Thread:MakeShift/@comment-26102182-20200718093736

Hi there, Will! Feels like forever since we last talk (apparently forever means less than 2 years lmao.) Anyhow, hope all is well.

Some inquiry if you don't mind. xD (I've been inactive though eagerly waiting for the release of The Color of Revenge, still keeping tabs on the series canon, but hadn't felt the need to maintain a presence on the wiki.) (Plus RL struggles etc.)

May I ask, why the deletion of JKR's article? I know she's not well-liked at the moment (and possibly forever,) but she does have ties with this series (quotes from her work were used twice, Dustfinger's death, Funke being often compared to, and most recently, Funke openly commented on JKR when Funke's fan brought her in on the situation.) I was half afraid other out-of-universe real subjects shared the same fate, but it looks to just be her, so just wondering.

There's several other questions on customization, though I realize some probably had nothing to do with you, but would like some help, such as the tabviews. This was actually discussed upon and not just implemented based on my personal preferences. The concept was that the tabs would look like folder flaps, and not, well, just this generic looking and out-of-place design. The rating option on character infoboxes was a way to indicate whether viewer thought the article satisfactory. I thought it was lucky to be kept for so long since there's def. obstacle for creating after the JS thing got stricter. The LastEdit script, while initially registered as "for personal use only", I have found ways to make it appeared where it does meet Fandom policy, (and did get approve from the Staff.) I think User:Maintenance script's one deletion may have been the cause of some of the lost (not sure, it's been too long,) but would like your take on the matter.

Then there's templates. I mean, templates are used to save time if things would be repeatedly formatted certain ways. The templates deemed unnecessary, shortens the processes needed to achieve the same effect. A lot of Editors for the life of them, can learn to use template, but have hard time remembering things not instructed, such as codes. This series' target audience are children, while Fandom required 13-years-old or above, there's no restriction for Anons, and it's not like all average teenagers are familiar with codes, heck, I can't even expect that from grownups.

I know that looking about, a lot of the templates seems tedious (some probably really are,) but I really think factoring who might be editing should be considered. That goes for, unfortunately not finding a better word for it ATM, dumbing down and handholding, such as the MediaWiki page I restored without discussion. When there's no guide, people can argue they did whatever they wanted because there's no rules against it, said restored page is meant to be the general layout, that should any new pages be created, you don't need to think about the order of sections, you just subtract what's not needed and build the page with the blueprint.

I don't mind message walls (just that I have to be extra careful and always remember copying my written content before posting, because various time it came out posting nothing lol.)

But yeah, stuff as trivial as this, I wish some discussion could still happen, you know? Back then, there was at least one other active User, so I didn't quite decide things by myself.

Probably not the best welcome-back message, fine, I'll admit, it failed to be welcoming period lol. That said, it really is good to see you, just that, I have a bunch of questions and I figured just shooting them away. =] Hope all is well! 