News Mods

[mx]

I've decided that in order to boost the news section at sputnik, I'm going to be creating two 'news mods' for the site.

The job:

- Post 5-8 quality news items per day
- Delete bad news, edit news where needed

The perks:
- It's pretty much volunteer, but:
- Your name in bold as a 'news mod' on the reviews site
- Power to delete/edit news
- A place on the soon to be 'staff' page at sputnik

Basically, it will work like this: If you want to be considered, put your name in for consideration, and me and the mods will choose two responsible and active members of the community.

[The Jungler]

5-8 items of news? Woah, I'll think about it.

Hep Kat better nominate himself.

[Hep Kat]

Um...I nominate myself?

[Iluvatar]

I'll nominate myself; I really have nothing better to do than look for music news every day.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I'd be more than happy to do it.

[Hep Kat]

I'll nominate myself; I really have nothing better to do than look for music news every day.

Yeah. There's lots of news floating around. It's surprising people can't take five minutes to paraphrase a couple of paragraphs or something...

[Dave de Sylvia]

There's lots of news floating around.
Gee whizz, you're perfect for the job!

[pulseczar]

I'll nom myself, though I must say I won't have a computer for all of July.

[Hep Kat]

Gee whizz, you're perfect for the job!

I can get the scoop for ya, chief.



Actually, SOP, if you weren't already a mod, I'd say you'd be great for this. You've submitted more news than anyone I've seen.

[JohnnySixGuns]

Um...I nominate myself?
*responsible members :p

[Dave de Sylvia]

My news is spontaneous, baby.

[Hep Kat]

*responsible members :p

Banned for posting in Pink Floyd thread what? :p

My news is spontaneous, baby.

Okay...

[Thor]

I'm up for it. I'm on the site constantly and I'm always looking at the news section, so I'd be more than happy to do it.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Incidentally, this is a really good idea as most people do seem a bit reluctant to post news despite the obvious popularity of the articles themselves.

I think, in addition to this, it might be an idea to create a short news-writer's archive of sorts, where we can put links to the major music news sites so people can access it fairly easily.

[morrissey]

This is an absolutely fabulous idea. It's kind of too bad that the two biggest news writers I notice are already mods (SOP and Damrod). But this will be good to boost up the production of a pretty important but neglected part of the site.

edit: and I first read this thread title as "new mods" and I was a little surprised, I must say. :p

[The Jungler]

I volunteer myself.

[Thor]

I think that VagueDan and I would be perfect for the job.

[JohnnySixGuns]

Since all the big wigs are here right now I'm wondering if it would be possible to add a "Concert Reviews" section to the site eventually? If sputnik keeps growing and "staff" writers are put in place, which may get us some freebies, might "press" status also be given. Which means not only might we get some free concert tix for reviewing purposes sent to us, but also we could make up press passes so we could go to gigs, events, etc, and then review the events the next day. Hot off the press. We could do interviews with artist. Could happen, you never know. Rolling Stone Magazine did it, why not sputnik? Plus free gigs and parties are cool....

[Hep Kat]

Since all the big wigs are here right now I'm wondering if it would be possible to add a "Concert Reviews" section to the site eventually? If sputnik keeps growing and "staff" writers are put in place, which may get us some freebies, might "press" status also be given. Which means not only might we get some free concert tix for reviewing purposes sent to us, but also we could make up press passes so we could go to gigs, events, etc, and then review the events the next day. Hot off the press. We could do interviews with artist. Could happen, you never know. Rolling Stone Magazine did it, why not sputnik? Plus free gigs and parties are cool....

You're thinking extremely big. Extremely.

[JohnnySixGuns]

You're thinking extremely big. Extremely.
MX says "think big".....

But I don't think so. In LA lot's of little fly by night papers do this. A friend of mines ex husband owns a tiny Cuban Newspaper. He gets press status and goes to free concerts, get's backstage, parties, events, ballgames, the whole shot. Press seats. And independent papers swing it, too. And I ain't talkin' the L.A. Times. It's possible...

[Hep Kat]

MX says "think big".....

