Forum:Late 2013 theme discussion

In line with the Island Paradise re-theme discussion, I've decided to start the discussion on what theme, if any, should take the IP theme's place.

First and foremost, we should decide how much longer we want to continue using the Island Paradise theme. We pretty much have two options as far as I can see: we keep the IP theme until we have a new theme to take its place, or we return to the standard theme from before. After that decision, we should begin to discuss the direction a late 2013 theme should take, if we even want to have another theme later this year.

For the sake of attempting to kill two birds with one stone, I've split the discussions up below. --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 02:05, July 31, 2013 (UTC)

Should the Island Paradise theme stay or go?
It's worth mentioning that some people in the original discussion felt that we should retire the old theme (more-or-less) by having new themes back-to-back; if we take that route, then we have to plan a new theme to take the IP theme's place, before we can ever get rid of the theme. However, in my personal opinion, we should return to the standard wiki theme. We had the Island Paradise theme up about a month before release, and we are now a month after release, so it seems like a good time to return to normal. Thoughts? --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 02:05, July 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * I do like the IP theme a lot, but going back the regular theme is fine either way. Ѧüя◎ґ (talk) 02:06, July 31, 2013 (UTC)


 * I think that we should revert to the standard theme. Moon  Wing   Blame it on the Rain!  02:10, July 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * Personally, I feel like we should keep the IP theme until the end of summer. Despite it being for an EP, or maybe because of it, it just seems summerish. --Bleeh (talk!) (edits) 04:06, July 31, 2013 (UTC)


 * I agree with Bleeh, I makes a nice summer feeling. I think keeping it would be good. But if we are keeping the background how come we aren't keeping the logo, just wondering. Blue12porcupine   talk  10:14, August 2, 2013 (UTC)

What should a new theme be about?
The way I see it, we have a couple options regarding a late 2013 theme. For one, we could go with an autumnal theme (similar to how our Christmas 2012 was winter-themed, and our current Island Paradise is somewhat summer-y). The Sims 3: Into the Future is also releasing in October, so it could be neat to see what The Sims Wiki would look like with a really sleek, modern look. Or, we can decide to not implement any theme at all. Or, anyone who has any ideas for a theme I didn't list here can suggest it. --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 02:05, July 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * I think that we should start by reverting to the original theme, so we can have some time to start planning for a new one. Then I think it might be a good idea to go for a Into the Future theme, and once that is retired it might be a good idea to get something going for Sims 4, even though it won't be released until late 2014 it might spark some more interest in the game? 02:36, July 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * I like the idea for an Into the Future theme. I was thinking of just starting a slightly TS4-themed theme, but that would depend on when we decide (if ever) to implement a new theme. --Bleeh (talk!) (edits) 04:06, July 31, 2013 (UTC)
 * We could start moving slowly towards a TS4 theme while implementing a ItF theme. For instance, we could make a new wiki logo design based on the TS4 logo, and implement it during a potential ItF theme. --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 04:20, July 31, 2013 (UTC)