shoots. It is up to the marshals of the sponsoring group to provide a challenging competition.

===Schutzenkonig===
The highest scorer in each division is declared the winner of the contest and becomes the Schutzenkonig of that division. There are three prizes consisting of wood and bronze popinjays suspended from bronze chains, two holding hand bows and the other holding a crossbow. The winners are accorded the right of retaining and wearing the prizes until the next Schutzenfest. At that time they must either appear at the competition to defend their prize, or surrender it to the next winner. Former holders of the prizes are awarded popinjay badges. Bronze badges go to first time winners, silver to individuals who have won twice, and gold to those who have won three or more times.
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===The Current Schutzenkonigs===
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!2026
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|This year the Schutzenfest was held at Reign Of Arrows on August 28th with a large number of competitors. For the second time the winners in all three divisions returned to defend their prizes. Forester Aelfric the Kestrell was defending in the SCA period archery equipment division. Forester Eoin Rengarth was defending in the crossbow division. Jaeger Muldonny McVriw was defending in the open handbow division. There were a series of challenging targets in the field and more in the adjacent woods. These were similar to the challenging targets we shoot at the champions competition at Pennsic. The results were as follows. The winner in the SCA period archery equipment division was Forester Aelfric the Kestrell who again successfully defended and retains his prize. In the crossbow division the winner was Eoin Rengarth who also defended and retains his prize. In the open handbow division Jaeger Muldonny McVriw was outshot by Baron Cadwgan Faber. This was quite a feat on Cadwgan's part since he was up against a large field of very skilled archers. In the photo on the left is Forester Eoin Rengarth, in the middle Forester Aelfric the Kestrell, and on the right Baron Cadwgan Faber. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist
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===Schutzenkonigs Of Yore===
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!2025
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|[[Image:Schutzenfest2025.jpg|200px]]

|The Annual Hunt For The White Stag event on October 4th again occurred on a beautiful warm early Autumn day. For the first time ever the winners in all three divisions returned to defend their prizes. Jaeger Vidi Hovdestad (The Society Archery Marshal) and Forester Aelfric the Kestrell were defending in the SCA period archery equipment division. Crispin Fletcher was defending in the crossbow division. Jaeger Aethelwulf of Dover was defending in the open handbow division. This was the first Schutenfest since the new Order Of The Mark was created and members of that order were competing in all three divisions of the competition. After a long hot woods walk with a series of 3-D targets the results were as follows. The winner in the SCA period archery equipment division was Forester Aelfric the Kestrell who successfully defended and retains his prize. In the crossbow division the winner was Eoin Rengarth with an impressive score of 64 points out of a maximum possible of 66. Crispin was close behind with a score of 60 points, and according to the Grand Archery Tournament he currently has the highest crossbow standing in the Known World. In the open handbow division Jaeger Aethelwulf of Dover was outshot by Jaeger Muldonny McVriw. Jaeger Muldonny's has now won the open handbow division of the Schutzenfest for a third time. In the photo on the left is Forester Aelfric the Kestrell, in the middle Jaeger Muldonny McVriw, and on the right Eoin Rengarth. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist
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!2024
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|[[Image:CrispinOct2024.JPG|200px]]
|[[Image:AethelwulfOct2024.JPG|200px]]

|The Annual Hunt For The White Stag event on October 5th occurred on a beautiful early Autumn day, sunny, warm, with only the slightest breeze, and not at all humid. The perfect day for a Schutzenfest. Ivar Gregorson was unable to attend to defend his prize. Foresters [[Robert Thorne]] and [[Reimar Erikson]] were available to defend the Crossbow and SCA period hand bow prizes. The competition was an eleven station woods walk with life size 3D animal targets. When the final scores were tallied we had a surprise. We had never previously had a tie in any of the three divisions. This time we had ties in all three divisions and settled the matter with three shoot offs. In the end the crossbow division was won by Crispin Fletcher of the Kingdom of Northshield. This is only the second time an out of kingdom competitor has taken the prize. The open handbow division was won by Forester [[Aethelwulf of Dover]] of the Barony of Ayrenton.
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|[[Image:VidiOct2024.JPG|200px]]
|[[Image:AelfricOct2024.JPG|200px]]
|In the SCA period archery equipment division the two remaining tied competitors Vidi Hovdestad (The Society Archery Marshal) also of Nordskogen in the Kingdom of Northshield and Aelfric the Kestral both decided to share the prize. For Aelfric who previously shot in the open division this win was quite a feat. He chose to compete with a new ash longbow he received earlier that same morning with little time to practice. Photos courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist.
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!2023
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|The weather at Midland's Michaelmas and Schutzenfest on September 30th was sunny though unseasonably hot and somewhat breezy. Foresters Edward and Woody were unable to attend to defend their division prizes. Forester [[Gladius the Alchemist]] was available to defend the SCA period hand bow prize, but was outshot by Forester [[Reimar Erikson]]. The winner of the crossbow division is the Baron of Illiton, Forester [[Robert Thorne]]. This is no surprise since Robert is tied for first place as one of the two highest scoring crossbowmen in the Middle Kingdom with an impossible sounding Royal Round score of 126.3 points! There was a surprise though. The winner of the open handbow division was Ivar Gregorson. This was Ivar's first archery tournament and his first event! The last time this happened was nine years ago when Renzo Kuken won the open handbow division of the Schutzenfest in the Winter of 2014. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist.
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!2022
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|The weather at Fletchings V on September 11th was beautiful though windy. Unfortunately Forester Cirion who held the open hand bow division prize died suddenly and unexpectedly a few months earlier. He will be sorely missed. Forester Eamon was unable to attend to defend the crossbow division prize. Only Forester [[Gladius the Alchemist]] was available to defend the SCA period hand bow prize. The overall high scoring contestant for the day was Forester [[Edward Brackenburye]] winning in the open hand bow division. Edward's score was considerably higher than that of any of the other participants. Forester Woody took the prize in the crossbow division. He outshot both Tarmach and Forester Garvin The Slow using a crossbow made by Garvin. [[Gladius the Alchemist]] successfully defended the SCA period equipment hand bow prize. Photo courtesy of Tarmach.
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! 2020
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|colspan="3"| No Schutzenfests were held during 2020 and 2021 due to the global pandemic
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!Summer 2019
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|Cirion was able to attend [[Reign of Arrows]], but Gwyneth and William were not able to do so. Rather than defend his prize, Cirion chose to compete in the open hand bow division. It was a beautiful though breezy day for an archery competition. In the end the winners were Forester Cirion with hand bow, Forester Eamon with crossbow, and Forester Gladius with SCA period hand bow. Photos courtesy JamesSKoch
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!Winter 2019
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|[[Image:Schutzen2014WinterCross.jpg|100px]]
|[[Image:Gwynneth2019.JPG|100px]]
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|Both Cirion and Muldonny were able to attend the Better War Through Archery Schutzenfest. Rather than defend their prizes, both switched back to their earlier weapon types. Cirion shot a crossbow and Muldonny shot a hand bow. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion with crossbow and Forester [[Gwyneth Cole]] with hand bow. This was the first Schutzenfest including the new SCA period equipment division. The new prize was won by William McFayden, the only winner who is not a member of the Greenwood Company. William had a good day. Not only did he win his division, he also had the highest overall hand bow score. Photos courtesy JamesSKoch
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!Summer 2018
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzenfest20182.jpg|200px]]
|Both Cirion and Muldonny were able to attend the [[Reign of Arrows]] Schutzenfest. Rather than defend their prizes, both agreed to switch weapon types. Cirion shot a hand bow and Muldonny shot a crossbow. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion with hand bow and Forester Muldonny with crossbow. This is the first time someone other than Cirion has won the crossbow prize. This is also the first time Muldonny has ever competed with a crossbow. Photo courtesy Gwyneth Cole

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!Winter 2018
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2018Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Better War through Archery]] March 31st, 2018. Gunnarr Bogsveigir attended to defend the hand bow prize. As is typical of this event, a large number of people entered the competition. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion and Forester Muldonny. This is the second time Muldonny has won the hand bow competition, making him the third person to have won twice. Cirion also won the Cedar Ring and Muldonny the Ash Ring, making them both double winners for the day. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2017
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutz2017Summer.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Reign of Arrows]] September, 2017. Gunnarr Bogsveigir drove up from Rivenstar to defend the hand bow prize. It was a beautiful day and perfect weather for shooting. A large number of people entered and competed this year including a number of members of the Greenwood Company. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion and Gunnarr, with Gunnarr outshooting Forester Tarquin by one point. This is the first time the hand bow prize was successfully defended. It also proves Gunnarr's earlier win at Better War was due more to skill than simple beginner's luck. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch
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!Winter 2017
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2017Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Better War through Archery]] 2017. Forester Tarquin was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. This was a very well attended event with plenty of competition in both divisions. Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize, but according to him it was close. The handbow winner is Gunnarr Bogsveigir of Rivenstar. She is one of the few non Foresters to win at BWTA, and the first female winner since Forester Zuriel won the original Schutzenfest. This is an impressive achievement since Gunnarr is new to archery and has attended only a few prior events. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2016
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2016Summer.jpg|200px]]
|Forester [[Cirion the Lefthanded]] again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Reign of Arrows]] 2016. Forester Muldonny was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Forester [[Tarquin the Red]]. This was one of the larger [[Reign of Arrows]] with approximately 40 competitors providing some serious competition. It was also the first time at this event that the hand bow prize was not taken out of kingdom by Raithe of Ealdormere. We had a large number of people competing with crossbow including [[Robert Thorne]] who is returning after an absense of many years. Robert came in second place. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2016
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2016Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2016 at [[Better War through Archery]]. Raithe was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Muldonny of the Cleftlands. The competition consisted of shooting an actual apple off of a target head. Participants started at close range, shot up to 6 arrows until they struck the apple or the head, or missed with all 6. Competitors who hit the apple went on to the next round, shot at a longer range. This went on until only one shooter remained, who was the ultimate winner of the competition. Pretty much everyone assumed, since this was a William Tell shoot and untimed, the final winner would be someone shooting a crossbow. The field was reduced to Muldonny, Forseter Lucas, both shooting hand bows, and Cirion shooting a crossbow. Lucas was eliminated and the line could be moved no farther back. It came down to a sudden death shoot off between Muldonny and Cirion. Muldonny placed an arrow solidly in the middle if his target apple. To the shock and surprise of many, Cirion shot and missed. This makes the second time in the Schutzenfest that a hand bow archer outshot Forester Cirion and his crossbow. The previous occurrence was at BWTA in 2014 when Renzo Kuchen managed to outscore Forester Cirion. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2015
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2015Summer.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion "The Yet Undefeatable" again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Summer of 2015 at [[Reign of Arrows]] 4. Forester Dearg of Oakenshield was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won for the second time by Raithe of Ealdormere. He won it at the previous Reign of Arrows. This makes Raithe the first hand bow shooter to win the Schutzenfest more than once. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2015
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2015Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion "The Undefeatable" again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2015 at [[Better War through Archery]]. Raithe of Ealdormere was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Forester Dearg of Oakenshield shooting against a field of eighty opponents using a new bow he had never shot previously. Dearg had the second highest score for the day beating all of the other hand bow shooters and all of the crossbow shooters with the exception if Cirion. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2014
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Schutzen2014Summer.jpg|100px]]
|Forester Cirion, crossbow
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Summer of 2014 at [[Reign of Arrows]] III. He remains undefeated and apparently invincible. Renzo was unable to defend the hand bow prize in the Summer of 2014. It was won by Raithe of Ealdormere, who is the first non Middle Kingdom archer to win the prize. Raithe shot well against a large field of opponents on a very challenging course, including a 100 yard clout. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2014
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Schutzen2014WinterHand.jpg|100px]]
|[[Image:Schutzen2014WinterCross.jpg|100px]]
|Forester Cirion successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2014. Forester Kenshin was unable to defend the hand bow prize in the Winter of 2014 due to a broken wrist. It was won by Renzo Kuken. Renzo was the first archer who was not a Forester of the Greenwood Company to win either prize. This was also Renzos first archery tournament and his first SCA event. This was an impressive showing. [[Better War through Archery]] is a well attended archery event and Renzo was shooting against nearly a dozen Foresters of the Greenwood Company. Not only did he beat all of the other hand bow shooters, he beat the top crossbow score by three points. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Fall 2013
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Schutzen2013FallHand.jpg|100px]]
|Forester Cirion, crossbow
|Forester Kenshin won the hand bow prize at Melee In Roswell in the Fall of 2013. There were no crossbow challengers and Forester Cirion retained the prize for crossbow. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2013
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2013Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Zuriel was unable to defend the prize the following Winter. It was won by Forester [[Neko Me]] in the Winter of 2013. Forester [[Cirion the Lefthanded]] was the first to win the prize with a crossbow in the Winter of 2013. Photo courtesy of JamesSKoch

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!Fall 2012
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2012Fall.jpg|200px]]
|Forester [[Zuriel Nightshade]] was the first archer to win the hand bow prize at the Eastwatch Grand Archery Tournament in the Fall of 2012. There were no crossbow entrants at that first event. Photo courtesy of Zuriel

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Donations:
The Greenwood Company wishes to thank members who generously donated to the fund to purchase two new prize chains and popinjay pendants. The first was needed for the new SCA period equipment division and the second was to replace the one lost due to Forester Cirion's passing. Our thanks go out to Woody Adamson, Justin Brew and Lisa Heller, and Barb and Dan Hernandez.

[[Category:Events]]

Schutzenfest

2026-10-26T20:39:23Z

Milesent: /* The Current Schutzenkonigs */

[[Image:schutzenfestpop.jpg|thumb|Popinjay hand bow prize. Wood and bronze Popinjay by Colette Zilka, bronze chain by Zenith Quinn Drake, photo courtesy JamesSKoch]]
[[Image:schutzenfestpoppin.jpg|thumb|Bronze Schutzenkonig Pin Backed Badge, photo courtesy JamesSKoch]]
The Schutzenfest was begun in response to a perceived need for a master level competition to challenge the members of the Order Of The [[Greenwood Company]] and provide a venue for recognizing the skills of up and coming archers. This is currently an annual [[archery]] competition. The shoot is open to any and all archers and was originally broken into two divisions, hand bow and crossbow. A third division was added beginning at BWTA in late Winter 2019. This is a SCA period hand bow division for archers shooting equipment legal for use in the Pennsic Period equipment competition, no cut out arrow shelves and any arrow nocks must be of materials used during the SCA period. Matching costumes are encouraged. The Schutzenfest Coordinator arrainges a host for the competition, advertises, and handles the prizes. There are no set targets or shoots. It is up to the marshals of the sponsoring group to provide a challenging competition.

===Schutzenkonig===
The highest scorer in each division is declared the winner of the contest and becomes the Schutzenkonig of that division. There are three prizes consisting of wood and bronze popinjays suspended from bronze chains, two holding hand bows and the other holding a crossbow. The winners are accorded the right of retaining and wearing the prizes until the next Schutzenfest. At that time they must either appear at the competition to defend their prize, or surrender it to the next winner. Former holders of the prizes are awarded popinjay badges. Bronze badges go to first time winners, silver to individuals who have won twice, and gold to those who have won three or more times.
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===The Current Schutzenkonigs===
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!2026
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|[[Image:Schutzen2026.jpg|300px]]

|This year the Schutzenfest was held at Reign Of Arrows on August 28th with a large number of competitors. For the second time the winners in all three divisions returned to defend their prizes. Forester Aelfric the Kestrell was defending in the SCA period archery equipment division. Forester Eoin Rengarth was defending in the crossbow division. Jaeger Muldonny McVriw was defending in the open handbow division. There were a series of challenging targets in the field and more in the adjacent woods. These were similar to the challenging targets we shoot at the champions competition at Pennsic. The results were as follows. The winner in the SCA period archery equipment division was Forester Aelfric the Kestrell who again successfully defended and retains his prize. In the crossbow division the winner was Eoin Rengarth who also defended and retains his prize. In the open handbow division Jaeger Muldonny McVriw was outshot by Baron Cadwgan Faber. This was quite a feat on Cadwgan's part since he was up against a large field of very skilled archers. In the photo on the left is Forester Eoin Rengarth, in the middle Forester Aelfric the Kestrell, and on the right Baron Cadwgan Faber. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist
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===Schutzenkonigs Of Yore===
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!2025
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|[[Image:Schutzenfest2025.jpg|200px]]

|The Annual Hunt For The White Stag event on October 4th again occurred on a beautiful warm early Autumn day. For the first time ever the winners in all three divisions returned to defend their prizes. Jaeger Vidi Hovdestad (The Society Archery Marshal) and Forester Aelfric the Kestrell were defending in the SCA period archery equipment division. Crispin Fletcher was defending in the crossbow division. Jaeger Aethelwulf of Dover was defending in the open handbow division. This was the first Schutenfest since the new Order Of The Mark was created and members of that order were competing in all three divisions of the competition. After a long hot woods walk with a series of 3-D targets the results were as follows. The winner in the SCA period archery equipment division was Forester Aelfric the Kestrell who successfully defended and retains his prize. In the crossbow division the winner was Eoin Rengarth with an impressive score of 64 points out of a maximum possible of 66. Crispin was close behind with a score of 60 points, and according to the Grand Archery Tournament he currently has the highest crossbow standing in the Known World. In the open handbow division Jaeger Aethelwulf of Dover was outshot by Jaeger Muldonny McVriw. Jaeger Muldonny's has now won the open handbow division of the Schutzenfest for a third time. In the photo on the left is Forester Aelfric the Kestrell, in the middle Jaeger Muldonny McVriw, and on the right Eoin Rengarth. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist
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!2024
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|[[Image:CrispinOct2024.JPG|200px]]
|[[Image:AethelwulfOct2024.JPG|200px]]

|The Annual Hunt For The White Stag event on October 5th occurred on a beautiful early Autumn day, sunny, warm, with only the slightest breeze, and not at all humid. The perfect day for a Schutzenfest. Ivar Gregorson was unable to attend to defend his prize. Foresters [[Robert Thorne]] and [[Reimar Erikson]] were available to defend the Crossbow and SCA period hand bow prizes. The competition was an eleven station woods walk with life size 3D animal targets. When the final scores were tallied we had a surprise. We had never previously had a tie in any of the three divisions. This time we had ties in all three divisions and settled the matter with three shoot offs. In the end the crossbow division was won by Crispin Fletcher of the Kingdom of Northshield. This is only the second time an out of kingdom competitor has taken the prize. The open handbow division was won by Forester [[Aethelwulf of Dover]] of the Barony of Ayrenton.
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|[[Image:VidiOct2024.JPG|200px]]
|[[Image:AelfricOct2024.JPG|200px]]
|In the SCA period archery equipment division the two remaining tied competitors Vidi Hovdestad (The Society Archery Marshal) also of Nordskogen in the Kingdom of Northshield and Aelfric the Kestral both decided to share the prize. For Aelfric who previously shot in the open division this win was quite a feat. He chose to compete with a new ash longbow he received earlier that same morning with little time to practice. Photos courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist.
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!2023
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzenfest2023.JPG|300px]]
|The weather at Midland's Michaelmas and Schutzenfest on September 30th was sunny though unseasonably hot and somewhat breezy. Foresters Edward and Woody were unable to attend to defend their division prizes. Forester [[Gladius the Alchemist]] was available to defend the SCA period hand bow prize, but was outshot by Forester [[Reimar Erikson]]. The winner of the crossbow division is the Baron of Illiton, Forester [[Robert Thorne]]. This is no surprise since Robert is tied for first place as one of the two highest scoring crossbowmen in the Middle Kingdom with an impossible sounding Royal Round score of 126.3 points! There was a surprise though. The winner of the open handbow division was Ivar Gregorson. This was Ivar's first archery tournament and his first event! The last time this happened was nine years ago when Renzo Kuken won the open handbow division of the Schutzenfest in the Winter of 2014. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist.
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!2022
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzenfest2021.jpg|300px]]
|The weather at Fletchings V on September 11th was beautiful though windy. Unfortunately Forester Cirion who held the open hand bow division prize died suddenly and unexpectedly a few months earlier. He will be sorely missed. Forester Eamon was unable to attend to defend the crossbow division prize. Only Forester [[Gladius the Alchemist]] was available to defend the SCA period hand bow prize. The overall high scoring contestant for the day was Forester [[Edward Brackenburye]] winning in the open hand bow division. Edward's score was considerably higher than that of any of the other participants. Forester Woody took the prize in the crossbow division. He outshot both Tarmach and Forester Garvin The Slow using a crossbow made by Garvin. [[Gladius the Alchemist]] successfully defended the SCA period equipment hand bow prize. Photo courtesy of Tarmach.
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! 2020
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|colspan="3"| No Schutzenfests were held during 2020 and 2021 due to the global pandemic
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!Summer 2019
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:SchutzenfestSummer2019.JPG|300px]]
|Cirion was able to attend [[Reign of Arrows]], but Gwyneth and William were not able to do so. Rather than defend his prize, Cirion chose to compete in the open hand bow division. It was a beautiful though breezy day for an archery competition. In the end the winners were Forester Cirion with hand bow, Forester Eamon with crossbow, and Forester Gladius with SCA period hand bow. Photos courtesy JamesSKoch
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!Winter 2019
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|[[Image:Schutzen2014WinterCross.jpg|100px]]
|[[Image:Gwynneth2019.JPG|100px]]
|[[Image:Schutzenfest20191WM.JPG|100px]]
|Both Cirion and Muldonny were able to attend the Better War Through Archery Schutzenfest. Rather than defend their prizes, both switched back to their earlier weapon types. Cirion shot a crossbow and Muldonny shot a hand bow. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion with crossbow and Forester [[Gwyneth Cole]] with hand bow. This was the first Schutzenfest including the new SCA period equipment division. The new prize was won by William McFayden, the only winner who is not a member of the Greenwood Company. William had a good day. Not only did he win his division, he also had the highest overall hand bow score. Photos courtesy JamesSKoch
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!Summer 2018
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzenfest20182.jpg|200px]]
|Both Cirion and Muldonny were able to attend the [[Reign of Arrows]] Schutzenfest. Rather than defend their prizes, both agreed to switch weapon types. Cirion shot a hand bow and Muldonny shot a crossbow. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion with hand bow and Forester Muldonny with crossbow. This is the first time someone other than Cirion has won the crossbow prize. This is also the first time Muldonny has ever competed with a crossbow. Photo courtesy Gwyneth Cole

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!Winter 2018
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2018Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Better War through Archery]] March 31st, 2018. Gunnarr Bogsveigir attended to defend the hand bow prize. As is typical of this event, a large number of people entered the competition. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion and Forester Muldonny. This is the second time Muldonny has won the hand bow competition, making him the third person to have won twice. Cirion also won the Cedar Ring and Muldonny the Ash Ring, making them both double winners for the day. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2017
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutz2017Summer.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Reign of Arrows]] September, 2017. Gunnarr Bogsveigir drove up from Rivenstar to defend the hand bow prize. It was a beautiful day and perfect weather for shooting. A large number of people entered and competed this year including a number of members of the Greenwood Company. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion and Gunnarr, with Gunnarr outshooting Forester Tarquin by one point. This is the first time the hand bow prize was successfully defended. It also proves Gunnarr's earlier win at Better War was due more to skill than simple beginner's luck. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch
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!Winter 2017
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2017Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Better War through Archery]] 2017. Forester Tarquin was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. This was a very well attended event with plenty of competition in both divisions. Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize, but according to him it was close. The handbow winner is Gunnarr Bogsveigir of Rivenstar. She is one of the few non Foresters to win at BWTA, and the first female winner since Forester Zuriel won the original Schutzenfest. This is an impressive achievement since Gunnarr is new to archery and has attended only a few prior events. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2016
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2016Summer.jpg|200px]]
|Forester [[Cirion the Lefthanded]] again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Reign of Arrows]] 2016. Forester Muldonny was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Forester [[Tarquin the Red]]. This was one of the larger [[Reign of Arrows]] with approximately 40 competitors providing some serious competition. It was also the first time at this event that the hand bow prize was not taken out of kingdom by Raithe of Ealdormere. We had a large number of people competing with crossbow including [[Robert Thorne]] who is returning after an absense of many years. Robert came in second place. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2016
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2016Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2016 at [[Better War through Archery]]. Raithe was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Muldonny of the Cleftlands. The competition consisted of shooting an actual apple off of a target head. Participants started at close range, shot up to 6 arrows until they struck the apple or the head, or missed with all 6. Competitors who hit the apple went on to the next round, shot at a longer range. This went on until only one shooter remained, who was the ultimate winner of the competition. Pretty much everyone assumed, since this was a William Tell shoot and untimed, the final winner would be someone shooting a crossbow. The field was reduced to Muldonny, Forseter Lucas, both shooting hand bows, and Cirion shooting a crossbow. Lucas was eliminated and the line could be moved no farther back. It came down to a sudden death shoot off between Muldonny and Cirion. Muldonny placed an arrow solidly in the middle if his target apple. To the shock and surprise of many, Cirion shot and missed. This makes the second time in the Schutzenfest that a hand bow archer outshot Forester Cirion and his crossbow. The previous occurrence was at BWTA in 2014 when Renzo Kuchen managed to outscore Forester Cirion. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2015
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2015Summer.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion "The Yet Undefeatable" again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Summer of 2015 at [[Reign of Arrows]] 4. Forester Dearg of Oakenshield was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won for the second time by Raithe of Ealdormere. He won it at the previous Reign of Arrows. This makes Raithe the first hand bow shooter to win the Schutzenfest more than once. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2015
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2015Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion "The Undefeatable" again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2015 at [[Better War through Archery]]. Raithe of Ealdormere was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Forester Dearg of Oakenshield shooting against a field of eighty opponents using a new bow he had never shot previously. Dearg had the second highest score for the day beating all of the other hand bow shooters and all of the crossbow shooters with the exception if Cirion. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2014
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Schutzen2014Summer.jpg|100px]]
|Forester Cirion, crossbow
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Summer of 2014 at [[Reign of Arrows]] III. He remains undefeated and apparently invincible. Renzo was unable to defend the hand bow prize in the Summer of 2014. It was won by Raithe of Ealdormere, who is the first non Middle Kingdom archer to win the prize. Raithe shot well against a large field of opponents on a very challenging course, including a 100 yard clout. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2014
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Schutzen2014WinterHand.jpg|100px]]
|[[Image:Schutzen2014WinterCross.jpg|100px]]
|Forester Cirion successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2014. Forester Kenshin was unable to defend the hand bow prize in the Winter of 2014 due to a broken wrist. It was won by Renzo Kuken. Renzo was the first archer who was not a Forester of the Greenwood Company to win either prize. This was also Renzos first archery tournament and his first SCA event. This was an impressive showing. [[Better War through Archery]] is a well attended archery event and Renzo was shooting against nearly a dozen Foresters of the Greenwood Company. Not only did he beat all of the other hand bow shooters, he beat the top crossbow score by three points. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Fall 2013
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Schutzen2013FallHand.jpg|100px]]
|Forester Cirion, crossbow
|Forester Kenshin won the hand bow prize at Melee In Roswell in the Fall of 2013. There were no crossbow challengers and Forester Cirion retained the prize for crossbow. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2013
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2013Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Zuriel was unable to defend the prize the following Winter. It was won by Forester [[Neko Me]] in the Winter of 2013. Forester [[Cirion the Lefthanded]] was the first to win the prize with a crossbow in the Winter of 2013. Photo courtesy of JamesSKoch

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!Fall 2012
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2012Fall.jpg|200px]]
|Forester [[Zuriel Nightshade]] was the first archer to win the hand bow prize at the Eastwatch Grand Archery Tournament in the Fall of 2012. There were no crossbow entrants at that first event. Photo courtesy of Zuriel

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Donations:
The Greenwood Company wishes to thank members who generously donated to the fund to purchase two new prize chains and popinjay pendants. The first was needed for the new SCA period equipment division and the second was to replace the one lost due to Forester Cirion's passing. Our thanks go out to Woody Adamson, Justin Brew and Lisa Heller, and Barb and Dan Hernandez.

[[Category:Events]]

Schutzenfest

2026-10-26T20:26:51Z

Milesent: Reverted edits by Milesent (talk) to last revision by Gladius

[[Image:schutzenfestpop.jpg|thumb|Popinjay hand bow prize. Wood and bronze Popinjay by Colette Zilka, bronze chain by Zenith Quinn Drake, photo courtesy JamesSKoch]]
[[Image:schutzenfestpoppin.jpg|thumb|Bronze Schutzenkonig Pin Backed Badge, photo courtesy JamesSKoch]]
The Schutzenfest was begun in response to a perceived need for a master level competition to challenge the members of the Order Of The [[Greenwood Company]] and provide a venue for recognizing the skills of up and coming archers. This is currently an annual [[archery]] competition. The shoot is open to any and all archers and was originally broken into two divisions, hand bow and crossbow. A third division was added beginning at BWTA in late Winter 2019. This is a SCA period hand bow division for archers shooting equipment legal for use in the Pennsic Period equipment competition, no cut out arrow shelves and any arrow nocks must be of materials used during the SCA period. Matching costumes are encouraged. The Schutzenfest Coordinator arrainges a host for the competition, advertises, and handles the prizes. There are no set targets or shoots. It is up to the marshals of the sponsoring group to provide a challenging competition.

