Wookieepedia:April Fools' Day 2014/SH:Announcing Wookieepedia Pro

Wookieepedia Pro is the next step in Wookieepedia's history. Due to decreasing ad revenue and rising maintenance costs, we have been forced to adopt a pay-to-read approach. Details can be found here. While we regret this move, it is necessary to ensure the longevity of Wookieepedia.

There are still plenty of details that need to be ironed out, as outlined on Subscription. Comments, suggestions, questions? Please comment below.

We have deployed the prototype subscription popup on a few popular pages, including the Main Page, Star Wars Episode VII, and Anakin Skywalker. Open these pages to view the popup. Note that the popup is optimally viewed with the Oasis skin, so it might look weird in Monobook.

Discussion

 * When will this be put into effect? Cevan (talk) 00:36, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * At some point this month, once we've fully worked out all the kinks.  IFYLOFD  ( Enter the Floydome ) 00:38, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Will there be any sort of warning/announcement saying the date for when it will happen once the kinks are sorted out, or will one day it just suddenly change without notice? Cevan (talk) 00:41, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * There will certainly be an advance notice once we have a date settled.  IFYLOFD  ( Enter the Floydome ) 00:44, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * The popup looks fine in Monobook. --  Riffsyphon  1024 00:49, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * I think this has been a long time coming. The economy has forced us into this mess. We just aren't sustainable anymore. But more importantly, it ensures for the first time that admins will finally be paid for their hard work. It'll be nice to finally be able to quit my day job. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 01:25, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * We deserve it, don't we? *clinks glass*  IFYLOFD  ( Enter the Floydome ) 01:28, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm outraged by this measure, this is a disgrace and I'm disgusted by it! Also, poop (on Jang's forehead). Winterz (talk) 01:56, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Do you guys take EBT? Gal-icon.jpg  OLIOSTER  (talk) 02:36, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * No, but I drink PBR. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 02:37, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Tope doesn't care about poor people! Gal-icon.jpg  OLIOSTER  (talk) 03:11, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * This had better be an April Fools Joke. Milo49 (talk) 02:37, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * We've been getting that response a lot so far, and we expected as much. That's why we wanted to roll it out tonight, March 31 in North American timezones, to avoid any confusion. We're working with Wikia Staff on this, and they've been breathing down our necks to get this notice up by April 1, since it's less than a month to go now before implementation. We apologize for any confusion. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 02:41, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * If this were real, they'd have waited till April 2nd to announce it to avoid the "is it a joke" confusion. I have to say, I don't find it to be very funny joke. Jokes where you trick people into thinking they need to give you money never sit well with me (having witnessed scams where this has happened and not been a joke). Glad others are making silly remarks about it though. -Thunderforge (talk) 02:48, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't understand. What joke? Gal-icon.jpg  OLIOSTER  (talk) 02:50, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * I too thought they were just playing around but it seems I was wrong. I've been in contact with them in the IRC and this is very real. Some people have already started paying so there's no going back in that now :( Winterz (talk) 02:52, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry for your displeasure, Thunderborge, but no one is forcing you to buy the service. You will still be able to read 10 articles per month without it. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 02:53, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * I pledge 1,000,000 dollars to this wonderful organization! Just give me a moment to set up my Pay Pal account to transfer Space Bucks...-- Richterbelmont10  ( come in R2! ) 02:44, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Woot! Woot! Looking forward to having the details ironed out. I want to know how much I'll be making.&mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 02:49, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * So THIS is the sort of thing I miss out on when I'm working 14.5 hours a day! If only these fees would be enough to cover my salary, I'd quit in a heartbeat. Alas, I imagine Wikia's cut is going to make admin "pay" something closer to a stingy grandma's birthday money. Oh well. To new horizons! jSarek (talk) 04:07, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Not so sure about that. From what I understand, the control of the money will be given to us to decide what to do with it, so we can divert it all into the Admin fund.&mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 04:09, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Social Security is all your poor grandma's got, you insensitive prick! Gal-icon.jpg  OLIOSTER  (talk) 04:11, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Hey, easy there.  