User:MuppetArchives/Current Events 09 (May 2006)

Archiving discussions from Current Events.

Brand spanking new transcript format
I figured out a new way to do the Muppet Wiki transcript format that's much easier than what we had before. There's a couple things I'd like somebody to help me figure out, and I put that on the format page itself. What do you guys think of the new system? Can anybody help fix it? -- Danny (talk ) 12:40, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Outreach
I was looking at our very sad Farscape section today, and I thought it would be cool if we could invite some Farscape fans to come be a part of the wiki. As far as I know, there isn't a Farscape wiki, so if the Farscape folks wanted to "adopt" Muppet Wiki and build a Farscape wiki here, that would be awesome. So I sent a message to PKBarb at Karlsweb, who I was friendly with back when I was writing Farscape stuff for Tough Pigs, and asked her how we could reach out to Farscape folks.

So now I'm wondering if there are other groups of people we could reach out to, like puppetry guild people. I don't really know any, but maybe somebody else here does. I think if we could invite more kinds of people to contribute to the wiki, that'll build up the contributor base, and make this a richer database. Does anybody have any ideas about who we could reach out to, or how? -- Danny (talk ) 23:28, 6 May 2006 (UTC)


 * About the puppetry guild people, what are you looking for? Non-Henson info or something? I can send an email around to some people I know. Scooter 02:11, 10 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Not non-Henson info per se. But there's probably a lot of people in the puppet world who like Muppets but aren't part of the "Muppet fan" world. They might know stuff about the puppeteers, or something. Does that make sense? -- Danny (talk ) 02:12, 10 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I am a member of a puppet guild. I am sure that I know other members who are acquaintances of Muppeteers and might know interesting info.  Theatrefreak25 05:07, 10 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Cool, if you could spread the word, that would be great! -- Danny (talk ) 14:16, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Character Evolution pages
I think we need to create a better system for the Character Evolution pages. At this point, they're becoming a magnet for every new user to come in and switch stuff around. A lot of people don't discuss changes on the talk pages; they just go ahead and switch pictures and text around. In my opinion, those pages used to be fun, but they've been a big mess for a while now.

This is my idea: We need some people to volunteer to be the "editors" for those pages, and then we create a two-tier system for creating those pages. The "Through the Years" page for each character is protected, and only the editors can change them. Everybody who wants to change or add something has to post their suggestion on the talk page, and the editors only make the change if there's general agreement about it. I think that would give some structure and accountability on those pages.

I'm going to temporarily protect those pages now. I'd like to know if other people feel the same way about them. -- Danny (talk ) 04:08, 3 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree, some pages just get out of hand (see also Characters Whose Names Sound a Bit Rude) and you need someone to be the leader and organizer of the article (for some time) to help get things back on task or else you'll end up with an unproductive mess. I think some kind of template (like the  one that an admin (who can talk with and assign an editor) could place at the top of an article to say something like "In order to keep this page up the Muppet Wiki quality and standards, an editor has been place in charge...blah, blah, blah. The designated editor of this page is  ______. Post and discuss any additions/updates on the talk page, or contact the page editor or a Wiki admin". -- BradFraggle 01:20, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Pictures in Song Pages
I have noticed that most of the song pages do not have any pictures for them. I think that pictures should be included for a lot of the song pages. Perhaps stills or other appropiate pictures. There is a picture on the page for Rubber Duckie, but it's an illustration of Bert taking a bath outdoors while Ernie plays the piano with his Rubber Duckie on top of it. I think it's odd to put that picture there, as opposed to a picture of Ernie in the bathtub with Rubber Duckie (I'm thinking include a still from one of the sketches with the song, though a generic picture of a similar setting, like the one included with the song lyrics in Sesame Street Unpaved).

There are also many songs that featured characters who only appeared in those songs, and the character pages for those characters had stils from those songs, but the individual song pages do not. The page for Bruce Stringbean features a still from Born to Add, but the song page does not. Pages for some of the Monotones feature pictures from Telephone Rock, but the song page for Telephone Rock does not. While Best Friend Blues does not have any pictures, a picture of Ernie from that song is included in a page about rod hand and live hand switching.

So I would like to ask politely those who can to put pictures in the song pages. Who's with me? --Minor muppetz 02:21, 3 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I think that's a great idea; I was hoping that people would do that. You know how to upload pictures, right? -- Danny (talk ) 02:35, 3 May 2006 (UTC)


 * No, not really, and I'm not sure that I have the proper equipment. That's why I brought attention to this subject, so that those who do know and have the proper equipment would see this and add pictures. --Minor muppetz 02:45, 3 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, if you have any pictures saved on your computer, you can upload them by clicking the "Upload file" button on the left navigation bar. You hit "Browse", and then open the photo. Then hit "upload", and it's there.


 * If there's pictures on other pages that you think would work on the song pages, then you can also just copy and paste the image code into the song page. -- Danny (talk ) 02:47, 3 May 2006 (UTC)