Forum:Feedback for wiki improvement

Hi all! I just want to gather feedback to better understand the wiki's progression and how it's been treating everyone so far. Just answer the questionnaire and put your answer down using bullet points (that's using the asterisk button in case you didn't know or have forgotten how to). To clear things up, the first bullet point is (A), second is (B), third is (C) and fourth is (D).

Oh, I'll add more questions soon. For now, I'll just limit them to seven. Cheers! — subtank   08:45, 25 January 2014 (EST)

The Questionnaire

 * 1) How long have you been visiting the wiki on a casual basis?
 * 2) *Since 2005.
 * 3) *Since 2007.
 * 4) *Since 2010.
 * 5) *Since 2012.
 * 6) What do you think of the wiki's presentation/looks in general?
 * 7) *Looks awesome!
 * 8) *Looks okay.
 * 9) *Needs to be updated...
 * 10) *Others (please state in one sentence... keep it short)
 * 11) Generally, in terms of quality, the articles in this wiki is...
 * 12) *Accurate for the most part, up-to-date.
 * 13) *Not up-to-date. Lacking new content.
 * 14) *Needs more improvement as there are tons of glaring inconsistencies and inaccuracies.
 * 15) *Others (please state in one sentence... keep it short)
 * 16) What do you think of the administration of this wiki?
 * 17) *Doing a good job thus far. Can I be sysop now?
 * 18) *Doing a bad job. Don't block me for putting this!
 * 19) *Needs more administrators. Nominate me!
 * 20) *Less is more.
 * 21) What do you think of the wiki in terms of accessibility (i.e. pageload, mobile view)?
 * 22) *It's very accessible. No issues from me so far.
 * 23) *Bearable. The wiki needs more improvement in this front.
 * 24) *Very bad. I can't access it at times.
 * 25) *Others (please state in one sentence... keep it short)
 * 26) What do you think of the templates used in this wiki (in case you don't know what a template is, click me)?
 * 27) *It looks up-to-date, is very accessible and instruction on using 'em in articles is easy to understand.
 * 28) *I get confused at times with the how-to instructions.
 * 29) *More can be done with the design.
 * 30) *Others (please state in one sentence... keep it short)
 * 31) Lastly, in terms of community-related features (i.e. forums, QA, IRC), what do you think could be improved on?
 * 32) *A short paragraph at most. Don't do an essay... :)

Comments
Oh, a proper questionnaire will be created soon. — subtank   08:53, 25 January 2014 (EST)

1. C 2. A 3. D - I'd say as far as canon content goes, it is pretty up to date and accurate. As far as multiplayer content goes, that's not really up to date. 4. Both A and C. -I'd say we're doing a pretty good job, but having only eight admins at the moment seems a little low. 5. A 6. A 7. I'd say IRC use (I'm partly to blame, I hardly go on the channel) could be improved upon, like promoting it more as a means of conversing it between members. Well, that about sums it up for me.-- 11:45, 25 January 2014 (EST)

1. C 2. C - I like the wiki's design format, but we could start experimenting with a darker and more advanced look. Bright blue with white backgrounds gets a little tiring after a while. 3. A - For the most part I feel this wiki is good about updating its pages. What's more needed is probably trimming and unifying to make sure major articles don't get left with gigantic dumps of information that might not all be necessary. 4. A - I'm happy with our other administrators. It's clear they're putting in plenty of work and not merely sitting on their throne to let the plebians add all the info. 5. A - Very accessible. Though I recommended updating the look above, I recognize that this bright look also helps keep the wiki to look easy to access and easy to read. 6. A 7. I think the forums could use some help in separating topics better. There's a good bit of overlap, so perhaps either moving their links or making it clearer what goes where should be in order. My thoughts. Tuckerscreator (stalk ) 22:18, 25 January 2014 (EST)


 * Just wondering what you meant by "advanced look"? I can think of a few examples, especially this wiki's design. — subtank   09:46, 26 January 2014 (EST)