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Hello hello hello, lovelies! As the March comes to an end, here's a recap of the things that happened this month.
Trans Day of Visibility Part One (read blog) and Part Two (read blog)
International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV) is observed this Sunday on March 31st. It is a day of celebration for trans achievements, contributions, and resilience that also aims to foster an environment of inclusivity, respect, and support by highlighting the importance of recognizing and affirming the gender identity of transgender people. To honor this on Fandom, Kurt -- one of Fandom's newest Community Managers (congrats again!) -- spearheaded a project of bringing together and highlighting trans people on and behind the platform.
In two blog posts, Kurt and other trans people shared their perspectives in hopes of enriching others with a deeper understanding of their lives and experiences. Please read the first and second blog of this wonderful series to learn more about some perhaps familiar user faces as well as some Fandom staff people. If you have any questions or wish to talk about this, do not hesitate to reach out to me, any of the people involved in the series, or check out the LGBTQIA Wiki for more information!
March's Community Culture (read blog - listen to the playlist)
Fandom's second monthly post highlighting diverse people, programming, and entertainment aiming to introduce you to new people, communities, and their topics is here!
Since March was Women's History Month, the blog covers women authors throughout history. It also showcases what has by now become a staple on Fandom's DEI blogs: an inspirational playlist curated by Mandy for the occasion to shine a light on established and emerging women, femme-identifying and non-binary artists making strides in a traditionally male-dominated industry. Definitely be sure to give the songs a listen to support these amazing artists!
Technical Updates: March 8 (read blog) and March 22 (read blog)
As always, bug fixes were released and news about experiments was shared. Check out the two tech update blogs to find out exactly what Fandom has been up to.
Several experiments have been announced from a test with a welcome message (read blog) to the new global navigation (read blog) and more!
Quick Answers update
The latest developments with the Quick Answers feature and its Special:QuickAnswers dashboard are:
The test of the automatic publishing after the end of the vetting period finished successfully.
Outreach to 5 communities will be done to collaborate on the release of new QAs.
The default release schedule will be
vetting period of 1 week (release at midnight UTC)
10 character pages
3 to 5 QuickAnswers per page
If you have any concerns or questions about any of this, please do not hesitate to reach out so we can talk about it!
That was it for March! As always, don't hesitate to comment with your thoughts or otherwise reach out to me with questions or concerns, I love to hear from you!
Hi, I'm new to the wiki, and I want to know how to add something to the top navigation bar because if you go in ELEMENTS>SPECIES> it is missing Foresaken (unless that doesn't count as a species but...). Is it possible? Or do you need to be administrator?
Also, why is Eldest Curses not in Main series?
Hello hello hello, my lovely people! Lots has happened in this longer than normal February on Fandom, so let me share an overview:
February's Community Culture (read blog)
Fandom's first ever Community Culture blog -- a monthly post highlighting diverse people, programming, and entertainment aiming to introduce you to new people, communities, and their topics.
Since it's February, which is Black History Month in the United States, BHM and its 2024 theme, Art for Change, is a natural focus for this first Community Culture.
Read the blog for:
Celebrating Art for Change: wiki user and Fandom staff testimonies about some of the Black artists, musicians, authors, and creatives that most inspire them
Black History Month playlist: a new Spotify playlist with 180 songs showcasing some incredible Black artists who’ve been instrumental in shaping the music industry into what it is today
Shows to Watch: you can never have enough binge recommendations
Wiki BHM celebrations: discover how some Fandom wiki communities honored BHM
Technical Updates: February 9 (read blog) and February 23 (read blog)
Go check out the latest news in regards to bug fixes, known issues that are being worked on, and experiments that are and/or will be conducted!
An important one to note is the update to the CodeMirror extension for the 2010 editor (responsible for syntax highlighting). The first update was reverted after community feedback, and we're currently fixing the noted issues. Once we're done, the next upgrade will happen in smaller batches as to have a more controlled release in case unforeseen issues arise.
Reorganizing the VisualEditor (read blog)
A minor design update to the VisualEditor, both the Visual Mode and the Source Mode (aka 2017 editor), was released on February 8th with the goal to make your editing experience more accessible and intuitive. Check out the blog to find out the what, why, and how behind this change.
