All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part X

[LulzKiller]

Alright, just to keep it all simple, I assume the following is generally agreed on:

1. WikiForum to replace our current forum (we'll archive the old one)
2. Fixed RelatedArticles for better search results/SEO.
3. WikiSEO for further SEO optimization.


Not sure on:

1. Page ratings (due to complexity required for extension)


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Now, onto the remaining ideas I had, want some takes on them.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ImageRating

This extension allows us to vote on images, which could be used to decide images for pages and similar purposes, bundles nicely with what we have so far.


For Trope Workshop, I thought of a way to overhaul it by implementing a poll for whether a page is launchable on the Trope Workshop talk pages or even on the main pages (they can be removed when page is ready to launch). An example of how they look and how they can be ported to page (there is even a special page to keep track of all polls) is here:

http://social-tools.wmflabs.org/wiki/Pol...e_Polls%3F

We can even enable comments to mimic the TV Tropes TW format on the pages if preferred.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuizGame

Fun feature for users.

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HAWelcome

Enhanced version of the depreciated Automatic Board Welcome we once had, optimized for latest MW versions.


There are a few other minor things I wanted to do, but that's mostly maintenance stuff, like removing a few extensions we hardly use or are resource hogs that crap out more often than they work (SiteScout for example)

Anyway, that's everything, would love to know what everyone decides so I can write up a feature request.

Image rating out of stars? No. I'd be more than happy with a class-system for images too if needed, like WP has featured images.

Are polls select-group-votable, and will those polls show what each user voted? Transparency is key. We don't want brigading or fraud going on.

I mean if we have to have quizzes, they should be on a specific subpage for the topic of that quiz; I think having them on the main pages of the specific topic would be heavily advised against.

I'm all for automated welcomes.