A FANDOM Community Connect event. Copyright Wikia, Inc. 

Mercury: a Community Connect Town Hall

A global event to showcase and educate about an essential part of the FANDOM experience and community: seeing your communities grow and evolve over time! Presenters from the FANDOM Community Staff broadcast topical presentations, each followed by a moderated question & answer session. Understanding how your communities can best work for the fresh generation of readers is key, so there is something for all skill levels.

· Shifting Audiences: How to think about your community readers — they may not be who you think (and may not be who they were when the community started)!
· Modernization: What's new with the FANDOM tools, network, and platform. Where are we going this year?
· Out with the old: What are some older design patterns that no longer fit a modern web or wiki? How can these be replaced with something responsive and responsible without losing your community flavor?
· Converting readers to editors: How to get volunteers interested, and keep them involved. Why FANDOM is a different culture than Wikipedia.

See more (including the slides) at: http://connect.wikia.com/wiki/Evolution

Evolution: a Community Connect Town Hall

Wikia Community Connect 2015

Wikia Community Connect 2015 Day 1 - 8 Building and Strengthening Communities

8 Building and Strengthening Communities

Community Connect 2015: Building and Strengthening Communities — Growth Strategies

Fandom Sr. Product Manager Chris Fife addresses the Wikia community members to break down fandom.1eye.us and its offerings. 

Community Connect 2016: What is Fandom?

A global event to showcase and educate about an essential part of the FANDOM experience and community: making great articles! Presenters from the FANDOM Community Staff broadcast topical presentations, followed by a moderated question & answer session. Understanding how your communities can best work for the fresh generation of readers is key, so there is something for all skill levels.

* Making the Most of Contribution Tools: the infrastructure and tools FANDOM has for contributors.
* Developing Content: how to write and edit with a specific tone for richer, consistent articles.
* How Templates Make Great Articles: best practices for templates, and using them to enrich your pages.
* Article Organization That Draws in Readers: organizing articles to draw in readers from search and keep them engaged.

See more (including the slides) at: http://connect.wikia.com/wiki/Making_Great_Articles

Making Great Articles: a Community Connect Town Hall

Community Connect 2015 - Communication Strategies

Communication Strategies

Community Connect 2015: Building & Strengthening Communities — Communication Strategies

Learn about Wikia's Terms of Use and Community Guidelines in this Fandom University video. 

Fandom University - Wikia's Terms of Use and Community Guidelines

Wikia Community Connect 2015 Day 2 - 3 Presentation Life cycle of a feature at Wikia

3 Presentation Life cycle of a feature at Wikia

Community Connect 2015: Lifecycle of a Wikia feature

Wikia mobile guru Stanley Tran updates the community on what is happening with apps at Wikia. 

Community Connect 2016: Apps at Wikia

Marvel Database admin Jamie Hari shares his knowledge to the Wikia community by discussing how to write wikis for an audience. 

Community Connect 2016: Writing Wikis for an Audience

The Wikia community learns how to gain and retain new contributions to their wikis.

Community Connect 2016: How to Gain and Retain New Contributions to Wikis

Fandom Community Connect

The European Wikia community get to ask each other questions during one of the many lectures during the event. 

Community Connect 2016 - Multilingual Adventures on Wikia

Wikia Community Connect 2015 Day 2 - 3 QA Life cycle of a feature at Wikia

3 QA Life cycle of a feature at Wikia

Community Connect 2015: Questions & Answers — Lifecycle of a Wikia feature

A global event to showcase and educate about vital parts of the Fandom network ecosystem: CSS and design. Presenters from Fandom staff illustrate topical presentations, each followed by a questions moderated by Community's Bert Hall. From a primer on CSS fundamentals to "power use" on Fandom, there should be something for all skill levels.

CSS: a Fandom Town Hall

Learn about Wikia's Terms of Use and Community Guidelines in this Wikia University video. 

Wikia University - Wikia's Terms of Use and Community Guidelines

Learn about the importance of video on your wiki in this Fandom University video. 

