Community Central talk:Spotlights

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Ice Age Wiki
Hi Wikia. I am an admin of Ice Age Wiki (http://iceage.wikia.com/) who would like to request a spotlight for this wiki. The reason I am requesting this is because it is very close to the release of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs on July 1, and I would like to promote the wiki to fans to contribute and edit it. I know there is only around 50 articles and some stubs but by promoting it, it will attract users to make more articles and the wiki better. I also have some templates, a logo and a built-up main page. If you find the wiki unsuitable for a spotlight, just contact me if you have any suggestions. Cheers!--Karlamon9 05:17, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi. I can see you've been working really hard on Ice Age Wiki, and are excited for the new movie.  However, you do have to meet the spotlight criteria in order to request a spotlight.  In addition to having 100 non-stub pages, you would need to make sure they were all categorized (you have a few uncategorized pages).  Your main page should also be unprotected.  Please ask again when you meet all the criteria!  -- Wendy  (talk ) 19:09, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Scientists wiki
Hi, i would like to requst a spotlight for scientists wiki. We have created over 200 articles and are growing quick. We are also badly in need of some users. --Luke F 15:47, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi, luke f of scientists wiki here and i would like to requst a spotlight. I've made lots of content but we are in desprate need of some contributors. Here is our url Plz and thanks. --Luke F 15:51, 13 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. It looks like you are working hard on Scientists Wiki.  Unfortunately it does not meet the spotlight criteria yet.  The main page needs to be unprotected.  You also have about 180 uncategorized pages that need to be sorted out.  Also, you have at least one link in your sidebar menu that goes to a non-existant page; that sidebar is a really useful navigation tool for visitors, and should direct them to the most important content.  Let me know when you have taken care of these things.  -- Wendy  (talk ) 19:09, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Haruhi Wiki
Hey, I would like to request a spotlight for the Haruhi Wiki, our Wiki has an awesome skin and its own logo, plus its attracted many memebers already, our communitys grown quite abit, the main page pretty nice since its been rearranged abit, oh and Im the Sysop there, just incase ya needed ta know. Well please and Thank You!!!^_^ Heres a link to the Wiki incase ya wanna check it out: http://haruhi.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page   Falzar300 (Talk) 02:46, 11 June 2009 (UTC)>
 * Hi. Haruhi wiki definitely looks good and I can see you've been working hard on it.  However you do need to meet the spotlight criteria before I can add you to the spotlight list.  In this case it looks like you need to unprotect the main page and you have a few uncategorized pages. However the biggest thing is that you need 100 non-stub content pages.  Please ask again when you meet all the criteria!  -- Wendy  (talk ) 19:09, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Futurama Wiki
I would like the Futurama wiki to get a spotlight as it is expanding slowly and I would like other members to join to make it better. There are a lot of needed tasks to be done on the Wiki and we would like all the help we could get. Solar   Dragon  ( Talk ) 15:32, 9 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. Futurama Wiki looks really nice; you guys have a great skin!  There are a few issues before I can add you to the spotlight list.  First your sitenotice is very long; it needs to be 2 lines or shorter.  Secondly, your mainpage is really too wide for a 1024px screen  - it hangs off the edge by about 150 px; can you make it narrower?  You have a small handful of uncategorized pages that should be taken care of as well.  Finally, while you have the required 100 non-stub articles, you also have over 500 articles in your stub category; could you maybe reassess whether some of those are really stubs?  It really looks a bit offputting to have nearly every page anybody clicks on show a big box which says it's a stub....   Please let me know when you have taken care of these things and I'll be happy to add you guys to the list.  -- Wendy  (talk ) 18:37, 10 June 2009 (UTC)


 * We have sorted out most of the problems. There are still over 100 stubs but they are rapidly depleting. Solar    Dragon  ( Talk ) 06:45, 13 June 2009 (UTC)


 * We have done everything you asked for. We have lowered out stubs to under 30 now and have shrunk the mainpage and categorised the uncategorised pages. Solar    Dragon  ( Talk ) 16:04, 14 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Great job! I've added you guys to the spotlight list.  -- Wendy  (talk ) 18:43, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

WikiBarn
I would propose that WikiBarn be spotlighted since it has so far peaked at a hundred articles. It could still use some more help expanding though. Elbutler 15:31, 8 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi -- It's good to see people adding content to Wikibarn! However while you have 99 articles, some of them are 1-2 sentence stubs, and we need you to have 100 non-stub articles for a spotlight.  Also, over half of them are uncategorized.  Please work on increasing the article lengths and categorizing your pages per the spotlight criteria.  Let me know when you are done and I will be happy to add your wiki to the spotlight list. -- Wendy  (talk ) 18:37, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Ace Attorney Wiki
Hi.

