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Game and content blog posts

Issue is not resolved

Discussion is stale. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 18:29, June 3, 2016 (UTC)

I think we should make a more focused effort on writing blog posts for upcoming games/expansions/new content as it's announced. I know that we used to write these quite a lot during the TS3 era (Nikel, especially), but since TS4 has come out it's mostly fallen by the wayside. The only two blogs I can think of like this are this and this.

At a time where it seems to be harder and harder to get people involved in our front page activities, those two blogs have generated quite a bit of traffic; check out the poll numbers and the comments as proof. To contrast, consider the average traffic that one of our weekly news blogs gets. Blogs about game releases seem to be a more effective way of reaching out to our reader community. Of course, one of the main goals in this is to turn readers into editors, but anything that is adding to our traffic here is helpful.

I'd like to know if there's anyone interested in helping to write these blogs. The blogs should preferably be written within a day or two of a game/content announcement or game/content release. If there's interest here in writing future blogs, we can come up with some sort of system for making sure that each major announcement gets a related blog post, since the idea of this is to make sure that we're not missing any announcements (like the GtW expansion announcement, or Newcrest). Thoughts? - LostInRiverview ^{talk • blog • contribs} 16:40, June 12, 2015 (UTC)

I was actually thinking of doing a small review on Newcrest (similar to Lab's and yourselfs reviews). I'd be willing to partake in more these announcements and review blogs. ~ Beds ^{(talk - blog)} 16:52, June 12, 2015 (UTC)

I could try to help out as well. I've also been playing some older sims games recently and I've been thinking about writing up reviews/playing notes for those as well. ―ฬђ ^talk 01:50, June 15, 2015 (UTC)

Underage User on Chat

Issue is resolved

Old news. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 20:26, August 1, 2016 (UTC)

User:Petr.kasuba.12 admitted on chat to being 10 years old. AldoHyde 14:01, December 11, 2015 (UTC)

Soft blocked for three years. Just a note: No, administrators do not have access to the chat logs, because chat isn't logged; only a brief scrollback is kept. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:41, December 11, 2015 (UTC)

Bad behavior on chat

Issue is resolved

Old news. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 20:26, August 1, 2016 (UTC)

Today, a user has joined on chat with an unacceptable username and started saying wikia staff are pigs and spammed a further while I made the screenshot. Sims Player (talk) (mistakes) 14:32, December 12, 2015 (UTC)

That user is currently cross-wiki blocked, so no further action is necessary. -- LostInRiverview ( Administrator) • Contact me here • 17:01, December 12, 2015 (UTC)

Rude User in Chat

Issue is resolved

Old news. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 20:26, August 1, 2016 (UTC)

User:Vegagarcia made personal attacks against me in chat. AldoHyde 15:44, December 17, 2015 (UTC)

User has been banned from chat for a week. If that user comes back or does anything else, please report it. LostInRiverview ( Administrator) • Contact me here • 16:00, December 17, 2015 (UTC)

One family navigation template too many

Issue is resolved

No further action necessary. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 20:26, August 1, 2016 (UTC)

When I made this family navigation template for my fanon I did not realize that I already had one. Could someone please delete the old one? - KaruKaterchen (talk/ fanon) 16:03, June 6, 2016 (UTC)

Done. Dharden (talk) 16:13, June 6, 2016 (UTC)

Troll user in chat

Hello. Today in chat, there was a troll user that continuously started spamming, leaving and rejoining. I guess it's not very serious, but this user did spam which means that he broke a rule of chat Sims Player (talk) (mistakes) 18:06, July 21, 2016 (UTC).

Investigating... —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 18:14, July 21, 2016 (UTC)

I've taken some chat logs, but nothing else needs to be done atm because the user hasn't used chat in a while. Re-report if the user comes back and is disruptive. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 20:26, August 1, 2016 (UTC)

Fanon deletion

I request a deletion on my fanon. It's not working out for me. Maybe I'll make another one that I feel comfortable with.

Female Creater (talk) 23:36, December 8, 2016 (UTC)

Done Feel free to let us know if you'd like it to be undeleted. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 00:46, December 9, 2016 (UTC)

Fanon deletion

I'm requesting the deletion of my fanon, All Bue. Ѧüя◎ґ (talk) 17:46, March 4, 2017 (UTC)

Aside from Fanon:All Blue and the five chapters written, is there anything else that needs to be deleted? - LiR ^{talk · blog · contribs} 18:20, March 4, 2017 (UTC)

Themasterofdenial and C.Syde65

Per The_Sims_Wiki_talk:Admin_Portal#Themasterofdenial_and_C.Syde65. This thread is to permit both Themasterofdenial and C.Syde65 to leave their comments and thoughts about this issue. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 19:48, March 6, 2017 (UTC)

Moved from The Sims Wiki talk:Admin Portal.

The thing is that this user has been following me to various wikis and has been attacking me through criticism. My tolerance for criticism has actually improved over the last while, and it's not the criticism that made me do what I did last night, but rather the user doing it. This has gotten to the point where it's become really uncomfortable for me, having to put up with this user and their deliberate attempts to through me off my game behind other people's backs. If you think that this is some ordinary average series of rash decisions, then you must have no idea what it feels like to be in this position.

