[mod] regarding Yamapi and Ryo, and other things

[minamoto.livejournal.com]

1. So by now I'm sure most of you have heard that Yamapi and Ryo are withdrawing from NEWS (if not, you can find the announcement here). ):

A few changes have been made accordingly: the tags *member: nishikido ryo and *member: yamashita tomohisa have been changed to *member (former): nishikido ryo and *member (former): yamashita tomohisa. Birthday posts for the two will still be posted on a yearly basis.

I know that everyone's feeling hurt about this but I ask that you please refrain from making any posts bashing either of the two. Posts regarding either of them will not be banned, but please make sure that the content is appropriately relevant to the comm!

2. layout contest!!

I've decided to hold a layout contest in order to reflect the changes of the group - and it's been approximately a year since we changed to our new one, and change is always good, right? So, rules are as follows:

♪ It must be coded using an S2 style.
♪ It must include the sidebar and links list.
♪ Any theme is fine (eg. Bloggish, Mixit, Flexible Squares etc.), but the themes that show the "Edit Tags" option right on the main page are preferred (eg. Smooth Sailing), as well as the option to view tags on the sidebar (a scrolling view is preferred).
♪ It must have news_jpop, or some variation of it, somewhere on it.
♪ It should be viewable in all resolutions without scrollbars.
♪ If you are using somebody else's stylesheet (eg. refutare), remember to give full credit, even if you edited it.
♪ A layout showing the current 4 members is highly preferred.
♪ A live preview of the layout is preferred, but you must include a screenshot image no matter what.

The deadline is November 1st @ midnight EST*!

Please submit all your entries to news.jpop@gmail.com with the subject layout contest! Please let me know your username when you send in an entry as well. (:

*I can extend the deadline as needed depending on whether or not scans for magazines with the current four members come out in time, etc.

3. I haven't really been here as a mod recently and I'm so terribly sorry for that - I say this over and over again but I will do my best to get things and give this comm the attention that it needs! Thank you so much for your patience, and I sincerely apologize for it all ♥

Lastly: if you have any questions, comments or concerns over any decisions that I've made please feel free to bring them up! You can reach me either through the mod email, a PM on LJ to minamoto or even a comment on whatever post I've made about the latest decisions or whatever. And especially, if you have any issues about the way I've dealt with this situation, please bring them to me and I am more than willing to discuss them with you!

Thank you all for everything, and I hope you're all doing okay ♥

Comments

[girltype.livejournal.com]

you are amazing! much love!

[minamoto.livejournal.com]

askjfals that means so much, coming from you - thank you! ♥

[itskeitodesu.livejournal.com]

Thank you for being wonderful♥

[minamoto.livejournal.com]

thank you bb ♥ ♥ ♥

[callmejandoe.livejournal.com]

you are indeed wonderful ;)

[shinie165.livejournal.com]

I'm in.

Thanks for being amazing <3.

[yurekka.livejournal.com]

Thank you mod ♥

[sailorocean.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely try to do this layout contest. :)

Thanks to you ♥

[yamashitatrang.livejournal.com]

Thank you Mod for the hard work :D

[peachmaki.livejournal.com]

thanks for initiating the layout contest! it's definitely a good way to start anew! i won't be participating in the layout contest though due to the lack of artistic and technological genes but thanks once again!

[me24.livejournal.com]

thank u for keeping the tags! :)
yes..no bashing please...this community is d easiest source for me to look up for NEWS update..thank u for allowing d yamapi n ryo's update here as well..
All the best to the new NEWS! n yamapi n ryo as well..i will support them 4sure ;)

[nisakomi.livejournal.com]

Thank you mod ♥

[raviolikenshin.livejournal.com]

So when is the new layout coming? Sorry, I feel impatient cause I don't want to look at those two's faces

[minamoto.livejournal.com]

Not anytime in the really near future, I've had zero entries so far. I'll make a post soon extending the contest. Sorry about that!

[raviolikenshin.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I didn't know there were no entries. It seemed like a lot of people were into when it was posted a couple months ago lol.

And sorry, I seemed a bit brash.