User blog:Forestpaw13/Promoting the Wiki - Please Read

Hey, all:

So I know we've had a lot of trouble with vandals who seem to hate Arti this week, and that stinks, but I've been recently promoted to admin to counteract that. Now that it's (hopefully) over and Birchy, Arti, Wetty, and I can patrol most days over our winter break, I'd like to begin to promote our wiki.

Yes! There's a special page that the admins can edit and I'd like to be able to feature our wiki on the Wiki main page. See that Remix button? If you press it again (and again, and again...) you can see some of the many wikis there are on the wikia network.

So my big idea is this: I'd like to feature a lot of HUGE stories on here, mostly older ones, and we get to choose nine. I'd like to feature at most one story per user (which means that I'd only have one, Arti would only have one, etc.).

So! I want you guys to think and dig back a bit in the wikia's history. See what you can find from our past, y'know? I personally recommend Shigura's Ancient Powers, Kin of a Murderer by Mousefire, and The Twoleg Prophecy by none other than the wonderful CatZ himself.

This wiki has a LOT of history. The three stories I chose above are three I believe exemplify that. What I personally recommend is picking an older user, such as myself or Wetty, and digging through their stories and finding their favorite. I'd like to feature a (read: ONE) newer story as well, but I think that Arti and I will choose that one ourselves.

So put your thoughts about that below. I'd really like to see what you guys dig up!

The other thing is our "logo". I want that to be a personal representation of us. All of us. The admins, the new people, our wonderful founder, the old admins, and those new users that will eventually join.

So. Now for the contest. I think personally this could be one of the hugest on the wiki so far: the chance to come up with our logo to feature on the front page of wiki itself.

This right here is our "somewhat current" logo, but I'd really like to see that change!

I want YOU GUYS to come up with a good option for us! Requirements for the logo:
 * The final product MUST be AT LEAST 480x320 pixels. Please do not submit anything smaller than that.
 * You may not feature drawings of all your friends. Those will be excluded immediately.
 * The logo must feature the words "Warriors Fanfiction Wiki" somewhere on it, and make it legible, please!
 * If it is based off of a photo you find off of the internet, the photo absolutely must be in the public domain (free for usage).
 * Your logo must be submitted by, let's say, January 2 2013. Unless it's a good one, anything submitted beyond that date will not be considered. Of course we will take time zones into consideration.
 * Have fun with it and be creative!

When you submit a photo, please create a new section on my talk page and submit it there. Please figure out how to do this on your own time.

Anyway, I'm excited, y'all! I know you guys are AWESOME!

Peace out, ~Forest