Forum:Halopedia Improvement Project Phase 1 Submission

Halopedia improvement project brief
Ok I am here to start submitting my Halopedia Improvement project. A project that is to help improve Halopedia in 3 Phases.(Here is a early draft of the whole project)

To be brief
 * Phase 1: This is the tidy up section. This prepares our wiki.
 * Phase 2: This is the Community section. This sets up our wiki for the community we will be welcoming.
 * Phase 3: I dont really need to submit this one as its more just keeping the previous phases up to scratch

Submission and request
I am submitting Phase 1 first because its the most important project Phase of them all and allows us to prepare the wiki for the further two phases. It also allows us to have the backbone ready for the community when we start that area. (Nothing worse than expanding a community and having to change our rules midway through stuff)

I really need to things from you all right now.
 * 1. A vote to see if you all thing this project is worth it.
 * 2. Comments on how we can improve this Phase.

Now onto Phase one requirements I originally submit.

Step 1 Tidy up
This step is getting the wiki in a usable state and allows us to make radical changes.
 * 1. Tidy the wiki by getting majority of the pages in the Special Pages areas tidy.
 * 2. Clear out Project Userbox, and tidy up the mess it causes.
 * 3. Clear out old forums and other group related materials predating 2012. This allows us to have a clean slate.
 * 4. Possibly clear out old User profiles that havent posted since 2012.(Iffy choice needs to be discussed, but would fix a few issues with Halopedia)

Step 2 Policy's and Rules
This step is getting the wiki rules, policies, guidelines, and other similar stuff up to date.
 * 1. Get the Admin, Patroller, Rollbacker and other roles and ranks more defined.
 * 2. Get the Policies more defined and updated.
 * 3. Get the Guidelines more defined and updated.
 * 4. Talk about maybe removing the Rollbacker rank and making it just Patroller.

Step 3 Improve the Main page
This step is improving the main page of the wiki and its navigation bar.
 * 1. Talk possible improvements with admins.
 * 2. Talk possible improvements with Patrollers and Rollbackers.
 * 3. Implement said improvements if possible.
 * 4. Ask for possible improvements from Halopedians and make a list.
 * 5. Keep list for future updates.

Step 4 Conventions
This step is to improve and implement our Template/Category/File naming conventions we have. Also make better the source conventions. This will be defined in the Policies and Rules step but is something expanded upon here.
 * 1. Decide what will be used for sources and naming conventions.
 * 2. Start using the new conventions.
 * 3. Update old names to suit the new conventions.
 * 4. Update the old sources to suit the new conventions.

Votes

 * - Vote here. Obviously I would support this seeing as I got this started.-CIA391 (talk) 13:34, 7 July 2017 (EDT)
 * – By your command. Halopedia could use a significant facelift and rejuvenation of it's vital organs. It's a dated looking site and modern audiences are interested in aesthetics and usability as much as the meat and bones of a site's content. Furthermore, Halopedia desperately requires more than word of mouth here and there by a few community members elsewhere. Our social media presence, our new media output, and how we collaborate with the greater fandom is absolutely essential to Halopedia's long-term viability as the premiere online encyclopedia. That'll take shedding and archiving much of the old fluff ancillary to maintaining our content.
 * – I certainly approve this message, with everything you've ever done It'll see Halopedia through to a new era. A better time for the site and as such it'll thrive.

Comments and suggestions
Please put any comments or suggestions for this here. I need feedback on ways we can improve each step of this phase. Please remember I have made a overall draft of this project here before you suggest stuff though, as some ideas might be covered in later phases. -CIA391 (talk) 13:34, 7 July 2017 (EDT)
 * There was a really neat idea a while ago to have the character behind "Halopedia" change each month to a different render (Blue Team members, Osiris members, Majestic, Halsey, Lasky, Arbiter, Atriox, etc etc etcJapeth555 (talk) 13:43, 7 July 2017 (EDT)Japeth555


 * Good idea. I added a new update to this submission also. The possibility of removing old User Profiles pre-dating 2012. This would allow us to tidy out the wiki more effectively. Now its stuff like that, that really need discussing.-CIA391 (talk) 14:33, 7 July 2017 (EDT)