===Schutzenkonig===
The highest scorer in each division is declared the winner of the contest and becomes the Schutzenkonig of that division. There are three prizes consisting of wood and bronze popinjays suspended from bronze chains, two holding hand bows and the other holding a crossbow. The winners are accorded the right of retaining and wearing the prizes until the next Schutzenfest. At that time they must either appear at the competition to defend their prize, or surrender it to the next winner. Former holders of the prizes are awarded popinjay badges. Bronze badges go to first time winners, silver to individuals who have won twice, and gold to those who have won three or more times.
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===The Current Schutzenkonigs===
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!2026
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|[[Image:Schutzen2026.jpg|200px]]

|This year the Schutzenfest was held at Reign Of Arrows on August 28th with a large number of competitors. For the second time the winners in all three divisions returned to defend their prizes. Forester Aelfric the Kestrell was defending in the SCA period archery equipment division. Forester Eoin Rengarth was defending in the crossbow division. Jaeger Muldonny McVriw was defending in the open handbow division. There were a series of challenging targets in the field and more in the adjacent woods. These were similar to the challenging targets we shoot at the champions competition at Pennsic. The results were as follows. The winner in the SCA period archery equipment division was Forester Aelfric the Kestrell who again successfully defended and retains his prize. In the crossbow division the winner was Eoin Rengarth who also defended and retains his prize. In the open handbow division Jaeger Muldonny McVriw was outshot by Baron Cadwgan Faber. This was quite a feat on Cadwgan's part since he was up against a large field of very skilled archers. In the photo on the left is Forester Eoin Rengarth, in the middle Forester Aelfric the Kestrell, and on the right Baron Cadwgan Faber. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist
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===Schutzenkonigs Of Yore===
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!2025
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|[[Image:Schutzenfest2025.jpg|200px]]

|The Annual Hunt For The White Stag event on October 4th again occurred on a beautiful warm early Autumn day. For the first time ever the winners in all three divisions returned to defend their prizes. Jaeger Vidi Hovdestad (The Society Archery Marshal) and Forester Aelfric the Kestrell were defending in the SCA period archery equipment division. Crispin Fletcher was defending in the crossbow division. Jaeger Aethelwulf of Dover was defending in the open handbow division. This was the first Schutenfest since the new Order Of The Mark was created and members of that order were competing in all three divisions of the competition. After a long hot woods walk with a series of 3-D targets the results were as follows. The winner in the SCA period archery equipment division was Forester Aelfric the Kestrell who successfully defended and retains his prize. In the crossbow division the winner was Eoin Rengarth with an impressive score of 64 points out of a maximum possible of 66. Crispin was close behind with a score of 60 points, and according to the Grand Archery Tournament he currently has the highest crossbow standing in the Known World. In the open handbow division Jaeger Aethelwulf of Dover was outshot by Jaeger Muldonny McVriw. Jaeger Muldonny's has now won the open handbow division of the Schutzenfest for a third time. In the photo on the left is Forester Aelfric the Kestrell, in the middle Jaeger Muldonny McVriw, and on the right Eoin Rengarth. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist
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!2024
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|[[Image:CrispinOct2024.JPG|200px]]
|[[Image:AethelwulfOct2024.JPG|200px]]

|The Annual Hunt For The White Stag event on October 5th occurred on a beautiful early Autumn day, sunny, warm, with only the slightest breeze, and not at all humid. The perfect day for a Schutzenfest. Ivar Gregorson was unable to attend to defend his prize. Foresters [[Robert Thorne]] and [[Reimar Erikson]] were available to defend the Crossbow and SCA period hand bow prizes. The competition was an eleven station woods walk with life size 3D animal targets. When the final scores were tallied we had a surprise. We had never previously had a tie in any of the three divisions. This time we had ties in all three divisions and settled the matter with three shoot offs. In the end the crossbow division was won by Crispin Fletcher of the Kingdom of Northshield. This is only the second time an out of kingdom competitor has taken the prize. The open handbow division was won by Forester [[Aethelwulf of Dover]] of the Barony of Ayrenton.
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|[[Image:VidiOct2024.JPG|200px]]
|[[Image:AelfricOct2024.JPG|200px]]
|In the SCA period archery equipment division the two remaining tied competitors Vidi Hovdestad (The Society Archery Marshal) also of Nordskogen in the Kingdom of Northshield and Aelfric the Kestral both decided to share the prize. For Aelfric who previously shot in the open division this win was quite a feat. He chose to compete with a new ash longbow he received earlier that same morning with little time to practice. Photos courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist.
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!2023
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzenfest2023.JPG|300px]]
|The weather at Midland's Michaelmas and Schutzenfest on September 30th was sunny though unseasonably hot and somewhat breezy. Foresters Edward and Woody were unable to attend to defend their division prizes. Forester [[Gladius the Alchemist]] was available to defend the SCA period hand bow prize, but was outshot by Forester [[Reimar Erikson]]. The winner of the crossbow division is the Baron of Illiton, Forester [[Robert Thorne]]. This is no surprise since Robert is tied for first place as one of the two highest scoring crossbowmen in the Middle Kingdom with an impossible sounding Royal Round score of 126.3 points! There was a surprise though. The winner of the open handbow division was Ivar Gregorson. This was Ivar's first archery tournament and his first event! The last time this happened was nine years ago when Renzo Kuken won the open handbow division of the Schutzenfest in the Winter of 2014. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist.
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!2022
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzenfest2021.jpg|300px]]
|The weather at Fletchings V on September 11th was beautiful though windy. Unfortunately Forester Cirion who held the open hand bow division prize died suddenly and unexpectedly a few months earlier. He will be sorely missed. Forester Eamon was unable to attend to defend the crossbow division prize. Only Forester [[Gladius the Alchemist]] was available to defend the SCA period hand bow prize. The overall high scoring contestant for the day was Forester [[Edward Brackenburye]] winning in the open hand bow division. Edward's score was considerably higher than that of any of the other participants. Forester Woody took the prize in the crossbow division. He outshot both Tarmach and Forester Garvin The Slow using a crossbow made by Garvin. [[Gladius the Alchemist]] successfully defended the SCA period equipment hand bow prize. Photo courtesy of Tarmach.
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! 2020
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|colspan="3"| No Schutzenfests were held during 2020 and 2021 due to the global pandemic
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!Summer 2019
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:SchutzenfestSummer2019.JPG|300px]]
|Cirion was able to attend [[Reign of Arrows]], but Gwyneth and William were not able to do so. Rather than defend his prize, Cirion chose to compete in the open hand bow division. It was a beautiful though breezy day for an archery competition. In the end the winners were Forester Cirion with hand bow, Forester Eamon with crossbow, and Forester Gladius with SCA period hand bow. Photos courtesy JamesSKoch
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!Winter 2019
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|[[Image:Schutzen2014WinterCross.jpg|100px]]
|[[Image:Gwynneth2019.JPG|100px]]
|[[Image:Schutzenfest20191WM.JPG|100px]]
|Both Cirion and Muldonny were able to attend the Better War Through Archery Schutzenfest. Rather than defend their prizes, both switched back to their earlier weapon types. Cirion shot a crossbow and Muldonny shot a hand bow. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion with crossbow and Forester [[Gwyneth Cole]] with hand bow. This was the first Schutzenfest including the new SCA period equipment division. The new prize was won by William McFayden, the only winner who is not a member of the Greenwood Company. William had a good day. Not only did he win his division, he also had the highest overall hand bow score. Photos courtesy JamesSKoch
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!Summer 2018
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzenfest20182.jpg|200px]]
|Both Cirion and Muldonny were able to attend the [[Reign of Arrows]] Schutzenfest. Rather than defend their prizes, both agreed to switch weapon types. Cirion shot a hand bow and Muldonny shot a crossbow. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion with hand bow and Forester Muldonny with crossbow. This is the first time someone other than Cirion has won the crossbow prize. This is also the first time Muldonny has ever competed with a crossbow. Photo courtesy Gwyneth Cole

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!Winter 2018
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2018Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Better War through Archery]] March 31st, 2018. Gunnarr Bogsveigir attended to defend the hand bow prize. As is typical of this event, a large number of people entered the competition. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion and Forester Muldonny. This is the second time Muldonny has won the hand bow competition, making him the third person to have won twice. Cirion also won the Cedar Ring and Muldonny the Ash Ring, making them both double winners for the day. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2017
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutz2017Summer.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Reign of Arrows]] September, 2017. Gunnarr Bogsveigir drove up from Rivenstar to defend the hand bow prize. It was a beautiful day and perfect weather for shooting. A large number of people entered and competed this year including a number of members of the Greenwood Company. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion and Gunnarr, with Gunnarr outshooting Forester Tarquin by one point. This is the first time the hand bow prize was successfully defended. It also proves Gunnarr's earlier win at Better War was due more to skill than simple beginner's luck. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch
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!Winter 2017
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2017Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Better War through Archery]] 2017. Forester Tarquin was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. This was a very well attended event with plenty of competition in both divisions. Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize, but according to him it was close. The handbow winner is Gunnarr Bogsveigir of Rivenstar. She is one of the few non Foresters to win at BWTA, and the first female winner since Forester Zuriel won the original Schutzenfest. This is an impressive achievement since Gunnarr is new to archery and has attended only a few prior events. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2016
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2016Summer.jpg|200px]]
|Forester [[Cirion the Lefthanded]] again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Reign of Arrows]] 2016. Forester Muldonny was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Forester [[Tarquin the Red]]. This was one of the larger [[Reign of Arrows]] with approximately 40 competitors providing some serious competition. It was also the first time at this event that the hand bow prize was not taken out of kingdom by Raithe of Ealdormere. We had a large number of people competing with crossbow including [[Robert Thorne]] who is returning after an absense of many years. Robert came in second place. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2016
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2016Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2016 at [[Better War through Archery]]. Raithe was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Muldonny of the Cleftlands. The competition consisted of shooting an actual apple off of a target head. Participants started at close range, shot up to 6 arrows until they struck the apple or the head, or missed with all 6. Competitors who hit the apple went on to the next round, shot at a longer range. This went on until only one shooter remained, who was the ultimate winner of the competition. Pretty much everyone assumed, since this was a William Tell shoot and untimed, the final winner would be someone shooting a crossbow. The field was reduced to Muldonny, Forseter Lucas, both shooting hand bows, and Cirion shooting a crossbow. Lucas was eliminated and the line could be moved no farther back. It came down to a sudden death shoot off between Muldonny and Cirion. Muldonny placed an arrow solidly in the middle if his target apple. To the shock and surprise of many, Cirion shot and missed. This makes the second time in the Schutzenfest that a hand bow archer outshot Forester Cirion and his crossbow. The previous occurrence was at BWTA in 2014 when Renzo Kuchen managed to outscore Forester Cirion. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2015
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2015Summer.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion "The Yet Undefeatable" again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Summer of 2015 at [[Reign of Arrows]] 4. Forester Dearg of Oakenshield was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won for the second time by Raithe of Ealdormere. He won it at the previous Reign of Arrows. This makes Raithe the first hand bow shooter to win the Schutzenfest more than once. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2015
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2015Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion "The Undefeatable" again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2015 at [[Better War through Archery]]. Raithe of Ealdormere was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Forester Dearg of Oakenshield shooting against a field of eighty opponents using a new bow he had never shot previously. Dearg had the second highest score for the day beating all of the other hand bow shooters and all of the crossbow shooters with the exception if Cirion. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2014
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Schutzen2014Summer.jpg|100px]]
|Forester Cirion, crossbow
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Summer of 2014 at [[Reign of Arrows]] III. He remains undefeated and apparently invincible. Renzo was unable to defend the hand bow prize in the Summer of 2014. It was won by Raithe of Ealdormere, who is the first non Middle Kingdom archer to win the prize. Raithe shot well against a large field of opponents on a very challenging course, including a 100 yard clout. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2014
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Schutzen2014WinterHand.jpg|100px]]
|[[Image:Schutzen2014WinterCross.jpg|100px]]
|Forester Cirion successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2014. Forester Kenshin was unable to defend the hand bow prize in the Winter of 2014 due to a broken wrist. It was won by Renzo Kuken. Renzo was the first archer who was not a Forester of the Greenwood Company to win either prize. This was also Renzos first archery tournament and his first SCA event. This was an impressive showing. [[Better War through Archery]] is a well attended archery event and Renzo was shooting against nearly a dozen Foresters of the Greenwood Company. Not only did he beat all of the other hand bow shooters, he beat the top crossbow score by three points. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Fall 2013
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Schutzen2013FallHand.jpg|100px]]
|Forester Cirion, crossbow
|Forester Kenshin won the hand bow prize at Melee In Roswell in the Fall of 2013. There were no crossbow challengers and Forester Cirion retained the prize for crossbow. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2013
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2013Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Zuriel was unable to defend the prize the following Winter. It was won by Forester [[Neko Me]] in the Winter of 2013. Forester [[Cirion the Lefthanded]] was the first to win the prize with a crossbow in the Winter of 2013. Photo courtesy of JamesSKoch

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!Fall 2012
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2012Fall.jpg|200px]]
|Forester [[Zuriel Nightshade]] was the first archer to win the hand bow prize at the Eastwatch Grand Archery Tournament in the Fall of 2012. There were no crossbow entrants at that first event. Photo courtesy of Zuriel

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Donations:
The Greenwood Company wishes to thank members who generously donated to the fund to purchase two new prize chains and popinjay pendants. The first was needed for the new SCA period equipment division and the second was to replace the one lost due to Forester Cirion's passing. Our thanks go out to Woody Adamson, Justin Brew and Lisa Heller, and Barb and Dan Hernandez.

[[Category:Events]]

Schutzenfest

2026-10-26T20:26:22Z

Milesent: /* The Current Schutzenkonigs */

[[Image:schutzenfestpop.jpg|thumb|Popinjay hand bow prize. Wood and bronze Popinjay by Colette Zilka, bronze chain by Zenith Quinn Drake, photo courtesy JamesSKoch]]
[[Image:schutzenfestpoppin.jpg|thumb|Bronze Schutzenkonig Pin Backed Badge, photo courtesy JamesSKoch]]
The Schutzenfest was begun in response to a perceived need for a master level competition to challenge the members of the Order Of The [[Greenwood Company]] and provide a venue for recognizing the skills of up and coming archers. This is currently an annual [[archery]] competition. The shoot is open to any and all archers and was originally broken into two divisions, hand bow and crossbow. A third division was added beginning at BWTA in late Winter 2019. This is a SCA period hand bow division for archers shooting equipment legal for use in the Pennsic Period equipment competition, no cut out arrow shelves and any arrow nocks must be of materials used during the SCA period. Matching costumes are encouraged. The Schutzenfest Coordinator arrainges a host for the competition, advertises, and handles the prizes. There are no set targets or shoots. It is up to the marshals of the sponsoring group to provide a challenging competition.

===Schutzenkonig===
The highest scorer in each division is declared the winner of the contest and becomes the Schutzenkonig of that division. There are three prizes consisting of wood and bronze popinjays suspended from bronze chains, two holding hand bows and the other holding a crossbow. The winners are accorded the right of retaining and wearing the prizes until the next Schutzenfest. At that time they must either appear at the competition to defend their prize, or surrender it to the next winner. Former holders of the prizes are awarded popinjay badges. Bronze badges go to first time winners, silver to individuals who have won twice, and gold to those who have won three or more times.
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===The Current Schutzenkonigs===
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!2026
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|[[IMAGE:Schutzen2026.jpg]]

|This year the Schutzenfest was held at Reign Of Arrows on August 28th with a large number of competitors. For the second time the winners in all three divisions returned to defend their prizes. Forester Aelfric the Kestrell was defending in the SCA period archery equipment division. Forester Eoin Rengarth was defending in the crossbow division. Jaeger Muldonny McVriw was defending in the open handbow division. There were a series of challenging targets in the field and more in the adjacent woods. These were similar to the challenging targets we shoot at the champions competition at Pennsic. The results were as follows. The winner in the SCA period archery equipment division was Forester Aelfric the Kestrell who again successfully defended and retains his prize. In the crossbow division the winner was Eoin Rengarth who also defended and retains his prize. In the open handbow division Jaeger Muldonny McVriw was outshot by Baron Cadwgan Faber. This was quite a feat on Cadwgan's part since he was up against a large field of very skilled archers. In the photo on the left is Forester Eoin Rengarth, in the middle Forester Aelfric the Kestrell, and on the right Baron Cadwgan Faber. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist
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===Schutzenkonigs Of Yore===
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!2025
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|[[Image:Schutzenfest2025.jpg|200px]]

|The Annual Hunt For The White Stag event on October 4th again occurred on a beautiful warm early Autumn day. For the first time ever the winners in all three divisions returned to defend their prizes. Jaeger Vidi Hovdestad (The Society Archery Marshal) and Forester Aelfric the Kestrell were defending in the SCA period archery equipment division. Crispin Fletcher was defending in the crossbow division. Jaeger Aethelwulf of Dover was defending in the open handbow division. This was the first Schutenfest since the new Order Of The Mark was created and members of that order were competing in all three divisions of the competition. After a long hot woods walk with a series of 3-D targets the results were as follows. The winner in the SCA period archery equipment division was Forester Aelfric the Kestrell who successfully defended and retains his prize. In the crossbow division the winner was Eoin Rengarth with an impressive score of 64 points out of a maximum possible of 66. Crispin was close behind with a score of 60 points, and according to the Grand Archery Tournament he currently has the highest crossbow standing in the Known World. In the open handbow division Jaeger Aethelwulf of Dover was outshot by Jaeger Muldonny McVriw. Jaeger Muldonny's has now won the open handbow division of the Schutzenfest for a third time. In the photo on the left is Forester Aelfric the Kestrell, in the middle Jaeger Muldonny McVriw, and on the right Eoin Rengarth. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist
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!2024
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|[[Image:CrispinOct2024.JPG|200px]]
|[[Image:AethelwulfOct2024.JPG|200px]]

|The Annual Hunt For The White Stag event on October 5th occurred on a beautiful early Autumn day, sunny, warm, with only the slightest breeze, and not at all humid. The perfect day for a Schutzenfest. Ivar Gregorson was unable to attend to defend his prize. Foresters [[Robert Thorne]] and [[Reimar Erikson]] were available to defend the Crossbow and SCA period hand bow prizes. The competition was an eleven station woods walk with life size 3D animal targets. When the final scores were tallied we had a surprise. We had never previously had a tie in any of the three divisions. This time we had ties in all three divisions and settled the matter with three shoot offs. In the end the crossbow division was won by Crispin Fletcher of the Kingdom of Northshield. This is only the second time an out of kingdom competitor has taken the prize. The open handbow division was won by Forester [[Aethelwulf of Dover]] of the Barony of Ayrenton.
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|[[Image:VidiOct2024.JPG|200px]]
|[[Image:AelfricOct2024.JPG|200px]]
|In the SCA period archery equipment division the two remaining tied competitors Vidi Hovdestad (The Society Archery Marshal) also of Nordskogen in the Kingdom of Northshield and Aelfric the Kestral both decided to share the prize. For Aelfric who previously shot in the open division this win was quite a feat. He chose to compete with a new ash longbow he received earlier that same morning with little time to practice. Photos courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist.
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!2023
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzenfest2023.JPG|300px]]
|The weather at Midland's Michaelmas and Schutzenfest on September 30th was sunny though unseasonably hot and somewhat breezy. Foresters Edward and Woody were unable to attend to defend their division prizes. Forester [[Gladius the Alchemist]] was available to defend the SCA period hand bow prize, but was outshot by Forester [[Reimar Erikson]]. The winner of the crossbow division is the Baron of Illiton, Forester [[Robert Thorne]]. This is no surprise since Robert is tied for first place as one of the two highest scoring crossbowmen in the Middle Kingdom with an impossible sounding Royal Round score of 126.3 points! There was a surprise though. The winner of the open handbow division was Ivar Gregorson. This was Ivar's first archery tournament and his first event! The last time this happened was nine years ago when Renzo Kuken won the open handbow division of the Schutzenfest in the Winter of 2014. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist.
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!2022
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzenfest2021.jpg|300px]]
|The weather at Fletchings V on September 11th was beautiful though windy. Unfortunately Forester Cirion who held the open hand bow division prize died suddenly and unexpectedly a few months earlier. He will be sorely missed. Forester Eamon was unable to attend to defend the crossbow division prize. Only Forester [[Gladius the Alchemist]] was available to defend the SCA period hand bow prize. The overall high scoring contestant for the day was Forester [[Edward Brackenburye]] winning in the open hand bow division. Edward's score was considerably higher than that of any of the other participants. Forester Woody took the prize in the crossbow division. He outshot both Tarmach and Forester Garvin The Slow using a crossbow made by Garvin. [[Gladius the Alchemist]] successfully defended the SCA period equipment hand bow prize. Photo courtesy of Tarmach.
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! 2020
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|colspan="3"| No Schutzenfests were held during 2020 and 2021 due to the global pandemic
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!Summer 2019
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:SchutzenfestSummer2019.JPG|300px]]
|Cirion was able to attend [[Reign of Arrows]], but Gwyneth and William were not able to do so. Rather than defend his prize, Cirion chose to compete in the open hand bow division. It was a beautiful though breezy day for an archery competition. In the end the winners were Forester Cirion with hand bow, Forester Eamon with crossbow, and Forester Gladius with SCA period hand bow. Photos courtesy JamesSKoch
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!Winter 2019
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|[[Image:Schutzen2014WinterCross.jpg|100px]]
|[[Image:Gwynneth2019.JPG|100px]]
|[[Image:Schutzenfest20191WM.JPG|100px]]
|Both Cirion and Muldonny were able to attend the Better War Through Archery Schutzenfest. Rather than defend their prizes, both switched back to their earlier weapon types. Cirion shot a crossbow and Muldonny shot a hand bow. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion with crossbow and Forester [[Gwyneth Cole]] with hand bow. This was the first Schutzenfest including the new SCA period equipment division. The new prize was won by William McFayden, the only winner who is not a member of the Greenwood Company. William had a good day. Not only did he win his division, he also had the highest overall hand bow score. Photos courtesy JamesSKoch
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!Summer 2018
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzenfest20182.jpg|200px]]
|Both Cirion and Muldonny were able to attend the [[Reign of Arrows]] Schutzenfest. Rather than defend their prizes, both agreed to switch weapon types. Cirion shot a hand bow and Muldonny shot a crossbow. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion with hand bow and Forester Muldonny with crossbow. This is the first time someone other than Cirion has won the crossbow prize. This is also the first time Muldonny has ever competed with a crossbow. Photo courtesy Gwyneth Cole

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!Winter 2018
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2018Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Better War through Archery]] March 31st, 2018. Gunnarr Bogsveigir attended to defend the hand bow prize. As is typical of this event, a large number of people entered the competition. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion and Forester Muldonny. This is the second time Muldonny has won the hand bow competition, making him the third person to have won twice. Cirion also won the Cedar Ring and Muldonny the Ash Ring, making them both double winners for the day. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2017
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutz2017Summer.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Reign of Arrows]] September, 2017. Gunnarr Bogsveigir drove up from Rivenstar to defend the hand bow prize. It was a beautiful day and perfect weather for shooting. A large number of people entered and competed this year including a number of members of the Greenwood Company. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion and Gunnarr, with Gunnarr outshooting Forester Tarquin by one point. This is the first time the hand bow prize was successfully defended. It also proves Gunnarr's earlier win at Better War was due more to skill than simple beginner's luck. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch
|notes

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!Winter 2017
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2017Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Better War through Archery]] 2017. Forester Tarquin was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. This was a very well attended event with plenty of competition in both divisions. Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize, but according to him it was close. The handbow winner is Gunnarr Bogsveigir of Rivenstar. She is one of the few non Foresters to win at BWTA, and the first female winner since Forester Zuriel won the original Schutzenfest. This is an impressive achievement since Gunnarr is new to archery and has attended only a few prior events. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2016
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2016Summer.jpg|200px]]
|Forester [[Cirion the Lefthanded]] again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Reign of Arrows]] 2016. Forester Muldonny was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Forester [[Tarquin the Red]]. This was one of the larger [[Reign of Arrows]] with approximately 40 competitors providing some serious competition. It was also the first time at this event that the hand bow prize was not taken out of kingdom by Raithe of Ealdormere. We had a large number of people competing with crossbow including [[Robert Thorne]] who is returning after an absense of many years. Robert came in second place. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2016
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2016Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2016 at [[Better War through Archery]]. Raithe was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Muldonny of the Cleftlands. The competition consisted of shooting an actual apple off of a target head. Participants started at close range, shot up to 6 arrows until they struck the apple or the head, or missed with all 6. Competitors who hit the apple went on to the next round, shot at a longer range. This went on until only one shooter remained, who was the ultimate winner of the competition. Pretty much everyone assumed, since this was a William Tell shoot and untimed, the final winner would be someone shooting a crossbow. The field was reduced to Muldonny, Forseter Lucas, both shooting hand bows, and Cirion shooting a crossbow. Lucas was eliminated and the line could be moved no farther back. It came down to a sudden death shoot off between Muldonny and Cirion. Muldonny placed an arrow solidly in the middle if his target apple. To the shock and surprise of many, Cirion shot and missed. This makes the second time in the Schutzenfest that a hand bow archer outshot Forester Cirion and his crossbow. The previous occurrence was at BWTA in 2014 when Renzo Kuchen managed to outscore Forester Cirion. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2015
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2015Summer.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion "The Yet Undefeatable" again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Summer of 2015 at [[Reign of Arrows]] 4. Forester Dearg of Oakenshield was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won for the second time by Raithe of Ealdormere. He won it at the previous Reign of Arrows. This makes Raithe the first hand bow shooter to win the Schutzenfest more than once. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2015
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2015Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Cirion "The Undefeatable" again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2015 at [[Better War through Archery]]. Raithe of Ealdormere was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Forester Dearg of Oakenshield shooting against a field of eighty opponents using a new bow he had never shot previously. Dearg had the second highest score for the day beating all of the other hand bow shooters and all of the crossbow shooters with the exception if Cirion. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Summer 2014
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Schutzen2014Summer.jpg|100px]]
|Forester Cirion, crossbow
|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Summer of 2014 at [[Reign of Arrows]] III. He remains undefeated and apparently invincible. Renzo was unable to defend the hand bow prize in the Summer of 2014. It was won by Raithe of Ealdormere, who is the first non Middle Kingdom archer to win the prize. Raithe shot well against a large field of opponents on a very challenging course, including a 100 yard clout. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2014
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Schutzen2014WinterHand.jpg|100px]]
|[[Image:Schutzen2014WinterCross.jpg|100px]]
|Forester Cirion successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2014. Forester Kenshin was unable to defend the hand bow prize in the Winter of 2014 due to a broken wrist. It was won by Renzo Kuken. Renzo was the first archer who was not a Forester of the Greenwood Company to win either prize. This was also Renzos first archery tournament and his first SCA event. This was an impressive showing. [[Better War through Archery]] is a well attended archery event and Renzo was shooting against nearly a dozen Foresters of the Greenwood Company. Not only did he beat all of the other hand bow shooters, he beat the top crossbow score by three points. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Fall 2013
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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Schutzen2013FallHand.jpg|100px]]
|Forester Cirion, crossbow
|Forester Kenshin won the hand bow prize at Melee In Roswell in the Fall of 2013. There were no crossbow challengers and Forester Cirion retained the prize for crossbow. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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!Winter 2013
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2013Winter.jpg|200px]]
|Forester Zuriel was unable to defend the prize the following Winter. It was won by Forester [[Neko Me]] in the Winter of 2013. Forester [[Cirion the Lefthanded]] was the first to win the prize with a crossbow in the Winter of 2013. Photo courtesy of JamesSKoch

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!Fall 2012
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|colspan="3"|[[Image:Schutzen2012Fall.jpg|200px]]
|Forester [[Zuriel Nightshade]] was the first archer to win the hand bow prize at the Eastwatch Grand Archery Tournament in the Fall of 2012. There were no crossbow entrants at that first event. Photo courtesy of Zuriel

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Donations:
The Greenwood Company wishes to thank members who generously donated to the fund to purchase two new prize chains and popinjay pendants. The first was needed for the new SCA period equipment division and the second was to replace the one lost due to Forester Cirion's passing. Our thanks go out to Woody Adamson, Justin Brew and Lisa Heller, and Barb and Dan Hernandez.

[[Category:Events]]

Schutzenfest

2026-10-26T20:25:51Z

Milesent: /* The Current Schutzenkonigs */

[[Image:schutzenfestpop.jpg|thumb|Popinjay hand bow prize. Wood and bronze Popinjay by Colette Zilka, bronze chain by Zenith Quinn Drake, photo courtesy JamesSKoch]]
[[Image:schutzenfestpoppin.jpg|thumb|Bronze Schutzenkonig Pin Backed Badge, photo courtesy JamesSKoch]]
The Schutzenfest was begun in response to a perceived need for a master level competition to challenge the members of the Order Of The [[Greenwood Company]] and provide a venue for recognizing the skills of up and coming archers. This is currently an annual [[archery]] competition. The shoot is open to any and all archers and was originally broken into two divisions, hand bow and crossbow. A third division was added beginning at BWTA in late Winter 2019. This is a SCA period hand bow division for archers shooting equipment legal for use in the Pennsic Period equipment competition, no cut out arrow shelves and any arrow nocks must be of materials used during the SCA period. Matching costumes are encouraged. The Schutzenfest Coordinator arrainges a host for the competition, advertises, and handles the prizes. There are no set targets or shoots. It is up to the marshals of the sponsoring group to provide a challenging competition.

===Schutzenkonig===
The highest scorer in each division is declared the winner of the contest and becomes the Schutzenkonig of that division. There are three prizes consisting of wood and bronze popinjays suspended from bronze chains, two holding hand bows and the other holding a crossbow. The winners are accorded the right of retaining and wearing the prizes until the next Schutzenfest. At that time they must either appear at the competition to defend their prize, or surrender it to the next winner. Former holders of the prizes are awarded popinjay badges. Bronze badges go to first time winners, silver to individuals who have won twice, and gold to those who have won three or more times.
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===The Current Schutzenkonigs===
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!2026
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|[[File:Schutzen2026.jpg|200px]]

|This year the Schutzenfest was held at Reign Of Arrows on August 28th with a large number of competitors. For the second time the winners in all three divisions returned to defend their prizes. Forester Aelfric the Kestrell was defending in the SCA period archery equipment division. Forester Eoin Rengarth was defending in the crossbow division. Jaeger Muldonny McVriw was defending in the open handbow division. There were a series of challenging targets in the field and more in the adjacent woods. These were similar to the challenging targets we shoot at the champions competition at Pennsic. The results were as follows. The winner in the SCA period archery equipment division was Forester Aelfric the Kestrell who again successfully defended and retains his prize. In the crossbow division the winner was Eoin Rengarth who also defended and retains his prize. In the open handbow division Jaeger Muldonny McVriw was outshot by Baron Cadwgan Faber. This was quite a feat on Cadwgan's part since he was up against a large field of very skilled archers. In the photo on the left is Forester Eoin Rengarth, in the middle Forester Aelfric the Kestrell, and on the right Baron Cadwgan Faber. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist
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===Schutzenkonigs Of Yore===
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!2025
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|The Annual Hunt For The White Stag event on October 4th again occurred on a beautiful warm early Autumn day. For the first time ever the winners in all three divisions returned to defend their prizes. Jaeger Vidi Hovdestad (The Society Archery Marshal) and Forester Aelfric the Kestrell were defending in the SCA period archery equipment division. Crispin Fletcher was defending in the crossbow division. Jaeger Aethelwulf of Dover was defending in the open handbow division. This was the first Schutenfest since the new Order Of The Mark was created and members of that order were competing in all three divisions of the competition. After a long hot woods walk with a series of 3-D targets the results were as follows. The winner in the SCA period archery equipment division was Forester Aelfric the Kestrell who successfully defended and retains his prize. In the crossbow division the winner was Eoin Rengarth with an impressive score of 64 points out of a maximum possible of 66. Crispin was close behind with a score of 60 points, and according to the Grand Archery Tournament he currently has the highest crossbow standing in the Known World. In the open handbow division Jaeger Aethelwulf of Dover was outshot by Jaeger Muldonny McVriw. Jaeger Muldonny's has now won the open handbow division of the Schutzenfest for a third time. In the photo on the left is Forester Aelfric the Kestrell, in the middle Jaeger Muldonny McVriw, and on the right Eoin Rengarth. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist
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|The Annual Hunt For The White Stag event on October 5th occurred on a beautiful early Autumn day, sunny, warm, with only the slightest breeze, and not at all humid. The perfect day for a Schutzenfest. Ivar Gregorson was unable to attend to defend his prize. Foresters [[Robert Thorne]] and [[Reimar Erikson]] were available to defend the Crossbow and SCA period hand bow prizes. The competition was an eleven station woods walk with life size 3D animal targets. When the final scores were tallied we had a surprise. We had never previously had a tie in any of the three divisions. This time we had ties in all three divisions and settled the matter with three shoot offs. In the end the crossbow division was won by Crispin Fletcher of the Kingdom of Northshield. This is only the second time an out of kingdom competitor has taken the prize. The open handbow division was won by Forester [[Aethelwulf of Dover]] of the Barony of Ayrenton.
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|In the SCA period archery equipment division the two remaining tied competitors Vidi Hovdestad (The Society Archery Marshal) also of Nordskogen in the Kingdom of Northshield and Aelfric the Kestral both decided to share the prize. For Aelfric who previously shot in the open division this win was quite a feat. He chose to compete with a new ash longbow he received earlier that same morning with little time to practice. Photos courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist.
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|The weather at Midland's Michaelmas and Schutzenfest on September 30th was sunny though unseasonably hot and somewhat breezy. Foresters Edward and Woody were unable to attend to defend their division prizes. Forester [[Gladius the Alchemist]] was available to defend the SCA period hand bow prize, but was outshot by Forester [[Reimar Erikson]]. The winner of the crossbow division is the Baron of Illiton, Forester [[Robert Thorne]]. This is no surprise since Robert is tied for first place as one of the two highest scoring crossbowmen in the Middle Kingdom with an impossible sounding Royal Round score of 126.3 points! There was a surprise though. The winner of the open handbow division was Ivar Gregorson. This was Ivar's first archery tournament and his first event! The last time this happened was nine years ago when Renzo Kuken won the open handbow division of the Schutzenfest in the Winter of 2014. Photo courtesy of Gladius The Alchemist.
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|The weather at Fletchings V on September 11th was beautiful though windy. Unfortunately Forester Cirion who held the open hand bow division prize died suddenly and unexpectedly a few months earlier. He will be sorely missed. Forester Eamon was unable to attend to defend the crossbow division prize. Only Forester [[Gladius the Alchemist]] was available to defend the SCA period hand bow prize. The overall high scoring contestant for the day was Forester [[Edward Brackenburye]] winning in the open hand bow division. Edward's score was considerably higher than that of any of the other participants. Forester Woody took the prize in the crossbow division. He outshot both Tarmach and Forester Garvin The Slow using a crossbow made by Garvin. [[Gladius the Alchemist]] successfully defended the SCA period equipment hand bow prize. Photo courtesy of Tarmach.
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|Cirion was able to attend [[Reign of Arrows]], but Gwyneth and William were not able to do so. Rather than defend his prize, Cirion chose to compete in the open hand bow division. It was a beautiful though breezy day for an archery competition. In the end the winners were Forester Cirion with hand bow, Forester Eamon with crossbow, and Forester Gladius with SCA period hand bow. Photos courtesy JamesSKoch
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|Both Cirion and Muldonny were able to attend the Better War Through Archery Schutzenfest. Rather than defend their prizes, both switched back to their earlier weapon types. Cirion shot a crossbow and Muldonny shot a hand bow. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion with crossbow and Forester [[Gwyneth Cole]] with hand bow. This was the first Schutzenfest including the new SCA period equipment division. The new prize was won by William McFayden, the only winner who is not a member of the Greenwood Company. William had a good day. Not only did he win his division, he also had the highest overall hand bow score. Photos courtesy JamesSKoch
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|Both Cirion and Muldonny were able to attend the [[Reign of Arrows]] Schutzenfest. Rather than defend their prizes, both agreed to switch weapon types. Cirion shot a hand bow and Muldonny shot a crossbow. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion with hand bow and Forester Muldonny with crossbow. This is the first time someone other than Cirion has won the crossbow prize. This is also the first time Muldonny has ever competed with a crossbow. Photo courtesy Gwyneth Cole

