Difference between revisions of "Staff"
(re-arranged to put descriptions as header to the staff lists - updated some content - let tables be auto-width, it still needs table bg so the gaming orange isn't quite so horrible) |
(→Currently Unstaffed or Merged Areas: - changed name to Other Areas - added blogs) |
||
Line 184: | Line 184: | ||
− | == | + | ==Other Areas== |
+ | ==='''TWC Blogs'''=== | ||
+ | :''Main Article: [[TWC Blogs]]'' | ||
+ | '''TWC Blogs''' are not managed by any specific department. Hex control access to the blog user group, see the [[TWC:FAQ#Blogs|FAQ]] for how to apply. Discuss the blogs [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?803379-The-CMS-Blogging-thread! here]. '''View the blogs [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/blog.php here].''' | ||
+ | |||
==={{Modding Colour|text=Modding Staff}}=== | ==={{Modding Colour|text=Modding Staff}}=== | ||
+ | :''Main Article: [[Modding Staff]]'' | ||
The roles of the Modding Staff have recently been merged with the Content Staff , Moderation and Administration branches. The areas of responsibility are split as follows: | The roles of the Modding Staff have recently been merged with the Content Staff , Moderation and Administration branches. The areas of responsibility are split as follows: | ||
*'''[[TWC Downloads]]''' - management of this section is now carried out by Content Staff [[Staff#TWC Downloads|see above]]. Problems with Downloads or comments in that section can be reported [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?796222 here]. | *'''[[TWC Downloads]]''' - management of this section is now carried out by Content Staff [[Staff#TWC Downloads|see above]]. Problems with Downloads or comments in that section can be reported [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?796222 here]. | ||
Line 193: | Line 198: | ||
*'''Updates to the [[Modding Registry]]''' - will also be dealt with by Modding Hex. | *'''Updates to the [[Modding Registry]]''' - will also be dealt with by Modding Hex. | ||
− | ==={{Content Colour|text=The TWC Facebook | + | ==={{Content Colour|text=The University}}=== |
+ | :''Main Article: [[TWC University]]'' | ||
+ | The '''University''' takes care of organizing and running courses based on varying subjects; while modding-related stuff is usually more common, you can find there courses about history, language or misc subjects as well. Anyone can become a Professor: all that you need to have is an interesting course and some students for your class! '''View the forum [https://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?370-TWC-University here].''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==={{Content Colour|text=TWC Facebook Page}}=== | ||
Follow TWC on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/twcnet here] | Follow TWC on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/twcnet here] | ||
Line 199: | Line 208: | ||
At the official '''[https://www.cafepress.com/twcenter Total War Center Shop]''' you can get gear featuring official TWC logos and artwork, as well as art from some of your favorite mods. Each item you purchase puts $2 towards the support of TWC. Funds received from this store will be used to maintain and run TWC. This includes server maintenance, hosting, various software licenses, and prizes and competitions. | At the official '''[https://www.cafepress.com/twcenter Total War Center Shop]''' you can get gear featuring official TWC logos and artwork, as well as art from some of your favorite mods. Each item you purchase puts $2 towards the support of TWC. Funds received from this store will be used to maintain and run TWC. This includes server maintenance, hosting, various software licenses, and prizes and competitions. | ||
− | + | ||
− | |||
Revision as of 06:26, 7 May 2020
- TWC Staff are in charge of running various parts of the site.
- They currently fall into six major categories with their own colour coding:
- Hex (aka Administration), Moderation, Technical, Content, Gaming and Awards, and Tribunes.
- They currently fall into six major categories with their own colour coding:
- For more information about the site, see also:
The Staff of Total War Center
Hexagon Council (Administration)
The Hexagon Council or ‘Hex’ are the main body which performs the day-to-day administration of Total War Center and its forums. They are the highest rank of staff on Total War Center and can be contacted should you have any concerns or questions that you feel other staff cannot answer.
|
Moderators
Moderators form the body which performs the vast majority of day-to-day front-line moderation and they work to ensure the Terms of Service are upheld. Please see the TWC FAQ for information on Moderator Actions, Infractions and Appeals.
|
Technical Staff
Total War Center's Technical Staff fix technical problems on the site, ensure that it runs smoothly and may add, configure or remove features if necessary. If you wish to discuss issues related to TWC's software or hardware and for queries like "Why doesn't this feature work?" or "I found something wrong", please use The Questions & Suggestions forum.
|
Tribunes
The Tribunes form part of the Tribunal, a body which exists to provide those members of TWC who have been punished by the Moderation Branch with a place to request the reversal of their punishment.
