Forum:Upcoming New Profiles Feedback Post

Post Your feedback and suggestions for the Upcoming New Profiles.mentioned by users in the comments on Dopp's Blog-- Tama 63 

Suggestions

 * 1) Something with if you have twitter a latest tweet and for Facebook a my Stauts --Tama 63  13:51, July 26, 2011
 * 2) Skype link, Friends list, and Xbox Live link TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 13:54, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) MediaWiki Page to change the names of the titles:Admin,staff eg to Foo and Stalves Tama 63  14:10, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) A feature I'd like to see would be to able to display up to 6 different pieces of brief info (there seems to be room) from about 15 or so choices. Birth month/date, occupation and gender are pretty uninteresting bits of info.
 * Here's some info I'd like to have possibly displayed:
 * Activities/hobbies ...
 * Can often be found ...
 * Collects ...
 * Has never ...
 * Is always ...
 * Proud of ...
 * Wants to visit ...
 * Wonders about ...
 * Would like to meet ...
 * Would like to build ...
 * -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 26 Jul 2011 8:12 AM Pacific
 * 1) There should be a link to your favorite websites like, My Fav Sites or Sites I like. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 15:14, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) I would like to see a global edit count-- Tama 63  15:16, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) I would like to see a status like, Wikiaholic, Avid Gamer, or Editing, or something like tired from work or really anything that relates to yourself. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 15:18, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) Skype status hook built in if user has added skype info Tama 63  19:35, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * 5) I think users should get to change the color of their profile. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 20:30, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * 6) TheBen10Mazter: Maybe there can be a switch for users like if there offline, online, or around(a comment in the blog)Tama 63  11:39, July 28, 2011 (UTC)

Improvements

 * 1) Make some of the Info Collapsible-- Tama 63  14:08, July 26, 2011 (UTC)

Possible issues

 * I personally don't like the fact that Wikia is becoming more like facebook. Because an issue I know I have is that you can get unwanted people viewing your info, and the possibility of ridicule for no reason. And if Wikia becomes more like facebook, and that issue happens, we'll most likely lose users. Because really, who wants to be ridiculed? -- Jä zz  i  15:10, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * I disagree- sociality lets users know that there is more going on in wikia than just editing. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 15:11, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * If you don't want people viewing your info, don't add any. Except for edit count (well and your title if you're a founder, admin, etc.), it's all optional. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 26 Jul 2011 8:15 AM Pacific
 * The information shouldn't be here, people can add their own information to their userpages if they'd like to. They don't need a guide to add information. Especially not a guide that's some giant thing on your screen. It's pointless. -- Jä zz  i  15:18, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * Adding to my point of having it collapsible-- Tama 63  15:19, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * My main issue with this is the time spent on this feature could have been spent on something more productive, like fixing RTE glitches. This really isn't something we need, so time really shouldn't be spent on it.
 * Per above, there are more important issues to sort out before launching this. I'm not suggesting to shut development of everything else down until some major issues like the image caching and RTE bugs are fixed, but Wikia is making it seem like they've prioritised this over important issues which hinder editing across Wikia as a whole. I hope the prioritising is worth it. --Callofduty4 21:22, July 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, one of the criticisms of the Wikia skin when it came out was it looked more like facebook iirc, I don't think this'll help that go away too much? Also, is it customisable on the wiki or does it match the color scheme in some weird manner? Smuff[ The cake is a lie  ] 00:41, July 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * You're all so right, and that sums up my thoughts of it very well. Roads is a Wikia user! Duh! -_- 20:01, August 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * The Info Box will be to big and will take up to much of the Userpage Tama 63  15:36, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's never a good idea to give out your name or hometown on the Internet anywhere. The closest I give is that I live in Pennsylvania. Lemme tell ya something, Motor Ed, Rath is so much better than you! 15:38, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * You can leave it blank or have a silly one like a pineapple under the sea-- Tama 63  15:40, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * You don't need to give away any info if you don't want to. TheBen10Mazter (Talk -Blog -Contribs) 15:41, July 26, 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment By Danny "The information that you add will only appear on wikis that you've contributed to. Wikis that you've never been to will just see your username and avatar, as they do now. As folks have pointed out, you can share whatever information you feel comfortable sharing."
 * You can use it for anything you like within reason. Such as this mock-up of the UPPV3 profile. 03:33, July 27, 2011 (UTC)