Forum:Wiki Review 2

Hello everyone! This is a continuation of the wiki recap I said we were to have every 3 months so that we all have a consensus on certain things around here. This forum is meant to help us determine a few things that the community needs input on. The subjects may be from the past as well. There will be a list of voting sections here. Don't be afraid to vote for what you want. Thanks guys!

Voting

Rollback Editor Highlight
I have noticed that this has been an issue that has been bothering everyone for a while, so I'd like to bring it up again. First off, I want to say that even though rollback editors aren't a big deal, they still are considered to be users with rights. I have seen many wikis with rollback highlights, and if they aren't a big deal, then I don't see what the big deal is to keep the highlight. This section is to see who wouldn't like to see the highlight removed.

Support

 * 1) I support not removing the highlight per reasons stated above.

Affiliates
This is a new topic that needs to be discussed sooner or later. Per a previous forum, I'd like to know the community's opinion about adding an Affiliates section on the main page. It wouldn't be anything like the wikia gaming footer/header, it would be a small section off to the side with other's wiki logos. Basically we add their logo to our main page and they add ours to their main page so we can exchange and attract more editors.

Support

 * 1) I don't see why not. It would not only bring new editors, but our wiki's name would get around wikia even more.

Emoticons
This is minor. I just want to know if everyone is ok with re-adding emoticons to chat. Wikia has removed the lag from them, and I don't see harm with having them.

Support

 * 1) Per above.

Removal of Article Comments
I don't really want to remove them, but I have to make sure we have consensus on every corner of the wiki. I have seen a few wikis that remove article comments. I personally think that they can let people who don't know how to edit whatsoever add some information about a certain page. Although we do get some vandals and spammers, we have enough mods, admins, and crats who can handle them.

Oppose

 * 1) No strong reason to remove them.

Removal of Voting Polls
This is something that wiki recently added for use to decide whether to keep or not. I don't see polls causing any problems, but consensus should still be taken just in case.

Oppose

 * 1) No need.

Removal of Blogs
This is also quite minor. I want to see if anyone has a good reason to remove or not to remove blogs from the wiki. They can be useless and spam, but they can also be a great way for editors to interact.

Oppose

 * 1) Per above.

Badges
I have requested wikia regarding the badges. The reason we removed them in the first place was because of the mess we made with all of the custom badges. But if wikia somehow can reset the original badge system, then I want them to be added back for a couple reasons. Not only do they motivate users to edit, it may also convince anons to create accounts and learn more about the wiki and wikia itself.

Support

 * 1) I only support adding them back if wikia can reset them.

Rollback Rights
Now that I was able to see what it would be like to promote all of our rollback editors to chat mod, I don't see a need for it. There are some rollback editors that never go on chat, so this section is about the package user rights for chat mod and rollback.

Support

 * 1) I don't see a need for them to be a package deal. If you need chat mod, apply for chat mod, if you need rollback, apply for rollback, if you need both, apply for both.

Discussion/Comments

 * This is all I can currently think of that we might need community consensus on. If you have any other topics that you would discuss, please let me know here in the comments section or you can leave a message on my talk page. Tanks for voicing all of your opinions!