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 Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:51 pm
Arr, update on quidditch, ta be sure!
The teams aren't really growing too quickly, so I'm not sure we'll be able to have any proper tournaments this time around, however our little practice game is going rather well. I've offered house points for participating students, as well as for the winning team (which is composed of several houses). Hopefully this isn't over-stepping my bounds. I have no numerical figures, but maybe 5 points per participant, and an additional 5 for each member of the winning team. To be honest, could scrap the winning team reward and just go for participation only. In fact, I like that idea.
Anyhoo, if the Heads of House could continue to let their members know that we are still accepting applicants (as no house has a full team yet - and Ravenclaw still has no captain) that would be grand.
Also, if possible, could someone sticky or announce the more important threads? ("quidditch 101" and "going on a short leave?" especially) It'd be really handy.
Lastly, if you could discuss the feasibility of the following proposal: Is it possible to set up a way to give me minor mod powers in the quidditch subforum? I don't know what is available as far as Gaian moderation system is concerned, but being able to delete/edit user posts in the quidditch forum would be very handy. Every time people make mistakes or ask a question it breaks the flow of the game. Would be nice to be able to move/delete certain things, as well as modify really basic mistakes on the fly (Miscalculations (10 + 13 - 7 = 15, for instance) results in several extra posts just to correct it (the error post, a post saying "oops, you made an error there" and a post apologizing for making the error in the first place.).). (<-- brackets are fun!) If not, that's fine. I can ask current mods to edit for me on an as needed basis, so I will hold no objections no matter what you decide.
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:14 pm
I can sticky the threads yes, no you can't have minor mod powers
We could however, discuss giving you a contracted crew status.
you would have to promise not to edit anything anywhere in the guild except in the quiddich forum (And as vice-captain I can look and see what every crew member has done with their crew power), and you wouldnt have access to adonis.
This, I feel we should bring up for discussion with the other mods.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:25 am
Works for me if others agree. And yea, I have no reason nor want to access Adonis.
So err... I allowed to divvy out house points?
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:58 am
Teachers are, so I don't see why you wouldn't.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 3:36 pm
Angilwingz Teachers are, so I don't see why you wouldn't.
I would say only in Quidditch related matters. (Housepoints)
I forgot Angil still held the VC position. I don't think that mod powers are really needed. (DDA held them because he was also Deputy Head to Hufflepuff at the time) I thought the point of the practice was to make mistakes and learn the game. If it's you replying to the mistakes or whatever, try posting in white or something. I can't think of a possible solution right now because I'm trying to do other things at this present moment.
However that's my opinion and it's something that we can discuss with the other mods (After we discuss it with KT though)
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:06 pm
Like I said, needs to be discussed. However I don't feel that editing people's posts is a good reason to have mod powers, and since you have your own subforum where people listen to you, you can post in a thread to correct things much more easily.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:53 pm
ninja
Discuss what with me???
Hi everyone! Sorry about my disappearance once again...I just get really into helping out around the house whenever a holiday comes along. But I hope all your holidays went smoothly...
Anyways, I just started school again this week, so I don't really have a lot of time to catch up. But if you guys need me or my opinion on anything, just try to summarize it and put in one post and I'll check back here again soon (possibly tomorrow, but I'm busy all weekend) Just, please, try not to flood my inbox with PMs... It always seems like to much more work to read PM's... it's like reading one piece to the puzzle at a time... I'm too ADD for that... sweatdrop
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:19 pm
Philbert is our new Quidditch Referee. He devised a brand new system for us and everything. He just wondered (a few posts ago) if he should have mod powers. I (icee) don't think it's necessary, not completely certain on Angil's view but I think she feels pretty much the same way. What we need your opinion on is whether or not the Quidditch ref really needs mod powers. I wanted your opinion before we brought it to the other mods. This just came up in the last 5 or six posts actually.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:24 am
If someone could go and erase Cheer_L0v3_13's post from the slytherin locker room, as well as chastise her for breaking the rules, I would be most appreciative. Our locker rooms are for members of the house only, so having an house elf posting randomly within it is upsetting some of the locals.
If you could delete the two extraneous replies to the quidditch tryouts thread that would also be grand. Oh, and if you could sticky it as well.
Guess while I'm here: Could ye please lock the first practice game, as someone replied to it and bumped it up the list. Might as well get it out of the way before it happens again.
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:00 pm
I've attended to your request, Phil.
I don't see why Phil shouldn't have mod powers. He's only focusing on his part of the guild anyway. And he'll only be a mod, not a vice captain, and its not like he needs Adonis for all the stuff he needs to do in that subforum.
You guys are always worrying about how you can never find the time to get stuff done, why not provide some relief to that?
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:32 pm
Arr, could somebody sticky the Quidditch feedback thread in the quidditch subforum?
Apparently attempting to edit bits of it results in the thread unstickying.
