Hey everyone, some important changes to the forum were made today!
You can see most of the changes here, in this picture:
Take note: the rectangular boxes are name color settings, which is entirely different than the color of your stars.
Changes in policy:
Keep in mind that if you have multiple ranks, you can select which rank you want shown by going to your profile page, clicking "Edit Profile", going to "Settings" and changing the "Display Group" setting ^_^.
- The color scheme for staff is now different.
- There are revised names for positions as well as new 'groups' for members to be a member of.
- The number of stars has changed.
- There is now a "retired staff" policy.
You can see most of the changes here, in this picture:
Take note: the rectangular boxes are name color settings, which is entirely different than the color of your stars.
- I made the following new groups:
- --Friend of FoS
- --Head Chinese Translator
- --Head Japanese Translator
- --Head Vietnamese Translator
- --Head Cleaner
- --Head Typesetter
- --Release Administrator
- --Staff Cleaner Trainer
- --Staff Redrawer Trainer
- --Staff Typesetter Trainer
- --Sub-Division Leader
- --Hime's Royal Court
- I renamed "Special" to "SpecOps"
- I tried to make the name color match the star color.
- I synchronized the colors for certain positions.
- I changed the name color and star color for the "Retired" position to silver.
Changes in policy:
- "Retired" is an honorary position for staff who want to stop working on manga but don't want to either be considered as having "left" or who want to leave but might return. Being named "retired" should be considered a gift from us that gives you a 5-star rank and staff privileges in the forum. It gives you the freedom to stay active but not the work requirements that normal staff would have. If you quit or are forced to quit the group, however, you will be considered "inactive". Therefore, not all staff are denoted with the "Retired" member rroup category.
- This will formalize and make clear positions in the group for certain staff:
- Fishiiie is now formally given the forum rank of "Head Chinese Translator"
- Lumenox is now formally given the forum rank of "Head Vietnamese Translator"
- There is currently not a "Head Japanese Translator" (Matsumo would probably be given this rank if he wasn't as busy in his personal and work life as he is).
- Flowersofmoe is now formally given the forum ranks of "Head Cleaner" and "Staff Cleaner Trainer"
- Fanx11 (Mic/Group founder) is now formally given the forum ranks of "Head Typesetter" and "Staff Typesetter Trainer". There are *many* good typesetters in this group, but he his given this role because he grades typesetter tests as well as ts-qc's some of the projects.
- I haven't made a "Head Redrawer" group, but I don't think I will because redrawing skills can vary widely and are usually so unique it would be inappropriate to give any one person that designation.
- VigorousJammer and Shiori477 are now formally given the forum rank of "Sub-Division Leader".
- Individuals who are considered royalty will have the option of displaying "Hime's Royal Court" in their profile, currently Nadeshiko, Shiori, and Dango have this option.
Keep in mind that if you have multiple ranks, you can select which rank you want shown by going to your profile page, clicking "Edit Profile", going to "Settings" and changing the "Display Group" setting ^_^.