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Deletion discussions
There are several deletion discussions that have been open for quite some time. I'd like to ask other admins to either look over them and determine whether consensus has been reached, and, if so, what the verdict is, or to state their opinion so we can get closer to finishing them off. Thanks!

Voting procedure
I would like admin input for an official vote in the Featured Content voting thread. Ѧüя◎ґ (talk) 04:50, April 4, 2015 (UTC)
 * I would also like for an official in Articles for inhabited lots thread. Ѧüя◎ґ (talk) 05:02, April 4, 2015 (UTC)
 * Per the Voting Policy, admin permission isn't required to start a vote. The 'Articles for inhabited lots thread' looks like it would be a pretty simple vote between two options. The Featured Content voting thread might be a bit harder to parse down into something that can be voted on. Do you have any particular ideas about how that might be done? --  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 05:23, April 4, 2015 (UTC)

Game and content blog posts
I think we should make a more focused effort on writing blog posts for upcoming games/expansions/new content as it's announced. I know that we used to write these quite a lot during the TS3 era (Nikel, especially), but since TS4 has come out it's mostly fallen by the wayside. The only two blogs I can think of like this are this and this.

At a time where it seems to be harder and harder to get people involved in our front page activities, those two blogs have generated quite a bit of traffic; check out the poll numbers and the comments as proof. To contrast, consider the average traffic that one of our weekly news blogs gets. Blogs about game releases seem to be a more effective way of reaching out to our reader community. Of course, one of the main goals in this is to turn readers into editors, but anything that is adding to our traffic here is helpful.

I'd like to know if there's anyone interested in helping to write these blogs. The blogs should preferably be written within a day or two of a game/content announcement or game/content release. If there's interest here in writing future blogs, we can come up with some sort of system for making sure that each major announcement gets a related blog post, since the idea of this is to make sure that we're not missing any announcements (like the GtW expansion announcement, or Newcrest). Thoughts? -  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 16:40, June 12, 2015 (UTC)
 * I was actually thinking of doing a small review on Newcrest (similar to Lab's and yourselfs reviews). I'd be willing to partake in more these announcements and review blogs. ~ Beds  (talk - blog ) 16:52, June 12, 2015 (UTC)
 * I could try to help out as well. I've also been playing some older sims games recently and I've been thinking about writing up reviews/playing notes for those as well.

Returning
Hi It's me KazeNoYouko I am back I forgot my password and don't have the Emial to change it. Can I have my bureaucrat rights back? KazeNoYesKo (talk) 16:27, June 14, 2015 (UTC)


 * ❌ We can't prove that you are, in fact, KazeNoYouko. You will have to go through the TSW:RFB process again if you want to be a bureaucrat. --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  17:37, June 14, 2015 (UTC)
 * Agreed with K6ka. While we do need to assume good faith, the simple fact is we can't prove you are who you say you are. To give you bureaucrat rights without this proof could potentially give access to bureaucrat (and by extension, administrative) tools to someone who is an impostor. Unless you can come up with some manner of proving you are who you say you are, this request can't be considered. -  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 18:45, June 14, 2015 (UTC)

How can I prove myself? KazeNoYesKo (talk) 20:53, June 18, 2015 (UTC)
 * A fire-sure way to prove you are who you say you are is to remember your password to get into your old account. Other than that, I can't think of any other way to prove who you are. -- Icemandeaf (talk) 21:00, June 18, 2015 (UTC


 * Unfortunately, especially because it has been so long (things have changed around here), the only way I can think of you gaining bureaucrat is to go through the entire process once again, from rollback to administrator to bureaucrat. --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  21:01, June 18, 2015 (UTC)


 * Also since you left, the RfAs on this wiki have become much more formal. From what I've gathered when looking at the old revisions, it was all very simple for a user to be granted admin rights back then. But now it's more complicated than merely reverting vandalism. And I've heard that with the more formal RfA processes we have now "A user who could have passed an RfA or RfB five years ago, might not be able to do so today". While I don't disbelieve that you are in-fact KazeNoYouko, I too doubt you'll be able to prove yourself without accessing your old account. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 06:18, June 19, 2015 (UTC)

Wrong state icon in fanon
Hi, my sim was a sim (logical) but when she changed to fairy i changed her state in fanon to fairy but human icon is still, not fairy icon.. why? Colette Rousseau 17:34, June 16, 2015 (UTC)


 * Use the Sim3 template rather than the Sim template. That will fix it. -- Icemandeaf (talk) 17:45, June 16, 2015 (UTC)


 * thanks Colette Rousseau 19:05, June 16, 2015 (UTC)

Uploading Images
When I tried to upload an image it said this page has been protected from editing when I did not edit it. KazeNoYesKo (talk) 15:19, June 21, 2015 (UTC)


 * What is the title of the image you were trying to upload? --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  15:57, June 21, 2015 (UTC)

It was this image http://www.insimenator.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=113982.0;attach=121396;image. —Preceding unsigned comment added by KazeNoYesKo (talk • contribs) 16:05, June 21, 2015 (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~


 * Perhaps I should rephrase my question. What destination filename were you uploading the image to? --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  16:41, June 21, 2015 (UTC)

The filename is Image.jpg. KazeNoYesKo (talk)|
 * Certain generic filenames have been locked. The image should be renamed so that the name is relevant to the image. Simply calling it 'image.jpg' does nothing to say what the image is. -  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 17:00, June 21, 2015 (UTC)

I uploaded it but I can't get it to appear on the who loves yay baby page. KazeNoYesKo (talk) 17:51, June 21, 2015 (UTC)