Board Thread:Announcements/@comment-4146635-20150612002707

Hey everyone! So I want to address something I've been noticing around this wiki regarding the show points system on the wiki. I don't think we all have the same idea of points in terms of the scale we're doing things on, what's acceptable, etc. I was just going to message each user I saw doing this privately and talk to them but many people are doing it so I decided to make a thread.


 * Famous actor points- The first thing I want to address are the points a new show will receive for starring a famous/accomplished actor/singer (points depend on credentials and importance in show). Some people have been giving their show points for cast members that don't qualify, giving too much points for actors, etc. This point type is strictly for famous/accomplished actors/singers with Wiki Channel, people who are already well known and will give the show attention. This would include actors who have been in a WC movie as a main role, actors who have been in a WC show as a main role before, and Wiki Records artists. This does not include actors who have had a recurring role on a show, a guest role on a show, a small role in a movie, etc. This point type was put in place to give shows that feature already famous actors a bit of a realistic push in popularity, because in real life if an already famous/well-known actor/singer was going to be in a show, it would attract people. If a show is getting points for this, the actor they are getting points from must be accomplished, they cannot have just been a recurring character or something. Secondly, the scale that this is done on needs to be handled more delicately. The scale is 5-15 points but don't let it fool you into thinking the lower area of the scale is saying the actor isn't famous enough (they wouldn't be in the category if they weren't already). Basically, the more credentials you have the more points you get. If you were on a WC show before as a supporting role that's probably 5 points. But, if you are a WC artist, had a lead in a movie, and had a supporting role in a past WC show, that's like 15 points. You guys get what I'm saying? The actor's status in the current show they're giving points to also plays a role in that. I've been seeing that some actors are getting too many points for this to where it looks like a star who was only a supporting role in a past WC show is getting the same amount of points as a star who was in a movie, is signed to WR, and was in a show. So please, if you notice this in your show points, please check up on it because it's making points unequal and a bit unfair.
 * Promotional images- Basically, a promotional image is an edited image that was made for the show to promote the show. Bottom line of what I want to say here is that the collages of pictures of the characters that you put on the page don't count as promotional images. They're collages of pics from the show to accompany the character descriptions and give visuals of the show, not actual promotional pics made to promote the show, those cannot count to give you points. Unless you make them into promotional images, they don't count.
 * When to add- Please do not add points to the show until whatever you're adding points for has happened. For example, if Lisha Jane is guest starring on G.I. Jennings, you wouldn't add points to GIJ until after the episode airs because that's when the show realistically gains people's interest. That also goes for when actors are going to be in movies (don't add until movie premiere), a single releases from the show, etc.
 * Press release- You only can get press release points if the topic of the press release is about that show/movie. You do not get press release points if it's mentioned. To be honest that's just common sense but it's happening.

Please fix your show's points if they're doing anything I've addressed to be wrong. If you disagree with me you can message me but these are things that were pretty much implied when we made these rules, maybe just not made clear.

Additionally, I think we should get rid of the Chatter mention points. For starters, I like how everything is added in multiples of 5, it makes everything easier to add up and it makes looking at all the points together easier. I don't think an actor mentioning another show on Chatter would really make a difference, to be honest. All of the actors are on Wiki Channel so it's not going to attract much outsiders. And it can just get confusing because we can't link to chits so we'd have to go looking for them and basically I just think it's a mess we shouldn't bother with. No one really uses it either.

Thanks for reading if you did! :)

P.S. I'm thinking that maybe we could start a WC Billboard Music Charts kind of thing soon where singles can get points and we rank the songs of a month (or maybe even a season) by popularity based on points. I think this would be awesome so we could determine actual hit songs based on something, I just don't know how we'd do this because Weebleys don't happen everyday and points for singles would have to come from something that happens frequently since singles are frequent. 