His Dark Materials:Administrative Discussions

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Anonymous users

Hi everyone! So, I'd like to know why we have taken away the ability for anonymous users to edit this wiki. I wasn't around when it was turned off, so was there excessive vandalism by these anon users? If not, I believe we should allow them to edit again. It might encourage more edits to the wiki, and if an anonymous user edits, they might be more inclined to create an account. Thoughts? --Musical33 (talk) 13:35, July 11, 2018 (UTC)

We had a problem with anonymous users spamming the Wiki with advertisements, especially in Russian. I'm not averse to the idea of opening up the Wiki to anonymous users again, though. ~~~~ —This unsigned comment was made by Amyosaurus (talk • contribs) on July 12, 2018.

Perhaps a trial period? The return (or not) of spam/vandalism can then be weighed against any new edits reopening might prompt. — ArgentFir 16:42, July 12, 2018 (UTC)

Since neither of you are against the idea of a trial run, I will re-enable anonymous editing for a week and we will revisit the issue on 19 July. --Musical33 (talk) 19:45, July 12, 2018 (UTC)

Message Wall

Hi again! So, how does everyone feel about the Message Wall feature? I personally believe that it helps keep track of user talk page discussions much more easily than they are kept track of now. For a new user to a wiki, it might be confusing on how to reply to a message (whether they do it on their own talk page, or on the other user's talk page) and I think the Message Wall gets rid of that confusion. Thoughts? --Musical33 (talk) 13:35, July 11, 2018 (UTC)

I agree with you that message walls are easier to reply to, and would be fine with activating them on the Wiki. ~~~~ —This unsigned comment was made by Amyosaurus (talk • contribs) on July 12, 2018.

Is anyone against this idea? If not, I will be enabling the Message Wall tomorrow, 13 July. --Musical33 (talk) 19:45, July 12, 2018 (UTC)

Actors and actresses

Hey everyone, quick consultation: should we start writing pages on the actors and actresses of the His Dark Materials franchise? --MusicaLƎƎ (talk) 18:54, August 27, 2018 (UTC)

We used to have pages for some actors (from the film), but they were deleted. I think the rationale was that there was no point having short/stub articles when a link to the Wikipedia article could provide much more actor-specific information. I'm inclined towards that sentiment: that we should focus on articles either in-universe or directly related to HDM − I suppose that also raises questions about the articles we currently have on illustrators John Lawrence, Clément Oubrerie and Peter Bailey. — ArgentFir 13:41, August 29, 2018 (UTC)

That was indeed the rationale and I'm still of that mindset. You are right about the illustrator articles. Perhaps a blanket no OOU people articles policy would be neatest? ~~~~

Discussions

I believe we should discuss what type of content to promote in the Discussions area (e.g. should we allow RP, Fanfic, Question/Answers, wiki improvement discussions vs fan discussions?, etc.). Any ideas on what we should/should not have? Also, will Discussions be replacing our Forums? --MusicaLƎƎ (talk) 18:52, August 28, 2018 (UTC)

I think the ongoing HDM TV (and Book of Dust) announcements could be a potential area for Discussions − casting, filming information, links to actors' social media and speculation about the adaptation, perhaps.

Whether Discussions replaces Forums likely depends on its chosen content − if it focuses on fan discussions and announcements, it might be best to keep Forums for wiki improvement discussions. Either way, I think RP and fanfic are better left to other sites. — ArgentFir 13:41, August 29, 2018 (UTC)

In my opinion, I also think the Discussions area should be a place of fandom encouragement - discussing castings and fan announcements, Q&As, etc. This is because there's really no other place on this wiki for that sort of thing, so I think making Discussions the main area for that is a good idea. But I agree that RP and fanfic is best left to other sites. I think we should keep forums for wiki improvement discussions. That is my opinion on the matter. --MusicaLƎƎ (talk) 14:18, August 29, 2018 (UTC)

I have updated the Discussions guidelines according to what Argent Fir and I seem to agree on. If and when the other admins chime in, we can revisit the topic. For now, I am encouraging fan-related posting in the Discussions area. --MusicaLƎƎ (talk) 18:09, September 4, 2018 (UTC)

I'd personally lean towards moving everything over to discussions and abandoning the old forum system, but it's only a slight leaning and I'm happy to go along with the majority decision. ~~~~