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====Final Publication Details====
====Final Publication Details====
{{KeybladeSpyMaster|time=23:46, 22 June 2014 (UTC)|TRON=Couple things.
*'''Coliseum''': Made the change to the font color for the Mirage Arena section. For the battle, do we want to use official renders to represent the users, or should we use avatar-style images, like what we might use for our talk bubbles (albeit slightly bigger and more representative)? Perhaps something in the area of the avatars we use on the staff pages on both sites, or what we might use if we were on the Keyhole. Just a suggestion/thought, feel free to reject it.
*'''Flick Rush/Keyblade Master''': What I present to you now is a solution to the question regarding the empty space on Flick Rush where the winners would be. Using an if-statement, I was able to hide the box unless the parameter {{{flickrushtodolistwinners}}} is filled. The same can be done to additional sections of the Keyblade Master page, if we want to.
*'''Location''': Two: the magazine and the template. Which is better for the magazine: [[KHWiki:Magazine/Issue 1 Quarter 3]] or [[KHWiki:Magazine/Issue 1]]? In the first, the title says Issue 1 is the first year of publication, Quarter 3 is the date. The latter tell us the publication order (in this case, Issue 1 for the first publication). Or other ideas? Personally, I prefer the latter option, though FR had originally suggested the first. Also, I think [[Template:Magazine]] is a good location for the magazine template.
*'''To-Do List''': Couple questions on this. First, by Trinity Archives, FM, do you mean Ansem's Report? Because I don't think you'd want one person to write just one section of a page (The Door to Light). I've already signed-up for both Ansem's Report and The Door to Light, unless someone wants one (or both), in which case I'll be glad to hand it over. Also, the poll I think has been taken care of by Chain already.
*'''Awards''': Looking back, we've said we would give awards (an accolade) for winners of The Grid and Flick Rush. Should we still do this? Has anyone developed these awards yet? If not, I can do it, just tell me what kind of concept you guys have for them. I feel we shouldn't do awards for The Grid, unless the puzzles are noticeably harder that they require actual effort in solving them.
*'''Going Forward''': Several things here. First, I've re-written [[KHWiki:Magazine|<font color=#FFFFFF>KHWiki:Magazine</font>]] and [[KHWiki:Magazine/Journalist Spot|<font color=#FFFFFF>KHWiki:Magazine/Journalist Spot</font>]]. Are they okay? I'm hoping this is more organized than before, and that it, above all, is more effective in helping people contribute and get involved on the magazine and, more importantly, the wiki. I left the edit count requirement of 100 mainspace edits because we have not decided on this definitively. Once again, I feel that this should be a fairly easy community project to get involved in, and the edit count should be used in such a way that it encourages getting involved on the wiki without it becoming a hindrance to getting involved. Consider it the first step in our existing system of "Community Involvement" of items that require edit counts, including voting in Featured Articles/Media/User and Voting in the Mirage Arena. Again, I agree that an edit count is necessary to encourage voting. Perhaps a better number is 250 edits in general? Or something to the liking. Regarding [[KHWiki:Magazine|<font color=#FFFFFF>KHWiki:Magazine</font>]], I've reduced it to being a hub to the existing magazine issue and previous issues. I feel that this is enough for the page that should serve as an introduction to the Wiki's Magazine. Should we create a section for the Magazine on the Main Page? If you check out the Magazine page, there is a description and a smaller image of the cover under the section "Current Issue", which I feel would do great as a section on the Main Page, were we to do it. Finally, I think we need to Journalist Spot? I feel we should (plus, I think we have a policy that says we should). Do we do that at publication, or at some other date (a week before publication, a day after publication, two weeks, a month, what)?
We are t-minus four days to submission and eight days to publication! Really excited for this!
}}
{{UnknownChaser|time=02:31, 23 June 2014 (UTC)|yellow=I am posting here, because this seems like the right place too and everywhere else looks too much like a cluster. Podcast is finish, both audio wise and video.}}
{{KeybladeSpyMaster|time=16:15, 23 June 2014 (UTC)|TRON=That's great, UC. I think the podcast has to be uploaded to the wiki, I just don't know if there's a specific file name we might want for the podcast. As for the video, I don't know, our YouTube channel, I guess. Then, I think we're submitting everything (In this case, just links to the file and video) to the Editor in Chief by emailing it to the wiki's email. And he will plug it all in to the magazine. Am I right?}}
{{TheFifteenthMember|time={{User:TheFifteenthMember/Sig1}} 16:26, 24 June 2014 (UTC)|default=So:
*I meant "Ansem Reports" and I didn't realise the poll on the template was the real deal.
*We still have six days 'til release. Renaming the Station of Awakening is really just making another title image (and perhaps renaming some coding parameters but that's no problem). Also, I still think the title should be "The Games" since it's most recognisable and nostalgic to the KH fans. And as the proverb goes: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
*I really think the big boxes for the Station of Awakening should have images that represent the debate subjects. The talk bubble sprites are enough representation for the users. When I first saw the arena, I was confused with Namine and Axel being in the boxes while the title said "Defense Bonus vs Strength Bonus".
