Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11723493-20140130032407/@comment-188432-20140131152923

Guys, I don't get it. I really don't understand why you think Tardis is hostile towards you or won't affiliate with you. Tardis has long tried to build this community up. We've tried the singular method of advertising that is suggested by the so-called "network" idea. And we have noted, using Special:WikiStats from March 2010-2013, that it has failed to produce any growth on this wiki.

Saying that we think one idea won't work doesn't mean that ewe are against other ideas. It is absolutely false to suggest we have declined to affiliate with you. We've been affiliated with this wiki at some level since it began. We have, for instance, mentioned DWF in our user page policy since we started that policy on 1 September 2008.

We simply think this one method doesn't work. That doesn't mean we're not up for other suggestions, or, more importantly, that we don't advertise you in other ways. The very fact that we immediately mention you in our rules on the subject of fan fiction indicates we feel that you are the de facto "main" DW fan fiction site at Wikia.

Also, when people post fan fiction on our site, and we have to therefore remove it, we pretty much always link to this wiki as an example of where their work might be welcome.

If we held ill will toward you, surely we wouldn't mention you at all. Indeed, it's worth noting that we could just as easily mention a non-Wikia site, but we actively choose to hope that something will come of this wiki.

We have started a new feature on our front page wherein we look at Doctor Who on other wikis. In December, we went to w:c:recipes to look at how to make DW-themed holiday treats. In most of January we studied the phenomenon of DW nail art at w:c:nails. And just today we've gone to w:c:vintagepatterns to examine how to make a Tardis circle skirt from the 1950s.

We plan to continue this series, and this wiki will definitely be one of our stops. For a time, we will feature some aspect of fan fiction via a prominent, focused ad on our front page which will lead people to DWF. Most likely, this ad will come when the new series starts so as to drive a lot of people to this site. When DW is in season, we get on average 3 million hits a week, so this will be of tangible benefit to you, and will probably exceed the efficacy of a randomly-appearing footer Spotlight. And we're not even asking that you make the graphic or write the linked article — or that you do anything at all. Except, of course, still be up and active by the time Capaldi shows up on our screens.

Finally, I grow a little weary of being characterised as the single voice from Tardis, almost as if it were a bad thing. A thread is up at our forums which links to this wiki. I stopped it from slipping into oblivion (that is, off the Recent Forum Activity "radar") by closing it and encouraging people to come over here to discuss the matter. So it hung around at the top of our RFA pile for several days. That's more than what the typical thread gets on our sometimes quite swiftly-moving forum. Moreover, I have contacted our most active editors and admin through direct means and alerted them to the relevant discussion on this site.

They have so far failed to materialise here.

The inference I'm drawing from some comments is almost that I'm some kind of singular "roadblock" and that you desperately wish you could get other Tardis admin here, presumably in the hopes they would offer a different opinion. But in my experience of Wikia discussions, situations like this simply arise. Without any negative implications, sometimes people just aren't interested in your forum discussion. I can point to a hundred discussions on Tardis that are comprised of three or fewer posts.

Instead of insinuating that there's something insufficient about the response from Tardis, it's probably best to think of it this way: at least you have someone from Tardis who's active in this discussion.

If you need any help with getting the Spotlight, I've participated in several successful campaigns, both on Tardis and DWA, and stand ready to assist.