Some Quick Answers on QuickAnswers (read blog)
We continue to improve on the Quick Answers feature and its Special:QuickAnswers dashboard. A quick recap of some of the latest developments:
There will be a vetting period for QAs, meaning that mod teams will have a select period the time to edit new Quick Answers before they go live on the wiki.
We're working on fine-tuning the vetting period even more by creating a "faucet" system: allowing local moderators to -- for now -- ask staff to deviate from the default release schedule to one that accommodates the needs and capabilities of the community better.
The QA Dashboard filters have a counter that will auto-update as the QAs get processed to give the moderators a better overview.
In case you have any concerns about this feature, hit me up for a conversation!
As always, if you have any questions or remark about this, please let us know by reacting to this message or otherwise reach me, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Hello, hello, hello, my lovely editors! Earlier today, Fandom released a minor design update to the VisualEditor, both the Visual Mode and the Source Mode (aka 2017 editor), with the goal to make your editing experience more accessible and intuitive!
To not miss out on any information, I encourage you to read this blog and/or the updated help page about it.
If you're pressed for time, don't worry, I got you covered! To summarize, we
Renamed some of the tools (e.g. "paragraph" is now "normal text")
Shuffled some icons around (e.g. the back and forward arrow buttons are now located on the far left rather than the middle)
Hid some less-essential tools from view to make the initial editor view less overwhelming in all its glory (the tools are still accessible in dropdown menus)
For the 2017 source mode: we removed the options available from the menu icon (those three stacked horizontal bars) -- If you want those back, you can customize your toolbar to access them from there)
For the 2017 source mode: we used the menu icon to replace the gear icon
Are you more of a visual person? Check out the design mocks detailing the new location of options below:
VisualEditor - Visual Mode
VisualEditor - Source Mode (aka 2017 source mode editor)
As always, if you have any questions or remark about this, please sound off in the comments or otherwise reach me, I'd love to hear your thoughts! Happy editing!
Can please someone add all the nicknames Matthew gives Alastair in Cast long Shadows to Alastairs fandom article? (Like Alastair-God-save-us-Carstairs and Alastair-loathly-worm-Carstairs)
They're just as funny as the nicknames Lily gives Jem
Eyo my lovely community members! During this Thanksgiving Weekend for those who celebrate and otherwise just a lovely Friday signaling the beginning of the weekend for those who don't, I want to leave you with some updates on what happened in November on the Fandom platform and some things that are still to happen!
November 16, 2023: Everything You Need to Know About Reported Notifications
Read the blog for all the details
Launched: site-wide release, Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Premise: If thread moderators and admins will receive an on-site notification, they'll be placed in a better position to react quicker. A counter will indicate how many unactioned reports there are. If all reports are handled, the message will disappear. Read the help page for more details
Data: We saw that 34% more reports were actioned within seven days due to notifications, and there was a 32% decrease in the time it took to take action. Before this feature, about 8% of the reported posts got actioned within 7 days.
Note: thread mods and admins can enable/disable this feature via their Special:Preferences, tab Notifications, section Web notifications for moderators.
November 20, 2023: Thanks extension is now available to all communities
Read the blog for all the details
Launched: site-wide release, Monday Nov 20, 2023
Premise: Allowing editors to easily thank others for specific edits on wiki pages rather than writing an appreciation message, new editors can receive thanks for contributions and be enticed to stay around. Read the help page for more details
Data-based conclusion: It turned out the feature was mostly being used by experienced editors thanking other experienced editors rather than new users. This led to the feature being an optional tool that can be enable via the Special:AdminDashboard rather than it being a default feature as intended.
Note: since this is an optional feature, this means that communities are free to adjust the appearance of the heart (or even remove it) through css.
UPCOMING: November 29, 2023: Fandom Stars roundtable on a redesign experiment for the global nav bar
This isn't really a big announcement, but more a call for any Fandom Stars on this wiki to attend or for people who are interested in giving product feedback to sign up to become a Fandom Star or otherwise let me know their feedback to relay in their name.
