User talk:Llearch

Welcome
Hi, Llearch. Welcome to the Central Wikia! Good luck starting the Wikia. I suggest you find an existing one of interest to you and contribute there a bit to get some good ideas while you're getting ready. --CocoaZen 01:58, 26 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I would, but... what did you have in mind along the way of "good ideas" ? The main thing I'm organising is other people, not me, so the delay is not through lack of idea of what to do with a wiki, but lack of direction from the people asking me to make one. I'm mostly waiting to give anyone who objects to my planned follow-through time to speak up, before I go make a fool of myself for them. :-) --Llearch 01:09, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Participating might help you to learn
 * which templates are more important,
 * how to help other users by experience,
 * how to make useful categories,
 * what kind of starter articles encourage use.
 * Did you know that as founder, you'll probably need to contribute a few hundred articles and find at least 2 other regular users to get it started? Sounds like you might have the participants part covered... but I'm curious, why are they asking you to start it, rather than making the request themselves?  It makes me wonder about the level of commitment and willingness to participate.  But, I understand that there might be perfectly good reasons that you all are organizing yourselves before making a request.
 * Anyway, good luck, and let us know if we can help (see mentoring).
 * --CocoaZen 05:52, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Worth looking at, I guess. The numbers GreenReaper suggested were more along the lines of ~2000 articles, and two years. I think he may be slightly overstating things :-) However, I had expected something along those lines, since the wiki at work has 8 or so regular users, and nearly 800 pages, but lacks any sort of structure, and doesn't really grow, much. Overcoming the problems that led us unto that is a good start...
 * The other problem is there are so many wikis on wikia that finding any one that might be something I'd have something useful to say on is problematical. :-) I'll have a look around, though.
 * If you're truly interested in what we're up to, the conversation the forum has had about this (including the group volunteering me, and why the proposal is still waiting) starts here... I give you fair warning, though, it's not short :-)
 * --Llearch 10:52, 29 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Actually, GreenReaper is one of the most successful Wikia founders. So, I'd take his advice seriously.  It's probably better than mine.  :-)  The number I'd heard before was about 1,000 articles, but if you have helpers, you don't have to write 1,000, just a few hundred.  ;-)
 * There was some discussion of this topic at Forum:Optimal Wikia Size.
 * --CocoaZen 15:59, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

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