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|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Better War through Archery]] March 31st, 2018. Gunnarr Bogsveigir attended to defend the hand bow prize. As is typical of this event, a large number of people entered the competition. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion and Forester Muldonny. This is the second time Muldonny has won the hand bow competition, making him the third person to have won twice. Cirion also won the Cedar Ring and Muldonny the Ash Ring, making them both double winners for the day. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Reign of Arrows]] September, 2017. Gunnarr Bogsveigir drove up from Rivenstar to defend the hand bow prize. It was a beautiful day and perfect weather for shooting. A large number of people entered and competed this year including a number of members of the Greenwood Company. In the end the two winners were Forester Cirion and Gunnarr, with Gunnarr outshooting Forester Tarquin by one point. This is the first time the hand bow prize was successfully defended. It also proves Gunnarr's earlier win at Better War was due more to skill than simple beginner's luck. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch
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|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Better War through Archery]] 2017. Forester Tarquin was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. This was a very well attended event with plenty of competition in both divisions. Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize, but according to him it was close. The handbow winner is Gunnarr Bogsveigir of Rivenstar. She is one of the few non Foresters to win at BWTA, and the first female winner since Forester Zuriel won the original Schutzenfest. This is an impressive achievement since Gunnarr is new to archery and has attended only a few prior events. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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|Forester [[Cirion the Lefthanded]] again successfully defended the crossbow prize at [[Reign of Arrows]] 2016. Forester Muldonny was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Forester [[Tarquin the Red]]. This was one of the larger [[Reign of Arrows]] with approximately 40 competitors providing some serious competition. It was also the first time at this event that the hand bow prize was not taken out of kingdom by Raithe of Ealdormere. We had a large number of people competing with crossbow including [[Robert Thorne]] who is returning after an absense of many years. Robert came in second place. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2016 at [[Better War through Archery]]. Raithe was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Muldonny of the Cleftlands. The competition consisted of shooting an actual apple off of a target head. Participants started at close range, shot up to 6 arrows until they struck the apple or the head, or missed with all 6. Competitors who hit the apple went on to the next round, shot at a longer range. This went on until only one shooter remained, who was the ultimate winner of the competition. Pretty much everyone assumed, since this was a William Tell shoot and untimed, the final winner would be someone shooting a crossbow. The field was reduced to Muldonny, Forseter Lucas, both shooting hand bows, and Cirion shooting a crossbow. Lucas was eliminated and the line could be moved no farther back. It came down to a sudden death shoot off between Muldonny and Cirion. Muldonny placed an arrow solidly in the middle if his target apple. To the shock and surprise of many, Cirion shot and missed. This makes the second time in the Schutzenfest that a hand bow archer outshot Forester Cirion and his crossbow. The previous occurrence was at BWTA in 2014 when Renzo Kuchen managed to outscore Forester Cirion. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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|Forester Cirion "The Yet Undefeatable" again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Summer of 2015 at [[Reign of Arrows]] 4. Forester Dearg of Oakenshield was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won for the second time by Raithe of Ealdormere. He won it at the previous Reign of Arrows. This makes Raithe the first hand bow shooter to win the Schutzenfest more than once. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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|Forester Cirion "The Undefeatable" again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2015 at [[Better War through Archery]]. Raithe of Ealdormere was unable to attend to defend the hand bow prize. The hand bow prize was won by Forester Dearg of Oakenshield shooting against a field of eighty opponents using a new bow he had never shot previously. Dearg had the second highest score for the day beating all of the other hand bow shooters and all of the crossbow shooters with the exception if Cirion. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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|Forester Cirion again successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Summer of 2014 at [[Reign of Arrows]] III. He remains undefeated and apparently invincible. Renzo was unable to defend the hand bow prize in the Summer of 2014. It was won by Raithe of Ealdormere, who is the first non Middle Kingdom archer to win the prize. Raithe shot well against a large field of opponents on a very challenging course, including a 100 yard clout. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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|Forester Cirion successfully defended the crossbow prize in the Winter of 2014. Forester Kenshin was unable to defend the hand bow prize in the Winter of 2014 due to a broken wrist. It was won by Renzo Kuken. Renzo was the first archer who was not a Forester of the Greenwood Company to win either prize. This was also Renzos first archery tournament and his first SCA event. This was an impressive showing. [[Better War through Archery]] is a well attended archery event and Renzo was shooting against nearly a dozen Foresters of the Greenwood Company. Not only did he beat all of the other hand bow shooters, he beat the top crossbow score by three points. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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|Forester Kenshin won the hand bow prize at Melee In Roswell in the Fall of 2013. There were no crossbow challengers and Forester Cirion retained the prize for crossbow. Photo courtesy JamesSKoch

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|Forester Zuriel was unable to defend the prize the following Winter. It was won by Forester [[Neko Me]] in the Winter of 2013. Forester [[Cirion the Lefthanded]] was the first to win the prize with a crossbow in the Winter of 2013. Photo courtesy of JamesSKoch

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|Forester [[Zuriel Nightshade]] was the first archer to win the hand bow prize at the Eastwatch Grand Archery Tournament in the Fall of 2012. There were no crossbow entrants at that first event. Photo courtesy of Zuriel

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Donations:
The Greenwood Company wishes to thank members who generously donated to the fund to purchase two new prize chains and popinjay pendants. The first was needed for the new SCA period equipment division and the second was to replace the one lost due to Forester Cirion's passing. Our thanks go out to Woody Adamson, Justin Brew and Lisa Heller, and Barb and Dan Hernandez.

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Ceinwen ferch Elidure O'Denbeigh

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Listed in Midrealm OP as Ceinwen ferch Elidir O'Denbigh
== Persona ==
Ceinwen ferch Elidure O'Denbeigh is perhaps best known for her love of the 12th century and cooking. She was the head cook for the Coronation Feast of Rangvaldr I and Arabella I. A long time resident of the [[Barony]] of the [[Cleftlands]] she served very ably as Baronial [[Exchequer]] before having to step down from that post early on account of becoming Princess of the Midrealm.

== Awards & Honors ==
===Kingdom Awards===
*[[Award of Arms]] awarded 11 January 1997
*[[Purple Fret]] awarded 07 November 2000
*[[Willow]] awarded 26 January 2002
*[[Sapphire]] awarded 20 October 2007
*[[Court Baroness]] awarded 05 September 2009
*[[Countess]] awarded 25 September 2010
*[[Rose]] (No PoA) awarded 25 September 2010

===Other Awards===

== Offices & Positions ==
Former [[Cleftlands]] Baronial [[Exchequer]]

== Affiliations & Relationships ==
Cienwen is an apprentice for cooking to Master Patrick Macphalean and a protege of?

===Households & Guilds===

== Miscellany ==
===Interests and SCA-related hobbies===
In addition to being an avid cook, Cienwen is fond of 12th century studies and costuming and does beautiful calligraphy and illumination.

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===Projects & Publications===

==Reign details ==
[[81st Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]

[[112th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]

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[[Category:12th Century]]
[[Category:Romanesque Era]]

Ceinwen ferch Elidure O'Denbeigh

2026-09-29T13:36:55Z

Milesent: /* Reign details */

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Listed in Midrealm OP as Ceinwen ferch Elidir O'Denbigh
== Persona ==
Ceinwen ferch Elidure O'Denbeigh is perhaps best known for her love of the 12th century and cooking. She was the head cook for the Coronation Feast of Rangvaldr I and Arabella I. A long time resident of the [[Barony]] of the [[Cleftlands]] she served very ably as Baronial [[Exchequer]] before having to step down from that post early on account of becoming Princess of the Midrealm.

== Awards & Honors ==
===Kingdom Awards===
*[[Award of Arms]] awarded 11 January 1997
*[[Purple Fret]] awarded 07 November 2000
*[[Willow]] awarded 26 January 2002
*[[Sapphire]] awarded 20 October 2007
*[[Court Baroness]] awarded 05 September 2009
*[[Countess]] awarded 25 September 2010
*[[Rose]] (No PoA) awarded 25 September 2010

===Other Awards===

== Offices & Positions ==
Former [[Cleftlands]] Baronial [[Exchequer]]

== Affiliations & Relationships ==
Cienwen is an apprentice for cooking to Master Patrick Macphalean and a protege of?

===Households & Guilds===

== Miscellany ==
===Interests and SCA-related hobbies===
In addition to being an avid cook, Cienwen is fond of 12th century studies and costuming and does beautiful calligraphy and illumination.

===Classes Taught===

===Projects & Publications===

==Reign details ==
[[81st Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]

[[112th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]

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| before=[[Dag Thorgrimsson|Dag VI]] and [[AnneMarie de Garmeaulx|AnneMarie II]]
| reignwith=[[Radagaisus Vidigoia Balthi]]
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| after=[[Ullr Vindstygge|Ullr II]] and [[Annelyse van Gavere|Annelyse II]]
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| after= tba
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{{MKqueens}}
[[Category:Midrealm Queens]]
[[Category:12th Century]]
[[Category:Romanesque Era]]

Radagaisus Vidigoia Balthus

2026-09-29T13:36:14Z

Milesent: /* Reign details */

{{Populace|photo = [[Image:4128830746 186348abc6.jpg|300px]]| photocaption = Prince Radagaisus at the Cleftlands January event, 2010 | location = [[Cleftlands]] | status = Current Member | device = [[Image:Radigaisus-Arms.gif]] | devicecaption = device description}}

Eighty-first King of the Middle Kingdom.

Sir Radagaisus Vidigoia Balthus (Called Rutgur) is an active fighter and member of House [[Darkyard]], he was a squire to Master Sir Trelogin Tavistok of that House. In addition to the kingdom and [[Cleftlands]] Baronial awards, Rutgur has received two awards from the Barony of [[Roaring Wastes]], The Chalice and Baron's Favor (which came with land!) and had served as one of Her Majesty Guenievre's Queen's Guard. During the seasons of Pennsic 33-34 (2004-2005), Rutgur served the Cleftlands as its Standard Bearer and was one of the many Oaken Ironmen. Rutgur fought on the Pennsic Unbelted Champions Team for seven years. Less known is the fact that Rutgur is fond of sewing and made many of his own coptic tunics.

== Persona ==
Radagaisus is a 5th century Visigoth warrior who fights with sword & shield, mace, greatsword and spear.

== Offices & Positions ==
Former [[Cleftlands]] Deputy [[Seneschal]] (Under Seneschal [[Nial the Wanderer of Bork|Nial of Bork]]) March 21, 2001 to July 2nd, 2003.

Cleftlands Standard Bearer 2004 and 2005

== Chivalric Lineage ==
Squire to Sir [[Trelogin Tavistok]]

He has had the following [[squire]]s elevated to the Order of the [[Chivalry]]: [[Wigthegn the Younger ]]

== Interests and SCA-related hobbies ==
He also enjoys sewing his own garb, and researching the Dark Ages, particularly 376AD - 711AD.

==Reign details ==

[[81st Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]

[[112th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]

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| before=[[Louis LeCoffrier|Louis II]] and [[Sadb ingen Donnchadha|Sadb II]]
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| after= tba
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{{MKkings}}
[[Category:Midrealm Kings]]
[[Category:Chivalry]]
[[Category:Dark Ages]]

112th Reign of the Middle Kingdom

2026-09-29T13:33:40Z

Milesent: Created page with "'''King:''' Radagaisus Vidigoia Balthus '''Queen:''' Ceinwen ferch Elidure O'Denbeigh '''Crown Tournament:''' '''Coronation:''' '''Notable events:''' '''Champions:''' * King's Armored Champion: * Queen's Armored Champion: * Unbelted Armored Champion: * Rapier Champion: * Kingdom Archery Champion: * Kingdom Bardic Champion: none * Kingdom Arts and Sciences Champion: none '''Royal Staff:''' * Chamberlain:..."

'''King:''' [[Radagaisus Vidigoia Balthus]]

'''Queen:''' [[Ceinwen ferch Elidure O'Denbeigh]]

'''[[112th Middle Kingdom Crown Tournament|Crown Tournament]]:'''

'''Coronation:'''

'''Notable events:'''

'''Champions:'''
* King's Armored Champion:
* Queen's Armored Champion:
* Unbelted Armored Champion:
* Rapier Champion:
* Kingdom Archery Champion:
* Kingdom Bardic Champion: none
* Kingdom Arts and Sciences Champion: none

'''Royal Staff:'''
* Chamberlain:
* Head Retainer:
* Webminister:
* Wardrobe Meistres:
* Wardrobe Assistant:
* Quartermaster:

'''Knights/Masters elevated:'''
*

'''Laurels elevated:'''
*

'''Pelicans elevated:'''
*

'''Masters of Defense elevated:'''
*

'''Hunters of the Mark elevated:'''
*

'''Curia Regis:'''
* Kingdom Seneschal: [[Arabella Silvermane]]
* Dragon Herald: [[Kallinikos Gavras]]
* Earl Marshal: [Fergus MacPherson]]
* Exchequer: [[Aidan Blackstone]]
* Chronicler: [[Elwynor ferch Alwyn]]
* A&S Minister: [[Alzbeta Michalik]]
* Chatelaine: [[Claricia de la Mere]]

<hr>

[[111th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]] < [[112th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]] > [[113th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]

[[Category:Reigns]]

111th Reign of the Middle Kingdom

2026-09-29T13:32:15Z

Milesent: Created page with "'''King:''' Louis LeCoffrier '''Queen:''' Sadb ingen Donnchadha '''Crown Tournament:''' '''Coronation:''' '''Notable events:''' '''Champions:''' * King's Armored Champion: * Queen's Armored Champion: * Unbelted Armored Champion: * Rapier Champion: * Kingdom Archery Champion: * Kingdom Bardic Champion: none * Kingdom Arts and Sciences Champion: none '''Royal Staff:''' * Chamberlain: * Head Retainer: * We..."

'''King:''' [[Louis LeCoffrier]]

'''Queen:''' [[Sadb ingen Donnchadha]]

'''[[111th Middle Kingdom Crown Tournament|Crown Tournament]]:'''

'''Coronation:'''

'''Notable events:'''

'''Champions:'''
* King's Armored Champion:
* Queen's Armored Champion:
* Unbelted Armored Champion:
* Rapier Champion:
* Kingdom Archery Champion:
* Kingdom Bardic Champion: none
* Kingdom Arts and Sciences Champion: none

'''Royal Staff:'''
* Chamberlain:
* Head Retainer:
* Webminister:
* Wardrobe Meistres:
* Wardrobe Assistant:
* Quartermaster:

'''Knights/Masters elevated:'''
*

'''Laurels elevated:'''
*

'''Pelicans elevated:'''
*

'''Masters of Defense elevated:'''
*

'''Hunters of the Mark elevated:'''
*

'''Curia Regis:'''
* Kingdom Seneschal: [[Arabella Silvermane]]
* Dragon Herald: [[Kallinikos Gavras]]
* Earl Marshal: [Fergus MacPherson]]
* Exchequer: [[Aidan Blackstone]]
* Chronicler: [[Elwynor ferch Alwyn]]
* A&S Minister: [[Alzbeta Michalik]]
* Chatelaine: [[Claricia de la Mere]]

<hr>

[[110th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]] < [[111th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]] > [[112th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]

[[Category:Reigns]]

Louis LeCoffrier

2026-09-29T13:26:54Z

Milesent: /* Reign Details */

{{Populace
|photo = [[Image:KingLouis.jpg|300px]]
| photocaption = King Louis
| location = Barony of Roaring Wastes
| Awards = See the Midrealm OP for the most updated awards list.
| pronouns = He/Him
| title = Earl
| status = Current Member
| device = [[Image:LouisLeCoffrierHeraldry.jpg|300px]]
| devicecaption = Sable, a point pointed and on a chief argent three eagles sable.
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One hundred fifth King of the Middle Kingdom.

== Persona ==

== Awards ==
===Kingdom Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#9999FF;"
! Award !! Date
|-
|[[Award of Arms]]||{{#time: M d, |2012-09-01}} A.S. {{asdate|2012-09-01}} ({{#time: Y |2012-09-01}})
|-
|Award of the [[Dragon's Tooth]]||{{#time: M d, |2015-08-04}} A.S. {{asdate|2015-08-04}} ({{#time: Y |2015-08-04}})
|-
|Order of the [[Red Company]]||{{#time: M d, |2017-01-07}} A.S. {{asdate|2017-01-07}} ({{#time: Y |2017-01-07}})
|-
|Award of the [[Doe's Grace]]||{{#time: M d, |2017-04-08}} A.S. {{asdate|2017-04-08}} ({{#time: Y |2017-04-08}})
|-
|Order of [[Chivalry]]||{{#time: M d, |2017-05-06}} A.S. {{asdate|2017-05-06}} ({{#time: Y |2017-05-06}})
|-
|Order of the [[Royal Vanguard]]||{{#time: M d, |2017-05-06}} A.S. {{asdate|2017-05-06}} ({{#time: Y |2017-05-06}})
|-
|Award of the [[Dragon's Tooth]]||{{#time: M d, |2018-03-14}} A.S. {{asdate|2018-03-14}} ({{#time: Y |2018-03-14}})
|-
|Award of the [[Purple Fret]]||{{#time: M d, |2022-09-17}} A.S. {{asdate|2022-09-17}} ({{#time: Y |2022-09-17}})
|-
|[[Count]]||{{#time: M d, |2023-09-23}} A.S. {{asdate|2022-09-23}} ({{#time: Y |2022-09-23}})
|-
|Award of the [[Willow]]||{{#time: M d, |2024-10-26}} A.S. {{asdate|2024-10-26}} ({{#time: Y |2024-10-26}})
|-
|[[Court Baron / Baroness]]||{{#time: M d, |2025-02-08}} A.S. {{asdate|2025-02-08}} ({{#time: Y |2025-02-08}})
|-
|Award of the [[Dragon's Tooth]]||{{#time: M d, |2025-03-13}} A.S. {{asdate|2025-03-13}} ({{#time: Y |2025-03-13}})
|}

== Offices & Positions ==

6th Baron of Roaring Wastes

== Miscellany ==

Member of House Darkyard.

== Interests and SCA-related hobbies ==

==Reign Details==

[[105th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]

[[111th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]

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| years=05/2023– 09/2023
| after= [[Wigthegn the Younger|Wigthegn]] and [[Neassa O’Cathasaigh|Neassa]]
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| after= [[Radagaisus Vidigoia Balthi|Radagaisus II]] and [[Ceinwen ferch Elidure O'Denbeigh|Ceinwen II]]
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{{MKkings}}
[[Category:Midrealm Kings]]
[[Category:Chivalry]]

Sadb ingen Donnchadha

2026-09-29T13:26:27Z

Milesent: /* Reign Details */

{{Populace|photo = [[Image:BaronessSabh.jpg|300px]]
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|status = Current Member
|pronouns =
|title =
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== Persona ==

== Awards & Honors ==
===Kingdom Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#9999FF;"
! Award !! Date
|-
|[[Award of Arms]]||{{#time: M d, |2015-11-07}} A.S. {{asdate|2015-11-07}} ({{#time: Y |2015-11-07}})
|-
|Award of the [[Doe's Grace]]||{{#time: M d, |2017-04-08}} A.S. {{asdate|2017-04-08}} ({{#time: Y |2017-04-08}})
|-
|Award of the [[Purple Fret]]||{{#time: M d, |2022-09-17}} A.S. {{asdate|2022-09-17}} ({{#time: Y |2022-09-17}})
|-
|[[Countess]] (Reigned as Queen of the Middle Kingdom from 06-MAY-2023 to 23-SEP-2023)||{{#time: M d, |2023-09-23}} A.S. {{asdate|2023-09-23}} ({{#time: Y |2023-09-23}})
|-
|Order of [[Rose]]||{{#time: M d, |2023-09-23}} A.S. {{asdate|2023-09-23}} ({{#time: Y |2023-09-23}})
|-
|Order of [[Chivalry]]||{{#time: M d, |2024-04-27}} A.S. {{asdate|2024-04-27}} ({{#time: Y |2024-04-27}})
|-
|Award of the [[Willow]]||{{#time: M d, |2024-11-02}} A.S. {{asdate|2024-11-02}} ({{#time: Y |2024-11-02}})
|-
|[[Court Baron / Baroness]]||{{#time: M d, |2025-02-08}} A.S. {{asdate|2025-02-08}} ({{#time: Y |2025-02-08}})
|}

===Baronial Awards===

== Offices & Positions ==
*6th [[Territorial Baroness]] of [[Barony of Roaring Wastes]] from 04 January 2020 to February 2025.

== Affiliations & Relationships ==

===Households & Guilds===
Member of House Darkyard.

== Miscellany ==
Fought as a war-queen in Armored and Rapier battles in Pennsic L.

===Interests and SCA-related hobbies===
Authorized in Armored and Rapier Combat.

===Classes Taught===

===Projects & Publications===

== In Case of Court ==

===Scroll Preferences===

==Reign Details==
[[105th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]
[[111th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]

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{{MKqueens}}

[[Category:Midrealm Queens]]

Louis LeCoffrier

2026-09-29T13:24:47Z

Milesent:

{{Populace
|photo = [[Image:KingLouis.jpg|300px]]
| photocaption = King Louis
| location = Barony of Roaring Wastes
| Awards = See the Midrealm OP for the most updated awards list.
| pronouns = He/Him
| title = Earl
| status = Current Member
| device = [[Image:LouisLeCoffrierHeraldry.jpg|300px]]
| devicecaption = Sable, a point pointed and on a chief argent three eagles sable.
}}

One hundred fifth King of the Middle Kingdom.

== Persona ==

== Awards ==
===Kingdom Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background-color:#9999FF;"
! Award !! Date
|-
|[[Award of Arms]]||{{#time: M d, |2012-09-01}} A.S. {{asdate|2012-09-01}} ({{#time: Y |2012-09-01}})
|-
|Award of the [[Dragon's Tooth]]||{{#time: M d, |2015-08-04}} A.S. {{asdate|2015-08-04}} ({{#time: Y |2015-08-04}})
|-
|Order of the [[Red Company]]||{{#time: M d, |2017-01-07}} A.S. {{asdate|2017-01-07}} ({{#time: Y |2017-01-07}})
|-
|Award of the [[Doe's Grace]]||{{#time: M d, |2017-04-08}} A.S. {{asdate|2017-04-08}} ({{#time: Y |2017-04-08}})
|-
|Order of [[Chivalry]]||{{#time: M d, |2017-05-06}} A.S. {{asdate|2017-05-06}} ({{#time: Y |2017-05-06}})
|-
|Order of the [[Royal Vanguard]]||{{#time: M d, |2017-05-06}} A.S. {{asdate|2017-05-06}} ({{#time: Y |2017-05-06}})
|-
|Award of the [[Dragon's Tooth]]||{{#time: M d, |2018-03-14}} A.S. {{asdate|2018-03-14}} ({{#time: Y |2018-03-14}})
|-
|Award of the [[Purple Fret]]||{{#time: M d, |2022-09-17}} A.S. {{asdate|2022-09-17}} ({{#time: Y |2022-09-17}})
|-
|[[Count]]||{{#time: M d, |2023-09-23}} A.S. {{asdate|2022-09-23}} ({{#time: Y |2022-09-23}})
|-
|Award of the [[Willow]]||{{#time: M d, |2024-10-26}} A.S. {{asdate|2024-10-26}} ({{#time: Y |2024-10-26}})
|-
|[[Court Baron / Baroness]]||{{#time: M d, |2025-02-08}} A.S. {{asdate|2025-02-08}} ({{#time: Y |2025-02-08}})
|-
|Award of the [[Dragon's Tooth]]||{{#time: M d, |2025-03-13}} A.S. {{asdate|2025-03-13}} ({{#time: Y |2025-03-13}})
|}

== Offices & Positions ==

6th Baron of Roaring Wastes

== Miscellany ==

Member of House Darkyard.

== Interests and SCA-related hobbies ==

==Reign Details==

[[105th Reign of the Middle Kingdom]]

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| after= [[Radagaisus Vidigoia Balthi|Radagaisus II]] and [[Ceinwen ferch Elidure O'Denbeigh|Ceinwen II]]
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{{MKkings}}
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[[Category:Chivalry]]

Main Page

2026-09-29T12:56:52Z

Milesent: I'm always hunting for what AS it is.

We are in the 61st year of the society (as of May 1, 2026)

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The Honorable Company of Embroiderers

2026-08-25T19:34:19Z

Milesent: /* Journeymen */

The Honorable Company of Embroiderers is currently (as of October 2018) in the process of forming. The guild leader is [[Edward Brackenburye]]. The guild is modeled after the East Kingdom's [https://thimble.eastkingdom.org/ Athena's Thimble Guild]. See also the [[Guild Charter for the Honorable Company of Embroiderers]]

[[image:Opie2.jpg|thumb|Opie the mascot of the Honorable Company of Embroiderers]]

==Guild Officers ==
* Leader: Edward Brackenburye
* Registrar: Kathy

===Panel Administrators===
Member rankings are achieved through Embroidery Panels run by Panel Administrators.

* Edward Brackenburye
* Caristonia Ainslie
* Cellach MacCormaic
* Cerridwen verch Ioreword
* Clara van den Broucke
* Ghadah Falak Noor bint Safi Abdu-llah
* Milesent Vibert
* Muirgheal inghean Donnchaidh

==Guild Members ==

===Freemen===
This rank requires expert level in four categories, Period Competency in two other categories, and Competency in the remaining categories.

None yet!

===Craftsmen===
This rank requires ranking in eight of the guild categories. Four of which need to be at the Period Competency level.

None yet!

===Journeymen===
This rank requires ranking in four of the embroidery categories of the guild. Two of the rankings need to be in the competency level or higher.

*[[Cerridwen verch Ioreword]]
*[[Dulcia Wylde]]
*[[Edward Brackenburye]]
* Ghadah Falak Noor bint Safi Abdu-llah,
*[[Milesent Vibert]]
*[[Violante do Porto]]

===Novices===
This is the entry rank for the guild.

*Aasa Sorensdottir,
*Aliet van Hulle,
*Anna Rosina Kromphardt,
*[[AnneLyse van Gavere]],
*[[Aveline de Ceresbroch]],
*Astridr Hrothgarskona,
*Azzah bint al-Badawi al-Murabbiyyah al-Rualliyyah,
*Ælfwynn aec Ouse,
*Branwen Scholastica,
*Cassia,
*Caristonia Ainslie,
*[[Cellach MacCormaic]],
*Christofle Etienne de Lorraine dit le juene,
*[[Colette du Pré]],
*[[Edyth Miller]],
*[[Eleanor von Atzinger]],
*Fionna Goodburne MacNicol,
*Frothi Ketilsson,
*Gerard Carver,
*[[Inabe Yasue]],
*Jadwiga Wlodzislawksa,
*Jerusha a’Laon,
*Johnnae llyn Lewis,
*Katarina Peregrine,
*Katerin ferch Gwenllian,
*Kathy Burden,
*Konstans Errickson,
*[[Lynne Fairchild]],
*Mar’itsa Sumnikova,
*Miriana of Cleftlands,
*Margaret of Hollingford,
*Mirabai Sitt al-Sirr,
*Moira MacGillavrey,
*Muirgheal inghean Donnchaidh,
*[[Odette d'Amboise]],
*Petrona da Manciano,
*[[Roisin de Burgh]]
*Shauna,
*Sofya Chyudskaya Smolyanina,
*[[Seonaid inghean Ghriogar]],
*[[Tessa of Wight]],

[[The Honorable Company of Embroiderers Panel Rankings]]

==History of the Guild==

Note: the Guild of [[Withie and Woolmongers]], while primarily a fiber-arts (spinning and weaving) guild, included Embroidery.

There was a previous attempt to form a Kingdom Embroidery Guild (more information?)

August 2018 - Edward attended the Athena's Thimble meeting at Pennsic and fell in love. He contacted some of the noted embroiderers he knew with the idea of forming a similar guild in the Middle Kingdom.

October 13, 2018 - Guild interest meeting at Red Dragon. 9 attendees. Edward presented his first draft charter and idea of guild structure, attendees were all in favor of starting a guild!

October 15, 2018 - Facebook group created for the guild

October 20, 2018 - Second meeting at Crown Tournament, about the same number of attendees, however almost all new attendees.

December 3, 2018 - Guild officially named "The Honorable Company of Embroiderers"

December 9, 2018 - First "Panel" meeting at Mistress Cerridwen's home. 20 items were paneled and Edward Brackenburye and Cerridwen reached Journeyman status.

January 19, 2019 - Second Panel held at A Regular Event in Cleftlands, 10 pieces of embroidery were paneled. Milesent Vibert and Dulcia Wylde reached Journeyman status.

February 2, 2019 - Duke Cellach held a panel at Candlemas

May 24, 2019 - Guild meeting and panel at Royal University of the Midrealm/Midrealm 50 year celebration, 9 pieces paneled and 3 new panel administrators trained.

August 7, 2019 - Guild meeting and panel at Pennsic War

October 26, 2019 - Guild meeting at Royal University of the Midrealm, no panel done

February 29th, 2020 - Guild gathering work/social at Cleftlands Regular Event (No one knew this would be our last for a long time!)

February 26, 2022 - Guild meeting on line, decided that we could do working knowledge and competency rankings over zoom. Paneled 3 projects, all received competency.

March 28, 2022 - Guild meeting on line, mock panel ran to show new member how it works

April 9, 2022 - First in-person Guild meeting since 2020 at Dressed to Kill event in Cleftlands.

April 25, 2022 - Guild meeting on line, 3 projects paneled

April 30th, 2022 - Guild panel held by Duke Cellach at the Dragon's Hoard event

May 31st, 2022 - on line guild meeting and panel

June 11, 2022 - in person Guild meeting and panel at Northern Oaken War Maneuvers event

June 27th, 2022 - on line guild meeting and panel

September 12, 2022 - on line guild meeting and panel

October 17, 2022 - on line guild meeting and panel

November 12, 2022 - In person guild meeting and panel at Royal University of the Midrealm

January 9, 2023 - on line guild meeting and panel

February 13, 2023 - on line guild meeting and panel

March 20th, 2023 - on line guild meeting and panel - Favor project kick off

April 24th, 2023 - on line guild meeting and panel, two pieces panneled for freeform working knowledge, Isobella Gray and [[Inga Skipbrot]] (both at their first meeting!) favor project discussed and how to do an Expert Panel.

May 27th, 2023 - guild display table at Kingdom A&S set up outside the main hall on the 'porch' area. Before court a guild meeting was held and we did our first ever Expert Panel, Edward Brackenburye was awarded Expert in Freeform embroidery. At court the guild presented 105 completed favors to Their Majesties.

June 10th, 2023 - guild meeting at Northern Oaken War Maneuvers

August 5th, 2023 - deadline to turn in favors at Pennsic War; guild records show 254 completed favors by approximately 39 people.

[[Category:Guilds]]
[[Category:Embroidery]]

The Honorable Company of Embroiderers

2026-08-25T19:33:42Z

Milesent: /* Novices */

The Honorable Company of Embroiderers is currently (as of October 2018) in the process of forming. The guild leader is [[Edward Brackenburye]]. The guild is modeled after the East Kingdom's [https://thimble.eastkingdom.org/ Athena's Thimble Guild]. See also the [[Guild Charter for the Honorable Company of Embroiderers]]

[[image:Opie2.jpg|thumb|Opie the mascot of the Honorable Company of Embroiderers]]

==Guild Officers ==
* Leader: Edward Brackenburye
* Registrar: Kathy

===Panel Administrators===
Member rankings are achieved through Embroidery Panels run by Panel Administrators.

* Edward Brackenburye
* Caristonia Ainslie
* Cellach MacCormaic
* Cerridwen verch Ioreword
* Clara van den Broucke
* Ghadah Falak Noor bint Safi Abdu-llah
* Milesent Vibert
* Muirgheal inghean Donnchaidh

==Guild Members ==

===Freemen===
This rank requires expert level in four categories, Period Competency in two other categories, and Competency in the remaining categories.

None yet!

===Craftsmen===
This rank requires ranking in eight of the guild categories. Four of which need to be at the Period Competency level.

None yet!

===Journeymen===
This rank requires ranking in four of the embroidery categories of the guild. Two of the rankings need to be in the competency level or higher.

*[[Cerridwen verch Ioreword]]
*[[Dulcia Wylde]]
*[[Edward Brackenburye]]
*[[Milesent Vibert]]
*[[Violante do Porto]]

===Novices===
This is the entry rank for the guild.

