A Year... and a Month

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 6th, 2010, 8:47 am

Janin of Yen wrote:

What is the stuff we have to do stuff on? I got confused.

A year, a month, and a day, right?

Erm...

Everyone being here at noon (EST) a year a month and a day from its founding, which is the 21st of this month for a celebration. Tell them to expect surprises, and to attempt to break the record for the most number of users online at once.

And bring a friend. This is a good time for promoting HW.

Also announce that that is when we will be launching the sci-fi forum officially.

Is that it? Am I forgetting anything?

Constable Jaynin Mimetes · **Posted:** October 6th, 2010, 9:40 am

All righty. I've got it. I can draft the announcement, and then post it here for approval. And then you can post it in the morning. (I think you should post it.

)

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 6th, 2010, 10:01 am

Janin of Yen wrote:

All righty. I've got it. I can draft the announcement, and then post it here for approval. And then you can post it in the morning. (I think you should post it.

)

* nods * Sounds like a plan.

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 6th, 2010, 10:47 am

Oh, for your information, I am going to increase the smileys on the forum from 10 to 19 on the celebration day. One of the surprises.

I will also set the permissions so that people can't use more than 5~ smileys in one post, too, though.

Constable Jaynin Mimetes · **Posted:** October 6th, 2010, 11:46 am

With great privilege comes great responsibility, eh? That'll make some interesting character introduction posts.

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 6th, 2010, 11:53 am

Janin of Yen wrote:

With great privilege comes great responsibility, eh? That'll make some interesting character introduction posts.

I included a smiley reading a book, as well as a waving smiley.

(And a :P and a :'( and a few others.)

Arias Mimetes · **Posted:** October 6th, 2010, 1:15 pm

Is it okay if I post about it on my blog, after the announcement tomorrow?

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 6th, 2010, 2:05 pm

Arias Myles wrote:

Is it okay if I post about it on my blog, after the announcement tomorrow?

The birthday? Yes, definitely. Please do. I will be posting on my blog about it this Saturday, Lord willing.

Constable Jaynin Mimetes · **Posted:** October 6th, 2010, 3:03 pm

I kind of ran out of time, and this is not the best I can do, so if anyone would rather write something better, go ahead. But anyway, here's the announcement! I didn't forget anything, did I?

Quote:

Fellow authors and Holy Worlders, greetings.

On September 20, 2009 this site was officially released. That date passed us a few weeks ago, and we scarcely noticed. This does not mean that we are going to neglect the exciting event of our first anniversary however! Indeed not! We have simply postponed it until October 21, exactly a year, a month, and a day from the original launching. We intend to celebrate!

In song, in dance, in great jubilee, there is a celebration being planned for every one of you who make up this fair community and anyone you can bring along! Be here no later than high noon Eastern Standard Time; (11 AM Central Standard Time, 10 AM Mountain Standard Time, 9 AM Pacific Standard Time, and if you live on another continent you have to calculate it yourself,) October the 21st in the year of our Lord two thousand and ten!!!

I am thrilled to announce, that on this most glorious day, we shall officially release Holy Worlds Christian Science Fiction, your sister site. It shall be a double birthday; the anniversary of one and the creation of the other.

So come prepared to be excited! Come prepared to be enchanted! Come prepared to break some records! Come and bring a friend! I promise you that there shall be surprises that you do not want to miss.

Evening L. Aspen · **Joined:** December 2nd, 2009, 11:01 pm **Posts:** 1461

Looks good, Katie. I noticed a couple typos, so I copied and pasted your original message and noted my changes in red and comments in blue.

Vanya Katerina Jaynin wrote:

Fellow authors and Holy Worlders, greetings. [wasn't sure, but I think that the g in greetings should be lower case.]

On September 20, 2009 [I'm not positive, but I think you need a comma here] this site was officially released. That date passed us a few weeks ago, and we scarcely noticed. This does not mean that we are going to neglect the exciting event of our first anniversary, however! Indeed not! We have simply postponed it until October 21, exactly a year, a month, and a day from the original launching! [I'd lose the exclamation point here... there are already quite a few in this paragraph and it takes away the effect]We intend to celebrate!

