Forum:Getting the Wiki Back up to Scratch

Since coming back a couple days ago and editing whoring anything to do with categories and images, I've noticed a couple things that are concerning me:
 * User activity seems to fluctuate a bit, from times where I observe a high level of activity to nothing new appearing on RC.
 * Chat activity is at a new low, however, I'm not entirely sure if this is due to my timezone.
 * Numerous new accounts have been made over the past week, but their involvement with the wiki has been limited to around 10-30 edits and nothing else.
 * Some users, such Soap Shadow, have left without explanation.
 * Involvement with AFD, UotM etc is done (as noted by Ninja in his blog).
 * Weekly New Blogs and similar are in complete disarray.

The main problem at the moment is the lack of user activity in side areas of the wiki (AFD, FA, Chat e.g.), and to a lesser extent, user retention. Overall, the wiki could be brought up to scratch if these issues were addressed; I don't want to see this place just fade away because of some simple stuff that can easily be fixed.

Here are some questions to start get the discussion going:
 * How could admins be more inviting/friendly for new users?
 * How could we highlight the wiki's side stuff more so then a single blog?
 * Is user retention a problem with us, or the franchise?

Capt. MillerTalk 11:52, August 6, 2016 (UTC)