When: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 1:00 PM EST!
Where: Fandom Discord for the Fandom Stars
What: Roundtable to discuss a redesign experiment on the global nav bar. The goals for the experiment are to increase the nav bar utility as well as declutter and create space to possibly home elements currently residing in the right rail.
Who will be there: The Product team leads from the User Experience Team
Technical Updates:
November 3: Read the blog for all the details
November 17: Read the blog for all the details
Quick Answers: Our Traffic and UGC teams continue to work on editing tools for Quick Answers, which we aim to release before the end of the year. The QA Dashboard is currently being tested by 12 communities.
Experiment updates
To increase transparency on upcoming product features, experiments, and other things regarding the platform, Fandom Staff has recently started using the Fandom Stars Wiki to share blogs on upcoming experiments and releases. While the wiki is viewable to all, only Fandom Stars can comment there directly.
As always, if you have any questions or feedback, do not hesitate to comment here and/or reach out to me directly! Cheers!
Eyo! As of today, Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM) has officially come to an end. Observed from September 15th to October 15th, Fandom focused on Hispanic creators in Entertainment who often go unnoticed, such as those behind the scenes like directors, writers, special effects artists, makeup artists etc. Fandom highlighted these people as well as some content creators from our very own userbase through a Makers Series. The goal? Hear their stories and learn from them.
In case you missed some of these initiatives, you can still check them out below, cause celebrating diversity and striving to be more understanding and inclusive should never be limited to specific time periods!
September 15th: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Fandom's Community Team Presents the Makers Series
September 29th: Hispanic Heritage Month Maker Series: Fearless Diva
October 11th: Editor Stories: A Maker Celebration with JazieCult
October 12th: Editor Stories: Bridging Borders Through Fandom with Taxcymus
October 13th: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with the Fandom Community
October 13th: Editor Story: Exploring The Power of Community with Supeika
And of course, as has become a nice Fandom tradition this year: you can also still give the Hispanic Heritage Month Playlist a listen while you continue to use the platform!
Other than Hispanic Heritage Month, Fandom released two blogs with technical updates, the first on September 22nd and the second on October 6th. Stay tuned for a third one this Friday, October 20th! You'll find several released bug fixes in there, as well as some of the more high profile fixes currently being worked. There's also information on experiments Fandom is running/has tried out, and future Fandom projects, some of which I wanted to highlight:
Thanks extension - this has been tested for some time on some communities and several styling improvements have been made. Once fully released, it'll be a toggle on the Admin Dashboard. Until then, if you're an admin on a community with a Wiki Rep assigned and you'd like to have this enabled, feel free to reach out to them or otherwise contact staff
Reported notifications - this feature will send a notification to thread mods and admins about a reported post on Discussions, Message Walls, or comments. This has been rolled out to 25% and is being analyzed further. Thus far, it's proven to be a real gamechanger in terms of mod reaction time!
Quick Answers - a module that formats information into questions and answers, which is easily recognizable by search engines and can thus help make your wiki more discoverable by fans. The QAs are written by AI and only appear to logged out users, but to balance the scalability of the feature and user control, admins and moderators will soon be able to edit the Quick Answers via a special page dashboard. You can read more about the details in this blog.
Per usual, if you have any questions about any of it, feel free to comment below and/or otherwise reach out!
I think the category "upcoming" on this fandom is not updated. Upcoming books are only The black volume of the death and the wicked powers, aren't they?
Sorry, I don't want to bother anyone I just noticed and idk how to change it/if I can change it
There are so many things in life that we all take for granted. Something very simple was brought to my attention by Chris (Spongebob456), a dear friend and teammate of mine. He's afraid of spiders. Something so incredibly common to a lot of people. What do you do when you see a spider? You scream, you run, you throw a shoe at it, you vacuum it, you catch it to put it outside, you call for help, etc. All common reactions. Most of which involve some kind of immediate, quick action. Now one thing I hadn't really considered: what if you are afraid of spiders, just like Chris, but you are also limited in your mobility cause you use a wheelchair, just like Chris?
