Important: Looking for staff volunteers

[Antvasima]

Hello.

I am looking for volunteers among the staff to help clean up the Discussions module in preparation for our upcoming transition to an external forum, as my friend, the company that will set up the forum, and the Fandom staff, are doing preparations and negotiations, so we should try to get something constructive done in the meantime.

As I mentioned previously, I plan to create a "Polls" sub-forum for Discussions, and write in the Discussions rules that it is only allowed to post the polls that currently spam the forum there.

However, I am already extremely overworked, so after that I need help from other staff members to move all of the current spammed voting polls to the new sub-forum in question.

Moving all of the current poll threads will take some work, but it can be done if several staff members help out.

Here is a link that will help you to do so:

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/f?catId=2829467799590537620,175043,2829467799892527511

The main reason for this is that all of our current forum threads will be copied to Discussions, and I don't want them jumbled together with a massive number of poll threads. In addition, we should try to keep things organised in the wiki.

Help would be very appreciated.

 

[Antvasima]

If any content moderators are willing to help out, I can give them temporary discussion moderator rights, so they are able to do so.

 

[Skalt711]

I have most free time at evenings, so I'm sure to help out with the Discussions clean-up. Yup.

 

[Antvasima]

Thank you very much for the help.

Can you check around with other staff members if they are also interested in helping out? After we have a few volunteers, I will make the necessary preparations.

 

[Skalt711]

Probably at evening, I'll go to afterschool lessons soon

 

[Antvasima]

Okay. Thanks again.

 

[Elizhaa]

I could probably help in the eving (Eastern Pacific Time). I got a question, how would the clean-up works, ANtvasiam

 

[Antvasima]

Thank you for the help. I appreciate it.

Well, basically, first I will create a new "Polls" forum and write in the Discussions rules that all polls should be posted there.

Then I will give both of you temporary discussion moderator privileges.

Then you would use the page that I linked to earlier, and click the "New" button, to get an overview of all the versus poll threads, and then you move them to that forum.

I will post screencaptures later.

However, there are likely at least a few thousand poll threads that need to be moved at this point, so I am not sure if the two of you can handle it on your own. Do you wish to ask the other administrators, content moderators, and discussion moderators if they are willing to help out?

 

[Skalt711]

I didn't ask others yet, I'll do so today

 

[Antvasima]

Okay. Thank you.

I just discovered a problem though. It seems like Discussions only allows up to 10 sub-forums, and we already have that, so we may have to move all of the polls to the Versus sub-forum instead.

I have asked a Fandom staff member for help though, so I hope that we can solve this issue.

 

[Elizhaa]

Ok, I understand how it would work Antvasima. I hope Fandom work something with the sub-forum number limits from the discussion. I can also contact staffs about helping here, later.

 

[Antvasima]

Okay. Thanks again for helping out.

 

[Skalt711]

I'm done messaging all other administrators (except you, Antvasima), content moderators (except myself and Elizhaa), and discussion moderators

 

[Elizhaa]

Ah, nicely done, Skalt711!

 

[Antvasima]

I have now talked with a Fandom staff member, and we seem to have solved the problem.

I have set up a "Polls" sub-forum.

In order to move the poll and versus discussion threads, you follow this link, and click "New":

https://vsbattles.fandom.com/f?catI...27511,2829467799934470552,3100000000000000030

Then you follow the steps illustrated below to move them to the "Polls" sub-forum.

However, again, given that there are at least a few thousand of them, it seems best if you manage to get more of the staff interested in helping out.

 

[Antvasima]

I'm done messaging all other administrators (except you, Antvasima), content moderators (except myself and Elizhaa), and discussion moderators

Thank you very much for helping out.

 

[The_Calaca]

I'd like to help, but I don't understand how the process is.

 

[Skalt711]

@The Calaca

https://vsbattles.com/vsbattles/3552335#15

 

[Skalt711]

Currently I have a plenty of free time to help

 

[Elizhaa]

Seems straightforward, Antvasima.

 

[Shadowbokunohero]

I would be willing to help but I'm not going to lie I'm still confused at the process, so I won't do anything until I'm sure how everything works.

 

[Elizhaa]

I would be willing to help but I'm not going to lie I'm still confused at the process, so I won't do anything until I'm sure how everything works.

This pics explain it: https://vsbattles.com/vsbattles/3552335#15

You pretty much got to click on edits and follow the steps if you have discussion moderator or admin rights.

 

[Andytrenom]

This came at a bad time for me. I am away from home during the holidays and therefore won't have access to my PC

Well, even if I did, I'm not sure if I would have a clear idea of what to do

 

[Shadowbokunohero]

Thanks for pointing that out @Elizhaa

I must be going blind lol, based on Ant's instructions it shouldn't be too hard

 

[Skalt711]

@Content Moderators

Ant will give you temporal discussion mod rights if you're willing to help

@Andytrenom

Oh, it's not like you're required to help. You don't need to push yourself if you're busy

As for what to do: https://vsbattles.com/vsbattles/3552335#15

 

[Antvasima]

I'd like to help, but I don't understand how the process is.

Please open the images that I linked to. First you click "Edit", then "Next", and finally you change the sub-forum to "Polls" instead, and click "Save".

 

[Antvasima]

This came at a bad time for me. I am away from home during the holidays and therefore won't have access to my PC

Well, even if I did, I'm not sure if I would have a clear idea of what to do

No problem. You are helping out plenty already.

Anyway, should I give discussion moderator rights to Elizhaa, Skalt711, and Shadowbokunohero then? Or would you all like to start later? This is quite a lot of work though, so you can obviously spread it out over the span of a week or two if you wish.

 

[Shadowbokunohero]

@Skalt

ahh okay.

@Ant

just let me know when you want me to edit the pages and I will do it

 

[Skalt711]

@Antvasima

As I said, I have a plenty of free time this week, so I can start today

 

[Antvasima]

Also, please remember to click the "New" button first, so you see the threads in chronological order.

 

[Antvasima]

@Elizhaa, Skalt711, and Shadowbokunohero

I have now given you temporary discussions moderator rights. Feel free to help out when you find the time by using the link that I provided earlier.

If the link does not work properly, it is intended to show you the threads from all of the sub-forums except for "Polls". So set up the view accordingly otherwise.

 

[Elizhaa]

Ok, I will start with the edits, Antvasima.

 

[Skalt711]

I'll begin

 

[Antvasima]

Thank you very much for the help.

 

[Shadowbokunohero]

hopefully, with three of us, it will be as efficient as possible

 

[Antvasima]

Well, it will be long and tedious work, but I hope that you will be able to get it done without overexerting yourselves.

 

[Sera_EX]

I'm not sure what this is, even after reading over the thread.

 

[Antvasima]

To not get all of our main forum threads in complete disorder by jumbling them with thousands of polls after the upcoming forum move, we are trying to get the Discussions module somewhat organised in preparation.

 

[Elizhaa]

I actually manage to fix a lot of Poll discussion until 9/23/2019, I will focus on real-life for a while but I will return later today to continue the process.

 

[Antvasima]

Thank you very much for the help. I appreciate it.