User blog:LostInRiverview/The Sims Wiki News - 1st December 2014

I haven't written a news blog in so long, I'm not even sure I remember how. Alright, here goes!

The Sims news
If you haven't picked up a copy of The Sims 4 yet, it's on sale at 50% off on Origin through December 1 (so act fast!). Both the regular and Digital Deluxe versions are on sale. A new game update for The Sims 4 was released on November 25th that fixed some bugs; no new features were introduced in the patch. EA previously announced that a patch sometime during December would introduce/re-introduce careers to The Sims 4, specifically the business and athlete career tracks. The expected release date of this content has not been announced yet. EA has added access to the The Sims 4 Gallery to The Sims' official website. This means that people who do not have a copy of The Sims 4 will be able to see Gallery content for the first time, though people will still need an Origin login ID in order to see much of the gallery content. For more information about the Gallery, see this post on SimsVIP.com.
 * The Sims 4 is 50% off on Origin
 * Game updates
 * The TS4 Gallery is now accessible through TheSims.com

The Sims Wiki news
Every month, The Sims Wiki selects and displays on the Main Page, high-quality elements of the wiki, including well-written articles, interesting images or videos, and skilled editors. These features are not selected in secret or by administrators, but are chosen by you through voting and nomination. If you have found a particularly good article or image, or feel that there is an editor on the wiki worthy of recognition, please be sure to nominate or vote for them so that they can be featured. If the community does not participate in selecting these items, we will no longer be able to feature them.
 * Be sure to participate in featured content selection

Every month we feature:
 * Good articles - Nominate or vote here!
 * Good images and videos - Nominate or vote here!
 * Good editors - Nominate or vote here!

The Sims Wiki is always in need of experienced, competent and dedicated editors to help lead the community and improve our encyclopedia. One of the best ways to achieve this is to apply for additional user rights. User rights give editors access to special tools that make it easier to manage the wiki, address vandalism, keep things clean and orderly, and more. The first step towards getting access to these tools is to become a rollbacker. There are no prerequisites to apply, so if you've been on the wiki for awhile and want to do more to help, please submit an application for rollback rights today! Or, if you're already a rollbacker and feel ready to take on the "mop and pail" of administratorship, submit an application for admin rights.
 * Want to help the wiki? Apply for rollback rights or administratorship!

There are a number of issues on the Community Discussions forum that need attention. They are:
 * Important community discussions
 * A discussion of how to handle the continuity issues caused by the TS4 timeline
 * A question about where Sim/Simbio infoboxes should appear on articles
 * A discussion of whether or not we should create articles for lots that have families/households living on them
 * A proposal to standardize family navbox templates
 * A proposal to change the wiki theme and logo for Christmas
 * A series of amendments to The Sims Wiki's official voting policy
 * A discussion of recurring problems on The Sims Wiki's IRC channel

Please be sure and weigh in on these important matters! These problems can only be solved with community engagement and consensus!

As always, if I've forgotten anything, leave it in the comments.

Thanks for reading! --  LostInRiverview talk • blog  •  contribs 01:53, December 1, 2014 (UTC)