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So you want to Critic an Application?


QuickLime

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So I'm sure you'v seen the RPH around and have thought to yourself..

"HEY ! I can do that! :D"

Well you'd be right! In fact helping other people with their applications is how a lot of the RPH that are in work today have THEIR jobs, I myself started out helping out with applications, with the sheer desire to help this site's users expand their work, and to do the very best that they can.

However one should be sure to do this job for the right reason, if you get some glee out of tearing someone's application to shreds? This isn't the job for you, if you do it to lord over users and feel superior? Also not the job for you! The reason you should do this is to help other people grow as writers, after all we all are here to roleplay yes? We should encourage others to always do their very best, and encourage them to ever improve!

BUT if you want to help your fellow users, then you are going to have to follow some guidelines, some rules if you will, to ensure that you don't lead them astray!

First and foremost, please read the Elements of Honesty, and keep them close to read again if you are unsure of something you want to say, for example, you should NEVER come in and act like you are a Roleplay Helper, a simple disclaimer saying you aren't staff and that anything you say is just your own thoughts that may be corrected by official staff.

Never use words like "Cant, not allowed, wont" ect, in fact the Elements of Honesty say it best themselves.

:AJ: Don't be usin' absolute statements like can/can't/will/won't.

Leave it to the RP Helpers to decide what is okay in an application or not,

Be polite and respectful to the person you are helping, don't make them feel bad, but DO feel free to offer them suggestions, critiquing an application is far more than saying what is wrong with it, it's suggesting how to fix it, and also praising what is genuinely good about it! Build people up, don't crush them down!

If a user acts hostile, or unhappy with your help then bow out gracefully and let a staff member handle them, if a staff member comes in to handle an application, bow out and let them handle it (It's their job after all, if they don't do it they get the fungeon :( )

Don't argue with a user in their app, even if they disagree, and overall keep in mind that you are there to help, if they don't want your help then that's okay! ;)

And please please PLEASE above all else, CHECK YOUR FACTS! Don't suggest something because you THINK it's true! Read the site rules, read the rp rules, read the site lore, before correcting something you THINK is wrong but aren't sure of, and in fact if you really aren't sure, don't mention it at all and let a staff member point it out instead!

We appreciate your efforts to better the site, help with these suggestions/guidelines in place and things should go hunky dory! Read the Elements of Honesty, be kind, be respectful, and be helpful!

This is QuickLime signing off!

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Definitely a helpful article. I've wanted to help with newcomers with their apps for a while now, but I was always nervous about where the lines between 'helpful critique' and 'harsh paper-ripping' were. Now I have a much better idea. :)

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