*crawls out from under rock*

*clears throat*

Um, hello. So, friend_me has been, well, dead for about three months. On the whole, I think that's because I dropped the ball as a mod/owner (as much as I'd like that not to be true, it is). Anyway, stuff happens, we move on.

In the spirit of moving on, I'm going to pare down the info--mostly the lengthy explanation of rule no. 5. Most of what's in rule no. 5 could be included in an FAQ post instead of listed in the profile. Also, I think the "Guidelines/Etc." could be moved to an FAQ post (at least, most of what's in that section could work just as well in an FAQ post).

What I need (want, would like, etc.) from you guys is a list of questions you think should be on the FAQ. Just think about what you wondered about/weren't sure of when you came to friend_me for the first time. I'll also be consulting (ie, looking over) the Suggestion Box to see if anything brought up there warrants mention in the FAQ.

I've been mulling the idea over for awhile now and I'm wondering if anyone would be interested in a layout contest. So, would you be? (If so, would anyone be interested in being a temporary mod to help me get the contest and, later, the layout set up? Because I'm very CSS challenged.)

FAQ and (sort of) revamping aside, I'm going to officially discontinue the Monthly Meme Report--because there's no point in keeping it up if I'm not going to, you know, keep it up. Part of the purpose of the MMR was to announce new memes (in case you missed them). Another part was to keep track of memes without a lot of (or any, in a few cases) comments. I propose a regularly (would monthly/bimonthly work?) updated post containing all memes with less than ten comments each (once a meme reaches ten comments, it would be pulled from the list). The list would be linked in the list of links for the community.

Does anybody have any other ideas to improve the community? I'm open to suggestion here.

Posted on the 30th of every month--except February, then it's on the 28th.

This Monthly Meme Report is a double--that is, it's last month's MMR as well as this month's MMR.

Stats:
Members: 163
Watchers: 166
Memes: 73
Total Posts: 101
Total Comments: 1,536

(Number of memes taken from number of memories.)

Asylum News:
artistoboule posted Friend Me's first non-fandom meme, fans of pets.

October Meme(s):
-Fans of Shiho Sugiura's Silver Diamond

November Meme(s):
-Fans of Pets

October/November Meme of the Month:
(The November meme with the most comments at the end of the month)
-Fans of Pets with 9 comments

Most Popular Meme to Date:
-Fans of Harry/Snape with 552 comments

Under-Commented Memes:( Under-Commented Memes )

Complete Meme List:( Complete Meme List )


November Birthdays:
(Birthdays are taken from each user's profile)
noukran (November 4), seldarine93 (November 5), aaronlisa (November 7), chrysalis (November 10), sleepdebtfairy (November 15), bubl (November 18), nat (November 20), phoenixsong71 (November 21), jencatd (November 23), turelietelconta (November 24), creamsicklesky (November 25, mwrgrana (November 25), darkhorse488 (November 30)

Happy Belated Birthday!

December Birthdays:
(Birthdays are taken from each user's profile)
yayforjae (December 18), kaesa (December 31)

Happy Birthday!


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I have the cold from hell right now, guys. So, the Monthly Meme Report is going to be late. I'll have it out within the next week or so--depending on when my ears stop ringing and my head doesn't feel like it's wrapped in cotton.


Also, Happy Halloween! (A day early.)

Posted on the 30th of every month--except February, then it's on the 28th.

Stats:
Members: 165
Watchers: 162
Memes: 71
Total Posts: 97
Total Comments: 1,521

(Number of memes taken from number of memories.)

Asylum News:
The rules have been updated for clarification (details here).

Septemeber Memes:
-Fans of Batman
-Fans of True Blood
-Fans of Monkey Island

September's Meme of the Month:
(The September meme with the most comments at the end of the month)
-Fans of True Blood with 2 comments

Most Popular Meme to Date:
-Fans of Harry/Snape with 552 comments

Under-Commented Memes:( Under-Commented Memes )

Complete Meme List:( Complete Meme List )


Upcoming Birthdays:
(Birthdays are taken from each user's profile)
randominity (October 7), katfusion (October 9), thomasina75 (October 9), affectionate (October 20), 20ftscarf (October 24), spacelogic (October 24)

Happy Birthday!


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I've updated the rules to include this:

2. friend_me is, as stated above, an asylum for posting friending memes. If you post an entry that is not a friending meme, it will be deleted by the mod(s). You will be notified via private message by the mod(s) that your entry has been deleted and why.

Because, while I thought it was pretty clear, it apparently wasn't. This should avoid any confusion as to the purpose of this asylum. (See the changes in the info for yourself here.)

(Edited 9:41pm to include: You will be notified via private message by the mod(s) that your entry has been deleted and why.)

