Happy pride month, all! We hope summer has treated you well so far. This newsletter is short but covers a ton of very important changes we’re making to the wiki, so be sure to read everything thoroughly. This season’s topics are
The batch delete
Changes to the wiki’s code
Major changes to the wiki’s rules
Some reminders about Discussions
Batch delete
May’s batch delete was finished earlier this month. If you still need a page restored on the wiki, please head over to the restoration thread.
Wiki code
As usual for pride month, we’ve switched out the browser icon and the header image for their pride-themed variants, and turned on pride themed buttons.
An icon font has been added to the wiki for use in your code! Instructions on how to use the icons are available on a subpage of the coding guide. The icon font is a gadget and may be turned off in your preferences.
We’ve tentatively removed the WikiActivity script. It hasn’t been updated in over six months and was causing issues with loading things on the main page.
If you like keeping an eye on wiki activity but find Special:RecentChanges hard to read, we recommend turning the “Readable RecentChanges” gadget on in your preferences. You’ll also need to turn off “Group changes by page” in the recent changes section of your preferences. If the bugs are fixed we can add the script back.
Major changes to the wiki rules
The wiki’s rules have been totally overhauled for improved clarity and ease of use.. The rewrite clarifies wording on a lot of rules and adds in a number of “unofficially official” rules, like the concept of page ownership and the fact that Flight Rising images and AprilSilverWolf bases aren’t allowed.
The Block Policy has been massively simplified and has been moved to a section on the rules page. It now provides a general overview of how our warning/block system works and some example violations, instead of hard-to-update tables for each potential rule violation.
The page listing the members of the moderator team has been moved from Project:Staff to Project:Moderation since we don’t call the moderator team “staff”. Additionally, the Promotion and Demotion Systems rewrite we promised back in 2021 has finally been finished and now resides on Project:Moderation as well. We hope this change will make promotions less daunting and time-consuming for both the moderator team and the applicants.
The apprenticeship system that was put into place in the 2020 winter newsletter has been reworked and is now explained on Project:Moderation. This rewrite speeds the process up and gives the apprentices moderator powers immediately, instead of forcing them to wait for 6-9 months.
Additional notices
Our moderator team is pretty small at the moment, and we don’t always have time to comb through all the Discussions posts. If you see something that you think might violate the wiki’s rules, please report it via the report button or a moderator’s message wall so we can take a look!
When creating posts, please take the time to make sure your posts are categorized correctly!
General discussion about the wiki and Wings of Fire should go in the General board
Roleplays and polls about roleplays should go in the Roleplaying board
Your art and writing should go in the Creativity board
Contests, requests for art, feedback on art/writing, and games should go in the Contests, Requests, and Games board
Questions about how the wiki works or how to do something should go in the Wiki Support board
Suggestions on how to improve (including new categories/templates) the wiki should go in the Wiki Improvement board
We’re considering reworking the way the wiki handles swear words. We haven’t settled on concrete ideas yet, but we’re planning on creating a discussion thread on the Wiki Improvement board asking for thoughts at some point in the future.
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