[breadfan]

Originally Posted by TheGentleman

TL:DR of breadfans post:

1. We're encouraged to find things to write about rather than stuff which is newsworthy because of the "minimum" requirement.
2. Posting updates by blizzard and similar news streams is redundant however if we do wish to continue doing this... why not automate the process?
3. Aim to post about big news rather than just all news
4. Suggestion: Look back at what was popular over the past 6 months and aim to post what's popular.
5. Suggestion: If I'm wanting more articles per month... why not change the minimum?

1. I think a mix is good. I think judgment calls are fine. I agree that stats are always useful, "too much information" doesn't exist. And you could always approach people directly if you are concerned. Even if you ask them to rate their own effort for a certain time frame, and you consider that, and this can be done as formally or informally as you like. Numbers are easy to fall back on since they are just there for all to see, but if I honestly rate myself, there are months where I've done a few posts and I've been happy with my efforts put in to writing those posts, and other months where I've posted the same number of threads or maybe more, but honestly felt like I could have made a bigger effort.

2. You could really just use an RSS feed. Blizzard have done most of the work, all we need is to parse it into a widget http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/feed/news

3. I can appreciate that goal. I guess my issue then is more that there's no distinction between the types of news. I'll use TL as an example - you have Community News & Headlines - only major news appears there such as team and player information, league announcements, patch updates, etc. And not every bit of news cuts it for this list - Snute joining Liquid wasn't deemed worthy (I think that's an oversight but the point remains!).

Then, you have the subsections - TL News Articles has things like recaps of events, player profiles, etc. Spotlight has community contributions, and results has results! Maybe I'm suggesting a more radical overhaul of the layout, but I think if the "News Hub" is truly the goal, such a step is probably necessary. I don't think we can be that hub if all our news is lumped in together.

EDIT: I made a post with a bit of an example here, so as not to clutter the meeting thread

5. Tying in with 1 - I don't think you need to necessarily increase minimums if you add your own judgment to the mix. If it helps, you could consider that first 6 months to have been the trial period where the concern was whether or not members could exceed the minimum - we're left with people who've demonstrated they can, so maybe the approach going forward could be maintaining smoothness/improving what we can, with less focus on numbers (but again, something to keep an eye on in the context of a bigger picture).