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This page is for community discussion (village pump). Official actions/requests should be made here.
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Charter proposal

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Charter did not pass. Sayori.svg centrist16 | Talk | Flag of Conworlds Quality Control.svg | Discord-Logo-Color.svg 15:25, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Goldentrash has proposed a charter for adoption/ratification on the Constructed Worlds Wiki at-large for the purposes of codifying and formalizing wiki and server administration. He has proposed the creation of a presidency and a council, as well as a system of project administrators and moderators. A notice has been given on the official Discord server and on this site's wiki notice which will last until March 18, 2020. The purpose of this discussion at the Village pump is for transparency, documentation, and community input. NOTHING SAID HERE WILL BE TAKEN OR CONSIDERED A BINDING VOTE. Actual voting for the charter should be submitted at the actual link provided earlier. However, for organizational purposes, users may share what they have voted for and discuss their rationale, as well as their general thoughts on the matter. Sayori.svg centrist16 | Talk | Flag of Conworlds Quality Control.svg | Discord-Logo-Color.svg 07:52, 11 March 2020 (UTC)

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Oppose Mythopoeia Goldentrash has actively sought to deprive editors of their hard work by seeking to forcibly seize users pages through community votes. Will he take your pages next?

Oppose Emalia (talk)

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Discussion

  • This is an absolute farce, we don't need a change of leadership on the wiki. Justin is still around and continues to update and edit the wiki on a daily basis. His leadership is indispensable and the need for a second bureaucrat (or just allowing Travis to be the sole bureaucrat) is very unnecessary. There is no need for a referendum and everyone can see the power jockeying at play here. If we actually wanted a president of impartiality it would be Centrist. If this vote is to go through it will most certainty mean the downfall of this wiki. VOTE NO on this dictatorial charter. Mythopoeia
    • Due to the technical limitations of Miraheze, Justin would retain his Bureaucrat status and would in essence act as a final check on both my authority and every subsequent president. This charter aims to formalize the status quo while providing a system for resolving disputes that arise within projects and with administration of the server and wiki. This current system of bickering back and forth with no agreed upon rules to look towards is highly inefficient and is unproductive. i ii ii i _ (talk) 08:07, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
      • Then there is absolutely no point for you to be president and dictate who is moderator and who generates the rules. If anything, Centrist should generate those moderators/individuals to create the rules, or hell make the regulations himself. You are clearly not in a state of impartiality to be the at the helm of this site. Mythopoeia
  • GoldenTrash should not be made the head of the site. Although I am a relatively new user I have experienced firsthand some of his decisions, and have learned much about the situation from fellow users. The general consensus across the community seems to be that GoldenTrash should have less authority not more, as his partial leadership thus far has divided the community greatly. On Discord he has been made head and in recent times many of Conworld's users have been banned or voluntarily quit as a result. At this time I have gathered that the "official" discord run by him only has a few active users, while splinter discords have upwards of 30 users, and are far more active if you seek Conworlding discussion. GoldenTrash has wrongfully and unfairly banned many users from his server, including myself, without a clear explanation or reason. He has banned many users who defended me or were opposed to unfair banning in general. I fear that if he is made head of the miraheze site he will have free range to ban me and others arbitrarily just as he has on discord. I fear that his leadership will spell a similar pattern here as it has on discord, with most of the users quitting or fleeing to other sites. I am content with the current situation in which Centrist is the head of the wiki, and if anything I feel like GoldenTrash should have less power (here and/or on discord). I am strongly against him being the "president" and having the power to appoint moderators and do as he sees fit. Emalia (talk) 08:51, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
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Server Reformation

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Resolution failed and rendered moot. Sayori.svg centrist16 | Talk | Flag of Conworlds Quality Control.svg | Discord-Logo-Color.svg 15:25, 15 April 2022 (UTC)

Removal of Goldentrash as Discord bureaucrat and transfer of duties and server ownership to Centrist16.

A second is required for community ballots to be collected.

