Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-3293219-20141027140643

Harold and I have both agreed that there seems to be a lack of direction as far as the dos and don'ts on blogs go. There has, so far, been a lack of clarity as to what the blog feature is meant to be used for and this is bound to cause some confusion.

Though TES Sandbox Wiki isn't very big on rules and policy, some direction is needed in this regard as Blogs are one of the few stand out features that haven't been fully explained.

Because TES Sandbox wiki's articles rely on creativity, rather than factual information, the main space articles are the place for stories, articles (of all kinds) and canons. The forum is the place for RPing and therefore all character cards and RP premises should go there.

The Blog should be primarily used for things that don't have a place in either of these two places. Any extra information on characters, factions, items, locations, etc from a user's personal lore, that cannot be fit into an article, would ideally go in a blog post.

Though stories should go in the mainspace, users may also use blog posts to write draft versions of their stories, so that they can share them with the community and get support and feedback, via the comments section.

Character cards and RP premises belong in the RPing section of the forums, even if it is just the premise of the RP or if the RP is a work in progress. The premise, rules and character cards belong in the forum, if users are looking for feedback for an earlier copy of these things, they may notify users, in the post that the RP isn't ready to be shared with the rest of the community.

Blogs may also be used as... well... blogs. Users can write blogs on the community or their content, maybe discussing the content of their lore or RP or discuss a policy issue with the wiki as a whole. If a user has an idea for a blog series, such as Nukapedia's weekly news feature, then this would be ideal to.

To sum it up, the blogs aren't for things that already have a place in the forums or mainspace and therefore should be treated as such. If you wish to use the blog in your own, personal, creative way (like the aforementioned Nukapedia news example) then we are more than happy for you to do so but please refrain from posting things such as character cards, RPs, articles and stories, when they already have a place on the wiki.

If there is still some confusion as to what should be posted as a blog and what shouldn't, feel free to contact one of the administrators

Thank you for your time.

Queen Psycho of LON (talk) 14:06, October 27, 2014 (UTC) 