Opinions Please!

[Mercy Rosenburg]

Hello. I need your opinion on a few things. Please read the following questions and give me your feedback on them. Thank you very much!

Activeness

There are some people on this site who registered and never posted, never got a character name, weren't sorted, or all of the above. Some people registered and never even signed in after that! I really don't want the site cluttered up with a ton of inactive members who are never going to post or sign in again. I have sent a number of PMs and e-mails out to inactive members to give them the chance to come back and use their account, but very few have responded. I like and want a good number of people on this site, but I also want active members and there's no point to creating an account here if you're not going to use it. That's why I want your opinions on who should be considered active and who shouldn't. What is the minimum amount of activity a person needs to be considered active? 10 posts a week? 1 post a week? I'm asking because I want to set up a 'standard of activity' for everyone to follow. That means if the 'standard of activity' is you have to make 10 posts a week to be considered active, and you only make 5 posts for that week, then you are considered inactive. Also, I want your opinions on what should be done about inactive members. Should they be deleted or kicked off the site?

EDIT: 'Standard of Activity': 1 post per week

Advanced Classes

Should there be advanced classes for older students such as Advanced Charms, Advanced Potions, Advanced Transfiguration, etc.?

EDIT: I updated the Classes thread with some new classes!

QWT Tasks

How many tasks should there be in the QWT? (I was thinking about having at least 3 and maybe even 4. In the books/movies there are 3, but it was also a Tri-Wizard Tournament in the books.)

What should the QWT tasks be? (I was wondering if I should make them similar to the tasks in the books/movies or if I should make up new ones and be a bit more original. If you have ideas of an original task for the QWT champions to complete, please PM me about it - I would love to get some ideas!)

EDIT: There will be 4 tasks. Any ideas for original tasks? What should the tasks be?

[Ondrea Selmon]

I think that to be considered an active member, the person should have done at least five posts a week. Ten would be too much for some people, because of homework and activities, they might only be able to do one post a day.

I think that there should be advanced classes, but the professors get to choose who get to attend those classes.

For the QWT, I think it would be fun if there were four tasks. I think the tasks should be similar to the ones in the Harry Potter series, but still be original.

[Chloe Stevens]

Activeness: I think people, especially those in positions of power/authority, should be expected to participate regularly. It wouldn't be any fun if everyone just signed up and never returned. Those in positions of power especially because they are granted positions others might want who might be more active and it's unfair to those for people to have that power and never return. 10 posts a week, as you suggested, would be on average two posts a day with a few days only one post... in the two days I've been here, I've already made over 30 posts, so it's definitely fair.

Advanced classes: That would either give the current professors more classes to handle, if they agreed to handle it it would work, but some it might not be able to handle it... or it could open more positions, have one person teach advanced and the other teach the lower level. Either way would work.

I don't really have an opinion or anything to say on OWT, I hope what I did say was at least a little help.

[Aeronioux Dresdane]

Required Activity: In all fairness, members should at least be required to stay active if they want to retain their current positions. So, what I propose is that to remain an active member on the site, you would need to post at least twice a day, or have a total of ten posts a week.

Advanced Classes: This sounds like a wonderful idea to me. It would open up a few more positions for professors, and it will allow students to specialize in a field of study.

QWT: My thoughts on this subject are limited. However, it will probably be in everyones best interest if you remain canon with the contest itself.

[Dawn Carmine Weasley]

For the Activeness I think everyone should post 3-6 times a week, because some ppl might not be able 2 get on enough to post or the might not have access to the internet. Also I think Advanced Classes would be wonderful to have!!!

Sincerely,
Dawn Carmine Weasley

[Alcippe]

Activeness: I believe people of whatever status should be expected to post at least once a week. I don't think five or more posts should be essential, because for those who put as much effort into their posts as I do, as well as another twenty or so forums, it is quite difficult.

Advanced Classes: I think this is a good idea if the students are enthusiastic, and some Professors are willing to take on the responsibility of another class.

QWT Tasks: For this I believe there should definitely be four tasks. Otherwise it would defeat the title. If I have any ideas on a fourth task I'll be sure to let you know Jill.

[damondarkweather]

My two cents..if it's worth anything...heh.

Activeness: My opinions on the matter are quite simple, really. If you don't post you get kicked off the site. The minimum required activity should require members to post at least once or twice a week. I don't know about the rest of the members, but I'm quite active in my 'normal' life and may not meet a 10 post a week requirement. I'd hate to be booted from the site for that minor infraction.

Advanced Classes: This is quite the interesting concept. I'm in favor of adding advanced classes to the current roster. Although, the question is, who will be teaching these courses?

QWT Tasks: The tournament should consist of four separate tasks. However, if you decided to customize the tasks with a bit of originality it may spice up the contest a little.

[Amber Brown]

Ok, here are my opinons:

Activeness
I think the post amount should be 4 to 7 posts a week for the students. If anyone is granted with a special position (teacher, Auror, etc.), the probably the post amount should be greater for them, like 10 posts.

Advanced Classes
I think that this is a great idea for the older students to take.

