User blog:Fall Out Wave/Out with the old, in with the new!

Hello, everybody! It's a new month, and soon will be a new year, so Diep.io Wikia is taking out the trash and bringing in some new stuff! From Blog Policies to category cleanup, let's see what the past week has to offer...


 * -|Wiki Event News=

New .io Games Footer pending
After discussing with other Wikias, it was decided to attempt to launch a (example on Main Page) for, of which the  would be a part. Five Wikias are necessary for launch, and we have four Wikias pledged to join thus far: We need to find only one other .io Wikia that meets (needs 100+ pages, wordmark, background, et cetera) and then we should be able to acquire one.
 * w:c:diepio
 * Mope.io Wikia
 * MooMoo.io Wikia
 * Agar.io Wikia

Unknown Author Category nuke has begun
It has been a week since the previous Sandbox passed, and thus the Unknown Author category will be moved. If one wishes to assist in moving pages, please do the following: You need not delete the associated since they will be mass-cleared by bot, but if you feel obligated to do so and have the ability, feel free to.
 * 1) Clear to the page being moved.
 * 2) Rename the page to.
 * 3) Remove  from the renamed page.
 * 4) Remove all categories.
 * 5) Remove all redlinks on the page.
 * 6) Notify a if you do not have Sentinel rights, so they can delete the redirect.

Final Fanon category cleanup
and have all but completed an overhaul of the   and. Changes include:
 * Addition of for Subcategorization use only.
 * Addition of for Subcategorization use only.


 * -|Wiki Policy News=

Blog Policies implemented
A very short policy page for blogs. Due to the polarization on this issue, between one party which wanted no policies at all and another larger party which wanted high standards for blogs, a compromise was made during the November wherein blogs would be implemented, but only with the bare minimum. What does this mean? This means that all current and future blogs will need to be at least loosely related to the Wikia or Diep.io, and they cannot be outright spam, abuse, or gobbledygook. If they do not, they risk deletion. Everyone is more than welcome to give feedback on the Blog Policies in the comments or, more rather, on the Blog Policies Talk Page to help ensure that the Blog Policies are as satisfactory to as many people as possible.

Blog Policies not quite implemented ;)
While the Blog Policies have only been in effect for a few days, several users have indicated that they are insufficient in dealing with low-quality blogs. A petition (now a Community Vote) was made suggesting that Blog Policies be amended to disallow low-effort blogs. You can join the conversation and vote for yourself on this issue in the petition thread, the voting for which ends this coming Sunday.

Merge Rewards completed
and have completed their respective  for the  and these Rewards have now been attributed to their recipients.

Promotions & Demotions

 * promoted to for.
 * demoted to and  due to inactivity.


 * -|Tech News=

New Gadget
has created a new ! This one, a compliment to his earlier Halloween and Thanksgiving Gadgets, changes the wiki's theme to suit the Christmas season.

Revision Deletions
From time to time, users may notice that pages have been temporarily deleted and then restored. What is happening is that a given page and all of its edit histories are deleted, and then only a select few revisions of the history are restored, effectively removing from a page’s edit history unsavory edits such as vandalism, edit wars, and the contributions of phalanxed users by leaving those revisions deleted. This is routine Admin-work that can be ignored, and is only mentioned here for transparency and to avoid confusion.


 * -|Opinion Polls=