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:
- Betsyandthe Five Avengers — World Building
- Ori Doodle — Old Folks Home
- JHM — Music
Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 14th 2025 at 5:02:59 AM
Thought he was banned from OTC and left after finishing judging a writing contest? He's still on SA. I didn't realize he was the herald for OTC though.
One Piece blog Beyond the LampshadeSA?? Since when?
ARCHITECT POWAHHH! Will soon be posting as 'Firebird'... [[http://tinyurl.com/ttwiktlk Wiki Talk SubforHm, I could've swore that he was the Herald for OTC, since that was his main haunt before his ban.
Experience has taught me to investigate anything that glows.Flyboy was briefly appointed Herald for World Building. He was un-appointed because Eddie decided he was too temperamental to set a good example. A littlewhile later, Flyboy got OTC-banned, and announced he was leaving as soon as his obligations as a writing contest judge were fulfilled.
Fresh-eyed movie blogHuh... the fact that a few Heralds pissed makes me wonder if this would continue at all...
edited 18th Apr '12 9:54:20 AM by EarlOfSandvich
I now go by Graf von Tirol.I do think that the notion of heralds is conceptually flawed if it's a problem if a herald throws a hissy fit. In the end, we are all just beasts-BEASTS I TELL YOU!-so there's no telling when someone will "make the forum look bad."
Then again, I signed up to be the Herald of OTC, so I guess that makes me a hypocrite. A hypocritical beast. Roar.
Tomu if you can't be mature enough to know when to hold back said hissy fit (MSTK 3 Mantra this is just the internet, you should really just relax), and if this wiki is your personal sounding board for what bugs you, you're both in the wrong place and not fit to be a Herald. I'm not saying this is you personally, however.
DoodlesGilphon's right. A mod can go mad and throw a fit at any time, but it is telling about the mods' levelheadedness that they don't. They already had a good enough track record to be promoted.
I'm not crazy, I just don't give a darn!Sure sounds like you're extrapolating your personal views about me as a troper and using me as a sounding board though :P
But that's the metathread that exists between here and Darths and Droids.
But I suppose that it is true that heralds really aren't any different from mods in that sense, so I stand corrected.
I think the main problem is just that the guidelines for appointing the heralds weren't quite as strict as they should have been, and people ended up getting the promotion just because nobody else volunteered rather than because they had a solid enough history to merit getting the position.
That said, I'm still open to herald the fanfic subforum if this ever gets back off the ground; I don't think there's anything questionable in my posting history.
Fast Eddie checks your posting history before promoting you to herald. Blixty's ragequitting was out of the blue.
ARCHITECT POWAHHH! Will soon be posting as 'Firebird'... [[http://tinyurl.com/ttwiktlk Wiki Talk SubforDidn't she ragequit after she resigned? She came to this thread, asked to resign, and when people asked why just said it was for personal reasons. Then came the ragequit and the banning.
I think so, anyway. I don't post in Yack Fest.
Writing a post-post apocalypse LitRPG on RR. Also fanfic stuff.I really do hope my post history won't disqualify me, given that I try to avoid pissing off anybody.
I now go by Graf von Tirol.If I understand correctly, there's a mod assigned to do the Herald promoting, but Eddie has veto powers because his site, his rules, his ban-mjolnir.
Fresh-eyed movie blog

Blixty Slycat resigned, ragequit and got banned. Then I heard from the grapevine that Flyboy did something in OTC...
I'm not sure, so I can't really say (about Flyboy).
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