Musical33

Okay, I'll look into it over the course of today! :) Thanks for the update.

Side note: You're doing an amazing job as wiki administrator lately. I'm super happy to have your help and support around the site!

Thanks so much (and also for your work too)! :P

Another thing to change is the URL of the wiki. Mandy has suggested changing hdm.fandom.com to hisdarkmaterials.fandom.com to make the wiki more searchable. Doing this will have a major impact on our SEO, help more potential readers find the wiki and (possibly) help us overtake other sites in search ranking (particularly trying to get the wiki to the top spot when searching Lyra Silvertongue).

Please let me know as soon as you can if you're ok with the wiki's URL being changed so Mandy can ask staff to update it before the TV series is out. If you have any suggestions for a better URL feel free to reply with that too. Hope to hear back from you by Sunday so that we can update it quickly! Thanks!

Well, hisdarkmaterials.fandom.com already redirects to hdm.fandom.com, so I don't mind if the URL is changed to that (but I'm not sure if it will change our search rankings). I trust your opinion on the matter though!

Having a bit of trouble uploading a video...I can't upload this one at all despite the other interviews like it going up easily. Would you be able to upload it for me? Thx! Seems it's working now!

Okay sounds good sorry I didnt get back to you right away!

I think adding the 'ty' makes it more of a common American slang and not really a swear word...but don't quote me on that! But, yes, they did attempt to undo the vandalism after 24 mins (quite some time really) - seems we're getting quite a few anons & registered vandals!

Musical33, would you be able to share some of the figures at Special:Analytics so we can focus on certain pages on the wiki and see what kind of audience are viewing the wiki? (Most popular pages, Geolcation, common search terms, number of mobile users etc.)

Btw, LOVE your new profile pic Lime!

Just a quick warning, the poll needs to be updated in 2 days! Can you take a look at the forum for a suggestion of what the future of the poll should be like? Thanks!

Hi Mandy,

I remember reading about these 'Wiki Managers', I'll have a look around to see what you can offer.... I do have a few questions as an editor: how many wikis are you managing - it must be loads with only 7 TV/Movies managers? Will you drop in with us every week, every month, whenever we get in contact on your Message Wall? When you say assistance, is this things like adding a feature (which we can do via S:C) or things like needing help with code/blocking vandals/advice on how to run a wiki?

I also see that you're a Wiki Manager for TV/Movies, are you aware that we are a books community? Although the series has been adapted into a film and is going to be adapted for TV in a few months, will being in this TV/Movies help category change anything - will we have to change our content so that we are specifically for the TV series? Will we have to change from being in the literature column to the TV/Movies column? Another question, I know you're not here to do editing for us - but I would like to ask - have you ever read the books/seen the film or are planning on watching the TV series?

It says on the blog that "Wiki Managers are being matched up with select wikis based on where we have found the best opportunities for improved service" - do you know what kind of oppurtunities these are? Where exactly do you think you could help us - I think there are quite a few areas that need improving, but it would be good to see what you think?

As for the MediaWiki update - I saw the blog and briefly scanned the comments - I see it's probably going to happen in a few years, right? I assume that means that you'll help us with any transitioning, CSS/JS changes that are needed?

Sorry for asking so many questions! I look forward to seeing you around. Thanks!

Don't be sorry, I understand that the WM team is new and potentially a bit confusing, so I encourage everyone to ask as many questions as they want. 

I'm not allowed to disclose exact numbers to you due to NDA, but yes, we are all managing quite a lot of wikis. However, that does not affect the quality of my service and I will still be here whenever I am needed. I will be around every so often to check in and make announcements about important things happening at Fandom, but for the most part, I will be the most active when I am specifically asked for help. If a message is left on my wall, I will respond within 24 hours. 

Vandalism should always be reported to VSTF, as they have a lot more experience with handling those issues than I do. But I am here to help with adding features, coding, design, and giving advice on best practices for running the wiki. Keep in mind that the implementation of Wiki Managers is meant to replace the need for S:C entirely. Fandom feels that S:C is too formal and robotic, and the WM team is their effort to become more closely involved with communities on the platform. Instead of using S:C, all the admins have to do is shoot me a message and I will handle the rest for them. It establishes a real relationship rather than having to email a totally random staff member for help.