I've been the sole active bureaucrat for the Ace Attorney Wiki for about seven months now. A new game was released about four days ago, and leading up to the game's release, I and others had expanded some articles, and I had done some site promotion (generally by displaying links in forum signatures) as well as providing decent coverage of the events leading up to the game's release. I have virtually no knowledge of Japanese and so my ability to put in new information from the new game would be severely debilitated, thus by promoting the wiki, it was my hope that others would pick up the slack and make the necessary new articles. Maybe expecting an influx of edits not even a week into the release was a bit misguided. I don't know. What matters is that I've now begun pulling out all the stops I can think of, and that's how I learned about the Spotlights feature.

Thus, I would like to request a spotlight for this wiki. Perhaps this should have been done earlier to coincide with the new game's release, but oh, well. As of now we have 239 main namespace articles, 59 of which have been labeled stubs. I'm not sure whether the main page has enough content links or what to go about adding exactly. The sitenotice has four lines, but two are just general information put in a place where they can be seen from anywhere. Even if the wiki isn't suitable for spotlighting, some advice for promoting/improving the wiki (I've read the promotion help pages) would be greatly appreciated. capefeather 03:57, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. Ace Attorney Wiki looks good -- you are doing a great job with it. We do need the sitenotice to be less than two lines however.  Then I'll be happy to add you guys to the spotlight list.  I've asked one of the gaming community helpers to talk to you about other ways you can promote the wiki as well.  -- Wendy  (talk ) 23:25, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks. The sitenotice has been shortened to just the message about the new game now. capefeather 01:29, 3 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Great! I've added you guys to the spotlight list. -- Wendy  (talk ) 01:46, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Dutch Memory alpha - only replace
We already have a spotlight, but this one is nicer. Because the dutch spotlights can only seen by dutch users, I think it would be unnessary to write add the text: nl.wikia.



--Darth Stefan 08:27, 31 May 2009 (UTC)


 * HI. I passed your comment/request on to the staff who works with the foreign language wikis the last time you made it; ultimately it is up to them to decide. -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 18:32, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Any news so far? --Darth Stefan 20:33, 4 June 2009 (UTC)Darth Stefan


 * It'll get changed soon. Marc-Philipp (MtaÄ) Helper @ Wikia  (Talk) 14:47, 9 June 2009 (UTC)


 * The nl is actually very useful in telling people there is a Dutch wiki. Although you only see Dutch ones on Dutch wikis, most people in the Netherlands start their Wikia journey on an English wiki. The top 8 landing wikis (the first pages a visitor goes to) for people in the Netherlands are English gaming wikis! The 9th is Dutch RuneScape and the 10th in the English Memory-Alpha.


 * What we plan to do in future is show spotlights based not only on wiki but on the reader's location. So someone in the Netherlands would see this spotlight for a Dutch wiki even though they're on the English WoWWiki. Angela (talk) 22:08, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

The Fairly Odd Parents Wiki
Hello! I am an admin at the Fairly Odd Parents Wiki and I'd like to request that the wiki receive a spotlight. We have more then 300 articles and easy to use templates, and we wish to raise awareness about the wiki. But if you find that our wiki is unsuitable for a spotlight than I respect your decision and we will try to improve the wiki to meet the necessary standards. -The Forgotten Beast 08:03, 27 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. The Fairly Oddparents Wiki looks really nice -- the new skin and logo are great, and I can see you've put a lot of hard work into the wiki.  The one thing I see before I can add you to the spotlight list is a fair number of uncategorized pages; could you take care of them please?  Let me know when you have and I'll be happy to add you guys to the list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 23:25, 2 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Good job with the categories -- I've added you to the list! -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 00:57, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Rotation schedule
Would it be possible to post the spotlight rotation schedule, so we known when to expect the "Upcoming Spotlights" to actually get spotlighted? It would also help in timing future spotlight requests in order to coincide the actual spotlighting of the wiki with any particular external real-world event that would be happening. Thanks! -Afker All hail AliceSoft! 00:48, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi! Due to various circumstances, we don't have a set schedule for exactly when a wiki will get a spotlight. However, once approved, your wiki does indeed go on the list for spotlight rotation and will be spotlighted. Since we can't guarantee when that will be, we can't make promises, but feel free to give us a nudge if it hasn't shown up in a month, or if there is a special release-date for your topic that we should know about.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. For Eushully it's moot now, but I'll remember to nudge for future occasions. -Afker All hail AliceSoft! 04:02, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Mobius Encyclopaedia: The Archie-Sonic Wiki
I am the founder of Mobius Encyclopaedia and I'd like to nominate it. http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/archiesonic/images/b/bc/Wiki.png

