Thread:EDBVR/@comment-44941400-20200811172938/@comment-44941400-20200811203002

Hi,

So this is gonna be a long one, please bear with me, it's all admin.

I understand you don't have Twitter, but my request to go over some things with you still stands as something of a necessity. If you are going to do more editing (and why not? I liked your ideas!), we're going to need to keep in touch, so I can see what you need and you can tell me what you're planning to do (in case of big changes, not tiny edits of course).

I don't want to discourage anyone from editing, but just to give you some perspective, everyone else on the editing team is also with me in either a group chat or a private chat, so we can discuss things such as the need for new pages or brainstorm new topics to tackle. It just makes everything more manageable. You don't have to do the same, but I was a bit taken aback by a new editor who I'd never spoken to before. Still, you're very welcome!

While we're messaging, I'd like to set something straight about your YouTube playlist. For one thing, it contains many links to people's personal channels including bootleg videos and personal vlogs, so I'm not going to allow you to link to it here. That also means you have to delete the playlist information from the YouTube links you use here. A YouTube link added to the Wiki should only contain "watch?v=" and then 11 characters, nothing else. That means you should delete the "&" and everything after (time stamps, playlist info, etc.). Example:

Correct use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqcuT8F2Yug

Incorrect use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqcuT8F2Yug&list=PLWILOjF_w32aMFW_WeLqPTiBoHiSx_w9h&index=2&t=0s

A while ago someone alerted me to the fact that you'd included some of my unlisted videos on that playlist. In case you weren't aware: that makes them public against the owner's wishes. In response, I chose to set my vids to private and that's a shame for the people I originally uploaded them for. I understand that was just an oversight, but that's also the reason I don't like people clicking a link on the Wiki to dive straight into your playlist. So, just so you know how that works.

Other Wiki topics I'd like to go over with you (and I do this with every editor, please don't feel singled out!) have to do with basic wiki skills, such as:

- the difference between external and internal links: you've linked to internal pages with an external link, which is inconsistent with the rest of the wiki and not very practical, so try to avoid this. To link to another wiki page: type the exact name of the page (look for it first if you're unsure). The name will be suggested after a few characters, and if you click the suggestion your link should turn blue (red link = broken!).

- uploading, naming and CREDITING images: for example, you uploaded copyrighted photos from Ste Murray's Flickr, did you ask permission or pay for them? So I'll have to go check with him if we can use them. Pictures need a proper name too, not just a string of numbers (one of yours is called ), so you can easily search for them if you want to upload them on a second page. If we don't do this, we'll end up with loads of doubles.

- creating (!) and categorising pages: There's a lot of admin involved in this wiki, for one thing: each page needs to be consistently categorised and have the appropriate parent pages. That last matter is also why I ask people not to go make new pages out of the blue on their own. It'd be impossible to keep track of them (over 130 and growing!!) if editors add pages without checking it with me.

I couldn't find out where you linked your new page from, so it was probably floating in a vacuum and would, as a result, get lost. Which is why I deleted yours and made a new one. It's now got its own button as well, redirecting from the FAH Resources page. Please check it out and do add more. For pictures, click "add to gallery" and follow the instructions.

https://foil-arms-and-hog.fandom.com/wiki/Se%C3%A1n,_Conor_%26_Se%C3%A1n_in_UCD%27s_Dramsoc

Sorry for the long message, I hope you're with me on everything. You can always reach me via email (heleen.evers@gmail.com) or message me on here. I remember vaguely you speak Dutch, that's fine too!

See you around and thanks for showing an interest, I really do appreciate it, just speaking to you now in admin mode instead of in creative mode, that's all.

x Heleen.