Tolerance on Avatar Wiki
When I first arrived on Avatar Wiki in November 2008, the initial treatment of my views was not enthusiastic. I had suggested that the Aang article be shortened into something readable, preferably in my mind by moving Aang's biographical history to separate articles – a strategy that we have since taken up. But at the time, the establishment of the wiki were dismissive of the opinion I had taken and asked what was wrong with me.
There was nothing wrong with me. They later recognised that as well, and a few short months later I was as respected a contributor as any. (I hold respectability in much higher regard than any position of adminship.) But I recognised the dangers exhibited in that initial attitude, and as a result, I have always soug…
Notes related to Message Wall
As you've probably noticed, Message Wall has been enabled on Avatar Wiki following adequate community consensus to test the feature. Here, I'm going to detail some notes about the feature – some changes I've made, how to fix some of the issues that may pop up, problems with it that will be fixed, and so on.
- Wait, what's Message Wall? And how do I use it?
- Basic information on what Message Wall is and how to use it is available at Help:Message Wall.
- What is with ALL these notifications and emails?
- You'll notice that you now get notifications by default for everything posted on your own Wall, and every thread that you've posted on. This makes sense as conversations now happen in one place, rather than spread across two user talk pages. By default…
The Ba Sing Se Times, Issue 38: 31 December
It has been just over a year, but it seems only yesterday when The Ba Sing Se Times was restarted. In that time, 2011 has come and gone for Avatar Wiki, and it's been a great year. In spite of the long wait for Legend of Korra, the popularity of this wiki is stable; in fact, upon the release of official information and trailers for Korra on July 24, wiki traffic hit a historical high, with over 1.7 million page views for that week alone. We remain one of the most popular sites dedicated to Avatar on the Internet.
It's safe for us to have high hopes for Avatar Wiki in 2012. But that's not to say that we're perfect. The Ba Sing Se Times applauds the current efforts to revolutionize fanon policy, but that's far from the only issue confronting…