Gone with the Tide
Whenever Generation 9 arrives, these features/pages will probably be absent.
* Blogs
* Community Fund
* Contributors
* Links
* Previews
* Staff
* Suggestions/complaints
If anyone thinks of anything else that should be excised, or thinks that one of the above needs to be saved, please say something now.
* Blogs
* Community Fund
* Contributors
* Links
* Previews
* Staff
* Suggestions/complaints
If anyone thinks of anything else that should be excised, or thinks that one of the above needs to be saved, please say something now.
* Blogs: yes, delete them. they're pretty much useless.
* Community Fund: if you don't need extra money, then go ahead. I don't know if you received any donations or made any money with the store...
* Contributors: why? it's nic.. well, maybe there's no point to it after all.
* Links: what? why delete links? is it that much trouble to update them once in a while? I think you definatly should keep the links.
* Previews: don't delete them. I check them out, and they actually have a good function: make people looking forward to the dmod future.
* Staff: go ahead, delete it. nobody gets happy from the über lazyness on that page
* Suggestions/complaints: if you want to delete them, I guess it didn't work out. so yeah, you could delete it.
In conclusion: DO NOT DELETE THE PREVIEWS AND LINKS.
Oh, and maybe you could delete the dmods page? It's actually pretty useless.
* Community Fund: if you don't need extra money, then go ahead. I don't know if you received any donations or made any money with the store...
* Contributors: why? it's nic.. well, maybe there's no point to it after all.
* Links: what? why delete links? is it that much trouble to update them once in a while? I think you definatly should keep the links.
* Previews: don't delete them. I check them out, and they actually have a good function: make people looking forward to the dmod future.
* Staff: go ahead, delete it. nobody gets happy from the über lazyness on that page
* Suggestions/complaints: if you want to delete them, I guess it didn't work out. so yeah, you could delete it.
In conclusion: DO NOT DELETE THE PREVIEWS AND LINKS.
Oh, and maybe you could delete the dmods page? It's actually pretty useless.
Previews and Links should stay, the contributors list should change into a member listing. The rest can go away for my sake.
Suggestions? It's useful! Why remove it?
Suggestions? It's useful! Why remove it?
* Blogs: Yes, get rid of them.
* Community Fund: It's never used anyway.
* Contributors: I think it's kind of neat to be able to view all the users that post to the forum.
* Links: Get rid of them. There's nothing else to link to. Anything useful you already have under Partners.
* Previews: I think they're useless. People just use forum posts for them. If you really wanted to keep them, make an extra board for them.
* Staff: Keep it, as long as you write a better description.
* Suggestions/complaints: Get rid of it. You'll only get lazy and stop checking them. Besides, an email works just as well.
- I think the Features page is pretty useless as well.
- The events page would be nice, but it's never updated.
- The Articles page is interesting to read sometines, but it is not updated. Maybe it would be a good idea if users could submit their own articles (after review, of course)?
* Community Fund: It's never used anyway.
* Contributors: I think it's kind of neat to be able to view all the users that post to the forum.
* Links: Get rid of them. There's nothing else to link to. Anything useful you already have under Partners.
* Previews: I think they're useless. People just use forum posts for them. If you really wanted to keep them, make an extra board for them.
* Staff: Keep it, as long as you write a better description.
* Suggestions/complaints: Get rid of it. You'll only get lazy and stop checking them. Besides, an email works just as well.
- I think the Features page is pretty useless as well.
- The events page would be nice, but it's never updated.
- The Articles page is interesting to read sometines, but it is not updated. Maybe it would be a good idea if users could submit their own articles (after review, of course)?
