Forum:WebRing

Following on from the archived Forum:Need help embeding WebRing script into Wiki, I too think this subject should get more airing.

The WebRing organization provides a free service that can bring more traffic to a Wikia site, from people who are interested in the subject-matter, possibly from people who have never used a search engine and would therefore not find us in the modern manner.

Adding the required WebRing code to a wiki page doesn't work for an ordinary user. See the bottom of http://go.org.nz/index.php?title=Main_Page for an example on a non-Wikia MediaWiki site (where I added the code a few days ago and have asked the webmaster to see if it can be made to work). It may be something only staff can do, but it may be something that ordinary editors can do if given guidance on how to tweak the supplied code. At least one wiki seems to have solved the problem - see (the somewhat out-of-date but still current page) http://www.webring.com/h/editor. It should therefore be possible for Wikia.

A Wikia-wide search for "WebRing" suggests that several Wikia sites have linked or at least tried to. Standardizing instructions would allow any Wikia site to link up.

— Robin Patterson (Talk) 14:22, January 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Holy cow, webrings? Did we just take a time machine back to 1996? That said, this seems like a good place to bring this up -- could we automate opt-in clustering of similar wikis more, and put stuff on the bottom of the main pages -- kind of like what some templates do now, but more automatic? Surgo 01:19, January 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * There's a way to use shared templates on Wikia.
 * Look at the bottom of fr.guildwars; that template reside on Central wikia. — TulipVorlax 15:36, January 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * Uh, I know. That's what I said. What I wanted is a more automated system. Surgo 17:42, January 24, 2010 (UTC)


 * So, you mean that the shared templates update more often and automatically ?
 * That could be done, i think. Staff could set up a bot or develop something specific for this.
 * But, i hope you understand that it might not be a priority when they are struggling with bugs here and there.
 * But i think it's a nice suggestion. Already the Spotlights and the links in the footer are trying to put wikis in relation to each others but they're not always as tighly related than one could wish for. — TulipVorlax 22:05, January 24, 2010 (UTC)