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Discussion

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Promotion of Andy Irons to adminship

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Consensus is clear, which includes administrative support. The promotion of Andy Irons as an administrator is approved. Centrist16 | Talk | Discord-Logo-Color.svg

Hello everyone,

User:Andy Irons has been with us for quite some time now and has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to our community. He is an author of much importance in our community's longest-lasting active project Altverse II and a major driver of that project's longevity. He is highly communicative, exceptionally positive, and a friendly member of our community well liked by all who have the pleasure to engage with him. He is an upstanding member of this community and is well suited to become the next member of our admin team.

In moving forward with a revitalized commitment to our core values of cooperation and consensus, Andy Irons' potential promotion is being put on the Pump for feedback from the community. Please keep your comments respectful and civil. Please keep any and all discussion SOLELY related to the promotion of Andy Irons. Disrespectful or off-topic comments will be removed without notice. Please sign any comments with four tildes, as per usual (i.e., ~~~~). Thank you for your understanding.

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  • Fizzyflapjack (talk) 16:24, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
  • T0oxi22 (talk) 16:30, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
  • Screwhorn (talk) 16:30, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
  • Mythopoeia (talk) 00:42, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
  • Support From day one, Andrew has been one of our strongest and most dedicated writers. He has my fullest resounding support and I am confident he will be an excellent part of the administration team. Centrist16 | Talk | Discord-Logo-Color.svg 03:43, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

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Demotion of Mythopoeia from adminship

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The demotion was an uncontested matter and done in compliance with the petitioner's request. Centrist16 | Talk | Discord-Logo-Color.svg

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  • Mythopoeia (talk) 00:42, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Out of respect for the petitioner's request, I would consider this a formal resignation and an uncontestable act. Centrist16 | Talk | Discord-Logo-Color.svg 03:46, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

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Promotion of T0oxi22 to adminship

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Consensus is clear, which includes administrative support. The promotion of T0oxi22 as an administrator is approved.

Hello everyone,

T0oxi22 has been one of the finest writers we have ever had. Her creativity, dedication, and versatility has allowed her to produce some of the longest and highest-quality pages this community has ever seen. Since her time here on Conworlds, she has become an indispensable member of the community whose reach spans across several of our wiki's projects including Altverse II, Merveilles des Morte, and Project Exodus. She has demonstrated herself to be a capable, fair, and knowledgeable person whose interests align strongly with the rest of the administration team. She has been extremely helpful as a rollbacker and already has de facto administrative powers on the Discord server. With her most recent creation at the time of this writing, I have kept my word as a promise to her that I would happily nominate and endorse her promotion as administrator. I have absolute confidence that she will help our community grow and succeed with her as a fellow member of the administration team. Disrespectful or off-topic comments will be removed without notice. Please sign any comments with four tildes, as per usual (i.e., ~~~~). Thank you for your understanding.

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Promoting Yuker language to Featured article

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Consensus has not been reached. The proposal as it stands has been defeated and will not move forward. Centrist16 | Talk | Discord-Logo-Color.svg 21:17, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello. I’ve written the article Yuker language and I believe that it should be promoted to a Featured article. Centrist16 has closely followed my development of this article from the beginning, and has already determined it to be worthy of A-class. As the Featured status is supposed to showcase the best articles in the community, I am of the opinion that we are in need of promoting other articles than just national articles. I believe that the article is perhaps the most complete (as in covering all relevant information about the language, not just phonology and grammar) example of an article about a conlang at this moment, at least for a language its size. Erik (talk) 00:10, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

