User blog:Wetstream/Final Admin Blog

Hello! For new users out here, Red and I are the co-admins of the wikia (With Arti being the head admin, and Rainy being our rollback). You can go all formal with me and call me Wetstream, or call me Wetty/Katie. I don't really mind anymore.

I apologize for not being able to welcome you guys properly with a formal message and all. I'm very busy and all, getting ready to leave.

With Admin blogs, there also comes the admin-y part. Which means stuff that benefits the wikia.

Pictures
Alrighty, pictures! I love adding pictures to the wikia, it's a fun way to add creativity and your own personal touch to your stories/user pages/etc. However, keep in mind we have an 8 picture limit per month. Honestly, there's not really a reason to upload more than that haha.

Also, there are over 1,000 unused pictures on the wikia  that I have taken upon myself to delete. Unused means they were uploaded on the wikia, and they're no longer on any pages. A lot of them are nearly 3 years old, which means they have no purpose on the wikia.

This leads up to me asking if you guys could please go to the file page and put the delete template on pictures you no longer want. (That was a very run-on sentence...) But what I mean is that when you click a picture, you have an option to go to the picture's page (aka file page). You can edit the page, and it would help a ton if you put the delete template on pictures you removed from pages or ones you not longer want.

Keep in mind WFW is not a picture hosting website. We're a fanfiction website, not somewhere where you can just upload pictures for the fun of it.

Contests
I have protected the main page for the contests. This means only admins can edit it now. I have told you guys a ton of times that I want you to use the talk page for contest requests. This doesn't mean you're allowed to just put the contest up on the contests page without permission! I was fed up and decided to just ban people from editing that page.

Whenever you want to request a contest, DO NOT MESSAGE ME. I'm not referencing any particular person, cause there's been over 10 people who have asked me for contest permission. If you want to request a contest, use the Contests talk page. Located here.

Expanding the Wikia
I have a few polls for you guys! These are just my ideas on what we could expand on for the wikia. I just want you guys to answer what you think would be best. These decisions aren't final of course, I just want to know what you guys think before I bring it to the other admins.

Should we have a "New User Guide" on the wikia? (Gives information on simple templates, formatting, comments, etc.) Yes No

Should we put a link to the New Users Guide in the Welcoming Message you get when you first join? Yes No

Should "Badges" come back to the wikia? Yes No Yes, but those who abuse it should be banned immediately

Should we add a banning system to the wikia? (Like if you spam or something you get a week banning, or if you harass someone you get a month banning or something) Yes No

Do you think we need another rollback/staff member on the wikia? Yes No

Should we revamp the Rules page with new rules and remove some of the unnecessary ones? Yes (If you say yes, please leave some a comment on a rule you would like to exist/be removed/or just comment on the matter) No

Thanks guys!

Oh yeah, this isn't like my FINAL admin blog forever... Just until I get back from Florida. I'm leaving tomorrow and coming back on the 13th haha...

Wet stream