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Videos
I think the main page has too many embedded videos. --Sloths 21:09, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- Totally agreed. How about now? --— Wiesengrund (talk) 21:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- I don't see a difference. Something like User:Sloths/main. --Sloths 21:20, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- Oops, seems like I forgot to save it. :) But, yeah I very much like the "More Videos..."-idea.--— Wiesengrund (talk) 21:22, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- I just added a "more links" section to my page. The right column is still too long. I feel like the "producers" and "characters" in the Content section could be written side by side instead of on top of each other to save space. I did it but it barely changed a thing. --Sloths 22:55, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- Oops, seems like I forgot to save it. :) But, yeah I very much like the "More Videos..."-idea.--— Wiesengrund (talk) 21:22, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
- I don't see a difference. Something like User:Sloths/main. --Sloths 21:20, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Episodes section
Is it me or does the episodes section looks a bit scrunched up with the picture of the cast and the cast links on the right of the episodes?
Maybe we could separate and move the cast section above the "News". --Occam's Razor 02:44, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
- Just to added on to the above. Maybe keep the Cast in the same section and cut the episode list and move season 2's episode to the right of season one's and the cast on the bottom or above the lists. --Occam's Razor 02:53, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah, it is a bit scrunched up right now, but I figured we'd delete the Season 1 episodes from there once we get closer to September. They're still accessible on a myriad of ways but not really front-page necessary at that point, imo, since Season 2 will be probably be the topic of interest for most people.--— Wiesengrund (talk) 05:28, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
- Alright sounds good to me. --Occam's Razor 09:18, 4 August 2009 (UTC)
- How about creating a page with a list of episodes and a short summary for each season and just having a link to each season there? That way both seasons are listed and it will help if the show goes on to have more. I guess it would also help for those who don't want to be spoiled by episode titles. Just a thought. --Chiidatbe 14:06, 9 August 2009 (UTC)
- The List of Dollhouse episodes already exists, and I've reworked the right column now differently to make it not so scrunched. I think having the current episodes on the main page proved successful in the first season. Season 1 is still accessible via the navigation sidebar on the left and the "list" link above the Season 2 listing. How does that look to you guys? --— Wiesengrund (talk) 12:17, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Project Question
I have a question, something I discovered through my attempts at customization (bad eyes with bright colors), several templates have it coded to use white, when everything is already normally white, why is this? I only ask because in a preview in which I deleted those codes, the tables and templates (such as the episode sidebars) responded to my customization, which I am attempting in order to be able to contribute to this wiki more. Also a second question; how about an engagements template? I notice that episode pages tend to have an 'engagements' table and was thinking that perhaps a template could allow a more unified (and widely usable) design, in which like other templates, one just 'fills in the blanks' --Terran Officer 20:40, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
- That's a good idea. Do you know how to do it?Liam Mars 23:39, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
Sorry for the delayed response, which are you referring to, the engagements template? I can draw something up, sure. --Terran Officer 04:37, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
- I'm definitely applauding a engagements template, the table currently used is very much the opposite of handy. :)
- (Sidenote: General questions such as this should be discussed at the Community Portal, since it's not really main page related.) --— Wiesengrund (talk) 12:39, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Featured Article
Hey should we include a "Feature Article" section to the page? It seems like every other Wikia has one. ----Occam's Razor 01:21, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, we definitely should have such a feature although I'll have to be honest and state that I am not so clear on how that particular feature works, but it's a good idea, it gives a wider appeal to the wika community, and shows how serious we are here about being a good wiki, and gives potential contributers a reason to contribute. All there'd really be to do, is nominate articles for such things. --Terran Officer 01:25, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
- From what I am gathering from various other wikias it could be something like this:
Featured Article
Dollhouse is a television series created by Joss Whedon and starring Eliza Dushku, centering around a secret organization that controls "dolls" or "Actives" and programs them to do any kind of required work, after which they get their memories erased and resort to a child-like state waiting for the next assignment. The series picks off at the moment when Dushku's character, Echo, starts to remember things between assignments.
more...
I guess we can nominate articles by putting up a nomination on the articles page and if anyone agrees or disagrees, they say so on the talk page. ----Occam's Razor 01:47, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Alright, that sounds fine by me, we'll do it that way. Good idea. --Terran Officer 02:23, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Ok. when will be a good time to implement it? --Occam's Razor 02:54, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
- We'll probably need a featured article template eventually, but for now (we can do this whenever), we can either find an article we feel is a good example of a combined effort, or wait for a while to see what else happens (but this wiki is over a year old, so..). Any thoughts on what meets a featured article? What sort of standards?
- I look over some articles to see if I can make a list. --Occam's Razor 05:23, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
Featured articles are a great idea, it would be most awesome if we could have little templates like "This article is nominated" and "Featured article". But before that, it would maybe be a good idea to discuss the criteria of what makes a featured article. We started to work on a Manual of Style a while ago. It's far from complete (as the many still open questions on the discussion page clearly show), but if we could get that finished we would have a good basis for featuring articles. Of course, being featured should probably also mean being a detailed and community-generated article (i.e. aspects not covered by the MoS). So a suggested To Do List for that project would be:
- Finish the Manual of Style
- Write up a "Featured Article" general reference/FAQ page (detailing what it means to be featured, how the process of nomination works, etc. basically the page you get to see when you click on a link provided by the following:
- Write small templates ("Featured", "Nominated") for the articles
- Write the displaying template for the main page
- Start the nomination process with a few articles
I think we should all work together on the Manual of Style in the next few days/weeks to get a good base of operations for the coming season. I will try to write up the Featured article reference page. --— Wiesengrund (talk) 12:39, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
- Yeah, you're probably right on that, we should discuss what sort of standards need to be met for such things. --Terran Officer 18:21, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
- I agree. I'll pop over to the Manual of Style and see if I can give my opinion on some things. --Occam's Razor 00:22, 31 August 2009 (UTC)