UESP started off the year by expanding our CSList game database to cover multiple languages. Some translated in-game texts can have drastic differences, as translators often end up working with outdated versions of texts.

One example comes from non-English versions of The Real Barenziah, which worked off of the Daggerfall version due to time constraints, and as such was never censored like the English equivalent.

We also hope this will help UESP translation projects, wherever they may arise. As one of the few clear options we have available to aid them without learning additional languages to build these wikis ourselves, we hope this will prove useful to them.

The ESO team invites Dave Humphrey, founder of UESP, to a private playtest of the ESO:Necrom chapter.

Whilst there, he had the opportunity to ask community questions had about the expansion, and to see the technical side of things we don't see as much of.

Dave would later post his impressions on 12 Apr 2023 in a private Patreon post.

RobinHood70, wiki administrator and template wizard rewrote MetaTemplate - a major extension used in many of UESP's wiki templates. This work added some minor features, and brought it up to modern MediaWiki standards, allowing it to be more easily maintained in future.

Several community editors finished a months-long comprehensive overhaul of the Lore:Vivec page, which attempted to account for all the nuances and conflicting accounts of the Dark Elf Tribunal god Vivec’s origins and history. The revamp began April 28th, and the last major section was added June 29th.

Dave migrated UESP.net to MediaWiki 1.30, the software that powers UESP.net under the hood. The update was part of the never stopping march of progress for mediawiki software. Whilst not a super exciting update, it allowed UESP.net to host and play midi files, which wasn't possible before. It also resolved an information coverage issue.

It took 20 minutes in total, and no downtime was recorded.

UESP affiliates with JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia, a website dedicated to the works of the manga artist Hirohiko Araki and related media.

Coinciding with the release of ESO's Endless Archive, ZOS invited UESP to a large streaming event dedicated to the DLC. The Imperial Library's Benefactor ran our Twitch channel for the stream from 4th November - 5th November, delved deep into the lore of the Archive during the event, and also gave away a few goodies.

UESP affiliates with The Mystery Dungeon Franchise Wiki, a community encyclopaedia built with the sole purpose of documenting the entirety of the Mystery Dungeon Franchise.

In early December, UESP participated in Extra Life 2023, a fundraising event, the proceeds of which go directly to children's hospitals. With the help of the community, we were able to raise $5,000 in total to help children's hospitals.

That put us close to the top five percent of all teams! This really does make a big difference in the world, and we can't express enough how much we appreciate you all for helping us do this. Thank you.