This is just one of the many, every day examples that Chris touched upon in his wonderfully insightful and emotional blog that he shared in light of Disability Pride Month. Be sure to head over to Community Central and give it a read to learn more about what it means to go through life with a wheelchair.
What is Disability Pride Month?
Celebrated in July each year, Disability Pride started in 1990 to commemorate the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to protect the rights of people with disabilities. Since 2015 - the 25th anniversary of the ADA - Disability Pride Month has been a worldwide celebration of the disabled community.
Why is Disability Pride Month?
Most people will experience being disabled at some point in their lives, whether temporarily or permanently, or someone they know. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 27% of the US population alone has some kind of disability — that's one in four people. In other words, disability pride and improving accessibility should matter to everyone, and yet, people with disabilities have been marginalized and misunderstood for generations. This month is there to draw more awareness to their every day hurdles and push for more accessibility measures to be taken.
What can I do offline?
Read Chris's blog for more insights! He shares some great advice on how to be a better ally, as well as what works to motive him to keep going and try new things in case you too are living with a disability.
What can I do on Fandom?
Disabilities come in all form and shapes, but while spending time online on Fandom, the easiest things to do are making sure your content is accessible. Here are some tips on how to achieve that:
Offer high-contrast options to those with limited vision.
Every admin can choose colors via Special:ThemeDesigner to create a proper light and dark theme. Creating high-contrast themes can accommodate people with certain vision disabilities by making text easier to read.
Design templates with accessible colors
The free Accessible Colors website evaluates your color combinations according to WGAC 2.0 guidelines for contrast accessibility so your text and background color combinations are readable to most.
Provide alternative text (alt text) to your images to create vivid pictures.
Alt text describes what is depicted by the image. It is the text that will be read aloud by screen readers, displayed in place of an image if it fails to load, and is indexed by search engine bots to better understand the content of the page. It is added by placing |alt=<insert image description> within the image's coding on the article. For more information about alt text, check out the WebAIM site.
Create quality hyperlinks that your audience can easily navigate.
Links primarily get their accessible name from their text content. Avoid filler words like "Here" or "Read more". Instead, put the most meaningful text into the link itself. For example, “click here to read Chris's accessibility story” helps readers understand where the link will take them as opposed to a simple “click here” instruction.
If you're curious how well your wiki is holding up, you can use Intent Based - Accessibility Checker, which is a (limited) free AD and WGAC compliance checker. Just put in the url, and it'll give you a rundown of all things you could still improve on!
Do you have any other accessibility tips or stories to share? Don't hesitate to react, and definitely take a few minutes to read Chris's story on Community Central!
Hello, hello, hello! It's June, so that means HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!
Whether you’re out and proud, not out yet, or still questioning and exploring your identity, Pride is for YOU! You’re welcome here, you’re valued here, and you belong here - never forget that. And if you're an ally, please never let your queer friends forget it either!
Our theme for Pride this year is Looking Back & Moving Forward. We have certainly come a long way on LGBTQIA+ rights, but there is still a long way left to go to truly build an equal and accepting society. Now more than ever is the time to speak up, get involved, and uplift the voices of the LGBTQIA+ community.
While promoting the message of love and acceptance should never be limited to one month a year, this month is dear to me, so I am especially excited to be sharing that message now through the various Fandom programming initiatives throughout this month! Be sure to give this post a follow and DEFINITELY keep an eye on the "Pride" button in the wiki's toolbar (coming/updating soon if you don't see it already), as that will open a menu containing all the links to Fandom's and the wiki's Pride initiatives, so you don't have to miss anything!
Some of our programming
The focus of the initiatives will be on the fierceness of the Drag community, the protest performance art form that has been a cornerstone of queer culture for over a century. Blurring the lines of what people think they know about gender, drag queens have always been on the forefront of change, fighting for our rights, while always promoting love and acceptance above all.
Read Fandom's Pride Blog for all the details
Pride Playlist
As has become an established feature of Fandom's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives this year, definitely check out this amazing playlist, curated by queer people and consisting solely of LGBTQIA+ artists! Yes, that means some iconic queer anthems are absent, but that also means there's room for new music and artists to be discovered. Let us know your favorite new bop!