*Aasa Sorensdottir,
*Aliet van Hulle,
*Anna Rosina Kromphardt,
*[[AnneLyse van Gavere]],
*[[Aveline de Ceresbroch]],
*Astridr Hrothgarskona,
*Azzah bint al-Badawi al-Murabbiyyah al-Rualliyyah,
*Ælfwynn aec Ouse,
*Branwen Scholastica,
*Cassia,
*Caristonia Ainslie,
*[[Cellach MacCormaic]],
*Christofle Etienne de Lorraine dit le juene,
*[[Colette du Pré]],
*[[Edyth Miller]],
*[[Eleanor von Atzinger]],
*Fionna Goodburne MacNicol,
*Frothi Ketilsson,
*Gerard Carver,
*[[Inabe Yasue]],
*Jadwiga Wlodzislawksa,
*Jerusha a’Laon,
*Johnnae llyn Lewis,
*Katarina Peregrine,
*Katerin ferch Gwenllian,
*Kathy Burden,
*Konstans Errickson,
*[[Lynne Fairchild]],
*Mar’itsa Sumnikova,
*Miriana of Cleftlands,
*Margaret of Hollingford,
*Mirabai Sitt al-Sirr,
*Moira MacGillavrey,
*Muirgheal inghean Donnchaidh,
*[[Odette d'Amboise]],
*Petrona da Manciano,
*[[Roisin de Burgh]]
*Shauna,
*Sofya Chyudskaya Smolyanina,
*[[Seonaid inghean Ghriogar]],
*[[Tessa of Wight]],

[[The Honorable Company of Embroiderers Panel Rankings]]

==History of the Guild==

Note: the Guild of [[Withie and Woolmongers]], while primarily a fiber-arts (spinning and weaving) guild, included Embroidery.

There was a previous attempt to form a Kingdom Embroidery Guild (more information?)

August 2018 - Edward attended the Athena's Thimble meeting at Pennsic and fell in love. He contacted some of the noted embroiderers he knew with the idea of forming a similar guild in the Middle Kingdom.

October 13, 2018 - Guild interest meeting at Red Dragon. 9 attendees. Edward presented his first draft charter and idea of guild structure, attendees were all in favor of starting a guild!

October 15, 2018 - Facebook group created for the guild

October 20, 2018 - Second meeting at Crown Tournament, about the same number of attendees, however almost all new attendees.

December 3, 2018 - Guild officially named "The Honorable Company of Embroiderers"

December 9, 2018 - First "Panel" meeting at Mistress Cerridwen's home. 20 items were paneled and Edward Brackenburye and Cerridwen reached Journeyman status.

January 19, 2019 - Second Panel held at A Regular Event in Cleftlands, 10 pieces of embroidery were paneled. Milesent Vibert and Dulcia Wylde reached Journeyman status.

February 2, 2019 - Duke Cellach held a panel at Candlemas

May 24, 2019 - Guild meeting and panel at Royal University of the Midrealm/Midrealm 50 year celebration, 9 pieces paneled and 3 new panel administrators trained.

August 7, 2019 - Guild meeting and panel at Pennsic War

October 26, 2019 - Guild meeting at Royal University of the Midrealm, no panel done

February 29th, 2020 - Guild gathering work/social at Cleftlands Regular Event (No one knew this would be our last for a long time!)

February 26, 2022 - Guild meeting on line, decided that we could do working knowledge and competency rankings over zoom. Paneled 3 projects, all received competency.

March 28, 2022 - Guild meeting on line, mock panel ran to show new member how it works

April 9, 2022 - First in-person Guild meeting since 2020 at Dressed to Kill event in Cleftlands.

April 25, 2022 - Guild meeting on line, 3 projects paneled

April 30th, 2022 - Guild panel held by Duke Cellach at the Dragon's Hoard event

May 31st, 2022 - on line guild meeting and panel

June 11, 2022 - in person Guild meeting and panel at Northern Oaken War Maneuvers event

June 27th, 2022 - on line guild meeting and panel

September 12, 2022 - on line guild meeting and panel

October 17, 2022 - on line guild meeting and panel

November 12, 2022 - In person guild meeting and panel at Royal University of the Midrealm

January 9, 2023 - on line guild meeting and panel

February 13, 2023 - on line guild meeting and panel

March 20th, 2023 - on line guild meeting and panel - Favor project kick off

April 24th, 2023 - on line guild meeting and panel, two pieces panneled for freeform working knowledge, Isobella Gray and [[Inga Skipbrot]] (both at their first meeting!) favor project discussed and how to do an Expert Panel.

May 27th, 2023 - guild display table at Kingdom A&S set up outside the main hall on the 'porch' area. Before court a guild meeting was held and we did our first ever Expert Panel, Edward Brackenburye was awarded Expert in Freeform embroidery. At court the guild presented 105 completed favors to Their Majesties.

June 10th, 2023 - guild meeting at Northern Oaken War Maneuvers

August 5th, 2023 - deadline to turn in favors at Pennsic War; guild records show 254 completed favors by approximately 39 people.

[[Category:Guilds]]
[[Category:Embroidery]]

The Honorable Company of Embroiderers

2026-08-25T19:32:49Z

Milesent: /* Panel Administrators */

The Honorable Company of Embroiderers is currently (as of October 2018) in the process of forming. The guild leader is [[Edward Brackenburye]]. The guild is modeled after the East Kingdom's [https://thimble.eastkingdom.org/ Athena's Thimble Guild]. See also the [[Guild Charter for the Honorable Company of Embroiderers]]

[[image:Opie2.jpg|thumb|Opie the mascot of the Honorable Company of Embroiderers]]

==Guild Officers ==
* Leader: Edward Brackenburye
* Registrar: Kathy

===Panel Administrators===
Member rankings are achieved through Embroidery Panels run by Panel Administrators.

* Edward Brackenburye
* Caristonia Ainslie
* Cellach MacCormaic
* Cerridwen verch Ioreword
* Clara van den Broucke
* Ghadah Falak Noor bint Safi Abdu-llah
* Milesent Vibert
* Muirgheal inghean Donnchaidh

==Guild Members ==

===Freemen===
This rank requires expert level in four categories, Period Competency in two other categories, and Competency in the remaining categories.

None yet!

===Craftsmen===
This rank requires ranking in eight of the guild categories. Four of which need to be at the Period Competency level.

None yet!

===Journeymen===
This rank requires ranking in four of the embroidery categories of the guild. Two of the rankings need to be in the competency level or higher.

*[[Cerridwen verch Ioreword]]
*[[Dulcia Wylde]]
*[[Edward Brackenburye]]
*[[Milesent Vibert]]
*[[Violante do Porto]]

===Novices===
This is the entry rank for the guild.

*Aasa Sorensdottir,
*Aliet van Hulle,
*Anna Rosina Kromphardt,
*[[AnneLyse van Gavere]],
*[[Aveline de Ceresbroch]],
*Astridr Hrothgarskona,
*Azzah bint al-Badawi al-Murabbiyyah al-Rualliyyah,
*Ælfwynn aec Ouse,
*Branwen Scholastica,
*Cassia,
*Caristonia Ainslie,
*[[Cellach MacCormaic]],
*Christofle Etienne de Lorraine dit le juene,
*[[Colette du Pré]],
*[[Edyth Miller]],
*[[Eleanor von Atzinger]],
*Fionna Goodburne MacNicol,
*Frothi Ketilsson,
*Ghadah Falak Noor bint Safi Abdu-llah,
*Gerard Carver,
*[[Inabe Yasue]],
*Jadwiga Wlodzislawksa,
*Jerusha a’Laon,
*Johnnae llyn Lewis,
*Katarina Peregrine,
*Katerin ferch Gwenllian,
*Kathy Burden,
*Konstans Errickson,
*[[Lynne Fairchild]],
*Mar’itsa Sumnikova,
*Miriana of Cleftlands,
*Margaret of Hollingford,
*Mirabai Sitt al-Sirr,
*Moira MacGillavrey,
*Muirgheal inghean Donnchaidh,
*[[Odette d'Amboise]],
*Petrona da Manciano,
*[[Roisin de Burgh]]
*Shauna,
*Sofya Chyudskaya Smolyanina,
*[[Seonaid inghean Ghriogar]],
*[[Tessa of Wight]],

[[The Honorable Company of Embroiderers Panel Rankings]]

==History of the Guild==

Note: the Guild of [[Withie and Woolmongers]], while primarily a fiber-arts (spinning and weaving) guild, included Embroidery.

There was a previous attempt to form a Kingdom Embroidery Guild (more information?)

August 2018 - Edward attended the Athena's Thimble meeting at Pennsic and fell in love. He contacted some of the noted embroiderers he knew with the idea of forming a similar guild in the Middle Kingdom.

October 13, 2018 - Guild interest meeting at Red Dragon. 9 attendees. Edward presented his first draft charter and idea of guild structure, attendees were all in favor of starting a guild!

October 15, 2018 - Facebook group created for the guild

October 20, 2018 - Second meeting at Crown Tournament, about the same number of attendees, however almost all new attendees.

December 3, 2018 - Guild officially named "The Honorable Company of Embroiderers"

December 9, 2018 - First "Panel" meeting at Mistress Cerridwen's home. 20 items were paneled and Edward Brackenburye and Cerridwen reached Journeyman status.

January 19, 2019 - Second Panel held at A Regular Event in Cleftlands, 10 pieces of embroidery were paneled. Milesent Vibert and Dulcia Wylde reached Journeyman status.

February 2, 2019 - Duke Cellach held a panel at Candlemas

May 24, 2019 - Guild meeting and panel at Royal University of the Midrealm/Midrealm 50 year celebration, 9 pieces paneled and 3 new panel administrators trained.

August 7, 2019 - Guild meeting and panel at Pennsic War

October 26, 2019 - Guild meeting at Royal University of the Midrealm, no panel done

February 29th, 2020 - Guild gathering work/social at Cleftlands Regular Event (No one knew this would be our last for a long time!)

February 26, 2022 - Guild meeting on line, decided that we could do working knowledge and competency rankings over zoom. Paneled 3 projects, all received competency.

March 28, 2022 - Guild meeting on line, mock panel ran to show new member how it works

April 9, 2022 - First in-person Guild meeting since 2020 at Dressed to Kill event in Cleftlands.

April 25, 2022 - Guild meeting on line, 3 projects paneled

April 30th, 2022 - Guild panel held by Duke Cellach at the Dragon's Hoard event

May 31st, 2022 - on line guild meeting and panel

June 11, 2022 - in person Guild meeting and panel at Northern Oaken War Maneuvers event

June 27th, 2022 - on line guild meeting and panel

September 12, 2022 - on line guild meeting and panel

October 17, 2022 - on line guild meeting and panel

November 12, 2022 - In person guild meeting and panel at Royal University of the Midrealm

January 9, 2023 - on line guild meeting and panel

February 13, 2023 - on line guild meeting and panel

March 20th, 2023 - on line guild meeting and panel - Favor project kick off

April 24th, 2023 - on line guild meeting and panel, two pieces panneled for freeform working knowledge, Isobella Gray and [[Inga Skipbrot]] (both at their first meeting!) favor project discussed and how to do an Expert Panel.

May 27th, 2023 - guild display table at Kingdom A&S set up outside the main hall on the 'porch' area. Before court a guild meeting was held and we did our first ever Expert Panel, Edward Brackenburye was awarded Expert in Freeform embroidery. At court the guild presented 105 completed favors to Their Majesties.

June 10th, 2023 - guild meeting at Northern Oaken War Maneuvers

August 5th, 2023 - deadline to turn in favors at Pennsic War; guild records show 254 completed favors by approximately 39 people.

[[Category:Guilds]]
[[Category:Embroidery]]

MiddleWiki About - 2026 Site Move

2026-07-02T19:40:03Z

Milesent: /* Meeting Minutes */

[[Milesent Vibert]] purchased a Go Daddy site and installed MediaWiki in 2024, but stalled on going live for various reasons. In 2025 she took back up the crusade, enlisting the advice of Ginna Vettori (who runs the very excellent Cleftlands wiki)

Fall of 2025 the project kicked off with meetings. There were several attempts to export/import the existing Wiki database into the new install that all failed; there were just too many versions and upgrades between. It was suggested to install an earlier copy of the wiki and upgrade it multiple times, but this was deemed likely to encounter problems; if we needed to solve issues upgrading from version 1 to 2, then from 2 to 3, then 3 to 4, etc. Finally it was determined to go forward with manual importing and exporting of pages. MediaWiki does have an export/import feature and indeed, 100s of pages can be imported and exported at once. However, for quality control issues the team chose to move a few pages at a time and lock (protect) those pages on the old site once moved to prevent their being updated.

The old site admin, Grant Root, was able to give Milesent an export of the database and all of the image files. She was able to import the image files directly and that was done in October 2025. (This did become a problem as some images were updated after that point and had to be manually updated on the new site.)

Milesent originally hoped to be done with the site move by January of 2026, however as of February 16th, we are still below 5,000 pages (of 7,500) moved. Various delays included server outages on the old site.

== Team members ==

* Milesent Vibert - Project Manager, set up server, configuration changes, moved pages, moved image files, investigated account creation options and database import options. Learned a lot!
* [[Edward Brackenburye]] moved over 1/3 of pages
* [[Raffaele da Cernia]] moved over 1/3 of pages
* Roisin de Burgh - verification and checking of templates that aren't used
* Magarhita
* Dai
* Gianna Vettori - Configuration consultant
* Seamus MacBain - investigated account creation options and database import options
* Tali
* Zygmunt
* Philip the Pilgrim

==Meeting Minutes ==

=== 6/25/2026 ===

Short meeting - Roisin is done with her checks, yay! And is categorizing images
Milesent going to re-install Request Account, reinstalling TemplateStyles fixed that one problem, yay. One down, more to go...

=== 6/9/2026 ===

wiki is updated to 1.43, yay!
TemplateStyles needed to be updated again (It said it was good but it wasn't) the "hooks" issue is resolved. Huzzah!
Roisin has reviewed all pages! Notes for updates are in the to do list
Added two non-admin users: Diccon and Avery

Issues:
image re-sizing Error creating thumbnail: /bin/bash: /usr/bin/convert: No such file or directory Error code: 127 (timing out? General database connection issues may be related.)
request account still not working, new and interesting errors (we're making progress!)
email notifications (request account, password reset) still not working properly
website running slow (database connection issue)
re-add site icon (Milesent accidentally deleted it)
Still need to categorize images and confirm all categories have been recreated.

Roisin to make a list of personal culture categories
Raef and Dai are looking at templates

Grace is going to reinstall extensions ConfirmAccount and ConfirmEdit (Scrubnto too?)
was hoping upgrading to 1.43 would fix the database issues; maybe updating the extensions will do it? if not, will continue troubleshooting.

next meeting Thursday June 25th

=== 5/7/2026 ===

Roisin - halfway through the alphabet! yay! Not many issues; mostly updated images.
Milesent is attempting to update us to 1.43... site is currently down. Probably doing this in the hardest, slowest way possible (yay learning curve!)

Discussion of admin processes - watch pages, notifications of changes

Seamus: once site is back up; will take a look at why email isn't working.

Uptime bot: https://stats.uptimerobot.com/btVB12Oj8k
Note: orange outages once php upgrade happened. Hopefully site upgrading to 1.43 (which is compatible with this version of php)

=== April 9, 2026 ===

Pages moved - done, Roisin did find a couple pages that were not moved; need to move those as well (noted on to do list)
category re-creation - in progress (need to check old wiki if there is any content and move if there is, ome category pages have content, most do not)
re-tagging image files - in progress

(still need old wiki for reference until we've confirmed all pages and content is moved.)

Upgraded our php version; we had version 8, got a notice that we would have to pay extra for support if we didn't upgrade so I did! That went OK.

issues: Server slowness, believe database related One cause may be that I installed JsonConfig when Json was already installed... oops.

Edward wasn't able to log in, but now he is.

smtp still not working (but it DID work before! ack! found messages in my spam folder from March, but today it is not working) went on with GoDaddy support; settings are correct. was able to send an email directly from the donotreply@middlewiki.org account, however.
request account not working (see above)

Suggestion from Gianna - upgrade to 1.43 (we're currently on 1.40) 1.43 is a more stable, recent release though GoDaddy doesn't have it in their Installer gui. Gianna says she will be free to assist in another week or two, Cleftwiki is running 1.43 (She mentioned perhaps combining the Cleftwiki with Middlewiki, something to think about for after we're done with our complete migration.)

Should the category be Scroll Images or Scribal Images? - Scroll images, it's classic, we know what it is.

Do we let folks in to play? - Seamus - agrees with a limited roll out, stressing it can see if there are more issues. everyone: Yes, let's let a few, active folks in to play.

Note to educate users to search for existing pages first before making new pages (lots of duplicate persona pages, etc.).

team is OK with continuing to meet every two weeks

=== March 24th, 2026 ===

Very brief touch base, just Milesent and Raefaelle

=== March 10th, 2026 ===

We have been busy and a lot of work has been completed!

Initial page move complete! huzzah! Big thanks to Edward and Raeffe who did most of the page moving. You guys are awesome.

Roisin - found a missing page (Baronial award), noting on to do list, she will continue to look for missing pages on her site review. Also been updating populace pages with outdated templates. (Other team members are welcome to join her on checking.)

Milesent Account Requests - enabled, however can't approve account requests until I get email notifications working for password resets. Started on that, GoDaddy does have email settings, need to make sure I get the settings right, however.
Unfortunately, Captcha is not working, grr. Extension was already loaded in our install, however when I enable it, it gives an error that the underlaying captcha settings are not there. May be a database issue? (That was what prevented account request enabling not to work, files were there but underlaying database tables had not been created.) Milesent will continue to troubleshoot. First get email setup, then will revisit Captcha.

we've had one account request; Katherine Coscombe. I've informed her that she's now our beta tester for account creation. :) Milesent demonstrated how to manage account requests. You need to be in the Bureaucrat group to do account requests. Some of our helpers are in admin group only and do not see confirm account requests on special pages. If you need/want to be a part of account creation process, let me know to add you to bureaucrats.

Milesent installed JsonConfig extension and added the first two configuring lines to LocalSettings, not sure about the others Dai sent as some of the settings seem to be server specific. Will discuss that with him. Tuesdays aren't good for Dai; may set up a meeting on a different night so he can attend. (Not Wednesday!)

We have started Re-creating category pages (See To Do list for complete list of categories) started with the most linked to categories, should go quickly.
We've also started Re-categorizing files - Edward has started Arms Images and Award Images
Double category: C&I Images and Scroll Images; C&I seems more accurate but Scroll is more used... decision on which to keep? Scribal Images? Added a poll to discord Middlewiki page and to our Facebook page to get folks to weigh in on what category we should use going forward.

There have been some issues with the new site running slow, worrisome. Load balancer? May need to visit our configuration and ensure we have enough resources on the site.

Raeffe has been going through his punch list; he and Dai are working on our remaining troublesome templates.

Good job team! Keep up the good work and let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns.

-Milesent
Project manager.

===February 24th, 2026 ===
Middlewiki team meeting 2/24/2026

we're at 5,254 pages moved, yay! about 2,000 to go, some of which won't be moved (talk pages, user pages)

Discord message: Mikolai Golubin (Fenix) - I think that the "Pages using duplicate arguments in Template Calls" is presently mostly an issue with the last couple lines of Template:Navbox_subgroup, where it's causing two arguments not present to become an argument called "void"

Raeffael and Margarita send regrets, they're out and won't be home in time for the meeting. He's done moving all of his sections and they are ready for review. Going forward Raeffael will be focusing on punch list items such as the errant template issues we have.

Dai is back from Europe, and working on the extensions again. We're missing another one - JsonConfig. (Milesent will add!) Dai will continue working to see what he can find in terms of the minimum we might be missing.

Those who attended discussed if it is time to move the "Current Events" task list to our new site. Yes! -Milesent will do. And... has done. "MiddleWiki To Do List" is the new page on the new site (linked on the Main page)

We were low on disk space on the new site; error in backup configuration. I think I got it now (excluded the clone backup of the site from daily backups, hee.) May review how long to keep backups as well. Milesent shall continue to monitor our disk usage. (Note: after deleting excess backups we went form 47 gigs used to 20, our quota is 50 gigs. If the site grows to need more than that, we will examine purchasing more storage space, though now is NOT a good time for that with storage prices soaring.)

Roisin is doing final reviews; first section done! (others welcome to help her)

Everyone is reminded to note when you find problems on the project plan (which I will move to new site. there, Middlewiki To Do List is the new page on the new site! https://middlewiki.org/index.php/MiddleWiki_To_Do_List Included link on old Current Events page.

New page on the new site for historical information about this site move :) https://middlewiki.org/index.php/MiddleWiki_About_-_2026_Site_Move

Request Account workflow - not working yet; Milesent spent several hours on it this week :) I did get the request an account form to load, but it errored out. May be a configuration setting (currently it is disabled, will try again soon.) Good news about this ConfirmAccount tool; we can configure the request form and approvals will happen inside the wiki. Access approval can be granted to a group (Admins "Beurocrats" or a group we decided to create for the purpose. I say we start with "Admins" and revisit once we're live on if we want to create a larger account approver group.

Milesent is teaching a "MiddleWiki and You" class at Masque of Courtly Love this Saturday; obviously I was hoping we'd be further along by now, heh, but I'm hoping to talk about the project and how the new wiki will be easier for folks to use. (We may create or update some user pages in the class.)

Next meeting: March 10th

=== February 10th, 2026 ===
Short, quality meeting tonight. We are at 4,600+ pages moved. The Visual Editor has been enabled (huzzah!)
All sections ready to review have "Ready for final review" after them on the Current Events page. Many redirects are resolving now that more pages have been moved. Final reviewers; mark if redirects are resolved and I expect "Finished except for redirects or issues" will be marked after most sections. Only one section is currently unclaimed.
Still one template having issues - Navbox - Infobox issues
two missing templates: Template: userpage and Template: ASDate
Updated Photos - note in current events if users updated their profile pics since image files were moved and Milesent will take care of it
Roisin had trouble getting in this week on the old site.
"Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls"
"How to Pages" will need to be updated for new site.
As we discover content issues, add to the list to address after move (unnecessary pages or redirects, etc.)
We will reconvene in two weeks.
-Milesent
Project Manager

=== January 27th, 2026 ===

Thank you everyone, another good team meeting tonight. We're currently over 3,500 pages migrated (4,000 ish to go!)
We discussed account creation; given the volume, our "if all else fails" is to just continue with manual account creation. Current plan is to institute a captcha/prove you're human tool (Cloud flare is currently available free) to reduce spammers and then a manual approval for accounts.
Default install of MediaWiki does not have a graphical editor; want to turn one on for sure to make it easier for the populace to edit and update pages. Milesent investigating this.
Milesent will look at the links Seamus shared for account creation strategy
Edward and Raeffael are busy moving pages and confirmed what sections they are tackling next.
Zygmunt and Roisin are going to quality control; review pages that have been migrated and confirm they are good or note any issues to be addressed.
There are 7 image files which did not transfer to the new site; Raef noted two images on the Great Book page were corrupted and Aeryton Archers image is missing.
Once we reach the 6,000 pages moved mark we should test account creation so we can go live quickly once we finish migration.
We want to continue these meetings (and open them to more people) after migration to address issues with individual pages or decisions about the wiki in general.
Our next meeting will be in two weeks!
At your service,
-Milesent-
Project manager

=== January 13th, 2026 ===

Tonight's meeting was a quick touch base; porting pages has continued apace, Raeffael and Edward Brackenburye and I have been doing a lot of porting (go team!) as of right now Special:Statistics shows 2,873 pages on the new site (including talk pages and redirects, etc.) The old site has 7,511 pages.
Watch out for redirects when porting pages; we will want to go back and check that the redirects are working properly once the page they point to is ported.
We decided to get rid of the Disambigulation pages template; it only has 7 pages in it.
We fixed the "Create page" page and "Create new page" page by deleting them 🙂 hee.
THere do seem to be a couple more templates we may need to visit specifically the nav box template does not have a boarder unless you call it; we may want to set a style template for the site to do that (something to look into)
Update the "Move templates" section on current events with any template issues please.
Raeffael is going to poke Seamus about account creation which he's investigating.
See y'all in two weeks!
- Milesent
Project Manager

=== December 30th, 2025 ===

We had a short, but quality meeting.
The major templates have been moved! We can now port pages! WOOT! We went over the process:
1. Claim a section of pages under "Move Pages" on Current Events on the old site. You can sub-section a section if that's easier for you.
2. Go to "All Pages" under special pages and select your start and ending pages; this will give you a list of all those pages. Copy this list.
3. Go back to "Special Pages" and choose "Export"
4. Paste the list of pages and export to a file.
5. On the new site, go to "Special Pages" and go to "Import"
6. Import the file. Voila! the pages are moved!
7. Verify the pages moved properly
8. Lock the pages on the old site (click "Protect" on each page and put "moved to new site" as the reason.)
Feel free to share steps, one person can lock and another verify, etc.
Our next meeting will be January 13th at 6:30 pm Central, 7:30 pm Eastern. See me if you'd like to be added to the google calendar event.
I will make an announcement on the Midrealm page about our status, letting folks know that it is wise to not make any updates while we are porting pages. Seamus? You're in charge of investigating new account creation methodologies 😉
Since I already tested the porting with numbered pages (reign pages and crown tournament pages mostly) I am taking the first section. I need to verify the pages I already ported haven't been updated since I ported them and import the rest of that section.
Go team!
Questions, comments, concerns? Let me know.
-Milesent-
Project manager

=== December 11th, 2025 ===

Good meeting, thank you team. We've decided our next meeting will be Tuesday, December 30th at 6:30 pm Central, 7:30 pm Eastern.
Dai has been working on Template Documentation and found another extension that was needed, ParserFunctions, which Milesent has enabled.
Milesent was supposed to be looking at Startbox/EndBox, but hasn't, mea culpa. Will keep that on my to do. Note Sir Zygmunt asked for an account on the new site, he wasn't able to attend tonight's meeting however, will be including him on the invites going forward (Welcome Zyg!)
Seamus is looking at extensions for adding new user accounts; the hope is to find a more automated way to add new users. From a quick look it seems there are two basic choices on how to keep spam at bay, 1. Moderation or 2. Only authorized users (what we're doing on the current site) We should think about how we want to handle this going forward, he hopes to have more info to present at the next meeting.
Roisin is going to look at the Ayerton Baronial templates; they're the only Barony using separate templates and rather than port those, she will just copy the content to the pages and un-link the templates (They can be re-created if necessary in the future, saves us the work of getting those templates up to spec.)
Everyone else keep poking at templates, as you find things that are needed (like that ParserFuctions thingy) let me know. Raef noted an error with successionBox, missing json config extension, cannot load banner tag. Hrm... shall continue investigation/troubleshooting.
See you Dec 30th!
-Milesent
Project Manager

=== November 13th, 2025 ===

Notes from tonight's meeting, thank you everyone who attended:
Raffaele and Magarhita send apologies, their flight was delayed so they're up in the air right now and unable to attend.
Note: Grant posted that the old site is experiencing slowness issues right now, please be patient if you're working on the old site.
Discovered a setting change needed; users were able to make changes while not logged on, oops! Fixed that! -Mi
Templates update - Scibunto extension added and TemplateData extension. we found out what happens if I enable an extension that's not installed (oops!) Dai noted that we need to add TemplateStyles - Milesent will work on that; there are likely more extensions needed, but now we know how to add them it should go easier.
Roisin has id'd some templates which are needed by template:documentation
we agreed to remove Template:A as it's only used on a few pages and purely decorative
Template Documentation - Dai is working on, ignore templates that require that for now, it is way out of date with current Mediawiki standard (not surprising)
Succession box template is needed for great officer templates, Milesent is going to concentrate on that one next. Note that Start Box and End box have been replaced in newer wikis, may end up having to manually replace those templates on pages (Or make a redirect from Start Box to S-Box, as it were.)
Categories - creates the categories, but isn't creating the category page. Will probably have to re-create category pages; note some existing category pages do have content so we'll need to double check that, adding that to the project plan!
We will continue to meet every two weeks to keep in touch and keep on task, see Mi for details/questions/comments/concerns

=== October 30th, 2025 ===

Good meeting tonight, thank you everyone who attended.
We went over what has been done since our last meeting (Visible on the Current Events page of the site.) All image files have been moved; a few files failed to link, all had corrupted file names and I believe all had newer versions uploaded. (knock on wood).
Biggest issue right now is Templates. Roisin de Burgh volunteered to go through the list of templates on the site to identify templates that we can safely get rid of and mark what the templates are for on the list (which will be helpful in prioritizing and making sure they're applied properly.)
We do need to set up a plug in on the site, Lua, which is used by many of the Mediawiki built in templates (that's a to do for me or Gianna as it has to be done on the server side.)
I'm asking that whenever an item is marked done on the to do list, another member of the team check the work and put "verified" and your name after the "Done", just to proof each other and hopefully catch any errors.
Raffe Philip Chrysler and Magarhita Margaret Chrysler were working on the MKings template, which relies on the Navbox template. Milesent (that's me) is going to look at that template, Raffe is moving on to the Territories template.
We've decided to use the existing Middlewiki discord channel to communicate, please see Roisin de Burgh for assistance with joining discord.
Our next meeting is in two weeks, same bat time, same bat channel!
At your service,
-Milesent-
Project Manager

=== October 16th, 2025 ===

Attendance: Milesent, Edward, Rosin, Tali, Gianna, Seamus, Philip
Milesent went over the efforts thus far to import the database to the new server; long story short it won't work, we're too many versions behind. (We knew this... but it's been confirmed.)
The team quickly moved to the decision to import the pages manually. Milesent tested the workflow with the Reign pages.
We'll be keeping track of the project on the Current Events page of the wiki: http://middlewiki.midrealm.org/.../MiddleWiki:Current...
Step 1: Move/Re-make our templates. Milesent is going to compare our template list with the built-in wiki templates that are already on the new site to make the to-do list and post to the Current Events page. Volunteers will mark the templates they have moved and/or any issues with each template.
Milesesnt is to make accounts on the new server for our volunteers. (Not able to attend the meeting, but still want to help out? Bill Dai Sutton? Let me know and I will make you an account too.)
Milesent will make a post on the Midrealm FB group and Discord about the move to let our populace know what is up. We are not going to make any more new accounts from now until the move is completed and we will lock pages on the wiki as they are ported over.
Once templates are done we will start moving pages in batches (Milesent demonstrated the process very briefly) Claim the batch you are moving; export/import that batch, verify they ported ok or report errors. Lock original pages.
We will meet again in two weeks, same bat time, same bat channel.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Let me know!
- Milesent 🙂
Project Manager 😉

MiddleWiki About - 2026 Site Move

2026-07-02T19:37:52Z

Milesent: /* Meeting Minutes */

[[Milesent Vibert]] purchased a Go Daddy site and installed MediaWiki in 2024, but stalled on going live for various reasons. In 2025 she took back up the crusade, enlisting the advice of Ginna Vettori (who runs the very excellent Cleftlands wiki)

Fall of 2025 the project kicked off with meetings. There were several attempts to export/import the existing Wiki database into the new install that all failed; there were just too many versions and upgrades between. It was suggested to install an earlier copy of the wiki and upgrade it multiple times, but this was deemed likely to encounter problems; if we needed to solve issues upgrading from version 1 to 2, then from 2 to 3, then 3 to 4, etc. Finally it was determined to go forward with manual importing and exporting of pages. MediaWiki does have an export/import feature and indeed, 100s of pages can be imported and exported at once. However, for quality control issues the team chose to move a few pages at a time and lock (protect) those pages on the old site once moved to prevent their being updated.

The old site admin, Grant Root, was able to give Milesent an export of the database and all of the image files. She was able to import the image files directly and that was done in October 2025. (This did become a problem as some images were updated after that point and had to be manually updated on the new site.)

Milesent originally hoped to be done with the site move by January of 2026, however as of February 16th, we are still below 5,000 pages (of 7,500) moved. Various delays included server outages on the old site.

== Team members ==

* Milesent Vibert - Project Manager, set up server, configuration changes, moved pages, moved image files, investigated account creation options and database import options. Learned a lot!
* [[Edward Brackenburye]] moved over 1/3 of pages
* [[Raffaele da Cernia]] moved over 1/3 of pages
* Roisin de Burgh - verification and checking of templates that aren't used
* Magarhita
* Dai
* Gianna Vettori - Configuration consultant
* Seamus MacBain - investigated account creation options and database import options
* Tali
* Zygmunt
* Philip the Pilgrim

==Meeting Minutes ==

=== 5/7/2026 ===

Roisin - halfway through the alphabet! yay! Not many issues; mostly updated images.
Milesent is attempting to update us to 1.43... site is currently down. Probably doing this in the hardest, slowest way possible (yay learning curve!)

Discussion of admin processes - watch pages, notifications of changes

Seamus: once site is back up; will take a look at why email isn't working.

Uptime bot: https://stats.uptimerobot.com/btVB12Oj8k
Note: orange outages once php upgrade happened. Hopefully site upgrading to 1.43 (which is compatible with this version of php)

=== April 9, 2026 ===

Pages moved - done, Roisin did find a couple pages that were not moved; need to move those as well (noted on to do list)
category re-creation - in progress (need to check old wiki if there is any content and move if there is, ome category pages have content, most do not)
re-tagging image files - in progress

(still need old wiki for reference until we've confirmed all pages and content is moved.)

Upgraded our php version; we had version 8, got a notice that we would have to pay extra for support if we didn't upgrade so I did! That went OK.

issues: Server slowness, believe database related One cause may be that I installed JsonConfig when Json was already installed... oops.

