Hey everyone, I been doing some thinking for a while…ever since I came up with the Wiki Clean-Up plans, I noticed that the fandom doesn't seem very united. It seems like the fans are doing their own thing for the most part; I don’t see a lot of fans doing things with others….maybe it’s just me. Or maybe that’s just what happens when you like a show out of your age range...>_>
It seems to be a lot more casual fans that ones who like it so much that they’re willing to join a website about it… I’m wondering how many fans even know this place exists...
Anyway, as expected, the hiatus caused a drop in activity. It’s good that more members are joining the chat now but the Wiki as a whole has been moving pretty slowly.
I believe we need an area on the website to encourage unity, something for us to do in between big airing gaps and future hiatuses. An area for the community could help make things more fun around here. We already have our profiles and the forums to share things such as our thoughts and artwork, but we need more designated areas to do fanon related stuff among the informal things.
I know there’s a Fanon Wiki for this show, but hardly anyone does anything on it anymore. Plus, there aren’t any staff members managing the content over there. I think it would be better to have an a Community Section on our website instead of creating another Wiki dedicated to it; to keep everything together and it will makes it easier to manage.
TL;DR (How dare you): I’m tired of this Wiki being less active, I want us to have a Community Section to give us something to do.
Here are some things we could include in this section:
o Contests (There wouldn’t be any prizes like a DVD or something, maybe a custom badge, a request, getting featured on the homepage, something along the lines of that.)
o How to draw tutorials (I’ve been wanting to do these for a while, so I might do most of them. Others can join me in this if they want.)
o Crafts
o Pre-made avatars, signatures and Wallpapers
o Maybe an area to put reaction images and memes
o Recipes
o Printable/Print-Outs
o Games (Like things to do when the chat is dying or spotting out certain items while watching the episodes.)
o Art jams (Basically giant collaborations. We could assign each member to do a piece of a drawing and tie everyone’s contribution together as a single drawing. Another thing we could do is give a topic for members to draw and create a gallery with all of the separate drawings. We could probably do something for the writers out their too.)
o Quizzes (One of the members here made a “Which Character Are You?” quiz. [You know who you are!] Maybe we can come up with more that reflect it… like some sort of census.)
o Awards thing (We could have a bunch of polls towards the end of the year or month asking members what was the best thing to come out of that time period was. Like for the show: Best Pop Song, Best Episode, Best Moment, etc. For the Wiki: Best Theme, Best Post, Best Blog, etc.)
o Guestbook (For non-members and Wiki users from other places to let us know how we’re doing or just stop by to leave a complement.)
This thread is purely for generating ideas towards this section. After we come up with enough ideas, we can move on to decisions and setting up rules. Some things may not get included but it’s good to have a variety in case, right? We can first make pages for all the activities Nick Jr. has to offer; make a description, provide trivia if needed and link to the activity rather than reporting it. Eventually, we can allow fans to create their own things thought their blogs. Maybe some of the fan activities can build off of the Nick Jr. ones! Giving them their own twist! And we can share our results in the comment sections!
So, what do you guys think? What other things can we do for this section? What else can we do to make this place a bit more fun? Pleeeeeease help me with this! I want this Community Section to become a reality. I want us all to have a say in this instead of me just making the decisions. Who’s with me?
