It works pretty well at work so hopefully it'll make moderating the server easy since that way everyone knows where they stand. Thank you for the feedback and no rush, I understand timezones and irl can get in the way.
I really like the idea of having period masterlist like that though I feel like that'd need some collaboration and input from other folks in the server. Maybe also suggested reading for folks not sure where to start with research into those periods? I'm awful at coming up with prompts so maybe that could be something that's opened up to the server and folks in can suggest prompts? Could be both lit and art challenges that's low pressure stuff folks could take or leave. I'll def go over games forum and see if there's anything that could be put into the server.
Stuff I drafted for rules so far is under the cut.
All skill levels are welcome here. As long as you're respectful to those in the server and the subject matters you deal with, we're good!
Disclaimer: This server deals with ideologically sensitive material pertaining to past conflict including WW1 and WW2. By asking to join the server you agree you are comfortable with being exposed to such content.
This server operates on a 3-strike system. 1 strike = first offence. A warning with an explanation of where the rule breaking occurred. 2 strikes = 2nd offence and final warning. Again, an explanation of where the rule breaking occurred will be given as well as a reminder this is a final warning before a block boot. 3 strikes = Block boot. It will be explained to you why you have been kicked from the server.
General rules: 1) No LGBT+ phobia. No Ace/Aro discourse. This is a LGBT+ friendly space. LGBT+ creators and content are welcome here. 2) Server is 18+ only. You MUST be comfortable with listing your age or stating you're 18+ or 20+ to gain access to the server. 3) NSFW is allowed but the parties involved MUST be over the age of 18. NSFW work must be kept into the appropriate channel. 4) No political (including Brexit) and/or religious discussion/debates. Likewise, this server is not a place to discuss Social Justice issues. 5) WW2 German OC's ARE allowed and welcome within the server but please understand that: Actual fascists will be yeeted. This is not a space for you to promote far right politics. See rule 4. Discourse over German OC's will not be tolerated, it should be a given their owner does not share their OC's political beliefs or indeed that the OC themselves may not agree to Nazi ideals. 6) No ship drama or discourse. If someone OTP's your NOTP, agree to disagree. A/N: I'm not sure how intense ship wars/drama is in historical fiction/war drama, fandoms since rn I only read fic for the 2017 Dunkirk movie but seeing as I have seen a bit of ship discourse in the Dunkirk fandom I figured it'd be safe to put something up to account for the possibility of it being an issue.
Straight to final warning: Attempts to start political/religious/social justice debate. See rule 4.
Automatic block boots: 1) Lying about your age to access the server and the NSFW channel. 2) Hate speech or discourse aimed at LGBT+, religious and ethnic minorities. 2) Art/OC theft. Must be backed up with solid evidence if caught happening within the server. 3) Posting artwork/content depicting pedophilia and incest.
Yeah true, I can see the tediousness in it though it might be convenient for anyone that shares resources, and for anybody that might be looking for them (it does get frustrating when you can't find exactly what you're looking for) if you were to consider adding it later on. Suggested reading sounds like a fantastic idea and yeah afaik prompts are mostly influences by people's suggestions anyway so that shouldn't be too bad; I really like the idea of lit and art challenges. It could also be worthwhile just throwing up a small suggestions channel in the Discord itself and seeing if people could propose any different ideas that they might have already picked up along the way previously, and I suppose that in itself has some community involvement with people helping to build the server. Overnight I also pondered some sort of rewards systems for prompts or general helpfulness (proposing ideas to the different channels, prompts, reading etc.) to help a motive in putting their time into the place, but I don't know how that might go down without funding of some sort.
Love the rules tbh simple but super effective. My only pointers might be that NSFW of certain kinks/topics might want to be tagged appropriately, hopped under a spoiler if they're something particularly gnarly (thinking violence etc.), and perhaps that extremities might want to be added to the BB3 for others' additional comfort such as rape/necrophilia/anything super strange like hygiene-related kinks. I'm not sure how the stance would be on banning these but they might be better off adding to the list and seeing if anybody in the server would have any different opinions on them, though it might be a touch distasteful to allow them.
Was gonna reply yesterday but I'd spent all day doing uni forms and got to a point where words stopped being words so thought I'd leave it until I'd rested.
I def get that, tbh half of why I wondered about a recommended reading is sometimes it's tricky and overwhelming just knowing where to start? Ngl I put off digging deeper into researching the Lancaster bit of my WW2 plot for so long because of that but I do think a media recs and suggested reading would be best and most effective as a collaborative effort.
A suggestions channel is def a good shout. I'm interested in a rewards system but I'm not sure what to offer? I need to get back into discord and see how other people do rewards for that kind of thing, if they utilize such a system then go from there. That and now there's a base idea in place for the server I'm looking to actually start making it soon.
