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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. Positions that are labeled as being held by "TVTropes" are vacant along with positions that are blank.

Open sections with inactive heralds:

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 14th 2025 at 5:02:59 AM

Jimmmyman10 cannot into space from polan Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
cannot into space
#251: Dec 31st 2011 at 10:24:14 PM

No one has volunteered for Media Recs, and that's my favorite sub-forum. So here goes.

Hi there, and welcome to Media Recommendations! If you are looking for the next thing to watch/read/play/whatever, you've come to the right place. Pick a thread that relates to what type of media you want, and post a description/idea/"It's similar to X"/whatever to describe what you want.. If you want your recommendation process to include multiple types of media, we have the Media In General thread. Otherwise, go help someone else out with their request for a Movie/Game/Anime/whatever1

Rules:

  • All regular forum rules apply. Obviously.

  • Don't derail too much. We want anyone to be able to come and ask for a recommendation, and talking about turtles/pancakes/true love/whatever in the middle of the Live Action Movie thread is a little disconcerting. Feel free to discuss said recs as much as you like, however.

  • Cool people ask for and give out recommendations. Just saying.

Have Fun!

edited 1st Jan '12 7:58:29 AM by Jimmmyman10

Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.
Nohbody "In distress", my ass. from Somewhere in Dixie Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
#252: Jan 1st 2012 at 5:25:14 AM

Minor nitpick: Second point should be using "too" at the start, not "to".

All your safe space are belong to Trump
ThatHuman someone from someplace Since: Jun, 2010
someone
#253: Jan 1st 2012 at 7:13:13 AM

So, what do we do in case a Herald is unable to come to the forums? Their name will still appear on the pms, but they won't be able to read the replies they get.

something
BobbyG vigilantly taxonomish from England Since: Jan, 2001
Jimmmyman10 cannot into space from polan Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
cannot into space
#255: Jan 1st 2012 at 7:59:01 AM

Thanks. Edited.

Anything else I need to do?

Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.
Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#257: Jan 1st 2012 at 12:44:09 PM

That Human, if you you mean what if a Helrald won't be coming to the forums anymore, I suppose what we'd have to do is transfer that subforum to a new Herald. Hopefully, the departing herald will let us know about the change, and not just simply disappear.


Should be able to hook up some more volunteers today.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
Jimmmyman10 cannot into space from polan Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
cannot into space
#258: Jan 1st 2012 at 2:34:41 PM

So..................

..........

........

.......

Now what?

I guess I just wait?

Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.
FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#259: Jan 1st 2012 at 2:47:40 PM

Right.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
troacctid (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#260: Jan 1st 2012 at 5:55:27 PM

Hmm, looking at the Image Pickin' message. A few points worth mentioning:

  • Remember, if you're voting to pull an image, you're voting that the current image is worse than having no image at all.
  • Sometimes we can't decide on any image, or no images are suggested, and we leave the page intentionally imageless.
  • Image Pickin' decisions are not final. If you find a new image later that you think is better, you're allowed to start a new discussion.
  • Remember to add unused images to the Image Links page.

The most central guideline is that for an image to be used on a trope page, it must demonstrate the trope as clearly as possible; exceptions exist but are very rare.
I don't like that bit. We want images to be clear, but I wouldn't say the central guideline is for it to be as clear as possible. We're talking about art, after all. [1]

Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#261: Jan 1st 2012 at 8:16:01 PM

[up] That feels a bit unwieldy to work in, but I'll see what I can do. I think in the context, "clearly" is, well, clearly not referring to art...would "unambiguously" work better?

EDIT: I worked in a few of the suggestions...how's it look?

edited 1st Jan '12 8:44:25 PM by Willbyr

Deboss I see the Awesomeness. from Awesomeville Texas Since: Aug, 2009
I see the Awesomeness.
#262: Jan 1st 2012 at 9:18:46 PM

I'd add a note to "Image Pickin' decisions are not final." mentioning griefing.

Fight smart, not fair.
ShadowBender A Sadist RP-er from a world of my own. Since: Jun, 2011
A Sadist RP-er
#263: Jan 2nd 2012 at 12:25:18 AM

What if a herald created another handle and started to use their herald account as a backup? Will their herald-ness be transferred?

