Mod Post

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

So.

1. The new layout: yay or nay? I just thought it was time to change the look of the comm. a bit.

2. TAGGING. With the help and guidance of the Lord the Supreme Being, I have finally tagged everything that's been posted...well, in the past two years, more or less. My eyes hurt, and I never want to have to type 'queries, robespierre' ever again. But the point is...it should now be somewhat easier to find what you're looking for/see if anyone has already asked a certain question/etc. I'm also up for suggestions if anyone thinks there's a better way to tag things; I've already gotten rid of weird double tags (camille desmoulins vs. desmoulins, for example. I went with the former, because more posts had already been tagged that way), misspelled tags, and added more for individual people. But yes, if anyone has a suggestion about how tagging could be made better, just let me know.

3. Related to the above, please tag your posts from now on (if you haven't already been doing so). No need to worry about whether or not you're tagging them with the absolute right set of words; if I see anything that I think needs to be added or taken away, I'll just quietly move in and fix it. :)

4. Should we bring back monthly discussion points? If so, what kind of topics would you like to see?

Comments

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

1. I like the color, though to be honest it's a bit modern for my tastes.

3. You might point out that a helpful way to do this is to check the tags that are already there... Which would, of course, require less fixing.

4. I'm all for it. However, I'm afraid I don't have a lot of ideas.

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

1. I've changed it again - to the theme you have for your journal, actually! Do you like it better this way? I went for the other layout initially because I liked the way it arranged tags better, but then I discovered that you can customize that particular feature on a number of different layouts. XD;

3. Ah, good idea.

4. Thank you for the input! I think I'll be bringing them back.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

1. I do like it, if I do say so myself. Though the comm is starting to take on a very, er, me flavor, considering I also designed the icon. XD;

4. I also thought of a possible idea for a new feature. We could have some kind of challenge question. Specifically, I was thinking one involving quotes. Someone could either post one quote and have people guess the author, or several quotes and several names and have people try to match them up... What do you think?

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I do like that idea! I'll start it off at the same time as the first new discussion post, and then ask for a volunteer to come up with the quote(s) for next month. Does that sound good?

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Sounds good to me. The only trick would be finding something obscure enough that it wouldn't automatically pop up on the first page if you googled it. Either that or we could have a no googling rule for this particular "game".

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

Yes, very true. I think I'll try the "no Googling" rule for the first one and see how that goes. I'll be posting it later this week (instead of along with the discussion post, as I had planned - curse you, lack of time!). :D

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

It will be unenforceable, of course. But I think people will realize that there's really no point if you're going to cheat.

[trf-chan.livejournal.com]

That's what I'm hoping for, anyway. XD;