Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-4651179-20150516191719/@comment-61022-20150623142619

I think with TRN's we should implement a means of petitioning, similar to what I have suggested regarding edits in general in this thread. Maybe we should lock down the TRN page, and lock down all TRN pages once they are "complete" in terms of what information is currently available (This would include all related character pages or anything that has a (Earth-TRN###) suffix) Maybe pick a few admins to be TRN champions. So when someone wants to add a TRN or edit one, or create a page regarding a character in said reality, they have to run it by one of the "champions". That person can look into (a) the validity of the request to create a TRN, verify that there isn't already an existing official reality number that already exists, and confirm that the user is actually going to add something of value.

I think this will help because:

(a) admins will assign the numbers (b) we can root out anyone who is just going to copy and paste data from a pre-existing page, or just leaving it blank. (c) prevent the creation of redundant or irrelevant TRNs. (d) educate on how to do proper research when none was executed.

When a user petitions an admin on creating a TRN we could have them specify some pertinent details:

A: What sort of media the reality "exists" in (comic, movie, TV, video games) B: The title of the media C: What characters involved (All of them, not just the major ones) D: Justification for creating a TRN for this media item E: What that person intends to add to these pages once they are created. F: Writing sample

I think points E & F will root out the people who just add TRNs for the same of adding them, if they have to actually show some initiative to actually contribute to the page, we can root out the "Copy & Paste" bandits, blank page contributors, and badge collectors.

Maybe once someone has successfully petitioned a TRN page, the admin creates the required pages and templates them up. That user than has 24-48 hours to add what they wanted before the pages go into lock down.

I would also suggest that the pages should be autoprotected to disallow edits for new and unregistered users. So I suppose as a bit of a caveat to requesting a TRN be created, a user has to have been around long enough to no longer be considered a "new user". I think this will also root out someone who just signs up to add TRNs for video games and then !@#$s off to wherever those irritating non-content contributors go when they fart out their useless edits and additions.