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We need to change the Featured Media its been there for nearly a year.

AdminAuditor(e)^Talk 21:44, August 28, 2010 (UTC)

Maybe there should be some kind of a system to pick the next picture, or maybe just choose a picture at random?

GMRE 16:56, October 23, 2010 (UTC)

Hmmm good idea but I don't think any such system exists unless you plan on making it, maybe picking a random photo.

AdminAuditor(e)^Talk 21:38, October 23, 2010 (UTC)

Im quite sure such a program exists (its just the way you code the picture in the source mode)

Gboyers would know something about this im sure. Also, who is using the new wikia skin?

AdminKronos 21:31, October 25, 2010 (UTC)

As far as I know, the new "skin" is mandatory.

GTA wiki already split in two because of the new and considerably inferior page design. They basically copied the entire site to another server.

http://gta.wikia.com/Oasis

GMRE 10:23, October 26, 2010 (UTC)

For now the oasis BS isnt permanent, until November 13th er something, you can change it in the preferences as you would with the regular skin. Anyways i fixed the wiki logo and background and stuff, it doesnt look to bad to me, what do you think?

AdminKronos 22:39, October 26, 2010 (UTC)

Post proposals for next featured article / media into a list here

The top item on the list should be deleted after the media is chosen, thereby causing the whole list to move up by 1 item.

All articles can be chosen, despite the amount of info in them.

The featured article / media proposal list

Just Cause (1).

Just Cause 2.

Bullets.

Im happy that they are gone, now everything is straight and tidy. Im guessing you used a table for that?

BureaucratKronos 23:17, July 11, 2011 (UTC)

Well, sort of. I added all the links into into the original table, that contains the picture links.

GMRE 14:09, July 12, 2011 (UTC)

Slideshow

Some Admin should change the pictures in the Main page slideshow soon. This can wait for some weeks, but here some ideas for new pics:

• 1. Awan Cendawan Power Plant/Power Surge - Text about either the plant or the mission.
• 2. Gaceta Nacional del San Esperito - One of the issues.
• 3. Tuk-Tuk Laa - (Text)
• 4. Taking Out The Garbage - Pictures from the mission.
• 5. Gas Holders
• 6. Nuevo Estocolmo

This was just random ideas. Both games have three pictures.

(OrdermanSaddex 16:44, September 2, 2012 (UTC))

It looks nice now, but Gas Holders are not the largest, that's either Drilling towers of Offshore rigs or Bio Fuel Shafts. It should be instead "are among the largest". Otherwise, it was a good mix of pictures.

(OrdermanSaddex 18:56, September 2, 2012 (UTC))

"Did you know?"

The "Did you know" was a very good add-on. But a bulleted list should instead be used.

(OrdermanSaddex 15:09, September 3, 2012 (UTC))

I'll add a few more random facts. GMRE (talk) 17:57, September 3, 2012 (UTC)

When are we going to change the Did you know? facts as they are getting kinda old now.

Middleton83 (talk) 13:59, October 8, 2012 (UTC)

As soon as someone thinks of them. GMRE (talk) 15:18, October 8, 2012 (UTC)

I love the last "Did you know?" :D Thanks,
SlitWeaver 19:35, December 13, 2012 (UTC)

Other things to add

Could we add more things to the main page such as a community news page for the Just Cause 3 page? I think it would be a great addition to our wiki. If we could also have a user of the month section as well where we vote on someone other than ourselves in a democratical manner? It makes a wiki look good and stand out so could we add these sort of things, please? EnemyHunter (talk) 19:26, November 18, 2012 (UTC)

All Just Cause 3 news is already in the Just Cause 3 News article. What exactly did you want to add?

How would we determin the "user of the month"? User:Kronos890989 could make a poll I guess, but the poll could be voted on by anyone. We might have to use a blog and vote with comments. I guess we could add someting like that. GMRE (talk) 21:15, November 18, 2012 (UTC)

I was thinking about a monthly featured article feature for both Just Cause games. I think with Kronos making a poll, it wouldn't be a bad idea. Your idea is very creative however. I would be interested to hear everyone's opinions as well. Can we still keep the current features because not alot of other wikis have it. This wiki is gonna look great if we can do this. EnemyHunter (talk) 21:49, November 18, 2012 (UTC)

Polls are quite easy to make and I do like the idea of having a poll on atleast something on the main page, it doesn't necesarrily have to be about people; it could be about what game someone likes more or who your favorite character is. I do like the idea of user of the month but poles are too easy to manipulate as voting for yourself is a possibility which shouldn't be allowed. AdminKronos 02:36, November 29, 2012 (UTC)

There could be a polls section at the bottom of the page, that includes like 4 polls (possibly layed out in an nvisible table) on different things.

