User blog:LostInRiverview/The Sims Wiki News - 20th February 2014



This is a light week, news-wise. Let's get to it!

Sims news
Nicki Rapp, who has provided voices in Simlish for The Sims games since The Sims: Makin' Magic in 2002, has confirmed that she will not be participating in The Sims 4. It was earlier confirmed that there would be brand new voices for Sims in the new game. You can read more about this, and watch/listen to a video of Nicki recording in Simlish, here (courtesy of SimsVIP) SimGuruCopeland has hinted that the next store set is a re-imagining of a stuff pack from The Sims 2. He later confirmed that the stuff pack being re-imagined is not IKEA Home Stuff. You can read more about this here (courtesy of BeyondSims)
 * Voice actress leaving The Sims team
 * March Store Set is a throwback to a The Sims 2 stuff pack

The Sims Wiki news
More active users on The Sims Wiki may know that there is a special tool which allows emails to be sent between multiple users. However, Wikia staff has confirmed that this tool will be removed in an upcoming update. You can read more about this on Lost Labyrinth's blog on the subject. Also, thanks to Xd1358, an admin on c:Wookieepedia (the Star Wars wiki) and frequent IRC'er, for giving us the heads-up on this change. As usual, we have several threads of discussion open on the Community Discussions Forum. Please take a moment to weigh in on:
 * Wikia eliminating user-to-user email feature
 * Discussions
 * Determining how to refer to "regular" non-occult Sims
 * Eliminating voting on and clarifying the process for RfAs and RfBs
 * Reforming and overhauling current wiki policies
 * Changing the image used in the wiki header

Poll
As mentioned above and in Lost Labyrinth's blog, Wikia is cutting support for the email user feature. This feature is often used for private communication between users, and in resolving indefinite blocks against users. What do you think of the plan to remove the feature? What do you think of Wikia's plan to remove the email user feature? I support removal - No one uses this tool and it's difficult to maintain I'm indifferent I oppose removal - This tool is useful for many circumstances and should be kept

Thanks for reading! --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 19:19, February 20, 2014 (UTC)