QWT
There should probably be up to four or five tasks, like in the book.

[Josi Emrald]

I think that one post a week should be considered active. Like Alcippe said, some people put a lot of effort into their posts, therefore they don't have as many as others. Also, I don't think professors should have a higher number of posts to be considered active. Professors have to mark things, arrange the classes, and most of them have other characters, they already have a fair amount of work on their hands, so they shouldn't need to have a higher requirement to be considered active.

For advance classes, I think that the professors should choose the students that will attend them. I am not too sure if all the professors would be able to handle having another class, so I think you should ask them, and see if they could or not. If they can't, then I think there should be another teacher opening, for the advanced subject, and that teacher should get the names of the students that are allowed to participate in the class.

I think there should definitely be four tasks, it would make it a lot more interesting. I think that whatever is easier for you, sticking to the books tasks, or making up your own would be fine.

[Kaira Ackham]

i think that to be considered an avtive member you have to make at least 3 posts a week. 10 is way to much sometimes. but i think that if someone doesnt post for a week or something that is alright becasue maybe there computer crashed or they are grounded from the computer. also for the people who ahve signed up and havent posted i think that you should give somone who signed up 1 week to post and after that send them a warning and if they havent posted after 2 week send them another warning. 3 weeks and they should be deleted.
And for the advanced classes, i think that the teachers should choose them and maybe like you have to have been attending hogwarts for 3 years or something...

[poseidon]

Inactive members who have joined but not posted once, after a month, should be deleted, in my view. 5-10 posts a week mayhaps?
For people who wish to take on advanced classes, say for level 5/6 to 7th it would be great, I think.
Four tasks, since it's the quad-wizard. Maybe similar to the books?

[Vampire King]

Activeness= Some people have real lifes and can't get on everyday. They maybe new to RPing online (I just started in Aug this is my first RP site) Some people are slow typers and put alot in there post and don't feel like going throw all that everyday. Some of us have anoying sisters that won't let us even touch the computer unless they are asleep. (Thats why I'm posting this at 5:30am) Most of that aplys to me but I still manage to get online everyday. But others may have school or homework or jobs or friends that isn't an electric thing that sits in front of them lol. They may also get growned from the comp as well. Anyways this character of mine avg. about 10 post or more a day. I'm in about 35-40 threads in all and more then 30 of them are in the forest. Anyways that leaves little time for my other character. He is in only 3 threads and they have all ended and gone dead for about 2 weeks but he still avg. 1 post a day but everyday my avg. gose down because his threads have ended. anyways I think about 3-5 post a week should be good and inactive for a month and your gone.

Advanced classes= Yes but they should be able to pick them. An older student should not have to take an Advanced class just because they are older, but they should be able to take it if they want to.

QWT= 3-5 Tasks and different from the book/movie. Easyer, less deadly, more fun, but still hard, and challenging. We don't want anything that could kill anyone just just to win a game between the four houses. It should also take place everyear. The TWT didn't take place that often and was between 3 schools thats why the tasks were harder and even sometimes deadly as they needed to be more impressive.

[† Teleristy Elodie †]

I think posting at least two to three posts a week is fair for those who work, have school, have horrible computers, ecetera... Sometimes there just isn't time. Also, if an away message is put up, they should be exempt.

[Blaze Oceana]

alit said:

I think posting at least two to three posts a week is fair for those who work, have school, have horrible computers, ecetera... Sometimes there just isn't time. Also, if an away message is put up, they should be exempt.

I agree with this, If you let people know you will be gone, there shoudlnt be a punishment

I also think that there should be different requirements for different positions of power. For example, I think that someone who is a prefect should be expected to be online more than someone who is just a regular student

[spencer]

I honestly cannot make it every week, but everytime I log in, I try to keep up with everything. In my opinion, the easiest way to determine if someone is active or not is to look at the last login date or date of last post on the profile of the member. If someone is not logging on or posting for a month, then they should be considered inactive and maybe change their status. Ex. If I didn't post for a whole month without any notification, then my status should be changed from 6th year Ravenclaw student to Inactive Member. Just a suggestion.

edit: Also, to avoid members who register and never come back to post even a single thing, maybe a warning in the introduction part should say that members will be automatically deleted after, I don't know, one or two weeks without posting or returning. That maybe before they register, they should at least have an inkling on what they want to do in this site. This, I admit, might lessen the people who register, but what will we do with inactive members anyway? At least inactive in the beginning. If they really want to be part of this site, then they should come back, right?

[Jake Noctum]

Ok, i can't post all that much right now(problems with mom) so i think at least once a week

Advanced classes? maybe, if the students want to take the time to join them.

QWT: 4 is good. maybe a labrynth where there are monsters around every bend that test all of your skills as a witch or wizard, knowledge, and reflexes, etc.

[Elaina Jacklyn Straight]

Activness: Well my father works from home alot! and he wors to about ten and its really hard for me to get on sometms. I think you have to log in at least once a week or have an excuse

Advanced Classes: Professors should pick the students who have those classes but it would be cool.

QWT: Should be simialar activities but also original at the same time.