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A Global "To Do List" Page

I was thinking it would be a good thing to come up with a global 'to do list' page. I know that we have several of the regular contributors with 'wish lists' on their userpages, and there is the Requested Screen Captures page, and there might be some other similar isolated lists like this, but if we had one central point that all 'to do' and requested and wishlist stuff could be listed or linked from, it would probably help us be more productive. I know myself, I have free time when I would like to do more, but am not sure what is really needed. If we could have a "to do list" then it would allow anyone who is motivated, to have a focused jumping in point for getting things done.

What do you guys think? (I am posting this here, since we don't seem to have a general 'suggestions page' either....) --HiroDynoSlayer (talk) 06/22/2007 12:44 (EST)

  • Have you checked out Current events? I think that's being used for what you're asking for, but perhaps it needs to be expanded to cover more of the current todo items. Also for general suggestions you can use the talk page for the community portal, though a lot of people do leave general suggestions here on the main page. (Admin 13:16, 22 June 2007 (EDT))
    • Right. There's also a general to do list (and its sister). If you're looking for something to do, the site needs a blue paint job to cover up some of those red spots that keep creeping up. :) I wouldn't mind having our current events page a bit more useful--it'd be cool to talk about ideas that people have on their individual to do lists. That said, I will still keep my own to do list because it is sort of a dumping ground for things that I might want to revisit one day. I don't look at it all that often because I find that there's almost always something to do without having to consult a list, but I'm on the site a lot more frequently than most I think, so I probably have a pretty good lay of the land. But if somebody wants to fix up our current events or community portal, I think it's a great idea. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 13:34, 22 June 2007 (EDT)

Hurry up new GN pic for Main Page promo

Man, that picture of Ugly Betty starring you down on the main page needs to hurry up and go! Yuucchhh!!! I'd much rather see Jason Badower's drawings of Hana from (The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 1 or 2) !! --HiroDynoSlayer (talk) 06/29/2007 15:46 (EST)

  • And that's only Part 1! Let's hope she turns into her future form quickly in Part 2! (Admin 15:49, 29 June 2007 (EDT))
    • In Part 2 there won't be any hints of her future form, but she will change her look quite a bit. Just look for her to try to fit in a bit. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 16:49, 29 June 2007 (EDT)

Heroeswiki Forum

The Heroes Wiki has been up since October and I think there should be a forum for its users to discuss the show. Are there any plans for one? -- Citizen 20:10, 9 August 2007

  • No, I don't plan on adding a forum. There are a number of good forums out there already (like http://9thwonders.com) and I don't really think we need yet another Heroes forum. :) The others are well-established anyway and not only would it most likely be mostly inactive, but it would also take time away from working on the wiki. Also I figure we should stick to what we do best which is running a wiki, not a forum. If anything in the future we may see an expansion of the Community Portal to support more informal discussions about the episodes/characters, but personally I'd rather just direct people over to a forum like 9thwonders.com where most of the other posters are already anyway. (Admin 21:16, 9 August 2007 (EDT))
    • Or you could join some of us on the IMDb forum. ;)--MiamiVolts (talk) 22:14, 9 August 2007 (EDT)
      • For sure. There's only so many times you can play mafia before you want new blood.--Leshia 00:43, 10 August 2007 (EDT)

possible look change?

Dunno where to discus this or how much sense It'll make but here goes: I think This site needs to have a look that is significantly different than the default carbon-copy-of-Wikipedia look. reasons: 1) Aside from the comic book cover logo, the site looks exactly like Wikipedia. I recreationally browse both here and there, and at times forget where I am at because of the same look for both sites. I realize this when I go to look up something, say lemons, and find no articles here on lemons. If it were similar to, say Memory Alpha, in that it does not look like Wikipedia with a logo change, this might be avoided. 2) It looks to sterile for a cool show such as Heroes. Am I right or is it just me?--SacValleyDweller 17:49, 2 September 2007 (EDT)

  • Last I heard, Admin is still open to add/reviewing new skins, that's what really controls the layout. When I checked it out before, it looked a bit complicated to make one, and Admin himself has to add it (you have to e-mail the file to him, I think). That said, there are already several skins in the options. You can change what skin you use by changing your preferences.--MiamiVolts (talk) 18:11, 2 September 2007 (EDT)
    • Ok, how do you make a skin for this and what can be done to make it the default for everyone?--SacValleyDweller 18:36, 2 September 2007 (EDT)
      • You can read the main help on skins at Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Skin and examples of other skins at Wikipedia:Meta:Gallery_of_user_styles. That should get you started.--MiamiVolts (talk) 18:49, 2 September 2007 (EDT)
        • Personally, I like the skin we have, and wouldn't want a different one to be my default. However, I think it'd be cool if somebody wanted to do a test to redesign the main page to look a little more like a comic book. Maybe take a cue from the inside of the new DVD with panels that overlap, perhaps add some text bubbles. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 20:10, 2 September 2007 (EDT)
  • Yes, I'm still open to a new default skin or changing the default colors of the current skin somewhat. Regardless I'd make sure the old unchanged skin was still available for selection. It's a bit of work to create a new skin, so what I'd suggest is if someone's skilled at it they come up with some conceptual drawings of what the new skin would look like and present them here for feedback prior to actually implementing the skin. (Admin 20:18, 2 September 2007 (EDT))
    • I'm not too familiar with the coding, but I'll help with whatever needs to be done (I'll just have to look at some examples done to get a feel for it). So if someone does have an idea, I'll be more than willing to help knock out some code for it. I used to do a lot of HTML coding in high school.--Bob 20:41, 2 September 2007 (EDT)
      • Wikipedia:Meta:Gallery_of_user_styles has some good examples of what can be done... the internal coding looks to be in PHP language. I've done some PHP coding but I'm not good at it yet.--MiamiVolts (talk) 21:43, 2 September 2007 (EDT)
        • I had a PHP class last semester, so I can use my text to help out with that (I got pretty good towards the end of the class).--Bob 22:55, 2 September 2007 (EDT)
        • Taking a look at that link, this one looks prety good, something like that would look nice, perhapse with a color like the 9thwonders.com background--SacValleyDweller 01:24, 3 September 2007 (EDT)
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