Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24296957-20140704023647/@comment-24728342-20140704054305

Nappa here. No jokes this time, and I really don't want to do this but concerning Staff, I'll have to jump in. And before anything gets started, let me be clear: I am not taking sides. I will point out opinions and suggestions. I will list statements that might offend but in reality I'm just making thoughts and assumptions. I have no quarrel with anyone, and I don't plan to. I've been in these staff things before in my JROTC days, so yes, I know this will be rough. With that said.... let us being.



I joined this Fanon a few months ago. I have no right to determine who did what and the events of "Crisis". I HAVE been on long enough to understand the gist of the chain of command and have acquainted myself with the people of the fanon. I've seen trolls troll and friends fight. I've seen admins go at each other’s throats. I've seen the result of said fights and even talked to those who've been in some of them and those who have the unfortunate jobs of trying to mediate them. I've seen it, and to be perfectly honest, it saddens me. This is the word that I can express. No swear words in the world can even describe how I feel about these things, so yes, sadden is the best way to go at it.



Now for the part that will, and might, literally kill me. I will address my concerns....



1. Admin inactivity - This is not something that's unknown. I have seen the admins, and noticed a few that are rather inactive. Names shouldn't even be mentioned. I understand the reasons for inactivity, trust me, I really do. Jobs and life situations come first. I will use myself as an example: NJROTC, my senior staff wanted me, a junior, to become the next years Operations Officer due to my creds and my service to the program. My brother, the Commanding Officer at the time even told me that the position of me being the Ops Officer was very high. However, I told my brother to choose someone else, as well as the other staff members at the time. Why? No it wasn't because of the "favorites" policy or idea of scrutiny for blood relativity. It was because I had more pressing concerns at the time. College was coming up and I knew my SAT and ACT scores needed improvement. So instead, they gave me the position of the Academic Officer of the Program. It was less work, and I managed my grades. I was contempt with it. The same can be applied here. That in mind, let’s continue.

2. Reviewers – Reviewers are what determines on how this fanon grows. Without them, we’d have a bunch of pending OCs with nowhere to go and with that in mind, reviewers must take their job seriously. I know real world problems come first, and that is always my concern when I go on the fanon chatroom. Keeping that in mind, if someone has issues that must be addressed outside the site then they should attend to them first. However, this means that they are unable to fulfill their duties. Again, sometimes the job of the reviewer and other positions is tough and I can understand that. No one keeps their position forever and sometimes change is healthy. If a reviewer is unable to do their task, then it should be in their best interest to change their positions. I don’t use the word “handover” because that’s not how this will work. I believe that some of the current reviewers can be coaches to new ones. A new position of power will be decided and that “retired reviewer” can coach their new adjutant. This tactic can also apply for admins as well. A new admin fresh off the block needs a teacher to guide them. Though this might not work out as a position of power, it helps guide people and improves upon past mistakes and lessons learned.

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4. Cleanup Crew – Everyone does what they need to, at least I hope they do. But I’ve also noticed Admins having to also pick up the slack from the cleanup crew as well. It may not seem like it, but those who hold power to cleaning up the fanon are just as important. Helping categorize the site and ensuring that everything is where they need to properly be is what keeps this site running and organized. Without it, it’d just be a cluster of random pages and nonsense.

Now…… if all goes well. This idea will keep people in their seats, and hopefully we can all still be friends. If this idea falls short, so be it. Here it is.



By adding two more positions to the bureau, this will leave Admin positions open to potential candidates. Since we have 5 admins, two will get promoted and that leaves 2 spots open. Now…… to the reviewers. It’s not a funny matter that there are only 2 reviewers. So, just get 3 more. Make it a 5 man/women collaboration team to assess the OC pending pages. Especially since the rereview is coming up soon. With this all said, I’ll be frank right now….. I don’t want anyone to be “fired” and I know there are other things going on that I know nothing about. I just want to be that guy who comes on to see a proud community and a group of people working with each other. Is this possible? Yes. Is it easily? No. That’s why we have to try to get things rolling again.



Well.... that's all from me. This issue saddens me, and it's nothing against anyone but it truely does bring me down to see this site like this. I'm not even going to salute goodbye for this one guys, I'm gonna leave it as it is. Hate me, love me, could care less, take your pick. I just want things to be normal, and with less fights among staff is all. Which obviously cannot happen because not everyone needs to like everyone, but all I ask to keep things "professional" is all.....

This is Nappa. Signing out.