Eyo my lovely community members! During this Thanksgiving Weekend for those who celebrate and otherwise just a lovely Friday signaling the beginning of the weekend for those who don't, I want to leave you with some updates on what happened in November on the Fandom platform and some things that are still to happen!
November 16, 2023: Everything You Need to Know About Reported Notifications[]
Read the blog for all the details
- Launched: site-wide release, Thursday Nov 16, 2023
- Premise: If thread moderators and admins will receive an on-site notification, they'll be placed in a better position to react quicker. A counter will indicate how many unactioned reports there are. If all reports are handled, the message will disappear. Read the help page for more details
- Data: We saw that 34% more reports were actioned within seven days due to notifications, and there was a 32% decrease in the time it took to take action. Before this feature, about 8% of the reported posts got actioned within 7 days.
- Note: thread mods and admins can enable/disable this feature via their Special:Preferences, tab Notifications, section Web notifications for moderators.
November 20, 2023: Thanks extension is now available to all communities[]
Read the blog for all the details
- Launched: site-wide release, Monday Nov 20, 2023
- Premise: Allowing editors to easily thank others for specific edits on wiki pages rather than writing an appreciation message, new editors can receive thanks for contributions and be enticed to stay around. Read the help page for more details
- Data-based conclusion: It turned out the feature was mostly being used by experienced editors thanking other experienced editors rather than new users. This led to the feature being an optional tool that can be enable via the Special:AdminDashboard rather than it being a default feature as intended.
- Note: since this is an optional feature, this means that communities are free to adjust the appearance of the heart (or even remove it) through css.
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This isn't really a big announcement, but more a call for any Fandom Stars on this wiki to attend or for people who are interested in giving product feedback to sign up to become a Fandom Star or otherwise let me know their feedback to relay in their name.
- When: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 1:00 PM EST!
- Where: Fandom Discord for the Fandom Stars
- What: Roundtable to discuss a redesign experiment on the global nav bar. The goals for the experiment are to increase the nav bar utility as well as declutter and create space to possibly home elements currently residing in the right rail.
- Who will be there: The Product team leads from the User Experience Team
Technical Updates[]
- November 3: Read the blog for all the details
- November 17: Read the blog for all the details
Quick Answers: Our Traffic and UGC teams continue to work on editing tools for Quick Answers, which we aim to release before the end of the year. The QA Dashboard is currently being tested by 12 communities.
Experiment updates[]
To increase transparency on upcoming product features, experiments, and other things regarding the platform, Fandom Staff has recently started using the Fandom Stars Wiki to share blogs on upcoming experiments and releases. While the wiki is viewable to all, only Fandom Stars can comment there directly.
As always, if you have any questions or feedback, do not hesitate to comment here and/or reach out to me directly! Cheers! Lady Lostris / 
SOAP 13:49, 24 November 2023 (UTC)