User talk:Scarecroe

Footers
I added the fall season footer to a whole slew of wikis, and now I've created a batch of more footers. You can see them all in the Footers category. Some of them need a graphic -- I listed them on your user page. The science fiction one is the only one that I'm hot for right now; the rest could wait. You feel like making a sci-fi picture? -- Danny (talk ) 21:01, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Stuff to do
I changed things a little on the tasks list on your user page here. It's nothing new -- but it's only a week until the premieres, so we should probably prioritize building the content up. -- Danny (talk ) 01:21, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Roger that. I just got the Journeyman and Chuck pilots, so I'll be going to town with imagery. Where's my QuartzBlue? —Scott ( talk ) 05:51, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Yay for pilots. You mean Journeyman and Bionic? I've got Chuck covered -- I added some stuff yesterday, and I'll do more today. And I know, I want my Blue too. -- Danny (talk ) 11:37, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Mondays on NBC
By the way, I moved the main pages on Chuck and Journeyman to say "Mondays on NBC" in the hope that it might help us out with the Google rankings. "Chuck" and "journeyman" are both really common words, so I don't know if people will find us just by searching for those. So I thought this might help us show up in searches for "chuck nbc" and "journeyman nbc". Just so you know. -- Danny (talk ) 18:16, 13 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I noticed that. I think it's a really good idea. —Scott ( talk ) 18:33, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Welcome
Welcome, Scarecroe! (Even though you've been here for awhile I think, everyone should get a welcome.)

Thank you for updating the main page with the new featured Wikicity! --CocoaZen 22:48, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for helping with the branding survey
Thank you for completing the Brand Audit User Survey. We really appreciate your responses. Lots of improvements and new features were suggested, and I hope you'll see these being implemented over time. The results are now being analysed by a PR firm, so you might see some interesting changes to the design of the site as a result. If you have any more feedback, we always welcome that in the Wikia forums. Angela (talk) 17:33, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Mass-welcoming users
While it's not something bad or anything (you are thanking them for doing something), please consider using a flagged bot when mass-welcoming users so that the edits do not flood recent changes. It helps all of us look over edits and such. --Skizzerz talk 23:29, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
It was great to chat with you at WonderCon. I knew a little about Wikia, but the chance to set up an account and learn a little more about the community was great. I hope to check out several hubs when I have a chance this weekend. Thanks again. Yeshuamyking7 23:42, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

WonderCon Contest Winner?
Hey there! I got an e-mail a few weeks ago informing me I had one the grand prize for the WonderCon giveaway. I e-mailed you my info, but I haven't heard anything back. :( What's going on? Just wondering! Thanks for Wikia! Rossr 00:58, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

New Wiki
Hi - I hope this is the right place to add this... I've just started a new wiki, and I'm not sure how to add skins. I posted on the forum, and Manticore suggested I contact one of you guys, and you seemed like the best bet :)

The styles I'm looking at are here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_user_styles But I don't really have a clue. I added some CSS, but it hasn't made a difference, and I don't know where to put PHP/images etc.

I haven't gone into any depth with a logo etc yet, as I'm not sure if a skin is going to work, but ideally I'd like to start with "rounded blue edition" about halfway down that page. If you've got time, is there any chance you could help? My wiki is factopedia.wikia.com, and I'm on about 9-5 GMT. Cheers! Soop 2 13:28, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Can someone help me?
I want to be able to have tabels that looks like the one on this page: http://oc.wikia.com/wiki/Rachel_Bilson That one with the picture of Rachel and the info below. Well, when I copy the table to Gossip Girl Wiki, it dosen't work. How can I get it right? -- user:V mars 17:14, May 12, 2008

DC Comics Movies
Hi Scarecroe, can you please create the DC Comics Movies page immediately. I've been waiting for the wikia after requesting for a few weeks but no prevail. Kodojak (talk) 09:23, 15 August 2008 (UTC)


 * But you created the Marvel Movies page and DC needs a movie page for the movies such as the Batman and Superman movies. Kodojak (talk) 16:08, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

