One more suggestion from me (honest!)…
❗ The correct way of… how to ask for a fan project …on the OriginalTrilogy•com ❗ - is pinned up in the Fan Edits and Projects for Other Properties section of the site.
Would it be worth me posting up 3 more threads like this in the 3 other ‘Fan Project’ sections of the site - in Star Wars Preservation, Star Wars Fan Edits and Other Projects, and Preservation of Other Properties sections, and having them pinned up?
They may be a little help / another step in trying to stem the flow of so many ‘link request’ posts from newer members - as well as something easy and simple others can point to in giving newer members a ‘heads-up’.
No worries if not - just spitballing ideas 😃.
Edit: or repost and pin this ATTENTION NEW MEMBERS: “Link begging” posts will be deleted without notice - in in the 4 ‘Fan Project’ sections of the site?
I don’t know if posting more links to threads people are already ignoring will help.
The link begging announcement is in the announcement section in each of the fan project discussions already, but I don’t expect people to read it there either. It’s really just a CYA thing so they can’t complain when they get warned/banned.
Along with the bug fixes for automatically moving users to the Members group after 7 days, I added some messaging to the account activation/confirmation page that directs users to About and Help for their review. I also added a bit to the Help page under the “Account help” section.
All of the automated suggestions and additional new member restrictions (like a 24-hour delay) are considerably more work and will impact all new members negatively; we need to balance spam control and UX.