Customizing the Achievements
If it isn't obvious from the title, this blog is about the customization of the badges in our achievements feature.
We're currently "testing" the achievements feature here to see how well it works. There is no plan to replace our current awards system. Personally, I like having both. The awards are much more personal and satisfying to receive, and they are more customizable. However, we admins aren't always active enough to keep up with the awards, so the badges offer a temporary "thank you" to new editors.
Back to the main focus of the blog... We need to make our badges "Coasterfied!" (Yes, the word is stupid. You get the point!). Have a look at the current badges below, and try to come up with coasterfied (LOL!) names for them.
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Image Policy
First of all, I want to thank you all for removing hundreds of photos so very quickly. Of course, none of us want to do that again. To prevent this from reoccurring, we need to create an image policy. One that all pictures will need to be checked with.
NamekianFusion has created a forum page for the discussion of this. We can create our first draft there: Forum:Image Policy.
In the future, I'd like to create templates for the image uploader so that new users will know what they need to do.
Massive Copyrighted Photo Removal
Greetings Coasterpedians! It has come to my attention that a large number of our photos are taken directly from Roller Coaster DataBase, and are copyrighted.
I'm sorry I haven't been staying on top of this issue. The problem has been around for quite a while, yet I just haven't had the time to stop it. Now is the time to get control of the problem!
RCDB has asked us to remove all of their images immediately. Please lend a hand and help delete photos. Any time you see a photo, just go check on Roller Coaster DataBase to see if you can find it there. If it is there, delete it immediately.
It's important to remove these as quickly as possible so that we won't be held accountable for breaking copyright laws and taken offline.
This is a task of utm…
Achievements
Hi all! I've recently been considering the activation of Wikia's Achievements feature. As you know, we already have an Awards system in place.
I just believe that, as nice as our awards are, they aren't much of an encouragement to new users.
If Achievements are activated, I plan to continue using our awards system. However, a few awards will probably be removed in favor of the badges version.
Do you agree with this decision? Please vote below, and share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Thank you!
A New Year Dawns
Happy New Year everyone! Well, not yet for me yet, as of this writing... Anyway, 2011 was by far the greatest year in the short history of this wiki! It has jumped from just two active users to more than five. In addition, our number of articles has grown by the hundreds! Let's hope that 2012 will be even greater!
2012 also looks to be an awesome year in the amusement park industry, with many amazing roller coasters opening such as Verbolten, Leviathan, Seven Dwarf's Mine Train, The Swarm, Wild Eagle, X-Flight, SkyRush, Superman - Ultimate Flight, Manta, and much more!