Forum:How to increase visibility of wikia guidelines and important discussions?

How to increase visibility of wikia guidelines and important discussions?

A global problem of this wikia is that our guidelines and happening important discussions are not so visible and accessible as it is desirable. We should think to improve the situation. For example, Angel complains that it seems that nobody reads Image Guidelines or Trivia Guidelines, but what from will a new user know that they even exist? I recently added a link to Image Guidelines to the Main Page, but that is all. (Well, why people do not follow them after a message at a Talk page is another question).

Here are some suggestions and notes:

1) First, we should compile a list of current, up-to-date guidelines and rules. Now, they are: Image Guidelines, Trivia Guidelines, ... (please continue this list). Contrary example is Layout Guide - it is not relevant to our wikia.

2) We can put links to them at Main Page. But that is not enough. In fact, Main Page is what unregistered users see most often. For registered users, the starting page is, by default, Special:MyHome with list of recent changes. In the lower right corner there is "Community Corner", which, I guess, can be changed by admin. There again links to main guidelines could be put, and, if it were updated rather frequently, some messages about currently happening events in wikia could be placed.

3) I don't know if it is possible to add link to Image Guidelines to the image upload page (Special:Upload), but it would be good I think.

4) To change welcoming messages for users: to invite them to read guidelines (providing links, of course) there.

Ruxax 17:29, August 15, 2010 (UTC)