NOTE: This thread no longer accurate. Users can now submit changes to the character database in the submissions section.
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Hi everyone,
Last month, Anime-Planet reached almost a million unique users a month. This is 50% more users than we had post V4 launch.
With a bigger userbase comes more responsibility that we make our databases as complete as possible, so that everyone can create lists, mark characters, and use A-P as their primary resource. For this reason, over the next week we'll be rolling out some big changes to how information is added and moderated on the site. These are initial steps and we will continue to refine the process moving forward.
Today we're announcing a change to how chararacters are added and moderated. In the past, we've waited to add characters until they can be properly vetted, usually personally by one of the moderators. Starting today, we've decided to add basic entries for all characters (at minimum, a name, a role [which will be a best guess until they can be confirmed by mods/users]). Tags and images will continue to not go up unless they meet the guidelines.
Our plan
1. We will first clear out the Help Needed subforums of the Character Submissions forum. This means we'll add characters for any series referenced in these sections. We will add basic info, and potentially additional info (if people help confirm by the time we get to them), and will deny the rest of the details for now.
2. After clearing out all 3 HN subforums, we'll add characters to all anime series in the database. Manga will be much slower and likely based on popularity given the sheer quantity of characters we'll need to add.
3. We've set up an easier training system to help train potential moderators. If this interests you, the best thing you can do is follow the below steps.
How YOU can help
1. Until we announce that the anime database is completed with these basic entries, we are strongly requesting that no new character submissions are made. There will be users who don't see this announcement and will continue to submit changes - we will likely clear the easy ones and most the rest to denied until this time period is over. This is because we only have 10 moderators and need to fill in a very large quantity of characters over the next few weeks. Once we've done that, we'd love your help in submitting images and tags that meet the criteria of the guidelines, but until then, it will just cause a great deal of extra work for our small team.
2. Help confirm submissions in Help Needed, or add the appropriate info to your own submissions if they are pending. We are looking for specific types of info, such as why you think a tag should be added or removed (based on the tag guidelines), why a role change should happen, etc. The more details the better. The faster you can help provide this information, the better chance that we'll add more content besides the basic info when cleaning out HN. Here is the thread with instructions on how to best confirm info
3. Moving forward, we ask that this sort of extra info is included in the Comments area when submitting a character - explaining why the changes should be made will help make this process go much more smoothly.
You can find all 3 of the Help Needed sections here at the top of This Forum. We will start with the oldest submissions first and work our way up.
Thanks for your patience during this time - after we have basic info up for characters, we'll then have separate efforts for filling in all of those voice actors, getting new projects lined up for images, etc. During all of this the character moderators will continue to fill in ongoing series' characters and their other duties.
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Hi everyone,
Last month, Anime-Planet reached almost a million unique users a month. This is 50% more users than we had post V4 launch.
With a bigger userbase comes more responsibility that we make our databases as complete as possible, so that everyone can create lists, mark characters, and use A-P as their primary resource. For this reason, over the next week we'll be rolling out some big changes to how information is added and moderated on the site. These are initial steps and we will continue to refine the process moving forward.
Today we're announcing a change to how chararacters are added and moderated. In the past, we've waited to add characters until they can be properly vetted, usually personally by one of the moderators. Starting today, we've decided to add basic entries for all characters (at minimum, a name, a role [which will be a best guess until they can be confirmed by mods/users]). Tags and images will continue to not go up unless they meet the guidelines.
Our plan
1. We will first clear out the Help Needed subforums of the Character Submissions forum. This means we'll add characters for any series referenced in these sections. We will add basic info, and potentially additional info (if people help confirm by the time we get to them), and will deny the rest of the details for now.
2. After clearing out all 3 HN subforums, we'll add characters to all anime series in the database. Manga will be much slower and likely based on popularity given the sheer quantity of characters we'll need to add.
3. We've set up an easier training system to help train potential moderators. If this interests you, the best thing you can do is follow the below steps.
How YOU can help
1. Until we announce that the anime database is completed with these basic entries, we are strongly requesting that no new character submissions are made. There will be users who don't see this announcement and will continue to submit changes - we will likely clear the easy ones and most the rest to denied until this time period is over. This is because we only have 10 moderators and need to fill in a very large quantity of characters over the next few weeks. Once we've done that, we'd love your help in submitting images and tags that meet the criteria of the guidelines, but until then, it will just cause a great deal of extra work for our small team.
2. Help confirm submissions in Help Needed, or add the appropriate info to your own submissions if they are pending. We are looking for specific types of info, such as why you think a tag should be added or removed (based on the tag guidelines), why a role change should happen, etc. The more details the better. The faster you can help provide this information, the better chance that we'll add more content besides the basic info when cleaning out HN. Here is the thread with instructions on how to best confirm info
3. Moving forward, we ask that this sort of extra info is included in the Comments area when submitting a character - explaining why the changes should be made will help make this process go much more smoothly.
You can find all 3 of the Help Needed sections here at the top of This Forum. We will start with the oldest submissions first and work our way up.
Thanks for your patience during this time - after we have basic info up for characters, we'll then have separate efforts for filling in all of those voice actors, getting new projects lined up for images, etc. During all of this the character moderators will continue to fill in ongoing series' characters and their other duties.
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