Hey again folks!

Fandom is holding another edition of The Downstream on Friday, September 10 at 11am EST.

This 2-hour event is held on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/Fandom and is a bit like a mini Community Connect 4 times a year. Fandom staff brief viewers on what is happening on Fandom, with the latest news and updates.

In this edition, guests include:

• Joey Merkel, Director of Social Strategy & Operations, who will be presenting on how Fandom approaches social media and answering questions about how admins can manage social media accounts for their wikis.

• Maggie Owens, Sr. Analyst - Site Analytics, who will be explaining how Fandom tracks traffic trends on the platform and connects them to external events, like how the Spider-Man trailer caused certain pages within different Marvel wikis to spike.

• Max Spector, Director of Brand Design, who will be illustrating how the new logo came to be over the rebranding process, in particular where we went from Community Connect in March. Call it The Spector Cut of his original presentation.

There will also be an Ask Fandom Anything, in which some editors and admins have been given the opportunity to ask ther questions. Specials guests will be brought in with detailed, prepared answers ahead of time.

You can register/RSVP for the event here and add it to your calendars!

Reminder that The Downstream is on September 10, 2021 at 11am EST on Twitch at https://twitch.tv/Fandom. See you guys there!

Does anyone know what Liam Gallagher's demands were from season 9 episode 16 and season 10 episode 1? I think I see 1. Soul food Tuesday 2. Church Choir. 3. My own room with lock 4. Fruit Loops (real ones) Not generic 5. Lucky Charms 6. Martin Luther King jr.. Day to be observed by all Gallaghers to go to church 7. The right to decorate my own room as I see fit 8. All Gallaghers to church Sunday morning 9. The right to chose my own non-slave name 10. A fade done by a black barber 11. New wardrobe to highlight my racial heritage 12. Kwanza to be celebrated annually 13. No patting me on the head 14. No using the N-word if you're not black 15. No using the N-word (can't make this out) 16. No Kanye jokes. He's a genius. I couldn't make any more out, but thought that these were pretty funny!

Hey all,

FandomDesktop is available for users to opt-in and test NOW!

To access the new skin, you need to do the following:

• Go to Special:Preferences

• Click "Appearance"

• Click "FandomDesktop"

• Click any FandomDesktop preferences you want such as light/dark mode, content width, and right rail

• Click "Save"!

There you go, you're on the new skin! Now not all wikis will have theming set up and templates may look different. To help with this, there is a Preparation Guide to help admins prepare their wikis. Admins - if you have any issues - please do contact me via my wall or on Discord at Spongebob456#7402. You can test out the new Theme Designer and if you feel your wiki is ready to be fully migrated to FandomDesktop, there is a button to mark it as such in the admin dashboard. This may impact the order of migrated wikis.

If you have any FandomDesktop bugs please comment below! Be sure to look at the Preparation Guide to make sure it's not a fixable styling issue. With bug reports, I need the following information:

• What browser are you using (Chrome, Firefox, etc)

• What editor? VisualEditor, VisualEditor - source mode (also known as the 2017 editor), or the source editor (aka the 2010 editor)? You can check which editor you're using via your preferences.

• Detailed steps to reproduce the bug. Links, screenshots, and videos are very useful!

Read more in the latest Fandom staff blog.

Any questions/comments/bug reports - please post below! :)

Hey folks!

Today Fandom hosted The Downstream where they offered news extended from coverage from Community Connect.

This included news on:

• The FandomDesktop (UCX) design

• An appearance by a representative at Fanatical

• An appearance by a representative for branding at Fandom

• SEO and UCX

• Trust and Safety

Here is a link to where you can watch the video!

Feel free to comment below with thoughts, questions, and comments! :)

Hi there. New FD update is here!

Talking points:

• Navigation enhancements for editor experience

• New QuickBar (replacing WikiaBar) has a new look - feedback would be great for this!

• Maps in pre-production

• Other projects on the horizon!

Any feedback appreciated, thanks! :)

I've noticed the Carl Gallaghe (US) page updated his DOB to January 2002. It is presumed that he was born in 2002, but why January? I don't remember any mention of his birthday month. Anyone knows about this?

Hey everyone,

In 2021, Fandom is releasing a new, redesigned skin called FandomDesktop.

We have been gathering feedback in order to help communities prepare for the change, but also so they can offer feedback.

I have more to show you, this time about Navigation for desktop users on the new skin. We have new looks at Search, Profile submenu, and Notifications. There is also insight into why the local navigation decision was made.

Feel free to check them out!

What do you think of these? What do you like/dislike? Would you change anything? Please comment below and the more feedback we receive, the more areas we can give extra attention to. Thanks!

Previous blogs:

* Introducing FandomDesktop, the new look and feel for desktop users

* A deeper look at Article Pages on FandomDesktop

How are Lip and Fiona able to get credit cards and loans in their names when in the first season they discover that Frank has been racking up bad credit in all of the kids names without their knowledge? Did they ever actually address this? Honestly, how can Fiona have a credit score of 0 when she’s trying to get the house when we know Frank has been using her name on credit cards he never pays off for YEARS.

I am a first time viewer and this has been bugging me for a few seasons now. Any thoughts?

Am I the only one who is so mad at the way shameless ended? Like I get it Frank was gonna die anyways but why the hell was that all we got? I wanted to see one more steamy ass session between Mickey and Ian because they were the power couple, could've at least gave us insight on how Fiona was doing they really just did us dirty asf

So I just started watching the UK version of Shameless and why the hell does the first episode introduction start off as a YouTube skit? lol. There is still surprise seggs scenes but why do British people moan like , "eeeeeee, eh eh eh , eeeee, Shite". Veronica and Kev seem very boring at first and Liam looks likes nine instead of five like the USA version.

Hey everyone!

Fandom posted a preview of the new Fandom desktop experience, called FandomDesktop.

The blog outlines some areas which are seeing significant changes such as:

• Native support for Light and Dark mode

• Flexible content area width

• Collapsible right rail

• Redesigned editor toolbar

• And more!

We really want your feedback, both good and bad, so please feel free to fire away! If we know of your concerns beforehand, we can pass that on so those areas can receive extra attention, to help the transition go as smooth as possible.

What do you think of FandomDesktop? Do you have any concerns/highlights? How do you feel it will impact the community?

Comment below! :)