Edward wasn't able to log in, but now he is.

smtp still not working (but it DID work before! ack! found messages in my spam folder from March, but today it is not working) went on with GoDaddy support; settings are correct. was able to send an email directly from the donotreply@middlewiki.org account, however.
request account not working (see above)

Suggestion from Gianna - upgrade to 1.43 (we're currently on 1.40) 1.43 is a more stable, recent release though GoDaddy doesn't have it in their Installer gui. Gianna says she will be free to assist in another week or two, Cleftwiki is running 1.43 (She mentioned perhaps combining the Cleftwiki with Middlewiki, something to think about for after we're done with our complete migration.)

Should the category be Scroll Images or Scribal Images? - Scroll images, it's classic, we know what it is.

Do we let folks in to play? - Seamus - agrees with a limited roll out, stressing it can see if there are more issues. everyone: Yes, let's let a few, active folks in to play.

Note to educate users to search for existing pages first before making new pages (lots of duplicate persona pages, etc.).

team is OK with continuing to meet every two weeks

=== March 24th, 2026 ===

Very brief touch base, just Milesent and Raefaelle

=== March 10th, 2026 ===

We have been busy and a lot of work has been completed!

Initial page move complete! huzzah! Big thanks to Edward and Raeffe who did most of the page moving. You guys are awesome.

Roisin - found a missing page (Baronial award), noting on to do list, she will continue to look for missing pages on her site review. Also been updating populace pages with outdated templates. (Other team members are welcome to join her on checking.)

Milesent Account Requests - enabled, however can't approve account requests until I get email notifications working for password resets. Started on that, GoDaddy does have email settings, need to make sure I get the settings right, however.
Unfortunately, Captcha is not working, grr. Extension was already loaded in our install, however when I enable it, it gives an error that the underlaying captcha settings are not there. May be a database issue? (That was what prevented account request enabling not to work, files were there but underlaying database tables had not been created.) Milesent will continue to troubleshoot. First get email setup, then will revisit Captcha.

we've had one account request; Katherine Coscombe. I've informed her that she's now our beta tester for account creation. :) Milesent demonstrated how to manage account requests. You need to be in the Bureaucrat group to do account requests. Some of our helpers are in admin group only and do not see confirm account requests on special pages. If you need/want to be a part of account creation process, let me know to add you to bureaucrats.

Milesent installed JsonConfig extension and added the first two configuring lines to LocalSettings, not sure about the others Dai sent as some of the settings seem to be server specific. Will discuss that with him. Tuesdays aren't good for Dai; may set up a meeting on a different night so he can attend. (Not Wednesday!)

We have started Re-creating category pages (See To Do list for complete list of categories) started with the most linked to categories, should go quickly.
We've also started Re-categorizing files - Edward has started Arms Images and Award Images
Double category: C&I Images and Scroll Images; C&I seems more accurate but Scroll is more used... decision on which to keep? Scribal Images? Added a poll to discord Middlewiki page and to our Facebook page to get folks to weigh in on what category we should use going forward.

There have been some issues with the new site running slow, worrisome. Load balancer? May need to visit our configuration and ensure we have enough resources on the site.

Raeffe has been going through his punch list; he and Dai are working on our remaining troublesome templates.

Good job team! Keep up the good work and let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns.

-Milesent
Project manager.

===February 24th, 2026 ===
Middlewiki team meeting 2/24/2026

we're at 5,254 pages moved, yay! about 2,000 to go, some of which won't be moved (talk pages, user pages)

Discord message: Mikolai Golubin (Fenix) - I think that the "Pages using duplicate arguments in Template Calls" is presently mostly an issue with the last couple lines of Template:Navbox_subgroup, where it's causing two arguments not present to become an argument called "void"

Raeffael and Margarita send regrets, they're out and won't be home in time for the meeting. He's done moving all of his sections and they are ready for review. Going forward Raeffael will be focusing on punch list items such as the errant template issues we have.

Dai is back from Europe, and working on the extensions again. We're missing another one - JsonConfig. (Milesent will add!) Dai will continue working to see what he can find in terms of the minimum we might be missing.

Those who attended discussed if it is time to move the "Current Events" task list to our new site. Yes! -Milesent will do. And... has done. "MiddleWiki To Do List" is the new page on the new site (linked on the Main page)

We were low on disk space on the new site; error in backup configuration. I think I got it now (excluded the clone backup of the site from daily backups, hee.) May review how long to keep backups as well. Milesent shall continue to monitor our disk usage. (Note: after deleting excess backups we went form 47 gigs used to 20, our quota is 50 gigs. If the site grows to need more than that, we will examine purchasing more storage space, though now is NOT a good time for that with storage prices soaring.)

Roisin is doing final reviews; first section done! (others welcome to help her)

Everyone is reminded to note when you find problems on the project plan (which I will move to new site. there, Middlewiki To Do List is the new page on the new site! https://middlewiki.org/index.php/MiddleWiki_To_Do_List Included link on old Current Events page.

New page on the new site for historical information about this site move :) https://middlewiki.org/index.php/MiddleWiki_About_-_2026_Site_Move

Request Account workflow - not working yet; Milesent spent several hours on it this week :) I did get the request an account form to load, but it errored out. May be a configuration setting (currently it is disabled, will try again soon.) Good news about this ConfirmAccount tool; we can configure the request form and approvals will happen inside the wiki. Access approval can be granted to a group (Admins "Beurocrats" or a group we decided to create for the purpose. I say we start with "Admins" and revisit once we're live on if we want to create a larger account approver group.

Milesent is teaching a "MiddleWiki and You" class at Masque of Courtly Love this Saturday; obviously I was hoping we'd be further along by now, heh, but I'm hoping to talk about the project and how the new wiki will be easier for folks to use. (We may create or update some user pages in the class.)

Next meeting: March 10th

=== February 10th, 2026 ===
Short, quality meeting tonight. We are at 4,600+ pages moved. The Visual Editor has been enabled (huzzah!)
All sections ready to review have "Ready for final review" after them on the Current Events page. Many redirects are resolving now that more pages have been moved. Final reviewers; mark if redirects are resolved and I expect "Finished except for redirects or issues" will be marked after most sections. Only one section is currently unclaimed.
Still one template having issues - Navbox - Infobox issues
two missing templates: Template: userpage and Template: ASDate
Updated Photos - note in current events if users updated their profile pics since image files were moved and Milesent will take care of it
Roisin had trouble getting in this week on the old site.
"Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls"
"How to Pages" will need to be updated for new site.
As we discover content issues, add to the list to address after move (unnecessary pages or redirects, etc.)
We will reconvene in two weeks.
-Milesent
Project Manager

=== January 27th, 2026 ===

Thank you everyone, another good team meeting tonight. We're currently over 3,500 pages migrated (4,000 ish to go!)
We discussed account creation; given the volume, our "if all else fails" is to just continue with manual account creation. Current plan is to institute a captcha/prove you're human tool (Cloud flare is currently available free) to reduce spammers and then a manual approval for accounts.
Default install of MediaWiki does not have a graphical editor; want to turn one on for sure to make it easier for the populace to edit and update pages. Milesent investigating this.
Milesent will look at the links Seamus shared for account creation strategy
Edward and Raeffael are busy moving pages and confirmed what sections they are tackling next.
Zygmunt and Roisin are going to quality control; review pages that have been migrated and confirm they are good or note any issues to be addressed.
There are 7 image files which did not transfer to the new site; Raef noted two images on the Great Book page were corrupted and Aeryton Archers image is missing.
Once we reach the 6,000 pages moved mark we should test account creation so we can go live quickly once we finish migration.
We want to continue these meetings (and open them to more people) after migration to address issues with individual pages or decisions about the wiki in general.
Our next meeting will be in two weeks!
At your service,
-Milesent-
Project manager

=== January 13th, 2026 ===

Tonight's meeting was a quick touch base; porting pages has continued apace, Raeffael and Edward Brackenburye and I have been doing a lot of porting (go team!) as of right now Special:Statistics shows 2,873 pages on the new site (including talk pages and redirects, etc.) The old site has 7,511 pages.
Watch out for redirects when porting pages; we will want to go back and check that the redirects are working properly once the page they point to is ported.
We decided to get rid of the Disambigulation pages template; it only has 7 pages in it.
We fixed the "Create page" page and "Create new page" page by deleting them 🙂 hee.
THere do seem to be a couple more templates we may need to visit specifically the nav box template does not have a boarder unless you call it; we may want to set a style template for the site to do that (something to look into)
Update the "Move templates" section on current events with any template issues please.
Raeffael is going to poke Seamus about account creation which he's investigating.
See y'all in two weeks!
- Milesent
Project Manager

=== December 30th, 2025 ===

We had a short, but quality meeting.
The major templates have been moved! We can now port pages! WOOT! We went over the process:
1. Claim a section of pages under "Move Pages" on Current Events on the old site. You can sub-section a section if that's easier for you.
2. Go to "All Pages" under special pages and select your start and ending pages; this will give you a list of all those pages. Copy this list.
3. Go back to "Special Pages" and choose "Export"
4. Paste the list of pages and export to a file.
5. On the new site, go to "Special Pages" and go to "Import"
6. Import the file. Voila! the pages are moved!
7. Verify the pages moved properly
8. Lock the pages on the old site (click "Protect" on each page and put "moved to new site" as the reason.)
Feel free to share steps, one person can lock and another verify, etc.
Our next meeting will be January 13th at 6:30 pm Central, 7:30 pm Eastern. See me if you'd like to be added to the google calendar event.
I will make an announcement on the Midrealm page about our status, letting folks know that it is wise to not make any updates while we are porting pages. Seamus? You're in charge of investigating new account creation methodologies 😉
Since I already tested the porting with numbered pages (reign pages and crown tournament pages mostly) I am taking the first section. I need to verify the pages I already ported haven't been updated since I ported them and import the rest of that section.
Go team!
Questions, comments, concerns? Let me know.
-Milesent-
Project manager

=== December 11th, 2025 ===

Good meeting, thank you team. We've decided our next meeting will be Tuesday, December 30th at 6:30 pm Central, 7:30 pm Eastern.
Dai has been working on Template Documentation and found another extension that was needed, ParserFunctions, which Milesent has enabled.
Milesent was supposed to be looking at Startbox/EndBox, but hasn't, mea culpa. Will keep that on my to do. Note Sir Zygmunt asked for an account on the new site, he wasn't able to attend tonight's meeting however, will be including him on the invites going forward (Welcome Zyg!)
Seamus is looking at extensions for adding new user accounts; the hope is to find a more automated way to add new users. From a quick look it seems there are two basic choices on how to keep spam at bay, 1. Moderation or 2. Only authorized users (what we're doing on the current site) We should think about how we want to handle this going forward, he hopes to have more info to present at the next meeting.
Roisin is going to look at the Ayerton Baronial templates; they're the only Barony using separate templates and rather than port those, she will just copy the content to the pages and un-link the templates (They can be re-created if necessary in the future, saves us the work of getting those templates up to spec.)
Everyone else keep poking at templates, as you find things that are needed (like that ParserFuctions thingy) let me know. Raef noted an error with successionBox, missing json config extension, cannot load banner tag. Hrm... shall continue investigation/troubleshooting.
See you Dec 30th!
-Milesent
Project Manager

=== November 13th, 2025 ===

Notes from tonight's meeting, thank you everyone who attended:
Raffaele and Magarhita send apologies, their flight was delayed so they're up in the air right now and unable to attend.
Note: Grant posted that the old site is experiencing slowness issues right now, please be patient if you're working on the old site.
Discovered a setting change needed; users were able to make changes while not logged on, oops! Fixed that! -Mi
Templates update - Scibunto extension added and TemplateData extension. we found out what happens if I enable an extension that's not installed (oops!) Dai noted that we need to add TemplateStyles - Milesent will work on that; there are likely more extensions needed, but now we know how to add them it should go easier.
Roisin has id'd some templates which are needed by template:documentation
we agreed to remove Template:A as it's only used on a few pages and purely decorative
Template Documentation - Dai is working on, ignore templates that require that for now, it is way out of date with current Mediawiki standard (not surprising)
Succession box template is needed for great officer templates, Milesent is going to concentrate on that one next. Note that Start Box and End box have been replaced in newer wikis, may end up having to manually replace those templates on pages (Or make a redirect from Start Box to S-Box, as it were.)
Categories - creates the categories, but isn't creating the category page. Will probably have to re-create category pages; note some existing category pages do have content so we'll need to double check that, adding that to the project plan!
We will continue to meet every two weeks to keep in touch and keep on task, see Mi for details/questions/comments/concerns

=== October 30th, 2025 ===

Good meeting tonight, thank you everyone who attended.
We went over what has been done since our last meeting (Visible on the Current Events page of the site.) All image files have been moved; a few files failed to link, all had corrupted file names and I believe all had newer versions uploaded. (knock on wood).
Biggest issue right now is Templates. Roisin de Burgh volunteered to go through the list of templates on the site to identify templates that we can safely get rid of and mark what the templates are for on the list (which will be helpful in prioritizing and making sure they're applied properly.)
We do need to set up a plug in on the site, Lua, which is used by many of the Mediawiki built in templates (that's a to do for me or Gianna as it has to be done on the server side.)
I'm asking that whenever an item is marked done on the to do list, another member of the team check the work and put "verified" and your name after the "Done", just to proof each other and hopefully catch any errors.
Raffe Philip Chrysler and Magarhita Margaret Chrysler were working on the MKings template, which relies on the Navbox template. Milesent (that's me) is going to look at that template, Raffe is moving on to the Territories template.
We've decided to use the existing Middlewiki discord channel to communicate, please see Roisin de Burgh for assistance with joining discord.
Our next meeting is in two weeks, same bat time, same bat channel!
At your service,
-Milesent-
Project Manager

=== October 16th, 2025 ===

Attendance: Milesent, Edward, Rosin, Tali, Gianna, Seamus, Philip
Milesent went over the efforts thus far to import the database to the new server; long story short it won't work, we're too many versions behind. (We knew this... but it's been confirmed.)
The team quickly moved to the decision to import the pages manually. Milesent tested the workflow with the Reign pages.
We'll be keeping track of the project on the Current Events page of the wiki: http://middlewiki.midrealm.org/.../MiddleWiki:Current...
Step 1: Move/Re-make our templates. Milesent is going to compare our template list with the built-in wiki templates that are already on the new site to make the to-do list and post to the Current Events page. Volunteers will mark the templates they have moved and/or any issues with each template.
Milesesnt is to make accounts on the new server for our volunteers. (Not able to attend the meeting, but still want to help out? Bill Dai Sutton? Let me know and I will make you an account too.)
Milesent will make a post on the Midrealm FB group and Discord about the move to let our populace know what is up. We are not going to make any more new accounts from now until the move is completed and we will lock pages on the wiki as they are ported over.
Once templates are done we will start moving pages in batches (Milesent demonstrated the process very briefly) Claim the batch you are moving; export/import that batch, verify they ported ok or report errors. Lock original pages.
We will meet again in two weeks, same bat time, same bat channel.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Let me know!
- Milesent 🙂
Project Manager 😉

Main Page

2026-06-09T23:46:50Z

Milesent:

== Welcome! ==
This is a new home for the MiddleWiki on a hosted solution which will hopefully be robust for many years to come.

Currently we're having issues getting account creation working properly; accounts can be created manually for those who would like to update pages.

== Issues ==
Request Account is not working properly, alas.

We are experiencing intermittent database connection issues; if it happens to you, wait and try again in a few minutes. We're investigating a solution (more details in the site move page and to do list page.)

== Migration Status: ==
5,500+ pages moved (of 7,500 ish) the actual count is visible on: [[Special:Statistics]]

[[MiddleWiki About - 2026 Site Move]] <- Meeting minutes and general information about the site move.

[[MiddleWiki To Do List]] <- Includes current server migration plan and tasks

User:Avery1415

2026-06-09T18:01:54Z

Milesent: Created page with "This is Avery1415's user page, see their persona page here: Avery Austringer"

This is Avery1415's user page, see their persona page here: [[Avery Austringer]]

User:Diccon

2026-06-09T15:26:03Z

Milesent: Created page with "This is Diccon's user page, see their persona page here: Diccon de Reinport"

This is Diccon's user page, see their persona page here: [[Diccon de Reinport]]

Order Secretary

2026-06-08T19:50:39Z

Milesent: /* Order of the Mark Secretaries */

Each of the Peerage Orders of the Middle Kingdom has an Order Secretary.

The Order Secretary:
* Acts as a liaison between the Order and the Crown
* Takes notes at meetings and publishes them to the Order afterward
* Administers the polling of the order
* Manages the Order mailing list and website
* Manages candidate information shared with the Order

All communication sent to the Secretaries is shared with the Order, if requested, via email. Occasionally, Their Royal Majesties may include other communication that is to be shared on a candidate's page, or via email.

==History ==

Before the new Portal was created by Mistress Jadzia, the Order secretary had to compile the poll results manually

=== Order of the Chivalry Secretaries ===

* ?
* [[Silverthorn of Drachenmoor]] ?? - 2015
* [[Ulfr Forkbeard]] 2015 - 2024
* [[Wigthegn the Younger]] 2024 - Present

=== Order of the Laurel Secretaries ===

* ?
* [[Siobhan O'Neill]] ??
* [[Brusten de Bearsul]] ?? to 2011
* [[Gianetta Andreini da Vicenza]] 2011 to February 2015
* [[Waltrudis von Metton]] February 2015 to February 2025
* [[Milesent Vibert]] February 2025 to present

=== Order of the Pelican Secretaries ===

* Myra (unofficial)
* [[Brusten de Bearsul]] (First official?)??
* [[Arianna Lloyd|Arianna Llwyd]] ?? - 2013(??)
* [[Caitriona MacDhonnachaidh]] 2013(??) - 2015
* [[Catarina de Bruyn]] 2015 - 2018
* [[Maggie MacKeith]] 2018 - May 2022
* [[Roana Aldinoch]] - May 2022 - January 2025
* [[Acelina of Derelei]] - January 2025 - present

=== Order of Defense Secretaries ===

* [[Maximilian der Zauberer]] 2023 - Present

=== Order of the Mark Secretaries ===

* [[Aibhilin ni Dhomhnaill]] June 2025 - Present

[[Category:Officers]]

Order Secretary

2026-06-08T19:49:57Z

Milesent: added Order of the Mark

Milesent Vibert

2026-04-21T19:37:54Z

Milesent:

{{Populace|photo = [[Image:MVibert.JPG|300px]]| photocaption = Milesent January 2021 |title = Master | pronouns = she/her | Awards = Please see the Order of Precedence | location = [[Cleftlands]] | status = Current Member | device = [[Image:Milesent.gif]] | devicecaption = Per Chevron Argent and Sable Three Mascles counterchanged}}

Master Milesent Vibert found the SCA in college in the fall of 1992 and became a card carrying member in August 1993 at Pennsic (in those days they had a membership sign-up table next to the gate.) She is probably best known for her [[calligraphy]] and [[illumination]], though she dabbles in a great many different arts and was elevated to the [[Laurel]] for "Experiential Research" which she chooses to interpret as "Mad Science" or "Research" depending on how playful the mood is. The research which seemed to garner the most attention before her elevation was her work on re-constructing gilt membrane threads.

== Persona ==
Milesent is a Burgundian noblewoman who left her beloved Dijon to marry the dashing Baron [[Edward Brackenburye]] in 1483 and now lives with him on a small estate near Lincoln, England bemoaning the state of English fashions and cuisine almost as much as he bemoans the Lancasters being in power.

Persona Name Pronunciation: Prefer ME-lay-scent VEE-bear, can also do Me-Lay-Sant VEE-bear

Pronouns: She/Her Note I prefer "Master" when referring to me as a member of the Order of the Laurel.

== Offices & Positions ==

=== Current ===
* '''[[Pale Herald]]''' - March 4, 2024 to present - Herald in charge of coordinating court heralds for events
* '''Court Herald''' - May 2007 to present - after stepping down as Regional Signet, Milesent wanted to keep on heralding and became a court Herald at large.
* '''MiddleWiki Administrator''' - Early 2012 to present
* '''North Oaken Regional Archery Marshal''' - February 2026 to present
* '''Archery Marshal''' at large, August 2013 to present
* Unofficial Cleftlands Scribe's Guild leader.
* [[Order Secretary]] for the Order of the Laurel - February 17th 2025 to present

=== Former ===
* Deputy North Oaken Regional Archery Marshal - uh... sometime in 2024 to February 2026
* '''Cleftland's Archery Champion''' - April 15, 2023 to Spring 2024
* North Oaken '''Regional Minister of Arts and Sciences''' August 1, 2018 to January 1, 2023
* Drop-Dead deputy for Kingdom A&S Minister May 2018 to sometime in 2019
* Pennsic A&S Champions Team 2019
* '''Cleftlands self-appointed historian''' - June 2000 to Sometime in 2012
* '''Cleftlands self-appointed Newsletter Editor''' - January 2017 to January 2018
* '''Cleftlands webminister''' - August 2000 to November 20, 2014, She succeeded her sister Lyonnete in the office and was succeeded by her deputy, [[Gianna Vettori]].
* '''Oaken Regional [[Signet]]''' - February 2004 to May 2007 (Preceded by [[myfanwy ferch Rhonwen]], there was some drama as myfanwy was removed from office and was also from [[Cleftlands]]. Milesent was the last signet for the entire Oaken region and advocated it's division. She was succeeded by a North Oaken Signet, [[Cassandra du Belle Isle]] and South Oaken/Aetheon Signet, [[Elspeth Clerk]].)
* '''3rd Baroness of the Cleftlands''', retired. June 2, 2007 to April 14, 2012
* '''Chamberlain''' for TRH [[Nikolai Grigorevich Petrov|Nikolai]] and [[Serena Kimbalwyke|Serena]] May 24, 2015 to May 7, 2016.
* Cleftlands Dance Guild leader (founder) Spring 1999 to May 2003
* Kingdom Arts & Sciences Champion for [[79th Reign of the Middle Kingdom|EikBrandr I and Runa E I]]

===Event Staff ===
* Event Steward
** "Dressed to Kill III: Cleftlands Armourer's and Needleworker's Symposium" November 11, 2023
** "Dressed to Kill: Cleftlands Armourers and Needleworker's Symposium" April 2016
** Co-Event Steward - North Oaken A&S 2015 and 2007
* Archery Marshal in Charge
** NOWM 2015
** co, Cleftlands Standard Bearer's 2012, 2017
** Brawl at the Crooked Dragon in Falcon's Quarry (forget the date; after 2012, before 2018)
* Royalty Liaison
** NOWM 2012?
** A Regular Event in Cleftlands 2016
* Class Coordinator - many events
* Herald in Charge - many events, Cleftlands January Event 2019, 12th Night 2011, Brendoken Investiture 2009?

== Miscellany ==
Milesent has a twin sister [[Lyonnete Vibert]] who is six minutes younger than she is (everyone asks that.)

== Laurel Lineage ==
Milesent was [[apprentice|apprenticed]] to Mistress [[Elwynor ferch Alwen]] (April 2007) before being elevated to the Order of the [[Laurel]] in June, 2010 for her work in experiential research (which she chooses to identify as Mad Science).

Milesent has two apprentices who have been elevated to the Laurel, Baroness [[Constanza de Mendoza]] and Master [[Oliver Stillman]], and two active apprentices [[Azemars Martel]], [[Iosobail Mhic Leoid]] and three students, [[Angelique De LaRochelle]], [[Tariq al Sanna Af Fjall]] and [[Pietro da San Tebaldo]].

== Interests and SCA-related hobbies ==
The book arts, including [[Calligraphy]] and [[Illumination]], [[gilding]], and [[bookbinding]] and other diverse arts like [[Knitting]], [[Drop spindle]], [[dance]], glass enamels, wood carving and [[costuming]].

== Classes taught ==

A&S Faire Classes:
* Being successful at Middle Kingdom A&S Faires
* Judging at Middle Kingdom A&S Faires
* How to write Good Documentation
* Documentation for people who hate to write Documentation
* Learning to Look - Research in the SCA

Scribal Arts:
* Getting started in Calligraphy and Illumination
* Principles of Design for Illumination
* Super Simple Silverpoint
* Persian Gold Sprinkling
* Playing with Period Pigments
* Gilding
* Troubleshooting gilding problems
* Shading and Drapery
* Beginning Calligraphy
* Arabic script calligraphy
* Cutting quills for calligraphy
* The History of the Sketchbook (and Drawing media)
* How to make a paintbrush

Costuming:
* The Elusive Bliaut
* Bliaut for Boys
* Misleading Manuscripts (using images for costume documentation)
* 16th Century Persian costume
* Yuan Dynasty Chinese Noblewomen's dress
* Sideless surcoats and cyclases
* Cranky about Cranach - early 16th century North-eastern Germany (Duchy of Saxony) women's noble dress.
* Coming soon - Merovingian costume
* Coming soon - Party like it's 1499 - transitional dress for Northern European women between the Burgundian and Tudor styles

Misc:
* 16th Century Persian Dance
* Beginning English Country Dance
* Knitting in the Middle Ages and Rennaisance
* Gold Thread
* How to Woo a Tournament Gallery
* Awards and Precedence of the Middle Kingdom
* Getting started in glass enamels/cloisonne

==Publications==
* Tournaments Illuminated Winter 2007 (#161) Persian Gold: 16th Century Safavid Manuscript Marginal Gilding
* Illustrations for TI Article on Old Roses by Ealdred of Gwyntarian (Issue 167, 2008)
* Illustrations for Compleat Anachronist #133 (October 2006) (14th and 15th Hats and Headdresses by Lyonnete Vibert)
* Landed Baron's Handbook version 2.0 (Original by Baroness Giovanna)
* New Laurel Handbook revision 2014 and 2019
* Unofficial Midrealm Chamberlain's Handbook 2016 (See me if you'd like a copy!)
* Pale Article series on Arts and Sciences 2009
* Pale Article on 2017 Laurel Retreat
* Illustrations for the Cleftlands Newsletter "The Forum" February 2000 to March 2004
* The Pale cover art - Feb 2000, April 2001, May 2005, August 2005, December 2005

==Calligraphy and Illumination Gallery==
<gallery>
Image: Rose-Ceinwen.JPG|Rose scroll for Countess Ceinwen
Image: KSCA-Farthegn.JPG|Knighting scroll for Sir Farthegn
Image: Fretty-CCC.JPG|Purple Fretty for Cleveland Central Catholic High School
</gallery>

==External Links==

* Milesent's blog is linked on our [[Midrealm Blogs]] page.
* [http://cleftlands.org The Cleftlands Website]

[[Category:Laurels]]
[[Category:15th Century]]
[[Category:Gothic Era]]
[[Category:French Personas]]
[[Category:Burgundian Personas]]
[[Category:Persian Personas]]
[[Category:Archers]]
[[Category:Rapier Combatants]]
[[Category:Embroidery]]
[[Category: Scribes]]

Category:Burgundian Personas

2026-04-21T19:35:27Z

Milesent: added category

This Category is for personas from Burgundy (A duchy of France, the "Kingdom" of Burgundy reached the height of its power in the 15th century.)

[[Category:Populace]]

Midrealm Blogs

2026-04-21T19:33:58Z

Milesent: removed category: blogs (no other pages in the category, or likely to be.)

This page is a listing of blogs published by members of the Middle Kingdom populace. Please only post blogs for Midrealmers.

If you would like to follow any of these blogs, there are many blog-following services such as Feedly.com (This is not an endorsement of Feedly, just an example.)

{|class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Blogger''' || '''Blog URL''' || '''Subject(s)'''
|-
| [[Andreas Blacwode]] || [http://www.apapermuse.com/ A Paper Muse ] || Poetry, Collected Works
|-
| [[Aveline de Ceresbroch]] || [https://harpyandhag.com/blog/ Harpy and Hag Blog] || Block Printing
|-
| [[Brendan O Corraidhe]] || [http://bardlog.wordpress.com/ Bardlog] || Philosophy and practice of the bardic arts
|-
| [[Edyth Miller]] || [https://edythmiller.blogspot.com/ The Compleatly Dressed Anachronist] || Costuming
|-
| Elizabeth “Bess” de Nevell || [https://thlbess.wordpress.com/about/ the honorable lady bess ] || Costuming, SCA Life, Culture
|-
| [[Ercc Glaison]] || [http://ercc-glaison.blogspot.com/ http://ercc-glaison.blogspot.com/] ||
|-
| Fiadnata ó Gleann Àlainn || [http://www.fiadnata.org/ Fiadnata's Notebook ] || Weaving, Fiber Arts
|-
| [[Genoveva von Lübeck]] || * [http://www.HonorBeforeVictory.com Honor Before Victory (SCA projects blog)] * [http://www.GermanRenaissance.net German Renaissance (16th c. German research blog)] || German Renaissance costuming and sundry projects.
|-
| [[James ap Llewellyn]] || [http://halfwayoakfarm.com Halfway Oak Farm 14th century life blog] || 14th Century Life, Hunting, Equestrian etc.
|-
| [[Jahan Ara bint al-Yehya amat al-Hafeeza]] || [http://sayyidajahanara.wordpress.com In the City of Peace...] || Research of 10th Century Baghdad, nexus of the Silk Road
|-
| [[Kateryn Styllyngflete]] || [https://katerynstyllyngflete.wordpress.com/ Kateryn's blog and website] || Wars of the Roses research
|-
| [[Milesent Vibert]] || * [http://gwacie.livejournal.com Milesent's old blog] * [https://milesent.wordpress.com/ Milesent's new blog] || Costuming, Calligraphy and Illumination, Personal ramblings
|-
| [[Odette d'Amboise]] || [http://odettedamboise.wordpress.com/ Odette's project blog] || Costuming and cooking
|-
| [[Siobhán an Einigh of Connacht]] || [http://siobhan-an-einigh.tumblr.com/ Ramblings of an SCA Bard] || Bard stuff
|-
| [[Ursula Georges]] || [http://ursula.dreamwidth.org/tag/sca Ursula's blog] || Heraldry, history, research

Category:Anglo-Saxon Personas

2026-04-21T19:27:26Z

Milesent: added category

This category is for Anglo-Saxon Personas.