Wikia University - Video and Your Wiki

Wikia Community Connect 2015 Day 1 - 5 Infoboxes Past, Present and Future

5 Infoboxes Past, Present and Future

Community Connect 2015: Infoboxes — Past, Present and Future

Design guru Derek Hart talks to the community about how Wikia's design team works to build those fabulous pages. 

Community Connect 2016: Wikia Design System - Behind the Scenes with Design Team

Learn about video on your wikis in this Fandom University video. 

Fandom University - Video and Your Wikia

Willkommen zur Wikia-Universitt. Deiner offiziellen Quelle fr Wissen rund um Wikia-Communitys.In diesem Video sprechen wir darber, wie ihr als Community am einfachsten zusammenarbeiten knnt, um gemeinsam zu wachsen und eure Community zu vergrern.Fr Wikia-Communitys ist die Zusammenarbeit einer der wichtigsten Aspekte berhaupt. Wir knnen gemeinsam viel mehr erreichen, als wenn jeder nur fr sich alleine etwas tut. Die Hilfeseite zum Thema Community Verwaltung bietet einen guten Einstieg.Vergiss nicht, dass Kommunikation der Schlssel zum Erfolg ist. Wikia stellt mehrere Mglichkeiten zur Verfgung, die dir helfen knnen, mit den Mitgliedern deiner Community in Kontakt zu bleiben. Schreibe Autoren und Admins auf ihre Nachrichtenseiten, die du ber ihre Wikia-Profile erreichen kannst, um ihnen etwas mitzuteilen. Sobald sie dir antworten, erhltst du in der oberen rechten Ecke eine Benachrichtigung darber.Das Forum ist ebenfalls ein geeigneter Ort, um gemeinsame Projekte zu organisieren, oder die Richtung zu planen, in die deine Wikia-Community gehen mchte. Wenn du Rckmeldung oder Zustimmung zu bestimmten nderungen brauchst, dann erffne doch einfach eine Diskussion im Forum, sodass jeder aus der Community seine Meinung dazu schreiben kann. Auch Umfragen oder Unterhaltungen im Chat knnen hilfreich sein, wenn es darum geht, Meinungsbilder anderer Wikianer einzuholen.Wenn du Admin bist, dann stelle sicher, dass du eine bersicht mit Richtlinien und empfohlenen Vorgehensweisen zur Verfgung stellst, an denen sich neue Autoren orientieren und sich so an die Arbeitsweise in eurer Wikia-Community gewhnen knnen. Es gibt immer wieder Nutzer, die sich fr eine ganz bestimmtes Ttigkeit besonders interessieren, sei es das Einbinden von Bildern und Videos, das Verbessern von Rechtschreib- und Grammatikfehlern in Texten, oder das Erstellen von Vorlagen. Nutze diese Strken und begre grundstzlich neue Besucher in deiner Wikia-Community, ganz egal, wie sie beitragen mchten.Versuche, neben den bereits genannten Punkten, eine freundliche und offene Community zu erschaffen. Manchmal gestaltet sich die Zusammenarbeit auch schwierig. Bleib trotzdem geduldig und verzeihe Fehler. Nutze jede Gelegenheit, um neuen Besuchern etwas beizubringen und behandle sie stets freundlich. Je besser dein Team zusammenarbeitet, desto strker wird deine Community werden.

Wikia-Universität - Zusammenarbeit in einer Wikia-Community

The Wikia community learns about portability.

Community Connect 2016: Portability on your Community

Learn how to build a main page in this Wikia University video. 

Wikia University - How to Build a Main Page

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A global event to showcase and educate about an essential part of the FANDOM experience and community: building strong communities! Presenters from the FANDOM Community Staff broadcast topical presentations, followed by a moderated question & answer session. Understanding how your communities can best work for the fresh generation of readers is key, so there is something for all skill levels.

* Seeding and Growing a Healthy Wiki: Strategies for launching, maintaining, and organizing communities.
* Communities of Communities: Working with inter-language partners and sister projects to build together.
* Understanding and Embracing User Diversity: How a variety of user backgrounds makes for a richer community.

See more (including the slides) at: http://connect.wikia.com/wiki/Building_Strong_Articles

Jan 31, 2018

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