Yes, more and more are becoming somwhat hard to catagorize...Phade wrote:Hey Vlad,
I’m sorry if the “no non-anime music videos” stance seems a little sudden. The VCA comes only once a year so the spotlight on the site catalog rules does have a good bit of time between. In the past, such videos have been kinda tolerated since they were few and far between and usually Final Fantasy in nature. But as the site has grown, the frequency and nature of the “non-anime” music videos has drastically changed.
Apology acceptedI apologize if the wording of the rules seemed harsh; I did not mean to offend. I was in the midst of the Off Topic removal backlash at the time, so I may have been a little on-edge when writing them. I did have the forum moderators preview the rules and the ones who read them seemed to think they were all fine.
The rule was not pointed at older members who have had entries from way-back-when and there was an understanding of the purpose of the site. The rule is more pointed at newer members who seem to easily forget that this site is AnimeMusicVideos.org.The severity of the rule is a reflection of the unfortunate attitude of some of the newer members. The severity is meant to have these members take the catalog entries seriously.
. I do understand the issues and fustrations at running this site. I really don't have a problem at removing any non-anime videos from my entires and I do have them posted at my site anyway. What I'll probably do is just mention the ones I have in my profile description and since I have a site link anyone interested in my orther works can go there.Pretty much I'm all for the community to remain a good place. Im my original post, I pretty much wanted to point this out so that not too many people get all upset over it, but 20 years of dealing in the fandom circle had probably gotten to me a bit and so I'm sorry for sounding so harsh.
I don't see that being a problem. One suggestion I may add is to look at maybe making it in some way more general knowledge to the member of what he can and can't enter. It's been a big fuzzy for what is defined as "non-anime" and with more and more AMV related videos, it can get even more confusion and fustrating... I know this will be hard to control anyway since there are so many members and are free to enter what they want, and I'm sure the moderators do not want to spend tons of hours "policing" all the entires. My example would be the ErMaC joke I did at AWA... Technically it's kind of anime related but does not have any anime listings for it, so would this be allowed as an entry?If need be, the VCA can be postponed for a little bit while this and other issues are resolved. Postponement will only occur if it is needed. I currently do not see the need, but I can be convinced if many think it is necessary. There is still pleanty of time for members to "come clean" before possible disqualification.
Phade.
Vlad
