Welcome back, everyone!

[pipisafoat]

Hello all! After a long, unplanned, and somewhat confusing hiatus, inkstains is revving up to come back. However, in the intervening time, the moderation structure has changed, and that has brought about a few small changes in how the community will work and much thought on other aspects.

There is only one major change to structure: At this point, we will not be offering a structured editing system. Anyone who wishes to request an edit on an entry can still do so; these will be compiled into a list for any editors with free time to volunteer to take a look at. Because of this change, edits will no longer be guaranteed for any entry, though if each person who requests an edit takes a moment to give someone else an edit, things just might work out to your benefit!
Any comments on this change are welcome, of course, but it's unlikely we'll reconsider until interest in assigned edits rises - and by this, I mean enough people offer to be regular editors to cover every entry requesting edits, and the volunteering system proves not to be working (i.e. one entry getting twelve edits while the other entries get none). It's a lot of work to keep an editing ship going smoothly!

Here, have a quick poll!

Poll #10185 Inkstains Interest Survey

This poll is closed.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17

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If inkstains restarts, I would be interested in:

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writing for prompts
15 (93.8%)

submitting prompts to be used
9 (56.2%)

submitting TnT articles or ideas
4 (25.0%)

editing
6 (37.5%)

having my work edited
8 (50.0%)

regular prompts with voting
12 (75.0%)

regular prompts without voting
9 (56.2%)

irregular prompts with voting
10 (62.5%)

irregular prompts without voting
11 (68.8%)

I would like to help with the technical side of the community!

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I want to help compile voting polls!
4 (33.3%)

I want to help compile volunteer editing lists!
1 (8.3%)

I would like to help on a regular basis, long-term.
3 (25.0%)

I would like to help on a regular basis, but for no longer than a month or two.
1 (8.3%)

I would like to help by filling in only occasionally, when a regular is unavailable.
2 (16.7%)

I would be interested later, but not right now!
6 (50.0%)

I would prefer for inkstains to restart

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Today! Yesterday, if you can manage it! (helpful hint: I cannot actually manage that.)
4 (25.0%)

May
8 (50.0%)

June
3 (18.8%)

July
0 (0.0%)

Some time after July
1 (6.2%)

I'm willing to help with topics and/or TnT ideas if it means the community gets going again sooner.

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Yes
7 (46.7%)

No
4 (26.7%)

Maybe (please comment)
4 (26.7%)

I'm prepared to poke pipisafoat in the ribs at the first sign of the community sliding into another unplanned hiatus!

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Fingers at the ready!
11 (100.0%)