Board Thread:Captain's Council/@comment-2089817-20160507033741/@comment-2089817-20160508060559

Alright, let's see...

How about a trial period in which we go by Shonen's suggestion? For the next two months, we operate under the following principle for the RPCQE: an applicant can make a character of any power level they wish, but it must be at least 30,000 bytes (the same bytes Dazz used as his base-line on OP Fanon for the major positions like Yonko and Shichibukai). That sounds like a fair middle ground to me. Let's face it, we're all tough graders, and even if somebody submits an Aizen-leveled character, if their history, personality, and overall page is good enough to be considered quality work, then what the hell, that is the point of the RPCQE, right? Until they pass, the same restriction stands, no characters (besides the one they're writing for the application) stronger than a fourth seat. We can run things like this for two months, see how it works, and then return for a miniature admins summit where we assess whether we want to keep it as the permanent new RPCQE or return to the drawing board. What do you guys say to that?

As for the method of which we're gonna review applications, I'm going to open up a forum tomorrow for RPCQE requests instead of the old talk page. We can see how that will work out, but I'm still open to suggestions regarding any possible ideas as to how we can make this an easier process for everybody.

And now for the other thing.

I actually have an entire new idea for the featured article thing.

Going off of Nanja's suggestion regarding the categories of featured work, how about every month, instead of choosing a featured article, we have "featured themes". For example, let's say May is Hakuda Month (yes, fuck y'all Kidou magicians ;<). Instead of a featured article, we create either a thread or page that features some of the best works of that theme. We list a couple Hakuda Masters, for instance, and the rule should be that no user can have two articles of theirs both on the list. One article, one user, so that we can create enough of a spread that a vote isn't needed, because everybody will eventually get the chance to promote some of their effort. June could be Kido Month, July could be Captains month (showing off fanon Gotei 13 Captains), September could be Onmitsukido month, another could be Quincy or Fullbringer month, et cetera. We can arrange a 12-month system that encompasses every realm of the Bleachverse as much as possible. Admins can arrange these lists, with suggestions from the community of course. If May is Hakuda month, then I could choose a Hakuda master to be added, Nanja can choose one, Z can choose another, Shonen can choose another, et cetera, just like that, and they get added to the May 2016 list, which will be written up all neatly, maybe using special tables or templates that will make the page look all pretty, and then that page itself will be posted on the main page. How does that idea sound?