Rape/necrophilia will def be going on the not allowed list, thanks for reminding me of that. In regards to the strange/hygiene related kinks I had thought about not allowing them (I know I would not feel comfortable in a server that allowed those kinds of things) but hadn't got as far as adding it into the ruleset. How about this amendment to the NSFW rule?
3) NSFW is allowed but the parties involved MUST be over the age of 18. NSFW work must be kept into the appropriate channel. Content depicting pedophilia, rape, incest, necrophilia, diapers/scat, watersport, vomit play, vore, inflation/fat fetish, stomp/snuff that's about all I can think of for extreme strange/hygiene fetishes that might make folk uncomfortable? If I'm missing some that really need to be noted feel free to give me a nudge are not allowed within the server. Art depicting BDSM is allowed but should be placed under a spoiler and warned for as appropriate.
As for violence and sensitive content, how about this for an additional rule?
Content depicting violence/gore or sensitive/potentially triggering topics should be placed under a spoiler and warned for as appropriate.
No problem at all, take your time! sorry for the late reply myself
Yeah that's totally fair, I think it'd be a good idea to include it in there for people. The only real worry I suppose is how it'd show up on the server but it might be wise to just have suggested reading channels for each era if that wasn't a plan already. I'm not sure how it could be done otherwise without a third-party site like a Google Doc, or some serious organising; the former would be way easier for people to find what they want.
If it's OC-centric I think art and writing would be enough to give people a taste to contribute tbh that's usually enough without bringing money into it. The servers I'm on atm do little contests like the Hunger Games simulator in between actual prompts and always reward art to the winning character, for example. I suppose another idea might be some sort of points system, which might be especially effective with prompts, and tallying the count at the end of a certain period (a week, a month, etc.) and rewarding the character with the most points or awarding characters who have been particularly active/developed/entered for prompts. I don't know how effective that'd be in itself so it's probably not worth doing but I've seen that be done once or twice to encourage teamplay between people
That's fair! Love the sound of how the rule sits atm, though if other kinks are fine it might be best adding them alongside BDSM in the last sentence just so that the rule speaks a bit more clearly without people having to ask questions about it first. The last rule sounds just fine to me too tbh! also LOL I had no idea what stomp was what a great shame that that's a thing
Sorry I've been afik been figuring out how discord works and starting to put this server together. It's been so long since I last went on discord it took 30 mins to get past the updates lmao.
That's how I did it in the end. I made a channel for folks to ask for help if they're not getting anywhere with google and need pointing in the right direction, I've also split it by period after that. Ended up using channel groups so it can be collapsed down out of the way.
I'll def consider the idea, it sounds like I'm being difficult and resisting the suggestion but I am reluctant to put art/writing rewards in place just yet purely because I am planning to go to uni next year and idk how much that'll affect my activity and energy levels for drawing, especially since it is a largely practical course. I think the best thing would be to see how things go then go from there! That does sound interesting so I will look into doing something like that. Would probably be best to wait until there's more members before putting on an event like that.
I decided to split BDSM and kinks that are allowed into it's separate channel away from the general NSFW channel. Both are agelocked channels that (hopefully) you'd have to ask to opt-in/opt out as I've seen another channel do. I've also put a note in the NSFW rule that by asking for kinky-nsfw category means you consent to seeing BDSM related content.
I've also broken the server down into categories so we have:
general which covers rules, intro, general chat, fandom, suggestions/feedback and help center.
Art share, broken down by periods. Also includes a section for sharing OC profiles, sharing stories/fic snippets sharing WIP's and sketches, story related stuff and requests for feedback.
Resource and media recs, again broken down by periods + channel to ask for help writing historical fiction OC's.
Fun Stuff - games and such will go here.
smut corner - nsfw channels are here.
Aye it is a shame but I've seen so much of it on the front page of FA I thought I'd better account for it.
The server's almost ready to go I just need to figure out how to set the nsfw servers so they're invite only.
Oh wow rofl no worries though, no need to apologise at all! Sounds good though tbh I love the sound of that
You're fine, don't worry! I can see how it might be a bit of a chore when the community is small (getting to show off OCs and one's own art/writing/etc. is motivation enough to do prompts anyway tbh), especially if you're busy yourself. Could be worth noting for later and seeing if you can take some sort of poll on it from the people in the server when it busies up.
Nice, that's a good idea! the layout you have for the channels sounds good, though tbh I'm somewhat confused by how the periods are laid out, but then I think that we would have had different visions for how it might work. I suppose it'd be easier to make sense of to see it, it sounds fantastic overall though and can't think of anything that would need adding or removing without other third-party feedback
LMAO you're good the world is better off without that sort of stuff I feel like
afaik the only/easiest way to do that would be by creating a role specifically for the nsfw channel and restricting access to everyone from posting/reading in it; there's a post here that explains how to do it if this helps you figure it out (presuming you haven't yet but I apologise if you have)
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It works pretty well at work so hopefully it'll make moderating the server easy since that way everyone knows where they stand. Thank you for the feedback and no rush, I understand timezones and irl can get in the way.
