ADMIN: BIG CHANGES FOR 2010. PLEASE READ!!!!!!!!!
It is that time of year again. As we always do, we will be making some changes at the first of the year. Unlike most years, these will be some drastic changes. So PLEASE READ.
First the categories:Moving to 'Other':
CharacterAidan Ford
Radek Zelenka
Jonas Quinn
Vala Mal Doran
(This is the first year I have ever moved character categories to the 'other' category. Times they are a changing!)
PairingCarson Beckett/Rodney McKay
Rodney McKay/Elizabeth Weir
Ronon Dex/Teyla Emmagan
Sora/Teyla Emmagan
Elizabeth Weir/Teyla Emmagan
Samantha Carter/Vala Mal Doran
John Sheppard/Samantha Carter
Adding:
CharacterEvan Lorne
Link to sign up for Lorne:
Evan LorneFandomStargate: Universe
Link to sign up for SGU:
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New Fandom...We will be adding a
Stargate: Universe category. At this time, there will only be the one category. If you sign up to rec for it, please realize you can rec
ANY FIC that is based in
Stargate: Universe. (Please realize that I am talking about the show and not the universe of
Stargate as a whole. I don't want any SG-1 or Atlantis-centric fics in this category.)
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New volunteering format...Per the request of my volunteers, we will be working things a bit differently here. Our volunteers will work by fandom now. We will have a memories and tagging volunteer for Stargate SG-1, one for Stargate Atlantis, and one for Stargate Universe. Our volunteers are:
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hsapiens-- Stargate SG-1
darsynia-- Stargate Atlantis
phrenitis-- Stargate Universe
Memoriesthenightsfall-- Stargate SG-1
c425cc33-- Stargate Atlantis
blueorchid26-- Stargate Universe
(Please remember that 'Memories' is the only one that has a deadline, which is the end of the month. There is no deadline for when a volunteer tags an entry. Never has been.)
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New Format...In switching up how the volunteers work, we've also had to change the rec'cing format.
(THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!)New format is as follows:Subject Line: Title by Author's Name (Rating)
Absolutely NO HTML in the subject line! If you do, you will be asked to remove it before it is put into memories.Body:
Show: (Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, or Stargate Universe) You must pick one and only one. If there is more than one show, pick the one that is most predominant. This is solely to help our volunteers, but is very important!!!!!!Rec Category: (This is the category that you signed up to rec.)Characters: (MAIN characters only!)Pairing: (MAIN pairing only. If there is no pairing, skip this line.)Het/Slash/Gen: (Pick one... THIS IS REQUIRED!)Warning: (ie Character Death, Spoilers... this is required as well)Author on LJ:
Author's Website:
Link:
Why this must be read:*-*-*
Volunteering to RecFor years now,
medie has gone through all the categories at the end of the month only to find that hardly anyone has volunteered. She puts out a reminder post, and then people rush to rec because that way they choose what, when, and how they get to rec. Thing is,
medie has a full time job. She has other obligations on LJ, in her OL, and in her RL that do not include
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stargateficrec. There have been times when she will go through categories clear through the second week of the month. Why? Because she knows the
VALUE of having categories rec'ced. There is no comm without the rec'cers. People have to volunteer, but people should know that we put up the rec'cer list at the beginning of the month and should know A) how to get to it because there is a link on the userpage and B) when to rec, which is BEFORE the end of the month.
Here is it again to bookmark if you want:
Volunteer to be a Rec'cerWe are NOT changing the way people volunteer to rec. If you want to rec a category, go to the link on the userpage, click on it, click a main category, and then click a Rec Category, and then send a comment. It's easy!!!!
Out of respect for
medie, we
ARE changing the 'when' portion of her obligation. She will go through the categories
at the end of the month. She'll get together a list of rec'cers, and I'll put it up on the comm. She will then check the categories again on
the 3rd and submit anyone else who has signed up. I will amend the post and that will be it. She won't go through it again until the end of the month.
There will be
ONE reminder post sent out on the 29th of the month. In that post, there will be a link to the volunteer page. That way, it will show up on your flist as well. Easy squeezy.
phrenitis will be putting up that post for us.
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Lastly... (AND THIS IS A MUST!!!!!!)No one is to post more than
two recs on the last two days of the month. There are at least 28 days in every month, and while I know RL can be a pain in the rump, you should have at least one, two, maybe three days before the last two of the month to post recs. If you aren't going to get them done before those last two days,
send me an email on one of those days and we'll see if we can't move you to the next month. You'll have all your recs ready and can easily get them posted throughout the next month. My email addy is coltsgrrl @ hotmail.com (take out the spaces of course)
We have been inundating people's flists with recs on these last two days. I'm not talking five or six recs... I'm talking twenty or so of them on those days. If three people wait and post on those days... that's twelve recs. And while that may not be much for some, it is for most.
Look at it this way, if three or four people do it, the fics you cared enough about to rec get lost in the mass of entries that are posted on that day. People start skimming after one or two, and it does little good to rec someone's story if it's going to get lost in the shuffle.
These stories mean enough to you to rec them, then allow them to shine in the spotlight!I will be amending the userpage and FAQ soon. For now, please reference this post for how to format your recs starting 01/01/10. (Binary day!)
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And there you go... All the fun and new changes for 2010! Hope you all have a great and happy New Year. If you go out to party, PLEASE don't drive home inebriated. If you aren't inebriated and you drive home, please do so carefully!
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