JangFett  (Talk) 04:14, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Forgive me. This announcement has just put me on edge. I just can't believe it. Gal-icon.jpg  OLIOSTER  (talk) 04:16, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Has there been any discussion about whether members of the review panels or users with Rollback rights receiving funds? Supreme Emperor (talk) 04:12, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * We discussed that briefly but ultimately decided not to divide up the pie any further than it already is. We're also considering cutting off new admin nominations. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 04:14, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * We would cut off the new admin nominations after completes the WOTM process, of course.&mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 04:15, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Any chance this could be revisited once everything settles? Depending on how much revenue the site makes, some funding would be nice :P Supreme Emperor (talk) 04:19, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Since you're not getting the message, maybe it just needs to be said: We're keeping the money for ourselves. Live with it. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 04:20, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't understand! Star Wars is now a Disney IP, and the Disney wiki is free! -sigh- Will there be a discount offered for yearly membership?
 * I wouldn't be surprised if the Disney wiki did the same eventually. Gal-icon.jpg  OLIOSTER  (talk) 04:18, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * To 96.241.54.146: Wookieepedia has no ties with the Disney wiki. We are a fan-run organization. And unfortunately, the fans just don't have enough money to keep running it with Pro. And as for the yearly membership, that's not a bad idea. Something we'll definitely have to consider.&mdash; Cal Jedi Infinite Empire.svg (Personal Comm Channel) 04:20, April 1, 2014 (UTC)
 * Ah! I see! In that case, I withdraw my whining and complaining.  Thought that Mickey & co. were beginning the Star Wars cash-extraction process...
 * ALRIGHT!!!!!! It is time this prank ends on a hard note.  Administrators and Wookieepedians, you can check my records to find I have answered questions with one hand on the Knowledge Bank, was banned by an Admin who promoted the discontinuation of respecting the canon from the movies versus sourcebooks, and promoted dropping the timestamp rules since they pointlessly disallowed the answers or possible explanations to age old questions that will be asked again and again until we make a decision.  I was banned for having that discussion by an Admin from outside the conversation for this too.  Coming back I shut my mouth and went along quietly to help answer questions and seek my answers in a dangerous, threatening free-for-all that is all too real.  I used to contribute, and came close to summoning contribution, for articles that misinterupted or missed small, irrevocable facts about how many names a Duros has, why Jabba killed his baby nephew if Huttlets cannot survive outside a brood pouch, and reminded this wiki the Jedi Prince series contradicts the Courtship of Princess Leia...And the Thrawn Trilogy.  I ask a question good for the article on its talk page, and I get ordered off to the KB. I ask about an article there, and get the vice versa.
 * I repeat: Episode VII is coming soon. The Walt Disney Company has Lucasfilm on a leash and is everyone's worse joke.  Fans are wringing their hands, some have shoved them in their pockets already and walked away...This is not what we need.  Forgive my sensitivity to you celebrations of a time-honored holiday, but those are the facts.  And you do not put naked Twi'leks on the Front page, a mock quote by Captain Solo, or even keep inappropriate pictures of private areas our females patrons and writers would quickly hide on themselves for all to see.  And I don't want you to start arguing with me that it isn't a rule as it should be! If you are going to enforce so strictly timestamps on inquiries we can very well see and need to respond to on article talks, then you are going to move that trash off of the datasource the Star Wars website has now chosen to use as an extension of its database! When don't you think that honor will be revoked because of your shenanigans and personal uncaring desensitization shown before every child or member of a family who looks beyond the lesser Star Wars Encyclopedia online? Payments to the Admins?!
 * And you even made popups to help turn away your fellow Star Wars lovers whose spirits and love for such a Saga are already broken or dying. This is not what we need.  The joke is over, and over with no humor for its terrible beginning. Yes, I made a big block you disagree with and refuse to read. Light up my page with warnings. Ban me forever. Go ahead and read my proposal to list the titles of all ships that fall under a certain class or model as we do with characters from an alien species. Or don't. I do not care anymore. You guys don't. And when you do, it is worthless regulation with fear, with anarchy, good day, Foolish or otherwise. I sign out with none of the four tildes in protest, but you will obviously read my failure to sign in and find the violator for a write-up. But I will have no more if you will throw away what value and promise the retention of the knowledge of such ancient, wonderful, and daily overwritten stories have for the next generation Lucasfilm thinks they will own when they first promised more.
 * You're right. We've tarnished Captain Solo's good name forever. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 05:52, April 1, 2014 (UTC)