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{{FinalRest|time=05:58, 14 June 2014 (UTC)|happy2=Okay, first I'll give my answers to some of the above. :) | |||
*'''Location''': I think we could put it in the Kingdom Hearts Wiki: namespace (I'm not sure if it's called that here or not...). Then I think for promotion, we should put links in the sitenotice's and sections on the mainpage. | |||
*'''The Arenas''': I comment on this below, but I'll add some more input. From my point of view, the previous battles are for click baiting. The end game for this magazine is to generate new user interest in the wiki, right? So I think those links are good because they (hopefully) get people to go "Wow, Mirage Arena went up against Blank Points? That's a random battle, what else have they done over there?" and that (hopefully) leads to clicking on the arena, which (hopefully) leads to voting. The coming soon section is for the same reason. Instead of giving it all away, the idea is that readers go "Traverse Town, Leon and Gepetto are going to be in fights soon? Surely they won't be fighting each other? Who ''are'' they going to fight? I'll go take a look..." That's my thinking behind it, and if we decide to switch to a banner, I still strongly believe we need something to encourage that sort of thinking. Cause if we just stick a banner there, then it's just like "Oh, there's a link to the voting arenas. Welp, I don't vote there, so I won't click on it." I know these are all hypothetical situations, but I think we need to do everything we can to generate the interest in the sections which have our biggest (arguably) user participation. | |||
*'''Station of Awakening''': Haha, I suppose I should've been a bit more serious with my test. :P Yep, the Station of Awakening will happen exactly as you describe. It's a debate, basically. The two users argue for what they think is better, and it's left to the readers to decide who has the better argument. As for moving it up the page, I did think about that, but I think I left it because I thought we should get the arena stuff out of the way first, and have the SoA as a little pop of interest at the end. But if more want the SoA to be moved up, I have no problem with doing so. ^_^ | |||
*'''Ansem's Report''': Yep, if KHInsider can do it, then why not? | |||
Okay, now my own additions. | |||
*'''Comments''': Are we going to leave a place for readers to comment? I think the hosting page should be protected from edits, but the talk pages should be left open for readers to comment on. A place where they can talk about the things in the articles and stuff. | |||
*'''Editors in Chief''': I know this is listed in the sign up section, but it has no volunteers yet, when I think it's one of the most crucial jobs we need at the moment. I think two editors would be good. This is what the editors in chief would do: | |||
#Serve as the wrangler for all the different volunteers, keeping track of who's doing what and if they're on track. | |||
#Making sure each section has an assigned editor and, if volunteers have proven hard to find, completing the unassigned sections themselves. | |||
#In charge of the magazine mailbox. Speaking of which, do we have an official mailbox yet? I've noticed people have started using the test mag as a proper place to stick their work, which isn't good, because then there's no mystery for when the whole thing is done! We need an email so people can send their completed work there and the chiefs can keep it private until release. Also, I need to know what the email is so I can add it into the code where necessary. | |||
#Implementing everyone's work into the template and readying it for release. | |||
#Sweeping the completed magazine for grammar errors. | |||
#Selecting for the sections where selection is necessary. Eg: Choosing the mailbox question, the guess the beast etc. | |||
#Contacting those whose work was featured in the magazine when it is released: the artists, newbie editors mentioned on the first page. They pretty much have to do talk page magazine promotion. :D | |||
#Altering the codes so they work properly on both the Keyhole on the KHWiki. | |||
#Writing the contents page. | |||
#Prettying up the format of everyone's articles. This includes adding images to spice up wall's-o-text. | |||
#Writing the Round Room summary. | |||
#Sorting through the answers to our puzzles/to do lists and awarding medals/including mentions as necessary. | |||
#General bad-assery. | |||
I really think an editor is what we need right now to pull together all the strings we have woven so far. So, anyone want the job?}} | |||
===Template Talk=== | |||
{{FinalRest|time=05:58, 14 June 2014 (UTC)|happy=New section to keep the template separate from the article discussion. Also, I apologise in advance for the wall of text I know I'm about to type out. | |||
So, as of yesterday, I have done all I can in regards to the coding of the template. I'm gonna go page by page and list the issues I see/changes I've made/opinions I need for what we have. Please take a look at [[User talk:MateusinhoEX/MagazineTest#Test|the test run]] so you can take a look at what I'm referring to. :) Also note that I am referring to the template ONLY. In other words, if I say a page is done, I mean the code for the page, not the articles/other content within it. | |||
;Cover + Contents | |||
*Both pages are done and dusted | |||
