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<p>It's best to be specific when you ask a question on the Forum. Rather than ask, "Can I have some help," just go ahead and state outright what you need help with in particular; that way, people can more immediately offer assistance.
</p><p>Don't forget to link to the Wiki in question as well; while it'd be especially great if you could link to the page or file in question that you need help with (or multiple pages, if relevant), but no one can offer 'help' to a 'Wiki' if they don't know what the Wiki is or what you want help with.
</p><p>("Can someone help"--of course! That's what people are here for! Don't worry about pleasantries--just get straight to business.)
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<p>Got it. I need someone to help me with https://jinxed-book.fandom.com/wiki/Jinxed_Book_Wiki ? I was going to call it JInxed but that was a taken name
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<p>Still not very specific.
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<p>Okay, is there anything in particular that you’re looking for help with?
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<p>Right... Are you asking if it's possible to claim 'Jinxed' as your Wiki's name, or are you looking for some other kind of help? I'll suggest you read Help:Sitename if your query is indeed sitename related (based on you mentioning your first choice being taken). It's still not entirely clear what you need help with specifically.
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No I want feedback and help editing
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<p>Seeing as I don't know much about the topic of your wiki, I'm afraid I can't help much, sorry.
</p><p>On the other hand, for general advice regarding growing your community, here are some of the things you could do:
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- Have a good summary about what the wiki is about.
- Start making articles about the topic, in particular pages about important aspects of the topic of your fandom, unless your wiki is a fanon wiki or about OCs, etc.
- Put links to important pages on the main page.
- Start categorizing pages.
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<p>Help:Formatting pages, Help:New page and Help:Wikitext could be helpful for editing assistance.
</p><p>I’m not sure what you mean by feedback though.
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<div class="quote"><i>CheviYB wrote:
No I want feedback and help editing</i></div>
<p>Ah. Well, if by "editing" you mean you'd like more people contributing content to the wiki, such as adding proper articles with robust content, this isn't the best place to attract potential long-term contributors or editors. I suggest reading Sannse's blog post How to Grow Your Wiki for ideas there. Some people like to promote their wikis on Community Central by writing a blog post (ought to then be categorized under Category:Wiki_Promotions), which is preferable to a Forum post in this case. </p><p>If you need help with editing on a technical level, for something specific, then that's another story. You posted in the Design Support forum category, so if you have an editing question regarding design, this is the place to ask. The Help Pages are useful for getting acquainted with editing in general; UpnCbs06 linked you to a few to get started. </p><p>As for feedback, you didn't specify what kind. If you want general feedback on the wiki, I'll echo Dralkyrie's advice that you develop your home page and add articles. I see you've started uploading various image files to that wiki, but actual articles with written content need to be prioritized over images. If you haven't read Sannse's blog yet, check out the paragraph where she explains why FANDOM recommends you write at least 50 articles; articles with text are good for SEO and therefore better at attracting readers/editors. </p><p>Dralkyrie's advice to categorize those articles is also good. I'll suggest you remember to update your wiki's top navigation (see Help:Navigation) as you start adding more articles, since I personally place high value on useful, well-developed top navigation. I loathe using wikis that doesn't make use of it. </p>
No I want feedback and help editing</i></div>
<p>Ah. Well, if by "editing" you mean you'd like more people contributing content to the wiki, such as adding proper articles with robust content, this isn't the best place to attract potential long-term contributors or editors. I suggest reading Sannse's blog post How to Grow Your Wiki for ideas there. Some people like to promote their wikis on Community Central by writing a blog post (ought to then be categorized under Category:Wiki_Promotions), which is preferable to a Forum post in this case. </p><p>If you need help with editing on a technical level, for something specific, then that's another story. You posted in the Design Support forum category, so if you have an editing question regarding design, this is the place to ask. The Help Pages are useful for getting acquainted with editing in general; UpnCbs06 linked you to a few to get started. </p><p>As for feedback, you didn't specify what kind. If you want general feedback on the wiki, I'll echo Dralkyrie's advice that you develop your home page and add articles. I see you've started uploading various image files to that wiki, but actual articles with written content need to be prioritized over images. If you haven't read Sannse's blog yet, check out the paragraph where she explains why FANDOM recommends you write at least 50 articles; articles with text are good for SEO and therefore better at attracting readers/editors. </p><p>Dralkyrie's advice to categorize those articles is also good. I'll suggest you remember to update your wiki's top navigation (see Help:Navigation) as you start adding more articles, since I personally place high value on useful, well-developed top navigation. I loathe using wikis that doesn't make use of it. </p>
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<p>I noticed after I posted my previous reply that you went and changed the font for the entire wiki at MediaWiki:Wikia.css. You should know this goes against FANDOM's Customization policy; I suggest replacing 'body' with
#WikiaArticle, #WikiaRail just like this Staff member did when the Tensura Wiki violated the Customization policy the exact same way back in 2018. It's fine to change the font of the article body, but FANDOM decided a few years back that changing the font of article headers, top nav, and the wiki title is no longer hip.
</p><p>Edit: Oh, curious; looks like a user decided to replace #WikiaArticle, #WikiaRail with #WikiaPage on Tensura Wiki in 2019...meaning article headers are using their custom font anyway. The user via their edit summary seems to think they must be "whitelisted for customization," but as far as I can tell the Customization policy hasn't changed re: article headers? Aren't they now technically violating the Customization policy again?
</p><p>Not that I agree with Fandom's stringent Customization policies, mind you, but it is what it is for the time being.
</p><p>(Side note, whoops; took me far too long to realize/notice I initially posted this reply in a different thread.)
</p><p>Edit x2: Oh, how's this for feedback: I think you've credited the wrong author on your homepage. You've written "Amy Alward's Jinxed," but--per the book cover in your wiki's background, and after a quick DuckDuckGo search--isn't the author of the Jinxed duology Amy McCulloch? I suggest correcting this as soon as possible; although mix-ups and typos are understandable, a mistake this fundamental is to be avoided.
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