We're going to appoint people in each of the subforums to welcome newbies in by an automated PM and show them how things work in the particular subforum.
The appointment thing is so that at least one person knows it is their job, and so the newbie doesn't get buried under a PM onslaught the first time they post.
We will give the appointee (now called Heralds) a spiffy icon badge so people will know they are on the job for everybody. There will also be access to a report that shows who is new in the subforum.
If you want to apply for the position, all you have to do is post a welcome draft here. That way, a moderator will consider you. If someone else has already applied for the position, don't worry! Multiple people can apply for one subforum.
This is a list
of the heralds that have already been appointed and the subforums that still need heralds.
Open sections with inactive heralds:
- Betsyandthe Five Avengers — World Building
- Ori Doodle — Old Folks Home
- Cyto Zytokine — New Media
- Totemic Hero — Webcomics
- JHM — Music
- Parable — On-Topic Conversations
- GastonRabbit — Content Violation Discussions
Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 7th 2024 at 8:33:43 AM
Re-re-posting some things to make them easier to find*:
This is the link to the list of which forums have and have not been assigned.
Here is a link to the forum rules.
And this is a current, updating list of those drafts which have been proposed but not accepted or rejected. Stars indicate that the person has confirmed that they are still interested in and available for the position.
- OTC:
- All Media Recommendations: Jimmyman 10
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Literature: -
Wiki Talk: - Visual Arts: Mr AHR
- Western Animation: Yunochan
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It Just Awes Me: Earl Of Sandvich* -
Fan Fiction: Japanese Teeth - Tabletop Games: Exelixi
- Forum Games: Classifiedzerogoki*
EDIT: And apparently the note markup isn't working.
edited 26th Jun '12 12:25:50 PM by Nocturna
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
Just popping in to note that 1. I'm still up for the position and 2. I tweaked my message a bit to fit the new content guidelines better. Let me know if I need to fix anything else.
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Since Shima is busy with the Badge Shop, I will be helping over here.
It's safe to say that World Building and Forum Games are indeed open, since those heralds are apparently no longer around. Never thought World Building would be this much trouble.
As for the already existing drafts, I haven't had time to look at everything. I have, however, set up a new herald. Japanese Teeth is now the herald for Fan Fiction.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
Hi
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]"){kind=icon}
I just got the PM...had a good chuckle over that.
Could I please be sent a Herald badge?
Oh yeah, if anyone who's already been set as a herald wants a badge, feel free to tell us. We'll send you one.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer
'Thread' was misspelled (no 'a') when the title was changed.
/small, Spelling Nazi nitpick.
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I dunno. 
Lost in Space
If you say so, Fighteer.
No longer a forum herald
TV Tropes mods: retconning reality since 2009.
Anyway, I'm wondering if we ought to start sharing feedback, so we can figure out if tweaks need to be made to our PMs or other aspects of the herald program. I'm a bit reluctant to do so here, as anyone can read what we say (and PMs are supposed to be private for a reason). Thoughts?
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
I suppose we still can see what still needs revision. Myself, I'm seeing if anyone has a suggestion to enhance mine.
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
Whoohoo I finally have a purpose!
@Willbyr: What exactly was chuckle-worthy?
Also, I suppose this means I need my herald badge as well.
Also also, I might be having internet connectivity issues in the near future, so if I disappear for a bit it doesn't mean that I'm abandoning my post, it just means that the relatives I'm visiting don't have an internet connection.
edited 27th May '12 12:29:39 PM by JapaneseTeeth
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If I may, I would like to make a small change to my greeting. See, this sentence:
is actually supposed to be like this:
edited 27th May '12 1:00:34 PM by Komodin
Experience has taught me to investigate anything that glows.
@Earl: Same with mine. Suggestions on my proposal are greatly appreciated.
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
Quick note: Should the Know The Staff page list the heralds, or at least link the to page that lists the heralds?
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I think that was decided against, at least implicitly as it's been brought up before and hasn't happened. I'm pretty sure we're more "volunteers" than "staff". Not that the staff aren't volunteers as well.
Really, what do Heralds do? The only change I've seen in my forum experience is I get the occasional response in the nature of "Okay cool, thanks."
Fresh-eyed movie blog
I wouldn't really want to be on Know The Staff because I think it would make me seem more important than I actually am.
Yeah I don;'t really see heralds as any sort of staff. We don't do a whole lot.
Doodles
Eddie has left these considerations to us. It may take a while to look over them.
"If you aren't him, then you apparently got your brain from the same discount retailer, so..." - Fighteer