User:Trig Jegman/Poll

Please indicate your interest in the idea of an independent fan content wiki. It would generally include page spaces dedicated to original characters, plotlines/roleplaying, gear sharing, design, and more—visually looking similar to Inkipedia. Please only vote with your name and keep all discussion to the discussion section. This poll will end at the end of March (midnight march 31 est).

Very interested

 * 1) ArgentuTA164 (talk) 00:31, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 2) Ratch S2_Gear_Headgear_Golden_Toothpick.png JPTAerosprayRG.png S3 Badge E-liter 4K 5.png S Weapon Special Inkstrike.png 01:36, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 3)  15:00, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 4)  19:09, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 5) S3_Badge_Flyfish_100.png Milchik (talk) 19:12, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 6)  19:14, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 7)   11:17, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * 8)   19:33, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * 9) Snoozefry (talk) 07:11, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
 * 10) SonicXFan64 (talk) 07:22, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Somewhat interested

 * 1) 🐙owen⛥puppy⛥21🐙 (talk) 19:04, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Neutral

 * 1) NEOSUIKA 23:40, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

Not interested at all/I don't participate in Fanon Content

 * 1) Yoshifan52 (talk) 20:14, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 2) Heddy (talk) 20:36, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 3)   21:58, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 4) GloverMist (talk) 22:58, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 5) Eli (talk) 15:32, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 6) -Xando (ping) 13:22, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 7)  23:16, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 8) Shahar (talk) 09:10, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
 * 1) Shahar (talk) 09:10, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

I would rather use the existing general Fanon Wiki

 * 1) Ballistik57 (talk) 19:43, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

I don't participate in Fanon Content but I support a dedicated place for Splatoon Fanon Content

 * 1) Heddy (talk) 21:25, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 2) Jelly Cat (talk) 21:31,25 February 2023
 * 3) Brycerw11 (talk) 23:17, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * 4) Xevsplatoon (talk) 07:26, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Discussion
Would it allow a large amount of images to be uploaded? I am somewhat interested in making comics (although I am not very good at drawing), and I am not sure if something like that would be allowed. 00:01, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes. In theory, as many as one wanted (in reason lol). Trig - 00:40, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Would the new site have some of the same templates as this one, such as those used for characters or Splatfest dialogues? ArgentuTA164 (talk) 04:17, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * If called for, sure. Trig - 05:29, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

It says "it will look visual similar to Inkipedia". My worry is that people will confuse the actual Inkipedia with this new site, and misinformation will spread to social media and Inkipedia self. It should look significantly different imo. So what does it mean with visual looking similar? Islar74 (talk) 09:53, 26 February 2023 (UTC)
 * It would use the same MediaWiki skin and rough layout. It would be very much branding wise and possibly colorwise distinct enough to be abundantly clearly that it's not the same site. This is because a lot of users do not like the relative design of the existing Fanon Wiki or are offput by its differences in some way—keeping it familiar on a dedicated site may make it more welcoming. Trig - 13:31, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

We don't need to be involved in this, and think it would actually be best if people were encouraged to do this for themselves in fully independent and decentralized ways. Break free of those platform-capitalist "I can only use specific websites that already exist" chains! Making your own things with complete creativity and freedom is still a thing that's possible on the internet in 2023 (thank god), and there are a lot of resources to help you do it! And you'll learn a ton too! Go make a page/site on Neocities, or Glitch, or GitHub Pages, or – hell – a Neopets Petpet page if you really want to be I'm-totally-not-a-zoomer-I-promise-look-how-amusingly-retro-this-is about it! These things are possible! (I already expressed this stuff informally via Discord but putting it here for the sake of transparency & not having discussions on + about the internet behind the walls of non-indexable 3rd party private chatrooms.) –Eli (talk) 15:37, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

If you're tempted to include it as a compromise for the Inkipedia community to express their creativity, that would be amazing! I specifically emphasize the "the Inkipedia community" part because being a part of the group you're helping to and ability to express yourself within this group is important for people as social beings, in my personal opinon. That way there's no need to create user pages on tons of other platforms and link them here, it always looks messy when different people use different platforms so other people are forced to adapt to all of them to express their opinions on these pages. Having a way for Inkipedia community to share their art and characters within Inkipedia is totally a good thing. It won't hurt the wiki itself that much if you decide to restrict the ammount of user pages and images and won't do anything more about it, but if you want to help people with that by creating uhh sub-wiki of sorts? that would be cool and less dismoraling. Milchik (talk) 19:26, 26 February 2023 (UTC)

Two questions 1: when would the be created and 2: would this be like a subspace of the inkipedia or a new page Ratch
 * Well, the purpose of the poll was to see if one should even be created at all. My concern stems from the lack of potential possible editors on the site (If nobody is going to use it, why bother creating and paying for it). Given the light warm response, its definitely something I am going to consider—I'm not totally convinced yet. If it is made, sooner than later. The next phase would be URL acquisition and finding an appropriate webhost, which I do have a few different leads for. It would be an independent website, but I would work to keep the two consistent so it wouldn't be the process of re-learning a new website or something. Trig - 19:53, 1 March 2023 (UTC)