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Community Connect 2016

Community Connect 2016 was an invitation-only gathering for wiki and Fandom contributors to meet and connect with one another, as well as with Wikia staff from our Community, Product, and Marketing teams. The goal of the event is to facilitate a direct, in-person dialogue with a mix of contributors to get a better understanding of what is important to them, and to share insights to our product roadmap for the development of the Wikia platform.

## Community Connect Europe 2016

Community Connect Europe took place in Poznan, Poland from July 12th to July 14th.

## Community Connect U.S.A. 2016

Community Connect U.S.A. took place at Wikia's San Francisco office from Tuesday, August 9th and Thursday, August 11th.

## What to expect

During these 3 day events, admins will have the opportunity to participate in work sessions centered around Wikia’s plans for the coming year, including product vision, changes and improvements to the site, mobile productivity, community best practices, and more.

## See also

* 2016 Sessions
* 2016 Sessions Europe
* Wikia Crew 2016
* 2016 Attendees Europe
* 2016 Attendees US

### Blogs

* Community Connect 2016: A Resounding Success

Community Connect Europe
* Introducing the International Volunteer Team
* Unser Bericht vom Community Connect Event in Polen (German)
* Découvrez l'International Volunteer Team (French)
* Community Connect Europe 2016 : nos impressions (Italy)
* インターナショナル・ボランティア・チーム (Japanese)
* Apresentando a Equipe Internacional de Voluntários (Portuguese)
* Представляем международную команду помощников (Russian)
* Community Connect Europe 2016 (Russian)
* 2016社区交流峰会欧洲分会 中文社区管理员采访实录 (Chinese)

Community Connect U.S.A.
* Community Connect US 2016 (Spanish)
* コミュニティ・コネクト 2016 (Japanese)
* Community Connect 2016 - Veja o que Rolou (Portuguese)
* Minha experiência na Community Connect 2016 by Thales César
Main Pages: Desktop and mobile

Isaac Fischer, Andrew Naslund in **U.S.A.**

## Overview

Share what your community needs from its main page and how that can best be accomplished.

## Facilitators

* **Europe**:
	+ Bert Hall
	+ Tim Quievryn
	+ Julia Christelsohn
* **U.S.A.**:
	+ Isaac Fischer
	+ Andrew Naslund

## Presentation Slides

The presentation is available in .pdf format here (can be opened in browser).
Benjamin Tarsa

Benjamin Tarsa is the Director of Gaming for Fandom and Gamepedia.

## History

Benjamin joined Curse in 2012 as the original Gamepedia Community Manager, and went through a series of related roles as Gamepedia continued to grow including Community and Marketing Manager, Marketing and Business Manager, and others. Currently, he leads up the team that helps manage all of the community and content related efforts in Gaming.

Before joining Curse, he studied at Georgetown University where he recieved his MA in Communication, Culture, and Technology. His research focus was online gaming communities, with special attention to communities of players in MMORPGs and what happens when MMOs close down and players are forced out of their worlds, becoming "digital refugees." He also volunteered for 2 years in the Wikimedia Global Education Program, teaching in classrooms and helping students create Wikipedia pages instead of term papers. It was that experience that first got him involved with wikis!

## Community Connect Involvement

Benjamin helped with various aspects of the planning of Community Connect. Most importantly, he managed all of the swag for the gift bags, so if you love it or hate it, you can talk to him about it! He'll be there to meet everyone and hear their thoughts about all of the projects we're working on regarding Fandom, Gamepedia, and the UCP.
Community Connect 2023 Livestream

"Fandom Creators Lab"

**Community Connect 2023** is being livestreamed! For those not attending in-person (in-person invites are now closed and finalized), you can still tune in to watch a number of the sessions on Monday, April 24th and Tuesday, April 25th. That way you can still hear all the news about what Fandom is working on across our Community, Content Marketing, Product, and Engineering teams.

**Click Here to RSVP for the Community Connect Livestream**
You can RSVP using the form above. Links will be shared via email the evening before for anyone who RSVPs.

You will need to download Zoom for virtual participation, if you don't already have it. Note that all virtual attendees will have their camera and microphone automatically muted.

## Livestream schedule

*All times are in Eastern Time.*
* **Monday, April 24th**
	+ 9:00-9:15am: Day 1 Opening Remarks
	+ 9:15-9:45am: Fireside AMA with Perkins Miller, CEO of Fandom
	+ 9:45-10:45am: 2023 Fandom Overview
	+ 11:00am-12:00pm: 2023 Product and Experimentation Overview + Q&A
	+ 1:00-2:00pm: User Generated Content: Building New Tools and Experiences for Editors
	+ 3:00-4:00pm: User Experience: Making the Site Even Better for Fans
	+ 5:00-5:10pm: Day 1 Closing Remarks

* **Tuesday, April 25th**
	+ 9:00-9:05am: Day 2 Opening Remarks
	+ 9:05-10:00am: Structured Data to Further Power Your Wikis
	+ 10:00-11:00am: Canonical Pages: The Ultimate Portal to the World of Fandom
	+ 2:00-3:00pm: Generative AI and Potential Benefits to Wikis
	+ 4:00-5:00pm: AMA with Fandom Staff
	+ 5:00-5:10pm: Conference Closing Remarks
Life cycle of a feature at Wikia/Chinese notes

Wikia产品是如何被开发的？Stanley和Trevor使用问题页面列表(Special:Insights)帮助我们详细介绍了打造新产品的过程。

## 想法如何变成实际产品?

* 科学的研究方法来决定产品是否可行
	+ 收集，分析和处理大量的数据
* 产品发展
	+ 优化和发展各种产品想法
* 产品发展周期
	+ 产生想法
	+ 优化
	+ 调研，设计和定义
	+ 开发
	+ 发布
	+ 后期跟进
	+ 重复！

## 我们从哪里产生新的想法?

* + Wikia目前的产品问题
	+ 用户反馈
	+ 新产品机会
	+ Wikia员工反馈
	+ 可行性产品
	+ 市场需求等等
* 问题页面列表(Special:Insights)想法是如何产生的?
	+ 用户希望使用更好的工具来观测大量的数据
	+ Special:WikiStats功能有限，已经开始变得蹩脚
	+ 竞争性网站都提供类似的工具给用户

