Board Thread:Pitches/@comment-4146635-20141229023940

Greetings everyone, it's Matt here doing a little wiki clean up so we can be ready for 2015! Wiki clean up will probably need a bit more than what we're just doing here but this is what I think a good part of it.

So first, we recently have the following inactive managers: Aleeha.Alavi, Julycorman, Junatina, MadaraUchiha234, Sweetcupcakes12, TaylorLovesPink14

From these managers, here are the list of actors that will be deleted:
 * Taylor Adams
 * Loic Walker
 * Ethan Grayson

Here are actors that are available to be adopted:
 * Jennifer Jacoby Olsen (one month until deletion)
 * Alexis Thomson (regular in James in Hollywood, in pilot The Dark Side)
 * Austin Edwards (recurring in Luke & Lauren, regular in Leslie Wireless)
 * Jessica Willows (signed to Wiki Records, regular in Miss Good Girl)
 * Anna Pond (recurring in What's Up With...?)
 * Anthony Williams (in pilot, The Dark Side)
 * Erin Thompson (in pilot, The Dark Side)
 * Jack Wright (in Trapped: The Escape Challenge)
 * Katy Young (regular in Luke & Lauren)
 * Trey Cameron (regular in Gary and Gerry and in Too Little Too Late)
 * Val Mitchell (recurring in In Due Time)
 * Lavender Haleigh (one month until deletion)

The following users are close to inactivity LlamaSpearsTimberlake (about 4 days), HazelBlues (about 20 days), and ExtraExtraOrdinary (about 16 days). Their actors are: This isn't to make any of those users feel bad, this is just so that we can easier keep track of them if they are to become inactive.
 * Bethany Valentine (signed to Wiki Records
 * Tina Levigne (unemployed)
 * Victoria Caliente (unemployed)
 * Troianne Anderson (unemployed)
 * Lorraine Watson (unemployed)

So now that that is out of the way, we recently have had quite a few new rules proposed on this thread and this thread. Everyone seemed to like them so here are the rules sorted out:
 * In contracts for series, a statement about the actors' commitment to the show (individually and/or separately) must be included (Ex: Josh Kenson must act in at most ten episodes of the series).
 * If you have any special requests for your actor in a show where they must take a temporary absence from a show, please speak with the show creator about it.
 * When seasons of shows are picked up, a time span for the length of the season's run must be decided upon (Ex: Miss Good Girl season 2 will air from January 2015 to August 2015). It can be extended as more episodes are ordered.
 * The amount of actors you have signed to Wiki Records can only make up 1/2 the amount of actors you have.
 * Users are now allowed to create singers, plain singers who do not act and only have a singing career, signed to Wiki Records. However, the amount of singers you have can only make up 1/4 the amount of actors you have.
 * All owners of shows must have all the episodes that will air in a certain month up and ready on the page before that month arrives so that they can be included in the monthly Wiki Channel programming highlights. Changes, however, are allowed if needed.
 * All programming events should strive to be posted before the month arrives as well so that they can be included on time.

I just want to make sure everyone agrees with these new additions and rules! I also pitched an idea on one of those threads but no one replied. I think that instead of just having series contracts, I think we should also have season contracts. The series contract for a show would include the back-up users, requests for the series, etc. Things that are for the series as a whole. Season contracts would include would include specifics to the season like how many episodes it starts off with, how many specials it'll have, etc. Those contracts would also include the statements about the actors (since it changes per season). Season contracts can be contracts that are easily changeable since new episodes are always ordered and stuff.

I also think that casting calls should include contract statements for each character. Just like how regulars need contracts, I think recurring/guest characters should get contracts as well because it's not fair if a recurring or guest character can just be pulled out a show by the manager at anytime. So basically, along with the casting call, the person making the call would add a mini contract statement that anyone auditioning will be linked to if they receive the role. If any adjustments should be made, the manager of the actor who gets the role can just contact the caster and see if they can get it altered. So for example, if I was casting a character in HSS named Sally, I could add the contract statement "Sally must appear in at most ten episodes of season 2." That way, anyone auditioning will know. The contract statement will then be added to the show's season contract for whatever season it's in. Once you audition your actor, you're putting your actor at the possibility of having that contract (if you have objections, say so when you audition them).

I also think that, since actors in shows will be included in contracts, it's important that users are involved in the contract discussions of shows that their actors are in so they can make sure the contract is in favor of their actor. Maybe we should make a rule that if a user is making any drastic changes to an actor's participation in their show, they'll have to contact their manager so they'll be aware (Ex: If an actor is being made recurring instead of main, they'll need to tell the manager). And kind of vice versa, if a manager wants changes made to their actor's participation in a show, they can tell the show producer.

Okay one last thing! I think we need to start contracts for movies as well. I mean, when an actor is cast in a movie, they are kind of automatically contracted to it. But the contract would just state the back-up user, maybe special requests for the movie, and possibly statements about the actors.

So please reply to those propositions giving your opinions and please tell whether you are okay with us putting the new rules into action or not. Lastly, all show producers please remember to add the episodes of your show for January, we only have 3 days of 2014 left! And remember, there are a ton of actors up there for people to adopt! Sorry this was lengthy! :) 