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April fools 2012
April fools' day is coming soon. What should the wiki do to celebrate april fools? &mdash;   Oh,  Tim  es ,  Gfdgsg xgzgdrc  ( T / C )  16:15, March 11, 2012 (EDT)
 * ...Change it to look like the original fanstuff wiki? (Lame, I know)
 * Hmmm...not a very good idea.
 * Told you it was lame. Any other ideas?  I'm stumped.
 * Me too. Maybe Cee gee can help.
 * I'll ask her about it.
 * Here's an idea for the "April Fools" wiki logo. &mdash; strong bad picture.png  Gfdgsg xgzgdrc  ( Talk / Cont /Sig)  18:45, March 20, 2012 (EDT)
 * Looks good! So, any other ideas?  Maybe we should look at HRWiki:AFJAOBN for ideas.  (And could you get some screenshots of the wiki during April Fools?  I'm gonna be away and may not be able to see it.)
 * Backwards sentences the all write could we!
 * Ah, I was wondering what this was...so, this is kinda like what the HRWiki did in '08?
 * Yeah.
 * Okay...but how? Do you know if there's any software-kinda thing on the wiki that can do this to the whole website?
 * Hmmm...maybe we shouldn't do it to the whole website, but just some pages (Like the this one or this one or possibly this one). To answer the question, we edit the pages.
 * backwards are sentences the so wiki the on pages important the all edit we, Basically?
 * Exactly!

FOTM Template
So... I was wondering if we should use the Featured template from way back when we did Weekly Featured Fanstuff in 2012, or an icon-in-the-corner type thing like the old fanstuff wiki did (see the Sandbox). What do you think?
 * I could go either way, although the Featured template is a little more noticeable, I think. Both could probably use some tweaking. 11:42, September 7, 2017 (UTC)
 * Yeah. The Featured template is more noticeable, but also less noticeable, because you'll only see it if you look at the talk page, while the featured icon would be on the fanstuff page. Maybe both?
 * I'm leaning toward the icon in the corner, because some people might not see the talk page. Another reason is that the icon template could add each fanstuff page to a "Featured Fanstuff" category or something, while the box would only add the talk page. Anyway, this should be decided soon, since there are now half-a-year's-worth of featured fanstuffs. 02:08, January 1, 2018 (UTC)
 * Officially changing my vote to icon-in-the-corner. After all, many articles on this wiki don't have talk pages, so it's not necessarily worth creating one just to feature an article. If we make it look cool enough, the icon will be perfectly noticeable with just the right amount of subtlety. 17:28, February 1, 2018 (UTC)
 * So, what should the icon look like? 01:10, February 2, 2018 (UTC)
 * How 'bout this icon type style? 23:09, February 11, 2018 (UTC)
 * Hey, I love it! I think it'll get results. I think it'll make millions! As for the date that follows it, this doesn't matter a great deal and won't make a huge difference, but I think it might look a tad better without the  tags.  01:28, February 13, 2018 (UTC)
 * All right. I just added that because I thought there was too much of a difference between the height of the image and the text. But I guess it's not too bad. Also, thanks! After this is implemented, maybe I'll put the full size logo at the top of the main FOTM page. 05:50, February 13, 2018 (UTC)
 * And it is done! I decided the text didn't look very good there, so now the logo links directly to the write-up (or whatever it's called) . You can change it if you want. 00:34, February 15, 2018 (UTC)