User blog:Mroddy/The Admins' Report; 12.12

Okie doke - the most professional way to start a blog, I'm sure. Although it's been forever since a monthly admin report blog thing has been posted, it's time I get back in the habit of making them.

Testing, Testing
Having said that, apparently I'm a terrible admin. Aha. Or so the other admins tell me, but I shall try and fix that. So (hopefully) you noticed my little inactivity spike these past two? weeks. While I may not have been editing I was watching. I informed the other admins I was done adminning since they thought I did such a terrible job at it anyways. So I was very surprised to see no change. No admin has updated the features. No admin has updated the front page. No admin has, well really done anything. I wanted to see how long it would take for them to get around and do these things, but I don't feel like waiting till the world ends.

So I'm back and will be editing everything above. The wiki needs admins who actually do their job, not complain that one admin did something idiotic.... which as most of you showed with your votes for featured user, was not the case AT ALL.

Anywho before I get yelled at; I'm not bashing the other admins. They were never taught how to be admins due to how they became admins. To resolve this, there will be an admin checklist coming soon. It will be placed under the admin discussions.

Featured Items:
Before I forget, I'm typing thiz up on my cell. I refuse to use auto correct, so there will be words jammed together or letters added where they shouldn't be. So I apologize in advance.

Next up on the agenda, the new rule addition. No one commented on it. So I'm not even sure if any of you saw it. However it will still be added. If you do have a problem with it, it can be found here. (if this isn't a link comment below... I forgot to change it.)

Speaking of, I miss having featured images. And I hope I'm not the only one. To try and drag the dang thing back, I'll be hosting an art camp (which will replace Hallowes Eve). Unlike the majority of art camps, I'll be posting a tutorial in conjunction of the challenge. This will be done to try help the users with no art talent.... Trust me, with a little shove in the right direction anything is possible. If things go well, hopefully in January we will have featured image, again.

Hall of Fame
Returning to a long lost idea. The Hall of Fame. This will officially start with the 2013 year. So expect to see it "open" around the third of January.

Though it will, again have some changes. First, it was going to have a unique trophy for every camp. Then, when I realized the sheer amount of work, I decided to revert back to the whole only Gold, Silver and Bronze. But that won't work either. It would be incredibly boring to just have the same image plastered across a page.

So instead, I'll mix both. Until a unique trophy has been created for a completed camp, it will use the default trophy style. Which has been created. But I'm out of practice when it comes to art, so you know, it's nothing to awe at.

With this being said, only camps that end in the new year, or the week before will be eligible for a trophy. So yes, six months after the original idea came out, the Hall of Fame will open.

House, not a home.
Luckily, and I am very happy to say, that the hall of fame will not be the only thing that will start next month. Joining it, the house system. While the house system is newer idea it seems to be liked by everyone who's seen it. There will be a blog dedicated to the house system some this week, but here's some important information; And as a lesser conclusion, teams WILL be posted in the next blog to deal with the house system. So please start commenting and editing so I KNOW you are active!
 * An admin will lead each house. Myself being one of them. The other two will be based on first come, first serve. If I do not get a reply from any other admins by January, two preselected users will man the guns, or so to speak.
 * Points will be awarded for many, many things. They can also be removed for many things. (A w.i.p list will he posted this week.)
 * The winning team will be announced in December... of next year. It will be a year long event.
 * There will be monthly activities to promote teamwork. The first will start this month. ( and will be posted sometime this week.)
 * The winning team will win some sort of prize. Likely a unique trophy, or medal.