Forum:New Wikia Main Page

The Main Page looks different today. I'm a little puzzled about this 'cause when I went back through the history it appears to have been around a long time yet all the time I've been looking in and saw only the old version.

Around a year ago I set up a page called Society Gardens which was an attempt to provide a tiny way in to Wikia about the more serious side of life, with just one tiny link from the main page. I think one tiny link on the Main Page to Society Gardens ought to be a possibility somewhere.

So I try editing and find the thing is locked, when Help:Main Page amongst (many?) others says 'Protection of the Main Page considered harmful' etc. etc. (and some time ago I felt kind of lectured at when asserting a 'local' right to make this kind of decision - we use protection only against unsigned in's and only on the main page)

Yes, I know that the new main page has some of those listed on Society Gardens (Wikia, not categories as the heading might suggest) including at least one that has fewer articles than the one I founded nearly 2 years ago.

I liked the new icons when I first saw the redesign by the way, but I feel kind of peeved that I might have to go through all the arguments (eg Forum talk:Proposal for a Civil Society Quarter page) that led up to setting up Society Gardens again, when really it doesn't seem like I'm asking for much, just one tiny link, (to something supported by 20 odd wikia) somewhere (?) I feel kind of frustrated that while I'm doing a major redesign of the Wikia I've been working on for more or less every day for the last two years, has nearly 50 active (in theory - yes I know its just theory - part of the long tail of contributions) users, and contains a topic which has been described as the greatest threat to humanity can so easily appear to be swept under the carpet of masses of inactive wikia. I'm not after special treatment or special publcity, just asking for one tiny link into Wikia about the more serious side of life. Philralph 09:45, 17 November 2006 (UTC)


 * We decided to merge the histories of the temporary main page and the current one, so that all the users who contributed to the new design would be credited. That is why it appears the main page has been edited for a month, when it only changed yesterday.


 * The main page is only semi-protected, which means only anonymous users are blocked from using it (as well as brand new registered users). This was done due to spam. If you are unable to edit a semi-protected page like the main page or The contents of the main page, then this is a bug! --Splarka (talk) 10:29, 17 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi Splarka, Thanks for this. Neat way of doing it! 'Cause there's no history couldn't remember how expressed before, but made a stab at it. Cheers. Philralph 10:48, 17 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I added Society Gardens to the top of the new main page. (If others disagree with this placement, it could go away again.)  I think a 3-5 word description below it might be good too. ??  --CocoaZen 05:38, 19 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks! Had a go at 3-5 words, but couldn't come up with anything brief enough - maybe Ok as it is? Philralph 09:08, 20 November 2006 (UTC)