Fabulous Drag Queen Video
Please take a look at this amazing video made at RuPaul's DragCon from a few weeks back. Six of RuPaul's Drag Race's fiercest queens - Alexis Michelle, Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Honey Davenport, Jiggly Caliente, Laganja Estranja, Lala Ri, and Mistress Isabelle Brooks - are looking back to how they started and what they'd say to their younger self now, and moving forward to what they hope the future holds for drag, themselves, and the entire LGBTQIA+ community. And as always, there is a place for everyone, as they also expand on how allies can get involved to make that future a reality.
I had the absolute pleasure to have been present when these artistic goddesses were speaking, so I cannot encourage you enough to watch this video as it was such a heartwarming, supportive, and inspirational experience. There is so much to learn from these icons, so go watch it here!
Drag Race Bracket Tournament
Racers, start your engines, and may the best drag queen win! Stay tuned for this anticipated tournament on the fabulous Drag Race Wiki, one of the largest LGBTQIA+ communities on our platform to see how far some of the fiercest queens can go!
Education
Not really a programming point specifically, but it is always included in any DEI initiative we do and one that is important to me, especially now with so much anti-trans and drag rhetoric and even over 500+ anti-LGBTQIA bills surfacing in the United States alone. I sincerely encourage you all to be open to listening to and learning from the stories and experiences of LGBTQIA+ people and educating yourself about the history of LGBTQIA+ culture and community, because the more we all try to understand each other, the easier it becomes to love and accept the qualities that make us all different and unique.
Get involved -- both online and offline
This community is already showing their support by sporting a Pride logo and toolbar, and other minor Pride details may still be added! I still encourage you get involved in any way that you can imagine. Share your efforts with Fandom (by commenting on the blog) and/or me as your Wiki Representative (by commenting on this post, leaving a message on my wall, or reaching out on Discord - Lostris#4280) as the month goes on, so we can all celebrate and share in the love together!
Don't know how? Here are some ideas:
Speak up - when you witness trans- and/or homophobia -- or any other hate for that matter -- let the speaker know it's not okay and show your fellow queer humans that they are not alone. Remember that homophobia isn't just calling someone a slur. It's also subtle. It's hidden in jokes. Small comments. Exclusionary behavior. Here on Fandom that also means that you should never hesitate to report hate when you see it happening. Reach out to an admin, the assigned Wiki Rep, or Fandom Staff by sending in a support ticket. Nothing happens without movement, so staying neutral isn't an option.
Highlight people in your franchise - use blogs or Discussions posts to highlight the LGBTQIA+ characters or creators in your franchises and their contributions. Representation matters! Normalizing love is love matters!
Editing projects - start an editing project to improve articles featuring LGBTQIA+ themes. You don't need to be queer to enjoy and participate in Pride!
Support drag and queer businesses / donate - watch Drag Race online and share love with the communities, show up offline by attending a show of your local drag artist. Support queer media and buy from small queer businesses. Donate to LGBTQIA+ organizations fighting for our rights.
If you're looking for a place to learn (more) about LGBTQIA+ culture and history, or if you know someone struggling with and/or questioning their identity, definitely check out and share the following resources:
If you'd rather just have a talk about it, don't hesitate to reach out! My message wall and Discord DMs (Lostris#4280) are always open!
Can someone show me how to delete a page that you were following to send you notifications that the page has been updated?
Hey folks!
I'm Chris, a Wiki Representative filling in while Lostris is away, with the latest updates from Fandom. Can you believe it's May already? Let's dive in!
Asian American Pacific Islander Month
This May, Fandom is celebrating the contributions of Asian-American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) creators in the entertainment industry for Asian American Pacific Islander Month. The theme this month is Breaking the Mold, breaking down stereotypes and showcasing the incredible work of AAPI creators.
There are so many things Fandom has planned for the event, including an AAPI Spotify playlist, highlighting AAPI artists in a diverse range of genres!
What does Breaking the Mold mean to you? Comment below!
