Blog:Creating blog posts

I made a page that combines how Meta works, some MediaWiki documentation and the ongoing effort to replace the current blog creation page on the game wikis to make something I'd be comfortable supporting long term. Mainly what the page does is actually preload the blogy bits and proactively suggest a set of currently non-functional blog-only categories so they can be properly organized in the way we would want it, rather than threaten people with blocks for even considering the feature. It's a bit janky and not the apex of what I want to make, but it's a start.

What it needs is if clauses built in that can support two aforementioned categories, a deliberate limit. Anything outside of those categories would be removed by administrators. Repeat offenders can be warned, and if they ignore warnings they can expect the block. Blocking people over categories on a blog is silly when done outright, and the main cause for this mini-rant is this page's note. Wrong direction. Full points on the intuition mechanically, though.

Until the above regarding ifs is done, I ask no admins go forward and take what I've done to other QP wikis. When it is complete and various admins/fellow bureaucrats approve, I will execute it properly including the shortlinking mechanic (requiring namespace adjustments with my method), the subpages, and integration tweaks for each wiki. It's not far off from how I want to approach the Request for Comment process - that too is a bit shoddy in execution, requiring a similar approach as this one to be near-optimal.

This comes from the aforementioned blog page creator, so unless I prove myself dumb with subsequent edits for fixing, I assume it has worked fine :p due to comments being broken right now I invite discussion on the local talk page instead, which will have to do for conversations on blogs in general. Let me know if StructuredDiscussions does not run properly for other wikis as an alternative.