*If ENX's mini-series becomes a consistent trend, he should get his own section and title image.
*Sure. If statements are cool.
*This is the naming schema me and Erry talked about over the IRC. For the "KHWiki:Magazine" page, the list of issues will be like this: "Issue #1 <small>(2014 Q3)</small>" For the articles themselves, they would be named "KHWiki:Magazine/Issue 1", "KHWiki:Magazine/Issue 2" and so on. The template would be called "Template:Magazine". If we have a new template, it'd replace the "Template:Magazine" page and the old template will be moved to a new page, titled "Template:Magazine/Issue 1" or "Template:Magazine/Issue 1-3". Then, we'll replace the links for the templates on the old issues. Sound good?
*The KHWiki:Magazine page is okay.
-Break-
I'll make a couple of minor changes to the Journalist Spot. On the KHWiki, the edit requirements currently stand at:
*'''Featured Content''': 200
*'''Trinity Archives''': 250
*'''Mirage Arena''': 130
These are all in the mainspace. I actually think we should re-adjust these amounts and promote them as rewards or privileges for editing. More interesting things will demand more edits so it's a smooth level of progression. Limiting the edits to the mainspace is unfair for those working on community projects, templates or image-related work so I think we should measure with an overall total. This is my plan for edit requirements:
*'''Mirage Arena''': 150
*'''Featured Content''': 200
*'''Magazine''': 250
*'''Trinity Archives''': 300
However, I'm aware that there is less work (or at least not as easily accessible to do) on the Keyhole. So regarding the magazine, we could have it so that the users will require either 250 total edits at the KHWiki '''or''' x amount of edits on the Keyhole. Hopefully, that keeps things fair as the Keyhole editors can choose the limit they want.}}
{{KeybladeSpyMaster|time=01:24, 26 June 2014 (UTC)|TRON=Template has been moved, links and pages renamed. It's ready for input!
Some issues/responses:
I agree with everything FM has said.
One issue: do we want to/are we allowed to upload the title images and magazine cover images to the wiki, or not? If not, I think it best to at least host them all on the wiki's Photobucket account or something, so as to not risk losing any of them should one of us suddenly disappear.
All is about ready. I've submitted Ansem's Report, so that part is finished now, too.
}}
{{Chainoffire|time={{User:Chainoffire/sig}} 06:11, 26 June 2014 (UTC)|xemnas=Okay, so since we have less than a week to go, and this forum hasn't been touched for a bit, I'm gonna revive it. Here's a list of the things I need from you people.
*Page 2 (Contents): Apparently there's supposed to be a collage image? The current placeholder is the Donald Duck image. I would like to have... whatever this is. I'm not quite sure of what it's really supposed to look like, but anything will do.
*Page 4 (Unlocking The Keyhole): Everything on this page. That includes users log, deletion log, other log, news from Jiminy's Journal, 4 new users with bios and tea party updates.
*Page 6 (The Coliseum): I need 2 users to go fight about something.<s>Keep the blood to a minimum.</s>
*Page 7 (The Keyblade Master): So from what I understand, MEX is going to do one thing for his mini-series, but we need one more person to do/say something. (If we are only doing 2 users per issue)
*Page 9 (The Round room): I need the youtube password from erry.
*Page 12 (The Grid): One more riddle.
*Page 13 (Flick Rush): Someone who is willing to answer mailbox questions. If it comes down to it, I'll just do it.)
Besides those things, I believe everything else is ready and set!}}
{{TheFifteenthMember|time={{User:TheFifteenthMember/Sig1}} 16:57, 26 June 2014 (UTC)|sad=The collage was supposed to be an assortment of images that summarises the magazine. For example, you could choose an image from the Ansem Reports, something from the Keyblade Master, a thumbnail from Namine's Sketchbook and a contender from the Coliseum. That's the idea.
Me and Pea are working on the Coliseum.
Actually, ENX doing his mini-series and MEX is going to do the main article. However, ENX said that he'll only have time to write a "trailer" to promote his series for when he can start it off properly next time. But he went on holiday on Thursday and he hasn't posted his trailer yet so I'm not sure if we can include his mini-series this issue... I'll remind MEX to email his submission.
We don't have a mailbox this issue so we should think of something to put as a placeholder...}}
{{KeybladeSpyMaster|time=17:12, 26 June 2014 (UTC)|TRON=If ENX can't do anything at all this time around, I can hide the second box, if we want to. Unless someone else wants to do something...
We kinda do have a mailbox, in the sense that some of us threw in a couple questions just to fill it up (and by a couple, I mean I sent a full Word document with questions).
Again, can we do anything about the images? Or do they stay in everyone's photobucket/Google Plus/whatever accounts?
}}
{{TheFifteenthMember|time={{User:TheFifteenthMember/Sig1}} 17:42, 26 June 2014 (UTC)|default=I guess it's safer to upload the images to a Wiki account. If we make our own questions for the mailbox, they should be something jokey and humorous to keep things light-hearted. Also, me and Pea finished the debate.
And to the Keyhole people: What edit count requirement do you want to use the Journalist Spot?}}
{{FinalRest|time=04:09, 27 June 2014 (UTC)|normal=I did the winners title.
