User blog:DatAsymptote/Admin Blog: Start Your Journey Revision

Hi Wikians!!

You might not know, but Start Your Journey was one of the very first pages posted onto the Wikia! It was a page designed to be read by new users, so that you guys know how to navigate around the Wikia, and how to start posting on it.

However, not much of the page has changed since its debut in 2013. Meanwhile, the Wikia has changed tons since then. There’s been updates to how Wikia works in general, and there’s been updates specific to our own little Wikia.

Obviously, it's high time for us admins to keep it up to date, since an outdated page is clearly confusing and inhibitory.

The thing is: we’re quite used to how the Wikia functions, but we're aiming to write a page that's here to help out an absolute newbie. So, we need your advice, support and ideas! Think back of when you were new, or if you're still new, think of recently or even now.

What sort of things would you have liked to have known?

Here are some potential ideas we’re thinking of. Which ideas do you see as the most important, the least, and what other ideas would you like us to publish? Don’t forget – Start Your Journey isn’t the only “guide” on the Wikia, so if you have suggestions for our guides in general, please comment before!


 * Making a page
 * Posting images
 * Using templates
 * Using categories
 * A list of rule pages and other necessary pages for a new user to read
 * “Driver” pages
 * Ways to interact with others
 * An FAQ (frequently asked questions)

Also, the admin team have finished completing some other guides, and these will be posted in the near future. Look out for a “Rules and Etiquette” page coming soon!!