In song, in dance, in great jubilee, there is a celebration being planned for every one of you who make up this fair community and anyone you can bring along! __[removed two extra spaces]Be here no later than high noon Eastern Standard Time; (11 AM Central Standard Time, 10 AM Mountain Standard Time, 9 AM Pacific Standard Time, and if you live on another continent you have to calculate it yourself,) October the 21st in the year of our Lord two thousand and ten!!!

I am thrilled to announce, that on this most glorious day, we shall officially release Holy Worlds Christian Science Fiction;[this could be a comma...] your sister site. It shall be a double birthday; the anniversary of one and the creation of the other.

So come prepared to be excited! Come prepared to be enchanted! Come prepared to break some records! Come and bring a friend! I promise you that there shall be surprises that you do not want to miss.

Sorry, I couldn't resist. That's my inner editor coming out. Anyways, looks really good. Overall, I'd cut down on exclamation points (yes, I know it's exciting, but too many ruins the effect).

Andrew Amnon Mimetes · **Joined:** May 14th, 2010, 4:43 am **Posts:** 4458

Looks pretty good, Lady VKJ. I would agree with Evening about the exclamation points though...too many seems to ruin the effect.

VKJ wrote:

October the 21st in the year of our Lord two thousand and ten!!!

I'm not an editor...you'll have to ask the new global mod (congratulations, Evening and Lady E!), but I think some things should be capitalized here...like Two Thousand and Ten...but on typing that it looks incorrect, so now that I've shed doubt on an ambiguous point why don't you ask someone who actually knows something about grammar if that's correct.

eruheran

Constable Jaynin Mimetes · **Posted:** October 6th, 2010, 10:40 pm

It works. Still not my best, but it gets word out and that's what we need, yes? Fear not, I agree about the exclamation points. It's a first draft, I don't think about these things.

Changed the original.

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 6:44 am

I would say on or around noon, rather than no later than. * shrugs *

Looks good! Thanks.

Duchess Daisy Mimetes · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 7:11 am

Katie... I have some suggestions and could drum up a few more, but they're not really that important, just little things to make it even better. Do you want them?

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 7:24 am

Duchess daisy wrote:

Katie... I have some suggestions and could drum up a few more, but they're not really that important, just little things to make it even better. Do you want them?

Go ahead while you are on. She isn't yet, and when she comes on she will appreciate them, I think.

Constable Jaynin Mimetes · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 9:44 am

Go ahead. We're supposed to post this today, right?

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 10:04 am

Vanya Katerina Jaynin wrote:

Go ahead. We're supposed to post this today, right?

Yup.

Duchess Daisy Mimetes · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 10:18 am

Vanya Katerina Jaynin wrote:

Fellow authors and Holy Worlders, greetings.

On September 20, 2009 this site was officially released. That date passed us a few weeks ago, and we scarcely noticed. [However,] this does not mean that we are going to neglect the exciting event of our first anniversary {however}! Indeed [maybe say "certainly" instead?] not! We have simply postponed it until October 21, exactly [one] year, [one] month, and [one] day from the original launching. We intend to celebrate!

[mmm... do you need this next part? It sounds cool, but not quite... accurate.] In song, in dance, in great jubilee, {there is} a celebration [is] being planned for every {one of you who make up} [cut and replace with "member of"] this fair community and anyone you can bring along! Be here no later than high noon Eastern Standard Time {;} (11 AM Central Standard Time, 10 AM Mountain Standard Time, 9 AM Pacific Standard Time, and if you live on another continent you have to calculate it yourself,) [on] October the 21st in the year of our Lord two thousand and ten!!!

I am thrilled to announce that, [moved comma to here] on this most glorious day, we shall officially release Holy Worlds Christian Science Fiction, your sister site. It shall be a double birthday; the anniversary of one and the creation of the other.

So come prepared to be excited! Come prepared to be enchanted! Come prepared to break some records! Come and bring a friend! I promise you that there shall be surprises that you do not want to miss.

