Talk:Welcome

Structure of the Welcome page

Basically people coming here come mostly to find wikis. The first block should then be the category list then optionaly the wiki of the day then optionaly the user list. The current structure is just adding a unecessary step. 193.164.156.10 08:47, 4 February 2008 (EST)

I agree. I have to scroll down three pages to get to the meat of the welcome page. My first visit was nearly my last as I couldn't see a way to navigate the site. --St3f 11:18, 7 March 2008 (EST)

Wiki of the day

You need a wiki of the day, or a wiki of the week! 194.80.21.10 06:58, 19 June 2006 (EDT)

Yes, one per week would probably be more manageable for us to start. Would be great if we had a way to invite the community to participate also, then we could get up to one/day --Raymond King | talk 12:47, 19 June 2006 (EDT)

Ok.

User list

List currently on Template:Recent visitors could get rather long, so maybe have a separate page for it? Robin Patterson 22:32, 1 June 2006 (EDT)

Colors

I seem to have messed up the colors. Can someone fix it? Thanks! TedErnst | talk 19:04, 14 June 2006 (EDT)

Hi,I am jane, working in a IC platform([1]). Yesterday, I saw something about 2008's fashion, may be it is useful for you, now I want to share with you. Fashion Trends 2008: A new year heralds new fashion trends, but deciphering the good from the bad, and 2008's new look from a 2007 has-been, is never an easy thing. Browsing thousands of photos and studying hundreds of hours of catwalk footage, we've put together a list of 2008's biggest fashion trends and we've thrown in hair and beauty trends to boot. But of course, we won't be leaving it there. Throughout 2008 we'll be updating all our trend bibles to reflect trends which have emerged not from the catwalk, but from the street - they're always the most popular. The days get hotter, the clothes thinner, and the hem lines shorter. But while Summer always have such constants what does the Summer 2008 period hold in store? What will fashion trends will girls be wearing? Find out the key Summer pieces you should be investing in, those you should be avoiding, the key looks, and the designers making them. What sort of exciting hair trends will 2008 hold? Well if you bothered to read our awesome predictions, you'd know that by now! The crop, the bob, the fringe are all working their way into the year's trends, while hair styles include soft and feminine and elegant side parts. Click the image to visit the article and find out all of 2008's hair trends in styles, cuts and colours. Dark eyes may never go out of style, but natural beauty is a sure winner in 2008. Lip colours span a full pallet of nudes to pinks to tangerines to reds and blacks, while bronzed goddess cheeks give way to blushing pastels. Elements of the classic screen siren fine their way into the beauty trends while colour re-emerges as bright and bold.

Protecting

You could protect the page to "Block unregistered users" so that we won't have any anonymous IP jerkoff vandals.

The Future of WikiIndex?

The Welcome page includes the RecentChanges.info section and "The Future of WikiIndex and this (we)blog" blog entry, but it doesn't seem clear to me where people are supposed to reply to the request "Would you like to help?" --EarthFurst 12:44, 26 July 2007 (EDT)

Captcha

Annoyed by the Captcha? Sure! Login to avoid it? I am logged in - and I get it anyway! - Is this a bug or a feature? Either this behaviour or this note on the welcome page should be fixed, I think.--Speckmade 00:22, 15 November 2007 (EST)

I'm not exactly sure how it works, but I think you might still be getting it because you haven't hit some arbitrary number of edits to where MediaWiki will no longer consider you "newly registered". Or are you doing more than just simple page editing (i.e.: moving pages or uploading files) because in those cases, I think anybody but an admin will have to go through a CAPTCHA to prevent spammers and vandals biding their time and pretending to play nice for a few days until they're no longer "newly registered". — User:Sean Fennel@ 22:49, 15 November 2007 (EST)

At first, the system would present me with a captcha every time I added a new link - or at least that's what it said. After I was made a sysop, this has ceased. Of course, I can't be sure that the two events were related. Felix Pleşoianu | talk 07:26, 16 November 2007 (EST)

Its a bug. No doubt about it. Elassint 22:54, 17 November 2007 (EST)

How many wikis is too many?

Currently, only 647 out of 5500 Wikia sites are listed here. Would listing them all be regarded as spam, or is this acceptable? Angela 21:40, 12 March 2008 (EDT)

It's acceptable but much work. Start this task, if you want to do so. :) Best regards --Wolf | talk 07:13, 13 March 2008 (EDT)

Angela, I think it would be fabulous! But agree with Wolf about the much work :-) We are trying to get Wikis to Add done! Best, MarkDilley