Now that my houseguests have abandoned me and I'm not lying flat from back pain, I get to finally round up and reply to all the comments about the fandom grammar comm!

1. The Name
I'm going with fandom_grammar because it's simple, to the point, and while the people answering the questions are the grammarians, the community is open to all, so yeah.

Also, apparently fandom_grammarians is too long. :P

2. Screening
I've been continuing to think about the screened comments for the questions and I think we should have them screened. Not so that people can post anonymously but so that the comm can operate in the way I envisioned with the experts answering the questions in these "articles" rather than as quick replies back to people.

3. Answers in "Articles" and Fandom Context
This is just for clarification:

The questions people submit will be answered by experts (the contributors, or grammarians) in posts to the community. Each post should answer the question in full and be more than just a quick reply back. This isn't necessarily a long reply, but it's not just a zip back kind of thing.

For questions that might have a short answer, I'm thinking we might have a Quick Answers post every so often and round up 5–10 of those questions for one post. (Hopefully we can organize them thematically.)

As for the Fandom Context, all I really mean is to use fandom examples. You know that adage about people learning best when they're interested in the subject? This is the same idea. Instead of using boring sentences about Sally and John, your examples would be about Hermione, or Buffy, or Teal'c, or whoever from whatever fandom you're most familiar with. I'd encourage people to use several fandoms in one post, but you don't need to go outside your comfort zone.

4. Grammarians (Formerly Known as Contributors)
I've got 13 grammarians so far which is plenty to start this comm. In the next day I'll set up the grammarian sister community and you'll receive a membership invitation to that community. Please join that community if you want to be a fandom grammarian. We'll use it for planning and you'll need to read posts there periodically.

5. Experience Statement
The Experience Statement for the grammarians will be a simple questionnaire, so no one panic. We'll post this up at the grammarian sister community.

6. Layout/Banner
Would anyone graphically inclined be willing to make us a layout for our basic account? I don't really care what it looks like other than simple and classy. Though for the banner it absolutely has to say "Fandom Grammer" with the "e" corrected to an "a" using editor's marks.


More to come later!