Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-1762932-20140601163719

I've been thinking in recent times about what would help the wiki become a bit more active in terms of article creation. And pretty quickly I found an answer to that question.

Spin-Offs.

It's kind of a no-brainer, really. In the past, spin-offs have been a trademark of this wiki, and classics like "Sponged Together", Absorbent Days, SpongeBob: Infection and SpongeBob's Greatest Adventures showcase the immense creativity, writing skill, and general style of the wiki. Most importantly, though, a good spin-off encourages others to join and essentially 'work' for the spin-off - creating episodes, making title cards, writing transcripts, you name it - boosting activity in the long term. (That's how I started, anyway. :P)

So here's my idea. What if we organised a kind of challenge, either once-off, recurring (like annually) or constant, in which the goal is to create and run your own spin-off? You will have to produce content for it on a regular basis (new episodes every week, etc.) and perhaps there will be an added challenge to it as well. We could make a NaNoWriMo-style contest in which one has to make an entire season of twenty or thirty ten-minute episodes for their spin-off, including transcripts, in thirty days. Or maybe a generic spin-off challenge with a certain theme (like sci-fi, apocalypse, or soap opera).

Due to me being a bit lazy and forgetful, I probably will not be able to set this all up by myself. So I'm looking for some help here! Pitch in with ideas, or even help me organise this and bring this idea to life! We can make this happen, everybody, if we put our heads to it. So start posting!

If I get enough ideas, I'll add a section below where I'll put up everybody's ideas into separate categories. 