User talk:Reflections

Last week we launched two new features to most new wikis: Wiki Blogs and the User Masthead.

Wiki blogs are a new way for you and your community to contribute to your wiki. Wiki blogs are similar to normal blogs in that posts are attributed to a single author, are time stamped, and have a comment section. The wiki twist is that all posts are combined together into a central community blog or multiple blogs defined by category. Blog posts and comments are recorded in the User_blog namespace and are logged in Recent Changes.

User Masthead is new section appended to the top every user page which displays user specific links including link to the new User Blog. This masthead also has a place for each user to have their own avatar. Avatars can be added/changed in Preferences.

If blogs are enabled on your wiki, you can see the latest blog posts at Blog:Recent posts. Also be sure to check out the blogs at Lostpedia, Marvel Database and Redwall. Most people use the blogs to write things like personal opinion articles, community announcements, Top 10 Lists, and fan fiction. We encourage each community to develop it's own blog policies to encourage proper usage. In a few cases, communities have decided that blogs are not appropriate for their wikis, so blogs are not available on those sites.

You can learn more about how to use these new features at Help:Blog article.

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