Read the Asian American Pacific Islander Month blog
Technical updates
JP recently posted the latest Technical updates, including announcements from Community Connect 2023! There are a lot of exciting things on the way, here's a taster of what's in the blog:
Community Connect 2023 recap
GenAI
Thanks extension
Fandom Compass
And more!
Read the May 5 Technical updates blog for more information
Mobile CSS
A highly requested feature is now available for ALL admins - Mobile CSS!
This allows admins to customise more areas on mobile including templates, tables, main pages - and more! As long as updates comply to our Customization Policy, you're good to go!
Want to get started? Admins, head to MediaWiki:FandomMobile.css!
Read the Mobile CSS introduction blog
Star Wars Day!
Last but not least, I posted a blog celebrating Star Wars Day on May 4, highlighting why Star Wars is awesome and what folks can do to celebrate it. As a long time Star Wars fan, I had so much fun writing it and chatting to users as well as highlighting some years old fan art!
We also featured some TERRIFIC Star Wars trading cards in the blog - I'd really appreciate it if you could show them some love!
Check out the Star Wars Day blog and trading cards
That about covers it - if have you questions on anything, please comment below!
Hi everyone! As you know, March is Women's History Month. This year the theme is "Embrace Equity". Equity means to treat everyone fairly, taking their unique barriers and disadvantages into account. This makes it different from equality, which means to treat everyone the same. Equity requires us to be fair and impartial and to shift from considering opportunities to committing to true equality through action.
Now that we're in the second half of the month, I wanted to bring this back to everyone's attention, since more initiatives will be posted on Community Central later this week!
As a reminder, per the general blog on March 1st (click here if you missed it), Fandom invites everyone to learn about embracing equity through the lens of women, femme-identifying and non-binary people building the “tables” in industries where they often do not have a seat. We're spotlighting the women who make things happen and uplift others as they forge their paths.
How are we doing that?
With this specially curated 60 song playlist that focuses on intersectionality and thus mainly highlights women of color, LGBTQIA+ women, femme-identifying and non-binary artists, disabled women, and women of other minority groups making strides in music. Why? Cause only about 22% of the music industry is made up of women. Definitely check it out and let me know your favorite on the list!
We highlighted women, femme-identifying and non-binary people gamers on Fandom’s staff and throughout the community. Check out the blogs: 1 and 2 !
Toward the end of the month, you'll find a game card style highlight of some of the best Scream Queens and Final Girls. Just for clarity, a "scream queen" is an actress who is prominent and influential in horror films, and a "final girl" refers to the last women alive to confront the killer/tell the story.
I'm curious to know what all of you have been up to thus far to highlight the women, femme-identifying and non-binary people in your community, so for sure let me know if there are initiatives you'd like Fandom to highlight!
Just as a general aid to visualize the concept of equality vs equity vs justice, I will leave you with this cartoon, based on Shel Silverstein's, the "Giving Tree". If anyone has any questions or wishes to have a dialogue about Women's History Month and/or equity and equality, don't hesitate to reach out to me on the wiki or Discord or by reacting to this post. I'm always more than happy to discuss these important matters. Happy Women's History Month, everyone!
Hi hello everyone !!! Do you know how to contact the moderators/creators of the TSC fandom website please ? Thank you in advance for your help ☺️
Hi everyone! February is Black History Month (BHM), a great time to give extra attention to Black history, learn about it, and recognize and reflect on the important roles Black people have played in history, from the enslaved people first brought over from Africa in the early 17th century to African Americans living in the United States today. Outside the U.S., BHM received official recognition from governments in Canada, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well (although the European countries observe during March and October).
Fandom kicked off the recognition last week by publishing their BHM planning through the theme of Creation and Cultivation: Culture Shifting Moments in Entertainment. Click here to read the blog in case you haven't already and learn more about Fandom's planned programming. Be sure to listen to the awesome Spotify playlist of Black artists from all sorts of genres ( click here ), and remain on the lookout for the timeline highlighting pivotal moments in entertainment history and how these IPs have shaped Black culture and continue to serve as pillars for Black representation in media!
