The mistakes thread

[Rolo]

Otherwise known as the 'Good gawsh, these admins are inept!' thread.

Seen something that doesn't work? Something that doesn't belong? Something which is unclear? Tell us here, and we'll get right to fixing it

This thread is for any kind of mistakes on either the actual coding or in the threads of rules and description. Please don't report mistakes made by individual members. This is just for broken codes, mispellings or stupid mistakes.

We've done alot of work on v2, so any help you can provide is wonderful <3

[Ten]

So the rules thread (this one) still says to use the MPAA rating system for sensitive OOC threads, whereas this thread recommends people use LSV for their role play threads if necessary. Okay, one system for OOC, one for RP, makes sense, except there is one line that confused me for a moment and is a little misleading just because the grammar can be interpreted more than one way.

"It may also be sensible to mark which posts are sensitive in OOC when you get to them."
-- rating your boards

What this means to say, of course, is that when about to post a role play reply with some material with potential to offend or however you want to say it, and (a) the thread has not established its own individual rating in the title yet, or (b) this particular post goes a little beyond the established rating of the thread, then you should put an ooc note at the top of the post with the post's content rating.

However, when I first read the sentence, I got it all wrong. I was confused because "mark which posts are sensitive in OOC" sounded like "mark which posts in OOC are sensitive", which is to say, "mark which OOC posts are sensitive". To be technical, this is what people are supposed to do, but since it is said in the new LSV system thread, it sounds like it's telling folks to mark OOC threads with the LSV rating system instead of the MPAA ratings. Had enough initialisms yet?

Anyway, I believe this could be clarified some for silly people like me.

Also, there's this in the description of the Member Works board:
"All threads should be marked with ratings, and all work must be PG-13!"
I think you mean up to, or no further than, otherwise G wouldn't be allowed.

[Poi]

For the description of the absences board, it says that members are to "lock your thread when you return, that way we know you're back." However, I don't believe normal members can lock boards, therefore this makes very little sense.