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Content team requests and stubs
Hey Wendy! In the pretty near future, I'm probably going to request a new design for Star Wars Fanpedia from the content team, since I think it'll help when we "officially launch" the wiki. Before I make the request official, though, I just want to be absolutely certain that Fanpedia meets the requirements. To that end, I've got a quick question for you. Is there a certain length, size, etc. that you guys consider to be a stub article? How does Fanpedia look in terms of stubs? I just got us to the 250 articles, so I'm just wondering how many I'd have to beef up before hand. Thanks for your help! - Brandon Rhea (talk) 02:19, April 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi Wendy, thanks for the reply. The off-wiki links are actually just temporary. You can distinguish between external and internal ones based on the color of the link, but you're right, it can happen without warning if you're not paying attention. Those will definitely be made internal links as we keep on going. Thanks for your time! - Brandon Rhea (talk) 02:54, April 19, 2010 (UTC)

Hey, got another quick question for you about the content team request. Since the design is at the discretion of the team, are requestors allowed to make suggestions for what they'd like to see? I have some ideas that I'd like to present in my request, if possible. Thanks. - Brandon Rhea (talk) 19:54, April 21, 2010 (UTC)

Oversighter requested on Gran Turismo Wiki
Hi Wendy, it looks like you've already got a butt-load of other stuff to sort through, so I'll keep this short and sweet. :D

I recently decided to kick up my Wikia's security standards by oversighting revisions which reveal personal details. (We haven't had any stalker trouble yet, but you know what they say-better safe than sorry!) Unfortunately, we don't have an oversight, so all our admins can do is revert. If you, for some reason, can't grant someone oversight, then a few tips on how to make it more safe would work. Cheers! -- Gp 75 motorsports REV LIMITER GT-PT/GT-EN/CSW 17:45, April 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi. Oversight is not a right that is given out on Wikia (afaik no wikis have this right locally)...the right exists locally only due to the fact that it comes with the set of rights that Wikia staff have. Even staff use it extremely rarely due to how much of a hack it is (it is somewhat deprecated due the fact it was replaced with a more stable feature, which is also only available to staff). Normally, if there are personal details needing hidden, you can always delete the article and when restoring revisions, leave the one(s) containing personal information unchecked. If you fear that the other admins don't need access to the information through undelete, you can contact Wikia and let them know the situation and they will handle it appropriately. Regards, -- 18:25, April 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Right then, thanks. So, what else do you think I should do with my policy concerning personal info? -- Gp 75 motorsports REV LIMITER GT-PT/GT-EN/CSW 21:25, April 22, 2010 (UTC)

What type of personal information do you mean? Do you mean things like where someone lives and how old they are? If so, it's the prerogative of individual users whether or not they say that. Wikia does not collect personal information like that, and wikis are not to collect information like that either, but it's an individuals choice as to whether or not they tell someone where they live. Hope that helps. =) - Brandon Rhea (talk) 21:37, April 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * If they tell other people about their name, it'd be OK, so long as they didn't do it in a "high traffic" area, such as an article or Main Talk. But I was thinking it would be better to remove article talk: and article:-space edits which reveal any personal info whatsoever. They'd still be able to say whatever they want via Special:Emailuser, though. We would take immediate and severe action (and that doesn't mean just a block, either, if you get what I mean) against anyone, including our own admins, trying to collect the info if we have reason to believe it was with malicious intent. -- Gp 75 motorsports REV LIMITER GT-PT/GT-EN/CSW 22:43, April 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * I think the original question has been answered. Personally I don't see a lot of problems with names on talk posts in any area of the wiki if people want to use them and I can't imagine how personal info would appear in a main page edit. Reguardless, I think the main thing to do is just to remind people that a wiki is a public website like any other and they should act accordingly; it is up to them not to post the info more than up to you to worry about a random visitor seeing it. -- Wendy (talk ) 00:31, April 23, 2010 (UTC)

I agree with Wendy. There should be a warning in a privacy policy that a) you are not collecting information, b) releasing personal information can sometimes be dangerous, and c) like you said, you'll take action against people trying to collect said information if you feel malice is involved. It's best not to have a knee jerk reaction to the possibility, though, so there's no reason to forbid it. If someone wants to reveal their real name (for example, my user name is my real name), where they live, how old they are, etc., then that's their right to do so. It's great that you want to help keep them protected, but at the end of the day people are allowed to choose to post that information and shouldn't be restricted from doing so. =) - Brandon Rhea (talk) 00:40, April 23, 2010 (UTC)

OK, here's a revised version of our privacy policy. Tell me what you think. -- Gp 75 motorsports REV LIMITER GT-PT/GT-EN/CSW 01:09, April 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hummm... that's putting a whole lot of words in to Wikia's mouth. It's also creating a new version of the Wikia Terms of Use and Privacy Policy - which is bad for several reasons, especially that it will confuse users where there are differences from the official version.  The official policy covers everything necessary here, and this one really isn't needed.


 * I'd also suggest you are worrying too much about something that hasn't happened and probably never will :) I'm all for being careful online with any information you aren't totally happy with being public, but this is too much.  If you have a local privacy policy (and I don't think you need one) then it must be local, and not try to be a Wikia policy.  It should link to the Wikia policy, and make it clear that the official policy is the main one for the site.  -- sannse (talk) 17:31, April 23, 2010 (UTC)