User blog:Wetstream/The Summer of New Users

Hey everyone, this is more of like a must-read blog. Mandatory for all you new users cause honestly, a buttload of you have no concept of reading the rules.

So here you go, a small guide for all you new users joining in this summer!kitty99

New Users and Rules
NEW USERS. Okay this is like the main topic of this blog. I know like new users are supposed to like mess up a bit and stuff. But, man oh man, there's a lot of mess-ups going on lately.

So new people, here's your little handy-dandy guide for when you first join!

Rules

I cannot stress how IMPORTANT it is to read these. A lot of them need to be updated, and some more rules have to be added, but for now this is a pretty good thing to go by.

Unregistered Users
Another problem is unregistered users. Like honestly, we used to have a rule that said you can't edit or make stories unless you make an account. That rule was removed, but we're pretty darn close to bringing it back. You guys don't understand how HARD it is to keep track of unregistered users. You're basically just an IP code editing and roaming around without anything.

Some people were whining cause they can't make an account. Like if your parents won't let you make one, or if you can't make one cause you don't have an email or something, you shouldn't be on the wikia. Idk how more straight up I can get.

Signatures and Profile Pics
Also for new users, a lot of you have no signature or profile picture. This is okay, but you're kinda bland without one. Pick anything to be your profile picture, you can change it whenever so it's okay. Signature's are also pretty awesome and if you need help with one just ask a senior user or something. It makes it 10x easier to get to your talkpage and profile and it's pretty nifty and cool. Even the basic ones are cool, so if you can't code at all, it's fine.

But you guys also need to leave some way to get to your profile or talkpage when leaving messages on other people's talk pages. If you don't they'll have to go into their history and look up who edited their talkpage and it's just a mess.



You see this lil button? This is your best friend for leaving your signature on talk pages so other people can get to your profile and know who left the message. To get to it all you need to do is click the "More" button with the "+" under it. It's like right next to the redo and undo buttons.



There. Now you have no excuse for not leaving your signature. Also to leave a signature you can also just put four ~s.

Comments and Fanfiction
Oh, is that a new fanfic I see? Let's go look... OH MY SWEET BABY BLUESTAR.

Guys. This is me trying to read a fanfiction that is like completely illegible. If you cannot spell things that well or don't understand a lot of grammar concepts, please just pop that into word and spellcheck. If you don't have word just google some spellchecking generator thing. Pleaassee.

Same goes with comments. Don't leave some completely illegible comment or some random spam. I also made a huge blog for the comments on fanfics. Honestly...

http://warriorsfanfic.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Wetstream/Ideas_and_Concerns_for_the_Wikia

Any new people, just read this okay? Comments with like: LOL WRITE MORE xDDDDD are not acceptable, they're obnoxious and omg no.

Fanfictions are also not just like two simple chapters and you're done. Nope. I'm sick of seeing like the smallest fanfictions out there being posted. Then the owners say that the fanfiction is finished.

Like guys, fanfictions aren't just two simple paragraphs. I understand if it needs to be small because it's a oneshot, but like a couple paragraphs isn't really a chapter unless they're detailed as heck.

Userpages
So along with signatures and profile pics there are userpages. Userpages is like your own little place to put whatever you want about yourself. You can just put your name and a few links to your fanfictions, or go all out and do some awesome coding.

If you want a coded userpage you should ask some of the users who can code. A couple coded userpages I really like are these two:

Stargaze66 + RedPandaPotter

I'm sure like these two probably will help you if you want some coding on your page. You can also ask some other users who code, just look around for people with nicely coded pages.

But a bad thing is over-coding. Please don't over-code your userpage. It can make it lag for people with older computers, and it's just usually a jumbled mess.

Staff
If you need to report anything, like users breaking the rules and such, and if you just need a staff member's help, here are the links to the profiles of the staff users.

Admin: Artimas Hunter

Rollbacks: RedPandaPotter, Wetstream

Artimas Hunter can delete articles, and ban users. She also has a whole lot of other things she can do, like promote users into staff, and edit the design of the wikia. She's pretty much the head person up in this wikia currently. So, if you have any major questions or concerns, take it with her.

RedPandaPotter and I are the rollbacks of the wikia. We can rollback edits basically, which means like undo edits that users do not want or edits made by spammers. If you have any minor concerns or questions, or if Arti isn't online, you can talk with us.

So basically that's it! If you have anymore questions about the wikia feel free to leave them below or send them to our staff.

Thanks for joining the wikia! :)

Fuzzy Blue Lights  If you began to wave goodbye... 19:51, June 2, 2013 (UTC)