I wanted to follow up now with you all because recognizing and celebrating a culture and history often starts with raising awareness. So how can each wiki community help? Here are a few quick ideas:
Wiki design - changing (parts of) your wiki's theming to reflect the Pan-African flag colors (Black, Red, Green, and Yellow), which are the signature colors of BHM. This can help to show visitors that you are celebrating and pique interest. Don't know how to? Let me know, I'd be happy to lend a hand!
Article improvements and features - while you all work hard all year round to present quality pages, February may be the perfect time to come together as a community and give pages of Black creators and characters some extra love and care to elevate them even more! Feature them on the mainpage or in posts.
Communicate - Post a blog or Discussions post to get conversations about Black History Month going and spread awareness about why BHM is an annual observance period and what its continued significance iis today ( watch this 3:45min video about its origins ). Take this time to learn something new, see what you can do in your everyday life to help those around you ( challenge your assumptions! ), and highlight the Black creators and characters in the media we all love on the wiki!
There's plenty more to do, so if you have your own idea or want to brainstorm, don't hesitate to leave a comment! Have you already set something up for BHM? Share your project so we may highlight it to a larger audience!
What the title says… i can’t see the images both on the app and the website.
Is it a problem for everyone?? is it gonna get fixed?
Eyo lovely people! We're only halfway through the month and lots has happened already. Per good custom, I'll try to give you a tl;dr version (it's still a lot, please bear with me), but please do check out the linked blogs and events for all the details!
Native American Heritage Month (click for blog post)
November is a time to recognize the histories, invaluable contributions, and livelihood of Native American people. Fandom celebrates this year through the theme of Storytellers and Storytelling, exploring the purpose of the former and the impact of the latter. To amplify Native American voices in entertainment, we will be joined by the Native American Media Alliance!
On the agenda:
1. Wednesday November 16 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 5pm GMT: Roundtable on Discord (link to event)
Join 6 fellows of the 5th Annual Native American Feature Film Writers Lab sponsored by Comcast NBCUniversal, A+E Networks, and Cherokee Nation Film Office for a dive deep into various IPs and talk about what these writers have experienced as storytellers.
2. Wednesday November 16 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT: Twitch Panel (Tune in at https://www.twitch.tv/fandom )
Native American Media Alliance's very own Ian Skorodin moderates a panel of great storytellers that represent projects on Netflix, ABC, and NBC. Our panelists include actor Cara Jade Myers, filmmaker Doane tulugaq Avery, and writer Shelley Dennis for a conversation on Storytellers and the importance of representation in media.
3. Week of the 28th: Assassins Creed Community Twitch Stream:
Stay tuned to celebrate a beloved gaming character from Assassins Creed in a very unique way and learn more about how we're taking the theme of storytelling and bringing it to life through gameplay and connection. More details are to be announced soon!
4. Wednesday November 30th: Native American Heritage Month Profile on Community Central:
We'll close the month on November 30th with remarks from the Native American Media Alliance as they share their favorite fandoms, perspectives on storytelling, and Native Americans in the media through a profile. Stay tuned for the blog post on Community Central!
MediaWiki upgrade in 2023 (click for blog post)
In early 2023, Fandom will be upgrading its underlying software from MediaWiki 1.37 to MediaWiki 1.39 to ensure that we are using stable and modern tools for wiki editing.
Advanced Mobile Contributions is live
Advanced mobile contributions (AMC) is a feature that will give easier access to moderation tools on the history of pages on the mobile experience. The present "undo" function triggers the Source Editor (2010 editor). To turn advanced mode on, go to your settings page on the mobile site and select "Mobile options".
Admin Plus AMA in Fandom Discord (click for event link)
On Friday November 18 at 12pm PT / 3pm EST / 8pm GMT Senior Community Manager of Safety and program lead, Jenny Uchisawa is hosting an AMA on Admin Plus, the program designed to help admins with technical, content, and community skills and reward them with badges as a token of their achievement. These badges can be used anywhere you want, including on your resume on LinkedIn! Any other questions you may have can be directed to Jenny during this Ask-Me-Anything.