优化
--

* 对于员工来说，将有限的时间分在所有项目是非常困难的。
* 优化就是对工作流程最有利的简化。 “将员工的有限时间放在 \_\_\_\_\_ 项目上将帮助我们完成目标。”
	+ 问题页面列表案例 - “将员工的有限时间放在开发用户浏览数据系统的项目上将帮助我们提升更多的文章页面数量。”
		- 为什么这样做? 因为我们活跃用户最需要的功能就是数据！

调研
--

* 调研方式
	+ 调查问卷
	+ A/B测试
	+ 用户讨论
	+ 用户测试
	+ 行业分析
		- Special:Insights案例分析 -
			* 现在的用户使用的习惯？
			* 用户的数据点需要？
			* 一些其他成功的网站都是如何做的?
* 设计
	+ 设计是在研究阶段非常重要的一个环节。设计需要考虑的因素：
		- 目标用户
		- 延展性
		- 国际化
		- 多种设备支持
		- 所有产品统一化
* 定义
	+ 最小的可行化产品(MVP)：最基本的产品功能能够直接展示用户需求和产品特性。
		- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum\_viable\_product
		- 传达完整的功能和数据
		- 如果开发一款完善的产品需要1-2年时间，但是如果最终发现方向错误或者不受欢迎， 将会很糟糕。所以需要开发多种方向的最小可行性产品，用来得到最快的反馈以及时地学习和调整产品功能用以确认最终产品是否可行。
			* Special:Insights案例
				+ 重点是希望用户使用工具进行编辑，而不是只是进行数据呈现
				+ MVP最终将产品功能集中在4个方面，让用户进行最有效的使用。
* 功能开发和发布
	+ “快速失效”－用最终的实际应用验证理论的假设，通过不断改进提高产品性能。
		- 多产品功能发布 － 通过大量的发布进行大量的反馈收集。
			* 在某一个社区上进行实验
			* 维基实验室暂时允许用户使用
			* 多语言社区使用
			* 允许社区进行开启或者关闭
				+ Special:Insights案例 -
					- 利用已经存在的特别页快速进行发布
					- 构建和测试3周
					- 发布到一部分社区进行实验
					- 反复这个过程
* 后期跟进
	+ 收集和恢复用户反馈
	+ 技术故障处理
	+ 评估和表现：我们是否完成了目标？我们如何可以提高？下一步是什么？
		- Special:Insights案例分析 -
			* 用户反馈
				+ 反馈大部分是正面的
				+ 数据还好！不过我想看到更多的数据库！
				+ 这不是什么新功能，我已经可以使用很多特别页面了。
			* 使用数据展现
				+ 将根据大多数的用户反馈进行产品调整
				+ 一些用户或者社区从来没有使用过这个功能
				+ 一些流行的问题：数量惊人
			* 下一步
				+ 增加条目－让用户查看更多的数据
				+ 让用户更好地参与其中
Jon-Paul Ales-Barnicoat

Jon-Paul is the Vice President of Global Talent for Wikia and works in our San Francisco headquarters.

## History

Jon-Paul joined Wikia in October of 2015 after working in the design, creative and technology sectors in Human Resources and Talent roles.

## Facts About Jon Paul

* He is an avid surfer and golfer who loves to cook.
* He loves live music and attends 6 concerts a year.
* He once sat with Quentin Tarantino at a bar at the Newark, NJ airport for 4 hours whilst he drank an entire bottle of vodka.

## At Community Connect

He will be discussing culture and values at Wikia and how the apply them to our communities.
Owen Adams

Owen Adams is Wikia's Senior Vice President of Product. In his role, Owen and his team define and execute a product vision that allows the most influential fan base on the Web to connect and collaborate around the topics they are most passionate about, often in partnership with official brands and increasingly for syndication to mobile.

## History

Prior to joining Wikia, Owen led UX and product discovery at BitTorrent. He built a team and defined the strategy for UX excellence across a line of products that serve over 170 million monthly active users. Owen was also responsible for exploring new products to leverage BitTorrent technology and provide more efficient ways for people to engage with content on the Web. Earlier in his career, Owen led product management and UX for Kodak Gallery (formerly Ofoto), helping to lead a turnaround that resulted in a sale to Shutterfly. Owen started his career at Intuit, holding various roles in product management, UX and operations.

## Community Connect Involvement

Owen is one of the executive sponsors of Community Connect. He will be sharing the big picture overview of the Wikia platform roadmap, and be on the AMA panel.
Bearborg

**Wyatt** is an administrator of the Horizon Wiki and Wikitroid (the Metroid Wiki).

## Bio

I've had a lifelong interest in sci-fi, and a perpetual fascination with the minutiae of thoroughly fleshed-out fictional settings.

Back in 2013 I started contributing to Wikitroid because I was interested in replacing the large number of low-quality images. After a year of steady editing, I wound up as an administrator, and from there I continued to dive deeper into emulating and reverse-engineering the games in pursuit of more info and clearer pictures. The excitement of peering behind the curtain in video games has led me to pick up a number of technical skills I might never otherwise have pursued, and continues to occupy a fair amount of my free time.

In 2017, I played *Horizon Zero Dawn* for the first time, and its compelling worldbuilding immediately spurred me to start contributing to its wiki. My prior experience as an admin led to a quick offer to join Horizon Zero Dawn's admin team as well, and I eventually became the wiki's sole bureaucrat after the previous holder of the title passed on the mantle.
Barneymiller123abc

### **Hobbies**

Reading, writing, illustrating, wiki editing, listening to music, watching tv/films.

### **Fandom Start Date**

**Editor**
May 30, 2015
**Wiki Representative**
August 29, 2022

### **User name**

Barneymiller123abc

**Barneymiller123abc** (also referred to as **Miller** for short) is a Wiki Representative on The Entertainment Team for Fandom. Miller has been an attendee of Community Connect since 2021.