Please see the TWC FAQ for information on Infractions and Appeals.
|
Content Staff
Content Staff are members of Total War Center who are dedicated to providing quality content including articles, interviews, reviews, art, competitions and news. All the sections below are overseen by Content Hex.
Content ArtistsThe Content Artists make and improve the site's graphics. In addition they are able to provide art for TWC members on request, including sigs, userbars, badges, and banners. See the Graphics Workshop here The Critic's Quill & Writers' Study
The Writers' Study runs a range of weekly and monthly competitions, in addition to regularly encouraging all forms of creative writing. The staff are also responsible for the Critic's Quill, which produces articles related to the creative writing that has been submitted to the Writers' Study. View the Writers' Study here and the Critic's Quill here
The Eagle Standard
The Eagle Standard staff write articles on everything relating to TW games and mods. The articles range from game reviews to modding news, reviews and previews, occasional interviews with modders and reports on the TWC Modding Awards. View the Eagle Standard here.
The Gamer's Gazette
Dedicated to bringing you the latest and greatest non-Total War game reviews, news, and videos! View the Gamer's Gazette here.
The Helios
The Helios staff write articles and reviews about anything connected with history. They provide reviews of historical TV shows and history books, academic analysis and personal reflections on the subject of historical eras and events. Read the Helios here.
The News & Twitter Team
The News Team produces TWC's Front Page Announcements and brings Total War and Total War Center to the unwashed Twitter masses 140 characters at a time!. They promote Total War games, mods and modding tools, as well as announcing other items that might be of interest to TWC members. View the latest announcements on the front page. Follow here.
The Picture & Video CompetitionsThe Picture & Video Competition Director runs three weekly Picture competitions for edited and non-edited screenshots from Total War and non-Total War games. In addition, there is a monthly Total War Video Competition. If competitions do not particularly interest you, feel free to visit anyway to share your screenshots and perhaps get tips n' tricks. Visit the forum here. The Scriptorium
Librarians decide on the content of the Scriptorium and are the general custodians of the archives of TWC. As such, they are constantly looking around the forums in search of good articles, worthy of submission to The Scriptorium. View the forum here.
TWC Downloads
The TWC Downloads section allows members to upload and access small (max 100 MB) mods, tools and resources etc. Contact the staff for questions about the section as well as to report errors, dead/wrong links, wrong file size, and if needed, ask for advice about the file uploading or updating process.
The TWC Wiki Team
The Wiki Team adds content and updates the Wiki on subjects including; the Total War games, mods, modding and the TWC Forum itself. The team also supervise contributions made to the Wiki by other forum members. You are here!
|
Gaming Staff & Awards
Gaming Staff are responsible for operating the official TWC Gaming aspects of the website. They are also responsible for running the annual Site Awards and the General Competitions. The staff of all the sections shown below are overseen by the relevant Hex. Play by Post RPGsThe Play-by-Post RPG Gaming Staff is responsible for overseeing the TWC Play-by-Post Community Section, promoting a friendly atmosphere, helping in the creation of roleplays and aiding in, not only forum moderation, but game moderation. The Gaming Staff also helps in moderating the community's discord server and ensuring that the same guidelines on the forum are applied there as well. Visit the forum here
Total War HotseatsThe Hotseat Gaming Staff are responsible for overseeing the Total War Hotseat Section and ensuring that the sections remains a friendly environment where anyone can feel welcome participating in the multiplicity of different hotseats available on Total War Center. Additionally, Gaming Staff are responsible for running official tournaments and the different official hotseat series in addition to numerous other hotseat games on various mods and submods. Visit the forum here
General CompetitionsThe Post of the Fortnight Gaming Staff is responsible for setting up the Nominations and Voting threads within the PotF Competition; they also keep the Leaderboard and Anthology threads updated. PotF Competition is aimed at promoting quality posting within the Discussion and Debated area of the Forum; it has been created and set up following the Proposal which was originally developed within the Curia. Visit the forum here The Total Guess Competition Gaming Staff is mainly responsible for registering the Competition Points within the various TGC games; they also keep the Leaderboard updated. TGC was created on an idea originally discussed within the Question and Suggestion Forum and it's intended to reward those who are regular players of the various Guess/Name/Identify games around TWC. Visit the TGC thread here