But I don't think so. In LA lot's of little fly by night papers do this. A friend of mines ex husband owns a tiny Cuban Newspaper. He gets press status and goes to free concerts, get's backstage, parties, events, ballgames, the whole shot. Press seats. And independent papers swing it, too. And I ain't talkin' the L.A. Times. It's possible...

Well, I'll leave the grandiose thinking to you big-thinkers, then.

[Iluvatar]

That shoulda been posted in the another thread, I think, as this one has nothing to do with that. Whatever though.

Three new news items since this was announced, all by people who want the job.:thumb:

[Hep Kat]

I thought about doing that. But I didn't want to be viewed as a suck-up :(

[Thor]

I thought about doing that. But I didn't want to be viewed as a suck-up :(
Same here. I'd love to have the job, but I'm not going to make a news article right now so the mods will think I'm like obsessed about it.

[Hep Kat]

Not that I'm insinuating anything about people who did post news. That's a good thing.


We want that to happen.

[The Jungler]

I thought about doing that. But I didn't want to be viewed as a suck-up :(
:( I guess I am sucking up.

[Hep Kat]

Read my previous post, you suck-up, you :p

[Iluvatar]

Thor and Hep should pretty much get it anyways, so why bother?

Hey mx, what would your paypal info happen to be?...

[The Jungler]

Because it doesn't matter if I get the job. News should be posted by other people than the mods.

[Thor]

Thor and Hep should pretty much get it anyways, so why bother?

Hey mx, what would your paypal info happen to be?...
Yay people love Thor. :D

[Hep Kat]

Because it doesn't matter if I get the job. News should be posted by other people than the mods.

Yeah, if more people posted news, then that section would probably become more prominent on the front page. Music news is important to a music website. I'm surprised more people aren't interested in it (like I have room to talk).

Yay people love Thor. :D

/shrugs

You're a good user. There's nothing not to like.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Three turned in today so far by me.

[The Jungler]

Gah, your beating me.

[Hep Kat]

You guys must really want this job.




Give it to them, I suppose.

[Dave de Sylvia]

Postings news now won't have any negative effect on your chances of being picked.

[Thor]

Postings news now won't have any negative effect on your chances of being picked.
That's good. People shouldn't be cramming in news now just so they can get the job.

[Hep Kat]

I would post something, but I've probably been beaten to the best things. 'Sides, we should let that stuff marinate to garner a little discussion anyways.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Postings news now won't have any negative effect on your chances of being picked.

Still, why not start the job early.

[Dave de Sylvia]

There's plenty of hair metal news to be posted.

[JohnXDoe]

Posting news can be a boring and tedious task. That's why this is a good idea. Get people there who enjoy doing it and put quality and effort into it. At least a little. Should make the news section nice.

But man, it truly is a position of service....

[Hep Kat]

I've been praised for my hilarious news titles :cool:



Just thought I'd throw that into the mix.

[Iluvatar]

Only n00bs think your news titles are funny.

...I smile at 'em...

[Hep Kat]

Well, you're hard to impress at the e-funny game.

[JohnXDoe]

I don't like e-funny....What are some of your "e -funny" titles? Don't go gaying up the news section if you get this position, Hep. :mad:

[Hep Kat]

Ironically enough: Gaye news title. (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=536)

[JohnXDoe]

hahaha

Must admit, that is funny....

[Hep Kat]

I think you got most of the funny from the context of the situation in which it was presented to you.



Or not. I dunno.

[Liberi Fatali]

Can I just suggest that the two people chosen be open-minded musically, or at least from different ends of the genre-spectrum.

I don't want two death metal head news mods, nor do I want news dedicated to the next Led Zeppelin and rumours of a Led Zeppelin reform with [insert popular drummer here] .

[Leper]

I nominate Illmatic and Lunch. Both are good posters who don't take crap from anybody.

[Liberi Fatali]

I nominate Illmatic and Lunch. Both are good posters who don't take crap from anybody.
Illmatic hasn't posted on sputnik since March and has never posted a news article. Whilst Lunch has 12 comments on sputnik and has never posted a news article either.

Uhh, yeah great candidates......