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:01 pm
Angilwingz Like I said, needs to be discussed. However I don't feel that editing people's posts is a good reason to have mod powers, and since you have your own subforum where people listen to you, you can post in a thread to correct things much more easily.
I agree with Angil here. If that were the case (Having mod powers to edit threads) then every single position should have mod powers (ie teachers, dueling club referee, etc.)
@Juni: If I have time I'll gladly PM you (I hope I have time to do that)
@Phil: The thread will un-sticky if a non-moderator edits the first post. My suggestion: go ahead and make new threads... this time leave the first post general enough so that you won't have to edit it, like a Welcome or something
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:21 pm
I can't help but agree with Juni. It's not like he'd have access to Adonis and I've had experience from both sides on this issue. I've had to try to run stuff without the ability to actually regulate things, admittedly it was only with a mule account, but still... And I've had the issue of not having enough time to do things...
Plus, if I can easily recognize Philbert's name then that has to mean that he's been around for a while. Thus, I doubt he has ulterior motives to vandalize the guild which would be my greatest concern when thinking about handing out mod powers. I was only given mod powers at first so I could run the H. Monthly and I'm pretty sure it was Juni who got them originally to watch over the Discussion forum (but my memory isn't the greatest, so feel free to correct me).
There was a point in time when we were talking about having a mod for each forum. Both to make the guild more of a community and also to make the Head's workload a little less (technically also making it more of a community by enabling them to talk to people a bit more).
So, I agree with Juni. My only note is that it would be prudent to encourage Philbert to not delete other member's posts whenever possible. It just sorta keeps everyone happy. Edit the rule-breaking posts with a note/warning. It keeps a record of who has a habit of breaking rules around the guild, lets the rule-breaker know they've done something wrong, and acts as a sort of reminder for others who might break a rule on accident.
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 5:49 pm
Actually when Juni made the thread for the Discussion subforum ( I wasn't around when it was first made but when I came back, she wasn't a mod)
Juni did not get mod powers until it was said that she would be the best choice for Deputy Head, and since you were on hiatus Juni got the modpowers to act as Hufflepuff Head.
Are we talking about giving him temporary mod powers (until the whole Quidditch thing gets set up) or permanent mod powers? If it's permanent read below:
I honestly don't think it's fair. In many terms... if we give Phil modpowers to handle Quidditch why not give one to everyone who regulates a club or whatever? My main rebuttal is miss_fawcett: she doesn't have mod powers (and she never asked for them)...but she's headed an event before as well as regulates the Dueling Club now. The DC has become very popular... rules have had to been updated and such. Whenever she sees something that needs to be updated, she PMs me. When a member answers a question wrong, or goes out of turn, I'm sure she'd love to edit/delete the post. I admit because of everything that has happened I didn't even get around to making her last changes, but she made an announcement for everyone to see in the thread (which she does regularly now I think). The DC is a thread that needs to be updated regularly. It never gets updated unless I do it (rarely) or I ask Love Tantei to do it. However it gets done, and before it gets done miss fawcett does the simple measures to make sure it happens. Why can't Phil just PM a mod to change things (without sarcasm) the way miss_fawcett did with me? If we give mod powers to Phil now what happens when there's a new club that comes across and that person asks for modpowers for the sole reason of editing posts? It's not absolutely necessary that the threads be edited. A simple quote of the post would get the point across. Everyone knows Phil has the authority of all things Quidditch. He controls that entire subforum. I don't think I can say in my own words what Angil mentioned better. To give a person mod powers and say "hey you can get them because you only want to edit something" is almost absurd.
In my opinion the subforums aren't something that need to have a separate moderator because there's not hundreds of posts going in each subforum everyday. That's over doing it in a way (To have so many mods). Right now it really seems that Angil handles Spinner's End (I can't remember if Survivor had modpowers) and Juni keeps the Discussion subforum updated. The other subforums really take care of themselves.
The only thing I can think of that may over work the mods is the Lists. Moderators are needed to handle thread removals and such, and deal with the guild's upkeep. Thankfully HPGoG is a good enough place where spam only happens once in a while.
A real mod isn't needed now (in my opinion) because the active membership is small enough for a team of 5 people to handle. Not to say that in the future there will be a time where this guild may need 10 mods because that's called change and progress. All I'm saying is that at this time it's not needed. *
Would you believe that I won't go back to this post now and add things to it? It's something I always do to make sure I'm not overly offensive, but my point is still getting across. So if it's offensive: not meant to be... I just want to get the gist of what I'm thinking across
I'm all for getting out voted though and this is something that should be discussed and everyone has a say in. Right now the vote is evenly divided.
*seems a bit prejudiced coming from me I know...seeing as I originally got modpowers to handle an event... of course that was temporary until this position opened up. If Phil needs the powers temporarily to make sure that all the rules of Quidditch are understood: that's understandable, but to have them just to have them is something I don't understand.
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