Wikia Spotlights

Wikia - creating communities

Wikia Spotlights are images that appear on each Wikia page that link to other Wikia sites. The spotlights are created by Wikia staff, and run on a two-week cycle.

Wikia users can request a spotlight by adding a suggestion to the talk page. If you are not an administrator for the site you suggest, please discuss it with the administrators first. They will be responsible for handling any influx of new contributors and need to be ready and willing to do so.

[edit] Best practices

When you request a spotlight, your wiki should follow these best practices:

• The wiki should have a Welcome template for logged-in users and anonymous-IPs. Every new user should get a welcome on their talk page. Spotlights bring in new contributors, and it's very important that the community welcomes these new users, and helps them to get started. There shouldn't be any red Talk links on Recent changes. This is essential for any wiki that gets spotlighted.

• The wiki should use the Monaco skin as the default.

• The wiki should have at least 100 content pages, not counting stubs.

• The wiki should have a logo.

• The main page of the wiki should have at least one picture, and clear links to the most important content.

• The wiki should have a clear category structure to help readers navigate around the site. Every content page should be in a category.

[edit] Promoting your wiki

If a wiki that you work on hasn't been spotlighted yet, don't despair! There are lots of ways to promote the wiki and attract new contributors. Check out "Raising your wiki's Google ranking" on Help.wikia for tips on how to bring more attention to the wiki.