## Attendance

### Community Connect

As an active admin on Barney Wiki, Miller was invited to his first (virtual) Community Connect by Lostris, the wiki manager of Barney Wiki at the time. Miller virtually attended the event from from August 7-8, 2021. He was put in a virtual group with John Todd, the Director of Community Experience at Fandom.

Following his time attending virtually, Miller was invited to the in-person Community Connect the following year in 2022 by Mandy Olson. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to attend in-person due to flying out to Washington, D.C. around that same time as it was planned to do so in advance as a graduation gift for graduating with his Associate's Degree that same year. He did attend virtually for a few of the days.

In 2023, Miller was invited to Community Connect again, this time being a Wiki Representative. This was the first year where he's also recommended inviting a few users and editors who are doing outstanding work in their respective communities.

## Trivia

* The start of Community Connect 2023 occurs on Miller's birthday.
2016 Attendees Europe

Members of the Wikia community who will be at Community Connect 2016 in Poznan, Poland.

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Making Great Articles

## "**Making Great Articles: a Community Connect Town Hall**"

### **Description**

A wide-ranging discussion about crafting well-written, well-organized wiki content.

### **Presenters**

George Marbulcanti, Isaac Fischer, CzechOut, Angelina Fadool

### **Date**

Saturday, October 28, 2017

"**Making Great Articles: a Community Connect Town Hall**" was an October 2017 interactive broadcast event, open to the general FANDOM public.

## Topics

Making the Most of Contribution Tools (Slides)
Making the most of the infrastructure and tools FANDOM has for contributors
Developing Content (Slides)
Developing content with a specific tone and richer, consistent articles
How Templates Make Great Articles (Slides)
Best practices for templates, and using them to enrich your pages
Article Organization That Draws in Readers (Slides)
Organizing articles to draw in readers from search and keep them engaged
Answering your questions
## Links

* Help:Templates
* Help:Template types
* PreloadTemplates code at Dev Wiki
* Mozilla's Beginner's Guide to SEO
Frisk

Frisk (FriskyGote on Fandom) is mainly a Gamepedia user and GRASP member. He was mostly involved with Polish Minecraft Wiki project leading to his adminship. Later having some involvement with Polish Gamepedia Help wiki and Animal Royale wiki. Editor of the Month for February 2019 on Gamepedia.

## Who did you bribe to go on CC 2020?

Ok, enough with nice 3rd person neutral style. I've been active in Gamepedia community for a while now, mostly advocating (complaining) for Gamepedia communities (also a member of Gamepedia Fellowship), actively participating in GRASP duties, developing tools for the community and GRASP, helping users on Discord from time to time, trying to keep the effort of Crossover between Fandom and Gamepedia Minecraft Wikis going, constantly bugging staff, abusing privilage- wait, I were not supposed to write these. Oops.

In the community I'm known by some for my skills in writing "Walls of Text" which are big chunks of text, pointing out concerns, feedback mixed with a dose of direct criticism. I do plan to bring one wall to Community Connect 2020 as well.

## Trivia

* I'm actually a first attendee of goat species, very proud of that too.
* If you see me, feel free to call me Frisk, I'll appreciate it.
* I'm absolutely a furry.

## Community Connect 2020

I attended, had an amazing time. The community was absolutely wonderful. Hope to attend future Community Connects if it's only possible. Cannot express how much I appreciated the time with my friends, and I petted the goats!
Community Connect March 2021

**Community Connect 2021** is an invite-only gathering for admins of both new and established wikis to meet and connect with one another, as well as Fandom staff from our Community, Product and Marketing teams. The goal of the event is to facilitate a direct, in-person dialogue with a mix of contributors to get a better understanding of what is important to them, and to share insights to our product roadmap for the development of the Fandom platforms.

To see everything related to Community Connect 2021, visit Category:Community Connect 2021.

Check out an announcement about the Community Connect 2021 on the Fandom Staff Blog.

## See also

* Attendees
* Hosts
* Schedule
* FAQ
* Useful links
Plover-Y (attendee)

* EN
* JA

**Plover-Y** is an admin of コミュニティセントラル (Japanese Community Central), and participates in Language Brigade Wiki as a Japanese member, and in カービィWiki (Japanese Kirby Wiki).

## Bio

Hi, all! I am Plover.
I am an attendee who have not established a new wikia community. I started editing in 2010 as an anonymous user, and in February 2014 as Plover-Y.

Please forgive me my poor ~~English~~ Engrish.

Thank you in advance.

**Plover-Y** (プローバーY) は、コミュニティセントラルのアドミンの１人で、Language Brigade WikiおよびカービィWikiの利用者。

略歴
--

みなさん、こんにちは！ Plover (プローバー) と申します。
新しいウィキアコミュニティを立ち上げたことがないのに、Community Connect に参加させていただきました。
Wikiaは、2010年から匿名利用者として、そして2014年2月からはアカウントをとって、利用させていただいています。

英語は得意ではありません。

よろしくお願いいたします。
1. ↑ as an anonymous user
2. ↑ except Japanese Wikia Templates Wiki; established for keeping templates on Japanese Community Central
Himmalerin

Himmalerin is a bureaucrat on the Wings of Fire Fanon Wiki. She is a Fandom Star and a former member of the Vanguard team and Community Council.

## Bio

Himmalerin initially joined Fandom in 2016. After several different wikis and accounts, she ended up on the WoFF wiki in 2017. She edited there for several years, and finally annoyed the moderator team enough with her suggestions that, in 2020, they finally promoted her to content moderator.

From there, she was quickly promoted to administrator and then bureaucrat. These days she focuses less on page editing and much more on wiki maintenance-related things.