Two-factor authentication (2FA) is coming to Fandom accounts (click for blog post)
To help increase account security, 2FA will eventually become available as an option for those using an authenticator app to log into your account. This means that even if your password is compromised, your account remains secure as the authenticator app is needed to complete the login.
Technical updates - November 4, 2022 (click for blog post)
Fandom shares technical updates (such as some of the high-profile bug fixes and known issues) on a bi-weekly basis. The last one was on November four, and the next one will be this Friday on November 18 -- stay alert for this blog on Community Central.
Welcome to FanCentral Beta! (link to blog post)
FanCentral [Beta] (which you can access by clicking here!) is a new destination to learn about and explore new fandoms. As a logged-in user, you have the ability to follow the fandoms you’re interested in and have wiki articles and discussions posts recommended to you from those communities. As a logged-out user, you’ll get recommend topics and content based on the wikis you’ve visited, as well as topics that are similar to the ones about the wiki you’ve visited.
This early-stage beta functionality, which will grow and change over the coming months based on user feedback, will be for communities that are currently part of the Fandom App.
Alrighty, that was it! Per usual: if you have any questions or remarks about anything, don't hesitate to reach out to me on my wall or on Discord, whichever takes your fancy. Always happy to hear your thoughts. Cheers!
Hiya, my lovely people! This post is largely unnecessary here, as the wiki has been part of the testing community and you've had it for like a month haha, but since this has now gone live to all communities to opt-in, I figured I'd let everyone know what's going on with mobile theming.
So what is it? This means that the following values set in the Theme Designer will appear both on desktop and mobile:
Community background color
Sticky nav background color
Community header color
Accent color
Link color
Article background color
Background image (when selected)
Heading font
How does it work? Admins will receive a message prompt to check out Special:ThemeDesigner and review the wiki's theming for contrast issues. Once there are no contrast issues anymore, they can enable mobile theming for the community. Note that it is as of now no longer possible to make theming changes without fixing these contrast issues.
To facilitate color choices that work on both themes, the theme designer has also been upgraded to include a mobile preview!
So, if you're active on other wikis where you'd like this to happe, how to enable mobile theming?
Are you an admin? Head over to Special:ThemeDesigner!
Not an admin but there are active admins? Reach out to them to ask about it.
Not an admin and there aren't any? Reach out to the Wiki Representative if one is assigned (you can check via Special:Community, accessible through the explore menu) or Fandom Staff via Special:Support and ask for help.
For more information:
Hey everyone! As some may know, September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month in the US. The 2022 HHM theme invites us to celebrate Hispanic Heritage by reflecting on being Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation. It also encourages us to reflect on all the contributions Hispanics have made in the past and will continue to make in the future. Click here for the full blog post.
Why now?
Sept. 15 is significant because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on Sept. 16 and Sept. 18.
What are we doing?
The official theme for this year is Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation, with a focus to represent and welcome all voices and build stronger communities. Here at Fandom, we want to continue to amplify the voices of our community members across the diaspora through the theme of Las Voces by sharing the rich history of entertainment from the Hispanic diaspora and highlighting individuals of Hispanic Heritage who have made a global impact in IPs nationally and internationally.
Interactive Map
We launched an Interactive Map that includes some of the most famous IPs (movies, TV series, video games), creators and artists (actors, directors, writers, singers) from a variety of Hispanic countries. Check it out on the blog!
Editor Stories
We’ll feature editors on the Community Central blog through our Creator Story series. We tell the stories of creators and community members who create the inclusive spaces on and off the Fandom platform. The stories spotlight the journey of creators and editors and how they’ve blazed a trail for anyone to share knowledge of the platform. Check out the first spotlights of ReverieCode (click here) and GreenWithin (click here).
Video
Finally, we’re continuing to represent and amplify the community through a special video. This video will continue to share the stories of the community, amplify voices, and encourage visibility. Stay tuned for this!
If you would rather read a book to celebrate this month, definitely check out One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Considered one of the most influential literary works of our time, this landmark novel tells the story of the Buendia family, and the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo.
This is only a selection of course. We invite everyone to participate as well, so don’t hesitate to reach out here or directly on the blog and tell us your story (or, the story of your favorite Hispanic-related IP)!