{"id":697,"date":"2018-05-18T19:01:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T19:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/?p=697"},"modified":"2019-05-05T12:13:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T19:13:05","slug":"judgeapps-event-forum-and-policy-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/2018\/05\/18\/judgeapps-event-forum-and-policy-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"JudgeApps Event Forum and Policy Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone, we\u2019re back with some more updates that we think everyone who uses the site should know about. In particular – we were worried that JudgeApps users disable or ignore notification emails because of a large amount of traffic that they aren\u2019t interested in, so we\u2019re taking steps to make it easier to subscribe to the specific things you are interested in, like event information and forum posts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Forums<\/span><\/h1>\n

Ever found your email inbox flooded with JudgeApps Event Forum posts that you weren\u2019t interested in? Worse, ever missed an important announcement from the Tournament Organizer in a sea of emails about hotel rooms, airport shuttles, escape rooms, and dinner plans? We know that judges find all of these things important, and we appreciate that the event forum is a useful place to discuss them; but at the same time, we understand that people want to be able to get just the important stuff in their inbox without micromanaging their notification settings.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, all Grand Prix events going forward will now have two event forums. The event forum you know and love is now just for announcements, and it is controlled by the Tournament Organizer, the Head Judge, and anyone else who is set as an \u201cadmin\u201d of the event. Only they can create topics, and they decide whether those topics are open for public posting or remain closed for official traffic only. We\u2019ve also added a \u201cMisc\u201d subforum for each event which is open to all staff members. The <\/span>JudgeApps Forum Protocol<\/span><\/a> is still in effect, of course, but it\u2019s your place to organize travel plans or other extracurricular activities during the GP weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve made it possible to configure your default preferences for the two forums separately, using <\/span>your notification settings<\/span><\/a>. The \u201cNew Miscellaneous Event Forum Post\u201d setting applies to the subforum (and if you previously chose not to receive emails for Event Forum Posts, we\u2019ve transferred your choice to this setting), and the \u201cNew Event Forum Post\u201d setting applies to the main, announcement-only, event forum, as well as to event forums for other types of events that don\u2019t use this structure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Creation<\/span><\/h1>\n

We\u2019ve also noticed an uptick in JudgeApps Events that are something other than a Magic Tournament or a Conference. To decrease the clutter and unwanted notifications caused by this, we\u2019re updating our policy to prohibit other types of events. If you notice a new event (created after this blog post) that violates this policy, <\/span>let us know<\/span><\/a> and we\u2019ll let the owner know about this new policy. Here\u2019s some more detail on what is okay:<\/span><\/p>\n

JudgeApps Events are intended for the following two reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n