User blog comment:Xean/What Works for Your Wiki?/@comment-3155630-20110525205343

On my wikis (founder, admin, 'crat), I make friends with other larger, more active wikis to attract new users. They post blogs about us and add them to their "Related Wikis" and whatever. I usually have a few trolls attack; I don't bother leaving a message on their talk page (in my opinion a waste of time; they'll delete it), I just block them for the severity of what they've done. On some, though, they create new IPs and I can't get rid of them, not even Spam Control can help. I also hold contests, make a fun and cool theme, and always update the section under the "Hotspots" in Wiki Activity (ironically, larger wikis often forget or don't notice it, and leave it blank with the automatic response of there).