It's a massive reference source for everything in the "Archieverse" continuity (all the Sonic the Hedgehog comics published by Archie in the same universe). It has recently reached over 900 articles. The narrative language and POV makes it very easy to read and follow, and all information is referenced. The site skin reflects the themed colors of Sonic and the site is very easy to navigate through. The main page provides easy directions through all the various categories as well as provides information about the site and how to edit. The 200th issue of Sonic the Hedgehog just came out this month, and with the popularity of the comic increasing, the activity on this wikia has been as well. Thank you for your time and consideration. - Dimitri the Echidna 04:24, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi. Mobius Encyclopaedia looks like a really nice wiki.  However, I notice that you have the main page sysop-level protected, although it was never vandalized before it was protected.  Could you please lower the protection level for edits?  Then I'll be happy to add you guys to the list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:21, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Great. I've added you guys to the list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 20:31, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

LOST Wikia
The LOST Wikia currently has over 4,000 articles related to the ABC television series LOST. With the sixth and final season premiering some time in early 2010, an extra influx of users would be useful in the effort to recap and cover the finished fifth season and beyond. The Wikia actively welcomes all new users, and has a specially-designed welcome template to aid that. Our unique main page links to all relevant content on the Wikia, and with the use of specific hub and category pages, all articles are readily available from this page. We also fully utilize the Monaco skin, and have a specially designed skin that reflects the themes and imagery present in LOST. Thank you for your consideration. -- Charles (Widmore) In Charge  Talk 23:12, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Second. --ChristianShephard 19:41, 26 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. Lost wikia looks like it is in generally good shape, and there are just a few tweaks to meet the spotlight criteria. There are about 20 uncategorized pages - could you categorize them?  Also I notice that your main page is sysop level protected and has been since 2006/2007; the last time it was unprotected there was no vandalism at all.  Could you please drop the edit protection level?  And finally, while you are doing a great job with welcomes, for the spotlight we'd like you to use the automated welcome tool; you can set it to use your custom welcome templates.  Let me know when you've taken care of these things and I'll be happy to add you guys to the spotlight list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for making those changes -- I've added you to the list. -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 23:05, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Burnopedia, the Burnout Wiki
I'm an admin at Burnopedia and would like to request a spotlight for the month of June. Burnout Paradise has an enormous premium DLC pack, Big Surf Island, coming on June 11, and we would like to use this to attract new users to the site. We have 776 articles and a small but active community, but there is still plenty to do. Below are links to the spotlight images, and I would appreciate it if we could be spotlighted. Thanks, Exlonox 15:30, 24 May 2009 (UTC).




 * Hi. Burnopedia looks like a nice wiki and it's in pretty good shape.  You have a small handful of uncategorized pages -- could you please find them a category?  Also your sitenotice is 4 lines on my screen; could you shorten it to 2 lines please?  Then I'd be happy to add you guys to the list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 01:38, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I shortened the site notice, but don't see any uncategorized pages. Am I missing something? Exlonox 00:20, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Bump. Exlonox 19:24, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The report for those pages is broken right now. Thanks for fixing the sitenotice and I"ve added you to the list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 18:26, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Exlonox 22:48, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Webkinz Wiki
I think the webkinz wiki has all of the qualifications needed to become a wikia spotlight so I would like to nominate the Webkinz Wiki.-- Ventress  the admin   yaps   and looks.  03:31, 21 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. Webkinz Wiki still has over 900 uncategorized pages, which need to be categorized before we can add you guys to the spotlight list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 20:46, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Public Domain Super Heroes
I would like to request a spotlight for Public Domain Super Heroes. We are a wiki about comic book characters (mostly Golden Age) that are now in the public domain. We currently have over 200 character articles, and still growing. --Madmikeyd 14:59, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi. Public Domain Super Heroes looks like it is in good shape and I have added you to the list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 19:30, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Combine OverWiki is ready
Hi, I think we are ready. I just wanted to set up featured articles before anything, which is done. What are the next steps, now? And about the Spotlight banners? Do we have to do them ourselves? Because I started working on it. Klow 22:38, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. Can you please unprotect your mainpage?  Also, you don't need to make the spotlight image; a staff person will do that.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 19:07, 20 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for doing that. I've added you to the list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 19:35, 20 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks to you! But what about the picture(s)? How does the staff know what's best? What picture will be chosen?... Klow 20:44, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Castle Crashers Wiki
Hi there. I would like to request a spotlight for the Castle Crashers Wiki. Were nearing 300 articles, but we tend to lack a good number of contributors. I think a spotlight would help us out immensely! Thanks- Aburnett 17:33, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi. Castle Crashers Wiki is in nice shape and I have added you to the spotlight list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 18:53, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Religion Wiki
This is a request to spotlight the Religion Wiki. The Religion Wiki is founded in 2004 and has his ups and downs. Recently we have renewed the layout and added new articles. at the moment we have almost 2.000 articles but we need your help to expand our subjects.

This wiki is for religious people and religious communities of all kinds. We coexist on this wiki.

