Bio Aplication process

[Waspinator]

This is merely a suggestion based upon what I have seen on another board, I have no idea what has been discussed before and what may have been involved to get where we currently are.

I suggest a new folder where completed Applications are posted while they await their approval. The approval process itself going something like –

Each Admin member replies in the particular app thread with suggestions under an anonymous account.

Applicant reads replies, makes appropriate changes and posts that they have done so.

Repeat as necessary.

When any Admin can no longer see any changes they think are necessary, they give their Tick of Approval – threes ticks and App is approved.

Advantages: (numbers are guessed) each Admin spends half an hour at any time rather than all three needing to find one whole hour all at the same time. Other players can see plot ideas and say “Hey, I want to do that too” and then plotting occurs where shared interest is apparent. The ability to add pictures so we can better visualise the character (I’m a very visual person, I wont even consider applying for a character idea unless I can see something first – my loss really – amazing that I play a text based game) – pictures will not replace the character description – merely be added as well. Other people can see the personality I’m trying to roll play, since I’ve still got a lot to learn regarding roll play and writing.

Disadvantages: every flaw becomes public. OOC knowledge may slip into IC knowledge – E.g. My new OC has a hidden past they don’t wont to talk about but others can guess it more readily than they should.

Fully approved apps can be placed in new folder to appear in alphabetical order, thus we can see what personalities have already been done when looking to app a new character.

Everyone willing, I’d be happy to put Jawbreaker up to the process for testing.

[Hellbender]

Have you seen the Deadzone Wiki? (Click on the TF:Deadzone logo at the top of this page) Approved characters have the public parts of their bios listed there.

[Waspinator]

Yes, how else did I get the app form for Waspinator

[Rodimus Prime]

My gut reaction is that making the full application public, including all admin responses, outweighs the negatives. It's not just that all character flaws are now public - what about plot ideas that the character wants to keep secret? What about plot characters themselves? What about people who are sending in their first app and nervous about it being publicly judged? And there may be things about the reply that we, the admin, would prefer not to make public as well.

That said, I'll talk it over with the others and see what they think.

[Rattrap]

My gut reaction is a resounding no. I'm sure it works for some LJ communities, but I don't like it. Frankly, I don't want my app business up for everyone to see.

[Emirate Xaaron]

My first reaction is that I'd really rather not. There are a lot of reasons to keep things both ICly and OOCly secret on an application, and again, some people might be shy of everyone seeing their applications.

As far as speed of the application process goes... well, I have one thought on the matter, which I'll run by Rodimus and Shockwave and see what they think.

[Waspinator]

is there some possible way to make a thread invisible to all but the Admin and the thread starter?

[Emirate Xaaron]

Two things. One, there's no good, easy way to make a thread only viewable by one poster and the admins. Second, how is a thread that only those people can see functionally different from e-mail?

[Waspinator]

Just thinking along the lines of each Admin can reply when they are able and all can see the response, just working out a possibility to free up Admins from having to combine in order to reply to an app

[Victoria Raines]

I am also voting no on apps on the board. Personally, I see no reason to change a system that has worked well for four plus years. I also dislike the idea of someone's app in its entirety being on the board in any manner.

I have been a member of boards where apps are publicly displayed and then approved. Personally, I find that it sucks, because people make snide comments, use OOC information ICly, and it generally causes headaches all around.

Our method may not be super fast, but I think we have less back and forth, and higher quality finished apps when it's all is said and done.

[Hellbender]

Yeah, no to the public apps thing. Not when there are people who will take publicly displayed RP apps and post them on BRPS for people to make fun of.

There's nothing stopping you from posting your own app on your LJ/blog/whatever as an example of what to do/not to do, if you want. At one time, Fleetwind's app was on display as an example app (perhaps it still is?)

[Waspinator]

I honestly had no idea there are people who would make fun of an app. I guess idiots know no bounds (occasionally I'm an idiot too for not knowing the bounds). There's zero chance of me posting my own app anywhere but here, not when I still have much to learn and I don't blog or anything of the sort, no facebook, no nothing so I can definitely respect peoples desire for privacy.