Sexy new way to boost forum coolness. (The Herald Thread)

That draft needs a bit of proofreading.

Arha is set up for Content Violations.

Thank you for setting that up. I assume the badge will show up later.

Alright, the forum games draft needs a bit of lookover for possible spelling errors and it'll be ready to go.

Requesting an edit to my PM following a minor thread title change. Pinned thread section, fourth bullet:

4. Unlock a Page — Post here if there's a Locked Page you think doesn't need that protection or a cut page to be restored. If you're asking about a cut work page, check this list to see if that cut was for being porn/having pedophilia. If a non-cut page doesn't get unlocked, the mods can edit it for you upon request here.

edited 24th Aug '12 2:51:03 AM by Telcontar

One question: Is it good to set up a Wiki page for the herald system, as it was done for the badges?

I've realised I actually want more than one edit. Thanks in advance; I wish it was possible for heralds to edit their own messages.

First section, second thread: Please change initial link text to to "Content Policy Directory".

Second section, first bullet: Delete altogether; irrelevant and I want to reduce length where possible.

Second bullet: Change thread link to "this thread" following the slight shuffle in CVD.

Why would that be necessary? The OP contains everything relevant and I can't see how it would complement it, unless there's something you feel needs public editing ability.

edited 24th Aug '12 9:58:36 AM by Telcontar

I expect heralds can't edit their messages because it would leave them vulnerable to Blixty style freakouts. Maybe in the future we'll get a system whereby the heralds can edit their messages pending mod approval. So the mods would just have to press one button to take the changes live.

The Badges thread has a similar OP but it still has a wiki page. Plus, these things are usually better when displayed both on the wiki and the forums, so that non-forumgoers (or not-yet-goers) can see it.

Maybe we should add a new section to the Know The Staff page listing the heralds and what areas they cover.

I think it was suggested already some times and went nowhere.

Nah, we do not need a separate page. The heralds are under TV Tropes Forum.

edited 24th Aug '12 11:20:31 AM by lu127

If so it'd list the P5 too. Personally, I'd rather not be on Know T He Staff, though. Heralds are on the TV Tropes Forum page already.

The Badge Shop is good, but I don't think we need a similar thing here. It's just drafts and occassionally feedback, and I don't see why a wiki-only troper would be interested.

Ninja'd.

edited 24th Aug '12 11:25:06 AM by Telcontar

By the way, I noticed that Arha's message is like this:

• Finally, the P5 forum is not a soapbox. We are not interested in discussing the policy, which has been debated thoroughly. Please leave your opinions at the door.

Given that the new thread seems to allow this sort of discussion, wouldn't it be better this way?:

• Finally, the P5 forum is not a soapbox. We are not interested in using the policy as a vehicle to advance your morals on pedophilia, porn etc., which has been debated thoroughly. Please leave your opinions at the door.

Assuming that we have permissions to suggest improvements to other's PMs.

That thread is for mostly minor issues. What he means is not to gripe about the changes in the content policy.

Telcontar, I made some changes, but I can't figure out which part you want deleted altogether.

Thanks for making the other changes. I'd like this bullet removed as it's not really relevant:

• Trope Talk, as you may have guessed, is where threads about specific tropes or how they relate to stories/characters go. If you're looking for a trope and can't remember the title, that's a query for Lost And Found.

Alright. Also took the liberty of excising the part about the invoked markup, since the thread is unpinned.

edited 27th Aug '12 8:22:27 AM by lu127

Concerning my PM, should the Bugs thread be added to it? I don't think it's in the right place (Tech Wishlist & Bug Reports seems to be more suited to that job as a lot of threads could be avoided by reading it) but if it stays it should probably be added.

Lu has kindly moved the Banners thread to SE (it may not be the only thread that ends up going there), so the sentence "To help with long-term/common queries or requests, there are currently eight stickied threads." in my PM needs updating to six stickied threads rather than eight. The following bullet also needs removing:

7. Pages Needing Banners — Some tropes are subjective, so they have a banner like the one on this page to remind people that not everyone agrees. This thread discusses tropes that should be marked in this way.

Updated Telcontar.

Can we get word on the time-table for updating the auto-PM tool to respond to created threads? I've gotten a few people starting threads to promote their own work (or at the very least, that's what it looks like), with them not knowing I kind of have a rule telling them there's a specific thread to take that sort of thing to.

edited 6th Sep '12 4:03:49 PM by TotemicHero

I almost wonder if the PM should be visible before someone hits "send", but I don't know if it's even possible.

That's put me thinking of an extension to the OTC thread quarantine, where someone who has never posted in a forum who launches a new thread receives the Herald message and has their thread sit in purgatory until a mod approves it.

Something like that would probably be useful for content violations since anyone who is going to break the rules accidentally or otherwise there is going to do it on their first post. Doesn't sound particularly practical, however.