## Trivia

* She is extremely biased against using tables for layouts and can often be found complaining to her friends about how many wikis use them
	+ Given the opportunity, she will gladly redesign your wiki's templates for you
* She is a firm believer in using two spaces after punctuation, though she (usually) refrains from doing so on wikis for consistency
Fearless Diva

FD
--

**FD** is a Wiki Specialist for Com Act Entertainment and has been editing wikis for over ten years.

## Bio

I started editing as anon in late 2011 on the PLL Wiki. I was obsessed with the show Pretty Little Liars in 2010, and eventually I came across the PLL Wiki. It had only one active bureaucrat and I became so immersed in the fandom, I ended up making a an account, and in February 2012, I became a regular editor. On July 18th, 2013, I was promoted to an admin position. Then on March 30th, 2014, I was further promoted to a bureaucrat. Before that, I was mostly reading stories on Fanfiction.net, even writing some stories for my favorite fandoms. I have learned a lot over the years, and while I'm still not the best at seeding a wiki, I enjoy coming into a wiki, and helping with some of my editing to make them the best they can be.

In August 12, 2019, I became a Wiki Specialist with the TV/Movies vertical.
Andrew Wang

### **Hobbies**

Basketball, Motorsports, TV, Movies, Photography, Cooking, Dining Out, Submitting Responses for Useless Surveys

### **User name**

WikiDru

Andrew is a project manager at Wikia, which means he is a master of organized chaos and a certified product development team whisperer.

## History

Before Wikia, Andrew was leading teams at Ticketmaster and Stubhub. Or, in the eyes of his parents, he used to sell and scalp tickets. But now he just plays video games all day for work.

## Community Connect Involvement

Andrew is helping out with the execution and organization of the event. During the three-day event, he can be seen running from place to place either moving something, herding people or pulling his hair out.
Adil Ajmal

Adil is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Fandom. In this role he is focused on increasing fan engagement across Fandom's existing platform, as well as leading the development of new products, tools and data services. Adil has previously held leadership positions at LendingHome, Amazon, TenMarks Education, Posterous, Intuit, United Online / PhotoSite, Homestead Technologies and Razorfish.

## History

Adil is a huge fan of sci-fi, fantasy and fiction. His mom got him started on Star Trek when he was in elementary school and then there was no turning back. The number of things that he watches or reads is too long and he admittedly consumes way more content than he probably should. And this is what led him to joining Fandom as he wanted to work on products that he along with his family and friends could enjoy.

## Community Connect Involvement

Adil is excited about spending time with some of the most active Fandom users and learning about their experiences on Fandom. He will also be presenting a Product Update that will cover the Unified Community Platform (UCP) as well as the other product initiatives at Fandom.
Lenhi

**Lenhi** is an admin, bureaucrat, and the designated driver of the Steven Universe Wiki.

## Bio

### Fandom

I first joined Fandom on March 12, 2015 as an editor on the Steven Universe Wiki. I became a chat moderator in October 2015 because I drew pictures for the wiki (making me *very* qualified, of course), somehow made my way to being an administrator in December 2015, and then a bureaucrat in July 2016.

As much as I enjoyed being an unpaid babysitter, I tried to get a life in 2018 and resigned from my positions, but then 2020 came around, and with a global pandemic stalling normal month, I resumed my role as a bureaucrat for the wiki to stop kids from setting my things on fire.

I have attended the in-person Community Connect sessions in 2022 and 2023, as well as the two online-only sessions in 2021.

### Everything else

In the **𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭** I am an on-and-off college student studying for a degree in Business Managment, a hobby illustrator, and a certified barista. I am also a K-Pop fan unfortunately, but I like other music, video games, and TV shows too.

## Trivia

* I use he/they pronouns :)
* That's it, go stan Loona already bestie <3
KylaraE

**KylaraE** is a Wiki Representative for the Entertainment vertical and has been editing wikis for over ten years.

## Bio

I started editing on then-Wikia in 2009. Before that I was editing Fanlore documenting (lowercase) fandom. I later got into editing Death Note Wiki where I requested adminship to update all the infoboxes to portable and style them with CSS, and I learned a lot while editing there. I edit wikis wherever my interests take me, and I love upgrading infoboxes, setting up navigation, and CSS. And spreadsheets.

In October 2019, I became a Wiki Manager with the TV/Movies vertical.

## Gallery

### Community Connect 2022

With everyone at CC 2022!Throwback TV/Movies TeamComEx and Wiki Reps
Quito de Sequera

Quito leads the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) team here at Wikia. The SEO team is responsible for maintaining and increasing site traffic from various search engines, which make up about 80% of the visits that come to Wikia overall.

## History

Before Wikia, Quito worked on small websites in San Diego, then joined the SEO team at Trulia. After about 2.5 years there, he went to lead the SEO team at Zappos.com in Las Vegas before joining Wikia.

## Community Connect Involvement

Quito will be co-hosting both 5 Essential Techniques to Boost SEO Health and Brainstorming on Steroids: Intro to 10X Content.
Ben Robinson

**Ben "smokie" Robinson** was the VP of Gaming at Fandom, responsible for the Gaming team, Gaming Business Development, and Editor Experience team. He is the Top Gun.

## History

Ben joined Curse in 2012 after founding the DayZ wiki. He then co-founded Gamepedia and began expanding it into what it is today. In his spare time he loves playing games, watching Detroit sports, and animals. He used to play top level competitive CS 1.6 with team shockwave and raided WoW with Gummi Bears and Exodus achieving multiple top 10 world boss kills.