Friso Yoyon Schaap (talk) 20:37, 15 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. Religion Wiki looks like an interesting place and you have clearly been working hard on it.  In order to meet the spotlight criteria you need to have all your pages categorized; you currently have about 550 uncategorized articles.  You also have a lot of redlinked categories, many with only 1 article; can you create and/or combine these?  Let me know when you have it all sorted out!  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:55, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Tom Clancy Wiki Spotlight
http://tomclancy.wikia.com

I'm an administrator on the Tom Clancy Wiki and I'm requesting to have our wiki be placed on the spotlight. You can see our statistics at Special:Statistics. We have two active admins, several pages of filled content (along with a bunch of stubs), a handful of active editors and were really good with categories. Our wiki has the latest features, logo's and a custom skin. We focus on EVERYTHING in the Tom Clancy universe and as so we need more editors to help get all the game/novel/film articles added. Rainbow Six and Splinter Cell all alone have their own wiki's, and we feature content on all of these series, it's going to take more editors to get this done. Thanks and I hope to hear from you. -- 06:01, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Hi. Tom Clancy Wiki looks like it is in really good shape.  I will add you guys to the spotlight list. -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:44, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks, we really appreciate the opportunity. For anyone reading this that knows, will I see our spotlight while on our wiki? Or will I just see new members coming around?.-- 07:03, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The spotlight should run where you can see it on your wiki, but they are chosen randomly from a pool of images at any given time. -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 19:32, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Alright, once again, thanks for the information and the opportunity.-- 23:27, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Thief Wiki
I would like to nominate the Thief Wiki for spotlight. It has 2600 articles, a good amount of users and over 4000 images.--Sxerks 03:21, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Eidos Montreal announced on May 11 that they are in pre-production of the fourth installment of the thief series. Big McLargeHuge 04:36, 13 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. Thief wiki has a great skin, and seems to have lots of good content.  There are, however, about 1000 DromEd subpages that aren't categorized.  Could you put them into a category?  Then I'd be happy to add you guys to the spotlight list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:32, 19 May 2009 (UTC)


 * All uncategorized pages have been taken care of. Does the spotlight image(200x75) need to be any certain file type(gif,png,jpg)?--Sxerks 18:25, 20 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Wow. That was fast work on a lot of pages :).  I've added you guys to the spotlight list.  The wikia staff creates the spotlight image; you don't need to worry about it.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 19:30, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Poetry Wikia
This is a request to spotlight Poetry Wikia. We are a VERY abandoned community at the moment, and we're taking measures to promote traffic. I'm afraid I'm very much on my own right now, so please let me know what needs to be completed before we can receive a spotlight, if anything. Thank you,

~Specter (cow_pi) 19:33, 12 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. Poetry wiki looks very interesting. You have some uncategorized pages, and also a slightly difficult category structure that could be worked on.  A mainpage image would also be good.   -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 02:15, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Patapon Wikia
Hello, we have over 20 active contributors, over 100 pages, and our main page also seems to be in order. Reply fast, please and thank you.

yumipon 01:55, 11 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi. Patapon Wiki has a nice custom skin/logo, and congrats on reaching 100 articles!  There are a few things you need to work on before you can be eligible for a spotlight.  1) Most of your content is uncategorized.  Could you please create a category structure for your articles, and add category tags to each one? 2) You also seem to have some duplicate articles (eg. "A World of Ooze" and "A world of ooze"; could you please merge/redirect them into one article each?  3) a lot of your articles are still stubs; could you work on adding content so you have 100 non-stub articles?  and 4) Is there a graphic or picture you could add to your mainpage?    Let me know when you've had a chance to work on some of these issues so you meet the spotlight criteria! -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 23:56, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Sonny With a Chance
Hi. I'm the admin over at Sonny With a Chance Wiki and I would like to nominate the wiki. We have 84+ articles, around 10 active users, a custom Monaco skin, pages for every sketch, episode, character, cast/crew member, and every page is categorized. — Cake <font color="#edc31c">Mistake <font color="#1b4776">talk  18:24, 10 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Hi -- Sonny With a Chance seems like a nice wiki and you guys have clearly been working hard on it. Before you will be ready for a spotlight you need to reach 100 articles that aren't stubs; a fair number of the 84 you have are still 1-sentence. Please let me know when you've had a chance to build up your content some more and I will be happy to add you guys to the spotlight list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 23:56, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

Theodore Tugboat Wiki
I would like to request a spotlight for the the Theodore Tugboat wiki, we have a 100+ pages, I am the active admin there and we have a nice mainpage and logo. Please spotlight our wiki. Thanks in advance. <font face="Arial"> ZEM  talk to me!   04:39, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Theodore Tugboat looks great. I've added you guys to the list.  -- <font color="Blue">Wendy  (<font color="Blue" size="1">talk ) 23:56, 11 May 2009 (UTC)