Forum:The future of Central

Hi All,

We've been pondering how this wiki could be better used, and how we can make it more effective. One part of this is the new multi-wiki search that Kyle mentioned in his Fall update. This should mean that anyone searching on Central is directed to the best wikis for their search term, rather than to the "blue-box" directory pages here and then to the wiki they want. This will be live on Central tomorrow, although it will need further refinement of the search results over the coming weeks.

This makes the blue box pages here obsolete, especially now that they are so much harder to keep in order with automatic wiki creation! Which presents another question: what should Central be? Wikia needs more of a community area offering help and support to everyone. What we propose is to tidy up Central, remove all old and obsolete pages, and create a solid community hub that draws people to it.

So, we would like to get some feedback from regular users of Central. What are your ideas for this wiki? What do you need here and what do you think new editors on Central will want here? We can't promise to use all ideas, but would love to hear what you think!

Thanks all -- sannse (talk) 01:54, December 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * I definitely see a big potential for making this a large help and support community. I said in Kyle's blog post (I think that's where it was) that we either need to cut back on just telling people "Go to Special:Contact" or we have to be a lot friendlier while doing so. I see some users saying that on multiple talk pages, and it just strikes me as people brushing off people's need for help. Granted I don't think that's the intention, but I think a lot of people may get the wrong idea about it because of how that's phrased. Some people just don't want to use Special:Contact either. Honestly, I've always gotten faster help through talk pages than Special:Contact. The only time I'd use that is if it was the weekend. Having people tell me to use Special:Contact just gets a tad bit annoying. That's my biggest pet peeve around here. - Brandon Rhea (talk) 03:09, December 9, 2009 (UTC)

When you say "searching on Central" do you mean just the wikia.com homepage, or the sidebar and Special:Search as well? The blue box pages being obsolete, doesn't mean they will be deleted or not updated when a new wiki is created, does it? --Sxerks 03:46, December 9, 2009 (UTC)