User blog comment:Blue Butter/Event...?/@comment-31363789-20180311233151

We've had a whole lot of...discussion as to why the wiki has grown inactive, and we really shouldn't get into that here, but I think a good start would be something big that nobody gets left out of. There have been attempts to do this in the recent past, but I think a good start would be reaching out to some of the long-time users who were here for the last major, successful expansion--I'm thinking Lyss and Jisk and Bond since the expansion I have in mind was waaaay back in like 2013 when Zanzan was still here and doing livestreams about it--and asking them about the logistics of expansions back when the wiki was active.

Individual, scheduled events are great, and they realy are something that needs to be implemented across the board. Every x amount of time, Hogwarts has a ball, or a mega exam, or both, or whatever. People get to start creating bad/nuisance characters again who break laws or whatever and the aurors have to go catch them. Maybe the auror departments have a meeting. You know? Routine stuff that's still special so it gets people back on the wiki and rping with their characters--not expansion characters. Events that are inclusive that way it's more of a mandatory thing like auror missions or Hogwarts staff meetings than "here's this fun IC event, rp as usual." Get people out of their comfort zones, y'know? Bump up activity and at least make it look like we're populated so we can draw more people in.

As for larger events, those would be easier to run with volunteers from the community. You don't have to be an admin to use a freaking GM bubble and it's unrealistic to expect such a small team to be able to pull off anything major--no offense to any of you, but there's only so much you can do. We have long-time community members who might be willing to help out. Release a post reminding people of the rules regarding godmodding or whatever. "But we can't trust them to be active" we can't trust the admins to be active either, so all the more reason to spread stuff around. Loosen the reigns. Have only a general idea for an overall expansion outcome so that you can leave more of the small outcomes to chance. Maybe even leave the entire damn thing to chance--just roll a die. Got a six? Oh no, the evil villain blew up a train station. A two? Great scot they've released a bioweapon.