Sanity? Why would I need a useless thing like that? Now posting as Motor-Runner.
Jimmmyman10 cannot into space from polan Since: Mar, 2011 Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
cannot into space
#264: Jan 2nd 2012 at 5:24:29 AM

[up][up][up] It looks good to me

Go play Kentucky Route Zero. Now.
MotorRunner A Light In The Darkness from WSA Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Abstaining
A Light In The Darkness
#265: Jan 2nd 2012 at 6:44:40 AM

Sorry, that was me earlier (Shadow Bender). The question concerned me, because I'm making this new account my main one instead.

I would like to volunteer to be a Herald for the Forum Games sub-forum. As for automatic PM, here goes:

DRAFT ONE

Hi, [troper handle] and welcome to the Forum Games sub-forum! This is the place to be for your fun and forum gaming needs, be it playing as a gender-bent version of yourself, playing as your avatar or posting only using wiki words! Open up the forum games sub-forum, pick a game that looks interesting and start playing!

Forum game threads are created everyday (even you can create yours), and depending on how many people take an interest to it, could either become very popular or die off. Some may even seem to have died off, only to become popular in a few months!

This is also a less-serious subforum than the Role Playing Games sub-forum in that you don't need to create a sign-up and discussion thread for your forum game, all you need do is to simply start playing. Still, that does not mean that there are no rules governing the Forum Games sub-forum and it's posters.

Rules:

  • The Super-Serious Forum Games rule thread can be found here.
  • This sub-forum isn't an excuse to act out sexual fantasies. Any thread made for that purpose will be promptly reported and nuked, as cybering is against the rules of the Forum as a whole.
  • If you have something to say that isn't on-topic, either use PMs or spoiler tags. Derailing threads is discouraged.

Obey these rules and we'll all get along nicely. If you have any questions, feel free to ask, your questions would be gladly answered.

Now go play a forum game of your choice and most of all: Have fun!

How was that? Did I miss anything?

edited 4th Jan '12 4:40:18 PM by MotorRunner

ARCHITECT POWAHHH! Will soon be posting as 'Firebird'... [[http://tinyurl.com/ttwiktlk Wiki Talk Subfor
ThatHuman someone from someplace Since: Jun, 2010
someone
#266: Jan 2nd 2012 at 6:49:30 AM

never mind

edited 2nd Jan '12 6:50:04 AM by ThatHuman

something
Lock Space Wizard from Germany Since: Sep, 2010
Space Wizard
#267: Jan 2nd 2012 at 7:37:42 AM

Okay, once again bringing back up stuff that seems to have been overlooked (if not excuse me, this thread is a bit cluttered).

Small suggestion for the Heralds page: Turn the plain-text names into contributor page links.

I just thought about, aren't there some forums which a Herald isn't really necessary for? Like for IJAM, WMG and Forum Games they would seem kinda superfluous to me.
I don't want to deny anybody the position, but I doubt they would have to do anything as those forums and/or their threads are self-contained and -explanatory.

Feel free to create random hangout threads
Uh,no? There are other forums for that.

Programming and surgery have a lot of things in common: Don't start removing colons until you know what you're doing.
MotorRunner A Light In The Darkness from WSA Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Abstaining
A Light In The Darkness
#268: Jan 2nd 2012 at 7:40:17 AM

So what goes there instead? The cuddlepile is a fun hangout thread with cuddling.

ARCHITECT POWAHHH! Will soon be posting as 'Firebird'... [[http://tinyurl.com/ttwiktlk Wiki Talk Subfor
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Hi
#269: Jan 2nd 2012 at 8:19:53 AM

I'd add a note to "Image Pickin' decisions are not final." mentioning griefing.
Got it.

MotorRunner A Light In The Darkness from WSA Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Abstaining
A Light In The Darkness
#270: Jan 2nd 2012 at 8:49:39 AM

I understand now. The cuddleplie ideally should be in Yack Fest.

ARCHITECT POWAHHH! Will soon be posting as 'Firebird'... [[http://tinyurl.com/ttwiktlk Wiki Talk Subfor
FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#271: Jan 2nd 2012 at 3:25:06 PM

Tropers/Gilphon, you are hooked up for Anime & Such.

Liberated Liberater, you are hooked up for Visual Novels. Gonna ask you to make an effort to keep it cool and set an example.

VmKid, you are hooked up for Tech Wishlist.

Willbyr, IP-n-you.