'''Keyblade Master:''' The idea was it for to be central article of the mag. For instance, how a magazine like [http://www.geeksplode.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/TIME-Magazine-cover-November-14-2011.jpg this] will have a lot of different content, but the feature piece is the "Identity and the Modern Hero" article. That was the intention for the KM. But I guess we don't have time to discuss it anymore, so go ahead with what your plans for it are. Does anyone (preferably ENX) have an idea for the title of his section? I can whip one up, but I'm not really sure what theme to make it.
'''Coliseum:''' Changed the SoA name to the Games. I did it before I saw KSM's suggestion for a different name, sorry. :P Do you want something other than "The Games"? I can change it, no problem. For the images in the Games, I thought the users could use whatever they wanted, but it would be preferable for it to be in sprite form. If you're talking about the images in the VS box, they're supposed to be of the contents of the battle (eg. in FM's one it'd be a pic of Riku's Dark Form and Sora's Final Form in the other), but if there's nothing to properly represent the two points (as it was with the sample Defense/Strength battle) then we use the characters the debaters are using to represent themselves.
'''Flick Rush''': Genius idea with the if tag!
'''Location''': I'm cool with what FM suggested.
'''Awards''': If you want, I have a medal I made for the Featured Talker award on the Keyhole. Unfortunately we only did the award once and then had to scrap it because we didn't have a big enough userbase, so we could use it for these awards if you want to save the effort of making something new. [http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y390/Snozcumsmees/Wiki/FeaturedTalkerMedalcopy_zpsf9b60d46.png Here's what it looks like]. And didn't we already decide against The Grid awards? That's why we implemented the hover answers, right?
'''Edit Count:''' The Journalist Spot looks great! I'm not a fan of edit counts, but if you want one, I'd prefer it either a) include total edits, not just mainspace or b) have one limit for total, with a very low number for mainspace (eg. 500 total edit count, 20 mainspace). I know 20 might seem like a super low number, but I'd like to include new users that would like to contribute things, even though they might not have found their place in the mainspace editing world yet. We have a few users like this on the Keyhole; I think they'd be good at things like riddles, or top 5 lists etc, but they've only just worked up the confidence to mainspace edit, so their counts are low.
'''Images:''' We allow all sorts of images on the Keyhole, so I can upload all the title images there. Until we get an answer for what we can do here, is it possible to use the links from the Keyhole?
'''Other:''' Yeah, we should just come up with our own questions for the mailbox. I'll do the collage image and the Unlocking the Keyhole now.
EDIT: I added in multiple author sections for the Keyblade Master, mailbox and to do list sections. Also, is regional spelling a problem? Eg. I spell it colour not color and categorise not categorize.
EDIT2: I moved the Top Five list into a single column, because I realized the interview won't fit in that small box, and having uneven boxes next to each other would look silly. However, I have the same problem with the mailbag/poll boxes. If all three questions in the mailbag require a bit of explanation, the mailbag column will be way longer and the empty space at the bottom of the poll box will look stupid. Does anyone have an idea for how we can move the boxes around so a large mailbox will look nice?}}
{{TheFifteenthMember|time={{User:TheFifteenthMember/Sig1}} 16:25, 27 June 2014 (UTC)|default=ENX isn't able to write his first piece for this issue so we can still discuss the matter of the Keyblade Master. I have no problem with giving ENX his own page but we should ask him whether he's sure that he can be reliable enough to deliver an advancement each issue.
The initial plan was to give prizes for The Grid, but then we decided against it later. Nice medal. In the circles, we could have a crown (for KHWiki), a lock (for the Keyhole) and a heart icon (for the games) to represent each of the different types of tasks.
Like I said before, people will have the requirement to '''either''' have 250 total edits on KHWiki or x amount of whatever edits the Keyhole decides. So the choice is really up to you guys, how many edits you want and whether you want mainspace only or total edits.
I wouldn't say regional spelling is a huge issue.
Will the review be equal to the top 5 list in length? We can always balance out the columns by adding more images.}}
{{Chainoffire|time={{User:Chainoffire/sig}} 19:37, 27 June 2014 (UTC)|normal=Actually, MEX emailed me his piece for this issue. But we could still use one more editor for this page.
We don't need much more. The only things we need are:
*One more person for the Keyblade Master page.
*The password for the youtube account. If I don't get it by July 1st, I'll just have to upload it onto the wiki until we can get the password.
*Any more art entries! The more the merrier!
*An official edit count for The Journalist Spot.
and if something happens where we don't have those things by July 1st, it's not the biggest problem. So what I'm trying to say is.. congrats guys. We have our first magazine. But just for fun I put a little something at the top of this forum.}}


{{TheFifteenthMember|time={{User:TheFifteenthMember/Sig1}} 00:05, 29 June 2014 (UTC)|angry=Whee! Issue #1 is a go.
{{TheFifteenthMember|time={{User:TheFifteenthMember/Sig1}} 00:05, 29 June 2014 (UTC)|angry=Whee! Issue #1 is a go.

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