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The contents of this thread apply to every member of the community. Even if the initial announcements don't interest you, please read the entire thread. Everyone will be affected by this.

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Mod Consolidation

The story and art moderator jobs have been combined into one role, the Media Moderator. Kasey, Yumeko, Starsea and kelleh have all been transitioned into this new role. The Media Moderator handles the processing of submissions for the Library, Gallery, and Portal, as well as the evaluation of any rule violation reports submitted for items in those areas. Any future moderators added to the team will be expected to handle all three types of submissions.

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Update Model

The site has officially been switched from the weekly update model to the rolling updates model. This means that new stories and artwork accepted by the moderators will be available in the Library and Gallery immediately and listed on the New Artwork/Writing pages without any delay. New items will no longer have to wait for a Sunday update before they are available to the public. New items will remain on the New pages for 60 days.

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Library/Gallery Changes

In addition to the update model switch, the Top lists for stories and artwork have been expanded to include 100 items rather than the previous 25. The Elite Library has been removed entirely. After four years it has proven to be unnecessary.

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Site Reboot

Finally, the biggest announcement of all. I plan to do a complete redesign of the entire community, from scratch. I want to split away from the open-source SMF forum base we've been using and migrate to something developed in-house that will be completely customizable and more resistant to spam bots. In addition, there are many bugs and things I would like to do with the site that are impossible the way I designed it when I was new to PHP. A ground-up redesign is the most efficient solution.

Stories, artwork, reviews and user accounts will be migrated to the new system, but the final product will look and function completely different from what we have now. Essentially, we will have a new site - which is why, while we're at it, I would like to change the name of the community itself. ".moon" has never been a very good name for us. I fell in love with it as a potential name for a Sailormoon fansite and stubbornly used it for a project it didn't really fit. The redesign will give us an opportunity to finally change the name.

I have created a special forum for discussion of the upcoming site reboot. We will be coming up with a new name for the community, so I have hidden the forum so potential domain names won't get snatched up by squatters before we have a chance to get them. I would grant everyone access en masse, but we do have some spam accounts among us. I would love for everyone to participate in the planning of the new site. Please tell me you are interested and I will grant you access to the hidden forum. I will add everyone who asks. I'm only doing this behind closed doors because I don't want us to get our hearts set on a new community name only to have the domain taken from us.

Please, if you have any passing interest at all, ask to be added to the group. This community belongs to everybody and I want everybody to have a say in its future.


Sorry. Screwed up while dealing with spam posts. Had to restore the post's subject.

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I'd like to be added.

Also, HOORAY!

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The name dotmoon has really grown on me. Shame that we're gonna chuck it. Ah, well.

Count me in, too.

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It may have grown on existing members but it does little to attract new ones.

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True, true. I'm not disagreeing with the decision; I'm just lamenting on the fact that it has to be done. It's for the good of the site, after all.

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I'd like to be added as well.

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Add me too please!

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I too would like to be added.

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