User talk:A. Bloom

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Entertainment
Hi there, I heard you were the category manager for entertainment on Wikia. Does that mean you sort out pages like this one? Are you open to feedback about how those pages work?--Acer4666 12:33, June 14, 2011 (UTC)

Hi Acer4666,

Nice to hear from you. I am Wikia's category manager entertainment, correct. I am always open to feedback/questions/concerns from the community and welcome your input! If your feedback is related to the Entertainment Category's main page sliders (I.e. the link you posted above), please remember more often than not I will highlight wikis related to an upcoming premiere/release/giveaway/focus if the timing is right. However, please let me know your concerns and I'll gladly address them. Thanks! A. Bloom 17:03, June 14, 2011 (UTC)

Sincerely,

Adam Blumenfeld

Entertainment Category Manager, Wikia Inc.


 * Many thanks for the friendly response! Don't worry, I'm not here to beg for a wiki to be stuck on the page haha. Obviously I would love my wiki to be splashed across all the pages but I am a realist!
 * But on that page I linked to, I understand the scrolling banner across the top shows spotlighted wikis from the category, and I have nothing against the spotlight system. But the "top 10" wikis below that - are they also judged on what's in vogue at the moment, or stuff like that? Also, I just noticed how both Memory Alpha and Disney wiki pop up in both TV and Movies - now I know the wikis cover both media, but really Disney is primarily a film thing and Star Trek is primarily a TV thing, so (in my opinion) shouldn't each wiki make its mind up over what type of wiki it is?
 * But my main concern is that the entertainment, movie, and TV pages list the top 10 wikis and nothing else. It's almost as if wikia is saying "these are the wikis we have about TV, and that's it"! I mean there is the whole entertainment.wikia.com section with a whole host of all the different entertainment wikis, but there isn't even a link to it on entertainment page. The way to get to that is to click on "staff picks" at the end of the drop down menu above. Now this seems odd to me - when you click on "more TV from wikia" you get to the ten that the staff have picked, and when you click on "staff picks" you get to all the other TV wikis out there! Surely that is backwards? I have nothing against highlighting certain wikis, as long as the non-highlighted ones get some sort of acknowledgement of their presence!
 * Also, when you click on "what's trending", it seems to lead to a text search for the word "trending", showing "kitchen furniture trends 2011 wikia", which isn't necessarily what someone looks for when wanting to know what entertainment wikis are trending!
 * Anyway, those were my thoughts, thank you for listening!--Acer4666 10:07, June 15, 2011 (UTC)