Yes, I am aware this is a books community, but because there is an adapted film and TV show coming (and book WMs aren't a thing yet), I have been assigned here. There are actually a lot of books communities that are being handled by TV/Movie WMs for that exact reason. As long as it involves TV or film in any way, we can help. Fandom just wants to make sure you guys have all the tools you need to prepare for the upcoming TV series, since it will most likely lead to a spike in viewership for the wiki. This doesn't change anything whatsoever. Content can stay the same. Column can stay the same. The main focus can still stay on the books. I'm not here to change anything that you don't want to be changed. However, I will say that the content regarding the TV adaptation will probably get the most attention, so that's something to consider.

No, I haven't read the books or seen the film. I am admittedly not much of a reader. But I am a massive Lin-Manuel fan and have been excited about this TV series for quite some time, so I will be watching and editing a bit if I have time.

Ideally I would love to hear input from the community on what you think needs improvement and how I can help, but I will say that my strengths are in the field of design. I think the overall look of the wiki is pretty solid but I think I can take it a step further. Infoboxes could definitely use some customization. I think the home page could use more content and should display a bit more about the TV series and include the trailer, etc. I noticed there's quite a lot of red links on pages that need to be removed. This is just based on first glance and I'm sure I'll find more things as I continue to explore the wiki moving forward. But keep in mind that I cannot work any of my magic without the full permission of the admins here.

Yes, the MediaWiki updates are a huge project and it will certainly take a few years to be rolled out. Most of the transition should be seamless if everything goes as planned, but yes I will be here to help with any changes that are needed.

I hope I covered everything to your satisfaction, and if you or anyone else has any more questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks for the reply! The design, infoboxes, main page etc. are definitely something I think we need to work on before the release of the new book (and definitely by the time the TV series airs!). The wordmark might want to be redone (I know JoePlay did it last year), perhaps it could be better by using the font they're using for the TV series. Maybe the wiki navigation should be changed too - I read the blog last month about how to improve your wiki navigation (and one of the things was not having a section with links for editors), I think we definitely need important things like the alethiometer, the subtle knife and the amber spyglass in the navigation - 3 of the most important objects in the books - and also more of the most prominent locations in the first book (London, Svalbard and Trollesund for example).

Perhaps you'd be able to make a forum explaining your ideas, linking images to use in the design, linking templates on other wikis and things like that because I think those things need urgent attention! I've seen some of the other designs on the wiki's you're admin on (I don't know whether you've done all of them) but they look brilliant!

One more thing I forgot to mention in my first reply, do you know if the wiki will get a spotlight in October (when the book comes out) and/or during the time when the TV show airs? Or will one of the admins have to apply for one on CC? I know FANDOM are aware of the TV series as they've RTed the trailer on Twitter, and it was on the app too, I just wanted to make sure!

Thanks!

I completely agree with everything above, and I am more than happy to help out with all of those things, but as I stated previously, I can only follow through with the work if the admins request it. In which case I will start making direct changes if they trust me, or I can build a mock design on a test wiki to show them for approval. But as of right now, I cannot go over their heads and start talking to the entire community about changes.

Thank you so much, I have indeed done all of the designs on my wikis, and I'm really glad to know that you like them! I have a lot of ideas for this wiki as well and I'm excited to bring my creativity here if I am permitted.

As far as the wiki nav goes, the community section doesn't necessarily need to be removed entirely if that's something the admins would like to keep, but it definitely shouldn't be listed first. And it would of course be beneficial to add important items and locations to the nav as you suggested, as all key content should be easily findable to readers.

In regards to the spotlight, I believe the admins will have to apply for it on CC. Spotlights are kinda on the back burner for Fandom right now so the wiki won't just be given one. But yes, the TV series is certainly on Fandom's radar and that's why I'm here :)

Haha, I really appreciate this post! Thank you for all of your hard work as well. A lot of the new pages are thanks to you and LimeInABush, so you should take some of the credit too! It's been great having a couple other active members here, otherwise I'd be terribly lonely and might've even given up on this wiki xD It's been great working with you too!

Thanks so much, I'm sure we'll have a lot more users coming in the future with the fan community ever-growing. Wasn't sure where to post this, but I thought you'd want to know, I got a message from Amy that I've shared here about her not coming back to the wiki.

They hit us hard this morning - thanks for all your reverts Lime!

Not sure about LemonBro though - they've created quite a few pages in the past (and good one's at that), what happened?

Just for the links:

• Message Wall:124.189.172.206
• Message Wall:Tactical.Warthog

Also, would you be able to delete Roger (TV episode)? Thanks!

Warnings have been issued.