I really like the idea of having period masterlist like that though I feel like that'd need some collaboration and input from other folks in the server. Maybe also suggested reading for folks not sure where to start with research into those periods? I'm awful at coming up with prompts so maybe that could be something that's opened up to the server and folks in can suggest prompts? Could be both lit and art challenges that's low pressure stuff folks could take or leave. I'll def go over games forum and see if there's anything that could be put into the server.
Stuff I drafted for rules so far is under the cut.
All skill levels are welcome here. As long as you're respectful to those in the server and the subject matters you deal with, we're good!
Disclaimer: This server deals with ideologically sensitive material pertaining to past conflict including WW1 and WW2. By asking to join the server you agree you are comfortable with being exposed to such content.
This server operates on a 3-strike system.
1 strike = first offence. A warning with an explanation of where the rule breaking occurred.
2 strikes = 2nd offence and final warning. Again, an explanation of where the rule breaking occurred will be given as well as a reminder this is a final warning before a block boot.
3 strikes = Block boot. It will be explained to you why you have been kicked from the server.
General rules:
1) No LGBT+ phobia. No Ace/Aro discourse. This is a LGBT+ friendly space. LGBT+ creators and content are welcome here.
2) Server is 18+ only. You MUST be comfortable with listing your age or stating you're 18+ or 20+ to gain access to the server.
3) NSFW is allowed but the parties involved MUST be over the age of 18. NSFW work must be kept into the appropriate channel.
4) No political (including Brexit) and/or religious discussion/debates. Likewise, this server is not a place to discuss Social Justice issues.
5) WW2 German OC's ARE allowed and welcome within the server but please understand that:
Actual fascists will be yeeted. This is not a space for you to promote far right politics. See rule 4.
Discourse over German OC's will not be tolerated, it should be a given their owner does not share their OC's political beliefs or indeed that the OC themselves may not agree to Nazi ideals.
6) No ship drama or discourse. If someone OTP's your NOTP, agree to disagree. A/N: I'm not sure how intense ship wars/drama is in historical fiction/war drama, fandoms since rn I only read fic for the 2017 Dunkirk movie but seeing as I have seen a bit of ship discourse in the Dunkirk fandom I figured it'd be safe to put something up to account for the possibility of it being an issue.
Straight to final warning:
Attempts to start political/religious/social justice debate. See rule 4.
Automatic block boots:
1) Lying about your age to access the server and the NSFW channel.
2) Hate speech or discourse aimed at LGBT+, religious and ethnic minorities.
2) Art/OC theft. Must be backed up with solid evidence if caught happening within the server.
3) Posting artwork/content depicting pedophilia and incest.
4 years, 7 months ago
Yeah true, I can see the tediousness in it though it might be convenient for anyone that shares resources, and for anybody that might be looking for them (it does get frustrating when you can't find exactly what you're looking for) if you were to consider adding it later on. Suggested reading sounds like a fantastic idea and yeah afaik prompts are mostly influences by people's suggestions anyway so that shouldn't be too bad; I really like the idea of lit and art challenges. It could also be worthwhile just throwing up a small suggestions channel in the Discord itself and seeing if people could propose any different ideas that they might have already picked up along the way previously, and I suppose that in itself has some community involvement with people helping to build the server. Overnight I also pondered some sort of rewards systems for prompts or general helpfulness (proposing ideas to the different channels, prompts, reading etc.) to help a motive in putting their time into the place, but I don't know how that might go down without funding of some sort.
Love the rules tbh simple but super effective. My only pointers might be that NSFW of certain kinks/topics might want to be tagged appropriately, hopped under a spoiler if they're something particularly gnarly (thinking violence etc.), and perhaps that extremities might want to be added to the BB3 for others' additional comfort such as rape/necrophilia/anything super strange like hygiene-related kinks. I'm not sure how the stance would be on banning these but they might be better off adding to the list and seeing if anybody in the server would have any different opinions on them, though it might be a touch distasteful to allow them.
4 years, 7 months ago
Was gonna reply yesterday but I'd spent all day doing uni forms and got to a point where words stopped being words so thought I'd leave it until I'd rested.
I def get that, tbh half of why I wondered about a recommended reading is sometimes it's tricky and overwhelming just knowing where to start? Ngl I put off digging deeper into researching the Lancaster bit of my WW2 plot for so long because of that but I do think a media recs and suggested reading would be best and most effective as a collaborative effort.
