The Sims Wiki talk:Newsletter

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)

Submissions
We are currently accepting story submissions for the February 2011 edition of 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 idea!
 * 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). 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.
 * Editor 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 the February 2011 issue: February 10, 2011

You could have a featured section, like the featured articles, animal, etc. Any good? Potterfan1997 10:11, December 29, 2010 (UTC)

Impersonating thugs
It has been reported that people have been reported that people have been impersonating admins, and other important people on The Sims IRC channel. Such as someone, most likely a troll, impersonated user BobNewbie. If you happen to see a troll, insulting or harassing you, please contact an admin, and the user they were impersonating. Simsgirl2010 23:54, January 11, 2011 (UTC)

Cite sources
Guys, please remember to cite your sources, as in. This helps keep the information on the wiki more truthful, and it can really give all of us a break. For example, an unregistered contributor adds a Sim's supposed sign? How does he know? Does have the actual gameplay to show the sign? Does he have a good source? If he doesn't, than you remove the information. Why do you remove the information? Because it doesn't have a reliable source. Images are considered to be sources, but you also have to remember, images can be photoshopped, and Sims can be easily made. "That Sim could easily have been made and uploaded from SimPE by that user!" Therefore, it would be better if sources were actually typed out, not images. Images are still okay, though, but we would still like an actual source.