YoYoGames Wiki:Newsletter


 * Issue 1 | January 31st, 2010

Overview The Wiki Newsletter will help keep users up-to-date with the developments that have taken place to the Wiki over a certain time (we'll try a month at first!). If you'd like to automatically receive the newsletter when it's released, please join the members list and it will be sent to your talk page each month.

- MasterOfHisOwnDomain and the Wiki Team

Statistics for December-January

These stats were taken on Dec 31st and January 31st, and there are some interesting results:
 * The Wiki seems to be viewed by an increasing number of people.
 * Quite a few of these people are registering.
 * Those who do register are not making edits on a regular basis (thereby not being counted as active).
 * The average edits per page is low (compared to 18 for Wikipedia), while the views per edit is high.

This is both promising and disappointing. It means that many people are being encouraged to join, for whatever reason, but do not return to make edits on a regular basis. While we shall be making some changes to try and encourage users to participate more often, we want to hear your opinions, so leave them on the discussion page.

Current events

If you've been visiting recently, you will notice that the Current Events page has been transformed. It will be maintained on a regular basis and contain both news about Game Maker, as well as the Wiki itself.

Getting started

The first stages of the guide to getting started at the Wiki have been completed. As ever, we're looking for your opinions on the helpfulness of the guide, improvements etc.

Projects

Hopefully, with your help, by way of participation, we can begin to set up Projects to help coordinate the information on the Wiki. If you would like to see what Projects can be capable of, given the right kind of treatment, then look no further than Wikipedia's Military History Project.