## Community Connect involvement

Ben presented on the history of Gamepedia, the merge of Gamepedia and Fandom, and what the future looks like. Expect to see pictures of his cats in these presentations.
Life cycle of a feature at Wikia/Japanese notes

ウィキアの機能やプロダクトはどのようにして生まれると思いますか？　新機能「特別:Insights」（インサイト）を例に、StanleyとTrevorがプロセスをご紹介します。

## アイディアから現実の機能へ

* 新機能の開発が実行可能であるかを科学的方法で検証
	+ 仮説、データを集め分析
* プロダクト開発
	+ アイディアの実行へ向けてプライオリティ付けがされ、開発へ

## プロダクト開発のサイクル

* アイディア
* プライオリティ付け
* リサーチ、デザイン、プロダクト明確化
* 開発
* 機能のリリース
* 追求

（この繰り返し）

## アイディア

アイディアはどこから来る？

* 現在のプロダクトの問題点
* ユーザー
* 新しいテクノロジー
* ウィキア社員
* 他のプロダクト
* 市場のトレンド

**特別:インサイトの場合**

* 詳細なデータが欲しいというリクエスト
* 特別:WikiStatsに代わるものの必要性
* 他者サイトのユーザーにも分かりやすいデータ提供

## プライオリティ付け

* 限られた人員の中でプロジェクトを実行するための時間を管理
* 目標達成のために何に時間を費やすのがベベストか考える

**特別:インサイトの場合**

* サイトのデータをユーザーに提供することで、より良いページの作成を補助することができるのではないか

## リサーチ

* リサーチのもととなるもの
	+ アンケート
	+ A/Bテスト（異なる多様な条件でのテスト）
	+ ユーザーとの話し合い
	+ ユーザー・テスト
	+ 同業他者の分析

**特別:インサイトの場合**

* ウィキアのユーザーの傾向は？
* 他者が提供しているデータは？
* ユーザーが必要としているデータは？

## デザイン

* デザイン段階では何度もドラフト作成を繰り返し、リサーチ結果に応じてデザインを進化させ、適応させる
* デザイン段階で気に留めること
	+ オーディエンス
	+ 実行可能性
	+ インターナショナル化
	+ 多様な端末のサポート
	+ 現在のプロダクトとの統一性

## プロダクトの明確化

* MVP (Minimum Viable Product、最小存続可能プロダクト)
	+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum\_viable\_product（英語版）
	+ 完全に機能可能なプロダクトの提供
	+ うまく機能しないかもしれないプロダクトを1〜2年かけて開発するよりも、プロダクトのいくつかのバージョンを作り、素早くフィードバックを集める

**特別:インサイトの場合**

* ただデータを提供するのではなく編集を推奨するデータとする
* MVPは素早く提供することができる4つのリストとなった

## 開発とリリース

* 「失敗するなら早いうち」
	+ 賢く、かつ素早い開発を行うことにより本物のユーザーにプロダクトを試してもらうことができ、仮説の検証ができる
	+ 様々な形でのリリース
		- 特定のコミュニティのみでのリリース
		- ラボでのリリース
		- 特定の言語のみでのリリース
		- 個人設定での選択が可能な形でリリース

**特別:インサイトの場合**

* 既存の特別ページを使用
* 開発、テストを含め3週間でリリース
* 少数のテストコミュニティにてリリース

追求
--

* ユーザーからのフィードバックを収集
	+ バグの修正
	+ 反響を分析 ー 目的は達成できたか、改善点はどこか、次のステップは？

**特別:インサイトの場合**

* ユーザーからのフィードバック
	+ ほぼポジティブな反響
	+ データは使えるが、もっと細かいデータが欲しい
	+ すでにこの特別ページが存在していたので、新しいプロダクトではないでは？
* データ
	+ ほとんどのユーザーが1〜2つ編集を行っている
	+ 全く使用していないコミュニティ、ユーザーもいた
	+ よくある問題：リストが長すぎる！
* 次のステップ
	+ リストの拡張 ー ユーザーにとって最も有益な情報を提供
	+ より多くのユーザーが使いたくなるようなデータの提供
Ed Mata Ochoa

## History

I'm a passionate polyglot who enjoys an international environment like Wikia, where everyday I'm able to interact with people from all corners of the world.

I am very happy to be working with Wikia's international communities, particularly those in Spanish!

## At Community Connect

I will be leading the Spanish-language sessions, and will be interacting with our dedicated Latin American users at the event.
Lady Lostris

**Lostris** is a Wiki Representative on the Entertainment team. Working to support some of the top movies, TV, books, and lifestyle wikis, she also tries to highlighting the vast diversity of users that can be found on the entire platform by pushing forward any Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion events as much as possible, as well as safeguarding the integrity of the platform as part of the volunteer SOAP team. Outside Fandom, she's searching to recover her pre-Covid life. The struggle has been real. Employing the help of a search and rescue cat proved unsuccessful cause the cat just lies there being cute. Who could've predicted that strange turn of events?

## Fandom history

Lostris discovered Fandom, then-Wikia, in 2010 when a bus hit her car, and long story short, after a week in the hospital, condemned to literal bed rest for eight weeks in the middle of her parents's living room, and bored out of her mind, she started researching some firebending moves for her own fan-fiction, discovered the English Avatar Wiki, discovered its fanon portal, discovered the editing side, became the first female admin and bureaucrat of the Avatar Wiki, and 12 years and 128k edits later, here she is.

Always on the hunt for new challenges, she started helping out the global Fandom community in 2014 by reporting and reverting spam and vandalism, which landed her an invitation to the SOAP (then VSTF) team in November 2014. In February 2020, in a rare bout of good luck, Lostris happened to satisfy her curiosity about the Wiki Representative (then Wiki Manager) role just around the time Mandy got promoted, which led to her being contracted by Fandom.

## Trivia

* The morning is evil, her weapon of choice is an endless stream of black coffee.
* Her favorite color is red, favorite number is 3, favorite animal is a tiger, and her all time favorite element is fire.
* Her username is a reference to the main woman character in *River God* by Wilbur Smith. Ironically, in light of the previous trivia, Lostris means "daughter of the waters".
* She loves to travel and lost her heart on the African continent. On the top of her travel bucket list is a visit to all the new world wonders. Only one check thus far. Two if you count the Ancient World Wonders as well.
* She hates dishonesty. And people who chew very loudly. Dishonest, loud chewers are the worst.
* She has only had 3 profile picture in her entire Fandom career (and the first two were actually the same).
* Her most cherished piece of fan-art will be Minnichi's vision of Lostris riding her flaming tiger to patrol the wiki's recent activity. That tiger was named Kejeli and got commemorated in a tattoo on Lostris' right side.
* Some Fandom highlights include getting Janet Varney to do an AMA for the Avatar Wiki's 15th anniversary, being one of the editor features during WHM 2022, as well as participating in the 2022 staff-community WHM video. In general, she's proud to have being given the chance to help promote Fandom's DEI efforts on her assigned communities.
* For some reason, weird stuff keeps happening to her.
MrMusicMan789

**MrMusicMan789** is a Community Admin on The Blackout Club Wiki (Gamepedia), member of the Gamepedia Fellowship, and was an attendee at Community Connect 2020.