[Dave de Sylvia]

They both obviously want the job too.

[Jom]

Hahaha. I was wondering if he wasn't sober but all of his spelling and grammar is top-notch.

Good luck to the eventual winners.

[Hep Kat]

Yeah, good luck eventual winners :)



To be honest, I don't really even want this job. Being a "news mod" just doesn't seem like my bag. I'll still come up with more creative news titles than any of you, though :p

[Storm In A Teacup]

Can I just suggest that the two people chosen be open-minded musically, or at least from different ends of the genre-spectrum.

I don't want two death metal head news mods, nor do I want news dedicated to the next Led Zeppelin and rumours of a Led Zeppelin reform with [insert popular drummer here] .

Imagine if the two news mods were Thor (good choice tho) and ShadowsFallen. :p

And I'd still be happy to do news. Hep Cat, why would you say you want to then change your mind. :confused:

[superpeer]

They'll be the geeks in the mod group. News mods, hehe.

[Hep Kat]

And I'd still be happy to do news. Hep Cat, why would you say you want to then change your mind. :confused:

Nah, I said:

Um...I nominate myself?

In response to something VagueDan said. I really don't want to do it. I'm sure there are people who would take a more enthusiastic approach to it (such as yourself). I just think other people would be better suited for it, is all.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Rightghtghtght.

[Thor]

Soooo, any news on this? Looks like Ian and I should do it.

[Storm In A Teacup]

I agree with Thor. :)

[JohnXDoe]

News Mod is the new Tab Mod. Where is Paul150 when we need him? :confused:

[Hep Kat]

Paul hasn't been around for a while now :(

[Neoteric]

News Mod is the new Tab Mod. Where is Paul150 when we need him? :confused:
tab mods are n00bs

[pulseczar]

Soooo, any news on this? Looks like Ian and I should do it.
Wow, this is like the 3rd time you've said something like this, calm down.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Same here. I'd love to have the job, but I'm not going to make a news article right now so the mods will think I'm like obsessed about it.

:upset: Just to see if I like it.

[masada]

i should be a supermod really

[Storm In A Teacup]

More like banned.

[masada]

that's what you'll be when i'm a SUPERMOD hahahahahahaha

[Thor]

that's what you'll be when i'm a SUPERMOD hahahahahahaha
The day you're turned into a supermod is the day that MX bursts into flame.

[JohnXDoe]

I'll get the matches....

[Shadows]

Is it too late to volunteer? I'd be happy to mod, but I won't be getting home until 6/24, so I'll be a bit inactive until then.

[Sepstrup]

Not two metalheads, please :P

[masada]

Eliminator Jr.

[JohnXDoe]

I would like to throw my name into the ring. I'll do a good job. One condition:

I keep the big avatar. Because I like it.

That is all.....

Except for I've only written three news items since being here. But I can write plenty more. And edit, delete, etc...

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=397

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=566

http://www.sputnikmusic.com/news.php?newsid=508

[Hep Kat]

We have a lot of good candidates, methinks...

[masada]

Especially me

[Hep Kat]

I thought this would be a relatively quick decision, but I guess it's best that the powers that be are taking their time.

[masada]

Taking their time picking me, amirite?

[JohnXDoe]

Indeed Hep. The state of sputnik news and all that is holy is at stake. :(


EDIT: urite, Eliminator.....

[niobium]

I hope it's me.

[Iluvatar]

I hope its chucktallica.

[mx]

Tomorrow I'll put the mods in place

[Storm In A Teacup]

Congratulations to whoever wins. :)

[Hep Kat]

Nice, I can't wait to see that.



Good luck hopefuls :)

[JohnXDoe]

I write the news that makes the whole world sing/I write the news of love and special things/I write the news that makes the young girls cry/ I write the news I write the news....

"wipes tear*

[Jom]

Not like my opinion matters, but I feel that the news mods (whoever they may be) should have duties with the news only, and that only mx, Med, Damrod, and Moz are to have access to the Sputnikmusic mod forum, since they are site-wide.

Good luck to the winners - you have quite a task ahead of you Googling for news and adding it everyday. Hopefully the end result is a bolstered news section, which would be quite nice.

