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Community discussions need to be resolved
We have several open community discussion threads that are in need of moderation, prompting or archival. Because I am an active party in most of these discussions, I feel it would not be proper for me to address the issues. Can some other administrators help in resolving these threads?

The threads I'm specifically referring to are:
 * Forum:Wiki theme redesign
 * Forum:Alternate universe
 * Forum:Social media representatives
 * Forum:Organization for TS4 timeline
 * Forum:Amendment to voting policies

Any administrator who wants to take up the task of addressing these threads should consider first, whether the thread has reached a natural consensus or not. If so, the thread should be closed and the consensus adopted. If not, the admin should consider whether a vote might be in order, and then determine how to best structure that vote. If a consensus isn't reached and a vote would not be appropriate, an administrator should consider closing the thread and marking it as not resolved. Or, if a thread is not resolved but does not seem to have reached an impasse, a simple thread bump might be appropriate (to attempt to jump-start the discussion). --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 19:07, October 20, 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll pitch in and close one of these discussions. Beds (talk - blog ) 19:34, October 20, 2014 (UTC)


 * Closed another. --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  02:27, October 21, 2014 (UTC)


 * Forum:Wiki theme redesign was closed by LiR. --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  01:09, December 15, 2014 (UTC)

Into The Future issue
Discussion moved to Forum:Into the Future issue --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  15:00, December 23, 2014 (UTC).

regarding Wiki-navigation
the following is shamelessly copy pasted from MediaWiki talk:Wiki-navigation:

What happened to the navigation? Although all the code is here, the actual navigation's gone all...er...boring. &#8213; The  Tim   Man  (Infinite Histories • Galactic Crucibles • The Sims Wiki • Hallows Maleficent • Why I'm here in the first place ) 07:43, December 25, 2014 (UTC)
 * I honestly don't know but I've got a couple of things to say:


 * Since we didn't alter anything its probably fair to say its on wikia's end, not ours
 * This part is particularly interesting: I tried to edit it and there was no edit button. The same thing happened when I tried to revert to a previous edit. Perhaps most interesting is this, however: I performed a rollback to the version we had in October, and the header not only is unchanged but its as if the edit didn't even happen, with no record in the logs. I'll make a note of this elsewhere, thanks for posting this.

So it looks like Wikia's messed up something on their end as I can't do it on my test wiki. With luck this will be resolved before you read this (although maybe not because I don't know if Wikia is even open on Christmas) but I thought I'd repost this to a more noticeable venue. Additionally if any other user notices an issue with the interface leave a message here and I or someone else will check it.


 * Oh, I... I did not check the noticeboard before seeing the talk page. Anyway, I asked what happened and it seemed that Wogan said it has fixed itself. He also said it can't be edited, but I just checked that it's editable.  Nikel  Talk  –  Vote!  12:10, December 25, 2014 (UTC)

Coolkid1999
He said a bad word on chat and left a mean message on my talk page calling me a sock puppet so I undid it can you issue him a warning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ilovethesims199 (talk • contribs) (UTC) - Please sign your comments with ~
 * Alright.

TheSims23
TheSims23 is currently globally blocked, for reasons unknown. As we have done with AsherÉire and other indeffed admins, a bureaucrat should de-sysop the user. They may ask for the mop again should they become unblocked. --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  18:11, January 3, 2015 (UTC)


 * This user has contributed almost nothing since May last year. I know there isn't really room for community consent here, but I support the demotion. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 21:16, January 3, 2015 (UTC)
 * I've removed her adminship for the time being. Something else to note of interest is that her account is "globally blocked" while AsherEire's is listed as "globally disabled" with a different template.


 * Hmm, interesting. Accounts can be disabled on user request or by Wikia's discretion, and can't be re-enabled after 30 days of being disabled, while a global block is involuntary, usually used for Terms of Use violations, and can be lifted if the matter is discussed with Wikia and they happen to agree to it.


 * I'm wondering what exactly happened here.... --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  23:12, January 3, 2015 (UTC)

Fixing a misspelt word
Can an administrator please fix a misspelt word - privileges - on this page. I know it's not much, but a word spelt correctly on an important page is better than a word spelt incorrectly. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 05:09, January 13, 2015 (UTC)