Newbies' Guide to The Bombers

Well if we don't, the notebook won't be bumped and it will disappear from the 1st page.

EDIT: Heh, great minds think alike.

Originally Posted by the_Predator

hmm... Good question... I suppose we could double post if it's really necessary but I don't see any real need for that...

It's just that if no new posts are made, they'll eventually fade into obscurity in the back of the forum, no matter how many times you edit.

Alright, we'll sticky them. I just hate too many stickies because it pushes attention away from the more important threads (such as the Newbies' Guide.)

hmm... true... Well guess we should double post then... <.< Since we can't sticky them... OR Lem could make a Notebook subforum where all the notebooks would be located.

EDIT: Damn, Lem was faster <.< Well sticky is ok but as the number of bombers increase there will have to be a more efficient solution. :S

A suggestion: We could have all the notebooks in one sticky thread as posts we update.

Originally Posted by the_Predator

hmm... true... Well guess we should double post then... <.< Since we can't sticky them... OR Lem could make a Notebook subforum where all the notebooks would be located.

Hear that Lem's? Making one sticky for us to post our Notebook entries mightn't be so bad. It would certainly be more effective than a Sticky for each one.

EDIT: Uncle Meat. One step ahead, as always!

Originally Posted by the_Predator

hmm... true... Well guess we should double post then... <.< Since we can't sticky them... OR Lem could make a Notebook subforum where all the notebooks would be located.

Had a better idea. Put a Link in your signature and everytime you update the journal (if you have one) you can make a new post. Either way, it's mostly there for reference, no? So if you just keep it in your signature people can easily access it. And if you want it bumped up just post a new journal entry.

So we would be allowed to double post with for example "Updated dd.mm.yyyy" or something like that?

Originally Posted by the_Predator

So we would be allowed to double post with for example "Updated dd.mm.yyyy" or something like that?

Yeah, double posting is okay. I don't care too much about it in your journals. Elsewhere, yes, but in your journals it's okay. No one cares about post numbers anymore anyway.

Like this Lems? *Points to sig*

Originally Posted by Leminnes

Yeah, double posting is okay. I don't care too much about it in your journals. Elsewhere, yes, but in your journals it's okay. No one cares about post numbers anymore anyway.

Alrigty. And here's what I did to my sig... Should be fine. ^^

EDIT: lol I have the feeling that we're all typing at the same time and almost push the Submit button all at the same time.

A question about the voting system: Let's say I want article X to appear on the front page, but I want article Y to appear before article X does. If I vote for "no" on article X, the vote will be there forever and when the time comes some other article might have more "yes" votes to it. And in the worst scenario, many people follow the same pattern and the article is never released. What should I do?

Don't vote?

Well, that's one way. I'm not sure have I got this right, does voting "no" mean that I don't want the article to ever appear on the front page? What we could do, is vote yes on all articles we want to appear on the front page and then discuss the order they should be released in. In any case I'd like to talk about the order of release with my fellow bombers before posting anything on the front page, since all this is still very new to us.

Originally Posted by Uncle Meat

Well, that's one way. I'm not sure have I got this right, does voting "no" mean that I don't want the article to ever appear on the front page? What we could do, is vote yes on all articles we want to appear on the front page and then discuss the order they should be released in. In any case I'd like to talk about the order of release with my fellow bombers before posting anything on the front page, since all this is still very new to us.

I agree, the article that we gonna post on the frontpage must represent us, yet also be easy to understand for the readers. As the whole Bombers thing is new, it would be best to involve us in as much as possible, so we can learn and change if necassary.

Agreed. But I don't think those votes are just for the main page article... We might want to do a 24h poll on the best article before it's supposed to be posted or something... I mean as a member of the bombers we are supposed to read and follow the other people's articles posted in here so we should be able to vote accordingly.

Originally Posted by the_Predator

Agreed. But I don't think those votes are just for the main page article... We might want to do a 24h poll on the best article before it's supposed to be posted or something... I mean as a member of the bombers we are supposed to read and follow the other people's articles posted in here so we should be able to vote accordingly.

yup, we could do that for now. The only Bomber yet to show up is Lord dragea, but somewhere I think he will eventually show up.

Originally Posted by king of termina

yup, we could do that for now. The only Bomber yet to show up is Lord dragea, but somewhere I think he will eventually show up.

I sure hope so.

Anyways, I don't see any reason why Lems would not permit us to hand pick a few of the first articles. The whole point is that we choose the ones that get posted.

Well either way it is us who chose it. We just need to develop a working system to do so.

If you vote no, it evens out the yes votes and cancels them out. If there is two yes and two no then there is no votes on that article at all. I think the best thing you can do is post in the thread that you'd like to change your vote or perhaps PM me about it. I will have to address this issue later. Also, I'm planning on setting up a theory discussion thread where you guys can discuss the current theories on the board and which ones are your favorites and I will judge what will get on the front page from that too.

Also, if you like a theory but you don't want it on the front page at that moment, just ignore it and vote for it the next week instead and then try to push it up to the top.