The Sims Wiki talk:Newsletter

Story Submissions
''We are currently accepting story submissions for the TSW Newsletter. If you have a hand at writing and want to focus on something community-related or The Sims Series related, or want to give an opinion piece, add your submissions in a subsection here. Remember to put the UserSubmitted userbox on your userpage after you've submitted a story!''
 * Requirements and rules
 * Focus on a topic related to TSW, the Sims community, or The Sims series.
 * Editors may edit your submission for grammar, punctuation and spelling without permission, and may remove some sections to decrease length if necessary (though we'll try and avoid that). An editor will contact you on your talk page if submission must be edited for another reason, and will try and work with you to get the submission fixed up.
 * Editors may deny any submission due to poor quality, lack of space, length (either too long or too short), or because of the subject. Please make your submissions as interesting as possible.
 * Story ideas are appreciated too: if you have an idea for an interesting topic, suggest it here and we may write about it.
 * Submission Deadline for all issues is the 10th.

Submissions
The Sims 3: Supernatural by  Bakerychaz  ( talk page ·  blog ).

The Sims 3: Supernatural is the newest Sims 3 expansion pack, and comes with 5 new life states - Fairy, Vampire (revised), Zombie, Werewolf and Witch. Fairy looks great, it isn't too hard to become one - you can become one in CAS. Vampire is revised from the Vampire state in The Sims 3: Late Night, but EA/Maxis are being very secretive about it. Witch looks pretty similar to the Witch life state in The Sims 2: Apartment Life. In my opinion, Werewolf should have been introduced in The Sims 3: Pets. I think the Werewolf life state looks good. Zombie also looks similar to the Zombie stage in The Sims 2: University. Supernatural looks like it would be the biggest EP yet, as it has so many life states, spells and abilities. EA/Maxis is being quite secretive about it, though the trailer has been released. Supernatural looks good, but University and Seasons should have been released first - that's what the fans are asking for. Supernatural's trailer was good and really summed up the whole EP. Supernatural has great abilities. The life states look great and a lot better than the other limited life states (such as Imaginary Friend, Mummy, etc). Overall, I can't wait for Supernatural. Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed this, written by  Bakerychaz  ( talk page ·  blog ) 05:25, July 5, 2012 (UTC).

Fanon Reviewing
''We are currently accepting users to review Fanon/Fan fiction pages for the newsletter. A minimum of 2 articles reviewed by 2 users are to be included in every issue as of the September one. Special thanks to Random Ranaun for proposing the idea.''


 * Requirements and rules for submitting pages to be reviewed
 * Only authors may submit their articles to be reviewed.
 * Only pages in the Fanon namespace are allowed.
 * Pages to be reviewed must be of an average quality or more.
 * Authors must understand that they give permission to a reviewer to give both positive and negative constructive critique of their work.
 * While there is no submission deadline for proposing an article for review, earlier submissions are used first.


 * Requirements and rules for reviewing
 * Reviewers must have written at least a single Fanon or Fan fiction article of average quality.
 * Reviewers must keep all criticism fair and constructive.
 * Reviewers must note that the article they will be assigned to review will be random.
 * Reviewers must note that an editor may or may not include their review for a variety of reasons.
 * While there is no submission deadline for asking to become a reviewer, earlier submissions are used first.

Proposed Articles
Propose one of your Fanon works to be reviewed below.
 * The Case of the Gunshot Wounds DanPin  ( Talk ) 18:01, August 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Approved. -- BobNewbie  ๑ (Talk)๑  18:05, August 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * The Cases of Pierre De'Ante:The Death Road  El cobaya talk here  18:25, August 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Approved. -- BobNewbie  ๑ (Talk)๑  19:18, August 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * The Diner Guy 18:47, August 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Approved. -- BobNewbie  ๑ (Talk)๑  19:18, August 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * Hearts of Hallowan --  LostInRiverview talk · blog 23:36, August 15, 2011 (UTC)
 * Approved. -- BobNewbie  ๑ (Talk)๑  18:30, September 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * SimFormula |_Andronikos Leventis Talk 15:58, October 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Approved. 20:06, March 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * Our Relationship 19:30, March 15, 2012 (UTC)
 * Approved. 20:06, March 15, 2012 (UTC)


 * Time Paradox MILK FOR THE UNYUUFEX, FLAT CHEST FOR THE CUTENESS THRONE, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL PROBES  ( user talk:Mathetesalexandrou ) 23:02, March 15, 2012 (UTC)
 * Approved. 🌹 Bakerychaz  ( talk page ·  blog )🌷 13:24, July 27, 2012 (UTC)


 * The Life of Queen Jane  Bakerychaz  ( talk page ·  blog ) 12:00, July 6, 2012 (UTC)

Proposed Reviewers
Request to become a reviewer below.
 * DanPin ( Talk ) 21:14, August 17, 2011 (UTC)


 * Approved - contacted via IRC. -- BobNewbie  ๑ (Talk)๑  18:30, September 7, 2011 (UTC)


 *  Bakerychaz  ( talk page ·  blog ) 01:26, July 25, 2012 (UTC)
 * Approved - will be contacted. --07:29, July 25, 2012 (UTC)

Layout
Layout discussions goes here. It would be cool if we could make it look like a newspaper or something. Duskey ( talk ) 15:47, August 15, 2010 (UTC)

Other language wiki article count
The brazillian portugese wiki is at 497 articles at the time of writing. The spanish is also up to 1,934 so that might reach 2k for the next issue. Duskey ( talk ) 15:47, August 15, 2010 (UTC)