Forum:Wikia Spotlight

You might have noticed a new feature called Wikia Spotlight above the ads. We are featuring eight wikis here to see whether this is useful in bringing in new users. The eight wikis we're trying this with first are World Wikia, Marvel Universe, Halopedia, Cell Phone Enthusiasts, iPod, PokerWiki, The Film Guide, and RuneScapeWiki. Do you think this is useful? Do you have any suggestions for other wikis which should be highlighted in this way? Unlike the Featured Wikia, I was aiming to find medium-sized wikis which could really benefit from some new users, rather than larger wikis which are already doing well or really small ones which random visitors wouldn't find useful yet. Angela (talk) 13:57, 3 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Ya, I'd consider that a good idea. Promote the wikia' which are minorly active, but not abandoned to try and make all the wikia' start to gain a uniform userbase. Kinda like my wikia, I'm the most active person there so the wikia isn't abandoned by it's founder anymore since I adopted it, and there are occational people who will do something, but it could still realy use some more members (The last time anyone other than me did anything was 3 days ago, and that was a forum post. Before that was vandalism that I quickly fixed) Now If I could only find someone with decent art skills better than mine so I could promote the wikia in the place that matters most, the subject. dantman 14:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I think it's a great idea. AT the Marvel Universe wikia we've already doubled out editors (from 3 to 6) and that was in the first day the spotlight went up. I look foward to seeing this feature for a long time. Thai420 14:47, 3 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Angela.  I agree this will be useful and hope to get some more interest in PokerWiki as well as the other wikis. Cheers, PhilipR 18:17, 3 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Would this be possible inside of a wikia? like I'm thinking the box there, with a list which would be customizeable using a page in the MediaWiki namespace. I just thought of it, because many of our articles need attention from our members, and the only way I get any member to go anywhere besides the few things that they think they should just do, is to create a new topic in the announcements forum which will then show up on the Main Page. Perhaps this feature could become a extension that could be placed on a Wikia to try and also strengthen the form of the content within the wikia', Or Perhaps not, I dunno. dantman 02:51, 4 September 2006 (UTC)