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Post by Ginz ❤ on Jul 2, 2016 19:01:28 GMT -5
Does anyone know how the NTWF Deviant Art page works? ntwf.deviantart.com/Sometimes when I submit stuff to it, it gets in, but other times, it just seems to time out after a few days. I tend not to try to submit to it, because I just don't understand how it's supposed to work. My latest attempt to submit to it with that drawing I did of Kristykimmy is currently in "waiting for approval" limbo, and I'm kind of worried it'll time out like other ones I've tried to submit. I was one of the original founders of the NTWF DA group, but that was a long time ago, and I kind of stepped down a couple of years ago, because I was no longer active in the site. Shinko took over the founder role, and I think for a while she ran the group by herself, but I don't know if she's active anymore either... I'm technically still an admin for the group, so when I do log in, I tend to accept any submissions I see pending approval, but because I don't check DA regularly, I often don't get to them on time, and they time out instead. >>;; I wonder if it'd be a good idea to get a new admin or two, to keep the group alive... because it's a little undead at the moment >>;; Do you guys think it'd be a good idea?
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Post by Twillie on Jul 2, 2016 20:18:03 GMT -5
Ginz ❤ Being someone who also submits to that group, I'm in favor of reviving it/getting other admins. If anything, I could volunteer myself to be one of those admins as I go on DA pretty regularly. Of course, I don't know how often art is submitted to the group, though, or how many people check it, so that may be another thing to factor in when considering necromancy X)
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Post by Rabbit ♠ on Jul 2, 2016 20:35:12 GMT -5
I'm getting better at lineless art.
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Post by June Scarlet on Jul 2, 2016 20:43:26 GMT -5
Ginz ❤ TwillieYeah, I mean, I totally think it'd be good to keep the dA group going. I don't know much about how the group is run, but I am on dA every day, it seems like. Another thing to consider is removing the "approval" filter. Another group I submit to, neopets-comics.deviantart.com/ , automatically accepts anything you submit to it. I don't know if you guys ever have to reject stuff or not, but it's something to consider.
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Post by Ginz ❤ on Jul 2, 2016 21:58:19 GMT -5
June Scarlet TwillieI don't think there's much to running the group other than accepting submissions and maybe making sure they're in the right folders or adding some of them to Featured (which I haven't done in a while, but again, I'm not very active anymore >>;; ) Back when we first created the group, we had the idea of having monthly art challenges and other fun activities like that, but that didn't last long... those would be really fun, but I don't know if the group is active enough to hold them these days... I guess whoever takes over has freedom to run the group however they see fit, though! Removing the approval filter might be a good idea, cause then the group could pretty much run itself... I could easily change the settings to make it that way. I kind of worry about getting inappropriate submissions without that, though, since we've always tried to uphold the rules of the forum and keep things family friendly, but hopefully that wouldn't be a problem, since it isn't a problem now. I've never had to outright reject anything, at least not that I remember. But even without an approval filter, it'd be good to have an active admin. They wouldn't have much to do most of the time, but it'd be good to have someone just looking things over, and dealing with any issues that might come up in a timely manner. I feel like I shouldn't be the one making the decisions here, though, since i'm not that committed to running the group. XD; Since you guys both expressed interest in it, would one or both of you like to take over? Then you can decide whether to keep things the way they are or get rid of the approval filters... whatever works best for you. I can invite you to the co-founders group and you'd have all the admin tools you need.
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Post by June Scarlet on Jul 2, 2016 22:04:26 GMT -5
Shinko, how active are you with the NTWF dA group nowadays? Would you like some extra help? I would be willing, and I think Twillie would be too. If someone were to submit something that wasn't cohesive with NTWF values, can you remove items from the group once they've already been submitted?
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Post by Twillie on Jul 2, 2016 22:12:28 GMT -5
Yeah, I'd definitely be willing to help out with the group And getting rid of the approval filters might be a good idea, especially if you've said that there hasn't been that many inappropriate entries from the past. If anything, it'd be something to try out and see how it works.
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Post by Shinko on Jul 2, 2016 22:14:27 GMT -5
Shinko, how active are you with the NTWF dA group nowadays? Would you like some extra help? I would be willing, and I think Twillie would be too. If someone were to submit something that wasn't cohesive with NTWF values, can you remove items from the group once they've already been submitted? Sadly I've pretty much quit dA because I wasn't getting a lot out of it anymore. If someone wanted to take over the group I could step down from founder position in it. I did try a bit to revitalize the group but those attempts were largely fruitless and I kinda gave up after a while. D'= EDIT: To answer your second question, yes someone with mod powers can remove a deviation if it doesn't jive with forum rules.
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Post by June Scarlet on Jul 2, 2016 22:45:38 GMT -5
I personally don't see much need to try and make the dA group be super active and have monthly contests and all that. The forum itself is more on the quiet side nowadays, and I don't see the dA group being any different. I don't know how it was in the past, but as I see it now, it's just a way for people to share their Neopets, NTWF, and Neopian Times work with other people interested in the same things. I think it'd would just be enough to have it properly running and accepting submissions.
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Post by Shinko on Jul 2, 2016 23:30:23 GMT -5
I personally don't see much need to try and make the dA group be super active and have monthly contests and all that. The forum itself is more on the quiet side nowadays, and I don't see the dA group being any different. I don't know how it was in the past, but as I see it now, it's just a way for people to share their Neopets, NTWF, and Neopian Times work with other people interested in the same things. I think it'd would just be enough to have it properly running and accepting submissions. Which is fine with me if that's what you guys want to do, just again, I've pretty much quit dA and I don't log in anymore so if that's what you guys want someone else will have to take over the group.
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Post by Ginz ❤ on Jul 2, 2016 23:44:15 GMT -5
Twillie , June Scarlet : I just sent you both invites to be co-founders of the group. I hope I did it right! XD; I haven't changed the settings to approve submissions automatically, but I can do that too if you want.
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Post by Twillie on Jul 2, 2016 23:54:58 GMT -5
Ginz ❤ Yup, it worked! I think I found where you can change to automatic approval, so I can go ahead and do that ^^Should we automatically approve deviations from members only, or can anyone go ahead and submit?Jk, I thought I had it, but I don't X) Could you help me find where I need to go? (just so I know where it is for future reference)Figured it out XP
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Post by Ginz ❤ on Jul 3, 2016 14:54:53 GMT -5
Twillie - Yay, I'm glad it worked! Sorry for not replying last night, I went to bed after I sent that last message. >>;; I'm glad you figured it out, though!
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Post by Twillie on Jul 3, 2016 20:20:48 GMT -5
Ginz ❤ (something weird goes on every time I try to quote you, and I have no idea why ) Nah, it's fine XD Although I do have another question: how exactly will we know if there are any pending submissions? Is there a notification that will be sent to our accounts directly, or do we have to check somewhere on the NTWF page?
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Post by Ginz ❤ on Jul 4, 2016 11:16:59 GMT -5
Ginz ❤ (something weird goes on every time I try to quote you, and I have no idea why ) Nah, it's fine XD Although I do have another question: how exactly will we know if there are any pending submissions? Is there a notification that will be sent to our accounts directly, or do we have to check somewhere on the NTWF page? Ahh, that's so weird... Zoey had trouble quoting me before too. I wonder why that happens... Anyway, yeah, you get group notifications sent to your account directly. Although, if it's set to automatic approval now, I'm not sure how that works... I don't know if you still get notified when someone submits something, or if it just appears... maybe I'll try submitting something to test it out! EDIT: The only notification I got for it was a correspondence message that said my submission had been accepted, and then it showed up on my Watch for the group
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