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'''Welcome to the Community Portal.''' The Community Portal is where the TSW community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki.{{clr}}
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'''Welcome to The Sims Wiki!''' The Community Portal is where the TSW community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki. To see the most recent discussions, click the [[The Sims Wiki talk:Community Portal|Discussion]] tab above.
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If you're looking for something to do on the wiki, why not join a [[The Sims Wiki:Projects|project]], or tackle something on our [[The Sims Wiki:Todo|to-do list]]?
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Community
Community Portal
Community Portal
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Welcome to the Community Portal. The Community Portal is where the TSW community comes together to organize and discuss projects for the wiki.
Improve the wiki
Focus Article

The focus article is an article that is in need of improvement or attention. Please help us by working on this week's focus article:

The Sims 4: Luxury Party Stuff
Expand short articles

We want to lengthen and expand some of our short articles, especially in these categories:

You can also help us lengthen and improve our stub articles by clicking below to visit a random stub page! Click here to view a random stub page

Clean up our articles

Some of our articles are in need of a good cleanup! You can help by improving the articles in these categories:

You can also visit and improve a random page in need of improvement by clicking here: Click here to view a random stub page

Add and improve images

The Sims Wiki has thousands of images to help decorate our articles. However, there are some issues with images that we need help with; you can lend a hand by:

Community Features
Featured Editor
Vpetmad(talk) is the Featured Editor for January 2016.
Vpetmad first joined the wiki in 2012, but wasn't terribly active until 2015. This year, she attained rollback and has been helping out in various aspects of the wiki. Congratulations, Vpetmad, and Happy New Year!

Vote for or nominate next month's Featured Editor!

See previous Featured Editors
Battles


Playful vs. Flirty
Go to The Sims Wiki:Battles to vote for your favorite!

Vote for or nominate a battle
Previous battles

Community news
Community Bulletin Board
This bulletin board is open for any editor to leave notices to other editors. To leave a notice for others, click on the button below:
Edit the bulletin board
Current Bulletins
  • The Bulletin Board on the Community Portal is open and ready for your submissions! Any editor may add bulletins to the board; if there's something you want other editors to know, please throw a note up on the board! -- LiR talk • blog • contribs 04:45, November 25, 2015 (UTC)
Community News (other news)

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Editor notices
The Sims Wiki is now on Discord! Check out this news blog to find out more about Discord, the TSW Discord server, and to find out how to join!
Reminders
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