User blog:Aquamarinesandopals/Skeletons and Categories: An Admin Update

Hello friendos! Admin Spades here. I would really appreciate you reading this blog post because it affects most of you in some way or another.

You may have noticed the minor wikia spam (apologies!) I've been mainly responsible for the last few days. This is largely because the admins are keen to address some issues the wiki has and I'm in the most able position to enact these. The issues? Skeletons and categories.

Skeletons
A skeleton is a page which is filled out, barely. It may just have a name and a picture. It may have an introductory paragraph and then a bunch of headings with TBAs. Perhaps it's just the infobox filled out, and it's been that way for a considerable period of time (which is really the key here). Either way, these are all considered skeletons.

Producing Skeletons clogs up the wikia and allows you to squat on names of articles. It's something the admins are deciding what we should do with. Right now all we're doing is marking pages that fit this description into a category, but more changes may be implemented. Such pages could be considered a rule break in the future, depending on the amount of time they've remained as skeletons, so please don't let that be your page.

Categories
Don't worry! We're not doing another wikia wide clean up, but we're all very keen to get rid of the 200 (ish) pages that don't have categories right now. Adding categories to your page should be as standard as giving it a title - it helps people find your page, keeps the wikia tidy, and allows the site to be easier to navigate for new and old users alike.

That being said, we will give users one week to add categories to their pages without any. On the 15th of November, I will be going around and adding some myself, if you fail to do so. This to allow people with a specific category system to use it before I go and add categories myself.

Failing to add categories could be considered a rule break in the future, so we suggest trying to remember them when making pages.

Suggestions?
On a lighter note, the admin team are looking for suggestions of what you want to see on this wikia to help it improve. We adjusted the OTM system and we're aware you'd like more chat emoticons, but is there anything else? Are you keen for contests or games? What do other wikias do that we fail to make the mark in, is the real question here.

Please let us know. < 3