Welcome to Davis_Square!

[tahnan.livejournal.com]

So a number of us gathered at the Diesel this evening to chat about the community and rules and such. In the interest of keeping everyone informed:

• The rules of the community, though slightly amended from what they previously were, are still in the community's userinfo. Some of the highlights:
• Multiple images or large (i.e. greater than 300x300 pixels) images should be put behind an <lj-cut> tag.
• Long posts should make use of the <lj-cut> tag. (Except this one, if you consider it long, because all y'all need to actually see it.)
• There aren't particular lj-cut rules for ads--it's not the case that all ads must be cut. But if they have large images, multiple images, a lot of text, etc., go ahead and use the <lj-cut> tag.
• When in doubt: use the <lj-cut> tag. The moderators may ask you nicely to add an lj-cut to your post. Please, be cooperative. Moderators won't delete things just because they aren't lj-cut, but posts from posters who repeatedly ignore these polite requests will be handled (on a case by case basis).
• There is no longer a "one ad per poster per week" restriction, either; but with respect to frequent posts on the same topic, be cooperative, etc. etc. (See previous point.)
• In general: be nice. Be cooperative. Y'know?
• plumtreeblossom plans, as a gift to the community, to buy it a paid membership, which will allow us to create a photo scrapbook, post polls, and many other wondrous things that are probably listed somewhere in the help files. More info as this develops.
• Finally, cos discovered that it's possible to set up a list of people, in addition to moderators, who can add tags to post. If anyone wants to volunteer to be on the "tag team" (plumtreeblossom's phrase, not mine!) and help sort through old posts, cataloguing them so users can easily find earlier discussions of restaurants, politics, or drycleaning, let the moderators know. ("Drycleaning"? "dry-cleaning"? "dry_cleaning"? Also: consistency.)

Generally, there was a feeling that the davissquare community, set up hurriedly over the weekend, isn't still necessary, and we ought to be fine with a single community (i.e., this one). What happens with davis_meta is up to prunesnprisms; it may be a handy place to discuss meta-issues away from those who'd rather not have to see it.

Comments

[firstfrost.livejournal.com]

20 lines on one browser may not be 20 lines on another, so even with a clear limit, it's not as clear as it might be. :)

[enochs-fable.livejournal.com]

Give or take a few lines -- but it's still clearer than "lengthy."

For some people ten lines might be too long. I think you see what I'm getting at. :)