User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Articles/@comment-4010624-20120109085106/@comment-4010624-20120110091902

So I was enlightened in Debate Class today and I came up with some article ideas. The first I came up with was a Staff Interview kind of thing, though it seems that idea is already being acted on by Jakuho.

Second is a fanon-related page, or something like that. Since most of the other pages are dedicated to the facts about Fairy Tail, there could also be an article containing notable fanfiction or fanart, or maybe Create-a/n-X contests. FT Wiki already has the blog contest on characters/Magic, so maybe the one in this magazine could be a minor one, like Create-an-Armor, spells for an existing Magic, a weapon or a Magical item. Since it's the first issue, maybe the willing staff members can pool together their own Create-a/n-X entries and then encourage non-staff members to contribute something like that for the next issue and the best entries, decided by the editors (or whoever handles said article), get featured.

Third could be a game page. Like a "How well do you know the FT members?" quiz with an answer key on the last page. It's mostly just for fun so the people would know how well they know the series without looking through the wiki for answers. The game page on my school magazine often contains a "Spot the Difference" game on two almost identical illustrations, though of course that requires an artist. This could be any game, really. We could make crosswords or word hunts related to Fairy Tail.

Fourth, I was thinking of "Series Highlights", like an article dedicated to the most riveting moment of the anime and manga for the month, though I think that the "This Month in the Manga" and "This Month in the Anime" covers both reviews and news regarding their respective media, so you could ignore this.

Fifth, maybe an off-topic page? Since the rest of the magazine's dedicated to Fairy Tail, maybe we could have this one page relating to real life, like maybe a movie to look forward to, a song to add to your playlist, a new book to read, a new video game to play, a YouTube video to watch or a website to browse.

Sixth, a "Blast from the Past". Old characters/arcs/Magic/whatever tend to be forgotten as the series progresses, so there could be this article dedicated to reminding readers how awesome this certain forgotten character/arc/Magic/whatever is and should be rewatched/reread again for old time's sake.

Seventh, an advice column. Not an actual advice column. I was thinking it could be just for fun. The person who would be in charge of this column would pretend to be someone from Fairy Tail and would try to give advice to a certain problem while staying in character. For example, the writer would mask him/herself as Natsu Dragneel, and would give a Natsu-ish advice to a certain problem (ex. "What do I do when I run out of Magic during a battle?"), like "Kick his ass with your bare fists!" This could also work as a Q&A, where the writer, masked as a certain character from the series, would answer an interview while staying in-character.

Eighth is an idea I got from other wikis, a featured "User of the Month", where the article is dedicated to showering the featured user with sugarcoated praises and appreciation for all their contributions.

Ninth, well, actually, I ran out of suggestions. I just wanted to type this :P

So here are my suggestions. Feel free to throw virtual rocks at those suggestions that suck. I write for my school magazine so I generally have a lot of thoughts when it comes to brainstorming for articles. If you ask me, I'd like the Staff Interview one, but it seems Jakuho's got that covered :P Anyway, if these suggestions are approved, the ones I want to do are the off-topic page, the game page, the advice/Q&A column and the "Blast from the Past". Since the Technical Updates article isn't such a hard thing to do, I should be able to handle a good number of these.