* Blogs - Nothing special. ditch it
* Community Fund - Never updated, and noone ever donates anymore. And I don't think we're doing too badly financially. ditch it
* Contributors - The "regular poster" stuff is pretty useless, but it is somewhat neat to be able to see a complete member list. Unsure
* Links - I'm not entirely sure whether you're carrying it to G9 or not, but assuming you are, the Partners sidebar is sufficient. ditch it
* Previews - Underused, and mostly crap. ditch it
* Staff - It's neat to know who's on staff, though an entire page devoted to us seems excessive. Unsure
* Suggestions/Complaints - Anyone who knows what they're doing can just e-mail us; everyone else stupidly uses it as a search engine or - even more annoying - asks for assistance without leaving any sort of contact info. ditch it
Other site features I feel the need to comment on:
* Events - They're mostly neglected, especially since Dink chat's dead right now. And the board should work well enough, I suppose. ditch it
* Ask Tal - Yes, I'll get back to it soon... I promise. So keep my cool question database stuff. Please?
* Community Fund - Never updated, and noone ever donates anymore. And I don't think we're doing too badly financially. ditch it
* Contributors - The "regular poster" stuff is pretty useless, but it is somewhat neat to be able to see a complete member list. Unsure
* Links - I'm not entirely sure whether you're carrying it to G9 or not, but assuming you are, the Partners sidebar is sufficient. ditch it
* Previews - Underused, and mostly crap. ditch it
* Staff - It's neat to know who's on staff, though an entire page devoted to us seems excessive. Unsure
* Suggestions/Complaints - Anyone who knows what they're doing can just e-mail us; everyone else stupidly uses it as a search engine or - even more annoying - asks for assistance without leaving any sort of contact info. ditch it
Other site features I feel the need to comment on:
* Events - They're mostly neglected, especially since Dink chat's dead right now. And the board should work well enough, I suppose. ditch it
* Ask Tal - Yes, I'll get back to it soon... I promise. So keep my cool question database stuff. Please?
Features will be kept, but they'll act more like special news articles.
My goal was to have at least one article a week... but that only lasted a month earlier this year. We need more active staff to do it, so a staff member would only have to write one article a month.
My goal was to have at least one article a week... but that only lasted a month earlier this year. We need more active staff to do it, so a staff member would only have to write one article a month.
Events could be useful in the future, though, if they were presented accurately and automatically created (such as for news-posts-scheduled-for-the-future or awards).
Ask Tal: I'll try to add it, shouldn't be too difficult.
Ask Tal: I'll try to add it, shouldn't be too difficult.
Hrm, with the link page gone I can stop updating my website
Your ranking in the contributors list could just be listed in your profile.
Your ranking in the contributors list could just be listed in your profile.
in my opinion you could get rid of most of the stuff on the left... simplicity is beautiful. the staff page should stay though, so people know who to contact and threaten when things don't go their way.
the staff page should stay though, so people know who to contact and threaten when things don't go their way.The design I'm currently working with abandons the left side-bar completely. Things will be quite a bit different.
Dont get rid of the staff section. Its fun to read and useful. Otherwise people will go around asking for reviews of important members instead of reading the staff page.
Please keep the complain/suggestion box. You know what will happen if you delete it dont you? I'll come here and see it missing and go to complain about it. With it gone I'll be unable to complain, yet, that much more likely too complain. Thus I will be caught in a paradox of epic proportions the likes of which could tear the universe asunder. You wouldnt let that happen would you Crimson King of the Dark Tower...er...Redink1 of the Dink Network?
Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller
Please keep the complain/suggestion box. You know what will happen if you delete it dont you? I'll come here and see it missing and go to complain about it. With it gone I'll be unable to complain, yet, that much more likely too complain. Thus I will be caught in a paradox of epic proportions the likes of which could tear the universe asunder. You wouldnt let that happen would you Crimson King of the Dark Tower...er...Redink1 of the Dink Network?
Sincerely,
The Vault Dweller
Blogs-People need blogs and blog comments to help them.-KEEP
Community Fund-Who uses it? I don't-TOSS
Contributers-It helps find people you want to talk to and see what people have done.-KEEP
Links-Who goes to those websites?-TOSS
Previews-No one sends in previews.-TOSS
Staff-It just shows staff members and what they do.-TOSS
Suggestions/Complaints-People need to do this for help.-KEEP
Community Fund-Who uses it? I don't-TOSS
Contributers-It helps find people you want to talk to and see what people have done.-KEEP
Links-Who goes to those websites?-TOSS
Previews-No one sends in previews.-TOSS
Staff-It just shows staff members and what they do.-TOSS
Suggestions/Complaints-People need to do this for help.-KEEP
Blogs will be gone. If you need help, post a message asking for help in the development spot. If you want a real blog, go create one on livejournal or something.
