The Sims Wiki talk:Administrative projects/Community development

Stuff to begin with
Hiya all members of the project! Super exited in working with you all in developing this wiki's community!

I believe there are some basic things we need to get sorted out. Firstly, our project goals have not been determined yet. I think a good idea would be to have them be, more or less;


 * To maintain and grow the number of community members, with the use of contests, events, etc.
 * To build communication between users and editor-editor friendly relationships.
 * To help fairly and concisely deal with fights, arguments, etc.
 * To create and publish a monthly newsletter detailing forthcoming and past news.
 * To enthuse readers to become loyal editors.

The above points are just some ideas and are open to discussion.

Secondly, we need to work out what each member will be in charge of. The newsletter, contests, monthly events, etc, are all things I think could use someone to be in charge. Plus someone to update the community portal every now and then would be nice. Feel free to suggest any others, or reserve a position.

Thirdly, we need a project leader (basically a 'go-to person'). I believe all 3 of us can give our takes on this below as I don't think a vote's going to work out with only 2 possible voters available at the moment. ;)

Finally, I would just like to say that I'm psyched to be working with you all on this project. I'm hoping we can have as much fun as hard work, and I'm positive we can make massive changes to the wiki for the better if we work together. Good luck, and get those trouts ready for slapping! :P -- BobNewbie  ∞(Talk)∞  08:17, July 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * I have been thinking of resurrecting the contests somehow, so I'm willing to take charge of that and try to get some new contests going in addition to overseeing other suggestions. As for project leader....I don't know! :P But I feel that we can all help each other out where we can. 17:29, July 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * Resurrecting the contests is a great idea. I've added that to your task, Georgie, plus Bleeh told me via IRC that she'd like to be the 'Monthly events' organizer, and for now I took the newsletter. -- BobNewbie  ∞(Talk)∞  17:35, July 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay. As for the Project leader, I'd like to nominate Bleeh as she has served the wiki pretty well as a community director and I think she is capable of leading the project. This will also allow Bob to focus on his duties as the leader of the Visual development project while I'll be focusing on being the manager of the APs. 22:06, July 30, 2011 (UTC)


 * I accept. :) I'll be able to plan more with you in a few days since I'm out of town right now, so I'll let you know what I would like to be in charge of (besides the monthly events, obviously :P) later. Sorry for the delay! -- Bleeh (talk) (blog) 03:25, July 31, 2011 (UTC)
 * EDIT: I just remembered I wanted to be in charge of the polls too. I'll add myself for that. Thanks, -- Bleeh (talk) (blog) 03:31, July 31, 2011 (UTC)

Good to see everything's getting some momentum! Also, I added some of the stuff included in the description of the project to the 'Project goals', plus '*Enthusing users to make use of the wiki's community-building features, including the forums, IRC, etc'. -- BobNewbie  ∞(Talk)∞  10:10, July 31, 2011 (UTC)

Top
Hi all. I added a box thing to the top. If anyone has anything they would like to add or remove from it, don't hesitate to do so. -- BobNewbie  ∞(Talk)∞  11:25, July 31, 2011 (UTC)

Newsletter logo contest
Heya, after reading here about a logo contest for the newsletter, I felt that it is something we should pursue as a community thing. May as well ask for some input before I make a suggestion on the community portal :P. So what do you guys think? 20:22, July 31, 2011 (UTC)


 * Agreed on a contest that could work like previous logo ones. That nominator sure knows what he's talking about :P. -- BobNewbie  ∞(Talk)∞  19:32, August 1, 2011 (UTC)