A forum in disrepair

[LH]

Although in name you guys are Cid's Nights and Administrators, it doesn't mean you couldn't find a de facto moderator of the individual forums amongst your ranks to personally tend to the forum without being a mod for it in name, right?

[Citizen Bleys]

Originally posted by LH
Although in name you guys are Cid's Nights and Administrators, it doesn't mean you couldn't find a de facto moderator of the individual forums amongst your ranks to personally tend to the forum without being a mod for it in name, right?

Funny you should mention that

[Dr Unne]

Yeah, we sort of came up with that idea when we were discussing it. We're probably going to "assign" one of the Mods we already have to specifically watch over the WC fairly closely.

[Bannor]

Well YAY!!! for sub fora. Then secondly you are going to ""assign"" a person to watch the wc, so what does watching actually entail per se?

[Kumo]

I guess that's enough to shut me up for now. And what exactly are this "Watcher's" powers? Will they be able to delete some of the spammier old threads (while leaving the better ones)? And again, we should be thinking of improving the posters themselves (promoting comments and critiques in a positive light/ cracking down on spammy comments and flames) so that the forums don't regress back into what they are right now.

For your sake, I hope this works. I'm probably going to delete my fic soon if nothing changes in the next few weeks. I'd rather focus on other forums where I have more of a chance of getting read by at least one person. And since you got rid of posts, this will only hurt the quality of the fics.

[crono_logical]

Originally posted my Dr Unne
Yeah, we sort of came up with that idea when we were discussing it. We're probably going to "assign" one of the Mods we already have to specifically watch over the WC fairly closely.

Since the watcher is a current mod, s/he'll have full mod powers, of course

[Citizen Bleys]

Originally posted by Kumo
And since you got rid of posts, this will only hurt the quality of the fics.

If you need post counts enabled in order to write fan fictions, you're probably not writing good fan fictions.

1 sentence per post stories SUCK BALLS.

[Kumo]

I totally agree Mr. Bleys. One sentence per posts stories do suck. They should all be closed or deleted. Shouldn't be a problem for me though since on average my chapters range around 4500 words. Has anybody ever seen my fic? I'm not the best, but I'm a damn good writer.

Posted by Bleys

If you need post counts enabled in order to write fan fictions, you're probably not writing good fan fictions.

I never said that. My point was that the quality of fics were going to suffer with the less fics out there to read. I guess I think highly enough of my fics that if I get rid of them, the quality of the forums will decrease. But then again, nobody has read them in months so it probably doesn't matter.

[Spatvark]

Subfora? Nay, we are but men![/Tenacious D]

Single mod to oversee the WC? Well, it'll need to be a mod who writes I think since you do get very different responses from writers. For me that narrows it down to Britt, Bleys, Unne, Proto and Daryl. Now, Britt, Bleys and Unne are both Admins so they've got enough on their plates as it is which leaves Proto and Daryl... and out of these two, I'd like to nominate Daryl for the job... (sowwy Pr00t)

One more thing to go. There is most definitely a whole WC subculture and it's been going for quite a while; mostly consisting of me, Bannor, Kumo, OWA, Shira, Tokkiquil and Zypher. We've been there for months on our own, writing stories and poems, replying to each others works and stuff... well, not actually replying to Kumo's Impact but the rest of it. We mostly only talk to each other on chat programs, we've joined other fora on mass and we are honestly our own small group. Denying it is ridiculous and to be honest, it's this subculture that's stopped the WC from being a total waste of time. However, now a lot of us don't have the time to be here so often anymore and I've watched it slide a hell of a lot...

Let's just be honest, as long as I've been here, EoFF has never been particularly great for writers, that's just how it is. I'm loathe to say it, but I would recommend any serious writers here to try other fora. Even, god forbid, FFOnline who actually have a half decent writing section... or so I'm told since I can't sign up coz' I'm on blueyonder... BAH! Don't get rid of the section here but don't expect it to go through huge leaps and bounds either. EoFF just isn't a fora with lots of good writers...

[Loony BoB]

Well it aint Daryl, sorry mate. And I do write! ...kinda! I've written heaps of poems (about ten?) and I've started a fic ;_;

So yeah. Purely since you discluded me from your little list, I'm going to delete every thread you ever make. *nods firmly* That'll teach you to mess with the guy who's gonna look after your lovely WC ;D

*luvz spt*

Yeah, I'll start being all watchful etc. when I get my new PC hooked up to the internet. Not this Saturday, but the next, that is.

[The Man]

Another thing that might help the Writer's Corner is the discussion of literature -- that's one of the avowed purposes of the Corner, but few people actually use it for that purpose. I think if we did have more people discussing their favourite authors and such, it might bring a crowd into the forum who might not otherwise go there, and then, fan fictions and poetry might get more readings than they currently do. The Vonnegut thread here is one of the first of its kind I've seen in awhile.

It also might help for people to put links to their latest literary works in their signatures. Such links can be really small -- look at the links in my sig -- and I don't think there's anything wrong with a little self-promotion in one's signature.

Peace
Kilgore Trout

[Citizen Bleys]

Originally posted by Spatvark
For me that narrows it down to Britt, Bleys, Unne, Proto and Daryl. Now, Britt, Bleys and Unne are both Admins so they've got enough on their plates as it is

Britt resigned months ago, ace.

[Spatvark]

Originally posted by Citizen Bleys
Britt resigned months ago, ace.

That's what happens when you barely turn up for months...

[Loony BoB]

Okay, once I get that broadband I'll begin going through the threads... now, I want someone to tell me if they want their thread deleted. Anyone. Who would WANT that? And what gives me the right to say 'this is crap, this is not, this should go, this should stay' etc.? I'm sorry, but I don't think that I'll do that. But if anyone wants to elect for their old threads to be deleted, tell me and I'll check out what stories etc. they have posted up and delete the older ones. NOW we'll see who wants that to go ahead >=P

I for one will keep all my poems in there, given that I, along with Daryl, do not save all my work to a personal computer.

Yet. ;D

What else would you guys have me do as a WC-intensive mod?

[The Man]

Ya know what, if people want to delete a thread of theirs, they can just delete their first post in that thread, unless it's closed. It's not that hard, and I dunno why Daniel should be subjected to doing all that work, really. *shrug*

Peace
Kilgore Trout