Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-265341-20140828172133/@comment-9340689-20140829202458

Lawrence King wrote: Okay, I've studied the slider links more carefully, and I think that it is being used to promote the DC Comics Database admins and their stuff. The Guardians of the Galaxy link isn't a link to the Marvel Database -- it's a link to a podcast by one of our esteemed admins. Then the slider shows a photo of MrBlonde267 with the command to OBEY him and the other admins. Now, this is sort of funny, but it's basically an inside joke. Wikipedia doesn't put photos of its admins on its front page.

But maybe I don't really understand the purpose of the DC Comics Database itself? I'm not even sure why it's a separate entity from dcuwiki.net.

Using the slider to promote the admins is unprofessional. While a list of the admins is helpful, an admin list should be small, easy to access, and only contain the names of the admins and, (if applicable) what they specialize in on the wiki or how frequently they are on the wiki (so someone doesn't message an admin who hasn't been on in a very long time). It should not promote their blogs or podcasts, it should not be a big slider, all the users want to know about the admins is who to contact if they need help. I know admins want to share their stuff, but using the home page to do so is ridiculous. The wiki is not here for everyone to advertise themselves, it is here for people to find and add information.