[[Category:Populace]]

Category:Greek Personas

2026-04-21T19:25:28Z

Milesent: added category

This Category is for Greek Personas

[[Category:Populace]]

Category:Ancient Greek Personas

2026-04-21T19:24:39Z

Milesent: added category

This Category is for Ancient Greek Personas

[[Category:Populace]]
[[Category: Greek Personas]]

MiddleWiki To Do List

2026-04-21T19:19:51Z

Milesent: /* Category pages from the old wiki: to do */

==Server Migration ==
Migration meetings are currently on Thursday evenings, every two weeks. See Milesent if you would like to attend. (Attendance is open.)
Next meeting is Tuesday, December 30th at 7:30 pm EST/6:30 pm Central

The Migration Team:
* Milesent
* Seamus
* Gianna
* Roisin
* Tali
* Philip the Pilgrim
* Edward
* Dai
* Raffaele
* Margherita
* Zygmunt

=== Server set up ===
* Set up new site - Seamus, Milesent (and Gianna?)
** Install Mediawiki - Mi Done
** Set up front end access for admin team - Mi Done
** Added back end access for Gianna (I think?) - Mi Done
* Created /DEV and /Backup site clones - Mi Done
* Get database dump - Milesent has asked Grant for this, have an old copy from 2023 - Skip this
* Create user accounts for Edward, Tali (done), Rosin (done), Philip (done), Dai (done) on new server
* Give all helpers access to lock pages on original site: Edward, Tali, Rosin, Philip, Dai, Gianna
** Done: Dai, Gianna, Roisin, Pilgrim, Tali, Raffaele, Margherita -Mi
* Secure Certificate for site : Letsencrypt?
* announce site move and freeze of new accounts - Milesent -done
* Ooops, image upload was not enabled! Turned that on - Mi
* I THINK I've increased the user time out to 1 hour; let me know if folks get booted to fast while updating -Mi
* From Dai: to enable scripting for templates exported from Mediawiki, we need the following (see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto):
** Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
*** wfLoadExtension( 'Scribunto' );
*** $wgScribuntoDefaultEngine = 'luastandalone';
** Done! -Mi (Scribunto was apparently already there, saw the folder under extensions so just added the line to localsettings.php... try it and let me know if that did it? -Mi
*** Thanks! Now need TemplateStyles which I guess isn't on MediaWiki 1.4 (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TemplateStyles)
*** Downloaded TemplateStyles Extension and put it into the public_html/Extensions folder and added the line wfLoadExtension( 'TemplateStyles' ); to localsettings... and wiki doesn't work. Boo! Commented out that line. I did version 1.43... we're running version 1.4, may be the issue? There's a 3.9 version I will try (GoDaddy says "you're running the current version" whenever I try to update Mediawiki) -Mi Yes! Version 3.9 did not crash the wiki, huzzah. TemplateStyles loaded. - Mi
*** Sigh and now we need ParserFunctions: wfLoadExtension( 'ParserFunctions' ); - I'm going to create my own server and go through this whole process to stop having to ask for these piecemeal. - Done, Mi!
* Disabled page edits for non-logged in users! Egad, why wasn't that the default? - Milesent
* Don't see "protect" option on pages; need to confirm how to protect certain pages (like Main page) - nevermind! It's there, under 'More' -Mi :)
* Password reset email did not send to Brackenburye, he did get an email confirm email when the account was created, however, so sending does work. Need to check if there's a problem on our end or if Yahoo just felt it was spam or something.
* Investigate styles - can we set styles for navbox template and site? (Border style for boxes etc.)
* we will not be moving disambiguation template or category

=== Update/fix issues ===
* Check SMTP setup for password reset emails - worked on this some, close to done I think? -mi
* JsonConfig extension needed - installed -mi

=== Move Templates ===
* Compare Template list with built in templates on new site to identify list to move - Mi
* List of templates to move: Put your name next to the one you are working on then 'done' when done. (NOTE: check "templates used" at the bottom of the edit page for the existing template and try first to move templates that do not rely on others - Dai)

==== Custom Templates ====
* Template:Populace - Dai Done - Raffaele tested and confirmed.
* Template:Succession box - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Territories - Raffaele - done, tested
** Brought over dependent template Tablestyle1.
* Template:Award - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKqueens - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKkings - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Pennsic - Raffaele - done, tested
* Template:Household - Raffaele - done, tested
* Template:MKmoas - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:GreatBook - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKmarshals - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKseneschals - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKchroniclers - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKheralds - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKexchequers - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKchirurgeons - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Dance - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Great Office - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Guild - Raffaele - done, tested, had to make some changes
* Template:Ayreton Baronial Succession box - Rosin remove template from pages
* Template:AyretonBaronesses - Rosin remove template from pages
* Template:AyretonBarons - Rosin remove template from pages
* Template:MKchatelaines - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Landed Baron - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Infobox Dragon Principal Herald
* Template:ASdate - Raffaele - Done, Tested
* Template:Strlen - Raffaele - Done Tested
* Template:S-Baron Raffaele - Done, Tested

==== MediaWiki Templates ====
Some of these we may not need, but they are all currently linked on Middlewiki old site:

* Template:Tnavbar Dai - if this is a standard mediawiki template, skip for now -Mi
* Template:Navbox - if this is a standard mediawiki template, skip for now - Mi
* Template:Start box ?(165 links)
** Has been replaced by Template:S-start :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:S-start
* Template:End box ?(165 links)
* Template:Expand
* Template:Documentation ?(142 links) Dai: Complete. Documentastion still not showing properly.
* Template:Documentation subpage Dai: see above
* Template:Tablestyle1
* Template:Tl
* Template:! ?(90 links)
* Template:Tlx - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Pp-meta - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Ombox - Template documentation (RdB)
** This is an outdated template, not compatable with new wiki version
** See: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Ombox
** Asked Copilot what to do, it gave me a bunch of steps to possibly get Ombox working or: If ombox proves too brittle, consider switching to one of the more actively maintained meta-templates:
*** <nowiki> {{ambox}} – for articles </nowiki>
*** <nowiki>{{tmbox}} – for talk pages</nowiki>
*** <nowiki>{{imbox}} – for image pages</nowiki>
*** <nowiki>{{cmbox}} – for categories</nowiki>
*** <nowiki>{{fmbox}} – for footers/headers</nowiki>
** These are more modular and better supported in newer MediaWiki versions
* Template:Namespace detect ?(45 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:T1 ?(45 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Mbox ?(43 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:No ?(41 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Yes ?(41 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Yes2 ?(41 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Navbox subgroup ?(37 links) - Template used for officer pages to list officers who held office (RdB)
* <strike> Template:Navbox subgroups (35 links) - Updated template for KMOAS, now 0 links </strike> (RdB)
* <strike> Template:Navbox/sandbox ?(32 links) - Updated template for [[Template:GreatBook]], now only 2 links </strike> (RdB)
* Template:Ineedcite ?(29 links) - Template for box that shows up when note of photo needing citation. Useful (RtB)
* <strike> Template:Â· (13 links) </strike> (RdB)
* Template:Reflist ?(26 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Tlp ?(25 links) - No template created, just links on other templates for Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Terminated ?(24 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Needs ?(24 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:BLACK ?(24 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Table-experimental ?(24 links) - No template created, just links on other templates for Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:16:9 ?(24 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:No2 ?(24 links) - No template created, just links on other templates for Template documentation (RdB)

There are a number of additional templates which may or may not be needed; will update list as needed.

Need to figure out how to import standard wiki templates

=== Move pages!===

*2,873 pages moved* out of 7,511 (as of 1/13/2026)

a [https://middlewiki.org/images/0/04/Moving_MiddleWiki_Pages.pdf PDF of instructions is available], if this link doesn't work, see the MiddleWiki Facebook Group or Milesent to get a copy.

==== (incipient) Ayreton to Armond le Charpentier - <s>ready for final review</s>, RdB Pages have been reviewed and are good ====
* Milesent - Done Open task for anyone who wants to verify my work, thanks.
** Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
*Redirects to check up on:
** <s>AElfric Greensword</s>
** <s>APF</s>
** <s>ASL</s>
** <s>A Pelican in its Piety</s>
** <s>Archery</s>
* Other issues
** duplicate page for Adam MacAoidh, Adhamh MacAoidh, created redirect on new site, also Adhamh uploaded a new version of his profile picture since I uploaded the photos; manually uploaded it.
** Agnoletta da Monterosso - listed as a Midrealm King, but not on the list of kings... who is this? Page needs fixed (new name for an existing King?) - RdB looks like it is Lady Agnoletta da Monterosso who now goes by Lady Agnes Fairbairn.
** Updated photo for Baron Aindle
** Duplicate page for Alaric le Fevre; changed to a redirect on new site
** Updated photo for Alderford
** Moved page Albina to full persona name Albina Gherardi on new site
** Duplicate page for Andries Von Voorburg, replaced blank-er page with redirect.
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good. - done

==== Armor to Caroline de Mercier- <s>Ready for final review</s> - RdB Pages have been reviewed and are good ====
* <s>Done - Brackenburye</s>
** <s>Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)</s>
** <s>Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.</s>
* (Note from RdB) Ava Steinbock photo was not moved. Page was updated on the old site between the move of photos and move of pages
* (Note from RdB) Baronial award page was missed

==== Carraig Ban to Duchess - ready for final review - RdB Pages have been reviewed and are good, any issues noted below ====
* Raffaele is working this section
* Did Carraig Ban to Duchess, complete need to follow up on the below issues
* Here are follow up issues
**<s>Cecily O'Donnel has a Template issue that need resolved, removed reference to Template:End, Template:S-Herald needs work -Raff</s>
**<s>Charge, Charge (Heraldic), Charge (Tactic) all have the Disambig Template, need to decide if we want it - Deleted Disambig reference , Raff</s>
**Companie of Ayreton Archers, the image did not load
**<s>Create New Page redirects to Pennsic Rapier War Points, need to delete this reference - Fixed, link has been deleted , Raff</s>
**<s>Create Page redirects to Pennsic Rapier Champions, need to delete this reference - Fixed link has been deleted, Raff</s>
**Current Events page was not moved over, nor will I lock it as we are currently editing it, right now as I type
**<s>Dafydd Blaidd, has some customized template that need resolved</s> Fixed best I could with my limited knowledge. - Raff
**'''David Patton has Cheez whiz and didn't share (Should we delete this page?)'''
**<s>Dragon has the disambig Template - deleted disambig reference, Raff</s>
**<s>Dragon Herald has Template: Infobox Curie post, need to follow up on this</s> Fixed, Best I could, it needs formatted to the left. - Raff
**<s>Noticed that several templates didn't borders transfer over, need to look into it- fixed it, Raff</s>
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
** <s>[[Template:Infobox Curia post]] was not moved over</s>
** Cian's heraldry image did not move over (https://middlewiki.midrealm.org/index.php/File:Cian_Muimnech_mac_F%C3%A1el%C3%A1in.png)
** Heraldry for Darkyard did not move over (https://middlewiki.midrealm.org/index.php/File:Darkyard4x4.jpg)
*<s>Redirects to check up on:</s>
**<s>Chainmail redirects to Mail</s>
**<s>Chirurgeon redirects to Kingdom Chirurgeaons</s>
**<s>Chiv Tourney redirects to Tournament of Chivalry</s>
**<s>College of Saint Brutus redirects to Saint Brutus</s>
**<s>College of St Joan rediects to St Joan</s>
**<s>Commanders rediects to Middle Kingdom Command Staff</s>
**<s>Conrad Schwartzwolfe redirects to Kjartan EikBrandsson</s>
**<s>Court Baron/Baroness et al redirect to Baron/Baroness</s>
**<s>Crystal Beacon redirects to Beacon of the Shattered Crystal</s>
**<s>Draig MaCullum reirects to Cadwalader MacCullum</s>
**<s>Duchess redirects to Duke/Duchess</s>
* <s>Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.</s>
*

==== Duct tape to Gillianne deSolis - ready for final review - RdB reviewed through through Flame ====
* <s>Raffaele is working this section</s>
* <s>Did Duct Tape to Gillianne deSolis</s>
* Here are the follow up issues
**<s>Edward Aelredson has Template:S_HeraldTemplate:End, need to fix/address</s>
** Edward BrackenBurye page - made a redirect to Edward Brackenburye and added Red Co category - Milesent
**Female Sailor, Gathering Peascods, Grimstock, Hole in the wall, Heart's Ease, Jenny Pluck Pears, Mari's Wedding, Posties Jig having issue with Dance Template, need to look into this now that we have data
**GB 68 and GB 72 have corrupted pic files on the original site, may have to find author to upload new ones
**<s>Gavin MacFergus has Template:username and Template:Asdate, need to look into</s>
**[[Finna Gata]] is a blank page. Was blank on the old site too. What/Who is Finna Gata?
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
*Redirects to check up on:
**<s>Eve of Concordia and Eve of Cleftlands both redirect to Shahzada Isfahani - this is correct (Mi) Persona name change.</s>
**Fencing redirects to Rapier Combat
**Francesca Morosin rediects to Morgan Woodsende of Hoghton
**Gardant Ram redirects to Guardant Ram
**Genevieve Chastisse de Vaucresson redirects to Guenin de Vaucresson
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== Ginevra Boscoli to Jocelyn le Jongleur - ready for final review ======
* Raff is working this section -
* Here are the follow up issues
** <s>Great Officers of State has Template:*</s>
** Gwynaeth_Math_O'Ddylluan, Henry of Exeter has a "Page using a duplicate argument in template call"
** How To: Do I Get Started, Household, Persona, Upload Images are all instructions to create pages, we need to look at and update based on new site and policies
** Isabel Taylor has wrong picture
** Imagemap ??
*Redirects to check up on:
** Group and Groups redirects to Territorial Branch
** Horse Bow redirects to Maygar
** House Stahlgeist redirects to Stahlgeist
** Incipient College of Saint Brutus redirects to Saint Brutus
** Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
** Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== Johan Bez Spoudnia to Mark - ready for final review ====
* Raff is working this section -
***Kingdom Champions and Kingdom Champions redirect to Category: Kingdom Champions - Need to setup Category?
***<s>Kingdom Chatelaine, Exchequer, Seneschal, Social Media Officer have Template:Infobox Curia Post - Infobox LUA lodaed?</s>
***<s>Kingdom Chatelaine has Template:MKChatelaines - Template is missing on old wiki as well</s>
***<s>Kingdom Exchequer has Templatye:Infobox Lesser Office of State - Infobox issue?</s>
***Kollin Rhos is missing Kollin Person.jpg on both sites
***<s>Kriemhilt von Ebersberg has Template:Userpage -</s>
***<s>Louis LeLaffrier uses Template:Asdate</s>
***Lucius Antonius Ursus has wrong Photo
***Marcus Octavies Argentarius Leo has wrong photo
*Redirects to check up on:
***Kingdom of Northshield redirects to Northshield
***Kingdom Law has several redirects to MK Laws, need to check back when they are loaded
***MOAS redirects to Minister of Arts & Sciences
***Man at Arms and Man at arms redirects to Men at Arms
***Marche of Tirnewydd redirects to Tirnewydd
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== MarKeta z Prahy to Pennsic XVI - Milesent This section is now complete. Ready for file review. ====
* This section is being migrated by Milesent and Edward
* Done to MK law articles
* Redirects to check up on:
** Marshes, March of the
** Myrra de Blackwoode
** Middle Kingdom Embroidery Guild
Issues

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Odile de Brienne photo on new site is sideways.

* Check Pennsic IV, pages do not look alike?

* Marshal's handbook - page is a bunch of templates apparently. Need to revisit.
* Should we roll "Marshal in Charge" and "Marshal in Training" back into the Marshal's article instead of having separate, tiny pages for them?
* Meadhbh Rammsay - photo was updated on old site, downloaded and uploaded new version to new site.
* Merlume de Lunecorne - Merlume de Lunecorne of Narhale Keep - Chiurgeon General template on her redirect, not her page - moved template done
* Michael Colquhoun - some bad formatting under previous positions, fixed.
* Middlewiki 101 page should be reviewed for accuracy with new site.
* Capitalization inconsistencies, Minister of arts and sciences vs Minister of Youth.
* Do we really need that many redirects for Minister of arts and sciences?
* MK Law Articles - were already protected on old site, protected them on new site. Need to address the future of these pages after migration is complete.

* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== Pennsic XVII to Seneschal ready for final review =====
* This section is being migrated by: Raff
* Redirects to check up on:
** Raaiins Star and Riain Star redirects to Order of Riains Star
* Issues:
** Pentamere arms .jpg did not transfer over
** Personal Page Framework - Needs reviewed for new server
** <s>Phillip the Pilgrim - Uses Template:Asdate</s>
** Roaring Wastes picture did not transfer over
** Robert Fitzgryffyn - Duplicate page?
** <s>Samson "Samii" Muskovish uses Template:Asdate and Template:S-Baron</s>
** Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
** Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== Seonaid inghean Ghrigair to Val Day Ready for final review ====
* Done - Edward Brackenburye
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.
Redirects needed?
* Tariq Al Sanna Af Fjall, Tariq al Sanna Af Fjall
* Tarquin Suspectus, Tarquinus Suspectus
These 3 pages are for the same person. Redirects or delete duplicates?
* Tavis Macintosh, Tedesco da Vanezia, Tedesco da Venezia
* The Cameron needs photos fixed
* The Amalie needs a photo fix

==== Val d'Azure to Ívarr of Altenberg - Ready for final review ====
* Done - Edward Brackenburye
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

'''Broken Redirects to fix'''

[[Special:BrokenRedirects]]

== Add User accounts ==
* Set up built in account creation ability again
** Install ConfirmAccount extension - Milesent Done
*** Had to do a lot of troubleshooting; because I had installed a newer incompatable version first, the correct version did not install correctly. Ugh. After many trials and tribulations, it is now installed and working *knock on wood*
** Configure! -Milesent
*** Need to set up email sending to send confirmation emails for account requests
*** Need to customize form; added custom fields and they're not showing. boo hiss.
** Test!
*** First test successful; saw request and rejected it, however my yahoo account never got the email notice.
** Update request form to suit our needs.
* Demote members of the migration team who will not continue in admin roles
* Train bureaucrats on how to approve/reject accounts.

== Ongoing Upgrades/Maintenance set up ==
* Update "How To" pages for changes in new site and structure
* Set up staging site for upgrades/testing (verify upgrade process)

==Re-Create Categories ==
All Categories that are on pages moved will be red links; can be found under "Wanted Categories"
Exceptions: Categories for files! Once images are important, these will need to be re categorized.

===Re-tag images/files with categories ===
# Go to Special Pages > Uncategorized files
# Find images that fit the categories and add them to the images.

* Arms Images ‎(587 members) - Edward is working on these
* Portrait Images ‎(315 members)
* Award Images ‎(142 members) - Milesent started, 76 done
* Scroll Images ‎(109 members) - C&I Images ‎(37 members) - need to pick what we want, third option: Scribal Images
* Regalia Images ‎(61 members)
* Site Tokens ‎(24 members)
* History Images ‎(24 members)
* Event photos ‎(1 member)

===Category pages from the old wiki: Done===
* Populace ‎(1,438 members) - done mi
* Red Company ‎(474 members) - done mi
* Pelicans ‎(184 members) - done mi
* Articles to be expanded ‎(171 members) - not doing
* Terms ‎(159 members) - done mi
* Baronial Awards ‎(138 members) - done mi
* Laurels ‎(127 members) - done mi
* Chivalry ‎(119 members) - done mi
* Territories ‎(113 members) - done mi
* Reigns ‎(112 members) - done mi
* Awards ‎(107 members) - done mi
* Events ‎(103 members) - done mi
* Titles ‎(86 members) - done mi
* Pennsic ‎(63 members) - done mi
* Midrealm Kings ‎(65 members) - done mi
* Households ‎(57 members) - done mi
* Arms Images ‎(587 members) - done mi
* Local Groups ‎(107 members) - done mi
* Heraldry ‎(87 members) - done mi
* Martial Activities ‎(89 members) - done mi
* Award Images ‎(142 members) - done mi
* 14th Century ‎(27 members)
* 12th Century ‎(7 members)
* 10th Century ‎(7 members)
* 11th Century ‎(4 members)
* 16th Century ‎(24 members)
* 15th Century ‎(17 members)
* 13th Century ‎(2 members)
* 9th Century ‎(1 member)
* 7th Century ‎(2 members)
* A&S Venues ‎(23 members)
* A&S terms ‎(26 members)
* Activities ‎(33 members)
* Rapier Combatants ‎(66 members)
* Officers ‎(57 members)
* In Memoriam ‎(39 members)
* Cantons ‎(38 members)
* Shires ‎(35 members) - done mi
* Midrealm Queens ‎(73 members)
* Garb ‎(31 members)
* Kingdom MoASs ‎(30 members)
* MK Marshal's Handbook ‎(30 members)
* MoASs ‎(30 members)
* Archers ‎(28 members)
* Defense ‎(27 members)
* Kingdom Seneschals ‎(26 members)
* Marshals ‎(26 members)
* Chroniclers ‎(26 members)
* Kingdom Chroniclers ‎(25 members) - done mi
* Kingdom Exchequers‏‎ (24 members)
* Kingdom Earl Marshals‏‎ (24 members)
* Seneschals‏‎ (24 members)
* Exchequers‏‎ (24 members)
* Norse Personas‏‎ (23 members)
* Martial Terms‏‎ (23 members)
* Kingdoms‏‎ (21 members)
* Armoured Combatants‏‎ (22 members)
* Arts and Sciences‏‎ (21 members)
* Baronies‏‎ (21 members)
* Tournament Styles‏‎ (20 members)
* Baronage‏‎ (20 members)
* Baronial Orders‏‎ (19 members)
* German Personas‏‎ (18 members)
* Archery‏‎ (18 members)
* Orders‏‎ (17 members)
* Chirurgeons‏‎ (17 members)
* Gold Mace‏‎ (16 members)
* Celtic Personas‏‎ (16 members)
* Kingdom Chirurgeons‏‎ (16 members)- done mi
* English Personas‏‎ (15 members)
* Japanese Personas‏‎ (15 members)
* Embroidery‏‎ (14 members)
* Peers‏‎ (14 members)
* French Personas‏‎ (13 members)
* Niche Events‏‎ (13 members)
* Gothic Era‏‎ (12 members)
* Irish Personas‏‎ (12 members)
* Scribes‏‎ (12 members)
* How To‏‎ (10 members)
* Hunters‏‎ (10 members)
* Italian Personas‏‎ (10 members)
* Kingdom Champions‏‎ (10 members)
* Dependants‏‎ (9 members)
* Fiber Arts‏‎ (9 members)
* Brewers‏‎ (8 members)
* Marches‏‎ (8 members)
* Regions‏‎ (8 members)
* Renaissance Era‏‎ (8 members)
* Colleges‏‎ (7 members)
* Early Middle Ages Personas (500 - 1000 AD)‏‎ (7 members)
* Rapier combat‏‎ (7 members)
* Crown Poetry‏‎ (6 members)
* Elizabethan Era‏‎ (6 members) - done mi
* Guilds ‎(18 members)
* Peers‏‎ (15 members)
* Russian Personas‏‎ (6 members)
* Stories‏‎ (6 members)
* Migration Period‏‎ (6 members)
* History‏‎ (5 members)
* Ottoman Personas‏‎ (5 members)
* Traveling Prize‏‎ (5 members)
* Welsh Personas‏‎ (5 members)
* Romanesque Era‏‎ (5 members)
* Thrown Weapons‏‎ (4 members)
* Melee Units‏‎ (4 members)
* Armored Combat Fighting Styles‏‎ (4 members)
* Turkish Personas‏‎ (3 members)
* Persian Personas‏‎ (3 members)
* Scottish Personas‏‎ (3 members)
* Chinese Personas‏‎ (3 members) - done mi
* Yuan Dynasty Personas‏‎ (1 member)
* Tournament‏‎ (1 member) - removed
* Textiles‏‎ (1 member) - removed
* Tang Dynasty Personas‏‎ (1 member)
* Silver Mace‏‎ (1 member) - removed (what is this?)
* Sewing‏‎ (1 member) - removed
* Safavid Personas‏‎ (1 member)
* Religious Persona‏‎ (1 member) - changed to Religious Personas
* Norman‏‎ (1 member) - changed to Norman Personas
* Mughal Personas‏‎ (1 member)
* Mongolian Personas (1 member)
* Swiss Personas‏‎ (1 member) - done mi

===Category pages from the old wiki: to do ===
# Check category page on old wiki (Special pages: most linked to categories)
# copy its content to new wiki page if different
# Move page title from this section into the done section
# Image categories need to be re-added to image files.

* Templates ‎(523 members) - not creating?
* Portrait Images ‎(315 members)
* Scroll Images ‎(109 members)- need to decide if we're doing this or Scribal Images
* Great Book ‎(88 members)
* Regalia ‎(77 members)
* Armor ‎(66 members)
* Regalia Images ‎(61 members)
* Rapier Combatant Images ‎(52 members)
* C&I Images ‎(37 members) - re-categorize these as Scroll Images or Scribal Images
* Dragon Heralds ‎(25 members)
* Heralds ‎(25 members)
* Site Tokens ‎(24 members)
* History Images ‎(24 members)
* Dances ‎(22 members)
* Crown Tournaments ‎(19 members)
* MiddleWiki requested photographs ‎(18 members)
* Kingdom Chirurgeons ‎(16 members)
* Oaths ‎(3 members)
* Spanish Personas ‎(3 members)
* Chatelaines ‎(3 members)
* Hamlets ‎(3 members)
* Territorial Baron/esses ‎(3 members)
* Page School ‎(2 members)
* Gaelic Personas ‎(2 members)
* Dark Ages ‎(2 members)
* Burgundian Personas ‎(2 members)
* Anglo-Saxon Personas ‎(2 members)
* Pictish Personas ‎(2 members)
* Metalsmithing ‎(2 members)
* Korean Personas ‎(1 member)
* Landsknecht ‎(1 member)
* Indian Personas ‎(1 member)
* Middle Eastern Personas ‎(1 member)
* Ancient Greek Personas ‎(1 member)
* Greek Personas ‎(1 member)
* Islamic Personas ‎(1 member)
* Jewelry ‎(1 member)
* Event photos ‎(1 member)

=After Site Move=
This page is to list future projects and items for after the site move.

* Check for unnecessary redirects
* Decide what to do with the MK Law articles
** Do we update them?
** Add a disclaimer
** Delete them?
* Check for capitalization consistency
* Update Middlewiki 101 page

==Archived tasks ==

=== DEV test with Old DB from 2023 ===
* Testing with Old DB Copy from 2023
** Attempted to import the 2023 db file, got an error: #1044 - Access denied for user 'cpses_zs8fcpfb3r'@'localhost' to database 'wikidb' - Resolved by renaming new table 'wikidb'
** New error #1062 - Duplicate entry 'Annotation' for key 'iw_prefix' caused by db dump containing everything and this value needs to be unique... changed "INSERT INTO `mw_interwiki` VALUES" to "INSERT IGNORE INTO `mw_interwiki` VALUES" now it seems to be uploading *fingers crossed* Import successfully finished!
** Error: cannot connect to database when launching middlewiki.org/DEV
*** Checked MySQL Databases in cPannel Admin; only user I had on wikidb was Milesent, added the two DB users in the pannel which were made for the existing db, didn't help
**** Removed extraneous users
*** Checking Localsettings.php - Database name was wrong, corrected it. New error "This page isn't working right now, middlewiki.org redirected you too many times"
**** checked against old server localsettings.php (which I should've done to start, eh?) prefix was mw_, updated localsettings file with this prefex (was hyec_) Exciting new error: "[aO5tD0T_l1tHtAkqNHZ-_AAAARs] 2025-10-14 15:32:31: Fatal exception of type Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError"
**** enabled detailed errors by adding lines to localsettings: $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; $wgShowDBErrorBacktrace = true; Now I have a full screen of lovely things
*** From CoPilot: If you imported an old database into a newer MediaWiki version, you must run the update script to align the schema. Run php maintenance/update.php in the MediaWiki directory (need to figure out how I can get to a command prompt in cPanel) - Mi OK, SSH... Created a private key for SSH Access on cPanel; installed Putty and attempted to log in; at login prompt it says 'server rejected our key' grrr. -Mi
*** Ha! There is a terminal in cPanel (it's just kinda hidden, had to search for it.) After much trouble trying to ssh in (I do have the correct username/pwd, port, key, key enabled... not sure why ssh isn't working.) Ran php maintenance/update.php and got "Can not upgrade from versions older than 1.35, please upgrade to that version or alter first." Option: install version 1.35 and try to import and update the old DB on it? -Mi
Closed! Cannot get old server DB up to snuff. Too much deep hurting.

=== Importing Image Files ===
* Downloaded images from 2023 - Mi done
* Extracted image files (unzipped) Mi done
* Import into file system - Problems, can only upload the image files need to manually make all of the directories (Annoying, but can do.)
** Folder 0, 1 and it's sub folders done - Mi
*** Problem: uploaded photos don't show on the wiki b/c we've lost the database links. Need to run a import script (Google tells me there is an importImages.php that can be run... need to find the command prompt to run it at though. - Mi
*** Difficulties setting up SSH; downloaded key, was able to get to command prompt and got access denied; even though cPanel says ssh is enabled. Hrm. Tried via terminal, didn't work... wonder if I put the photos in the wrong images folder. Testing. -Mi
* Uploaded middlewiki.png logo and put in /resources/assets/ (and updated localsettings.php) lo, the logo is there. Small but happy progress - Mi
* Asked Grant for updated images folder -Mi - Got them, 10/24/25, Thanks Grant! -Mi
* Uploaded middlewiki.png to the new site... and yes! I was in the wrong images folder! ha! Moved folder 0 and 1 to this folder and trying the command line linky linky... -Mi
* went through folders 0 and 1 and their subfolders and uploaded additional images from the 2023 file.
** Possible issue with 0/03/Lindr Liathan heraldry image; special characters in name, watch for that when we move the linked page.
* Importing images into folders:
** 2 & subfolders - done -Mi
** 3 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 4 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 5 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 6 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 7 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 8 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 9 & subfolders - done - Mi
** a & subfolders - done - Mi
** b & subfolders - done - Mi
** c & subfolders - done - Mi
** d & subfolders - done - Mi
** e & subfolders - done - Mi
** f & subfolders - done - Mi
** - Not importing archive, temp and deleted folders.

* Run linking script - done! -Mi
* Some images had errors, all with bad characters in them
**e4/Fro-bad charachter-_ketilsson-med.jpg (there was another file without a messed up name uploaded so probably good.)
**d9/Cian_muimnech_mac_f-badcharacter-in.png
**b9 Frothi again
**9b/HanBadCharachterLeiland.jpg

=== Test manual Import/Export ===
* Synced main site with DEV (that had successfully *knock on wood* imported the 2023 db - Fatal Error, tried connecting directly to cloned site and it says unable to connect to db. -Mi
* Used Special Pages Export on live site for King, Consort, Sovereign, Queen and Special: Import; worked! so that's an option (albeit a slow one!) - mi
** Exported numbered pages (reigns/crown tournament pages that started with 1st, 101st, 33rd, etc.) and importing included templates - mi
** Exported most linked to templates, import didn't work b/c they're not pages. boo. -Mi
* Templates imported with pages are not properly formatted. Will likely need to manually move over templates before pages. See above. - Mi

MiddleWiki To Do List

2026-04-21T19:19:12Z

Milesent: /* Category pages from the old wiki: to do */

==Server Migration ==
Migration meetings are currently on Thursday evenings, every two weeks. See Milesent if you would like to attend. (Attendance is open.)
Next meeting is Tuesday, December 30th at 7:30 pm EST/6:30 pm Central

The Migration Team:
* Milesent
* Seamus
* Gianna
* Roisin
* Tali
* Philip the Pilgrim
* Edward
* Dai
* Raffaele
* Margherita
* Zygmunt

=== Server set up ===
* Set up new site - Seamus, Milesent (and Gianna?)
** Install Mediawiki - Mi Done
** Set up front end access for admin team - Mi Done
** Added back end access for Gianna (I think?) - Mi Done
* Created /DEV and /Backup site clones - Mi Done
* Get database dump - Milesent has asked Grant for this, have an old copy from 2023 - Skip this
* Create user accounts for Edward, Tali (done), Rosin (done), Philip (done), Dai (done) on new server
* Give all helpers access to lock pages on original site: Edward, Tali, Rosin, Philip, Dai, Gianna
** Done: Dai, Gianna, Roisin, Pilgrim, Tali, Raffaele, Margherita -Mi
* Secure Certificate for site : Letsencrypt?
* announce site move and freeze of new accounts - Milesent -done
* Ooops, image upload was not enabled! Turned that on - Mi
* I THINK I've increased the user time out to 1 hour; let me know if folks get booted to fast while updating -Mi
* From Dai: to enable scripting for templates exported from Mediawiki, we need the following (see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto):
** Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
*** wfLoadExtension( 'Scribunto' );
*** $wgScribuntoDefaultEngine = 'luastandalone';
** Done! -Mi (Scribunto was apparently already there, saw the folder under extensions so just added the line to localsettings.php... try it and let me know if that did it? -Mi
*** Thanks! Now need TemplateStyles which I guess isn't on MediaWiki 1.4 (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TemplateStyles)
*** Downloaded TemplateStyles Extension and put it into the public_html/Extensions folder and added the line wfLoadExtension( 'TemplateStyles' ); to localsettings... and wiki doesn't work. Boo! Commented out that line. I did version 1.43... we're running version 1.4, may be the issue? There's a 3.9 version I will try (GoDaddy says "you're running the current version" whenever I try to update Mediawiki) -Mi Yes! Version 3.9 did not crash the wiki, huzzah. TemplateStyles loaded. - Mi
*** Sigh and now we need ParserFunctions: wfLoadExtension( 'ParserFunctions' ); - I'm going to create my own server and go through this whole process to stop having to ask for these piecemeal. - Done, Mi!
* Disabled page edits for non-logged in users! Egad, why wasn't that the default? - Milesent
* Don't see "protect" option on pages; need to confirm how to protect certain pages (like Main page) - nevermind! It's there, under 'More' -Mi :)
* Password reset email did not send to Brackenburye, he did get an email confirm email when the account was created, however, so sending does work. Need to check if there's a problem on our end or if Yahoo just felt it was spam or something.
* Investigate styles - can we set styles for navbox template and site? (Border style for boxes etc.)
* we will not be moving disambiguation template or category

=== Update/fix issues ===
* Check SMTP setup for password reset emails - worked on this some, close to done I think? -mi
* JsonConfig extension needed - installed -mi

=== Move Templates ===
* Compare Template list with built in templates on new site to identify list to move - Mi
* List of templates to move: Put your name next to the one you are working on then 'done' when done. (NOTE: check "templates used" at the bottom of the edit page for the existing template and try first to move templates that do not rely on others - Dai)

==== Custom Templates ====
* Template:Populace - Dai Done - Raffaele tested and confirmed.
* Template:Succession box - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Territories - Raffaele - done, tested
** Brought over dependent template Tablestyle1.
* Template:Award - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKqueens - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKkings - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Pennsic - Raffaele - done, tested
* Template:Household - Raffaele - done, tested
* Template:MKmoas - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:GreatBook - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKmarshals - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKseneschals - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKchroniclers - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKheralds - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKexchequers - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKchirurgeons - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Dance - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Great Office - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Guild - Raffaele - done, tested, had to make some changes
* Template:Ayreton Baronial Succession box - Rosin remove template from pages
* Template:AyretonBaronesses - Rosin remove template from pages
* Template:AyretonBarons - Rosin remove template from pages
* Template:MKchatelaines - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Landed Baron - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Infobox Dragon Principal Herald
* Template:ASdate - Raffaele - Done, Tested
* Template:Strlen - Raffaele - Done Tested
* Template:S-Baron Raffaele - Done, Tested

==== MediaWiki Templates ====
Some of these we may not need, but they are all currently linked on Middlewiki old site:

* Template:Tnavbar Dai - if this is a standard mediawiki template, skip for now -Mi
* Template:Navbox - if this is a standard mediawiki template, skip for now - Mi
* Template:Start box ?(165 links)
** Has been replaced by Template:S-start :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:S-start
* Template:End box ?(165 links)
* Template:Expand
* Template:Documentation ?(142 links) Dai: Complete. Documentastion still not showing properly.
* Template:Documentation subpage Dai: see above
* Template:Tablestyle1
* Template:Tl
* Template:! ?(90 links)
* Template:Tlx - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Pp-meta - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Ombox - Template documentation (RdB)
** This is an outdated template, not compatable with new wiki version
** See: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Ombox
** Asked Copilot what to do, it gave me a bunch of steps to possibly get Ombox working or: If ombox proves too brittle, consider switching to one of the more actively maintained meta-templates:
*** <nowiki> {{ambox}} – for articles </nowiki>
*** <nowiki>{{tmbox}} – for talk pages</nowiki>
*** <nowiki>{{imbox}} – for image pages</nowiki>
*** <nowiki>{{cmbox}} – for categories</nowiki>
*** <nowiki>{{fmbox}} – for footers/headers</nowiki>
** These are more modular and better supported in newer MediaWiki versions
* Template:Namespace detect ?(45 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:T1 ?(45 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Mbox ?(43 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:No ?(41 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Yes ?(41 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Yes2 ?(41 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Navbox subgroup ?(37 links) - Template used for officer pages to list officers who held office (RdB)
* <strike> Template:Navbox subgroups (35 links) - Updated template for KMOAS, now 0 links </strike> (RdB)
* <strike> Template:Navbox/sandbox ?(32 links) - Updated template for [[Template:GreatBook]], now only 2 links </strike> (RdB)
* Template:Ineedcite ?(29 links) - Template for box that shows up when note of photo needing citation. Useful (RtB)
* <strike> Template:Â· (13 links) </strike> (RdB)
* Template:Reflist ?(26 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Tlp ?(25 links) - No template created, just links on other templates for Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Terminated ?(24 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Needs ?(24 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:BLACK ?(24 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Table-experimental ?(24 links) - No template created, just links on other templates for Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:16:9 ?(24 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:No2 ?(24 links) - No template created, just links on other templates for Template documentation (RdB)

There are a number of additional templates which may or may not be needed; will update list as needed.

