User talk:Yodahome

Greetings Yodahome,

If you want to you can certainly pose questions on the Forums, and we'll be happy to reply.

Fiction Wikia was started at least two years ago (I don't exactly know when) by a Spanish writer User:Jmoysae who has long since left the site. Being Spanish, it made sense to name the wiki Novelas, which is Spanish for novels and novellas. At the beginning this site was dominated by Spanish writers (as it was very small, it didn't take many people to be a majority). Two major projects were Atrapado and BOEN, the former of which had been moved to Quest Wikia a few months ago.

The site has a rapid turn-over rate of just a few days for the vast majority of users, though certain dedicated users have remained for over a year (me, User:Serprex, probably User:Nonimportant and User:Fythring as well). This is due to the lack of tenacious stick-to-it-ness demonstrated by most users; after all, writing a novel (which is almost invariably what novices set out to do) is a daunting feat, and novices generally quit somewhere between 1% and 10% of the way through, leaving behind unkept promises of "will-continue-just-give-me-time" and below-par, anecdotal fragments. Additionally, the site does not receive significant attention and so new arrivals are few and far between. As a result, site growth is particularly slow, though overall it seems to be growing.

Works on Novelas are all listed at Archives. They are dominated by all genres of stories (all different lengths) as well as constructed worlds (like Conworld Wikia), poetry, alternative realities (like AltHistory Wikia), and dramatic scripts. There are a few articles on constructed languages (like Conlang Wikia) and other imaginative systems (like Imagination Wikia). Several months ago there was a boom in the amount of interactive fiction on this site, almost all of which has since been moved to the specialized site, Quest Wikia. These, as well as RPG Wikia, Myra Wikia (conworlding), RPWorlds, and ConMyth (constructed myths) form Wikia's Creative Hub. The largest creative wikia is Uncyclopedia, but since it is entirely composed of humor, I do not think it belongs with this group.

Communication between users occurs through talk pages (posting on others' user discussion pages), talk pages on individual works, edit summaries (which forms a version of chat on Special:Recentchanges), and the Forum pages. Ratings for many works can be found on works' talk pages. Much of this site has been cleaned up and standardized in the past two years, mostly due to my effort (though with aid from others).

If you have further questions, don't hesitate to ask. You can send me an email or leave a message on my user page.

Cheers, 16:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)