User blog:Northstar1012/Northstar's Blog Corner - Character Reviews

Hello everyone
Northstar here. Now some of you know who I am or at the very least seen me editing here and there on the wiki activity feed. Well I'm here to tell you that in an effort to get more involved with the wiki and with you all I'm starting a blog corner. Right now I'm still working on a few subjects that I'll be discussing but they'll range from questions, opinions or discussing things associated with Fairy Tail or any other popular manga/anime that users are interested in discussing. Since this is my first time doing this I'm only going to be doing once a week on a particular day when possible. Its still up in the air which day that will be.

Reviews
One particular subject that I was playing around with is doing page reviews, including characters, RP, stories, locations, etc... essentially any article can be reviewed. To do the reviews, I would ask the user base to suggest any article they've created for review. Some have asked if I would be selecting the articles myself to review. I won't be doing that because I know some could be sensitive to having a page reviewed without their consent. So instead, I would like users to suggest only their own articles to review.

And when I say review, I don't mean in the same sense that admins review articles. My reviews are mainly going to be creative suggestions, such as what a magic could do, help with descriptions or even just bounce ideas off one another to help enhance what's there. Anything regarding structure, grammar, authorization to use magics, rules and regulations? That's with the admins as I don't want to step into their territory. The reviews are for you and I to chat and see what each other is thinking and offer some friendly advice or suggestions. I'm not an enforcer of any kind. Though I may suggest some basic grammar edits if they are apparent or pop up. I don't think that's too much into the realm of what admins do since anything can suggest fixing a typo or if a sentence seems like its missing a word in there. I would like to think that reviews are a good way for users to find an ear to listen or someone to check out their articles if they're looking for an opinion. I promise to keep things light and humorous and would never speak out negatively towards an article. Everyone writes a specific way, have their own style and imagines things working differently. So I don't expect things to escalate in that manner.

I see someone has their hand raised...
- But Northstar, how would character reviews work?

Great question, non existent person who conviniently asked that question. Characters reviews work like this: using the comment sections below, a user chooses an article they would like for me to look over. I don't know how many people want to participate it so I would say that maybe I'll limit it to maybe 3-5 articles a week, depending on length of articles, and try to write reviews a few days after they are suggested, depending on my schedule. That's the general premise of these blogs. Sometimes they'll be reviews, sometimes they'll be questions, sometimes it'll be a discussion about whatevs. As for right now, if anyone wants to suggest an article for me review, write in the comments below and let me know! Also, if you would like for me to comment on the article's comment section or send a separate private message, let me know!

In Closing
Don't be shy, I'll do my best to review any and all articles with an open mind and focus more on what you're trying to accomplish with the article vs writing quality.

Later!