A Thought or Two

[Valencia Donahue]

Rules And Regulations

Rules #8 You are not permitted to post on the board as an active character until your bio has been approved by one of the moderators, however you are quite welcome to join in conversations in the OOC section until then. Normally one of the moderators is almost constantly online, as is the admin, but if not it usually is less than 24 hours until approval most of the time. Please bear with us and you will be seen to as quickly as possible.

With this in mind, I hope I'm not speaking out of place or if I am, my humblest apologies because I'm well-aware that on the other XIN1 board, new members weren't allowed to speak, even in the OOC, until their bio's got approved.

(Thusly, why I lurked a lot instead, wondering whether or not if I should join the somewhat intimidating RPB.)

I'm not sure if this time around, this board will be a teensy bit more "newbie-friendly" (although I'm definitely not new to RPing), but I have this feeling that it is by at least a smidge from what Shamino told me and from the rule I indicated above.

Getting to the point now.

I was wondering about a "Q&A" or an "Incoming/Departures" board.

The "FAQ" covers most of the questions and answers, true, but who knows when someone may find something that needs fine-tuning? Just a thought, of course.

"Incoming/Departures" may function as a welcoming mat for new people or just to say when someone is going on an extended leave or is returning from one.

Thank you for your consideration and time. I'm willing to help out in any way that I can after hearing about the circumstances and do apologize if this isn't the sort you need.

[Kyukaku]

Well any of the such subjects that would need tweaking could either be done in the suggestion box, or simply in the forum related section if its a question.

[saskai]

I thought even with your bio not approevd, you could post in OOC. I did. Many others did too.

[Leon Loire]

I feel the "Q@A" section idea is really good; it'd help us resist all the constant repetitions of the same questions. We'll leave newcomers to ask questions, and if they're important, we'll sticky them. I'll have to see what the Boss thinks of that.

With regards to "Incoming and Departures" though, I can't agree. That's just a pain for us to constantly feel the need to say "Hello" to someone specifically in a section, especially when it'd be nicer to see those threads in the OOC section. I feel that we should leave that be, and let newcomers show up and feel at home to just jump into any thread - whether their bio is approved or not - to discuss.

Good suggestions though, we'll see how they come and go.

[Maverik]

I dunno about a Q&A, since anyone is free to ask questions in the OOC. However, we might benifit from an FAQ announcement thread...

And the 'no posting before Bio approval applies only to the IC section. Feel free to post OOC any time.