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Hello, User:k6ka. I hope all is well and that there is much flax in your life. TonyBallioni (talk) 19:29, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
Disk Space
Hello,
I am from the Miraheze Operation team. Due to a technical issue we have reached our storage compacity. We have noticed you are using excessive usage and would like you to delete any unused files (which includes images or videos) please. You can find unused files at Special:UnusedFiles.
Thanks on behalf of the Miraheze Operation team! Paladox (talk) 18:41, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
Test mass message
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I'm here...
Thanks again for letting me know about the migration. Dharden (talk) 14:18, 21 January 2020 (UTC)
Backports/Importing of my fanon articles
Hi I've noticed that a slew of my content that I created for this wikia have been appearing on the SimsWiki, by a user other than myself. I went and created an account (presuming that in the process that would leave the porting/importing to 'ME' [i.e. the content creator and manager]) and have been combing through material, backlogs, and content to port over and articles are continuing to be ported. I want to state that while I appreciate K6ka's efforts, I would however like to resume control over the maintaining and porting of my content.
It took me by surprise to find that my fanon (original headcanon content) was being imported to the other wiki alongside the main franchise articles. I do not wish to come across as hostile, however I find it odd that despite the fact that said fanon articles have a clear and concise indicator (a citation at the top of the article) that the content belongs to them, and is under their management, that someone besides myself took it upon themselves to go ahead and port them over to the other site, which to begin with I had no foreknowledge of until I randomly stumbled upon it on a Google search.
I've got to ask that User:K6ka, and anyone else who has been back/forwards-porting my content to simply cease and allow me to manage my own content from here on out. If they had been articles based upon generic out-of-the box Sims content, that would be different however it feels weird to find that someone else is porting and ghostwriting your own fantasy characters without seeking your consent or at least informing you. Everyone feels differently about how their fanon content is approached; some Simmers don't mind if someone makes an article about their fanon creations, others like myself are a tad sentimental and would like to handle the management of these articles themselves. I take great pride and joy in writing up the backstories, taking the perfect screenshot in-game and polishing my fictional characters up to look nice. After seeing what appears to be a mock-up or straight up clone of my originally written fanon articles, only to find that they were simply mass-imported with the 'import' feature of the wiki site (which is why some of the screenshots do not load properly), it comes across as lazy, robotic and uncaring. To others these may simply be weird fanon articles, but to me they are a fun hobby and an extension of my Sims 4 experience. I want to add that by forwards-porting others' fanon content gives off the impression that you may be claiming ownership of said original fanon content, and more-or-less rendering the aforementioned 'fanon citation' useless when you are simply mass-porting everything without the owner's say so.
I would ask that User:K6ka and any others involved in the porting/backporting of my original fanon creations to respect the author/creator citation and simply allow me to regulate my own fanon, If I do not wish my fantasy characters to appear on a wiki that is outside the neighborhood of FANDOM sites that I peruse, then that it is my prerogative. Please respect the citation at the top of my fanon articles and leave me and me alone to regulate how my fanon content is disseminated.
LexxBlix (talk) 13:09, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
- @LexxBlix: (On my talk page you can refer to me directly, rather than indirectly; it comes across as impolite otherwise)
- This wiki, www.thesimswiki.com, is intended to be a migration of The Sims Wiki on Wikia/Fandom (sims.fandom.com), as we intend to leave the Wikia/Fandom platform in the near-future. As such, all page content from the Wikia/Fandom wiki was imported over to this wiki, in preparation for that future date. This includes all regular mainspace articles as well as fanon pages.
- If you prefer I can simply exclude your fanon from the list of imports that I do, though I would encourage fanon authors to consider calling www.thesimswiki.com their new home for fanon, as it has no ads and has a much cleaner interface, and will be the wiki's new permanent home in the future. You are still welcome to continue editing on the older Wikia/Fandom website if you prefer. I can also delete any imported fanon pages currently on this wiki if you prefer to remain on Wikia/Fandom and prefer not to migrate.
- Regards, —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 13:43, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
I have no idea about this while migration process, however I would appreciate if all you would allow me to regulate the future porting of my articles. I'm not trying to sound hostile, but I am currently in the process of revamping all of my original fanon sims (besides the Morgyn's Drag Race sims) and it just becomes a chore when you have to delete/overwrite all of the old (non-canon) material anyway with the new material, when having a blank template makes it easier and less confusing for ODC people like myself. If the FANDOM is moving here, I will be happy to move contribute my articles myself as I said I have been in the process (it's been a very slow slog of revisiting old saves, rewriting family trees and households, taking new screenshots, etc.) and it's just easier for me to pull the new stuff straight from the source (since the FANDOM is also outdated aside from the Drag Race characters). I appreciate your intent, and thank you for your efforts, I will be too happy to take it from here.