User talk:Brandon Rhea/Archive 1

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spotlight timing
In general it's taking about 2-3 months for the spots to go up right now. You can check the list occasionally to see when your wiki gets near the top and maybe tell the wiki then? -- Wendy (talk ) 01:57, November 12, 2009 (UTC)

Copyright
Hi,

I'm looking for an experienced Wikia editor to check over the copyright details and templates at Battlefield Series Wiki to see if they are OK. I also need somebody to explain some of the licenses, especially the 'free' licenses. I was wondering if you could help, or point me in the direction of someone who could.

Please can you respond by email at thomasrbendall@yahoo.co.uk, it will be more convenient.

Thank You

Bondpedia 19:29, December 22, 2009 (UTC)

CommunityStickies
Hi, I want to make sure that you see the announcement on the WikiStickies blog page about the new way to create your own CommunityStickies! You'd posted that you wanted a way to customize the stickies, and now you'll be able to make your own. Let me know if you have any questions about it! -- Danny (talk ) 21:56, January 13, 2010 (UTC)

RE: Admin rights
*sob*, *sob* Thanks. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 01:55, January 28, 2010 (UTC)

Reply
Yes, if I remember correctly. Wookieepedia has done it, for one example. :) -- Xd1358(Talk) 16:06, April 6, 2010 (UTC)

stubs
Hi Brandon -- thanks for making sure you meet the criteria before you asked for the help with the skin - I really appreciate that :). For stubs, the first thing I do is add up how many stub-marked articles the wiki has; you've got 33 which is ok (but keep an eye on them -- the problem with marking stubs is they never get unmarked).  Next I look at the Short Pages list.   My basic criteria is that a non-stub should be over 300 bytes but that can be skewed by template use, so I also look to see that there is actually some information given on the page and at least a few sentences of text and ideally a picture.  The goal is simply to make sure that a visitor browsing by "Random Page" gets interesting results and one who is clicking a link from another page doesn't waste the click.  I think your wiki is ok from what I see although a trifle lacking in pictures :).

I do find all of your off-wiki links (to starwars and wikipedia most often) slightly worrisome; while it is useful to link people to information it is generally not good to drive them away from the wiki without warning. I got offsite in about 3 clicks without trying. There is no indication whether a link is internal or not.... You might consider, on some of the more obvious ones (like George Lucas) creating a short page with information that is particularly relevant to the fan side of things and a link from there to the page on wookiee, labeled so the visitor knows they are going off-wiki. Just a thought, and not really related in any way to requesting help with the skin :). -- Wendy  (talk ) 02:52, April 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * You are welcome to make suggestions; I just can't guarantee they will be used. -- Wendy  (talk ) 23:32, April 21, 2010 (UTC)