Contributors might actually survive, after all. I'm just having trouble finding some place to place it in the new design, but I think I found something.
Links will be present, but there won't be a seperate page for them (i.e. the Partners links).
Aye, previews are worthless, as the majority won't be released, and the other ones have already been released.
Staff will be present... I changed my mind. I found a place for it. If you need/want to ask a question to the staff, it makes sense to have an easily accessible list of the staff somewhere.
People should not be using the suggestions for help... we have no easy way of contacting the user! Almost all of the suggestions are either questions we have no way of answering, invalid search strings, or just plain junk.
Contributors might actually survive, after all. I'm just having trouble finding some place to place it in the new design, but I think I found something.
Links will be present, but there won't be a seperate page for them (i.e. the Partners links).
Aye, previews are worthless, as the majority won't be released, and the other ones have already been released.
Staff will be present... I changed my mind. I found a place for it. If you need/want to ask a question to the staff, it makes sense to have an easily accessible list of the staff somewhere.
People should not be using the suggestions for help... we have no easy way of contacting the user! Almost all of the suggestions are either questions we have no way of answering, invalid search strings, or just plain junk.
*Blogs: Axe 'em
*Community Fund: If it's not needed, then don't have it.
*Contributors: I like it, it's interesting to see who's registered and their "rank".
*Links: Um... as long as there are still actual Links to places, it should good.
*Previews: Eh, I don't ever look it, therefore it's useless.
*Staff: I like it, it very much has the potential to be cool.
*Suggestions/complaints: But, but... it's fun to tease the suggestion box.
*Community Fund: If it's not needed, then don't have it.
*Contributors: I like it, it's interesting to see who's registered and their "rank".
*Links: Um... as long as there are still actual Links to places, it should good.
*Previews: Eh, I don't ever look it, therefore it's useless.
*Staff: I like it, it very much has the potential to be cool.
*Suggestions/complaints: But, but... it's fun to tease the suggestion box.
well this is how I think
• About keep them! it's fun to have! • Archives hmmm... nah... pretty useless, in the trash can! • Articles throw it, some articles only say "nothing" • Awards well, why not? It's fun too se wich D-mod that got award! keep it • Blogs BORING! throw away. • Community Fund No way! It's offline anyway. throw away • Contributors It's good to se what people have done, keep it • Events well, i can't tell, as it says "page not found" • Features Not that much, throw it away! • Help Of course! Why wouldn't we have a help sector, keep it • Links not so much, it's pretty useless, throw it • Polls that's a must for websites, keep it • Previews throw it, i don't use it anyway • Rules We need rules (dang!) keep it • Screenshots yeah keep em' • Staff they only say "lazyness" throw away if they won't write more. • Submitting could be good to have, keep em' • Upload of course! We mus't play D-mod's! keep em!
well, half shall be decapicated and half shall remain.
• About keep them! it's fun to have! • Archives hmmm... nah... pretty useless, in the trash can! • Articles throw it, some articles only say "nothing" • Awards well, why not? It's fun too se wich D-mod that got award! keep it • Blogs BORING! throw away. • Community Fund No way! It's offline anyway. throw away • Contributors It's good to se what people have done, keep it • Events well, i can't tell, as it says "page not found" • Features Not that much, throw it away! • Help Of course! Why wouldn't we have a help sector, keep it • Links not so much, it's pretty useless, throw it • Polls that's a must for websites, keep it • Previews throw it, i don't use it anyway • Rules We need rules (dang!) keep it • Screenshots yeah keep em' • Staff they only say "lazyness" throw away if they won't write more. • Submitting could be good to have, keep em' • Upload of course! We mus't play D-mod's! keep em!
well, half shall be decapicated and half shall remain.
