Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-4139585-20141130220646

It's getting closer and closer to the end of the year, which means that it's time to start preparing for the end of the year celebrations. No, this is not a post about 2015 - The Year of X, this is a post about 2014 - The Year of Change, and specifically, how it is going to end.

First off, there will now be official admin threads twice a month concerning all the changes that will be occurring within that month. The first thread will serve as an announcement thread and will be posted on the day before the month begins. The second thread will serve as an update and reminder thread, and will always be posted on the Sunday closest to 15th day of the month. If the 15th is on a Wednesday - Saturday, the thread will be posted on the next Sunday, otherwise it will be posted on the previous (or current) Sunday.

Secondly, we have Featured Series of the Year voting. This year, Sci, Lego, and myself talked with a small group of users and decided that it would be best to change the format for determining the Featured Series of the Year. We came up with a two-rounds voting system. At the beginning, all the series that won Featured Series of the Month from December 2013 until November 2014, which in this case is 13 series because of tie, are automatically nominated for Featured Series of the Year. All users may cast two votes; however, there are some restrictions to this. If you vote, you must cast both votes, or your single vote will be considered invalid. Obviously, you cannot cast both voted for the same series. Voting for the first round will end on December 4 at 11:59 PM.

The second round will begin in the new December update thread as mentioned above. The top 4 vote earners (including ties) will be nominated in round two. Vote counts reset, and each user is allowed only one new vote. Whichever series has the most votes at 11:59 PM on December 31 will be crowned Featured Series of the Year for 2015.

That said, the nominees in round one are:


 * Ben 10: Team Tennyson
 * Echo Echo Omnivurs Overwrite
 * Ben 10: Negative Rising
 * OmniSins
 * 40: The Last Splixson
 * Ben 10 & The Master Assassins
 * Ben 10: Biomniverse
 * Young Plumbers: Generations
 * Brandon 10: Alien Force
 * Benjection
 * UltiVerse: Protector of the Universe
 * Epic Nova
 * Ben 10: Heroes of Evolution

Please clearly indicate which two series you are voting for, and do not use the voting templates. If you change your vote, please edit the message with the vote and strike out the old vote using. Place the new vote, if you are making one, in the same reply. Do not make new replies with your changed vote. If it is unclear which series you are voting for, your vote will be invalid.

Note #1: Self-voting is allowed in both rounds.

Note #2: In the event of a tie in the second round, the winner will be determined by adding the the number of votes from the first round to the total vote count. If it is still a tie, then there will be a one-day only third round where votes counts reset and each user once again gets one vote. At this point, if it is still a tie, then we'll have to come up with something else. The bottom-line is that only one series can become Featured Series of the Year.

Next, the last big change that will happen during 2014 is a redesign of the main page. The new version of the page can be viewed here, though the right hand column of the page is at the bottom, instead of the actual right column. The new main page was designed by Ren and myself, and the major changes include, but are not limited to a restructured tab system, a new category portal, and more information about wiki projects.

Before we implement the new page, we are going to do a community vote. Voting will end on Friday, December 26, at 11:59 PM EST, and if approved, the new page will be added on Friday, January 2.

We also now have an official wiki calendar that can be found here.

The archive pages for December 1, 2014 through January 31, 2015 will be as follows:


 * Heatblast
 * Wildmutt
 * Diamondhead
 * XLR8
 * Upgrade
 * Grey Matter
 * Ripjaws
 * Fourarms
 * Stinkfly
 * Ghostfreak
 * Cannonbolt
 * Wildvine
 * Blitzwolfer
 * Snare-oh
 * Frankenstrike
 * Upchuck
 * Ditto
 * Eye Guy
 * Way Big

Please do not edit these pages other than to remove your content after transferring it to a new page specific to your series. For guidelines and other questions, please click here.

The updating of the Community Guidelines will also resume this week. Please pay attention to this page to see what gets changed, though keep in mind that most of the changes only involve rewording and not actual policy changes.

Lastly, a reminder that voting to choose the host of Winter Fanon Con 2014 will close this Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 11:59 PM EST. The next day, the host will be announced and sign-ups and scheduling will begin.

Admins: Tomorrow, the new admin discussion thread will be posted. We will be using the thread and only the thread to determine whether or not future discussion should take place there.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more updates.

--Paper 