MediaWiki:Community-corner

Wikia's new editor is online You will have noticed that when you click "edit" now, everything looks a little different. That's because Wikia have rolled out their new edit page, across the whole of wikia.com. It is not something turned on by the local administrative staff here at tardis.wikia.com. Individual users cannot opt out of it, despite the implication of some checkboxes in Special:Preferences. It is simply the way editing looks now. More information about the new edit page can be had by clicking the info link at the top right of the edit page.

Note that the new edit page is java-intensive. Those with older computers/browsers may need to switch to the MonoBook skin in their preferences if they want a less resource-heavy editing environment. (Note that moving to MonoBook will make certain features, like Achivements, inaccessible — but it is a much quicker environment.) Achievements are here! To celebrate the re-launch of Doctor Who we're unleashing a fun new game. If you edit elsewhere on Wikia, you'll know this game as "Achievements". It gives you rewards for editing particular aspects of the wiki. We're taking the time, however, to really customise the game. You'll eventually find hundreds of different badges you can earn, all of them with a Doctor Who theme. So, check your user page and see what you can win!

''Please note that it will take up to a couple of days to completely load in the customised game. You may find that pictures and titles will change rapidly in the next several hours. Part of the fun of being here from the start is that you get to see the game being built!''

New stuff on the wiki as of 05:39, August 30, 2011 (UTC) Because some users have complained about the new user page masthead is way too big for the page, we've implemented a slimmer design that's only about 60% of the vertical width of the default Wikia masthead. Users wishing to keep their masthead completely under control should remember to keep their avatars to a strict 150px X 150 px size. In addition to other recently added templates, we now have disputed to highlight potentially incorrect statements. If you find a statement that goes against what you know, this template can be used to flag it for other users to check over. The effort to restore the edit button drop downs to their former glory continues. You will likely experience odd behavior with the button for the next 24 hours at least. Users are encouraged to use their "MyTools" footer instead of the edit/leave a message/edit profile buttons at the tops of pages. If you are an IP user — that is, you don't have a registered account — your edit count is currently reading zero. This is a known bug in the new user page profile masthead. If having an accurate edit count is important to you, please consider registering today.

For those who don't wish to register, but do wish to have their IP user page to accurately reflect their edits, rest assured that the Wikia staff are working on it. Users may be unaware that Wednesdays are typically the days chosen by Wikia to upload the latest bug corrections. For this reason, they are affectionately known as "Wacky Wednesdays", because strange behaviour most often occurs on Wednesdays. Today, the problem has been made a little worse because we're also having issues with the Wiki servers themselves. Recent edits are not showing up on the Wiki Activity, Recent Changes, Page History and User Contribution pages. The problem has been corrected. Users will also note that all edit buttons and drop-down menus are behaving differently than they used to. This is a Wikia-related change, and not one that we are making. It is related to the loss of functionality we experienced last week on user pages. On the up side, however, user and user talk page edit button drop-downs now have the default number of options again. They had lost several Wikia-standard admin-related options from late last week. These have all been restored.

Unfortunately, we've completely lost the archive tool, as well as the ability to edit just article intros and to perform purges. A fix for this loss will hopefully be made available soon. Now that Wikia seem to have taken care of their end of the problem, we can return our customised programming to action. There are a couple of minor, but useful, new templates to announce today. what? helps you mark individual sentences that are so confusing they make you scratch your head and say, "What?" Thus, the sentence can be highlighted for further revision and clarification. imdb? lets you flag an imdb link at the bottom of a page that you think is linking to the wrong person. Both templates automatically categorise the pages that use them, allowing easier maintenance. As we've alerted you before, non-existing categories now create blue links, indicating that they exist. In every other instance on the wiki, linking to an un-created page creates a red link, just like that one. This change to categories is not a bug, but Wikia intent. (Those new to editing here at Tardis may not realise that there is an organisation called Wikia that has jurisdiction over this wiki. They can make changes to the software that runs the site, and are not obliged to consult us when they do so.) All users unhappy with this move are encouraged to register their displeasure at a petition over on the Community Central forums. We are experiencing a temporary alteration of the edit menu that appears on user and user talk pages. This issue appears to be the result of the changeover that Wikia recently made to the format of user pages. Amongst the things now missing from the user talk edit menus are the "refresh", "archive", and "edit intro" features. We are working with Wikia to resolve this matter. No other namespaces are affected by this. As we work to restore these menus to their former utility, you are encouraged to temporarily switch to the monobook skin if you need to perform an easy archive of your user talk page. This issue only affects the "new look" Wikia skin. As you've probably noticed, user pages now look slightly different. You're encouraged to read the message about it that's popped up in the bottom left-hand corner of your screens. Our own unique styling has been quickly applied to the new user page masthead, in order to make it better blend with the rest of our site. If you want to see an example of a user page that has their profile filled in more completely, but don't want to leave our wiki, please take a look at user:Ausir. Just to emphasise a point that Wikia Central are making, whatever you fill in to this new masthead goes with you across all Wikia wikis, so do consider carefully how you fill in those blanks. We're still looking for a new background, to be implemented on 27th August — the date of the debut of Let's Kill Hitler. New designs will retain the Rex Matheson that we currently have on the right side, but replace the image of Jack with a character from the current series of Doctor Who. Please submit your proposals at background image submissions Please note that wales crew is undergoing major surgery in order to accommodate the totally different credit style used by Torchwood: Miracle Day. Crew listings on TV story pages will be "glitchy" over the course of the next 24-48 hours. Listings will possibly look different on a momentary, or per-page-load, basis. This template is easier to change "live" — as opposed to using a sandbox — because each change needs to be viewed across several different shows' episode pages at the same time. Review the archive of recent changes to the wiki here. Refresh your cache often The wiki continues to undergo a complete facelift. As the new style sheet is being implemented, you may see some untidy signs of construction. Thanks for your patience as we remodel. If you want to see the latest changes, you'll probably have to bypass your browser's cache. Safari users merely need to reload pages. Firefox users just have to hold down SHIFT, then press the reload button. Chrome users can press Ctrl + F5. Those using other browsers should check their help files for specific instructions.

Alternately, you can now just pull down the "edit" menu to refresh, and that should perform an automatic purge for you.