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  • I believe that the article is written well and exemplifies originality. I believe that starting with this page, we can begin the process of nominating even more articles for featured status, a process which have neglected for years now. There definitely needs to be more featured articles and this one, in my opinion, should be among them. Centrist16 | Talk | Discord-Logo-Color.svg 15:21, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
  • The article has all the hallmarks of an A-class, and tackles an interesting topic to boot. I would not mind it being on the Featured list. Screwhorn (talk) 15:48, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Fizzyflapjack (talk) 16:10, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Like most works made by the author, this article is beautifully written and deserves to be featured on our site. Andy Irons (talk) 6:26, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
  • --Mythopoeia (talk) 01:00, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Emalia (talk) 05:07, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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  • I don't mean any offense by this as it's a good article, but in my opinion it's not worthy of featured status. The article as a whole is fairly short compared to example language pages. The grammar section, one of the most important aspects, is very bare and doesn't thoroughly explain how to construct things in the language. Education and culture are also very bare, just a paragraph each, and the article could use sections on orthography, and maybe use in media. T0oxi22 (talk) 19:41, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
  • I am very glad that there is more interest in writing conlangs here–especially creole languages, which are among the most fascinating phenomena in terms of historical linguistics. I think the history and explanation of dialectal differences are fairly fleshed out, but so far the grammar is kinda bare! Creoles arise from specific sociohistoric situations and it'll be cool to see how that'll play out in the evolution/development and eventual grammar of Yuker Creole! Candiesrgood (talk) 19:47, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
  • I'm no expert in conlanguage articles, but I feel like Yuker language is A-class because it's generally complete and coherent, but comparatively speaking it seems pretty short and surface-level among existing, non-featured language articles. So among featured articles of Conworlds as a whole, I don't think that's where you want to set the bar Nathan1123 (talk) 00:09, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Doesn't feel "featured"; multiple sections still need additional elaboration and explanation, though it's current state itself is good and has potential in the future for the coveted featured status. Solace II (talk) 01:01, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
  • I second what's been said above - this is a really good article and has some great ideas, but it would be awesome to see it more fleshed out. Most of the featured articles are more than 150,000 bytes in length, while the Yuker language article is only around 30,000 bytes long so far. Don't be disheartened though, this is still a great article and would love to see what you continue to come up with! Javants (talk) 05:34, 10 August 2022 (UTC)
  • Nathanadrian (talk) 10:06, 12 August 2022 (UTC)

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Discussion

Candidate for Featured Article: Oasisamerica

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Consensus has been reached. The article will be featured and a featured blurb will be created and added into the featured articles pool for the main page in due time. Congratulations to @Vandenhoek:! Centrist16 | Talk | Discord-Logo-Color.svg 16:12, 20 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello everyone,

It is with great pleasure that I would like to propose a vote on the elevation of Oasisamerica (Merveilles des Morte) to the status of Featured Article. This project has an intriguing history on our website, having made its way away and back to our community. This article in particular is written to the highest standard, utilizing a fully encyclopedic tone while also proving an entertaining read. User:Vandenhoek is more than deserving of this distinction. Alongside the writing itself, the article is well-illustrated with both found images and original cartography, something which our community should proudly highlight as a centrepiece of engaging worldbuilding. For too long this work has gone unrecognized and even unrated--I believe it is high time we change this and let the article take it rightful place alongside the other great works of our community. With recently renewed interest in the Merveilles des Morte project, for me this nomination is a no-brainer.

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Candidate for Featured Article: Mák’ai language

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Consensus is clear: the nomination passes unopposed. The article will be featured and added to the front page pool of featured articles. Congrats User:Javants! Fizzyflapjack (talk) 16:53, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Hello everyone,

I would like to propose a vote on the elevation of Mák’ai language to the status of Featured Article. There has been a recent general desire among the community to grant more non-nation articles the status of Featured Article to better showcase the breadth of projects undertaken on the wiki, and I believe that the Mák’ai language article is a good candidate for this. The article is the most extensive language article that I know of and is augmented with extensive audio recordings, images, and maps. Additionally, the article also includes three associated pages - Mák’ai language/Lexicon, a dictionary; Mák’ai language/Poetry and songs, a corpus of poetry written in the Mák’ai language); and Book:Mk'anbu mruk'í Mák’ai-wawá!, a textbook for learning the language. I believe nominating this article for Featured Status may be the first step in increasing the breadth of Featured Articles on this wiki, and therein better reflecting the quality and diversity of works within our community.

