Thread:Vandraedha/@comment-4011511-20121102174041/@comment-3474542-20121108202956

They may have sent something privately to one of the other bureaucrats about it, but I doubt it.

There are several people who edit here (admittedly infrequently, but they are often quietly helpful behind the scenes), who are either: Wikia Staff/programmers/helpers, Media Wiki staff/programmers/helpers, or are well known to said staff, programmers, and/or helpers (including several of our former admins). This is also a wiki where the founder & other bureaucrats have specifically requested Staff & programmers test new programming & features, without the need to explicitly request before any such tests or changes. Essentially, it is marked in their database as a semi-"beta" wiki. It is how we get certain features enabled before other wikis (like the new Wiki-Navigation, Message Wall, and Visual Editor), and why we have certain things other wikis do not (like the pre-loads and special tables). Therefore, I am not very surprised they would work on something here without making any announcement beforehand.

Most of the time, they will make changes in preparation to test a new feature, but will not enable the new feature until after an announcement. However, if they are fixing a bug, exploit, or other problem... They may not say anything at all, or only say something a long time after they have fixed it.

We do not promise to like (or even notice) every change. If we like it, and find it useful, we are encouraged to share that fact with staff. In addition, if we do not like it, or there are problems with it... we are expected to bring it to the attention of staff in a calm, clear and constructive manner (occasional failure to do this happens).

Updates about planned changes (Wednesday is the scheduled maintenance day) to all of Wikia are usually announced on the preceding Tuesday. Clarification, correction, and any addendum to scheduled maintenance usually happens on Thursday after maintenance. They also have some great blogs about best practices for design and administering wikis on that blog, too. If you want to follow the Staff Blog, you can click here.