Board Thread:Announcements/@comment-28083312-20170113184724

I know it’s massively ironic that this thread is highlighted, but still. From now on, if Staff members want to announce something, unless it’s massively important, they will usually do so on the new Wiki Staff Blog, which you can follow by clicking this link, if you’re interested. Announcements will start showing up there instead of on the Announcements Board, & eventually the Announcements Board will be closed completely in preparation for when Forums themselves are closed.

Why is this happening? Because, Blogs will only show up in that list if you are on Staff. Even if you use the template that makes a blog show up in that list, if you aren’t Staff, it won’t show up. It will completely prevent Non-Staff from using the Staff Channels of announcements, since the Announcements Board will be gone & they will be physically unable to have their blogs show up in this new BlogList. A second reason is because Forums are going away no matter what, so we should begin to transition toward the use of this Staff Blog as a replacement for the Announcements Board. Highlights may still occur on other Boards, but only for massively important things. The currently highlighted posts may be the last few of their kind, & once they have expired, they will be used less & less. In addition, there will not be an Announcements Board in the Franken-Forum, which will be set up after the Tournament so that people can begin transitioning to the Franken Forum.

That’s all there really is to say. The Staff Blog Listings will begin showing up on the Main Page & even on some Articles very soon. We will do everything we can to make this list as easily reachable as possible.

 Note to Staff  As I said, I expect you to use highlights very very rarely now. If you have something that is highlight-worthy that the entire Wiki needs to see, then place the  Template at the bottom of your Blog, & it will show up in the List. Know that this list is not for fun & games, it is for important announcements only, so exercise discretion when making announcements. Also, don’t make announcements within 24 hours of another Staff Member (so that people can digest the first before being buried under more blogs).}} 