Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-3532537-20131230160411/@comment-4146635-20131230212951

Ok this is all a lot but I have a few solutions. I think we need to take this step by step.

New Shows

Ok I understand there are some issues with the new shows thing. I have a few ideas that may seem irrelevant at first but trust me they have a purpose.

I think we should make a Creation board in the forums. That board will be used to pitch show ideas. The thing is, you guys are saying you want new and original ideas but that is very opinionated. I don't think it's fair that just the admins get to choose what show idea becomes a show. Because to be honest, there are a few shows on this wiki that I would not have let become a show. On this board, users can pitch ideas and then the entire community can come to a conclusion together on that thread about whether it gets picked up or not. That way, all the shows on the wiki are okay with everyone.

I also think that the Creation board should be used for pitching movies and episode ideas. Yes episode ideas. The thing is, we can't keep making new shows. So how about users pitch ideas for episodes for shows? That'd be cool. The creator of the show would make the final decision about whether or not it's used.

I also think we should expand the show amount of shows we have by genre not by shows as a whole. Maybe 3-5 shows per genre. Do you get what I'm saying? So let's say we already have 5 comedy shows. Then we wouldn't look for anymore. But if we have 1 science fiction show then we could look for more of those. Or if we have 2 cartoons, then we could look for more. Not only does this expand the amount of shows we can make but it also diversifies the shows we have. Ya know what I mean? Because let's say (just an example) we already have 10 shows and we don't want more but someone comes up with an idea for a musical show and we don't have any of those but already enough shows. It puts us at a crossroad.

User Problem

I honestly I am still standing for my actor idea. But I think you guys are looking at it the wrong way. When I say using fake actors, I don't mean just writing a fake name on the show/movie page like saying "Luke is played by Jordan Fiddlesticks." Making the actors is going to be so much more bigger than that. Here is my tweaked idea:

On the Creation board, you can also make an actor. Each user can only make up to 5 actors and it doesn't matter their gender. The actor must be approved. They must have a look-a-like. Look-a-likes can ONLY BE USED ONCE. Once the actor is approved, then the user can make a page for the actor and write up a mini biography for them. Then we can have an Actors page where there is a list of all of the actors, giving a headshot of them and their availability. Whenever a user needs to cast a show, they go to that page and see what actors they can use. Whichever one they like best, they ask the user who is managing the actor if they can be in their show/movie. See what I mean? We can also cast shows where users can ask the show creator if they can use their actor for their show/movie. So that's my solution for the user problem.