User blog:DEmersonJMFM/Suggestions for Wiki

Hey everyone! Been a fan of The Loud House for a few weeks and been on the wiki for nearly a month. Over that time I've noticed issues that I believe need to be solved so I wanted to centralize them here. The wiki's free in implementing all or none of my suggestions, but these are things I see as issues having edited on Wikia for more than three years, some of which I've mentioned elsewhere on the wiki.


 * 1) Wiki Policy - The wiki has no guidelines, other that very brief Chat Guidelines, outlining how the wiki runs, what new users/Admins are expected to do, or how blocks are given. I'm not saying the wiki needs to create dozens of policies for every aspect of the wiki, but it should have something.
 * 2) Promotions - The wiki needs more users to operate the wiki more efficiently. The current "Staff" (wikis really shouldn't use the name of an official user group) is tiny and limited. I've seen a number of people that could qualify for more minor positions. The Criteria For Becoming an Admin seems a little arbitrary and includes nothing in regards to other useful positions such as moderators.
 * 3) Wiki Documentation - The Project or The Loud House Encyclopedia namespace has hardly been touched since the creation of the wiki. This namespace holds policies, central help for new users, criteria for positions, the about page for the wiki, templates, etc. These pages document the wiki and shouldn't be ignored.
 * 4) Maintenance - This boils down, at least in part, to a lack of policies and promotions. There are many pages for deletion (perhaps many more not listed). Many templates don't have documentation. Images are out of control (this point may be more of a personal preference than other things listed here though what isn't is that most images on wikis are used under the assumption of fair use and large galleries can't arguably qualify under fair use) hence licensing is a problem. There are some MediaWiki issues as well.
 * 5) Organization - Less of an issue now given my, and others, work on improving the wiki's category tree, but the tree still needs work and currently omits images entirely (that's a nightmare in of itself that should be planned for before implementing).