So I volunteered to combine DX and Dana's recent FAQ update into a One Big Update.
I'll have lots of questions and need input.
First thing:
Before I've even gotten to the FAQ - I noticed that two things need to be changed on the Site Etiquette bulletted list.
I'm just gonna list what is wrong (for public disclosure and double checking purposes, I will make one big list eventually).
Spoiler Policy - Third bullet: Delete the last sentence that applies to Spoiler Lite threads.
Bureau - Tenth bullet: Link goes to Bureau 1. Should go to Bureau 2. (The link is to ask admin. questions and 1 is closed.)
edit: x post with BBaBB
YAY Jon!
fits msbelle for a pink cheerleader outfit
Get out of the dressing room, David!
t peeks through keyhole
use your imagination boys, I'm in Large sweats and I'm stinky from krav - reality is a bitch.
also? YAY! tina for finding the mistakes and YAY! Dana and DX for doing updates to the FAQ.
Skimmed the Nilly'ed posts from/responding to Beej, and feeling some regret about not saying to her, "Hmm, you're bouncing around like a hyperactive bunny. Chill a bit, you're a bit too much." I've done it - that being too enthusiastic about something and alienating the people who were doing it to start with. It's hard. One means well. FWIW, she did offer to help at the F2F in concrete ways, which is a nice thing to do.
I meant to post this way earlier, that my experience as a newbie was that I took the admonitions to pay attention to the FAQ very seriously, and I studied it. When I had a question about anything, I'd read it again. I clicked on links. I read that thing many times over and it still didn't answer all my Qs. When I would go somewhere to ask a Q, folks would snipe at me to read the FAQ. In another universe, I'd offer to help on the FAQ, but, not another universe.
FWIW, she did offer to help at the F2F in concrete ways, which is a nice thing to do
she did. and I'm sure that she thought that the way to get on our good side was to be as helpful as possible. I don't fault her for that. I just think that she should have realized that the gentle admonitions were clues to change her behavior. We are masters of the snark, we _mock_ nice people.
Well I know when I de-lurked I got a nice welcome, as so many do. I think I made a joke about the "scary internet people" which got some attention and things were fine. Then I was just here - one of the buffistas. Noticed sometimes; ignored others - just like everyone I suspect.
Of course, then I got into a couple of bureaucracy kerfuffles that I probably should have been a bit less intense about (certainly one I didn't have that strong an opinion on, but somehow got my back all up about it anyway).
Coming on too strong is definitely not a good way to de-lurk, at least on average, IMO.
Speaking of that handy ol FAQ. (Be warned, I'm doing this in tiny chunks.)
First, though, Board How-to
Nothing incorrect that I can see (yay!). DX mentioned some redundancies with the FAQ - but we will get to those later. What is on the How-to right now all works and is good. (The earlier disc. on navigation seemed to indicate folks were generally OK with the nav. instructions there. They seem really clear to me.)
Now. The FAQ.
Table of Contents.
(Changes are in bold.)
Seems the warning about spoilers in the actual FAQ should be updated. I put Angel 4.22 as a placeholder that might be right. (Used to be 3.22).
How about:
Warning: This FAQ may contain spoilers up to and including the full run of Buffy, Firefly the Series and Angel 4.22.
Lots of other stuff in the ToC will change as things are deleted/archived. But that is for then.
The Resurrection and the Life
Totally minor: but there are "e-mail and email" inconsistencies. (OK, minor my ass, I can't help it, my inner proofreader is rejoicing at this delicious find.) It seems like "email" is the standard for the text - but the link on the left is "E-mail admins". I think it should at least be one way in the same sentence though, so:
Q: Cool! How Can I help....
A: (Fourth sentence: change "E-mail" to Email, change third "e-mail" to email.)
Cafepress: DX asked if there was someway the link could also point to Bitches and F2F merch.
Coming soon...(or possibly in a while): General!!