[Storm In A Teacup]

Not like my opinion matters, but I feel that the news mods (whoever they may be) should have duties with the news only, and that only mx, Med, Damrod, and Moz are to have access to the Sputnikmusic mod forum, since they are site-wide.

Good luck to the winners - you have quite a task ahead of you Googling for news and adding it everyday. Hopefully the end result is a bolstered news section, which would be quite nice.

What if MX ever has an idea about the news part of the site and wants the input of the news mods? Anyway, I'm actually having fun putting up news so even if I don't get the gig I'll still be doing news so that way it'll have at least a few people who contribute a lot.

[Iluvatar]

If my opinion matters, I agree with Jom.

[JohnXDoe]

So the new mods will be mods/not mods/fake mods? Trusted less then "real mods"? Contributing 5 to 8 articles a day plus edits and deleting but not be worthy enough to do business in the mod forum with the real mods? Everytime they have an issue or want something done they have to post it "in public" or get on aim? Send out a Bat Signal, perhaps?

hehehe.

[Jom]

So the new mods will be mods/not mods/fake mods? Trusted less then "real mods"?

What? They're not going to be doing jack squat compared to what the site-wide staff does. Add articles from Blabbermouth/mySpace/wherever and edit/delete crappy news. Not exactly very time-consuming work.

Contributing 5 to 8 articles a day plus edits and deleting but not be worthy enough to do business in the mod forum with the real mods?

That's correct. The news mods have no effect on the other aspects of the site that the 'real mods' handle.

Everytime they have an issue or want something done they have to post it "in public" or get on aim? Send out a Bat Signal, perhaps?

I don't see much of a difference - mx asks the community first about site-related issues, answers bug problems here, and so on and so forth. It is true that he checks the Sputnikmusic staff forum more frequently than the MX staff forum (note to self: lol), but the news section is rather insignificant at this point, and should not be intertwined with the business that the Big Four take care of.

hehehe.

And to you as well.

[Iluvatar]

Does SOP not have access to the sputnik mod forum yet, even though he's an acting mod on that site? Huh.

[JohnXDoe]

Not doing jack squat? 5 news articles a day, which is the requested minimum, averages to 1800 news articles a year plus edits and deletes. That's a little more then jack squat. No they won't be "all powerful" but they will be mods. Otherwise let's call them something else. Like the sputnik Reporters. Or somethin'.....

I also should say this is not my position because I entered this thing late. I don't really expect to get chosen, as my contributions here have been minimum. But to slag willing and eager participants like that by saying they will contribute "crappy news" not worthy of anything, basically, is counter productive to what is trying to be achieved here, I believe.

[mx]

They are mods, although not on the forums, and they will be appreciated. I agree with JXD.

[Iluvatar]

He really didn't say they'd be contributing crappy news, just that they would edit/delete any crappy news articles submitted.

[morrissey]

Does SOP not have access to the sputnik mod forum yet, even though he's an acting mod on that site? Huh.
SOP has access to the sputnik mod forum and has since he was modded, I don't know where you would get the idea that he doesn't.

[Iluvatar]

and that only mx, Med, Damrod, and Moz are to have access to the Sputnikmusic mod forum, since they are site-wide.

Just confused me. I was pretty sure he did, I'm just tired and easily confused at the moment...

[morrissey]

Ahh ok, probably just a typo. Sylvia does have access.

[Leper]

Alright, about my earlier nominations (Lunch, Illmatic). Sorry, I didn't realize how the whole modding idea worked, and I now realize how stupid I sounded at the time. And no Jom, I wasn't drunk haha. I think it's best if I just stick to posting in R&M.:)

[JohnXDoe]

He really didn't say they'd be contributing crappy news, just that they would edit/delete any crappy news articles submitted.
Ah, so you are right. Sorry Jom. Didn't mean to misquote you on the internets, and all that. See my excuse below.
Just confused me. I'm just tired and easily confused at the moment...
And I'm burning up with a 101.2 degree temperture with no relief in sight. Not in my right mind at all. As usual.....

[Thor]

*bites nails in anticipation*