Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-25101690-20160208183149/@comment-26172435-20160209071743

Lol, I wasn't referring to those two aspects. Instead, I referred to 1) the part of my proposal that mentions a review team that screens all proposals (regarding the categories assigned to them) after the 'evaluation' phase by the community has ended, and 2) the part where I propose to have that same review team summarize okayed proposals and present them on a page.

But as you seem interested in the thoughts behind the entry template and the categorizing, I can elaborate a little on those aspects instead.

An entry template can simply consist of 4-6 predefined section headers and a few questions/issues the poster will have to answer/address in each if these sections. This will help everyone to enforce the current rules on suggestions (improvement proposals) regarding them having to be specific, ckncrete and original. If a new entry doesn't meet these three criteria within a week after posting, a moderator can discard the proposal. Simple, straightforward, supporting current rules and very effective.

Categorizing can be inclusive in the template: part of the predefined sections. It only requires a fixed category list, including a 'miscellaneous' category. Categorization can have two dimensions: 1) type, like factions, npc, blocks, etc.; 2) novelty, like 'existing - no new code' and 'new - modders nightmare'. I think for 'novelty' 2, 3 or 4 categories will do. During evaluation insights in the novelty may change and so may the corresponding category tag. Categorization has a few very clear and specific purposes:  1) enable structured presentation of okayed proposals; 2) enable finding related proposals, and 3) secure ownership of review teams assigned to review, summarize and present proposals for the categories entrusted to their final judgement.

The time may have come to just post my proposal as a personal blog, so I can elaborate on the reasoning behind the proposals' aspects. Before I'll do that, I will first use a perfectly exemplary, recently posted, suggestions thread to illustrate why continuation along the present lines is not such a sound idea and why I believe we must step up on organisation and discipline, and how. Later today.