Hey
Yeah, it's me again, but this time, I'm coming on behalf of the As the Bell Rings Wiki. I was wondering if we could request an user right change. We've created an account that we would like for it to be changed to a bot. Are we allowed to have this change? The account name is Pearlmaster and we would like to use this account for heavy work--an account that we admins share just like how a bot should be. Thanks for you time!-- ☆Tavis ource   -Sharp eyes, slick moves  00:32, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Trues?
Scarecroe, I can't take anymore. I used to love Pixar Wiki for taking me when I was blocked from Muppet wiki. I just want to be unblocked. I am not like a pizza. You can't pick up the phone and order more of me. Please, unblock me. :<-- - WildMIKE123v5Talk 18:37, 9 August 2009 (UTC)

Message
Hey, looks like your talk page isn't in good shape on the Pixar wiki. Anyways, I sent you a message, hopefully you received it? --Jeff (talk ) 03:54, February 6, 2010 (UTC)

Driving visitors
Hey Scarecroe; saw your post on Zeypher's Talk page on the Big Bang Theory wiki, and was just curious what options/suggestions Wikia had for Search Engine Optimization. I'm an admin on that wiki, and over at the d20 NPCs wiki, and I'd be interested in how Wikia could help drive more visitors to either/both! -- MidnightLightning ☇(talk) 15:13, June 18, 2010 (UTC)

Make The New Wiki Style Optional
Pikipedia (pikmin.wikia.com) has a neat and orderly style, skin, and community. The content areas are organized and although it doesn't have a large number of templates, it has all it needs. The skin is simple, but has lots of minor details that the head admin added on that most people wouldn't notice. I really hope this new style is optional, because if it isn't:

1. Pikipedia and many other wikis will drastically change and fall while larger communities that match the style thrive.

2. All of Greenpickle's hard work on both the Pikipedia's skin and the Kirby wiki skin (which he is just finishing up right now) is now down the toilet. Admins on other wikis will also watch their hard work disintegrate.

3. Though in the eyes of the staff, all wikis should be shared and brought together in one big community, this is not true. The smaller wikis will lose many a user and viewer from this feature. Ask around on people's talk pages, you'll find that 99% of users oppose inter-wiki "transport", as, though the staff belong to all wikis, and it would certainly help them, most users go to one or two wikis and stay there. Again, ask around, this one I'm certain will be opposed.

4. This new style has an extremely similar style to blogs or social networking sites. It has a news post box, has quick connection between wikis that users belong to that are like "groups" and it has a date display. Plus the bottom "tool" menu milks out items that only new users use. While this would be great on wikis with between 75 and 150 users, it would act a lot like facebook for some of the larger wikis and would be utterly pointless on smaller wikis where all of the active users know each other. A facebook-like style would most certainly thrive at community central, where the staff all have facebook style avatars (the icons, not the movies), but on other wikis it may not work out so well.

5. Several users dislike the new skin, more dislike it than like it (see the full history of the new style's blog.

6. Users who wanted to implement the new style on wikis would be fine with waiting while you implemented plans to make this style optional. If you don't wait, and you force it up right now and add the option later, many good, helpful users will leave wikia forever or for a long period of time, while other user who are not interested in contributing, but rather, just in the social networking "community" will join and post only on pages like user talk, and, if there are achievements on that wiki, will make hollow edits to boost their "social status".

7. If the staff wants to really get what wikia is all about to most people (the actual users), then, instead of checking input blogs, go and join a large wiki (like wookiepedia-starwars.wikia.com), a small wiki (like pikipedia-pikmin.wikia.com), and a new wiki (like the Spectrobes Fanon Wiki-spectrobesfanon.wikia.com). Contribute and add to the pages as best as you can, even minor edits help! And once you have been part of each type of community you will realize that each has separate needs and that the new style will work for medium/larger wikis, but not other wikis.

8. In my opinion there should not be "updates" which change things, like this new skin, but "features" which give the users of each wiki the option to go with it. The true key to success with the users of the wikia community is to allow them to customize, even with small things. Rather than bringing all wikis together, this will help keep them individual, unique, special, it will help them focus and match the subject. Maybe the best thing you could do is make several new styles and make them all optional, and maybe bring back old styles, like Monobook, as an option. Either way, most certainly keep Monaco, this style has worked great for the majority of wiki communities. Look at other wiki sites, like Wikipedia and wikispaces. They allow customization even for individual users! If one doesn't like the new style on Wikipedia, they don't have to complain! They just go to their preferences and change the style back to Monobook! If all new features were optional, angry comments would drop down to an all-time low. Only compliments from users who will use on their wikis will appear, as users who disliked the style would just not implement it on their wiki. This blog would be several pages shorter. Everyone would love the staff.

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