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 My views on this subject have been expressed multiple times, in both the forum Dan previously posted and this one. I'm not to pleased when a wave of talk page edits occur for a certain amount of time, but let's look at the contributing factors:
- We've "recently" added the Mirage Arena, which includes extra talk between users of who they're going to vote for, why, and so on.
- Lots of new users- I like getting new users to help edit the Wiki, but with new users come a few things we just can't stop: One, most will be learning how to use Wikia's coding/traverse through the Wiki as most who join are first-time Wikia users. Therefore, they will be welcomed by a couple/few users (talk page edit counts go up), followed by asking about talk bubbles (talk page edit counts go up), and if you have to explain what a talkbubble is, even more talk page edit counts. Once they have talkbubbles down, they'll start wondering about userboxes and other ways to customize their userpage (talk page edit counts go up). After they're coding spree settles down they'll start looking at forums and start commenting on them (could be viewed as talk page edit counts). Finally, once the forum/trickle of article edits are done, they'll start wanting emotions for their talkbubble. (talk page edit count goes up). This is just a cycle we ultimately cannot stop, but we can advise new users to go to the IRC for all discussions not pertaining to editing the Wiki.
- Votes for Featured Media- again, "who are you voting for, why, etc." (talk page edit count goes up)
- Wiki-princesses- Each user goes through they're own talk page editing spree, but they (normally) stop the massive edits to talk pages. However, some people just don't stop. They talk about anything and everything they want to, trivial or important, and ignore warnings/hints to cease the talk page edit spam. (for any Wiki-princesses out there reading this: please, take it to the IRC. No one cares if your dog, Fido, won the State Dog Competition, or if you lost your last baby tooth over the weekend. Now, the occasional formalities conversation is understandable, but every day? I think not.)
- Forum:The Keyblade War - Round Two, BBS Bracket A/other Keyblade War forums- (see reason under "Votes for Featured Media")
That's a few of the contributing factors. With a new wave of users comes a flood of questions. With the questions comes answers which equal more talk page edits. From what I've seen the past few days I've been active, most edits on talk pages come from new users trying to get to know others, how to make talkbubbles, and so on. Not that big of a deal; hopefully, once they're "on their feet," they'll decrease the talk page edits and move on to actual editing. But that's my two cents on this matter.
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Something that I have recently seen a lot of is that there are many users that join the wiki, and then accumulate many edits, as many as a few hundred. However literally 4/5ths of those edits come from edits to Talk Templates, user pages, and talk/user talk pages. I'm not going to name any names, but this kind of annoys me, since I kind of feel as if they are using this wiki as some huge chat room.
