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Guest posting and new moderator
liza94:
--- Quote from: MetalPredat0r on March 06, 2015, 07:26:41 pm ---To prevent people from spamming the request boards with multiple requests. Keep in mind that the requests are handled by very few people with limited time and budgets and all these guests just spamming the requests thread would bring stress that isn't needed.
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But no one makes those people fulfill requests so I don't understand reasons for stress.
ChocoCats:
--- Quote from: liza94 on March 06, 2015, 07:33:11 pm ---But no one makes those people fulfill requests so I don't understand reasons for stress.
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Guess you haven't read Setsuna's Resignation request thread then...
Yunabeco:
Thank you all for your input. I'll dump some points from my mind here.
I reckon anonymity makes it harder to follow discussions and brings many other potential problems to the table. In retrospection, that was a great change out of practically nowhere.
That said, I'd like to tone it down but give it a chance for a while, and turn it off if it shows little purpose in terms of discussion quantity and quality.
Moreover, I propose to restrict guest posting inside the iM@S categories, and outside request boards -- that said, if you do handle requests and are okay with receiving those, don't hesitate to chime up. Setsuna has stopped for the time being.
--- Quote from: DeviantProtagonist on March 06, 2015, 06:22:58 pm ---More to the captchas, it's precisely the reason why this can understandably turn off users -- it's too much a drag even with Wiki links. I'd very much do without those secondary questions, if anything.
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Thanks Deviant for your comments. I'm not a UX designer, but I do realize it's a bit of a turn off when it comes to using the forum and wiki.
We had practically no spam since I turned it on, so I thought it was a good idea at the time -- I'll try tuning things down a notch and see how it goes.
--- Quote from: ChocoCats on March 06, 2015, 01:30:08 am ---Please state the "changes to make the forum and wiki more user-friendly" more specifically. I'm curious.
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By "changes to make the forum and wiki more user-friendly", most things are related to the wiki, namely:
* Making the wiki Main Page lighter (it looks pretty nice since the November/December revamping, but it's still the greatest resource hog of the site by a landslide)
* Making it the actual home page of project-imas.com, while still trying to keep some emphasis on the forum
* Have and maintain news about recent iM@S-related events, why not with a calendarI was also thinking of simply merging the forum and wiki userbase, something that was proposed a while ago on my Talk Page, but this proves to be both technically challenging and potentially detrimental to experience, since a wiki contributor is not always a forum poster. And it doesn't bode well with my conscience since I'm more of a SoC guy.
The majority of the interest of the site is directed at the wiki (something I didn't imagine that when I set it up. Thanks, Google).
Still, I don't want the forum to fall into total oblivion. I'm looking for things I can do to make the experience more enjoyable for us all.
I'll try not to rush things. I apologize for the surprise.
DeviantProtagonist:
Thanks for the share, Yunabeco. Having this restricted to the iM@S categories is an interesting proposal, since they're relevant to the main focus of the forum. Plus, if guests wished to engage in casual discussion outside the categories, then they'd come to show their true selves as members -- it'll serve as a doorway of sorts. I'll see what others think on it.
--- Quote from: liza94 on March 06, 2015, 07:33:11 pm ---But no one makes those people fulfill requests so I don't understand reasons for stress.
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You don't know that. People undergoing request handling can get their share of prodding, to put it lightly. As mentioned, look to Setsuna's thread please.
Guest accounts would not work with the request boards by any stretch of the imagination; it would be detrimental to having guests participate within the community when they could only do so much as leave some iM@S coordinates then buzz off. While it's true people often sign up to only post requests, it at least gives us leverage to organize things better.
That brings me to another issue with request guests; sockpuppeting, or otherwise a user working with multiple accounts to further their gain. We hardly have a way to discern different guests from a glance, so what's stopping the shady ones from requesting more than they're allowed to? Furthermore, it'd only be a hassle to moderate -- and by that, I mean constantly.
Overall, the cons outweigh the ill-existent positives so to even attempt this just isn't worth it.
MetalPredat0r:
--- Quote from: Yunabeco on March 06, 2015, 08:46:57 pm ---By "changes to make the forum and wiki more user-friendly", most things are related to the wiki, namely:
* Making the wiki Main Page lighter (it looks pretty nice since the November/December revamping, but it's still the greatest resource hog of the site by a landslide)
* Making it the actual home page of project-imas.com, while still trying to keep some emphasis on the forum
* Have and maintain news about recent iM@S-related events, why not with a calendar
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I have been thinking, maybe the page layout could be closer to, say, SmashWiki. Mainly with how the news is laid out right on the front page for all to read. Here's what I'm talking about with the page link: http://www.ssbwiki.com/
Like, perhaps make navigation a bit easier by linking to different categories on the wiki. Just my suggestions.
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