Editable Polls
This is another small wikicode trick, that can be very useful in some situations, but also allows poll result manipulation. It's a trick to make polls editable.
Prerequisites for this guide are the knowledge of using and creating templates.
- 1 What are polls?
If you don't know polls at all, here is a short introduction:
Credit where credit's due: How to properly attribute pages from other wikis
Hi everyone. This blog's going to be a short guide on how best to attribute other people's work that you're importing to your wiki.
Most wikis on Wikia are licensed under a CC-BY-SA license. This means that any original work on the wiki is free to be shared and adapted on other places that also use that license.
Wikia's licensing page states "If you import text under a compatible license which requires attribution, you must, in a reasonable fashion (including by one of the attribution methods described below), credit the author(s). Where such credit is commonly given through page histories (such as copying within Wikia), it is sufficient to give attribution in the edit summary, which is recorded in the page history, when importing the text.". …
Policy Creation and You
Hey everyone, Zmario here. I wanted to bring your attention to an important aspect when managing a wiki: the creation of policies for your wiki. It is no doubt a challenging experiencing when starting a wiki from scratch, trying to get users to join, but at the same time, setting up everything and making things look in tip-top shape. I'll go over all those things in another blog. But right now, I'd like to go further in-depth into the world of policy creation.
- 1 Creating a policy
- 2 Naming your policy
- 3 What to put in a policy
- 4 Enforcing a policy
- 5 Where should I link my policies
- 6 Overview
Starting a new wiki is always exciting and tiresome. So many things need to be changed and information needs to be added. But a very important step that can sometim…
Simplicity is the new trend
Ever watched those futuristic-themed movies (not the post-apocalyptic world!) where the world is so simple and sleek? There is so little to look at, yet it is so much easier to see things. It's overwhelming to look at an image that has so much going on that it can be irritating to continue looking at it. You would probably have more chances of finding Waldo in a simple world than you would looking for him on a beach with hundreds of things that could be distracting or overwhelming.
- 1 Simplicity in the wiki world
- 2 Theme design
- 3 Readable content
- 3.1 Media files in the content space
- 4 Simple infoboxes
- 5 Conclusion
How does this relate to wiki editing? Simplicity is the new trend. Having a simple layout helps readers and editors read and interact with t…
To Copy, Or Not To Copy
Wikis on Wikia are founded with the intent to not only build vast databases of knowledge, but help unite fans into a sense of community. As these wikis evolve and expand, the temptation to create similar or duplicate wikis grows. While users are very much able to copy most content under the CC-BY-SA license granted proper attribution is given, the question becomes whether or not one should actually do so.
- 1 When to copy content?
- 2 Case-by-case situations
- 3 When not to copy content?
- 4 Other considerations
One of the best times to use content copied from another wiki is to help enhance areas of the wiki which are not the primary focus of that wiki. For example, a wiki dedicated to a film may recognize they are not experts about the background of the …
How to write a technical blog?
Blogs are a perfect way to introduce people to a piece of coding you've made. Presenting it on Community Central is usually a good idea. Many users will see the blog post and thus the coding and that means it'll be used maybe. But how do you write the perfect technical blog?
Firstly it's important to write about what it is. Sounds very logic right? If you don't introduce to everybody what the coding is about it's likely nobody will even try it out. Think about what language the code is written in (css, js, wikitext), what the code will do, where people will find the things they can do with the code etc.
Besides that pictures are also important to add to your post. People like to see what they're going to see when if they install it. This als…
We need contributors! - Stitchers Wiki
Hello Wikians! I'm Audrey, and I would love for everyone to know about Stitchers Wiki. It's a wiki about the new TV series that is currently in it's second season, called "Stitchers" airing on Freeform Tuesdays at 10/9c.
Stitchers follows Kirsten, who has been recruited into a government agency to be "stitched" into the memories of people recently deceased to investigate murders and mysteries that otherwise would have gone unsolved. Cameron, a brilliant neuro-scientist, assists Kirsten in the secret program headed by Maggie, a skilled covert operator. The program also includes Linus, a bio-electrical engineer and communications technician. Camille, Kirsten's roommate and a computer science grad student, is also recruited to assist Kirsten a…
Introduction to the Fan Creations Wiki
URL: w:c:fancreations
In essence, that means that you can write anything on any random fandom, or even create your own. For example, you could create your own video game franchise, company, book series, etc. on this wiki; however, something not supported here would be an article that features nothing but correct information on Star Wars, Doctor Who, you name it. For it to be considered fanon, it would have to at least partially contain information you have made up.
This wiki is dedicated to fan-made material. That includes arbitrary shippings; very diverse characters of naive dispositions; new video games produced by Nintendo post-World War IV, etc. - anything you can think of belongs here. Yes, that includes ponies ...
Here at the Fan Creat…
Users Wanted on Hypothetical Roller Coasters Wiki!
Hello everyone!
In this blog post I am writing to inform the community that I am currently wanting users on the Wikia I founded at the end of February - the Hypothetical Roller Coasters Wiki!
Since I am a huge fan of roller coasters and amusement parks, I have decided to create this wiki for anyone interested in creating some of the craziest rides and theme parks around! Feel free to create a roller coaster 1,000 feet high and have it traverse miles of loops, or be tame and create the kiddie coaster of your dreams - everything and anything is possible here!
I have had a few of my friends from other wikis join, and they love it. Now, I would like to attract some more users who share the same love for roller coasters as me, and will want to…
A guide on user pages part 3: what to design?
In the last part I'm going to help you design a cool user page. I'll start with a very basic one and go developing it to something very cool. At the end you can find another other cool design you can use as well.
Maybe not as standard as you would've expected, but still. It consists of some borders at the top and bottom. Furthermore the text aligning, padding, font size and font family has been customized.