User blog:Chicken Bond/Articles for Wikification

Well, I'd say its about time I make a blog which is related to wiki affairs! Or maybe its time I just make a blog in general. Been needing to pick up activity lately. XD

Just to start off, I'd like to say that the amount of new users who've signed up has been extremely satisfying and very pleasing. Now, I know I've been saying this a lot lately, though for those who were members of the wiki at the time we were worrying about our activity levels, the number of new users that have joined and are now contributing to the wiki is very reassuring. Just remember to keep up the effort guys! Keep BIONICLE alive! :D

Now, I'm sure a couple of us will remember the improvement drive, and for those who don't, I will give a brief summary. A year or two ago, the wiki staff team (more specifically, ) started a big project that would conform all unsatisfactory articles to the wiki's Manuel of Style. It ran smoothly for a fair amount of time, but the project has since stopped. In more recent times, it has has been replaced by "Articles for Wikification"/"Stub Articles" markers, which designate articles that need to be improved. Now, I feel it is time for the wiki to finally pick up on this. For a time now, we have mostly been marking articles that do not meet the MoS, which is great (it gives us a comprehensive list of articles that need updating), but other than that, there hasn't been a lot of clean up.

This brings me to my main point. I'd hope to see some members of the wiki community (including are currently lazy staff XD) being willing to help out in reducing the ever-expanding AfW category, which currently covers around roughly 400 articles. Now, I'm not implying that we've been slacking off on these "housekeeping" matters, but I think its time we take some initiative and reduce it down a bit, so it'll be easier for us in the future. Earlier in 2011, TheSlicer organised a similar clean-up that I am referring to, and with the support of the users, we cleared the stub/AfW categories out quickly.

So if anyone has opinions or wish to help out, please say so in the comments below!