xxxx X xxxxThe New Signature System: How Does It Work?xxxx X xxxx


Okay, guys, take a deep breath. Change can be confusing, I know.

But it's for the best. Really.

The good news is, you guys aren't going to have to sort through the old signatures and transfer them. Dia and I agreed that instead, I'd go through and just recheck all the profiles. New signatures, clean slate, the whole shebang.

But, you need to know how the new system works for checking new profiles (and mine, since I can't check them). Don't worry fam, I gotchu.

First of all, you should know about the new form members have to put on their family profiles:

Accepted by: *signature*
Updates Accepted by: *signature*
Accepted Characters: (list)


It's a bit deceptive. It seems fairly simple, but compared to just adding a new line with your signature and date, it's a bit complicated.

Accepted by:
- This is for the first time a profile is checked. If you are the first person to look over a family profile, this is where you put your signature, as well as the date of acceptance. After the initial mass reacceptance, this should never be touched again.

Updates Accepted by:
- This is for all subsequent profile checks. If you are checking a previously-accepted family thread, this is where you put your signature, as well as the date.
- Unlike in the past, you will not simply add your signature to the profile below the old signatures. Instead, you will completely erase the previous signature in this line, and add your own, like when you update the weather.
- Once you check a profile, anything the person who checked it before may have missed becomes your responsibility. Technically, there's no way of knowing for sure that it's not been added in since the last check. Regardless, when you check the profile, if you miss it, it's on you, whether it was missed previously or not.

Accepted Characters:
- This is a list of all characters currently accepted in the family.
- When you accept a new character, you should add their name to this list, with the date.
- The name should be listed with your signature color, to denote that you were the one who initially accepted them.
- If a character has a pending job, include - Pending next to their name. When you check the profile again after the job is accepted, remove this tag.

An example:

Accepted by: ~ ♥ Cara ɱк [2/14/2017]
Updates Accepted by: - Essy [6/12/2017]
Accepted Characters: Carol [2/14/2017] Alex [2/14/2017] Robert - Pending [6/2/2017]

Above, you see the signature form for a family initially accepted by myself on February 14, 2017. My signature is listed on the 'Accepted by' line with that date, which corresponds to the dates of acceptance for characters Carol and Alex in the Accepted Characters list. Presumably, Essy checked an addition to this family after I accepted it, on June 12, 2017. Her signature is seen on the 'Updates Accepted by' line, and the character Robert is on the Accepted Characters list, marked pending to indicate that he is awaiting a job acceptance.

Assuming that Dia is the one to check the profiles after his job is accepted, instead of Essy, the updated signature form would look like this:

Accepted by: ~ ♥ Cara ɱк [2/14/2017]
Updates Accepted by: ~ Dia [6/15/2017]
Accepted Characters: Carol [2/14/2017] Alex [2/14/2017] Robert [6/2/2017]

Notice that Dia's signature is now in the 'Updates Accepted by' line, but Robert's name remains in Essy's color, with the date she checked him. This is because even though Dia accepted the profile with its job attached, Essy was the one to initially look it over and deem it acceptable.

If there are any questions about the new signature form and how to fill it out, please post them below and either Dia or I will answer them for you. We want to make sure everyone understands this so that we can get the system implemented and get rid of all the horrendous signature mountains once and for all.