Hello, friends. Your New Mod IS HERE... PLEASE READ.
Jul 17, 2016 22:39:37 GMT -5
Zigzag, Mike Bockwinkel, and 1 more like this
Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Jul 17, 2016 22:39:37 GMT -5
Hello, everyone. Whether you’ve been on WFigs for a substantial amount of time, or whether you’ve been here for just a few months, I welcome you to the board.
Thanks to Chris Hammers for the suggestion and quick approval for my role. I hope to be fair and make this place a little more fun to be around and new members jump onboard.
I’ll be the first to say, that over the last several years, I just post my WWF ’95 shows and mind my own business. Seemingly around me, the board has become less active and less feedback driven. I personally feel the mandatory reply for reply system never truly worked, nor would there be any real critical feedback given to anyone. It would always been “this was a good show”. Lets face it, we aren’t/weren’t the best bookers or writers. I feel like very few people gave honest feedback to help people become better writers (most notably Dan, for myself.)
If you have ideas or desires for the board, send me a PM.
There needs to be a better commitment to diaries. I do not want to become a strict leader of the board, but there needs to be proper planning for diaries. I don't know about others, but for my two most successful diaries (WCW 2000, and WWF ’93-95), when I first started it I literally planned out six months of pay per view cards and had ideas how to get there. I’ve written things I didn’t like, and I’ve just booked myself out of the situation. Often times, people write themselves into a corner and just give up. So, I’m thinking of challenging people. If you start a diary and give up after three posts, you need approval to begin another one.
Myself, Dan, Kev, HEELRyan, Snickel, Jord and Dragon (just off the top of my head) are examples of people who have created long-running diaries. I find it incredibly frustrating when the same person has 5 diaries on the front page. I know it’s less active as it once was, but regardless. Find your niche and stick with it. That’s how you get to a HOF diary.
Speaking of Hall of Fame… I will NOT be eliminating any diaries from that group. They were voted in at their respected times and they shall remain in.
However, for as long as I am a mod… I will have some guidelines to it. I think that a diary should have 6 months to a year worth of ORIGINAL booking. Often times, I see people keep the same story lines for the first month or two and don't venture out. So, I’m kind of leaning towards a year long of in diary time before they are considered for the HOF.
Another idea, and I’m probably going to do this for mine. I think it would be a good idea if the writers of a diary give an up to date “this is what’s going on in my diary” so that people who first arrive or haven't read a diary can get a feel for what’s going on. I’d make a thread for that, I think. And update accordingly.
Another idea, and I’ve mentioned this before, was to interview writers on their previous diaries and just do something similar to Kayfabe Commentaries. I know that I have my own reasons for booking plans and maybe ideas that I never managed to do, such as with my WCW 2000. I think that would be interesting.
Also, I was never aware of the issues regarding past members. I know there were plenty of great writers who no longer come to the board for whatever reason. I will say this… I have no problem with giving second chances. If you are someone who was “blacklisted” or whatever from this board, get in touch with me and I’ll have no problem welcoming them back to the board.
Lastly, I’m thinking of going through and reading the diaries that I have neglected and start from the beginning and give replies. I remember doing this for Mike Bockwinkel a long time ago. First, it was fun to do that and I think he appreciated it. So, I might try to make time to do that for everyone.
That’s all I can think of currently. If you have any questions, reply in this thread… if you have any suggestions for the board, send me a PM and we can discuss that.
I’ll likely make a voting for the HOF thread in the coming days. Considering a lack of activity, I’m not sure how many I’d put in at one time.
Talk to you guys soon.
Thanks to Chris Hammers for the suggestion and quick approval for my role. I hope to be fair and make this place a little more fun to be around and new members jump onboard.
I’ll be the first to say, that over the last several years, I just post my WWF ’95 shows and mind my own business. Seemingly around me, the board has become less active and less feedback driven. I personally feel the mandatory reply for reply system never truly worked, nor would there be any real critical feedback given to anyone. It would always been “this was a good show”. Lets face it, we aren’t/weren’t the best bookers or writers. I feel like very few people gave honest feedback to help people become better writers (most notably Dan, for myself.)
If you have ideas or desires for the board, send me a PM.
There needs to be a better commitment to diaries. I do not want to become a strict leader of the board, but there needs to be proper planning for diaries. I don't know about others, but for my two most successful diaries (WCW 2000, and WWF ’93-95), when I first started it I literally planned out six months of pay per view cards and had ideas how to get there. I’ve written things I didn’t like, and I’ve just booked myself out of the situation. Often times, people write themselves into a corner and just give up. So, I’m thinking of challenging people. If you start a diary and give up after three posts, you need approval to begin another one.
Myself, Dan, Kev, HEELRyan, Snickel, Jord and Dragon (just off the top of my head) are examples of people who have created long-running diaries. I find it incredibly frustrating when the same person has 5 diaries on the front page. I know it’s less active as it once was, but regardless. Find your niche and stick with it. That’s how you get to a HOF diary.
Speaking of Hall of Fame… I will NOT be eliminating any diaries from that group. They were voted in at their respected times and they shall remain in.
However, for as long as I am a mod… I will have some guidelines to it. I think that a diary should have 6 months to a year worth of ORIGINAL booking. Often times, I see people keep the same story lines for the first month or two and don't venture out. So, I’m kind of leaning towards a year long of in diary time before they are considered for the HOF.
Another idea, and I’m probably going to do this for mine. I think it would be a good idea if the writers of a diary give an up to date “this is what’s going on in my diary” so that people who first arrive or haven't read a diary can get a feel for what’s going on. I’d make a thread for that, I think. And update accordingly.
Another idea, and I’ve mentioned this before, was to interview writers on their previous diaries and just do something similar to Kayfabe Commentaries. I know that I have my own reasons for booking plans and maybe ideas that I never managed to do, such as with my WCW 2000. I think that would be interesting.
Also, I was never aware of the issues regarding past members. I know there were plenty of great writers who no longer come to the board for whatever reason. I will say this… I have no problem with giving second chances. If you are someone who was “blacklisted” or whatever from this board, get in touch with me and I’ll have no problem welcoming them back to the board.
Lastly, I’m thinking of going through and reading the diaries that I have neglected and start from the beginning and give replies. I remember doing this for Mike Bockwinkel a long time ago. First, it was fun to do that and I think he appreciated it. So, I might try to make time to do that for everyone.
That’s all I can think of currently. If you have any questions, reply in this thread… if you have any suggestions for the board, send me a PM and we can discuss that.
I’ll likely make a voting for the HOF thread in the coming days. Considering a lack of activity, I’m not sure how many I’d put in at one time.
Talk to you guys soon.
