Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6527064-20170708143338

I've noticed many areas of the wiki needs renovation.

For example, the infoboxes (When using NationInfobox2, you can barely read the info put in. I've done some exploring to try to figure out how to change the text color, but have had no luck.). Any thoughts on how to fix this prevalent problem?

I've also saw that many (and when I say many, I mean it) articles are out of date. Starting in 2012 or 2013, with their writers having already left the wiki. What should we do with them? I've thought about creating a archive system of sorts on the wiki. We also have inactive staff, I'm not talking about LMB or Aothai, I'm talking about staff who have completely left the wiki and haven't edited since at most 2015. For example, "Higuys333". For these people who haven't been active in at least the past 6 months, I propose to demote them. At least notify them before doing so, and if they seriously want to make a contribution to the wiki they should be kept.

The main page also needs some updating. That'll be pretty easy though.

I also think that some areas of the rules are out of date, for example the need to link articles, or be scientific. If you've noticed many TLs do neither, so I suggest removing that part entirely.

I've also noticed that some people don't follow the rules when naming pages of their TLs. In the rules it states " Scenarios are speculative and should be named  Scenario: Page Name  or have  (name of timeline)  if it is part if a wider scenario. "

Many pages don't do that, instead just naming the page after the topic and not adding anything relating to the TL in title (though it is categorized in its TL's category). I propose that we enforce this rule somewhat more than usual.

I've also noticed people have been editing other people's pages without permission. Most pages as closed scenarios, only the author and people with permission can edit. But, we haven't really enforced the rule of giving warnings to people editing closed scenarios w/o permission. I honestly think we need to enforce this rule more, and offer that the person editing create their own TL. This helps with rule following and the activity of the wiki.

Another idea I have is the revival of the nomination of featured articles. Just a fun little idea I had.

Any thoughts pertaining to my ideas? Any ideas of your own? What parts do you agree/disagree on? Let's discuss.

TLDR - Fix infoboxes, archive outdated articles, revise the rules, enfore rules more (such as naming of articles and editing other's pages), and revival of featured articles. 