Posted on the 30th of every month--except February, then it's on the 28th.(Usually)

Stats:
Members: 161
Watchers: 160
Memes: 69
Total Posts: 92
Total Comments: 1,517

(Number of memes taken from number of memories.)

Asylum News:
The Monthly Meme Report is a day late (sorry guys).

August Memes:
-Fans of Shounen Onmyouji
-Fans of Kyo Kara Maoh
-Fans of Ai no Kusabi
-Fans of Icons
-Fans of Gakuen Heaven
-Fans of Captain Tsubasa
-Fans of Pirates of Dark Water
-Fans of Trigun

August's Meme of the Month:
(The August meme with the most comments at the end of the month)
-Fans of Icons with 11 comments

Most Popular Meme to Date:
-Fans of Harry/Snape with 552 comments

Under-Commented Memes:( Under-Commented Memes )

Complete Meme List:( Complete Meme List )


Upcoming Birthdays:
(Birthdays are taken from each user's profile)
luckecharms (September 3), pay_the_piper (September 15), julzbat (September 16), fledchen (September 23), white_rat (September 23)

Happy Birthday!


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Posted on the 30th of every month--except February, then it's on the 28th.
And apparently this month. Sorry it's late.

Stats:
Members: 156
Watchers: 157
Memes: 61
Total Posts: 85
Total Comments: 1,479

(Number of memes taken from number of memories.)

Asylum News:
Though the July/August edition of the Monthly Meme Report is a bit late, I won't be including any of the memes that have been posted after July 30th, which is the date it was supposed to come out on. All August memes will be included in the August/September edition. Also, since I wasn't able to check on any of the stats on the 30th, all of the above stats are from 8/4/08, when I checked them--except the number of memes. The number of memes has been reduced to exclude all the August memes.

July Memes:
-Fans of Batman Fanfiction
-Fans of The Sarah Jane Adventures
-Fans of Yamane Ayano

July's Meme of the Month:
(The July meme with the most comments at the end of the month)
-Fans of Yamane Ayano
with 30 comments

Most Popular Meme to Date:
-Fans of Harry/Snape with 552 comments

Under-Commented Memes:( Under-Commented Memes )

Complete Meme List:( Complete Meme List )


Upcoming Birthdays:
(Birthdays are taken from each user's profile)
otherworldcalls (August 11), prettyparadox (August 29), abinormal (August 30)

Happy Birthday!


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I just wanted to make a quick note here. My dad had surgery on his shoulder (he had a torn rotator cuff) and, since my mom just started a new job and can't take off work, I've been the one taking care of him. I haven't been able to do a monthly meme report for July/August yet, but I plan to do a late edition when I've got more time. I'll still be able to tag and add new memes to the memories, that won't be a problem. It just might take a little longer than it normally does.

Posted on the 30th of every month--except February, then it's on the 28th.

Stats:
Members: 150
Watchers: 151
Memes: 58
Total Posts: 78
Total Comments: 1,389

(Number of memes taken from number of memories.)

Asylum News:
The tags issues have been resolved.
Rule no. 4 in the asylum info has been changed to reflect the tags change, as have the memories.

June Memes:
-Fans of the Doctor's Companions from Doctor Who


June's Meme of the Month:
(The June meme with the most comments at the end of the month)
-Fans of the Doctor's Companions from Doctor Who with 3 comments

Most Popular Meme to Date:
-Fans of Harry/Snape with 539 comments

Under-Commented Memes:( Under-Commented Memes )

Complete Meme List:( Complete Meme List )


Upcoming Birthdays:
(Birthdays are taken from each user's profile)
cranberrysoda (July 5), rubyfruit_pixie (July 5), emeralddreamz (July 7), montagued (July 14), kinky_carter (July 16), oldasyouare (July 19), iphigenia (July 22), hphaeton (July 23), irish_cream (July 23), arcangelmichael (July 24), katara (July 26), trika (July 26), brandi (July 27), and blue_soifra (July 28)

Happy Birthday!


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Ok, the two tags issues have been resolved as per the results of the poll (or near enough, anyway).

The first one, spin-off fandoms and their fandoms of origin, has been resolved like this: any spin-off shows will be tagged by their fandom of origin (ie, what they're spun-off from) and the friending topic will be the name of the spin-off. For example, a meme for fans of Angel would be tagged like this, "fandom: buffy the vampire slayer, friending topic: angel the series" (done that way to differentiate from any memes for the the character Angel).

( Fandom Tags Effected )

If the owners of these memes could re-label their memes to match the new tags, it'd be much appreciated:

-Fans of Stargate SG-1 Thanks alleyne!
-Fans of Jon Sheppard/Rodney McKay from Stargate Atlantis Thanks sjc_swank!

Also, the memories have been changed to reflect the tags change.

The tags change has been mentioned in the rules section of the asylum info (under rule no. 4).

As for the second tags issue, I'm leaving the Final Fantasy tags as they are.