Need to figure out how to import standard wiki templates

=== Move pages!===

*2,873 pages moved* out of 7,511 (as of 1/13/2026)

a [https://middlewiki.org/images/0/04/Moving_MiddleWiki_Pages.pdf PDF of instructions is available], if this link doesn't work, see the MiddleWiki Facebook Group or Milesent to get a copy.

==== (incipient) Ayreton to Armond le Charpentier - <s>ready for final review</s>, RdB Pages have been reviewed and are good ====
* Milesent - Done Open task for anyone who wants to verify my work, thanks.
** Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
*Redirects to check up on:
** <s>AElfric Greensword</s>
** <s>APF</s>
** <s>ASL</s>
** <s>A Pelican in its Piety</s>
** <s>Archery</s>
* Other issues
** duplicate page for Adam MacAoidh, Adhamh MacAoidh, created redirect on new site, also Adhamh uploaded a new version of his profile picture since I uploaded the photos; manually uploaded it.
** Agnoletta da Monterosso - listed as a Midrealm King, but not on the list of kings... who is this? Page needs fixed (new name for an existing King?) - RdB looks like it is Lady Agnoletta da Monterosso who now goes by Lady Agnes Fairbairn.
** Updated photo for Baron Aindle
** Duplicate page for Alaric le Fevre; changed to a redirect on new site
** Updated photo for Alderford
** Moved page Albina to full persona name Albina Gherardi on new site
** Duplicate page for Andries Von Voorburg, replaced blank-er page with redirect.
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good. - done

==== Armor to Caroline de Mercier- <s>Ready for final review</s> - RdB Pages have been reviewed and are good ====
* <s>Done - Brackenburye</s>
** <s>Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)</s>
** <s>Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.</s>
* (Note from RdB) Ava Steinbock photo was not moved. Page was updated on the old site between the move of photos and move of pages
* (Note from RdB) Baronial award page was missed

==== Carraig Ban to Duchess - ready for final review - RdB Pages have been reviewed and are good, any issues noted below ====
* Raffaele is working this section
* Did Carraig Ban to Duchess, complete need to follow up on the below issues
* Here are follow up issues
**<s>Cecily O'Donnel has a Template issue that need resolved, removed reference to Template:End, Template:S-Herald needs work -Raff</s>
**<s>Charge, Charge (Heraldic), Charge (Tactic) all have the Disambig Template, need to decide if we want it - Deleted Disambig reference , Raff</s>
**Companie of Ayreton Archers, the image did not load
**<s>Create New Page redirects to Pennsic Rapier War Points, need to delete this reference - Fixed, link has been deleted , Raff</s>
**<s>Create Page redirects to Pennsic Rapier Champions, need to delete this reference - Fixed link has been deleted, Raff</s>
**Current Events page was not moved over, nor will I lock it as we are currently editing it, right now as I type
**<s>Dafydd Blaidd, has some customized template that need resolved</s> Fixed best I could with my limited knowledge. - Raff
**'''David Patton has Cheez whiz and didn't share (Should we delete this page?)'''
**<s>Dragon has the disambig Template - deleted disambig reference, Raff</s>
**<s>Dragon Herald has Template: Infobox Curie post, need to follow up on this</s> Fixed, Best I could, it needs formatted to the left. - Raff
**<s>Noticed that several templates didn't borders transfer over, need to look into it- fixed it, Raff</s>
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
** <s>[[Template:Infobox Curia post]] was not moved over</s>
** Cian's heraldry image did not move over (https://middlewiki.midrealm.org/index.php/File:Cian_Muimnech_mac_F%C3%A1el%C3%A1in.png)
** Heraldry for Darkyard did not move over (https://middlewiki.midrealm.org/index.php/File:Darkyard4x4.jpg)
*<s>Redirects to check up on:</s>
**<s>Chainmail redirects to Mail</s>
**<s>Chirurgeon redirects to Kingdom Chirurgeaons</s>
**<s>Chiv Tourney redirects to Tournament of Chivalry</s>
**<s>College of Saint Brutus redirects to Saint Brutus</s>
**<s>College of St Joan rediects to St Joan</s>
**<s>Commanders rediects to Middle Kingdom Command Staff</s>
**<s>Conrad Schwartzwolfe redirects to Kjartan EikBrandsson</s>
**<s>Court Baron/Baroness et al redirect to Baron/Baroness</s>
**<s>Crystal Beacon redirects to Beacon of the Shattered Crystal</s>
**<s>Draig MaCullum reirects to Cadwalader MacCullum</s>
**<s>Duchess redirects to Duke/Duchess</s>
* <s>Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.</s>
*

==== Duct tape to Gillianne deSolis - ready for final review - RdB reviewed through through Flame ====
* <s>Raffaele is working this section</s>
* <s>Did Duct Tape to Gillianne deSolis</s>
* Here are the follow up issues
**<s>Edward Aelredson has Template:S_HeraldTemplate:End, need to fix/address</s>
** Edward BrackenBurye page - made a redirect to Edward Brackenburye and added Red Co category - Milesent
**Female Sailor, Gathering Peascods, Grimstock, Hole in the wall, Heart's Ease, Jenny Pluck Pears, Mari's Wedding, Posties Jig having issue with Dance Template, need to look into this now that we have data
**GB 68 and GB 72 have corrupted pic files on the original site, may have to find author to upload new ones
**<s>Gavin MacFergus has Template:username and Template:Asdate, need to look into</s>
**[[Finna Gata]] is a blank page. Was blank on the old site too. What/Who is Finna Gata?
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
*Redirects to check up on:
**<s>Eve of Concordia and Eve of Cleftlands both redirect to Shahzada Isfahani - this is correct (Mi) Persona name change.</s>
**Fencing redirects to Rapier Combat
**Francesca Morosin rediects to Morgan Woodsende of Hoghton
**Gardant Ram redirects to Guardant Ram
**Genevieve Chastisse de Vaucresson redirects to Guenin de Vaucresson
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== Ginevra Boscoli to Jocelyn le Jongleur - ready for final review ======
* Raff is working this section -
* Here are the follow up issues
** <s>Great Officers of State has Template:*</s>
** Gwynaeth_Math_O'Ddylluan, Henry of Exeter has a "Page using a duplicate argument in template call"
** How To: Do I Get Started, Household, Persona, Upload Images are all instructions to create pages, we need to look at and update based on new site and policies
** Isabel Taylor has wrong picture
** Imagemap ??
*Redirects to check up on:
** Group and Groups redirects to Territorial Branch
** Horse Bow redirects to Maygar
** House Stahlgeist redirects to Stahlgeist
** Incipient College of Saint Brutus redirects to Saint Brutus
** Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
** Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== Johan Bez Spoudnia to Mark - ready for final review ====
* Raff is working this section -
***Kingdom Champions and Kingdom Champions redirect to Category: Kingdom Champions - Need to setup Category?
***<s>Kingdom Chatelaine, Exchequer, Seneschal, Social Media Officer have Template:Infobox Curia Post - Infobox LUA lodaed?</s>
***<s>Kingdom Chatelaine has Template:MKChatelaines - Template is missing on old wiki as well</s>
***<s>Kingdom Exchequer has Templatye:Infobox Lesser Office of State - Infobox issue?</s>
***Kollin Rhos is missing Kollin Person.jpg on both sites
***<s>Kriemhilt von Ebersberg has Template:Userpage -</s>
***<s>Louis LeLaffrier uses Template:Asdate</s>
***Lucius Antonius Ursus has wrong Photo
***Marcus Octavies Argentarius Leo has wrong photo
*Redirects to check up on:
***Kingdom of Northshield redirects to Northshield
***Kingdom Law has several redirects to MK Laws, need to check back when they are loaded
***MOAS redirects to Minister of Arts & Sciences
***Man at Arms and Man at arms redirects to Men at Arms
***Marche of Tirnewydd redirects to Tirnewydd
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== MarKeta z Prahy to Pennsic XVI - Milesent This section is now complete. Ready for file review. ====
* This section is being migrated by Milesent and Edward
* Done to MK law articles
* Redirects to check up on:
** Marshes, March of the
** Myrra de Blackwoode
** Middle Kingdom Embroidery Guild
Issues

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Odile de Brienne photo on new site is sideways.

* Check Pennsic IV, pages do not look alike?

* Marshal's handbook - page is a bunch of templates apparently. Need to revisit.
* Should we roll "Marshal in Charge" and "Marshal in Training" back into the Marshal's article instead of having separate, tiny pages for them?
* Meadhbh Rammsay - photo was updated on old site, downloaded and uploaded new version to new site.
* Merlume de Lunecorne - Merlume de Lunecorne of Narhale Keep - Chiurgeon General template on her redirect, not her page - moved template done
* Michael Colquhoun - some bad formatting under previous positions, fixed.
* Middlewiki 101 page should be reviewed for accuracy with new site.
* Capitalization inconsistencies, Minister of arts and sciences vs Minister of Youth.
* Do we really need that many redirects for Minister of arts and sciences?
* MK Law Articles - were already protected on old site, protected them on new site. Need to address the future of these pages after migration is complete.

* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== Pennsic XVII to Seneschal ready for final review =====
* This section is being migrated by: Raff
* Redirects to check up on:
** Raaiins Star and Riain Star redirects to Order of Riains Star
* Issues:
** Pentamere arms .jpg did not transfer over
** Personal Page Framework - Needs reviewed for new server
** <s>Phillip the Pilgrim - Uses Template:Asdate</s>
** Roaring Wastes picture did not transfer over
** Robert Fitzgryffyn - Duplicate page?
** <s>Samson "Samii" Muskovish uses Template:Asdate and Template:S-Baron</s>
** Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
** Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== Seonaid inghean Ghrigair to Val Day Ready for final review ====
* Done - Edward Brackenburye
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.
Redirects needed?
* Tariq Al Sanna Af Fjall, Tariq al Sanna Af Fjall
* Tarquin Suspectus, Tarquinus Suspectus
These 3 pages are for the same person. Redirects or delete duplicates?
* Tavis Macintosh, Tedesco da Vanezia, Tedesco da Venezia
* The Cameron needs photos fixed
* The Amalie needs a photo fix

==== Val d'Azure to Ívarr of Altenberg - Ready for final review ====
* Done - Edward Brackenburye
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

'''Broken Redirects to fix'''

[[Special:BrokenRedirects]]

== Add User accounts ==
* Set up built in account creation ability again
** Install ConfirmAccount extension - Milesent Done
*** Had to do a lot of troubleshooting; because I had installed a newer incompatable version first, the correct version did not install correctly. Ugh. After many trials and tribulations, it is now installed and working *knock on wood*
** Configure! -Milesent
*** Need to set up email sending to send confirmation emails for account requests
*** Need to customize form; added custom fields and they're not showing. boo hiss.
** Test!
*** First test successful; saw request and rejected it, however my yahoo account never got the email notice.
** Update request form to suit our needs.
* Demote members of the migration team who will not continue in admin roles
* Train bureaucrats on how to approve/reject accounts.

== Ongoing Upgrades/Maintenance set up ==
* Update "How To" pages for changes in new site and structure
* Set up staging site for upgrades/testing (verify upgrade process)

==Re-Create Categories ==
All Categories that are on pages moved will be red links; can be found under "Wanted Categories"
Exceptions: Categories for files! Once images are important, these will need to be re categorized.

===Re-tag images/files with categories ===
# Go to Special Pages > Uncategorized files
# Find images that fit the categories and add them to the images.

* Arms Images ‎(587 members) - Edward is working on these
* Portrait Images ‎(315 members)
* Award Images ‎(142 members) - Milesent started, 76 done
* Scroll Images ‎(109 members) - C&I Images ‎(37 members) - need to pick what we want, third option: Scribal Images
* Regalia Images ‎(61 members)
* Site Tokens ‎(24 members)
* History Images ‎(24 members)
* Event photos ‎(1 member)

===Category pages from the old wiki: Done===
* Populace ‎(1,438 members) - done mi
* Red Company ‎(474 members) - done mi
* Pelicans ‎(184 members) - done mi
* Articles to be expanded ‎(171 members) - not doing
* Terms ‎(159 members) - done mi
* Baronial Awards ‎(138 members) - done mi
* Laurels ‎(127 members) - done mi
* Chivalry ‎(119 members) - done mi
* Territories ‎(113 members) - done mi
* Reigns ‎(112 members) - done mi
* Awards ‎(107 members) - done mi
* Events ‎(103 members) - done mi
* Titles ‎(86 members) - done mi
* Pennsic ‎(63 members) - done mi
* Midrealm Kings ‎(65 members) - done mi
* Households ‎(57 members) - done mi
* Arms Images ‎(587 members) - done mi
* Local Groups ‎(107 members) - done mi
* Heraldry ‎(87 members) - done mi
* Martial Activities ‎(89 members) - done mi
* Award Images ‎(142 members) - done mi
* 14th Century ‎(27 members)
* 12th Century ‎(7 members)
* 10th Century ‎(7 members)
* 11th Century ‎(4 members)
* 16th Century ‎(24 members)
* 15th Century ‎(17 members)
* 13th Century ‎(2 members)
* 9th Century ‎(1 member)
* 7th Century ‎(2 members)
* A&S Venues ‎(23 members)
* A&S terms ‎(26 members)
* Activities ‎(33 members)
* Rapier Combatants ‎(66 members)
* Officers ‎(57 members)
* In Memoriam ‎(39 members)
* Cantons ‎(38 members)
* Shires ‎(35 members) - done mi
* Midrealm Queens ‎(73 members)
* Garb ‎(31 members)
* Kingdom MoASs ‎(30 members)
* MK Marshal's Handbook ‎(30 members)
* MoASs ‎(30 members)
* Archers ‎(28 members)
* Defense ‎(27 members)
* Kingdom Seneschals ‎(26 members)
* Marshals ‎(26 members)
* Chroniclers ‎(26 members)
* Kingdom Chroniclers ‎(25 members) - done mi
* Kingdom Exchequers‏‎ (24 members)
* Kingdom Earl Marshals‏‎ (24 members)
* Seneschals‏‎ (24 members)
* Exchequers‏‎ (24 members)
* Norse Personas‏‎ (23 members)
* Martial Terms‏‎ (23 members)
* Kingdoms‏‎ (21 members)
* Armoured Combatants‏‎ (22 members)
* Arts and Sciences‏‎ (21 members)
* Baronies‏‎ (21 members)
* Tournament Styles‏‎ (20 members)
* Baronage‏‎ (20 members)
* Baronial Orders‏‎ (19 members)
* German Personas‏‎ (18 members)
* Archery‏‎ (18 members)
* Orders‏‎ (17 members)
* Chirurgeons‏‎ (17 members)
* Gold Mace‏‎ (16 members)
* Celtic Personas‏‎ (16 members)
* Kingdom Chirurgeons‏‎ (16 members)- done mi
* English Personas‏‎ (15 members)
* Japanese Personas‏‎ (15 members)
* Embroidery‏‎ (14 members)
* Peers‏‎ (14 members)
* French Personas‏‎ (13 members)
* Niche Events‏‎ (13 members)
* Gothic Era‏‎ (12 members)
* Irish Personas‏‎ (12 members)
* Scribes‏‎ (12 members)
* How To‏‎ (10 members)
* Hunters‏‎ (10 members)
* Italian Personas‏‎ (10 members)
* Kingdom Champions‏‎ (10 members)
* Dependants‏‎ (9 members)
* Fiber Arts‏‎ (9 members)
* Brewers‏‎ (8 members)
* Marches‏‎ (8 members)
* Regions‏‎ (8 members)
* Renaissance Era‏‎ (8 members)
* Colleges‏‎ (7 members)
* Early Middle Ages Personas (500 - 1000 AD)‏‎ (7 members)
* Rapier combat‏‎ (7 members)
* Crown Poetry‏‎ (6 members)
* Elizabethan Era‏‎ (6 members) - done mi
* Guilds ‎(18 members)
* Peers‏‎ (15 members)
* Russian Personas‏‎ (6 members)
* Stories‏‎ (6 members)
* Migration Period‏‎ (6 members)
* History‏‎ (5 members)
* Ottoman Personas‏‎ (5 members)
* Traveling Prize‏‎ (5 members)
* Welsh Personas‏‎ (5 members)
* Romanesque Era‏‎ (5 members)
* Thrown Weapons‏‎ (4 members)
* Melee Units‏‎ (4 members)
* Armored Combat Fighting Styles‏‎ (4 members)
* Turkish Personas‏‎ (3 members)
* Persian Personas‏‎ (3 members)
* Scottish Personas‏‎ (3 members)
* Chinese Personas‏‎ (3 members) - done mi
* Yuan Dynasty Personas‏‎ (1 member)
* Tournament‏‎ (1 member) - removed
* Textiles‏‎ (1 member) - removed
* Tang Dynasty Personas‏‎ (1 member)
* Silver Mace‏‎ (1 member) - removed (what is this?)
* Sewing‏‎ (1 member) - removed
* Safavid Personas‏‎ (1 member)
* Religious Persona‏‎ (1 member) - changed to Religious Personas
* Norman‏‎ (1 member) - changed to Norman Personas
* Mughal Personas‏‎ (1 member)
* Mongolian Personas (1 member)
* Swiss Personas‏‎ (1 member) - done mi

===Category pages from the old wiki: to do ===
# Check category page on old wiki (Special pages: most linked to categories)
# copy its content to new wiki page if different
# Move page title from this section into the done section
# Image categories need to be re-added to image files.

* Templates ‎(523 members) - not creating?
* Portrait Images ‎(315 members)
* Scroll Images ‎(109 members)- need to decide if we're doing this or Scribal Images
* Great Book ‎(88 members)
* Regalia ‎(77 members)
* Armor ‎(66 members)
* Regalia Images ‎(61 members)
* Rapier Combatant Images ‎(52 members)
* C&I Images ‎(37 members) - re-categorize these as Scroll Images or Scribal Images
* Dragon Heralds ‎(25 members)
* Heralds ‎(25 members)
* Site Tokens ‎(24 members)
* History Images ‎(24 members)
* Dances ‎(22 members)
* Crown Tournaments ‎(19 members)
* MiddleWiki requested photographs ‎(18 members)
* Kingdom Chirurgeons ‎(16 members)
* Oaths ‎(3 members)
* Spanish Personas ‎(3 members)
* Chatelaines ‎(3 members)
* Hamlets ‎(3 members)
* Territorial Baron/esses ‎(3 members)
* Page School ‎(2 members)
* Gaelic Personas ‎(2 members)
* Dark Ages ‎(2 members)
* Burgundian Personas ‎(2 members)
* Anglo-Saxon Personas ‎(2 members)
* Pictish Personas ‎(2 members)
* Metalsmithing ‎(2 members)
* Korean Personas ‎(1 member)
* Landsknecht ‎(1 member)
* Indian Personas ‎(1 member)
* Middle Eastern Personas ‎(1 member)
* Ancient Greek Personas ‎(1 member)
* Greek Personas ‎(1 member)
* Islamic Personas ‎(1 member)
* Mughal Personas ‎(1 member)
* Jewelry ‎(1 member)
* Event photos ‎(1 member)

=After Site Move=
This page is to list future projects and items for after the site move.

* Check for unnecessary redirects
* Decide what to do with the MK Law articles
** Do we update them?
** Add a disclaimer
** Delete them?
* Check for capitalization consistency
* Update Middlewiki 101 page

==Archived tasks ==

=== DEV test with Old DB from 2023 ===
* Testing with Old DB Copy from 2023
** Attempted to import the 2023 db file, got an error: #1044 - Access denied for user 'cpses_zs8fcpfb3r'@'localhost' to database 'wikidb' - Resolved by renaming new table 'wikidb'
** New error #1062 - Duplicate entry 'Annotation' for key 'iw_prefix' caused by db dump containing everything and this value needs to be unique... changed "INSERT INTO `mw_interwiki` VALUES" to "INSERT IGNORE INTO `mw_interwiki` VALUES" now it seems to be uploading *fingers crossed* Import successfully finished!
** Error: cannot connect to database when launching middlewiki.org/DEV
*** Checked MySQL Databases in cPannel Admin; only user I had on wikidb was Milesent, added the two DB users in the pannel which were made for the existing db, didn't help
**** Removed extraneous users
*** Checking Localsettings.php - Database name was wrong, corrected it. New error "This page isn't working right now, middlewiki.org redirected you too many times"
**** checked against old server localsettings.php (which I should've done to start, eh?) prefix was mw_, updated localsettings file with this prefex (was hyec_) Exciting new error: "[aO5tD0T_l1tHtAkqNHZ-_AAAARs] 2025-10-14 15:32:31: Fatal exception of type Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError"
**** enabled detailed errors by adding lines to localsettings: $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; $wgShowDBErrorBacktrace = true; Now I have a full screen of lovely things
*** From CoPilot: If you imported an old database into a newer MediaWiki version, you must run the update script to align the schema. Run php maintenance/update.php in the MediaWiki directory (need to figure out how I can get to a command prompt in cPanel) - Mi OK, SSH... Created a private key for SSH Access on cPanel; installed Putty and attempted to log in; at login prompt it says 'server rejected our key' grrr. -Mi
*** Ha! There is a terminal in cPanel (it's just kinda hidden, had to search for it.) After much trouble trying to ssh in (I do have the correct username/pwd, port, key, key enabled... not sure why ssh isn't working.) Ran php maintenance/update.php and got "Can not upgrade from versions older than 1.35, please upgrade to that version or alter first." Option: install version 1.35 and try to import and update the old DB on it? -Mi
Closed! Cannot get old server DB up to snuff. Too much deep hurting.

=== Importing Image Files ===
* Downloaded images from 2023 - Mi done
* Extracted image files (unzipped) Mi done
* Import into file system - Problems, can only upload the image files need to manually make all of the directories (Annoying, but can do.)
** Folder 0, 1 and it's sub folders done - Mi
*** Problem: uploaded photos don't show on the wiki b/c we've lost the database links. Need to run a import script (Google tells me there is an importImages.php that can be run... need to find the command prompt to run it at though. - Mi
*** Difficulties setting up SSH; downloaded key, was able to get to command prompt and got access denied; even though cPanel says ssh is enabled. Hrm. Tried via terminal, didn't work... wonder if I put the photos in the wrong images folder. Testing. -Mi
* Uploaded middlewiki.png logo and put in /resources/assets/ (and updated localsettings.php) lo, the logo is there. Small but happy progress - Mi
* Asked Grant for updated images folder -Mi - Got them, 10/24/25, Thanks Grant! -Mi
* Uploaded middlewiki.png to the new site... and yes! I was in the wrong images folder! ha! Moved folder 0 and 1 to this folder and trying the command line linky linky... -Mi
* went through folders 0 and 1 and their subfolders and uploaded additional images from the 2023 file.
** Possible issue with 0/03/Lindr Liathan heraldry image; special characters in name, watch for that when we move the linked page.
* Importing images into folders:
** 2 & subfolders - done -Mi
** 3 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 4 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 5 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 6 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 7 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 8 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 9 & subfolders - done - Mi
** a & subfolders - done - Mi
** b & subfolders - done - Mi
** c & subfolders - done - Mi
** d & subfolders - done - Mi
** e & subfolders - done - Mi
** f & subfolders - done - Mi
** - Not importing archive, temp and deleted folders.

* Run linking script - done! -Mi
* Some images had errors, all with bad characters in them
**e4/Fro-bad charachter-_ketilsson-med.jpg (there was another file without a messed up name uploaded so probably good.)
**d9/Cian_muimnech_mac_f-badcharacter-in.png
**b9 Frothi again
**9b/HanBadCharachterLeiland.jpg

=== Test manual Import/Export ===
* Synced main site with DEV (that had successfully *knock on wood* imported the 2023 db - Fatal Error, tried connecting directly to cloned site and it says unable to connect to db. -Mi
* Used Special Pages Export on live site for King, Consort, Sovereign, Queen and Special: Import; worked! so that's an option (albeit a slow one!) - mi
** Exported numbered pages (reigns/crown tournament pages that started with 1st, 101st, 33rd, etc.) and importing included templates - mi
** Exported most linked to templates, import didn't work b/c they're not pages. boo. -Mi
* Templates imported with pages are not properly formatted. Will likely need to manually move over templates before pages. See above. - Mi

MiddleWiki To Do List

2026-04-21T16:35:07Z

Milesent: /* Category pages from the old wiki: Done */

==Server Migration ==
Migration meetings are currently on Thursday evenings, every two weeks. See Milesent if you would like to attend. (Attendance is open.)
Next meeting is Tuesday, December 30th at 7:30 pm EST/6:30 pm Central

The Migration Team:
* Milesent
* Seamus
* Gianna
* Roisin
* Tali
* Philip the Pilgrim
* Edward
* Dai
* Raffaele
* Margherita
* Zygmunt

=== Server set up ===
* Set up new site - Seamus, Milesent (and Gianna?)
** Install Mediawiki - Mi Done
** Set up front end access for admin team - Mi Done
** Added back end access for Gianna (I think?) - Mi Done
* Created /DEV and /Backup site clones - Mi Done
* Get database dump - Milesent has asked Grant for this, have an old copy from 2023 - Skip this
* Create user accounts for Edward, Tali (done), Rosin (done), Philip (done), Dai (done) on new server
* Give all helpers access to lock pages on original site: Edward, Tali, Rosin, Philip, Dai, Gianna
** Done: Dai, Gianna, Roisin, Pilgrim, Tali, Raffaele, Margherita -Mi
* Secure Certificate for site : Letsencrypt?
* announce site move and freeze of new accounts - Milesent -done
* Ooops, image upload was not enabled! Turned that on - Mi
* I THINK I've increased the user time out to 1 hour; let me know if folks get booted to fast while updating -Mi
* From Dai: to enable scripting for templates exported from Mediawiki, we need the following (see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Scribunto):
** Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
*** wfLoadExtension( 'Scribunto' );
*** $wgScribuntoDefaultEngine = 'luastandalone';
** Done! -Mi (Scribunto was apparently already there, saw the folder under extensions so just added the line to localsettings.php... try it and let me know if that did it? -Mi
*** Thanks! Now need TemplateStyles which I guess isn't on MediaWiki 1.4 (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TemplateStyles)
*** Downloaded TemplateStyles Extension and put it into the public_html/Extensions folder and added the line wfLoadExtension( 'TemplateStyles' ); to localsettings... and wiki doesn't work. Boo! Commented out that line. I did version 1.43... we're running version 1.4, may be the issue? There's a 3.9 version I will try (GoDaddy says "you're running the current version" whenever I try to update Mediawiki) -Mi Yes! Version 3.9 did not crash the wiki, huzzah. TemplateStyles loaded. - Mi
*** Sigh and now we need ParserFunctions: wfLoadExtension( 'ParserFunctions' ); - I'm going to create my own server and go through this whole process to stop having to ask for these piecemeal. - Done, Mi!
* Disabled page edits for non-logged in users! Egad, why wasn't that the default? - Milesent
* Don't see "protect" option on pages; need to confirm how to protect certain pages (like Main page) - nevermind! It's there, under 'More' -Mi :)
* Password reset email did not send to Brackenburye, he did get an email confirm email when the account was created, however, so sending does work. Need to check if there's a problem on our end or if Yahoo just felt it was spam or something.
* Investigate styles - can we set styles for navbox template and site? (Border style for boxes etc.)
* we will not be moving disambiguation template or category

=== Update/fix issues ===
* Check SMTP setup for password reset emails - worked on this some, close to done I think? -mi
* JsonConfig extension needed - installed -mi

=== Move Templates ===
* Compare Template list with built in templates on new site to identify list to move - Mi
* List of templates to move: Put your name next to the one you are working on then 'done' when done. (NOTE: check "templates used" at the bottom of the edit page for the existing template and try first to move templates that do not rely on others - Dai)

==== Custom Templates ====
* Template:Populace - Dai Done - Raffaele tested and confirmed.
* Template:Succession box - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Territories - Raffaele - done, tested
** Brought over dependent template Tablestyle1.
* Template:Award - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKqueens - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKkings - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Pennsic - Raffaele - done, tested
* Template:Household - Raffaele - done, tested
* Template:MKmoas - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:GreatBook - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKmarshals - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKseneschals - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKchroniclers - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKheralds - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKexchequers - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:MKchirurgeons - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Dance - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Great Office - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Guild - Raffaele - done, tested, had to make some changes
* Template:Ayreton Baronial Succession box - Rosin remove template from pages
* Template:AyretonBaronesses - Rosin remove template from pages
* Template:AyretonBarons - Rosin remove template from pages
* Template:MKchatelaines - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Landed Baron - Raffaele - Done, tested
* Template:Infobox Dragon Principal Herald
* Template:ASdate - Raffaele - Done, Tested
* Template:Strlen - Raffaele - Done Tested
* Template:S-Baron Raffaele - Done, Tested

==== MediaWiki Templates ====
Some of these we may not need, but they are all currently linked on Middlewiki old site:

* Template:Tnavbar Dai - if this is a standard mediawiki template, skip for now -Mi
* Template:Navbox - if this is a standard mediawiki template, skip for now - Mi
* Template:Start box ?(165 links)
** Has been replaced by Template:S-start :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:S-start
* Template:End box ?(165 links)
* Template:Expand
* Template:Documentation ?(142 links) Dai: Complete. Documentastion still not showing properly.
* Template:Documentation subpage Dai: see above
* Template:Tablestyle1
* Template:Tl
* Template:! ?(90 links)
* Template:Tlx - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Pp-meta - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Ombox - Template documentation (RdB)
** This is an outdated template, not compatable with new wiki version
** See: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Ombox
** Asked Copilot what to do, it gave me a bunch of steps to possibly get Ombox working or: If ombox proves too brittle, consider switching to one of the more actively maintained meta-templates:
*** <nowiki> {{ambox}} – for articles </nowiki>
*** <nowiki>{{tmbox}} – for talk pages</nowiki>
*** <nowiki>{{imbox}} – for image pages</nowiki>
*** <nowiki>{{cmbox}} – for categories</nowiki>
*** <nowiki>{{fmbox}} – for footers/headers</nowiki>
** These are more modular and better supported in newer MediaWiki versions
* Template:Namespace detect ?(45 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:T1 ?(45 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Mbox ?(43 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:No ?(41 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Yes ?(41 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Yes2 ?(41 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Navbox subgroup ?(37 links) - Template used for officer pages to list officers who held office (RdB)
* <strike> Template:Navbox subgroups (35 links) - Updated template for KMOAS, now 0 links </strike> (RdB)
* <strike> Template:Navbox/sandbox ?(32 links) - Updated template for [[Template:GreatBook]], now only 2 links </strike> (RdB)
* Template:Ineedcite ?(29 links) - Template for box that shows up when note of photo needing citation. Useful (RtB)
* <strike> Template:Â· (13 links) </strike> (RdB)
* Template:Reflist ?(26 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Tlp ?(25 links) - No template created, just links on other templates for Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Terminated ?(24 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Needs ?(24 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:BLACK ?(24 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:Table-experimental ?(24 links) - No template created, just links on other templates for Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:16:9 ?(24 links) - Template documentation (RdB)
* Template:No2 ?(24 links) - No template created, just links on other templates for Template documentation (RdB)

There are a number of additional templates which may or may not be needed; will update list as needed.