Ori Doodle, you are in for Old Folks. Do you think you could set an example a little bit better around spelling and good writing form? Especially needed for folks to fit in around the old folks.cool

edited 2nd Jan '12 3:56:10 PM by FastEddie

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
BlixtySlycat |like a boss| from Driving the Rad Hazard Since: Aug, 2011
|like a boss|
#272: Jan 2nd 2012 at 4:34:56 PM

I've been having some second thoughts about my position as expressed elsewhere. Is there anything else I can do to help make my subforum a better place? I mean, I've only fielded two genuine questions so far, the others were all either thanks for the PM, or questions about why they got one.

go ahead and do every stupid thing you can imagine
OriDoodle Mom Lady from East of West Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#273: Jan 2nd 2012 at 4:51:20 PM

Oh you mean my spelling and grammar? Certainly, Eddie, and thanks for your patience (I type fast without looking—something to work on). Shall I add that to the letter, or is the letter already automated?

"Welcome to the porch."

In case you haven't read it yet, the following sums up The Old Folks.

You ever been to one of those big family reunions, where there's dozens of people of all ages? Noticed how the kids tend to find someplace where they can run around and play and be loud and sort of wild, and the older aunts and uncles tend to congregate somewhere away from the loud kids and talk? Sometimes the talk is serious, and sometimes it gets silly. If the kids want to come over and join the conversation, the adults don't chase them away, but they are expected to be calm and behave. That's what this forum is — the old farts sitting around on the porch talking while the kids played tag and chased the dog and had squirt gun fights over there in the yard.

That said, Hi there Troper!

Welcome to the Old Folk's Home. This is pretty much Yackfest for us older folk. We're a pretty laid-back group here, and we welcome people of all physical age—but there are a few important guidelines.

1. You should be willing to act like you are seventeen or even older. Leave the drama and the angst, but please bring your brain.

2. Speaking of leaving things, forum memes and image chains are not really appreciated in this sub-forum.

3. Thread derails, so long as the topic is interesting, are fine here. This is as much a chatterbox place as the other Just For Fun segments.

4. This forum moves pretty slowly; we all have jobs and lives off of the internet. If you posted in a thread and there's not an immediate response, cool your jets. We saw it. 5. Incidentally, 'bring your brain' also applies to spelling and grammar. We'll be patient, but we expect you to do at least a quick read-through before posting. [Tropers-under-the-influence not exempted] 6. All other Forum rules apply. See [[The Rules https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=365rl6gt9w6vijv1envyi76j]] for more information.

edited 2nd Jan '12 4:56:45 PM by OriDoodle

Doodles
FastEddie Since: Apr, 2004
#274: Jan 2nd 2012 at 4:54:34 PM

Do you think it should go into the PM? Maybe it should.

Goal: Clear, Concise and Witty
OriDoodle Mom Lady from East of West Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#275: Jan 2nd 2012 at 4:58:03 PM

I think it should, and in case you missed my previous post (I know you are busy),

"Welcome to the porch."

In case you haven't read it yet, the following sums up The Old Folks.

You ever been to one of those big family reunions, where there's dozens of people of all ages? Noticed how the kids tend to find someplace where they can run around and play and be loud and sort of wild, and the older aunts and uncles tend to congregate somewhere away from the loud kids and talk? Sometimes the talk is serious, and sometimes it gets silly. If the kids want to come over and join the conversation, the adults don't chase them away, but they are expected to be calm and behave. That's what this forum is — the old farts sitting around on the porch talking while the kids played tag and chased the dog and had squirt gun fights over there in the yard.

That said, Hi there [[Troper]]!

Welcome to the Old Folk's Home. This is pretty much Yackfest for us older folk. We're a pretty laid-back group here, and we welcome people of all physical age—but there are a few important guidelines.

1. You should be willing to act like you are seventeen or even older. Leave the drama and the angst, but please bring your brain.

2. Speaking of leaving things, forum memes and image chains are not really appreciated in this sub-forum.

3. Thread derails, so long as the topic is interesting, are fine here. This is as much a chatterbox place as the other Just For Fun segments.

4. This forum moves pretty slowly; we all have jobs and lives off of the internet. If you posted in a thread and there's not an immediate response, cool your jets. We saw it.

5. Incidentally, 'bring your brain' also applies to spelling and grammar. We'll be patient, but we expect you to do at least a quick read-through before posting. [Tropers-under-the-influence not exempted]

6. All other Forum rules apply. See The Rules for more information.

How's that? ...edit: How do I link the rules properly? :D

edit again: Even though the pm was updated I just fixed this post because just bugs me.

edited 2nd Jan '12 9:07:54 PM by OriDoodle

Doodles

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