Thread:CzechOut/@comment-5175866-20150211001343/@comment-188432-20150220160514

I think you misunderstand the nature of our "tools". They aren't particularly "special". We mainly just use standard Adobe products like Photoshop — and they don't offer their products in a licensing situation such as the one you outlay.

That said, I've seen some impressive work done with free tools like Gimp, and there are other graphics creation programs out there that would allow you to create decent looking work at a fraction of the cost of an Adobe subscription.

To be honest, most wiki admin do the vast bulk of wiki creation on their own — including the creation of polls and quizzes. As an admin at Tardis, and quite apart from my duties as a member of staff, one of the things I've done to promote the wiki is to build up a following on social media. My Twitter account is infinitely more powerful at driving traffic to my site than Wikia's, because every person who's subscribed actually cares about the content of the Doctor Who wiki.

I'd suggest that this would be an important step you could take to bring your wiki to the next level. If you have no clue about what to do with social media, or even if you've just got a specific question about it, please do file a Special:Contact form, and someone in our CommunitySupport department will lend a hand!

I would caution you to be realistic about this approach though: it can take up to a year to gain enough followers for there to be a real "community" on your social media accounts. However, once you get a few thousand followers, you'll find that you have a marketing tool of real value — not to mention real fun!