Board Thread:Wiki Improvement/@comment-5518179-20150115020919/@comment-5518179-20150115123424

Chamesthehero wrote: Koneko-chan, here are some suggestions. Please take them into consideration!


 * Changing the logo to something more stylish and professional-looking like the logo from your abandoned Sonic wikia. While there are many users here that are currently satisfied with the current logo, to appeal to new users aesthetics-wise, we have to step up our game.


 * Placing more emphasis on the site's policies in the main page and around the site. We want new people to create good pages, but we never introduce them to the site's policies and delete their pages on-sight. I don't know about you, but getting your things deleted is frustrating, especially if you didn't know what was going on.


 * Placing some more emphasis on the site's reccomended go-to-pages when you are trying to look for quality. Something more than just Featured Article. This wiki is infamous for its recolors, so I would suggest placing the good-looking articles upfront, somehow. Since quality is a debatable topic that depends on one's perspective, polls would do wonders.


 * There is no doubt the Sonic Fanon Wiki season awards are important. They motivate others to create better pages, since having your hard-work acknwoledged is always nice. People blame the chat for its inactivity, but I think it is because we don't advertise it enough! Maybe placing announcements about it on the front page to advertise it would do the trick.


 * Changing the category thumbnails with better-looking digital pictures. No offense, but the current ones are not pleasant to the eyes and some are downright hideous. For example, changing the current Hero category's thumbnail picture to a headshot of something like THIS is a start.


 * Changing the current plain blue background. A simpler, consistent Sonic-based pattern would not tire the eyes at all. Simplicity is not a bad thing when done right. Alternating the pattern's colors would be easy and practical. And it is way easier than asking for someone to draw a background for us to alternate every single season.

Putting this in the main post.
 * Although something minor, we could discuss new headline categories for the front page. Any creative idea would be welcomed and up for debate. Although it is tough for me to type it, pairings are a very important part of the fandom. More so than Objects. We could have polls and discussions about which thumbnail picture we could use, should we community place such category on the front page (alternate them from time to time, maybe?).