User talk:Tim Thomason
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You are invited to join the discussion at Forum:Can we disable visual editor please?.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 06:55: Wed 21 Dec 2011
Query about an edit[[edit source]]
Hi, Tim :)
Both we and Wikia Staff are looking hard at an edit you made to figure out what the heck happened. Here's the edit you made with the new VisualEditor. What we're interested in is the bit around Line 97. We can't figure out how all those categories and interwiki links got all scrunched together like that. It's nothing we can replicate. Did you intentionally edit that way? If not, what do you remember about the edit you made? If you could be as precise as possible, it'd be very helpful. Thanks :)
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 16:38: Wed 04 Dec 2013
- Hey Tim :)
- Thanks for getting back in touch so quickly. This is very valuable feedback, and I'll pass it along. Yours was an isolated case. This is not typical behaviour. We hope that you'll continue to use the VisualEditor so that we can find bugs like this. Remember: we're beta-testing the VE on this site, so we actively expect to find the occasional instance of odd behaviour. If you would continue to use VE and take note of the things you do and don't like at Thread:143084, it'd be really helpful.
Christmas cheer[[edit source]]
As this fiftieth anniversary year comes to a close, we here at Tardis just want to thank you for being a part of our community — even if you haven't edited here in a while. If you have edited with us this year, then thanks for all your hard work.
This year has seen an impressive amount of growth. We've added about 11,000 pages this year, which is frankly incredible for a wiki this big. November was predictably one of the busiest months we've ever had: over 500 unique editors pitched in. It was the highest number of editors in wiki history for a year in which only one programme in the DWU was active. And our viewing stats have been through the roof. We've averaged well over 2 million page views each week for the last two months, with some weeks seeing over 4 million views!
We've received an unprecedented level of support from Wikia Staff, resulting in all sorts of new goodies and productive new relationships. And we've recently decided to lift almost every block we've ever made so as to allow most everyone a second chance to be part of our community.
2014 promises to build on this year's foundations, especially since we've got a full, unbroken series coming up — something that hasn't happened since 2011. We hope you'll stick with us — or return to the Tardis — so that you can be a part of the fun!