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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)

User:Kaiko Mikkusu
vandalizing Boyd Wainwright page. Wiryawan310 (talk) 14:52, October 31, 2014 (UTC)
 * User was warned by K6ka, page has been temporarily protected, and discussion has been started on Talk:Boyd Wainwright. If tempers seem to be cooling down, we may want to consider reducing the length of, or eliminating altogether, the page protection (currently set at three days). --  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 15:10, October 31, 2014 (UTC)

Removing comment from my fanon page
This is rather annoying but understandable - could I please have this comment removed from my fanon page, as the commenting user was apparently ineligible for contributing, let alone commenting. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 04:24, November 4, 2014 (UTC)
 * No. The comment, even if made by a blocked user, doesn't do any harm. --  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 04:32, November 4, 2014 (UTC)
 * I guess? --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 04:33, November 4, 2014 (UTC)
 * You guess what? --  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 04:34, November 4, 2014 (UTC)
 * x3 I'm hesitant to remove what is a valid question from the comments when the user was, at the time of writing, fully able to make the comment. I don't like the idea of completely wiping out everything a blocked user has done to make it seem as though they never existed.
 * Exactly this. If the edit/comment doesn't do any harm to the wiki, then there is no harm in keeping it, even if the user that made the edit/comment is blocked. This is also an extension of AGF, in a way; each edit should be judged on its own merits, not judged by the person that made it. A vandal can make a good edit, just as a well-intentioned user can make a bad edit. --  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 04:41, November 4, 2014 (UTC)
 * I just managed to avoid two edit conflicts here. I guess - or rather know - that the comment isn't harmful. I have seen admins completely wiping out every contribution a blocked user has done to make it seem as though they never existed, before. But seeing the valid question does have it's good points, and given Wogan's opinion, it doesn't really matter if these comments aren't deleted. --  C.Syde  ( talk &#124;  contribs ) 04:44, November 4, 2014 (UTC)
 * Those are special situations, if the edits are particularly harmful. Each situation is different, so making comparisons between incidents isn't a good idea usually.
 * Thread closed --  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 04:46, November 4, 2014 (UTC)

Main page transition
Please note that I am substituting the templates currently used on the Main Page. This is because I will need to modify the main page templates in order to implement the new main page design, and I do not want to disrupt the main page while this is in progress. This substitution should not affect the featured content templates, since most of them are transcluded into other templates that are ultimately displayed. --  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 06:24, November 9, 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 didnt 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 didnt 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.