Hello fellow wiki editors! We have two important announcements to make today.
Rules against creating blank articles
We now have written rules against creating empty articles on the wiki. Making blank articles has always been frowned upon by pretty much all of our frequent editors and staff, but this rule has previously only really been mentioned in edit summaries, conversations in the discord server and messages on user walls.
As a result of this, we feel it’s been long overdue to have these rules listed on the wiki itself. They are now officially part of the wiki’s content policy, and can be found under the “Don't create incomplete pages” section linked below. Please read through them carefully and familiarise yourself with them.
https://siivagunner.fandom.com/wiki/SiIvaGunner_Wiki:Content_policy#Don't_create_incomplete_pages
Upcoming multi-source memes criteria
During the July 2023 moot, we created a set of criteria for classifying multi-source memes on the wiki. It is designed to be a standard that the wiki will follow to determine when a meme on the SiIvaGunner channel has multiple different sources attached to it. Examples of multi-source memes that could possibly be classified as such under this criteria include frequently referenced video games and bands, such as Undertale and Maroon 5 respectively.
We decided to add an early version of criteria to the wiki’s content policy with a grace period lasting until August 6, where it was originally planned to come into full effect. During this period, we allowed discussion on the topic in a thread in the wiki’s Discord server centred around the topic, and we would consider implementing any changes to the criteria that were suggested in there.
However after observing the current situation with the criteria, we have decided that there are more things that need to be sorted out and discussed regarding it that we are likely unable to cover prior to August 6.
We have also noticed that the thread in the Discord server seems to have been forgotten about. This is likely due to the way Discord displays threads in servers which often leads to them getting buried, and we probably should have taken that into consideration before we made it.
In response to these issues, we have decided to enact the following changes. The current grace period for the multi-source memes criteria has been extended to August 20. On August 19, we will have a separate moot centred solely around this topic where the final criteria will be voted on, and the changes will come into effect the following day. Prior to this happening, all discussion and proposals on the topic will be in the new temporary channel multi-source-meme-discussion in the Discord server, which will replace the inactive thread in it.
You can find the currently proposed criteria for multi-source memes in the link below, though it’s important to note that this criteria is not in effect just yet, and no new categories involving memes with multiple sources should be made until the grace period ends and the final policy has been decided on.
https://siivagunner.fandom.com/wiki/SiIvaGunner_Wiki:Content_policy#Multi-source_memes
I also want to emphasise that we don’t normally make large decisions on the wiki during regular conversations in the Discord server itself. Moots are where the final decisions on all proposals are made, including this one. We’re just having a temporary channel in the Discord server for this one topic to get more opinions on it, since most of our active editors primarily interact in there.
If you are interested in participating in moots but haven’t yet, please join the Discord server at https://siivagunner.fandom.com/wiki/SiIvaGunner_Wiki:Discord_server and make sure to follow the verification rules in the Rules channel.
That’s everything we have to announce. If you have any questions about anything, please let us know.