## Bio

MrMusicMan789 joined Gamepedia in January 2019 to begin building The Blackout Club Wiki, but he has several years' experience editing wikis including on Fandom (on an old, dusty, and now-unused account) and was made a co-admin on the Wiki shortly after joining.

MrMusicMan789 spent September to December 2019 developing a system that allows players to share their unique, live experiences in the game with the community and readers of the Wiki. The system lets users submit their interaction experiences, automatically creates "collections" of interactions for each user, and provides dynamic lists on the home page as well as other tools so users can search and find interactions for specific topics. These interactions can then be used to build and add content to articles and theorize further about the game as it evolves since a majority of the game's lore and plot details are given through these experiences. MrMusicMan789 also serves as a moderator for the game's official Discord server.

He currently studies physics at university and is a member of a physics research group looking to optimize 3D printing techniques for advanced modeling and medical applications. He hopes to one day take part in high energy particle physics research and may have the opportunity to take part in more research in summer 2020 overseas in Switzerland.

MrMusicMan789 earns his nickname for he is also an accredited orchestrator, arranger, and copyist. His most notable project is a Broadway musical that has a London production and several tours (national and international). His work takes inspiration from Shostakovich, Elgar, and Stravinsky.

## Community Connect 2020

MrMusicMan789 learned many things about Fandom, the upcoming UCP, and got to discuss Gamepedia topics, concerns, and ideas with other admins and members of Fandom's team. He learned first-hand how Antonio R. Castro has an unquenchable desire for (at minimum) 3 pieces of cheesecake. MrMusicMan789 also confirmed how one can do many things at Disney World (including walking around almost the entire park) in 2.5 hours instead of spending that time waiting for Space Mountain. He narrowly survived the human sandwich bus ride from Hollywood Studios and the midnight hotel fire alarm. He owes River 25 minutes of "2 AM discussion about Sublime", though a case could be made he owes just 15 minutes. He leaves Community Connect 2020 having made many new friends and is excited for the work Fandom and Gamepedia are doing for the future of fandoms.
JS security: A fireside chat

## Overview

How Wikia handles custom site JavaScript is growing up. We'll talk through why we're making changes (spoiler alert: security, mobile friendliness, and overall quality) and what our planned JS ecosystem will be.

## Who should attend?

* Admins who customize their communities with JavaScript
* Admins who are curious about site security
* Admins who are curious about JavaScript
Community Connect 2022

"The Next Frontier"

**Community Connect 2022** was an in-person/virtual hybrid gathering for admins of both newer and established communities to meet and connect with one another and with Fandom staff from our Community, Marketing, Sales, Product, and Engineering teams. The event, held live in Los Angeles, California and streamed online, took place from Friday, May 27, 2022 through Monday, May 30, 2022. The goal of the event was to have direct, in-person conversations with a mix of creators and staff members to share what Fandom is working on for the rest of the year and to get direct feedback from community members. It was a great success!

## See also

* Attendees
* Hosts
* Schedule
* FAQ
Isaac Fischer

Isaac was an Editor Experience Specialist (formerly Community Technical Specialist). His focus was in user education and technical coding for content and templates. He was also your go-to guy most of the time to talk about portability, Best Practices, or Lua. He is still occasionally mistaken for a piscine cistern or armoured fighting vehicle.

We believe that every user that enters the Fandom network should be provided with clear guidance, encouragement, and helpful tools in order to better their time spent with us. We believe that all our visitors and contributors have something to contribute, and we partner with those at all skill levels to guide them to an engaging and rewarding experience on our communities. My personal mission was to bring to you the best practices and analysis to help you make informed decisions; that way, you can help your communities to grow and be successful.

## Trivia

Isaac acquired his first pair of cowboy boots in 2019, despite having lived in Texas for most of his life.

## Community Connect Involvement

He was part of these 2016 sessions:

* Main Pages: Desktop and Mobile
* International Interaction
* Portability on your Community

He attended Community Connect 2015 as a user before joining Fandom's staff.
Evolution

## "**Evolution: a Community Connect Town Hall**"

### **Description**

A wide-ranging discussion about progressive community strategies, and the newest from FANDOM.

### **Presenters**

Brandon Rhea, Isaac Fischer, CzechOut, Doug Trein

### **Location**

Live stream at https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/tarfazyt

### **Date**

Saturday, April 21, 2018

"**Evolution: a Community Connect Town Hall**" is an April 2018 interactive broadcast event, open to the general FANDOM public.

## Topics

Shifting Audiences
How to think about your community readers — they may not be who you think (and may not be who they were when the community started)!
Modernization
What's new with the FANDOM tools, network, and platform. Where are we going this year?
Fading styles and fighting cruft
What are some older design patterns that no longer fit a modern web or wiki? How can these be replaced with something responsive and responsible without losing your community flavor?
Converting readers to editors
How to get volunteers interested, and keep them involved. Why FANDOM is a different culture than Wikipedia.
Answering your questions

## Connection Details

**There are three ways to tune in:**

* By web browser on BlueJeans. (No plugins or installs needed for Chrome; Flash or a plugin required for other browsers.)
* By mobile app for iPhone/iPad or Android
* By desktop app on Windows and Mac (and some Linux distributions)

Use the link https://primetime.bluejeans.com/a2m/live-event/tarfazyt or event code **tarfazyt** to access the event. Viewers are encouraged to test the setup ahead of time.
Community Experience 2022

**Community Experience 2022** is all about what the Community Experience team is working on in 2022. John Todd, Director of Community Experience, will overview the team's plans for the year and what the team members—most of whom will be in attendance!—are working on.