I've spoken to Wikia Staff at least once, and although they haven't done anything about it, as the user's behaviour has not been explicit enough to warrant any kind of Staff intervention, they did say that I should do my best to stay away from this user, and try not to interact with him where possible, which is exactly what I've been doing, since I feel really uneasy to be in their presence, but the fact that they insist on following me to other wikis makes everything worse. Otherwise, it's gotten to the point where I'm not sure how I'm supposed to handle this situation myself, and need another voice to help me deal with this user. ― C.Syde (talk | contribs) 19:32, March 6, 2017 (UTC)

You mention the user having criticized you, but you have not provided any links to diffs/discussions where applicable. If they are sensitive you may PM me the links via IRC. Let's not forget that feeling uncomfortable around a user still doesn't mean you can use your administrator tools where it is inappropriate (considering you are involved) and you have not approached any other member of the administrative team (to my knowledge) asking for assistance until now. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 19:56, March 6, 2017 (UTC)

I just wasn't sure how to approach any other member of the administrative team about this user, without making it seem like I was holding a personal grudge against them. I don't want anyone to take this message the wrong way, but I want it to be understood. The fact that he's been following me to other wikis and trying to point out any faults that I may have makes me feel stalked and harassed.

I'm sick of him trying to engage with me about things that not only make me feel uncomfortable but are also none of his business. One instance was when I was blocked unfairly by a corrupt bureaucrat on another wiki (the bureaucrat themselves was since demoted by community consensus and the users they blocked for voting on their demotion were unblocked by Wikia Staff). There was a message left on my message wall on Community Central where a user agreed that the block was unfair and that they could relate to it.

But Themasterofdenial pointed that message out to me later on in this wiki's chat room saying that he couldn't help thinking that maybe I did do something that warranted a block. I had to warn him a few times at least, not to mention kick him from this chat twice, and he came very close to getting banned. It was none of his business, and the fact that he was poking his nose into things related to me that didn't concern him really creeped me out. Honestly I wish he'd just back off and leave me alone. I'm not saying this because I'm trying to hold anything against him, nor am I trying to do this for my own benefit. I'm doing this for my own safety more than anything. ― C.Syde (talk | contribs) 21:54, March 6, 2017 (UTC)

If C.Syde65 and Themasterofdenial cannot get along with each other then they should cease interacting with one another. It does not give an excuse for Themasterofdenial to provoke C.Syde65 regarding issues on other wikis besides here and it does not give an excuse for C.Syde65 to abuse his administrator tools.

Given that these issues with C.Syde apparently predate his administratorship, I feel that a demotion would be in order given the circumstances especially given his misuse of the tools. I feel that Themasterofdenial may warrant a warning for harassment but it is a gray area given the cross-Wikia nature of this issue. I do not know the full story, I am just a passer by who just so happens to be an active editor over at Wikipedia who knows a little bit about wiki politics. I hope my two cents are valuable. 113.172.100.213 (talk) 22:06, March 6, 2017 (UTC)

I disagree that any demotions should take place at this time, not because I don't want anything of the sort to happen to me, but because I don't feel that it's worth it. This sort of thing has only happened twice, and each of them were because of the same user. There are better methods of dealing with this sort of thing than merely demoting those that were involved with it. I think the best solution would be to find a way to settle things and reach an agreement as to how to prevent this from happening again, so that everything can run smoothly once again.

I've been lost without any advice of how to deal with this, which is why I went wrong in the first place. Now that I am explicitly asking for advice as to how to avoid repeating an incident like this again, I'm sure that that would work. I would have asked for advice here earlier, but I just wasn't sure who I could count on to understand the way I feel about this. I've been trying to cease interacting with Themasterofdenial since I feel that it harms my future as an editor with or without my administrator abilities. ― C.Syde (talk | contribs) 22:18, March 6, 2017 (UTC)

I am willing to admit that I've done the wrong thing, and I am prepared to do whatever I need to do to do the right thing, even if I must unprotect the page, or possibly even restore the message which I removed. But I really want this behaviour on Themasterofdenial's part to stop, since it really isn't doing me any good, and it's not doing some other users any good either. ― C.Syde (talk | contribs) 00:36, March 7, 2017 (UTC)

I would strongly encourage you to unprotect your archive page, since it has been improperly protected and done to gain advantage over a dispute you were involved in. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 22:41, March 7, 2017 (UTC)

I have unprotected the page as encouraged. ― C.Syde (talk | contribs) 22:59, March 7, 2017 (UTC)

Personally, I believe that C.Syde65 should restore the message in his archive, as its removal was completely unwarranted. It doesn't matter if someone feels uncomfortable about an issue; if it happened, it happened. We can't shove it under the carpet and pretend it never happened.

I do not believe that C.Syde65 should be demoted; however, it is clear that his actions warrant serious action, as he has proven time after time that he has trouble taking criticism, that he has trouble learning from mistakes and that he has trouble dealing with problems maturely, as an admin should do. It is not enough to give him a slap on the wrist or a stern warning, as the wiki has done previously — to no avail.

So how shall we solve this? C.Syde65 believes that we should try and settle things come to an agreement, and prevent it from happening again, and I agree — if only because it is extremely vague. To prevent it from happening again, we need to fix the deeper underlying reason that C.Syde65 keeps on getting himself into these situations — and it's not because of me.

C.Syde65 needs to understand that he needs to change. All administrators will encounter users with whom they disagree. All administrators will make mistakes. All administrators will get into disputes. Administrators must accept this, move on, and act maturely and impartially, that they may grow and serve the wiki as well as they can.

And indeed, C.Syde65 must accept his faults, move on from his grudges, and act maturely and impartially, that he may grow and serve the wiki as well as he can.

Themasterofdenial (talk) 09:25, March 9, 2017 (UTC)