This idea has been stuck in my head, and I want to ask everyone if it's a good idea...
Should I create a very compressed version of the Newgrounds Guide, and call it "The TL;DR Newgrounds Guide"?
This idea has been bugging me because the Newgrounds Guide in SMBS is still at the freaking preliminaries after 2 months (but I'm almost out of the preliminary section and into the History of Newgrounds), so maybe I should make a much smaller version of the NG Guide, for it will take less time to prepare.
No I will not trash the 70,000 news post version in SMBS.
YES that also means both accounts will get the blank posts. YES it's ridiculous, and YES it means more "spam" on two accounts. However once the TL;DR version is done, SMBS will once again be the only account to get the blank posts.
The TL;DR version is anticipated to be only 1,000 news posts long.
YES it's 1/70th of the long version's length. However it will cut out a lot of material that makes the long guide more fun and interesting, such as:
- Interactive Guides
- History of Newgrounds
- Front page
- Games
- Movies
- Collections
- Series
- Compression of a lot of section in the long guide
- No more blank posts for additional portals beyond the Writing Portal
- No guide on how to vote fairly
- No Alpha section
- No error fixing of the FAQ
- BBS section is just the BBS rulebook. Speaking of the BBS...
- No Wi/Ht? FAQ
- No Archive
- No Screenshot Archive (big one)
- No flash/audio/art resources (useful one gone here)
- Chat will be 1-5 news posts long (1 post more likely)
- No downloads section
- Mature section is 5 news posts long
- No Network (Affiliation) section
- No Rankings section
- No secrets explained (yes this one will be on the long one, despite it not being allowed)
- No RSS
- No guide lounge. Go to the preliminaries in the long version
- Site moderation section will be 3 posts long
- No NG Store
The goal is to produce a Newgrounds Guide open for use by users while the more-indepth one can still continue on its slow path. And in the long run, this version will definitely help the long version in case I forget to add some details. It's very crappy FYI (crappy meaning the quality is comparable to the Wi/Ht? users giving crappy answers to threads), and the longer version will definitely kick the smaller version's sorry ass without any questions.
So thoughts? Comments? Should I do it or not? It's not too hard; maybe a little more strain but that's it. However the reward is more pleasing than the pain endured. It's a little bit of a "down payment" type of plan, because I can simply extract the information out of the short version and put it into the long version. And the reward of having a usable guide is worth the burden of making 1,000 additional news posts. So in the end it's a 0 loss project, or maybe a -5 loss project.
I strongly like this idea, but I would like all of your opinions. The ultimate decision rests with me (and somewhat with Wade Fulp), but you all can influence my decision.
BTW, this will be hosted in NGReviewEater, NOT SuperMarioBrosS. So I can get in 8 blank posts per 2 hours.
kenny6
do it.
NGReviewEater
1 vote so far...