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Genre Mod FAQ

Posted by RohantheBarbarian - September 23rd, 2010


I just thought I'd set this blog up to keep all info regarding genre modding in one place. Questions/suggestions are appreciated :)

Q: What does a Genre Mod do?
A: Genre Mods are tasked with finding flashes which are uncategorised/have no search tags, and to then assign them a suitable category and give them suitable search tags.

Q: Search tags?
A: These are essentially keywords which make a flash easier to find if someone uses the Flash Portal search function. For example, if you were to search for "Mario", it would bring up a list of results containing all the flashes which have "mario" as a tag.

Q: Ok...why is this important?
A: Similar to the new icon system, the way flashes are categorised on NG will be overhauled as part of the next site redesign. So in anticipation of this, the Genre Mod team are hoping to make the transition as smooth as possible by sorting and tagging as many flashes as possible before the redesign.

Q: Sounds good, how do I help?
A: If you would like to join the team, send an email to tom@newgrounds.com. Tom will then let you know when/if you now have the power to edit genres/tags on flashes.

Q: HELP! I can't figure out how to edit submissions!
A: See the pic below.

Q: Anything else I should know?
A: Not really. If you have a question, feel free to ask me in this blog, or PM any other genre mod. In addition, here is a list of handy links:

Genre Mod Crew
Newgrounds Wiki - Tagging by Bahamut
List of submissions needing genres by popularity - must be signed in on a mod account to view

Happy modding!

Genre Mod FAQ


Comments

Looking good!

Thanks!

I'm linking my icon guide to this one since I'm so lazy to make another one about genres :P

Auzsome guide, man. It covers everything except it lacks of a list of users that are genre mods.

Well it's hard to keep track of that at the moment, and we might be getting a spot on the FAQ, so I'll leave it for now.

Nice button. It's a pretty good FAQ. I hope to become a Genre Mod soon, but until Tom gets back to me i'll stick with icons.

Good to hear you're interested at least :P

I've already PM'd Tom asking to be a Genre Mod, should I email him also?

If you want, it might be a good idea as he generally will be more likely to respond.

I'm really interested. I've already sent my application to Tom. It's just a matter of him wading through the other stuff to get to my crap. :P

If you emailed him he will probably get back to you very quickly, it was the case for me anyway.

Just a quick question: I emailed him 2 nights ago, and still didn't get a response, which is fine. But, if I need to email him again, how long should I wait?

No idea, that's up to you. I suppose wait a week, then maybe try again.

You shouldn't have revealed to everybody about that button, now it won't be such a big mystery like the other mod tools :P
Oh well, at least you didn't reveal the other cool tools that pop out when you CLICK it ;)

I think the BBS ones have been leaked for a while so it's not unprecedented. Besides, it's better than getting constant PM's from new mods asking how to do their job :P

And yes, I kept the good stuff secret ;)

You're a genre mod? Awesome. :D

Indeed :P

Thanks for the info.

No problem.