You might not be aware, but uff wasn't the first to do that. @victorcrimea is working on this topic as well (https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/victorcrimea/0ad/src/branch/feature/dedicated-server/server) and at one point had a bot, similar to uffs, running in the lobby as well. He registered and used multiple accounts, which violates the terms of use. In addition, as a general rule, we don't allow any kind of bots in the multiplayer lobby. That's primarily to prevent abuse and protect the privacy and security of all users and it's also why @victorcrimea wasn't allowed to run his dedicated hosting stuff in the official lobby any further. That said, I suggested to uff yesterday to get in contact with @victorcrimea to collaborate on dedicated server functionality so we get something we can supported officially. We're an open source project after all, so we expect such contributions to be made using our usual processes and not in a way without us even knowing. I'm sorry that I wasn't able to better explain that to uff.

uff has pioneered hosting remote servers with fully automatic management - a step closer to games rooms hosted not on players' hardware dependent computers. This was a valuable experiment and his servers were very stable and fast in comparison to many player hosted games.  From a moderation perspective, he has not beached any TOS and has behaved well in the lobby. his mods contributed to moderation. It really baffles everyone why he is forced to stop his valuable contributions.  @Dunedan any explanations from your side? 

I feel compelled to ask those who are in a position to implement it: why is this not so?

I'm not sure how that would fit, and if it does, I guess it wouldn't be ordered by remaining time, which seems quite important.   Personally, I dislike top-center notifications, it seems cleaner to me to show them on the corners (which corner depending on which type of notification). I would make them permanently visible, but detachable/reattachable by right-clicking on the main icons (which now does nothing). That is, using my example, if one right-clicks on the Match Settings icon, the three "Wonder" notifications disappear, and reappear if done again. Then one has fast and easy control of what wants to be shown.

This is an interesting take. In my version I was aiming to show diplomacy related items (ceasefire) under the diplomacy icon and match related items (wonder/regicide) under the match settings icon. I'm not sure if you mean for it to be permanently visible or visible on hover? But if permanently visible it could replace the wonder notifications that normally show in the top-center text notifications area.  I like @Obelixidea of putting (a more concise) version string to the left of the main shield AND @wowgetoffyourcellphone we can have the version string added to the screenshot name as described already.  I think I should try to implement these ideas in my mod for testing.