## Community Experience team members

* John Todd, Director of Community Experience (presenter)
* Antonio R. Castro, Lead Community Manager
* Elsa Malbrun, Community Manager, Movies/TV
* Héctor Donís, Community Manager, Emerging Wikis Special Projects
* Jennifer Pearson, Senior Community Manager, Creator Outreach
* Lucas DeRuyter, Community Manager, Anime
* Mandy Olson, Senior Community Manager, Entertainment
* Not Attending, Unfortunately: George "Kirkburn" Marbulcanti, Senior Customer Support Specialist
Antonio R. Castro

### **Hobbies**

Watching Netflix, HBO. Playing videogames. Reading Star Wars comics. His scout group.

### **Favorite Community**

Grand Theft Encyclopedia, Hielo y Fuego Wiki and Adventure Time Wiki

### **User name**

Antonio R. Castro

Antonio is Lead Community Manager and part of the Community Experience team at Fandom. Also know as *bola*, he has spent most part of his wiki-life working in Spanish communities. In the last 3 years he has been working on The English TV/Movies communities, Gaming wikis and finally Data Analysis and Internal policies for Community Experience. He combines that work with the representation of Community Org in Product/Engineering meetings (It means you can blame him if any bug is not correctly prioritized...)

## History

He can't remember when all this started, but he did in 2001 probably, playing to GTA III. He was looking for mods because he wanted to add new tanks to the game. That's because he started to collaborate in a famous Spanish website about GTA. After that? Well, he reached the status of moderator, collaborator, admin, webmaster, and whatever, he was almost the owner of the web after some years.

In the meanwhile, he started to edit in Wikipedia. That was the beginning of the end, because after a year, he thought could be a good idea to create a wiki about GTA, and that's the reason because he started to collaborate like bureaucrat in the wiki created by a friend, Grand Theft Encyclopedia. We are talking about May 2007, and a year later he was recruited as helper -volunteer-. Three years collaborating in the Spanish communities, and after that, he was hired by Fandom (2011).

He has been supporting the Spanish communities for more than 11 years (as user, helper, Community Development Manager, etc) and finally, he was promoted to Community Manager for English communities too, focussed on TV/Movies wikis. The rest is history: TV/Movies -> Gaming -> Data Analyst/Product coordination.

## Trivia

* He loves wikis, in any form: wiki-dramas, super complex templates, designs, more wiki-dramas, stats... or just reading, because best way to understand a community is reading the articles and seeing how they pamper their pages.
* Antonio always tries to be creative in all his projects and never repeat same program twice. He is in constant evolution, so if you have any crazy idea that you would like to apply to the wikis, please, tell him, it's easy to convince him to obtain his support.
* Fan of GTA, Star Wars, Song of Ice and Fire and any TV series *pre* or *post* Breaking Bad.
* He LOVES Adventure Time.
* He is a scout leader at the scout group of his town. Because he thinks we can leave this world a little better than we found it.
Micyeung723 (attendee)

**Micyeung723** is an administrator of few gaming wikis. His name is Michael Yeung (aka *Mic*). He was born on July 23rd, and that's what the username made of.

## Bio

Michael loves playing video games (who doesnt). He found *Wikia* when searching the information of a mobile game, and felt curious and exciting(?) about *Wikia*. He joined Wikia since June 17th, 2014 because of a Japanese mobile game about Hunter x Hunter. He felt full of curiosity about MediaWiki. He didnt know that is also the core software engine what Wikipedia: runs, which he didnt like and felt bored of. He saw an intelligent idea and challenges. He studied about Mediawiki and created a few gaming wikis (with the fans of games of course).

## Personality

Michael is a perfectionist, and a workaholic. He believes in everything and he believes **everything is possible** (instead of *nothing is impossible*). He is absolutely an open-minded person. The wikis under his management is always templated, and pages are wanted to be the same format.

Michael is usually a rationality person. However, he only work on wikis by interests. He doesnt speak much, except the topics he feels really interesting. He is not quite an talkative person, even with his buddy.

Michael is an atheist but believing in God, ghosts, aliens, etc. He loves Sci-Fi so much and loves watching that kind of movies, exspecialy Star Trek and Stargate.
Karolina Gorowska

Project Manager working with technical teams since 2015 with the previous experience in Public Relations and Social Media. She joint Fandom in February 2022. Over the years wore many hats but project management turned out to her favourite. She've been mastering "the craft" of it (or as many would say — "the art") by getting the experience through working for various scale businesses starting with design studios, through marketing agencies and software houses, and finally ending up with corporation. The current opportunity, being a part of Fandom. She truly trust is to give me a chance not only to apply and polish the knowledge that already have but first and foremost to learn, listen and support. Crazy enough to get a degree in Culture Studies (MA) and Indology (BA) but always improving her understanding of Project Management and Software Engineering domain (postgraduate courses and certifications).

## Nerd history

Her interests beyond professional life are broad. She could talk on the absolute perfection of "2001: A Space Odyssey" or incomparable to anything else "Blade Runner" (1982) kind of vibe - that's no brainer when "Tears in Rain" monologue and Vangelis music are combined (plus so much more!). She could also, elaborate a bit more about her recent love-hate relationship with the new Dune. She feels a little bit guilty but also obliged to admit that I she still enjoys the bizarre magic of Lynch's version with all its flaws and ridiculousness.

## Responsibilities at Fandom

Karolina is a project manager on the Engineering team, coordinating work on creators tools (CATS), well-performing and visually appealing solutions that allow for ramping up consumer engagement (SiteX) but also on platform maintenance (Platform).
Benwhite (attendee)

Ben is an admin at *Brave Frontier Global* wiki.

## Bio

Ben has been a programmer since the age of 9, which is only a couple years ago ;) He loves to create things, especially things make make his life easier. There would be more about him here except he's busy programming something or playing with his kids...
2020 Attendees

These users are confirmed to be attending Community Connect 2020.

