forum reoganization for next game

[Chieftess]

Why does both the Citizens and RPG forums have city threads and indexes?

If the later is for role playing purposes, how about have provincial threads? (i.e., provincial events...)

 

[Shaitan]

Originally posted by Chieftess
Why does both the Citizens and RPG forums have city threads and indexes?

Because it was too close to lunch time and a large portion of my grey matter was occupied in appreciation of my new wing sauce (chipotle, cheyenne and jabanero with a touch of scotch bonnet).

It's fixed now.

 

[chiefpaco]

You know what else I like about it? No more of that constant sticky-unsticky everyday business mods had to do in the past. I'm surprised DoM didn't complain more. I wonder if it has anything to do with Shaitan becoming a mod.....

 

[Shaitan]

Originally posted by chiefpaco
I wonder if it has anything to do with Shaitan becoming a mod.....

It might rabbit...it might.

 

[disorganizer]

You may cross-check with the office names in this thread:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29288

some are new here... for example the geographic society is renamed also as the history office will get a new function.
these were all offices i could assemble till now. so i think there are not more.

 

[disorganizer]

Im still not pleased with having the cities in the rpg forum... this doesnt fit, as city threads provide important ingame information as build queues and city overviews. And splitting them from the provinces will widen the gap between governors and mayors. If we associate the cities too much with rpg, the mayors role will be gone totally and only few will be available. This would be bad.

 

[Shaitan]

Contrariwise, it gives an excellent role playing platform. As we saw in game 1, a large amount of what went on in city threads was role play. I'd like to see that in a section of the forum where it is encouraged.

 

[disorganizer]

But i fear the city info will be lost if the governors have no interest in rpg.

do you plan to implement the office names in the thread which i posted?

 

[Shaitan]

We'll let the officers start those threads. A lot of time they need an editable first post. If I start them up the best they'll get is an editable second post.

 

[Octavian X]

Is there another name we can think of instead of PRG? This may scare away some people not interested in the RPG aspect?

 

[disorganizer]

shaitan: i meant in the plan, the offices in there should be named right ;-)
octavian: maybe "roleplay"? or "misc"?

 

[Shaitan]

No Misc! People stay away from "misc" like it's a bunch of unconnected leftovers.

 

[Octavian X]

'Roleplay' might scare away the people interested in only serious play. What about 'Cities and Offices'?

Also, I'd recommend, sticked in the main forum and each of the subforums, a list of things that belong in each, what belongs in there, and what doesn't. This would help make sure everything remains organized.

 

[disorganizer]

Lika a overall forum index ;-)
With links to the "sub-indexes".
Good idea. The Meta-Index!

Shaitan: Would you do it?

Maybe: "Domestic Issues". Like cities, bank etc, will all belong in there. Only national things belong into the others. The only exceptions to this will be the provinces, as they officially belong to the government.


Definitions would be:
Polls: Polls ;-)
Government: All officially government related threads
Domestic Issues: All domestic matters and especially roleplay aspects which do not belong officially to government
Citizens: Discussion on Citizens and national matters as well as Citizen groups.
Main Forum: All national and forum administrational threads which are official.

 

[Shaitan]

A meta index is a great idea. That could be incorporated into the welcome thread or done as a "mod's corner" type of thing.

 

[Octavian X]

Domestic Issues sounds to formal for a sub-forum. Cities and offices, I think, would be better...

 

[Shaitan]

Below is all a sponsor will need to start the Council Vote to accept this proposal. This needs to be done now. Individual elements can be changed later but the forums for game 2 are happening as we speak. Simply "quote" this post and then copy everything under the [snip here] then post what you've copied into a new thread in the Poll subforum with a title of "Cabinet Vote - Change in Section A of the Code of Standards".

[snip here]
Do you support the change noted below to Section A of the Code of Standards? All Department Leaders should respond with YES, NO or ABSTAIN. If a Department Leader has been missing for 36 hours or longer, the Deputy of that department should cast the department's vote.

This vote will remain open for 48 hours or until an unbeatable majority for or against is polled, whichever occurs first.

COS A.	Forum Organization 
1.	Main Forum - Game play related information 
	A.	Intro Thread / Meta Index
	B.	Constitution 
	C.	Judicial Log 
	D.	Citizen Registry
	E.	Needed Stuff 
	F.	Maps (Geographic Society)
	G.	Nomination index (seasonal)
	H.	Chat Turn threads
	I.	Election threads (nominations, polls) 
	J.	Only mods should open threads here. A through G are sticky.
2.	Government Sub-forum - Government related information 
	A.	Government Thread Index (all branches)
	B.	Budget 
	C.	Government Threads 
	D.	Province Threads 
	E.	Citizens are allowed to post, but not to open their own
		threads. All discussion should be spawned to the citizen
		forum with only a link in the governmental forum to avoid
		clutter. The result of the discussion should be brought
		back to the government forum thereafter. A and B are
		sticky.
3.	Citizen Sub-forum - Citizen related information 
	A.	Citizen group Index & Registry
	B.	Discussion Registry
	C.	Citizen groups 
	D.	Discussions 
	E.	A and B are sticky 
4.	Poll Sub-forum - Polls 
	A.	Poll Registry 
	B.	Citizen Polls 
	C.	Legislative Votes 
	D.	Council Votes 
	E.	A is sticky.
5.	RPG Sub-forum - Role Playing Game related information
	A.	RPG Index & Registry
	B.	Heritage Index & Registry
	C.	Offices Index (appointed/created positions)
	D.	City Index and Registry
	E.	RPG Threads
	F.	Heritage threads 
		1.	Examples: Cultural Art thread, Newspaper thread, etc. 
	G.	City Threads
	H.	Office Threads
	I.	A thorugh D are sticky.

 

[Octavian X]

Does the judiciary need to review this change? Remember, I'm still a bit new at this...

 

[Shaitan]

Review for COS changes is a little different from the other rule changes. You can review at any time in the process, including when the vote goes up and even after it's been accepted and put into use. Review must be officially requested when the Council Vote is initiated.

 

[GenMarshall]

Originally posted by Shaitan
Below is all a sponsor will need to start the Council Vote to accept this proposal. This needs to be done now. Individual elements can be changed later but the forums for game 2 are happening as we speak. Simply "quote" this post and then copy everything under the [snip here] then post what you've copied into a new thread in the Poll subforum with a title of "Cabinet Vote - Change in Section A of the Code of Standards".

Do you want it with out a poll and where do you want this poll at (New or Old Forum).