User blog comment:Dopp/Community Central Rolling Full Steam Ahead/@comment-876022-20110712074551/@comment-1656630-20110712163100

Hi Ryan! Admin Dashboard will be available soon (formal announcements/overviews/etc will come along with it).

We're constantly evaluating how and when to use SiteWideMessages. We also hope to improve that system so it's more persistent and less annoying (which sounds paradoxical, but it makes sense to me...).

Scavenger Hunt is still highly experimental and in its early phases. It will probably only be used in official Wikia-managed ways (sponsored competitions, special offers) for awhile, but we're looking forward to the feedback we get on it, so we can decide how to improve it next.