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 Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:31 am
Welcome to the Wizarding Community Form, the subforum dedicated to allowing guild members to express their love of all things Wizarding World of Gaia, and to come together as a community.
Within this forum, members are welcome to initiate group projects with fellow members, launch fanthreads and clubs to celebrate and discuss shared guild-related interests, write guides to help fellow posters, or discuss aspects of the guild itself.
For additional guidelines, please read the following posts BEFORE making a thread!
• Guild Events
• Harry Potter Avatar Threads
• Discussions
• Fanthreads
• Guides
• Projects
• Clubs & Hangouts
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:32 am
Discussions
Discussion threads are intended to address particular subjects, and in this case, subjects related to the guild. This has a broad range - everything from “how do you decide what characters you’d like to write for?” to “what’s the Common Room forum’s theme song” can and should be discussed here.
These types of threads must conform to the following guidelines:
• Subjects should be related to the guild in some manner.
• Discussions on Guildverse (i.e., aspects of the Wizarding World, from history to character backgrounds) belong in The Guildverse Discussion Forum.
• Anything related to guildverse fanworks (fanfiction, banners, etc) should be posted in The Fandom and Fanworks Forum.
• General Harry Potter chatter belongs in The Great Hall.
• While it's understandable that discussions can deviate from the original subject, threads are asked to remain at least loosely on topic.
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:33 am
Guides
Guides are helpful, detailed instructions on how best to accomplish something. Guides in the Wizarding Community Forum should be guild-related, such as how to create a Death Eater avatar.
These types of threads must conform to the following guidelines:
• Your information should be accurate and kept up-to-date.
• Your posts should be organized and easy to read.
• Pictures/diagrams/etc are encouraged.
• Discussion of some sort should be suggested (rather than "thnx for the guide!" hit-and-run posts.)
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:39 am
Fanthreads
Fanthreads are topics dedicated to something in particular (such as a character, a place, a storyline - everything from Alohomora to Zonko's Joke Shop.) In this forum, they can be devoted to anything regarding the guild or Harry Potter.
These types of threads must conform to the following guidelines:
• You should have an introduction as to why your topic should have fans.
• Provide a "fan club" feel (such as a memberlist, banners, discussion or contests.)
• Spruce up your posts! Fanthreads should represent their topic.
• Clearly state any applicable rules.
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:40 am
Clubs & Hangouts
Hangout/Club topics are intended to be exclusive threads for a specific group of guild members. For example, if you and a few of your friends find the Chat Thread a bit too obnoxious, you are welcome to make your own hangout chat here. Additionally, a thread gathering all of the members who roleplay vampires would also belong in this forum, as it would be categorized as a club.
These types of threads must conform to the following guidelines:
• You must CLEARLY state if your thread is either private or open to anyone posting.
• Emphasize your desired audience ("Centaur Roleplayers!" "Me & my biffles!") or your topic's purpose.
• Make any thread rules visible and comprehensible. Enforce them.
• Try to encourage posters to keep up with the thread through contests, banners, polls, or discussion.
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:42 am
Projects
"Projects" are threads that are the collaborated effort of two or more members to accomplish something guild-related. (An example: Kitty and I are working together to create a guild version of the Daily Prophet, and have placed a thread on the subject in this forum.)
These types of threads must conform to the following guidelines:
• Your projects must be related to the guild (or Harry Potter Avatars.)
• Your introduction should fully express your intentions.
• Make note of whether or not you want others to assist.
• Provide some sort of update list to keep members informed of progress.
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