Community Central talk:Spotlights

Sardapedia
I'd like to nominate Sardapedia (works by Brian Clevinger [we have since branched out from 8-Bit Theater]) for Wikia Spotlight. We currently have (as I am writing this) 765 articles, a logo, a skin, a few pictures on the main page, and we have full permission by Brian Clevinger and co to use images and script comics. Every page and image is in a category (I make sure of that), the wiki is currently stable, and we are also on Twitter. However, we are desperate for contributors (we only have roughly 3 main contributors). We don't use the auto-welcomer (we prefer the human touch to welcoming), but hopeful that is a detail that is trivial? Thank you for your time. Scathe Mote 02:43, September 28, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi ScatheMote. Sardapedia is in excellent shape.  There are just two minor things.  One is could you please make the font on your sitenotice smaller?  The idea with a 2 line limit is to have it push the main page down no more than the width of two lines -- that big font that big font is taking up way more than that, pushing the page content way down.
 * The second, as you mentioned, is the use of the welcome tool. While we appreciate wanting to personalize each welcome, the idea is to welcome people instantly so that they see the message (usually) before they leave the site; waiting for an admin to notice and leave a message can take a few hours.  When the tool was put in place the results in terms of increased number of anonymous editors who created accounts and made more edits, even on wikis where the admins were very good about welcomes, were quite remarkable.  You can customize the message shown (and it will fill in the recent edit), and you are welcome to go back and add to the automatic message, but in terms of building an editor base it is actually in your interest to turn on the tool.  Which is why it's a spotlight criteria (to help keep new traffic) and also why we do need it turned on to give you guys a spotlight.  -- Wendy  (talk ) 01:49, October 13, 2009 (UTC)
 * I understand completely on both accounts, and thank you for replying to my request.. I will turn on the welcome message, but I first would like to ask two questions: Is there a way to block the Wikia bot from the Recent Changes, and does the welcome userpage need to be on as well? It was the major reason that I disliked the welcome tool, and I've heard you can disable it now. Scathe Mote 03:03, October 13, 2009 (UTC)