All polls should definitely have at least 6 options and an option like "someone/something else".GMRE (talk) 16:27, November 29, 2012 (UTC)

It seems as though a poll is going to become a part of the main page soonish. An option for "someone/something else" is smart, though I don't know if the bottom of the page is the best location for polls, more people would see it near the top. AdminKronos 23:51, December 2, 2012 (UTC)

Top right it is then. GMRE (talk) 16:22, December 3, 2012 (UTC)

Minor spelling error

Since non-admins can't edit the main page, I'll just put this here: In the sixth Did you know, "which weren't blewn up at all" should be "which weren't blown up at all". Mauritsio (talk) 21:30, August 2, 2013 (UTC)

Oh. Will be fixed shortly! (AdminSaddex ^{Any questions?} 22:09, August 2, 2013 (UTC))

Changing the background

Shouldn't we be changing the background? JC4 has been out for almost two years, and still its not on the background. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 06:04, September 4, 2020 (UTC)

The backgrounds are normally something that User:Kronostradamus does. And e have actually taken it into consideration. The main problem is that there's a ridiculous tiny file size limit for the background picture. So it takes a lot of editing skill to make a good picture that barely fits in this ridiculous file size limit. The most recent background update was done by me when I made Rico and that one other guy wear a mask. GMRE (talk) 17:20, September 4, 2020 (UTC)

My most recent proposal was this:

But that file of course isn't well edited. It's only an example of what could be assembled by a more skilled editor. GMRE (talk) 17:25, September 4, 2020 (UTC)

So we're waiting for someone to help us make an better edit. Unfortunately I can't do that. I think the problem is the transition between JC3 and JC4 photos, we need to sort of blend them together like JC1 and JC2. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 03:49, September 7, 2020 (UTC)

Yup. And actually, I'd be OK with even a sharp line there. The main problem is the file size limit. Fandom likes to keep them on a different server and they like to keep the file size small, so that the background would load as fast as possible.

The other option would be to just use a lower resolution that would look at least as pixelated as the current temporary one with the masks. GMRE (talk) 15:17, September 7, 2020 (UTC)

Kronos should be notified about this if he hasn't already been told. Anonymous230385 ^{Any questions? Wanna talk?} 21:38, September 7, 2020 (UTC)

I agree. I mean, JC4 has been out for a long time already, and if it's going to happen maybe even JC5 would be coming up in the near future. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 10:15, September 8, 2020 (UTC)

He has been notified. I posted that proposal on his talk page a while ago. GMRE (talk) 15:08, September 8, 2020 (UTC)

I added an additional message there in the event he doesn't see it. Anonymous230385 ^{Any questions? Wanna talk?} 15:55, September 8, 2020 (UTC)

Great. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 03:20, September 14, 2020 (UTC)

Still waiting... Anonymous1234abc (talk) 04:18, September 28, 2020 (UTC)

Don't hold your breath. We've had this background for a few years now. GMRE (talk) 17:22, September 28, 2020 (UTC)

Ah...Oh well. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 00:03, September 29, 2020 (UTC)

Background changed! Hooray! Anonymous1234abc (talk) 08:26, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

What the heck? Why does the background now look like fanfiction art? And why are there masks???

