Perhaps you have seen the links at the bottom of pages saying 'Spruce up your wikia.' This is a service where the Community Development Team can help improve the look of an eligible wiki, including background, logo, infoboxes, and other templates. You can see some of their work here. This could be an excellent opportunity in our ongoing efforts to craft a unique and appropriate look for our wiki, and I am proud to say that we are eligible to submit a request:
- The requester should either be an admin or link to a discussion with an admin agreeing to the help being requested. If there are multiple active admins, they should all be in agreement with the help being requested.
- The community should have at least one active admin, meaning he or she has made at least one edit in the last 7 days.
- The community should have at least 50 content pages. Stubs (pages listed at Special:ShortPages that are less than 200 bytes) should make up no more than 1/5th (20%) of all pages.
- The community should have a clear category structure to help readers navigate the site. Every content page should be in a category. (Special:UncategorizedPages should be empty.)
- The community should not be in the middle of choosing new admins or any other upheavals. It should be a stable, friendly place.
- The community should be using the welcome tool, signed by the admin(s) (MediaWiki:Welcome-user should say @latest, @sysop or the name of an admin).
- The community should not use offensive language or include inappropriate images.
I personally believe this is a great opportunity for us, but I want to know what you think. Whether you agree or disagree, please let you voice be heard in the comments below. If you have any questions, feel free to post them.
This poll is to gauge interest. If you want to make a statement, please post your thoughts below.