Need to figure out how to import standard wiki templates

=== Move pages!===

*2,873 pages moved* out of 7,511 (as of 1/13/2026)

a [https://middlewiki.org/images/0/04/Moving_MiddleWiki_Pages.pdf PDF of instructions is available], if this link doesn't work, see the MiddleWiki Facebook Group or Milesent to get a copy.

==== (incipient) Ayreton to Armond le Charpentier - <s>ready for final review</s>, RdB Pages have been reviewed and are good ====
* Milesent - Done Open task for anyone who wants to verify my work, thanks.
** Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
*Redirects to check up on:
** <s>AElfric Greensword</s>
** <s>APF</s>
** <s>ASL</s>
** <s>A Pelican in its Piety</s>
** <s>Archery</s>
* Other issues
** duplicate page for Adam MacAoidh, Adhamh MacAoidh, created redirect on new site, also Adhamh uploaded a new version of his profile picture since I uploaded the photos; manually uploaded it.
** Agnoletta da Monterosso - listed as a Midrealm King, but not on the list of kings... who is this? Page needs fixed (new name for an existing King?) - RdB looks like it is Lady Agnoletta da Monterosso who now goes by Lady Agnes Fairbairn.
** Updated photo for Baron Aindle
** Duplicate page for Alaric le Fevre; changed to a redirect on new site
** Updated photo for Alderford
** Moved page Albina to full persona name Albina Gherardi on new site
** Duplicate page for Andries Von Voorburg, replaced blank-er page with redirect.
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good. - done

==== Armor to Caroline de Mercier- <s>Ready for final review</s> - RdB Pages have been reviewed and are good ====
* <s>Done - Brackenburye</s>
** <s>Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)</s>
** <s>Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.</s>
* (Note from RdB) Ava Steinbock photo was not moved. Page was updated on the old site between the move of photos and move of pages
* (Note from RdB) Baronial award page was missed

==== Carraig Ban to Duchess - ready for final review - RdB Pages have been reviewed and are good, any issues noted below ====
* Raffaele is working this section
* Did Carraig Ban to Duchess, complete need to follow up on the below issues
* Here are follow up issues
**<s>Cecily O'Donnel has a Template issue that need resolved, removed reference to Template:End, Template:S-Herald needs work -Raff</s>
**<s>Charge, Charge (Heraldic), Charge (Tactic) all have the Disambig Template, need to decide if we want it - Deleted Disambig reference , Raff</s>
**Companie of Ayreton Archers, the image did not load
**<s>Create New Page redirects to Pennsic Rapier War Points, need to delete this reference - Fixed, link has been deleted , Raff</s>
**<s>Create Page redirects to Pennsic Rapier Champions, need to delete this reference - Fixed link has been deleted, Raff</s>
**Current Events page was not moved over, nor will I lock it as we are currently editing it, right now as I type
**<s>Dafydd Blaidd, has some customized template that need resolved</s> Fixed best I could with my limited knowledge. - Raff
**'''David Patton has Cheez whiz and didn't share (Should we delete this page?)'''
**<s>Dragon has the disambig Template - deleted disambig reference, Raff</s>
**<s>Dragon Herald has Template: Infobox Curie post, need to follow up on this</s> Fixed, Best I could, it needs formatted to the left. - Raff
**<s>Noticed that several templates didn't borders transfer over, need to look into it- fixed it, Raff</s>
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
** <s>[[Template:Infobox Curia post]] was not moved over</s>
** Cian's heraldry image did not move over (https://middlewiki.midrealm.org/index.php/File:Cian_Muimnech_mac_F%C3%A1el%C3%A1in.png)
** Heraldry for Darkyard did not move over (https://middlewiki.midrealm.org/index.php/File:Darkyard4x4.jpg)
*<s>Redirects to check up on:</s>
**<s>Chainmail redirects to Mail</s>
**<s>Chirurgeon redirects to Kingdom Chirurgeaons</s>
**<s>Chiv Tourney redirects to Tournament of Chivalry</s>
**<s>College of Saint Brutus redirects to Saint Brutus</s>
**<s>College of St Joan rediects to St Joan</s>
**<s>Commanders rediects to Middle Kingdom Command Staff</s>
**<s>Conrad Schwartzwolfe redirects to Kjartan EikBrandsson</s>
**<s>Court Baron/Baroness et al redirect to Baron/Baroness</s>
**<s>Crystal Beacon redirects to Beacon of the Shattered Crystal</s>
**<s>Draig MaCullum reirects to Cadwalader MacCullum</s>
**<s>Duchess redirects to Duke/Duchess</s>
* <s>Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.</s>
*

==== Duct tape to Gillianne deSolis - ready for final review - RdB reviewed through through Flame ====
* <s>Raffaele is working this section</s>
* <s>Did Duct Tape to Gillianne deSolis</s>
* Here are the follow up issues
**<s>Edward Aelredson has Template:S_HeraldTemplate:End, need to fix/address</s>
** Edward BrackenBurye page - made a redirect to Edward Brackenburye and added Red Co category - Milesent
**Female Sailor, Gathering Peascods, Grimstock, Hole in the wall, Heart's Ease, Jenny Pluck Pears, Mari's Wedding, Posties Jig having issue with Dance Template, need to look into this now that we have data
**GB 68 and GB 72 have corrupted pic files on the original site, may have to find author to upload new ones
**<s>Gavin MacFergus has Template:username and Template:Asdate, need to look into</s>
**[[Finna Gata]] is a blank page. Was blank on the old site too. What/Who is Finna Gata?
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
*Redirects to check up on:
**<s>Eve of Concordia and Eve of Cleftlands both redirect to Shahzada Isfahani - this is correct (Mi) Persona name change.</s>
**Fencing redirects to Rapier Combat
**Francesca Morosin rediects to Morgan Woodsende of Hoghton
**Gardant Ram redirects to Guardant Ram
**Genevieve Chastisse de Vaucresson redirects to Guenin de Vaucresson
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== Ginevra Boscoli to Jocelyn le Jongleur - ready for final review ======
* Raff is working this section -
* Here are the follow up issues
** <s>Great Officers of State has Template:*</s>
** Gwynaeth_Math_O'Ddylluan, Henry of Exeter has a "Page using a duplicate argument in template call"
** How To: Do I Get Started, Household, Persona, Upload Images are all instructions to create pages, we need to look at and update based on new site and policies
** Isabel Taylor has wrong picture
** Imagemap ??
*Redirects to check up on:
** Group and Groups redirects to Territorial Branch
** Horse Bow redirects to Maygar
** House Stahlgeist redirects to Stahlgeist
** Incipient College of Saint Brutus redirects to Saint Brutus
** Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
** Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== Johan Bez Spoudnia to Mark - ready for final review ====
* Raff is working this section -
***Kingdom Champions and Kingdom Champions redirect to Category: Kingdom Champions - Need to setup Category?
***<s>Kingdom Chatelaine, Exchequer, Seneschal, Social Media Officer have Template:Infobox Curia Post - Infobox LUA lodaed?</s>
***<s>Kingdom Chatelaine has Template:MKChatelaines - Template is missing on old wiki as well</s>
***<s>Kingdom Exchequer has Templatye:Infobox Lesser Office of State - Infobox issue?</s>
***Kollin Rhos is missing Kollin Person.jpg on both sites
***<s>Kriemhilt von Ebersberg has Template:Userpage -</s>
***<s>Louis LeLaffrier uses Template:Asdate</s>
***Lucius Antonius Ursus has wrong Photo
***Marcus Octavies Argentarius Leo has wrong photo
*Redirects to check up on:
***Kingdom of Northshield redirects to Northshield
***Kingdom Law has several redirects to MK Laws, need to check back when they are loaded
***MOAS redirects to Minister of Arts & Sciences
***Man at Arms and Man at arms redirects to Men at Arms
***Marche of Tirnewydd redirects to Tirnewydd
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== MarKeta z Prahy to Pennsic XVI - Milesent This section is now complete. Ready for file review. ====
* This section is being migrated by Milesent and Edward
* Done to MK law articles
* Redirects to check up on:
** Marshes, March of the
** Myrra de Blackwoode
** Middle Kingdom Embroidery Guild
Issues

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Odile de Brienne photo on new site is sideways.

* Check Pennsic IV, pages do not look alike?

* Marshal's handbook - page is a bunch of templates apparently. Need to revisit.
* Should we roll "Marshal in Charge" and "Marshal in Training" back into the Marshal's article instead of having separate, tiny pages for them?
* Meadhbh Rammsay - photo was updated on old site, downloaded and uploaded new version to new site.
* Merlume de Lunecorne - Merlume de Lunecorne of Narhale Keep - Chiurgeon General template on her redirect, not her page - moved template done
* Michael Colquhoun - some bad formatting under previous positions, fixed.
* Middlewiki 101 page should be reviewed for accuracy with new site.
* Capitalization inconsistencies, Minister of arts and sciences vs Minister of Youth.
* Do we really need that many redirects for Minister of arts and sciences?
* MK Law Articles - were already protected on old site, protected them on new site. Need to address the future of these pages after migration is complete.

* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== Pennsic XVII to Seneschal ready for final review =====
* This section is being migrated by: Raff
* Redirects to check up on:
** Raaiins Star and Riain Star redirects to Order of Riains Star
* Issues:
** Pentamere arms .jpg did not transfer over
** Personal Page Framework - Needs reviewed for new server
** <s>Phillip the Pilgrim - Uses Template:Asdate</s>
** Roaring Wastes picture did not transfer over
** Robert Fitzgryffyn - Duplicate page?
** <s>Samson "Samii" Muskovish uses Template:Asdate and Template:S-Baron</s>
** Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
** Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

==== Seonaid inghean Ghrigair to Val Day Ready for final review ====
* Done - Edward Brackenburye
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.
Redirects needed?
* Tariq Al Sanna Af Fjall, Tariq al Sanna Af Fjall
* Tarquin Suspectus, Tarquinus Suspectus
These 3 pages are for the same person. Redirects or delete duplicates?
* Tavis Macintosh, Tedesco da Vanezia, Tedesco da Venezia
* The Cameron needs photos fixed
* The Amalie needs a photo fix

==== Val d'Azure to Ívarr of Altenberg - Ready for final review ====
* Done - Edward Brackenburye
* Verify pages look good (If there are problems, add an action item here to address)
* Lock pages on original site after verifying page is good.

'''Broken Redirects to fix'''

[[Special:BrokenRedirects]]

== Add User accounts ==
* Set up built in account creation ability again
** Install ConfirmAccount extension - Milesent Done
*** Had to do a lot of troubleshooting; because I had installed a newer incompatable version first, the correct version did not install correctly. Ugh. After many trials and tribulations, it is now installed and working *knock on wood*
** Configure! -Milesent
*** Need to set up email sending to send confirmation emails for account requests
*** Need to customize form; added custom fields and they're not showing. boo hiss.
** Test!
*** First test successful; saw request and rejected it, however my yahoo account never got the email notice.
** Update request form to suit our needs.
* Demote members of the migration team who will not continue in admin roles
* Train bureaucrats on how to approve/reject accounts.

== Ongoing Upgrades/Maintenance set up ==
* Update "How To" pages for changes in new site and structure
* Set up staging site for upgrades/testing (verify upgrade process)

==Re-Create Categories ==
All Categories that are on pages moved will be red links; can be found under "Wanted Categories"
Exceptions: Categories for files! Once images are important, these will need to be re categorized.

===Re-tag images/files with categories ===
# Go to Special Pages > Uncategorized files
# Find images that fit the categories and add them to the images.

* Arms Images ‎(587 members) - Edward is working on these
* Portrait Images ‎(315 members)
* Award Images ‎(142 members) - Milesent started, 76 done
* Scroll Images ‎(109 members) - C&I Images ‎(37 members) - need to pick what we want, third option: Scribal Images
* Regalia Images ‎(61 members)
* Site Tokens ‎(24 members)
* History Images ‎(24 members)
* Event photos ‎(1 member)

===Category pages from the old wiki: Done===
* Populace ‎(1,438 members) - done mi
* Red Company ‎(474 members) - done mi
* Pelicans ‎(184 members) - done mi
* Articles to be expanded ‎(171 members) - not doing
* Terms ‎(159 members) - done mi
* Baronial Awards ‎(138 members) - done mi
* Laurels ‎(127 members) - done mi
* Chivalry ‎(119 members) - done mi
* Territories ‎(113 members) - done mi
* Reigns ‎(112 members) - done mi
* Awards ‎(107 members) - done mi
* Events ‎(103 members) - done mi
* Titles ‎(86 members) - done mi
* Pennsic ‎(63 members) - done mi
* Midrealm Kings ‎(65 members) - done mi
* Households ‎(57 members) - done mi
* Arms Images ‎(587 members) - done mi
* Local Groups ‎(107 members) - done mi
* Heraldry ‎(87 members) - done mi
* Martial Activities ‎(89 members) - done mi
* Award Images ‎(142 members) - done mi
* 14th Century ‎(27 members)
* 12th Century ‎(7 members)
* 10th Century ‎(7 members)
* 11th Century ‎(4 members)
* 16th Century ‎(24 members)
* 15th Century ‎(17 members)
* 13th Century ‎(2 members)
* 9th Century ‎(1 member)
* 7th Century ‎(2 members)
* A&S Venues ‎(23 members)
* A&S terms ‎(26 members)
* Activities ‎(33 members)
* Rapier Combatants ‎(66 members)
* Officers ‎(57 members)
* In Memoriam ‎(39 members)
* Cantons ‎(38 members)
* Shires ‎(35 members) - done mi
* Midrealm Queens ‎(73 members)
* Garb ‎(31 members)
* Kingdom MoASs ‎(30 members)
* MK Marshal's Handbook ‎(30 members)
* MoASs ‎(30 members)
* Archers ‎(28 members)
* Defense ‎(27 members)
* Kingdom Seneschals ‎(26 members)
* Marshals ‎(26 members)
* Chroniclers ‎(26 members)
* Kingdom Chroniclers ‎(25 members) - done mi
* Kingdom Exchequers‏‎ (24 members)
* Kingdom Earl Marshals‏‎ (24 members)
* Seneschals‏‎ (24 members)
* Exchequers‏‎ (24 members)
* Norse Personas‏‎ (23 members)
* Martial Terms‏‎ (23 members)
* Kingdoms‏‎ (21 members)
* Armoured Combatants‏‎ (22 members)
* Arts and Sciences‏‎ (21 members)
* Baronies‏‎ (21 members)
* Tournament Styles‏‎ (20 members)
* Baronage‏‎ (20 members)
* Baronial Orders‏‎ (19 members)
* German Personas‏‎ (18 members)
* Archery‏‎ (18 members)
* Orders‏‎ (17 members)
* Chirurgeons‏‎ (17 members)
* Gold Mace‏‎ (16 members)
* Celtic Personas‏‎ (16 members)
* Kingdom Chirurgeons‏‎ (16 members)- done mi
* English Personas‏‎ (15 members)
* Japanese Personas‏‎ (15 members)
* Embroidery‏‎ (14 members)
* Peers‏‎ (14 members)
* French Personas‏‎ (13 members)
* Niche Events‏‎ (13 members)
* Gothic Era‏‎ (12 members)
* Irish Personas‏‎ (12 members)
* Scribes‏‎ (12 members)
* How To‏‎ (10 members)
* Hunters‏‎ (10 members)
* Italian Personas‏‎ (10 members)
* Kingdom Champions‏‎ (10 members)
* Dependants‏‎ (9 members)
* Fiber Arts‏‎ (9 members)
* Brewers‏‎ (8 members)
* Marches‏‎ (8 members)
* Regions‏‎ (8 members)
* Renaissance Era‏‎ (8 members)
* Colleges‏‎ (7 members)
* Early Middle Ages Personas (500 - 1000 AD)‏‎ (7 members)
* Rapier combat‏‎ (7 members)
* Crown Poetry‏‎ (6 members)
* Elizabethan Era‏‎ (6 members) - done mi
* Guilds ‎(18 members)
* Peers‏‎ (15 members)
* Russian Personas‏‎ (6 members)
* Stories‏‎ (6 members)
* Migration Period‏‎ (6 members)
* History‏‎ (5 members)
* Ottoman Personas‏‎ (5 members)
* Traveling Prize‏‎ (5 members)
* Welsh Personas‏‎ (5 members)
* Romanesque Era‏‎ (5 members)
* Thrown Weapons‏‎ (4 members)
* Melee Units‏‎ (4 members)
* Armored Combat Fighting Styles‏‎ (4 members)
* Turkish Personas‏‎ (3 members)
* Persian Personas‏‎ (3 members)
* Scottish Personas‏‎ (3 members)
* Chinese Personas‏‎ (3 members) - done mi
* Yuan Dynasty Personas‏‎ (1 member)
* Tournament‏‎ (1 member) - removed
* Textiles‏‎ (1 member) - removed
* Tang Dynasty Personas‏‎ (1 member)
* Silver Mace‏‎ (1 member) - removed (what is this?)
* Sewing‏‎ (1 member) - removed
* Safavid Personas‏‎ (1 member)
* Religious Persona‏‎ (1 member) - changed to Religious Personas
* Norman‏‎ (1 member) - changed to Norman Personas
* Mughal Personas‏‎ (1 member)
* Mongolian Personas (1 member)
* Swiss Personas‏‎ (1 member) - done mi

===Category pages from the old wiki: to do ===
# Check category page on old wiki (Special pages: most linked to categories)
# copy its content to new wiki page if different
# Move page title from this section into the done section
# Image categories need to be re-added to image files.

* Templates ‎(523 members) - not creating?
* Portrait Images ‎(315 members)
* Scroll Images ‎(109 members)- need to decide if we're doing this or Scribal Images
* Great Book ‎(88 members)
* Regalia ‎(77 members)
* Armor ‎(66 members)
* Regalia Images ‎(61 members)
* Rapier Combatant Images ‎(52 members)
* C&I Images ‎(37 members) - re-categorize these as Scroll Images or Scribal Images
* Dragon Heralds ‎(25 members)
* Heralds ‎(25 members)
* Site Tokens ‎(24 members)
* History Images ‎(24 members)
* Dances ‎(22 members)
* Crown Tournaments ‎(19 members)
* MiddleWiki requested photographs ‎(18 members)
* Kingdom Chirurgeons ‎(16 members)
* Oaths ‎(3 members)
* Spanish Personas ‎(3 members)
* Chatelaines ‎(3 members)
* Hamlets ‎(3 members)
* Territorial Baron/esses ‎(3 members)
* Page School ‎(2 members)
* Gaelic Personas ‎(2 members)
* Dark Ages ‎(2 members)
* Burgundian Personas ‎(2 members)
* Anglo-Saxon Personas ‎(2 members)
* Pictish Personas ‎(2 members)
* Metalsmithing ‎(2 members)
* Religious Persona ‎(1 member)
* Korean Personas ‎(1 member)
* Pejoritive Terms ‎(1 member)
* Landsknecht ‎(1 member)
* Indian Personas ‎(1 member)
* Tang Dynasty Personas ‎(1 member)
* Middle Eastern Personas ‎(1 member)
* Ancient Greek Personas ‎(1 member)
* Greek Personas ‎(1 member)
* Islamic Personas ‎(1 member)
* Mongolian Personas ‎(1 member)
* Mughal Personas ‎(1 member)
* Jewelry ‎(1 member)
* Yuan Dynasty Personas ‎(1 member)
* Norman ‎(1 member)
* Event photos ‎(1 member)

=After Site Move=
This page is to list future projects and items for after the site move.

* Check for unnecessary redirects
* Decide what to do with the MK Law articles
** Do we update them?
** Add a disclaimer
** Delete them?
* Check for capitalization consistency
* Update Middlewiki 101 page

==Archived tasks ==

=== DEV test with Old DB from 2023 ===
* Testing with Old DB Copy from 2023
** Attempted to import the 2023 db file, got an error: #1044 - Access denied for user 'cpses_zs8fcpfb3r'@'localhost' to database 'wikidb' - Resolved by renaming new table 'wikidb'
** New error #1062 - Duplicate entry 'Annotation' for key 'iw_prefix' caused by db dump containing everything and this value needs to be unique... changed "INSERT INTO `mw_interwiki` VALUES" to "INSERT IGNORE INTO `mw_interwiki` VALUES" now it seems to be uploading *fingers crossed* Import successfully finished!
** Error: cannot connect to database when launching middlewiki.org/DEV
*** Checked MySQL Databases in cPannel Admin; only user I had on wikidb was Milesent, added the two DB users in the pannel which were made for the existing db, didn't help
**** Removed extraneous users
*** Checking Localsettings.php - Database name was wrong, corrected it. New error "This page isn't working right now, middlewiki.org redirected you too many times"
**** checked against old server localsettings.php (which I should've done to start, eh?) prefix was mw_, updated localsettings file with this prefex (was hyec_) Exciting new error: "[aO5tD0T_l1tHtAkqNHZ-_AAAARs] 2025-10-14 15:32:31: Fatal exception of type Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryError"
**** enabled detailed errors by adding lines to localsettings: $wgShowExceptionDetails = true; $wgShowDBErrorBacktrace = true; Now I have a full screen of lovely things
*** From CoPilot: If you imported an old database into a newer MediaWiki version, you must run the update script to align the schema. Run php maintenance/update.php in the MediaWiki directory (need to figure out how I can get to a command prompt in cPanel) - Mi OK, SSH... Created a private key for SSH Access on cPanel; installed Putty and attempted to log in; at login prompt it says 'server rejected our key' grrr. -Mi
*** Ha! There is a terminal in cPanel (it's just kinda hidden, had to search for it.) After much trouble trying to ssh in (I do have the correct username/pwd, port, key, key enabled... not sure why ssh isn't working.) Ran php maintenance/update.php and got "Can not upgrade from versions older than 1.35, please upgrade to that version or alter first." Option: install version 1.35 and try to import and update the old DB on it? -Mi
Closed! Cannot get old server DB up to snuff. Too much deep hurting.

=== Importing Image Files ===
* Downloaded images from 2023 - Mi done
* Extracted image files (unzipped) Mi done
* Import into file system - Problems, can only upload the image files need to manually make all of the directories (Annoying, but can do.)
** Folder 0, 1 and it's sub folders done - Mi
*** Problem: uploaded photos don't show on the wiki b/c we've lost the database links. Need to run a import script (Google tells me there is an importImages.php that can be run... need to find the command prompt to run it at though. - Mi
*** Difficulties setting up SSH; downloaded key, was able to get to command prompt and got access denied; even though cPanel says ssh is enabled. Hrm. Tried via terminal, didn't work... wonder if I put the photos in the wrong images folder. Testing. -Mi
* Uploaded middlewiki.png logo and put in /resources/assets/ (and updated localsettings.php) lo, the logo is there. Small but happy progress - Mi
* Asked Grant for updated images folder -Mi - Got them, 10/24/25, Thanks Grant! -Mi
* Uploaded middlewiki.png to the new site... and yes! I was in the wrong images folder! ha! Moved folder 0 and 1 to this folder and trying the command line linky linky... -Mi
* went through folders 0 and 1 and their subfolders and uploaded additional images from the 2023 file.
** Possible issue with 0/03/Lindr Liathan heraldry image; special characters in name, watch for that when we move the linked page.
* Importing images into folders:
** 2 & subfolders - done -Mi
** 3 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 4 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 5 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 6 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 7 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 8 & subfolders - done - Mi
** 9 & subfolders - done - Mi
** a & subfolders - done - Mi
** b & subfolders - done - Mi
** c & subfolders - done - Mi
** d & subfolders - done - Mi
** e & subfolders - done - Mi
** f & subfolders - done - Mi
** - Not importing archive, temp and deleted folders.

* Run linking script - done! -Mi
* Some images had errors, all with bad characters in them
**e4/Fro-bad charachter-_ketilsson-med.jpg (there was another file without a messed up name uploaded so probably good.)
**d9/Cian_muimnech_mac_f-badcharacter-in.png
**b9 Frothi again
**9b/HanBadCharachterLeiland.jpg

=== Test manual Import/Export ===
* Synced main site with DEV (that had successfully *knock on wood* imported the 2023 db - Fatal Error, tried connecting directly to cloned site and it says unable to connect to db. -Mi
* Used Special Pages Export on live site for King, Consort, Sovereign, Queen and Special: Import; worked! so that's an option (albeit a slow one!) - mi
** Exported numbered pages (reigns/crown tournament pages that started with 1st, 101st, 33rd, etc.) and importing included templates - mi
** Exported most linked to templates, import didn't work b/c they're not pages. boo. -Mi
* Templates imported with pages are not properly formatted. Will likely need to manually move over templates before pages. See above. - Mi

Category:Swiss Personas

2026-04-20T20:51:13Z

Milesent: added category

Personas from Switzerland

[[Category: Populace]]

Category:Mongolian Personas

2026-04-20T20:49:16Z

Milesent: added category

This category is for Mongol Personas.

[[Category:Populace]]

Category:Mughal Personas

2026-04-20T20:45:56Z

Milesent: added category

This Category is for Mughal Personas

The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia. It is conventionally said to have been founded in 1526 by Babur, a chieftain from what is today Uzbekistan.

[[Category: Populace]]

Thomas the Green

2026-04-20T20:44:52Z

Milesent: fixed religious persona category to be plural.

{{Populace|photo = [[Image:Brother_Thomas.jpg|300px]]| photocaption = "Brother" Thomas the Green at Tournament of the Unicorn 2002-3| location = [[Gwyntarian]] | status = Current Member | device = | devicecaption = Per pale vert and argent, a loop of rope, ends crossed in base, sable.}}

== Persona ==
Thomas the Green, called "Brother Thomas" was born in the small village of Portswood outside of Southampton England in 1118 AD as the bastard son of a nobleman during The Anarchy, a period of political unrest in England between the years 1135 and 1154. He later joined the Order of Saint Benedict and traveled widely as a chronicler, scribe and occasional herbalist.

===Major Inspirations===
'''Fictional'''
*Brother Cadfael of Shrewsbury, '''''Cadfael Mysteries'''''
*Brother William of Baskerville, '''''The Name of the Rose'''''
*Prior Phillip of Gwynedd, '''''The Pillars of the Earth'''''
'''Real'''
*Robert of Torigni, (c.1110-1186) Abbot of Mont Saint-Michel
*Roger Bacon, (c.1214 â€“ 1294) Franciscan Friar
*Geoffrey of Monmouth, (c. 1100 â€“ c. 1155) Chronicler of the Authurian Legends, Oxford

== Offices & Positions ==
Shire of [[Drakelaw]]
*Seneschal
*Pursivant
*Fencing Marshall
*Prior, Drakelaw Scriptorium

== Miscellany ==
[[Image:Quill-blank-01.png|right|200px|link=http://www.facebook.com/theverdantquill/]]
*Brother Thomas is apprenticed to Mistress Katerina Helena von Schoenborn
*Brother Thomas uses a green quill as a form of colophone in his scribal work.
*He maintains a webpage to document his projects (both scribal and other) where he provides a number of tutorials. [http://www.facebook.com/theverdantquill/ The Verdant Quill]

== Interests and SCA-related hobbies ==
The book arts, including:
* [[Calligraphy]] and [[Illumination]]
* [[bookbinding]]
* other monastic arts and sciences such as brewing, carpentry, pottery, etc.

== Awards ==
*Order of the Evergreen (AS 39)
*Order of the Silver Oak, (A.S. 37)
*Order of the Willow, (A.S. 38)
*Award of the Purple Fret, (A.S. 36)
*Award of Arms, (A.S. 32)

[[Category: Populace]]
[[Category: 12th Century]]
[[Category: Religious Personas]]
[[Category: English Personas]]

Category:Religious Personas

2026-04-20T20:44:22Z

Milesent: Milesent moved page Category:Religious Persona to Category:Religious Personas without leaving a redirect: Misspelled title

This Category is for religious personas such as Monks, Abbots, Nuns, etc.

[[Category:Populace]]

Category:Norman Personas

2026-04-20T20:43:10Z

Milesent: added category

[[Category: Populace]]

Laurentius Le Rous

2026-04-20T20:42:21Z

Milesent: changed category Norman to Norman Personas (only page in this category, good time to make it consistent)

{{Populace|photo = [[Image:Laurentius.png|300px]]| photocaption = caption | location = Incipient Shire of [[Grenemere]]| status = Current Member | device = [[Image:Laurentius-arms.png|300px]] | devicecaption = Unregistered: Quarterly gules and argent, a fess chequy Or and azure}}
== Persona ==
12th Century Norman
== Offices & Positions ==
Webminister | Incipient Shire of [[Grenemere]] | 2017-Present

== Interests and SCA-related hobbies ==

Heavy Fighting
*Sword & Shield
 
A&S
*Mead maker

== Awards ==

[[http://www.midrealm.org/op/op.php?searchvar=byname&sure=no&input1=Laurentius+le+Rous Overall Awards]]

[http://middlewiki.midrealm.org/index.php/Award_of_Arms Award of Arms] 24 Mar, 2018 (A.S. 52) - awarded by [[Cellach MacCormaic|Cellach II]], Ceilidh.

== Miscellany ==

Currently known as [[Wolfgang Lorentz Mahler]]

== Authorizations ==

[[http://www.castlewalls.com/auths/authorization.html#6983 Overall Authorizations]]

[[http://www.castlewalls.com/auths/authorization.html#6983 Sword & Shield]] 24 Mar, 2018 (A.S. 52) - authorization partner [[Gilchryst Macphearsian|Sir Gilchryst]], Ceilidh.

[[Category:12th Century]]
[[Category:Norman Personas]]

Category:Religious Personas

2026-04-20T20:39:03Z

Milesent: added category

This Category is for religious personas such as Monks, Abbots, Nuns, etc.

[[Category:Populace]]

Category:Safavid Personas

2026-04-20T20:37:34Z

Milesent: added category

The Safavid Dynasty in Persia covers much of the 16th and 17th centuries.

[[Category: Populace]]

Medieval Threads

2026-04-20T20:35:54Z

Milesent: removed category: Sewing, only page in this category

This is an event focused on celebrating Textiles and Fibre Arts as practiced in the [[SCA]]. It is the brainchild of Mistress [[Fionna Goodburne MacNicol]].

==Purpose==

We invite fellow students to join us in learning more about the fiber arts and textiles from the Medieval period. Advanced or beginner - All are welcome!

==Hosting Group==
Medieval Threads is hosted annually by [[WealdLake]], a [[canton]] of [[Northwoods]].

==External Links==
Event web page: [https://wealdlake.org/_Medieval_Threads/medievalThreads.html]
Canton web page: [http://www.wealdlake.org http://www.wealdlake.org]

[[Category: Events]]
[[Category: Niche Events]]
[[Category: Arts and Sciences]]
[[Category: Fiber Arts]]
[[Category: Costuming]]
[[Category: Embroidery]]

William of Red Spears

2026-04-20T20:34:39Z

Milesent: removed category: silver mace, only page in the category, don't know what it is

{{Populace
|photo =
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== Persona ==
Listed in Midrealm OP as

== Awards & Honors ==
===Kingdom Awards===
*[[Award of Arms]] Awarded on 7/9/2022
*[[Award of Arms]] Awarded on 4/27/2024
*[[Dragon's Tooth]] Awarded on 5/18/2024
*[[Red Company]] Awarded on 2/1/2025

===Baronial Awards===

*Compagnia dei [[Porci Rossi]]
*Baronial Champion, Rattan, for Baroness Bianca
*Order of the [[Hastati]]
*[[Hildisvin]]
*Honor Guard for the Baronage of Redspears, Aislin and Leofric

== Offices & Positions ==
===Current:===
*Rattan Marshal, Canton of [[Hrothgeirsfjorthr]]
===Previous:===

== Affiliations & Relationships ==

===Households & Guilds===

== Miscellany ==
===Interests and SCA-related hobbies===

===Classes Taught===

===Projects & Publications===

== In Case of Court ==

===Scroll Preferences===

[[Category: Populace]]

Category:Tang Dynasty Personas

2026-04-20T20:33:05Z

Milesent: added category

Subcategory of Chinese Personas. Tang Dynasty was from 618 to 907 CE. [[Category:Chinese Personas]]