The BO directed me to rustle up a board meta-thread. Oh joy.
This is an opportune time to apply some changes to the /philosophy/ board. Take a look at the board resources link in the sticky to see why.
A few trivial changes have taken place. Some editing of the board sticky was done. Rule two was split into separate rules, although the wording remains the same. A board sub-page was created, and some of the content moved there along with additions.
Why the changes to the sticky?
There is a debate across image-boards as to the merits of a permanent board sticky versus an information bar. The board staff happens to like both. We also agree both should be made minimalistic, with links to info-dumps held elsewhere.
As originally written, rule two confuses different groups and issues. As it now stands, rule two is a form of promissory estoppel clearly directed at the board staff. Rule three is intended for the users.
What other changes are we thinking of?
We are hunting for more apropos resources to add. Things which mesh with image-board culture and have a philosophical bent are what we are looking for.
We're not sure what can be done with the beginner guide images in the second post of the sticky. The problem is not the information, it's the location. If we can figure out how to neatly fold them into the board sub-page, we'll do that and delete the post. Otherwise, it will remain.
What else are we considering, but shouldn't change without hearing from the users first?
One counter argument to the rest is the idea of enforcing quality. All we can say is that appeals to historic quality are meaningless to an image-board, without active participation in the present and future.
With eyes asquint, we are looking at what is now rule #4, "SFW board." The idea here is to drop it in favor of enforcing the use of spoilers for NSFW images.
I, the BV, am not happy with the wording of rule #3. It strikes me as a put off, especially for new users. It must stand for now. I have no suggestions how to reword things without hearing what people think about this.
The Oekaki applet could be enabled. We're an image-board, right?
Assets the BO has direct access to are free to be changed. These are the flags, spoiler images, sub-pages, etc.
Board banners are a special case. Access to adding or changing banners now requires that the BO accepts an agreement with a third party application. This she will not do, unless the users clamor for it. That means making new banners for inclusion, first.
Other boards.
/philosophy/ is intended to be part of a community, witness the info bar. We could, and probably should, invite comment from them. For the moment, let's see what people who are here have to say, before bothering them. I do intend to bother them, however.
Last thoughts.
There's one thing I have learned from my participation in western image-board culture across these many years, plus time served in various forms as a moderation volunteer around and about. Failure is always an option. While it is the users who define success, I and the BO both agree that we have to at least try.