Fandom in December: end of year updates
Eyo, my lovely people! With 2022 coming to an end and potential holiday celebrations arriving soon, I wanted to leave you with this last overview of Fandom updates!
- 1 Extension Review Nomination
- 2 Technical Updates: December 16, 2022
- 3 A+ Wiki status
- 4 Native American Heritage Month roundup
Read the Extension review nomination blog
Every three months, Fandom will review which extension to enable next, and we will do so with your help! If you have an extension in mind that you'd love to see enabled on Fandom, fill out the form with a link to the extension on the relevant MediaWiki.org page, e.g. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Thanks
Suggest an Extension to be added to the platform
Extension nomination closes on December 21! You can fill out th…
Book ideas I'd like to see in PLL:OS
WARNING, this blog contains spoilers for PLL, PLL: Original Sin and the PLL books.
How do you know, in the original PLL series. The series and the books are a bit different, in terms of plot, appearance, characters, and even who Big A and Uber A are. And these ideas that were in the books I would like to see them in the new series since they were not seen in the Original series, and Because the OS series took some plots that were seen in the books for this new series and for me it was great and interesting. Well let's get started!
“The Jamaica Thing”
In the books, the Liars "kill" a girl named Tabitha Clark thinking she was Alison on her vacation in Jamaica. And this secret is tormenting them.
My idea:
The Little Liars their vacations in "X" pl…
Interactive Maps for everyone!
You get a Map, and you get a Map, and you a Map!
Hey everyone! Fandom recently announced that Interactive Maps are live on the platform. With this feature, communities can design their own interactive maps, allowing you to place pins on an image that will lead to wiki articles when clicked on.
Interactive Maps are available to all communities, accessible from the the "Explore" menu on the local navigation, or by visiting Special:AllMaps directly in the url. Map creation and editing is currently limited to those with the user right editinteractivemap, which is automatically given to administrators and Fandom Staff, and they can make anyone a "map-tester".
You can get very creative with Maps, from creating Maps of the world, to indicating the pa…
Global Wiki Rules and Blocking policy updates
Hey everyone!
About a year after the introduction of the global "Wiki Rules and Blocking Policy", which was created to benefit to overall health of wiki communities, this policy is getting an update based on user feedback and request for more clarity and examples. The changes to the global policy will go into effect on April 4th, 2022. This is the perfect time to come together as a community and review whether or not your wiki is in compliance with the new requirements!
- 1 The new policy
- 1.1 What changed?
- 2 Got questions?
- 3 Easy links
- Rules for your wikis must be defined and easily accessible. This can include putting a link to the rules page on the wiki’s main page or in the top navigation.
- Rules must include guidelines regarding wiki formatting, how …
Fandom's plans for the first quarter of 2022
Hey all, first time reaching out to you all in the new year, so I first of all want to start off with the sincere hope that 2022 has been treating you all better than the previous years have. Continue to stay safe!
Secondly, I wanted to share a glimpse of the plans Fandom has in store for the first months of the new year. Brandon, the VP of Community at Fandom, shared a more elaborate blog about it, which you can read here, but this would be the overview:
Interactive Maps
- In 2021, we released an Interactive Maps alpha to 20 communities.
- Feedback from the Map testers was invaluable to determining what tools to build into the feature next.
- After a pause for the last few months of the year, development has once again kicked off on Interactive Maps…
The Downstream - Friday, September 10 at 11am EST
Hey all! I wanted to invite you to Fandom's second The Downstream on Friday, September 10 at 11am EST (check for your local time here). It is a 2-hour live Twitch stream during which you will be briefed on what is happening on Fandom, with the latest news and updates.
This session will include 3 special guest, who will each bring a different set of expertise to the table:
- Joey Merkel, Director of Social Strategy & Operations: discover what social media can do for your wiki.
- Maggie Owens, Sr. Analyst - Site Analytics: observe how Fandom tracks and explains traffic trends on the platform.
- Max Spector, Director of Brand Design: learn how the new logo came to be over the rebranding process.
After the presentations, some questions, previously submitted by admin…
The FandomDesktop opt-in is now LIVE
After all the blogs Fandom shared with previews, FandomDesktop is now LIVE for you to check out! During this time, logged-in users will be able to switch from Oasis to FandomDesktop as their wiki experience through an opt-in toggle, found in an on-site banner and in user preferences. You will also be able to switch back by changing your user preferences.
Please do note that not everything has been developed yet, so expect changes to still occur. However, you already get access now so editors and admins get used to the new design and, especially, the admins can prepare this community for full migration, which will come early this summer.
Admins, you should definitely check out the new Theme Designer and the FandomDesktop preparation guide for a…