I agree with Arc on the whole process of voting on further research an article or not to. I can see it limiting the number of Advice animal spin-offs popping up everywhere, while some are amusing, some are not and frankly there are so many of them that it's rather an overwhelming amount.
Arc's suggestion covers a good point in getting some sort of voting system in order so it's easy to have bit more control and regulation on submission articles that pop up out of nowhere with insuffecient information and are clearly trying to force a meme.
I also think attention should be focused on helping research articles because some submissions have really awesome potential to be meme-worthy, but just lack of research and the fact that submissions become forgotten, it falls into deadpool hell. But I also keep in mind that alot of people would have to motivated and would want to go through the time of researching information for a article/submission, and that most people are here to laugh and read about it rather than doing the work.
@opspe: The 2 tier process doesn't necessarily need mods. A group of users, like the commenters on the article, could vote weather said article should be researched further. If a negative consensus is reached then the article is locked. This actually reduces moderation work, as the articles the community decides should not be researched can be automatically deadpooled, or, in the spirit of preventing abuse of the voting system, it can be placed on a priority list so a mod can review the community's decision faster…
Of course, there would always exist the drawback that new members would feel discouraged, but I believe proposal 1 has a bigger payoff in the end. This would vastly reduce the amount of needless articles.
With regards to new members creating, er, sub-par memes, please consider this. I think it would be an inoffensive but reasonably effective method to resolve the issue.
In response to arc.reactor's comments: I like the two-step confirmation idea, although it would mean more work for the entry mods. However, I dislike the restrictions on new members creating memes, because, although it would be effective, I feel that it would discourage people from adding legitimate entries.
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Alcarran
You fools KYM!
hero 54123
Iced Hot Chocolate
Q.12
Reeaalllyyy…
One extra thing that should be pointed out is the BNM making new articles. These need to stop…like fast…
NovaXP
My suggestions:
Internet Graffiti (like radio graffiti)
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/4chan-trolls-ghost-melting-pot-of-friendship
and a troll raid thread
Quantum Meme
Now, could you tell me what the last question will help you with?
Sunhammer
That last question………..Well played, KYM.
Djoser
I agree with Arc on the whole process of voting on further research an article or not to. I can see it limiting the number of Advice animal spin-offs popping up everywhere, while some are amusing, some are not and frankly there are so many of them that it's rather an overwhelming amount.
Arc's suggestion covers a good point in getting some sort of voting system in order so it's easy to have bit more control and regulation on submission articles that pop up out of nowhere with insuffecient information and are clearly trying to force a meme.
I also think attention should be focused on helping research articles because some submissions have really awesome potential to be meme-worthy, but just lack of research and the fact that submissions become forgotten, it falls into deadpool hell. But I also keep in mind that alot of people would have to motivated and would want to go through the time of researching information for a article/submission, and that most people are here to laugh and read about it rather than doing the work.
winton overwat
@opspe: The 2 tier process doesn't necessarily need mods. A group of users, like the commenters on the article, could vote weather said article should be researched further. If a negative consensus is reached then the article is locked. This actually reduces moderation work, as the articles the community decides should not be researched can be automatically deadpooled, or, in the spirit of preventing abuse of the voting system, it can be placed on a priority list so a mod can review the community's decision faster…
Of course, there would always exist the drawback that new members would feel discouraged, but I believe proposal 1 has a bigger payoff in the end. This would vastly reduce the amount of needless articles.
opspe
With regards to new members creating, er, sub-par memes, please consider this. I think it would be an inoffensive but reasonably effective method to resolve the issue.
In response to arc.reactor's comments: I like the two-step confirmation idea, although it would mean more work for the entry mods. However, I dislike the restrictions on new members creating memes, because, although it would be effective, I feel that it would discourage people from adding legitimate entries.