Thread:TotallyTinkerbell/@comment-4760310-20150415034507/@comment-4760310-20150417052940

CreateElements wrote: New suggestions for new features or changes to the site can be made on the forums under the suggestions sub forum. However, do note that if the suggestion does manage to get enough votes, it will take time to implement the suggestion on site. With limited admins available, the admins have a queue and whatever is at the top of the queue takes priority. New items suggested go to the bottom of the queue.

If something I suggest does go through, I'm more than happy to set aside my own time to implement whatever the suggestion was. It's a community wiki—it's unfair to expect admins to do everything.

The current cite(s) we have works just fine. For the most part, we only cite sources that are either twitter or are new articles. Our users have been using it with no problem. Originally they did not know we even had these. Thus the admins created the Template Guide (again found at the top navigation under “Guides”) which features our citing. This shows users how to use some of the templates that the site has.

The current cites aren't really being used. I've seen templates more than cite templates. You just have to look at the Trigedasleng page to see this in use. I enjoy doing references and would appreciate it if the cite web template (the template that is used to cite those tumblr references) would be updated.

While we currently do not have a cite episode, there is no urgent need for one. Originally we had the cite to episode option and would place it after the description for said episode. Our users did not like it and asked for change. When given options, the user base asked for the “In episode” option.

I created on in the event of it being implemented. It is one of the things I wish to suggest to the community at some point.

I am confused as to why you are bringing up Actor pages… Perhaps you did not make this clear enough for me but we currently do have actor articles. We have articles for the main actors and quite a few recurring and minor actor articles as well. Writers, directors, and producers who are missing pages, have been cited in numerous places around the wiki to their official Wikipedia pages. Example: Pilot. You can see clearly that the writers and director have been linked to official Wikipedia pages.

I know, but you don't have articles for all of them. Which is what I want to update.

Once again we find ourselves in a matter where you did not make yourself clear enough. Currently, you are making example templates that are not needed. The admins currently have no explanation as to what it does, and example of it on an existing wiki, where it would be placed, what benefit does it have, and why is it needed. All of these need to be answered for it to even be considered an option. You also have to consult the rest of our editors and community. Most if not all of our community understand the simplistic format our pages have. While our policy pages and guide pages are lacking, the community knows they are being redone. For users who are confused we offer answer for anyone who seeks them.

If you're talking about the cite episode template, I explained above what it does. And yes, I know I need to consult the community first—at the moment, all I've done is create the template. In my sandbox. It hasn't been implemented anywhere on the wiki.

There is no 'either or' categories. We have a category guide. It is mentioned that if a character displays more than one of the traits they can and should be listed as both. All characters who exhibit these traits should be under them. Bellamy Blake should be listed as both an antagonist and protagonist as he has been in the past an antagonist and in the present is a protagonist. Kane should also appear the same.

Yes there are. The male/female category is 'either or'. A character is either categorised as male, or they are categorised as female. Same with them being either a protagonist or antagonist. Bellamy is not an antagonist at the moment, and thus should not be categorised as such. He cannot be both antagonist and protagonist at the same time.

That would be like demanding someone to forget that Zuko was originally an antagonist because he was a protagonist at the end.

The Avatar Wiki does not use pro/antagonist categories due to their pointlessness with navigational purposes—which is what our categories are used for.

In addition we do not have permission from the company who made The 100 to even use their images or their product. This is purely fan done. While some wikias have official permission (GoTs wikia) to use images and GIFs ours has been unable. At any point, the company who owns The 100 can have our wiki shut down if they believe we infringed on anything.

You don't need explicit permission. Images from The 100 would fall under US Fair Use, which basically means that you don't have to obtain rights to use images provided they're used in a specific way. The way in which they can be used is limited, but as long as the remain unedited (so, no filters, photomanip, etc.) they are allowed on this wiki as long as proper accreditation is given (such as editing the File and adding a source).

Sometimes, just putting “This GIF was made by: ___” does not work. Some artists feel that it is disrespectful to take the art and upload it to another site without even letting the artist know it is being done. How would you like it if you created a master piece and then someone started using it on their website for their own gain, said they got permission but really they didn’t, or worse lied and said they created it themselves? All of these scenarios have happened on this wiki with both Fan art and GIFs.

Gifs aren't masterpieces. Gifs aren't completely and utterly the 'creators' creation. They are taking stills, frame by frame, and pasting them together, essentially. The gif is only as good as the screenshots used.

You misread what I typed. I said “the exception being affiliate WORDmarks”. Wordmarks are the pictures that appear right next to the navigation bar. It lets the user know what wiki you are on. On the bottom of our main page, we display our affiliate wikis by proudly putting up their wordmarks. This is a common practice among wikias.

Watermarks, are little marks or symbols that appear on photos, videos, or other media. Often used to find the source of something. Take paper for example. Some pieces have a symbol embedded in to show where the piece of paper came from. Spoiler TV’s watermark is a white S inside of a blue box usually in the top left corner of a picture.

A wordmark on an image would be editing the copyrighted file, which doesn't fall under fair use and that shouldn't be on the wiki.

Jason has often released a scene before the episode airs (The Clexa kiss, the Bellarke hug). I call this a leak because it was leaked (spoiled) before the episode aired. Scenes like the Bellarke hug may be leaked by an official source or not. However, because the episode did not air, it should not appear on our wiki. However, a reference to the leak (spoiler) can be made. It can be mentioned under the spoilers subheadings on the Season pages. Because the person has to actively click on the source link, they are choosing to view the leaked (spoiled) footage/image.

That is not a leak, it's an official release. A leak occurs when someone has taken the official content without the consent of the creators and distributed it freely.