It is called "First impression of [[@user]]" I got this idea from https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/User:5090061uusd and with permission...(you can look at his message wall and see)

Whoever wants to go, just comment "can I go?", and I'll do it in the order I get requested

Hellooo! It's somehow March already, and lots has happened lately - let me share an overview with you folks about the latest developments:

February's Community Culture

Fandom has started a new Community Culture blog series - a monthly post highlighting diverse people, programming, and entertainment aiming to introduce you to new people, communities, and their topics. Keep an eye out for these posts each month and, in the meantime, check out February's post focusing on Black History Month (BHM) and its 2024 theme, Art for Change.

Technical Updates: February 9 and February 23

Check out our last Technical Updates blogs which cover known issues, bug fixes, and experiments. Picking out two important ones:

• CodeMirror - We updated the CodeMirror extension for the 2010 editor (responsible for syntax highlighting). We reverted the first update after community feedback, and we're currently fixing the noted issues. Once we're done, the next upgrade will happen in smaller batches for a more controlled release

• Extra protection - In the coming weeks, wikis directed at children (an option given to a user when founding a new wiki or defined as such by Fandom staff) will require accounts to be emailconfirmed in order to edit. The goal is to increase the protection of our younger userbase against spambots and other malicious actors. You can confirm your email via Special:Preferences. If you have any concerns about this, please let me know!

Read the February 9 Technical Updates blog

Read the February 23 Technical Updates blog

Reorganizing the VisualEditor

We released a minor design update to the VisualEditor, both the Visual Mode and the Source Mode (aka 2017 editor) on February 8. This is with the goal of making your editing experience more accessible and intuitive.

Read the blog about reorganising the Visual Editor

QuickAnswers update

We're continuing work on QuickAnswers improvements - here are some of the latest developments:

• Vetting period - mod teams will have a select time period to edit new Quick Answers before they go live on the wiki.

• Filters - The QA Dashboard filters have a counter that will auto-update as the QAs are processed to give mods a better overview.

If you have any concerns or questions about this upcoming feature, please let me know!

Check out the latest QuickAnswers blog

Fandom's First Transparency Report

Fandom published their first ever transparency report, showing the measures we're taking to keep users safe on the platform. Covering our Trust & Safety actions for the 2023 calendar year, this comes with data that you wouldn't usually see, including everything from the number of JavaScript submissions we reject, to the number of wikis we close.

Read more about Fandom's first Transparency Report

Any questions, issues, comments on this, please do comment below!

So, it's been reported that Disney are releasing a sequel to Moana. I'm feeling...split on this matter.

Disney sequels usually get a bad reputation, especially when their predecessors leave a massive pop cultural legacy to live up to, although there a few examples that surpass the originals.

Adding fuel to the fire, the announcement of the Moana sequels has come at a time when Disney's pop cultural has begun to falter due to poorly-received and financially unsuccessful releases, from the remake of Little Mermaid to their 100th year celebration film Wish.

So, will the Moana sequel sail to box-office and critical glory, restoring Disney's reputation, or will it sink beneath the deep ocean on Disney+?. Only time will tell.

This February, I'm going to Burbank, California, the Home of the Walt Disney Company! 🥳

Hellooo!

Today, Fandom released an update to their VisualEditor, to both the Visual Mode and the Source Mode (aka, '2017 editor'). This is to make your editing experience more accessible and intuitive!

To not miss out on any information, check out this blog and/or the updated help page.

If you're pressed for time, don't worry, I have the key points handy! To summarise, we:

• Renamed some of the tools (e.g. "paragraph" is now "normal text")

• Shuffled some icons around (e.g. the back and forward arrow buttons are now located on the far left rather than the middle)

• Hid some less-essential tools from view to make the initial editor view less overwhelming in all its glory (the tools are still accessible in dropdown menus)

• For the 2017 source mode: we removed the options available from the menu icon (those three stacked horizontal bars) -- If you want those back, you can customize your toolbar to access them from there)

• For the 2017 source mode: we used the menu icon to replace the gear icon

Are you more of a visual person? Check out the design mocks detailing the changes below:

VisualEditor - Visual Mode

VisualEditor - Source Mode (aka 2017 source mode editor)

Any questions or comments, give me a shout below or send me a message elsewhere. Thanks all!

Upcoming live action remake of Moana scheduled for release of June 2025!

Nine years ago, James Lopez announced he was working on a crowdfunded traditional animated film/short series called Hullabaloo.

The story of Hullabaloo is a steampunk animated adventure about a bright young scientist named Veronica Daring, who returns home from an elite finishing school to find her father the eccentric inventor Jonathan Daring missing without a trace! The only clue left behind points Veronica toward Daring Adventures, an abandoned amusement park used by her father to test his fantastical steam-powered inventions. There she discovers a strange girl named Jules, a fellow inventor who agrees to help Veronica in locating her missing father and discovering the secrets of his work.

I posted a blog to support and help spread the word (Hullabaloo Steampunk Animation Campaign). The funding received was enough for James Lopez to create three/four animated shorts. And finally, after years of waiting, the first episode of Hullabaloo was released today on YouTube, with more to come in the following year.

Click here to watch: Hullabaloo: Episode 1 'The Great Race' - YouTube