User blog comment:SelenaZephyr/An Open Letter to the Community/@comment-11591668-20140121012525

Bleh, copy pasted my part which I typed like a couple of hours ago.

So there are a lot of points that have been already discussed and brought up, so I'll just say how I feel, and which points I agree with in less detail than that.

First up, the points brought in the letter itself. I've discussed most of these points with you Sel before, so I suppose I should put them out in the open, as that is one of the purposes of this post to begin with, especially since you asked me to do that via Skype chat.

I've gotten my OCs passed through the approval of the other admins, before the standards for OC approval became a LOT stricter. When this happened, of course I was worried to hell about my OCs being rejected, along with all of the future OCs I made.

Having an almost 100% approval rate, my motivation to make OCs halted thanks to the thought of them being rejected.

Striving to be one of the better OC makers, this is a nice challenge at least, which is why I'm still trying to make an OC at this time, but the rate of progress has severely halted as a result.

The "Golden Stars" that would be rewarded to OC makers if you find no issues with them upon review just added onto this problem. This also leads to the point of creativity, as most of my OCs have something that I could see you rejecting on if they were submitted at this time instead of much ealier.

There's also the reinspection, which I'll bring up later on about the conception, but now that it's been passed, my fears with my OCs being rejected even when they haven't been majorly edited have been increased.

I talked to a friend of mine during these times and she suggested putting up some standards for reviewers to go on. Why can't we do that? One major issue that I noticed in the chat was that while you were deciding on a mod to take your place on the reviewing team, you didn't know who to pick because there was almost nobody that held reviews to the same standards you have. WHY was this an issue to begin with, especially with this suggestion in mind?

Next issue brought up is the "Staff Members running rampant" part. In the future, can you please just put in your post that had the previous reviewer's consent before doing a re-review? The lack of knowledge of that piece of info is what caused an argument in some OC pages.

Ok, next point brought up. The RWBY Fanon Community. There's a clear structure in the staff positions, but as Arren below has noted, Tsu has cleared the re-reviewing without the full input of the staff. I back up his thoughts on the system where we vote. Where is the balance and democracy in decisions if everything is up to the Owner? Checks and Balances is important to keep. Tsu has proven to be trustworthy before to me, but this is something that NEEDS to be addressed openly if the admins feel that their critiques have been ignored.To this end, I support (and advertise, haha...) most of this thread that was brought up while I was typing up this post: http://rwbyfanon.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Derrmann/A_detailed_plan_for_a_new_SoG_in_the_Fanon

Onwards to the non-letter issues in the fanon I found.

I'd like to address the problem that Decartique brought up below, as I've been accused of being this before: Being somebody who befriends artists in order to get free art, nothing else. I REALLY dislike the thought of people doing that, and won't tolerate that myself. I may be a chat mod, but I will bring it up with the admins if I find more problems like that.

An issue I found with RPing is that we don't really have a set time to make RP posts mandatory. Several RPs have died because there was no time limit to implement. Yes, I do admit I am guilty of some of those issues as well. This last point of mine is a really personal one, and somewhat brought up in the letter as well, the respect/problems that the Staff positions have. Clean Up Crew, ok, I haven't found problems there other than people trying to be one JUST in order to get a chance to get a higher position. Reviewing Staff's issues were brought up earlier on about reviewing problems and "no set standards".

Chat Mods...Personally, I myself don't really feel respected as a chat mod or hell, even as a person. Whenever I ask questions, I usually find myself being ignored, to the point where I'd even state that and be ignored to THAT as well. I can't even stop arguments by typing in all caps like the others can. Do I lack the charisma or something to bring others to attention? I've considered going so far as to change my personality on chat in order to get the attention as a Chat Moderator. I've also considered quitting the position/the fanon as well in the past, which is why I'm even bringing this really selfish point up.

For the other chat mods, they're doing fine, though we need a more concrete way to rule others. Is "One warning, one kick" right, even if the offense was supposed to be taken as a joke?

...Admin/Owner issues were addressed earlier. I'm sorry for bringing my own selfishness up in a blog about the fanon, but I feel like it was needed to be heard.