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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

MotorRunner A Light In The Darkness from WSA Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Abstaining
A Light In The Darkness
#551: Apr 17th 2012 at 5:37:02 PM

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).

ARCHITECT POWAHHH! Will soon be posting as 'Firebird'... [[http://tinyurl.com/ttwiktlk Wiki Talk Subfor
Bookyangel2438 from New York City Since: Jul, 2011
#552: Apr 17th 2012 at 5:39:03 PM

[up]Ohhh. surprised

That name rung a bell.

Why were they banned?

Who's Flyboy?

Alt account of Angeldog 2437.
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#553: Apr 17th 2012 at 5:44:52 PM

Flyboy used to be USAF. He hung out on OTC a bit.

Bookyangel2438 from New York City Since: Jul, 2011
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#555: Apr 17th 2012 at 5:47:54 PM

A guy.

I mean, he was a troper. Not a whole lot else to say. You can find his troper page for Tropers/Flyboy if you want

Bookyangel2438 from New York City Since: Jul, 2011
Autumncomet from the hive Since: Jan, 2011
#557: Apr 17th 2012 at 6:30:41 PM

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 Lampshade
MotorRunner A Light In The Darkness from WSA Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Abstaining
A Light In The Darkness
#558: Apr 17th 2012 at 6:32:02 PM

SA?? Since when?

ARCHITECT POWAHHH! Will soon be posting as 'Firebird'... [[http://tinyurl.com/ttwiktlk Wiki Talk Subfor
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#559: Apr 17th 2012 at 6:39:12 PM

Flyboy was a herald of something, but not OTC. I forget what he was Herald of, but it was revoked before he got kicked outta OTC.

Komodin TV Tropes' Sonic Wiki Curator from Windy Hill Zone Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
TV Tropes' Sonic Wiki Curator
#560: Apr 17th 2012 at 6:48:23 PM

Hm, 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.
Bookyangel2438 from New York City Since: Jul, 2011
TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#563: Apr 17th 2012 at 6:55:02 PM

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 blog
EarlOfSandvich Since: Jun, 2011
#564: Apr 18th 2012 at 9:52:40 AM

Huh... 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.
OriDoodle Mom Lady from East of West Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#565: Apr 18th 2012 at 9:54:36 AM

No it just means the mods are busy with other things right now.

Doodles
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#566: Apr 18th 2012 at 10:03:34 AM

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.

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#567: Apr 18th 2012 at 10:06:54 AM

It's no more flawed than the idea of mods on those grounds.

OriDoodle Mom Lady from East of West Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#568: Apr 18th 2012 at 10:08:50 AM

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.

Doodles
FinalStarman from Clinton, Massachusetts Since: Nov, 2011
#569: Apr 18th 2012 at 10:10:46 AM

Gilphon'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!
TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#570: Apr 18th 2012 at 10:12:30 AM

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.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#571: Apr 18th 2012 at 10:17:20 AM

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. tongue

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MotorRunner A Light In The Darkness from WSA Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: Abstaining
A Light In The Darkness
#572: Apr 18th 2012 at 6:39:06 PM

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 Subfor
Discar Since: Jun, 2009
#573: Apr 18th 2012 at 7:19:47 PM

Didn'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.
EarlOfSandvich Since: Jun, 2011
#574: Apr 18th 2012 at 7:23:43 PM

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.
TParadox Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: The captain of her heart
#575: Apr 18th 2012 at 7:44:00 PM

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

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