Challenge: Challenges!

[cin1607]

cesperanza once said to me that the cold, wet nose test of any fan (using the analogy of an obviously healthy puppy is one with a cold, wet nose) is their enthusiastic attempts to pimp other people into their fandoms. I think the cold, wet nose test of any fandom is the number of challenges, in the forms of fests, exchanges, big bangs, battles or what have you, that the fandom hosts in an effort to enthusiastically encourage participation in the fandom.

So in an attempt gauge our respective fandoms' health, the challenge this week is to create a new page for your fandom called "List of __Challenges" where the blank space will obviously be your fandom's name, and then start compiling lists and links of your fandom's various challenge-type events. You may, if you have a lot, want to sort them by headers, like General Fests & Exchanges, Holiday Specific, Pairing Specific, or whatever you think is appropriate for your fandom. We'll use the Community Profile template for this, like we did for the Newsletters. We would also like you add the [[Category:Challenges]] just to be consistent.

A number of fandom pages on the wiki already have a paragraph or so about some of the challenges in the fandom. If that's the case, just add a line to that paragraph that says something along the lines of "For a more extensive list of challenges, fest and exchanges, see the [[List of__Challenges]]."

This is a big challenge! There's a lot to do. But you won't have to look too hard to find the fandom challenges. We're not far past the tons of holiday fests from the winter holidays and now I'm seeing people starting to get ready for their fandoms' big bang challenges. There's always something happening. So let's see if we can round them up and give them a central home.

Comments

Re: o.O

[cin1607]

Sorry! I didn't mean to use the template for the page. Just for the communities you were listing on the page. My fault!

I don't have a set template for the page itself (other than the uniform titles suggested in committee), because I figured every fandom would organize things a little differently. Some might have more several different pairing specific challenges and would want to list them by pairing, or some might have more character specific fests or what have you. So I didn't expect a uniform outline on the page itself.

Re: o.O

[cesperanza]

OK, got it--so if I list McShep Match, and create a *separate* page for McShep match, then that page would use the community template. Gotcha! It does sound like you meant to use it on the "List of" page, which--it does seem weird to have a page that says List of. Should it just be SGA Challenges maybe? *ponders*

Re: o.O

[cin1607]

"List of..." was born in committee and then suddenly developed a life of its own. *g* SGA Challenges is less cumbersome, yes.