## Fandom Staff

Perkins MillerTim QuievrynWill KavanaghBrandon RheaAdil AjmalAntonio R. CastroBecky WestmorelandBen RobinsonBenjamin TarsaCarrie ParameswaranDerek HartEva NiroomandGarrett TotckyHéctor DonísIsaac FischerJessica CliffordJustyna WalkowskaKeiko Lai-TongMarcin ZimnyMichael ChiangMichael MorganRappyStephanie FriedZach Michaels
## Attendees

Annabeth and PercyApollo C VermouthazgoodazBennett Blood Mage18BlazedSpawnBritishCynicClericofMadnessCrystalMomSquadCyanide3Devastating DaveDevilmanozzyDr. Clayton ForrestorEmitewiki2EquazcionFriskGS877HighJewElfKingJackboog21Jak HimselfJSBMKing DragonhoffKylaraELder1995MarkusRostMoviesignMrMusicMan789Nekky-chanOishiiOnInoPcjProfessorToftyRainAReedemtheD3ad!RheingoldRiverSayuriDarlingShockstormSkyzySlyCooperFan1SnowedLightningStygies VIIITechnobliteratorTimeShadeTono555Toprawa and RalltiirTotallyWitchyTupka217TyAUrsuulWagnike2Young Mako
About Fandom

Fandom operates the world’s largest network of collaboratively published content on the web -- made possible by admins like you. Thank you!

We are home to over 400,000 communities for fans, by fans. Fandom is often cited as the best source of accurate, dynamic, and fresh fan-authored information that is fueling virtually all aspects of popular culture: console and mobile games, cable and streaming TV shows, music festivals, big movie franchises, major sporting events, anticipated book releases, fashion trends and DIY, food and drink recipes, and current events on an international scale.

## Our History

In 2006, Wikia, Inc. was created from the minds of Angela Beesley and Jimmy Wales, the creator of the free online, open-source encyclopedia, Wikipedia. Jimmy and Angela realized they could use their MediaWiki technology to support the high demand of popular culture topics like video games, movies, books, comics, music, TV, and lifestyle topics including sports, food/drink, travel, and more. Reigning as its own business platform for collaborative media publishing ever since, Fandom has more than 200 employees worldwide and is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Cologne, Tokyo, and Poznan, Poland.

## Our Mission

**Unleash the power of knowledge as influence.** Fandom provides a trusted and customizable collaborative publishing platform on which everyone - really, everyone - can pursue a complete chronicle of what they know and love on subjects that range from video games, movies, TV, and books, to cars, cooking, crafts, education, and travel. By doing so, we empower the expert and satisfy the curious.

**Enable personal and collective creativity.** Our communities assemble on their own initiative and dwell as living, breathing entertainment destinations -- interconnected through a shared desire to create, collaborate, learn, and inform. The more you learn, the more you have to share. That magnetic appeal our fans organically generate is contagious and inspiring.

**Distribute rich, original content.** Collaboration is what makes Fandom's content unique. Our site supports powerful search engine discovery and complementary curation tools for video, photo, text, quizzes, and more. Fandom contributors and readers return again and again for real, useful information -- visiting an average of 4.8 times per month to consume an average of eight pages each visit.
Infoboxes: Past, Present and Future/Japanese notes

## インフォボックスとは？

Infoboxとは、記事のある側面についての要約情報を提供することを目的とした、記事の右上に配置する形の規定フォーマットの表。基礎情報とも呼ばれる。（Wikipediaより）

## 現在のインフォボックスが抱えている問題

* 機械がマークアップを理解することができない
* インフォボックスを作成するにも、スタイリングするにも、使用するにもツールが必要
* 現在のインフォボックスは大きなコピペテンプレート。様々なコードを入れることができ、論理を作成する必要があるため、データの検証（確認）が必要
* インフォボックスの値を探さなければならない
* インフォボックスの値によってギャラリーやテーブルが生成されている
* どんな端末でも情報が閲覧できるようにしたい

## ポータブル・インフォボックス

* galleryタグにヒントを得て作成されたもの
* 統一された、人間にもコンピュータにも分かりやすいマークアップ
* データが軽くなった（中には半分にまで軽減されたインフォボックスも）
* 画像は自動でクロップされる
* ビジュアルエディタからでも選択して使用可能
* インフォボックス変換ツールにより、テンプレートの情報を変換し、コピペの時間を短縮できる

## さらに今後は...？

* インフォボックス内の情報だけでなく、色やテーマも一箇所で簡単にカスタマイズできるテンプレートの実現（現在、スタイリングはCSSで行う必要があり、）
* タブ：複数の画像をPC版でもモバイル版でも表示することができるようにする

## コミュニティの皆さんにお願いしたいこと

* http://infobox.wikia.com （英語版）ではいろいろな例をご紹介しながら、皆さんからのフィードバックをいただいています
* コミュニティのユーザーの皆さんが必要だと思うことを踏まえて今後もインフォボックスをより良いものに進化させていきたいと思っています
Angelina Fadool

Angelina is an SEO Analyst at Wikia. She creates training materials, documents best practices, and communicates the results of SEO tests and projects.

She is also a newbie wiki contributor, so she can be convinced to trade keyword research for help with infoboxes.

## History

In the dark days before Wikia, Angelina was a barista, a bookseller (RIP Borders), and an SAT/ACT test prep instructor; but she began her professional career writing product descriptions at Zappos.com. In 2014, she joined the SEO team at Zappos to spearhead company-wide education efforts.

## Community Connect Involvement

Angelina will be co-hosting both 5 Essential Techniques to Boost SEO Health and Brainstorming on Steroids: Intro to 10X Content.
Nick Nunziata

## History

I created the movie website CHUD.com in 1998 and it was an instrumental part of bringing film to the masses on the internet. Over the course of two decades, the site created a strongly bonded community and helped launch the careers of many popular writers. It also helped me build a career that spanned radio, print, television, and even on the screen as producer on films *Grizzly Park* and *Don't Be Afraid of the Dark* as well as many other products in various rings of Development Hell. At Wikia and Fandom I'm taking two decades worth of experience in finding voices and helping them reach their highest level and putting it to good use. The future is here. Right now.

## At Community Connect

I will be sharing my experiences with the Fan Contributor Program, finding new ways to share it and make it more exciting, and spending time with existing contributors to see what the next steps will bring.