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Posted at 4:31 PM Mar 7 2012 2012
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NARUTARD OVERLOAD!!!!!
Joined: Jul 2008
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Positive Change for AiB
For those of you who have been around recently you're most likely aware
of the many issues we've been having. Whether it's lack of communication
between users and staff or just general confusion either way it was
clear something needed to change. In my blog, "The Start To A Positive Change"
I gave the community a chance to voice their opinion on things that
they felt need to be fixed around here. Well, it took some time, but I
finally finished gathering all the information and addressed every issue
I could. Hopefully everyone is happy with what's provided below!
Issue Resolution – We have added new
staff members to watch over the forum. This not only increases the
response rate, but will make it so we can get multiple opinions on the
situation to come up with the best solution. Along with that Neal has
made it so that banned members can now access the forum! Someone
suggested we make the forum anonymous, so that the staff members who
have the final say are less likely to be biased. Though that is a good
idea it isn't something that can happen, because in order to find
solutions we often have to see the user's actions (posts) and the
infractions they received in the past.
Content
– Invinciboy, lightlanayru and Miles of Smashwiki are currently
reconstructing the Content Team to ensure more content is provided in
the future. I do want to remind everyone that anyone is welcomed to
write and submit an article. As long as the article is appropriate and
fits the prerequisites then it will be posted.
Name Changes
– Due to user complaints and confusion of which user is which we will
now be limiting name changes to one per month, per member. We'll see how
that works to begin with, and adjust accordingly. Make sure if you
request a name change you're willing to have it for a month!
Joining Staff – I don't know if this
is something that started before I became Head Admin or not, but asking
(not harassing) to join staff does NOT hurt your chances to become
staff. Real life tip: Employers love initiative! If you want to join
staff just let me know! Now I may not get back to you immediately but I
do read every PM sent to me, and I will try to respond to you. Someone
asked if we could add a lower position on staff; something like a Scout.
For those who haven't been around too long we used to have Chat
Moderators where their only job was to look over the chats, but because
every staff member has that power we decided to get rid of the position.
Enforcing the Rules, with Warnings
– This was the main reason this whole “revolution” started. We as staff
want to make sure that the rules are enforced as they should be. We
shouldn't be bias about which rules we enforce. On top of that we are
going to be more lenient of first time offenders, and more harsh on
repeat offenders, so make sure you read up on those rules!
Bad Staff – There were a few
suggestions to remove the “bad mods” and that the staff shouldn't be
rude or vulgar. Remember! If you have a problem with staff to please
take it to the Issue Resolution forum. As stated above it has been
improved, so you will be heard. At the very least the staff member(s)
receiving a complaint will be talked to. Staff members are held to
higher standards.
Report Button
– This has been talked about for a long while now. It's a great idea,
but only Neal can program it in at the time, so it's up to him if it
happens. In the mean time I'm willing to make a topic in the “Site
Feedback” board for everyone to report their problems there. Remember
though, you can always message your favorite staff member to see if they
can assist you!
Recommended Blogs
– Some asked to have a little section on the front page for blogs
recommended by users. Once again, for those who are kind of new to the
site we used to have the blog section of the front page based on user
activity on the blog. Overtime it got a little out of control so it was
changed. If you feel a blog should be recommended please either take it
to the “Report Button” topic that will be made or ask your favorite
staff member. It was also asked that staff members stop recommending
blog that have already been recommended. You may not know this because
we haven't had four active blogs recommended at once in a while but if
there's more than three active recommended blogs at a time then the
blogs rotate. The more recommendations a blog receives the better chance
it has showing up on the front page during the rotation.
Troll Monitor
– I'm hoping that when this was suggested they were talking about
people looking for troll comments, and reporting them because
programming such a thing would be very difficult, and faulty. Hopefully
everyone in the community is trying to help the site so they're all
ready troll monitors. Help the staff clean up the trolls! Report
anything you think is considered breaking the rules in the Report topic
of the Site Feedback board, or tell your favorite staff members.
Hiring Process
– In the blog it was clear that the community wants some say on who is
added to the staff. The best formula provided for such a thing to happen
was:
- Lower Staff recommends
- Community adds feedback
- Higher Staff makes final decision
This
is not something I can promise will happen every time someone new tries
to join staff, but in cases where we have a large group of applicants I
think it's something I'm willing to do. With that being said,
I have recently received multiple applications so this process will be
happening within the next week! It will most likely happen through one
of my blogs, so keep your eyes open!
Doubles Night
– I know this season we haven't had a single Doubles Night, and that's
something I want to change. I'm not sure if it was lack of initiative
from the staff or a misunderstanding that any staff member can host it,
but I will make sure there are a few Doubles Nights before this season
ends. Friendly Reminder: There's less than a month until the season
ends!
Widgets – It was
asked that the Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Soul Calibur 5 widgets
get added. Once again, this is something only Neal can do. Recently he
has been more active, so I'm sure as long as he has all the art work
(and I know the UmvC3 was provided) he will make sure it happens.
Revamping Staff – Staff is currently under
construction. We'll be adding new members, while removing the inactive
ones. There will even be new positions that the staff don't even know
about yet!
Specific Rules – If there's
any rules you feel should be more specific please let me know and
assuming it's approved I will make sure it's updated.
Entertain Non-Brawlers
– A friendly reminder that this site is focused for the Smash
community. I understand many of us come here for the social aspect now,
but it's still for the Smash community. Nonetheless, we try to do what
we can with events to provide entertainment, but it can be difficult at
times. If you want to create an event to entertain the community let us
(the staff) know about it and we'll assist any way we can.
Borderline Images
– Up until now we've been decently lenient on what people put on their
profiles. Now I think it's about time we get a little more serious about
the content seen on this site. Because of that we will now be giving
warnings and infractions for any images seen as questionable by the
staff. If you see any questionable images please let the staff know and
we will be sure to address the issue.
If
there is something I missed or something else you wish to be answered
then please let me know! I want to make sure everyone enjoys their time
on this site, and with this community!
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