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Support Strongest support. Its official recognition and inclusion as a featured article will be an excellent way to start the new year strong. I am always thoroughly impressed by your works and this article is a true testament to the ingenuity and craftsmanship you have put into this community. Centrist16 | Talk | Discord-Logo-Color.svg 08:15, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
Support Nothing else needs to be said. -Mythopoeia (talk) 08:22, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
Support Fizzyflapjack (talk) 13:20, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes . logo.svg T0oxi22 (talk) 20:22, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
Support Andy Irons (talk) 11:20, 1 January 2023 (UTC)
Support --Solaris2019 (talk) 00:03, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
Support DatMaster001 (talk) 00:25, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
Yes (Israel)-Logo.svg Nathanadrian (talk) 05:40, 2 January 2023 (UTC)
Support D̗íyak! :) Diesel.mov (talk) 18:54, 2 January 2023 (UTC)

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Main Page: Patron Article of the Month addition

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After several days, there has been no opposition to the proposal. Subsequently, the addition to the main page will be made as proposed. Fizzyflapjack (talk) 15:48, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Hello everyone,

I am about ready to set up a Patreon account for the Constructed Worlds Wiki to allow the community to help pay for the site's monthly web-hosting costs. As one of the potential benefits of an as-of-yet undetermined tier, I would like to get feedback on the potential inclusion of a "Patron Article of the Month" section to the Main Page. A Patron of this benefit tier will be allowed to select an article (either their own or any other on-site article) to have featured on the main page for a month. The next month, the next patron of that same tier will get to make a selection. If another patron signs up for this benefit tier while on this second patron's month, they will get the next month after them. Once the list of patrons has been run through, it will loop back to the first patron.

To demonstrate this I have created Main Page/Sandbox to show what it would look like. Personally, I think that this patron box should go right above the navboxes at the bottom of the page (immediately below the About the Wiki and Paracosmic Awards sections, which include merit-based achievements such as Featured Articles), because it's essentially a paid advertisement (albeit totally on-site as no external linking would be allowed).

There is also the possibility of eschewing the monthly rotation in favour of the random selection of articles from a list, where Patrons can update their selected features as they please. Personally I dislike this system because I think MediaWiki is bad at choosing randomly and also it devalues the placement of articles on the Main Page.

I'm happy to hear suggestions and concerns about this. At the very least, once the Patreon is set up, the names of every patron will be included in a small box on the Main Page, so this discussion is just about the possibility of page promotions being included as a Patreon tier benefit. Fizzyflapjack (talk) 17:10, 31 August 2023 (UTC)

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Proposal to apply to the Independent Wiki Federation

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After several days, there has been no opposition to the proposal. The Constructed Worlds Wiki will apply to become a member of the Independent Wiki Federation immediately. Fizzyflapjack (talk) 04:56, 30 November 2023 (UTC)

I have recently become aware of the Independent Wiki Federation, an association of independently-administrated wikis which aims to create a community of collaboration and shared knowledge between its members:

As Conworlds' technician, I think it would be very valuable for our wiki to be a member of this organization. I am capable of simply maintaining the back-end of this wiki, but I am always trying to learn new ways to demonstrably enhance the quality of the site for users. Not to be too morbid, but in the unlikely event of my incapacitation from caring for Conworlds, I think having an association between Conworlds and a community of technically-minded wiki developers is an invaluable connection.

As an 11-year veteran Conworlds user, I believe the IWF's principles align with the fundamental values of our community. Back when Conworlds was on Wikia, the admins made a point of reaching out to the admins of sister-genre wikis to foster inter-wiki collaboration and community growth. Conworlds has not maintained its ties to other wikis as we continue grow more distant from Fandom's ecosystem. Since our detachment from Miraheze, we have pretty much relied on the strength of our existing community to foster the interest of others. Joining an alliance of indie wikis seems like common sense in opening a new pathway for outside interest in our vibrant community and our cherished projects.

For these reasons, I am submitting for the community's consideration a proposal to apply to the Independent Wiki Federation. Please voice your comments or concerns here on the village pump in the Discussion section below. Fizzyflapjack (talk) 00:35, 27 November 2023 (UTC)

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Promoting File:2 Trine Banknote.png to Featured media

We've talked about finally getting to adding Featured media and I think File:2 Trine Banknote.png is worthy given the complexity of the piece in question. There's also an .svg version but it's like 20 MB so I think nominating the raster version (which also loads like 100x faster) is more relevant. Erik (talk) 00:18, 16 December 2023 (UTC)

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