This is basically what I intended for Reportor, with different flair. I don't like the requests thing. The point is to create an easy reference point for people to use for research in the future, not to do other people's research for them.
Otherwise, I'd generally support this. On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 4:59 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus < p.scribonius.scholasti...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Well, I am not sure that we need the Archivist to be writing about history > because that is one of the reasons which you could receive a degree for. > > ---- > Publius Scribonius Scholasticus > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 2:35 AM, Quazie <quazieno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That's a great name - and monthly was a time frame I was looking at - I >> might make it a switch actually that can be flipped without some objection >> - if we get into an active period again it might be nice to easily switch >> the type of reporting on a newspaper. >> >> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 23:33 Aris Merchant < >> thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> How about Archivist? Also, may I suggest that newspaper, if it is kept, >>> should be made monthly? >>> >>> -Aris >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:25 PM Quazie <quazieno...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I was going to suggest that there be a new position of journalist or >>>> librarian or Local Blogger or something that combines the two ideas in a >>>> reasonable way - be a resource of information and possibly do some general >>>> summarizing of events with less obligation than is on the reporter - will >>>> the ability as a secondary rule for players to request some assistance from >>>> this officer given they should be more aware than others - it'll be some >>>> parts of each, not all of each. >>>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 23:22 Aris Merchant < >>>> thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I disagree. It seems perfectly reasonable to ask the reporter to link >>>>> to resources, but requiring them to do research on request seems >>>>> unnecessary. It doesn't fit well with my conception of the reporter's job >>>>> description anyway. >>>>> >>>>> -Aris >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 11:17 PM Quazie <quazieno...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> That's super reasonable - next draft will combine the two. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 23:11 Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017, Quazie wrote: >>>>>>> > [...] The Research Assistant [...] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think this should replace or be merged/combined with the very >>>>>>> inactive (since its beginning) Reporter. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >
