User talk:Meighan

Hellllloooooooo!
Hi! Welcome to my talk page...I am the Community Manager, Founder Experience & am here to help...I'm pretty new to Wikia - but I will do my best to answer your questions or be of help! ;) --Meighan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:09, May 2, 2011 (UTC)

Hi!
Welcome Meighan! Susan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 22:11, May 2, 2011 (UTC)

hi Meighan
I hope you enjoy working with us --Owen1983 17:35, June 1, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Owen1983! Thanks for the welcome! --Meighan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 17:37, June 1, 2011 (UTC)

Hi
Great to see a new face around here! Mr. Grille (talk page) 18:57, June 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Mr. Grille! Thanks for popping by & saying hellooooo. ;) --Meighan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 19:03, June 3, 2011 (UTC)


 * Ola Meighan! :D. I agree with Mr. Grille, it's great to see new faces around here! I hope you enjoy your time working on Wikia! -- Zombie talk • blog 19:11, June 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * Hiya Zombie! Thanks for the welcome! --Meighan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:36, June 3, 2011 (UTC)

Welcome
Hi, welcome to wikia. :) 4th Hale  (talk ) 19:34, June 4, 2011 (UTC)

Welcome, and a question
Hi Meighan, welcome to Wikia. I have a question that sort of fits your job description so I'm hoping you can answer it.

A couple of months back I started the Shawshank Redemption Wiki. There's a limited amount of information that can be added about a 17 year old movie, but it's going to be my summer wiki project, as it were. I'm fairly experienced with MediaWiki and Wikia, so I don't really need much help when it comes to technical things, but I'm new to wiki-founding. My problem lies in trying to create an interested userbase around the project to help build great content. Two million people like the movie on Facebook, so it's definitely popular, but I'm having trouble finding extant communities about the subject. The wiki is still very much in the planning and growth stages, so I'm not worried as much about traffic as I am about finding people willing to contribute regularly. My question is, do you have any advice on seeking out people or groups that are interested in a cult classic like this? I don't even need people who are familiar with wiki markup. Right now I'm sort of at the point of cold-calling people who mention the movie on their userpages.

Thanks for the time,

--Cook Me Plox 01:19, June 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * See Help:Ways to promote your wiki. Keep in mind that you'll probably have to work alone for a while before you get more people.

Hello!
Hello, and congrats for becoming a staff member!

I don't really know which staff member handles what (there's no easy-to-find list as far as I can tell), but I have an issue with the acheivements on a Wikia, so could you direct me to the person in charge of that sort of thing? Thanks in advance...

Ʀооⱪιε 21:24, June 5, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Rookie, can you be more specific on what kind of issues you are having? Thanks! --Meighan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 21:01, June 12, 2011 (UTC)

Well, for a long time, the Wikia hasn't used acheivements at all, but not too long ago, they were activated to encourage more edits. I already had maybe 700 edits, and after a few more, I got the achievement normally obtained after five edits. So now, though I nearly 800 edits, I still haven't even earned the acheievement for 100 edits. Others are also having this problem. Is there a way to fix it? Ʀооⱪιε 00:12, June 13, 2011 (UTC)

Wikia spotlight
How can I qualify my wiki for the wikia spotlight? Please answer ASAP! from Mothra12. Roar to me. 19:57, June 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * The criteria are on the Community Central:Spotlights page. Check there.--

Since you are staff
I will ask you a question. There seems to be a background debate (unconfirmed) about what community central's role will be. Note that I am a Liaison to new users and care very much about what a new user experiences. It, in fact, is my belief that a new user (of good faith) is the best judge of a wiki.

The question is this: Since community central chooses to delete blogs that are not "on topic" and we (as a community) cannot edit policy on community central, should I, at least, out of respect to users (new or otherwise), make a forum stating the policy that is in practice on this wiki? There is no other way (that I can come up with) to resolve a community going against official wiki guidelines other than publishing a clear policy on the issue. The problem lies within the fact that we cannot edit policy pages and that only staff can come to any agreement about what policy is. The bigger problem is that staff is not the one who puts a delete tag on any (good faith edit) blog.

This is a completely locked out issue. On the one hand, the community cannot create policy on this site... On the other, the community is the entity who enforces "agreed upon" policy. The admins (who are not staff) are the ones who actually delete good faith blogs (and not so good faith ones, I might add). This becomes a problem, in my eyes, since the community is essentially following unstated policy that goes against official wiki guidelines.

I realize this happens on many wiki's as well. The easy solution is just to make a policy page for the individual wiki to state why the wiki deviates from expectation of what a wiki should be (according to official wiki guidelines).

The problem remains that it is not stated on official wiki guidelines to make a policy page in the first place and (specifically) on the community central, the hands are tied on the community that, in the larger part, keeps community central intact.

I am very tired and that might not have all made sense, but it is a BIG concern of mine. 13:41, June 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * We hear you loud and clear. We are actively listening to your feedback and working on policy, organization and much more within Community Central. These things take time as you know. ;) So sit tight, and over the next few months you will start to see and hear about these changes. Keep the feedback coming -- we are listening! --Meighan http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb32675/wikia/images/e/e9/WikiaStaff.png (help forum | blog) 18:38, June 15, 2011 (UTC)