I added masks several months ago actually. GMRE (talk) 19:12, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

I know, but I thought with the new background, we were taking a break from masks... Anonymous1234abc (talk) 09:40, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

The masks are a very relevant thing all over the world for another... at least half a year. The u.s. only just made a new record of 100'000 cases per day and Europe is in the middle of a big second wave with multiple nations enforcing the so far strictest "lockdowns". GMRE (talk) 18:34, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Well obviously. I live on Earth too, you know. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 02:26, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Just Cause Mobile

We need to mention Just Cause: Mobile. It was just announced, like, 30 minutes ago. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 03:17, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Calm down. Of course it'll be added. It's only evening 1 after the announcement. GMRE (talk) 18:12, 11 December 2020 (UTC)

Crazy how fast JC:Mobile has been added everywhere. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 00:32, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

Changing the background: 2nd proposal

Some guys over here don't like the cute little smiley on the background. They propose the removal of the smiley because it doesn't fit the Just Cause theme. I vote against. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 01:20, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

<eyeroll> GMRE (talk) 13:29, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Agreed Anonymous1234abc (talk) 00:56, 1 January 2021 (UTC)

Add a featured article template

Like Wikipedia. We can update it daily or something. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 00:08, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

Hello? @GMRE? Anonymous1234abc (talk) 00:22, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

User:Kronostradamus used to have a section for featured items that he updated. We actually used to have a "featured article", "featured image" and... probably something else too. The problem was that none of us could be bothered to update them, so sometimes the same item was listed as "featured" for months at a time. We also had a sort of featured "random fact of the week", or something like that, but we also couldn't be bothered to update those, so I replaced that one with the current "did you know" area (or more specifically something that evolved into the current "did you know" template). GMRE (talk) 18:07, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

So... I'm not against the idea, but are you sure you can be bothered to update it all the time? GMRE (talk) 18:08, 8 January 2021 (UTC)

How's this sound: we try it out. Let's make it a weekly featured article. I'll update it every Monday. We should only feature level 5+ articles. If for some reason I forget, we can get rid of it. But at least give it a try. Also, while I'm here every day, I'm bound to miss a day or two so if that happens to be Monday, I'd appreciate if you helped out as well. I've made a featured article on Main Page Test. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 00:57, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

@GMRE Insert {{Mainpage Box Featured Article}} directly below --><mainpage-rightcolumn-start />, directly above {{RecentChanges}}. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 01:11, 9 January 2021 (UTC)

Move featured article

Move it to the left column, not the right since the left is too short and the right is too long (likely because FANDOM puts a gigantic advertisement there). I would suggest below Contents, above Videos. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 00:13, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

See my Example 7 in the Mainpage test. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 00:18, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Oh. I have an adblocker, so to me the main page seemed completely balanced (until I added it to the right side). Now that it's in the left, there's a hole on the bottom right. GMRE (talk) 11:25, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm fine with this as long as you use add the category [[Category:FeaturedArticle]] to the pages you've used. Provided of course you can keep up with it, I'm sure there are plenty of good articles to show off. I might also recommend making the image smaller and aligning it left? Kronostradamus (talk) 20:51, 10 January 2021 (UTC)

Right. You're the graphical design guy so I'll take any suggestions.

Also, GMRE: I have an adblocker on my PC - I mean desktop - as well, but not my laptop. Also, most views are mobile (you said that a while ago), and mobile devices don't have adblockers. There's no way to make it perfect for all aspect ratios but we should optimize it as best as possible. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 00:16, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Featured images?

Why does it exist? (you can see it on all game portals) And if it does, why not put it on the main page? Anonymous1234abc (talk) 03:07, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

To give more unique reason for the game portals. Otherwise they'd just be duplicates of the main page, if all content would be there too. GMRE (talk) 17:01, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

Hm... then the portals are kinda redundant, but whatever I guess. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 00:14, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Automatic adjuster?

The Main Page is made of a bunch of templates. However they only fit together and make a perfect, aligned rectangle on certain aspect ratios. Is there some sort of program that you can use to adjust the templates so they fit? Maybe a sort of special Wiki feature that you can enable on the Admin Dashboard or whatever? Anonymous1234abc (talk) 00:22, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Nope. But from what I've read, it's common for a mobile device to have a screen with as many pixels as my PC, so ideally it should work, if someone would hold the phone horizontally. GMRE (talk) 16:13, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Well yeah, I guess. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 04:45, 14 January 2021 (UTC)

Hey, how come JC3 Rico doesn't wear a mask?

In the background, JC1, 2, and 4 Ricos are all masked, but not 3. Anonymous1234abc (talk) 06:55, 5 February 2021 (UTC)