A suggestions channel is def a good shout. I'm interested in a rewards system but I'm not sure what to offer? I need to get back into discord and see how other people do rewards for that kind of thing, if they utilize such a system then go from there. That and now there's a base idea in place for the server I'm looking to actually start making it soon.
Rape/necrophilia will def be going on the not allowed list, thanks for reminding me of that. In regards to the strange/hygiene related kinks I had thought about not allowing them (I know I would not feel comfortable in a server that allowed those kinds of things) but hadn't got as far as adding it into the ruleset. How about this amendment to the NSFW rule?
3) NSFW is allowed but the parties involved MUST be over the age of 18. NSFW work must be kept into the appropriate channel.
Content depicting pedophilia, rape, incest, necrophilia, diapers/scat, watersport, vomit play, vore, inflation/fat fetish, stomp/snuff that's about all I can think of for extreme strange/hygiene fetishes that might make folk uncomfortable? If I'm missing some that really need to be noted feel free to give me a nudge are not allowed within the server. Art depicting BDSM is allowed but should be placed under a spoiler and warned for as appropriate.
As for violence and sensitive content, how about this for an additional rule?
Content depicting violence/gore or sensitive/potentially triggering topics should be placed under a spoiler and warned for as appropriate.
4 years, 7 months ago
No problem at all, take your time! sorry for the late reply myself
Yeah that's totally fair, I think it'd be a good idea to include it in there for people. The only real worry I suppose is how it'd show up on the server but it might be wise to just have suggested reading channels for each era if that wasn't a plan already. I'm not sure how it could be done otherwise without a third-party site like a Google Doc, or some serious organising; the former would be way easier for people to find what they want.
If it's OC-centric I think art and writing would be enough to give people a taste to contribute tbh that's usually enough without bringing money into it. The servers I'm on atm do little contests like the Hunger Games simulator in between actual prompts and always reward art to the winning character, for example. I suppose another idea might be some sort of points system, which might be especially effective with prompts, and tallying the count at the end of a certain period (a week, a month, etc.) and rewarding the character with the most points or awarding characters who have been particularly active/developed/entered for prompts. I don't know how effective that'd be in itself so it's probably not worth doing but I've seen that be done once or twice to encourage teamplay between people
That's fair! Love the sound of how the rule sits atm, though if other kinks are fine it might be best adding them alongside BDSM in the last sentence just so that the rule speaks a bit more clearly without people having to ask questions about it first. The last rule sounds just fine to me too tbh! also LOL I had no idea what stomp was what a great shame that that's a thing
4 years, 7 months ago
Sorry I've been afik been figuring out how discord works and starting to put this server together. It's been so long since I last went on discord it took 30 mins to get past the updates lmao.
That's how I did it in the end. I made a channel for folks to ask for help if they're not getting anywhere with google and need pointing in the right direction, I've also split it by period after that. Ended up using channel groups so it can be collapsed down out of the way.
I'll def consider the idea, it sounds like I'm being difficult and resisting the suggestion but I am reluctant to put art/writing rewards in place just yet purely because I am planning to go to uni next year and idk how much that'll affect my activity and energy levels for drawing, especially since it is a largely practical course. I think the best thing would be to see how things go then go from there! That does sound interesting so I will look into doing something like that. Would probably be best to wait until there's more members before putting on an event like that.
I decided to split BDSM and kinks that are allowed into it's separate channel away from the general NSFW channel. Both are agelocked channels that (hopefully) you'd have to ask to opt-in/opt out as I've seen another channel do. I've also put a note in the NSFW rule that by asking for kinky-nsfw category means you consent to seeing BDSM related content.
I've also broken the server down into categories so we have:
4 years, 7 months ago
Oh wow rofl no worries though, no need to apologise at all! Sounds good though tbh I love the sound of that
You're fine, don't worry! I can see how it might be a bit of a chore when the community is small (getting to show off OCs and one's own art/writing/etc. is motivation enough to do prompts anyway tbh), especially if you're busy yourself. Could be worth noting for later and seeing if you can take some sort of poll on it from the people in the server when it busies up.
Nice, that's a good idea! the layout you have for the channels sounds good, though tbh I'm somewhat confused by how the periods are laid out, but then I think that we would have had different visions for how it might work. I suppose it'd be easier to make sense of to see it, it sounds fantastic overall though and can't think of anything that would need adding or removing without other third-party feedback
LMAO you're good the world is better off without that sort of stuff I feel like
afaik the only/easiest way to do that would be by creating a role specifically for the nsfw channel and restricting access to everyone from posting/reading in it; there's a post here that explains how to do it if this helps you figure it out (presuming you haven't yet but I apologise if you have)
4 years, 7 months ago