Note: I decided to use these { } to indicate portions that I think should be removed.

Well, there ya have it. My edits. Take them or leave them.

Constable Jaynin Mimetes · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 10:43 am

Okasy.

Vanya Katerina Jaynin wrote:

Fellow authors and Holy Worlders, greetings.

On September 20, 2009 this site was officially released. That date passed us a few weeks ago, and we scarcely noticed. However,this does not mean that we are going to neglect the exciting event of our first anniversary. Certainly not! We have simply postponed it until October 21, exactly one year, one month, and one day from the original launching. We intend to celebrate!

A celebration is being planned for every member of this fair community and anyone you can bring along! Be here by or around 12 PM Eastern Standard Time (11 AM Central Standard Time, 10 AM Mountain Standard Time, 9 AM Pacific Standard Time, and if you live on another continent you have to calculate it yourself,) on October the 21st in the year of our Lord two thousand and ten!!!

I am thrilled to announce that, on this most glorious day, we shall officially release Holy Worlds Christian Science Fiction, your sister site. It shall be a double birthday; the anniversary of one and the creation of the other.

So come prepared to be excited! Come prepared to be enchanted! Come prepared to break some records! Come and bring a friend! I promise you that there shall be surprises that you do not want to miss.

Good?

Duchess Daisy Mimetes · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 10:51 am

Good! One thing, though; I think you need a space after "However" in this sentence:

Vanya Katerina Jaynin wrote:

However,this does not mean that we are going to neglect the exciting event of our first anniversary.

Other than that, looks like we're good to go!!

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 10:52 am

Duchess Daisy Mimetes · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 10:53 am

Oh, nevermind, I changed it in the announcement.

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 10:55 am

Duchess daisy wrote:

Oh, nevermind, I changed it in the announcement.

Heh, thanks.

Duchess Daisy Mimetes · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 10:57 am

Sir Emeth Mimetes wrote:

Duchess daisy wrote:

Oh, nevermind, I changed it in the announcement.

Heh, thanks.

hehe, you're welcome.

We did it!! It's 11:57 am EST time.

*high fives all round*

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 11:13 am

Cool!

Constable Jaynin Mimetes · **Posted:** October 7th, 2010, 11:18 am

I'm so excited...

Constable Jaynin Mimetes · **Posted:** October 8th, 2010, 5:48 pm

Okay, can we leave the birthday decorations up for a couple of days afterwards for people who weren't here on that date? The special room, the banner, the drabbles, stuff like that. Should we set a date that that will all be closed?

Should we announce the birthday party on the Scifi site as well, just to make sure we direct as much traffic as possible over here?

Will a big increase of traffic to cause any problems with your servers? Just a thought that crossed my brain. You've probably got that covered though, there's not that many members.

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 9th, 2010, 3:18 am

We could leave them up for a couple days, yes. Good idea.

They are scalable. Not quite as good as Amazon WS, but along the same lines.

Constable Jaynin Mimetes · **Posted:** October 9th, 2010, 11:09 pm

So, do we need to discuss who's doing what on the day? We can't all be everywhere at once and there will be a lot to oversee, or won't there?

I know we need people to activate accounts, we'll need someone overseeing the chat room, we'll need someone overseeing the dragon egg hunt. Because if they get really, really stuck we can always give them another clue.

What else are we doing?

Whythawye · **Posted:** October 10th, 2010, 8:48 am

Those three are the most important, I think. We will need someone to activate HWSF accounts as well, and be ready to field any questions over there.

We also need someone to head up the announcements of the 'winners' of the various recognitions (i.e. longest post average, etc.).

What else?

Airianna Valenshia · **Posted:** October 10th, 2010, 8:57 am

I've been activating user accounts over the last few days. I'll be at the birthday bash, so I think I would be able to take care of the user account activations if that would be helpful.

Arias Mimetes · **Posted:** October 10th, 2010, 12:48 pm

I can keep an eye on the chat, at least for a little while. I'm not sure yet how long I'll be able to stay on here that morning, although I'll be back after school.

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