Template:CompetitionsStaffList Awards
Site AwardsYearly Site Awards are dividend into two different groups, Members and Modding. Such awards are managed by a Hexagon Administrator, but differently from the other activities in the Gaming and Competitions, they are run by two separate Committees which are not necessarily made up of Staffers or Citizens (though normally most of them are indeed Staffers from other departments, or Citizens). Everybody is welcomed to apply for a position within such Committees. - TWC Modding Awards: These Awards are meant to reward worthy mods (including tools and resources) and modders (including tools and resources makers) hosted or anyways present at TWC. The Modding Awards have been held since 2005 and have evolved as the TW games (and their popularity and moddability) evolved themselves over the time. They originated as a Curial activity (with the supervision of Administration), but since 2014 edition they are managed directly by the Awards Hexer with the support and work of the Modding Awards Committee. Visit the Modding Awards forum here - TWC Member Awards: These Awards are meant to reward all the worthy TWC members, as nominated and voted by the TWC membership itself. They include categories ranging from the Best Debater up to the Favorite Staff member, and they have evolved over the years as the site and its community evolved itself. First edition was held on 2005 and it originated as a Curial activity, but since 2013 edition they are managed directly by the Awards Hexer with the support and work of the Member Awards Committee. Visit the Member Awards forum here Hexagon Council AwardsThose awards are handed out at the discretion of Administration. They are the Milestone Award, the Survivor Award and the Laurel Cluster. See the complete list with descriptions here |
Other Areas
TWC Blogs
- Main Article: TWC Blogs
TWC Blogs are not managed by any specific department. Hex control access to the blog user group, see the FAQ for how to apply. Discuss the blogs here. View the blogs here.
Modding Staff
- Main Article: Modding Staff
The roles of the Modding Staff have recently been merged with the Content Staff , Moderation and Administration branches. The areas of responsibility are split as follows:
- TWC Downloads - management of this section is now carried out by Content Staff see above. Problems with Downloads or comments in that section can be reported here.
- Tutorial Indexes - will be managed by Content Staff, with the involvement of Wiki editors and Librarians.
- Modding and Modification Forums - moving threads and updating links will be carried out by the Moderation Staff.
- Applications for Hosted Mod Forums - will be dealt with by Modding Hex: lolIsuck & Dismounted Feudal Knight
- Updates to the Modding Registry - will also be dealt with by Modding Hex.
The University
- Main Article: TWC University
The University takes care of organizing and running courses based on varying subjects; while modding-related stuff is usually more common, you can find there courses about history, language or misc subjects as well. Anyone can become a Professor: all that you need to have is an interesting course and some students for your class! View the forum here.
TWC Facebook Page
Follow TWC on Facebook here
The TWC Store
At the official Total War Center Shop you can get gear featuring official TWC logos and artwork, as well as art from some of your favorite mods. Each item you purchase puts $2 towards the support of TWC. Funds received from this store will be used to maintain and run TWC. This includes server maintenance, hosting, various software licenses, and prizes and competitions.
:Credits: Many of the descriptions used here were taken from an original forum post by Commissar Caligula_
Total War Center Information: The Total War Center | Terms of Service | FAQ | |
---|---|
TWC Staff | Hexagon Council | Content Staff | Moderation Staff | Technical Staff | Tribunes |
Content Areas | The Writers' Study | The Graphics Workshop | The Eagle Standard | Gamer's Gazette | The Helios | The Scriptorium | TWC News |
Medals and Awards | Curia Awards (The Curia) | Hexagon Council Awards | Site Service Awards | Special Contribution Awards | Members' Awards | Contest Awards | Citizenship |
History of TWC | History of the Syntagma | Triumvirates on TWC | Gaming Staff | Modding Staff | Curial Officers | Personal Perspectives |
Other TWC Information: | Mod Register | TWC Downloads | User Badges | Forum Overviews | TWC Blogs | TWC Discord |
Other Wiki Sections: Total War Series | Total War Mods | Modding Portal | TWC Wiki |