;Ansem Reports | |||
*This isn't a necessity but I would still appreciate if someone could figure out how to space out the boxes a bit. Basically, I want the boxes to look like [http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y390/Snozcumsmees/Wiki/Untitled-1copy_zpse12589f2.png this]. | |||
*There's still no answer to how to add videos to the template. We can always just include links to trailers and things, but I think being able to include the proper videos would make the journal section (and any other sections with videos) much more visually pleasing. | |||
;Unlocking the Keyhole | |||
*Done | |||
;The Door to Light | |||
*Do ya'll want log sections to match the keyhole? | |||
*Are you scrapping the Command Board section? Cause I'll cut it from the code if you are. :) | |||
;The Coliseum | |||
*Probably our most indecisive page. ;D First, I can't remember if the Recent Battles section was given the go ahead. What do you guys think of that section? | |||
*Ah, the debated Coming Soon sections. We really need to come to final decision with these. I think I'm the only one that likes the images advertising the upcoming contestants, and the preferred method is the banner, right? Well I'm fine with just the same image for each issue, but I'd press for listing the contestants underneath the banners to give people a reason to click there. Basically, we need to click bait. Any ideas for how to do so? | |||
*I spaced out the debate section of the page. Is the convo easy to follow? | |||
*Also with the debate section, is there a way to implement the speech bubble codes into the main template? Not a biggie, but doing so would cut down the mag's article coding quite a bit. | |||
;The Keyblade Master | |||
*Done. All the personalized stuff will be left to whoever the KM is for the issue. | |||
;Dive to the Heart | |||
*Like with the Ansem page, I would like a gap between the boxes if possible. | |||
;The Round Room | |||
*Where are we hosting the audio and video? Let me know so I can add the correct codes in. | |||
*Will the Podcast peeps be taking topic requests? Let me know if I have to add in a section for contact details. :) | |||
*Should I add in a "Starring..." box? You know, a place to list all the people participating in the recording? Or will it be included under the In this episode box? | |||
*Regardless of the outcome of the above, are avatars still going to be used to identify speakers in the video? If so, I'll make sure there's room in the template. | |||
;Mark of Mastery Exam | |||
*Done, I think. | |||
;Naminé's Sketchbook | |||
*Changed the colors a bit. Are they okay? | |||
*I couldn't figure out how to get the boxes to hug the images. Can anyone help? I would like it to look more like [http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y390/Snozcumsmees/Wiki/2_zps35f26d2b.png this]. | |||
*Is all the art we feature on this page going to be from our editors? Or will we feature random fan art? Need to know for coding purposes. ^^ | |||
;The Grid | |||
*So I added a little story into the Guess the Beast part, so it was a bit more dynamic than just "Guess the Beast". But it's hella cheesy. XP Feel free to make it... better. | |||
*Riddles! I think we might want to include more. What do you think for a max number? | |||
*The Grid looks barren and I think we need to add some more features. I looked at my original pitch for the page to get some ideas and these were the ideas we had: | |||
:#A Puzzle. Like, a ''proper'' puzzle. Is there anyone here who knows how to make wordfinds or crosswords etc? | |||
:#A KH Skit. The original thinking behind this was like a recurring comic, but in script form... or even if comic form, if someone was willing to whip that up. I was thinking of it being based around the same characters, with room for expansion to a bigger cast. We could do it on KH (The Adventures of Axel! Today's episode: The struggle with fire insurance) or maybe some editors could collaborate on their own adventures (Chainoffire and FinalRest in... Nose Punch III: Fisticuffs!) or even mix the two together (The Adventures of Axel! Today's episode: Why are those two idiots punching each other in the nose?) | |||
:#A one shot voting arena for the readers to participate in in the comments... or talk page, I dunno. We could also use this one to advertise the next issue. For example, in a Namine VS Roxas battle, we could have whoever wins be featured on the next cover, or the subject of one of the next articles etc. | |||
*Those are just the old ideas, so others are welcome. Long story short: we need something else for the Grid page, so it isn't so basic. | |||
;Flick Rush | |||
*Does the format for the mailbag look alright? | |||
*Is the mailbag always going to be one question? Or multiple? If the latter, what is the max number? | |||
*I changed the To Do Lists, to make the tasks smaller than the original ones set, as an example of what they should look like. The idea is that they're small, manageable tasks to encourage editing. | |||
And that's all I've got! I really need opinions on all of the above, so I can put the template aside with the knowledge that we've done all we can to it. Oh, and feel free to comment on anything else you want to change/add. Finally, I apologise to all the editors whose names I've randomly chucked throughout the test. XD}} | |||
==Podcast Discussion== | ==Podcast Discussion== | ||