You may have noticed a new category under the Navy Wiki, Ranks. Under ranks is Admirals, Commodores and Captains, Commanders, Lieutenants, Warrant Officers, Petty Officers, and Crewmen. In each of these is a category for every Naval Rank.

In addition, under each of your profiles(and you should all have a profile now) is the code [[Category:Your Rank]] with your current rank substituting the second part of the code, of course.

This code lists you in the category for your rank while still listing you in the NavyMembers Category.

I'm telling you all this so that when you are promoted and go to edit your wiki, you can also edit this category to place you in the right Rank set.

Thank you.
 
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[-=Nazgul Squadron=-]
FM/PO1 Raigen DarkBlayde Tei-Yehn/Nazgul Squadron 2-8/Phoenix Wing/mSSD Atrus/1VENF DEF/VEN/VE(=*A*=)[VC:B][BWC]

Just a reminder that the Rank board/medal board needs to be updated. Either we can have someone do it each month or it can be done as people are promoted. I will do it this month.

We can:
1. Have a position in the Navy that deals with wiki updates and have them do this.
2. Hold each person responsible(as in we aren't going to do it for you) for updating this.
3. Have one person do this as a commissioned job, ex: 1k ICs a month.
4. Have each squadron deal with their own promotion and medal updates and the squadron commander can assign someone to do it from there.

Honestly, I like the idea of new jobs in the VE that won't necessarily take away from story posting. People will be willing to do this because of the respect that taking on extra positions brings. Pay can also influence people to do this.

I don't think I every really gave a valid reason for making my rank/medal boards. Here it is:

The rank board separates the VEN up into groups based on ranks. This separation strengthens camaraderie between groups of ranks such as lieutenants and crewman and petty officers and warrant officers. Kind of like squadron pride only, it is rank pride. This also lets us see how many people are at each rank. Like research, or a sociological study of the VEN. And, let's face it...we'd like to see how many people we outrank. Point is, this isn't a pointless page. We can put it to use.

The medal board was already integrated into the navy medal pages, I simply made it into a table and set it apart so that it wasn't in the way of information about those medals.
 
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[Red Dragon Order]
[-=Ace Wing=-]
[-=Raptor Squadron=-]
WC/SMar Raigen DarkBlayde Tei-Yehn/Alpha Flight/Raptor Squadron/Ace Wing/KBcC Helsa/Guardian Fleet/Navy/RDA(O)

Why not have a set off from the VEN that handles information and administration. They can update wiki and handle promotion and medal orders. Much simpler than waiting for someone with access to the roster do it. I have a plan for it in mind, as well.


Imperial Customs Corvette Tracer
SCAP :
ShXO :
Naval Administration Squadron
Webpage:    none
Equipment:    none
Motto:    Bureaucracy means, we'll file your trash.

  Administration Flight: Wiki and Roster Updates as well as general announcements :
    Squadron Commander :
    Flight Member :
    Flight Member :
    Flight Member :

  Promotion/Pay Flight : Promotion orders, promotion recommendations, Fleet Rank Board, and other rank related activities :
    Squadron Executive Officer :
    Flight Member :
    Flight Member :
    Flight Member :

  Awards and Commendation Flight : Medal orders, Fleet Medal Board, and other award related activities :
    Flight Leader :
    Flight Member :
    Flight Member :
    Flight Member :

This opens up the option of small stories within this Squadron. This ship can also be used as a diplomatic vessel, a transport, and a basic ship that gets caught up in dangerous situations. These stories will be less frequent than other squadrons.

Members of this Squadron can be reserve members or members of squadrons who have enough time to play a second character within this squadron.
 
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[Red Dragon Order]
[-=Ace Wing=-]
[-=Raptor Squadron=-]
WC/SMar Raigen DarkBlayde Tei-Yehn/Alpha Flight/Raptor Squadron/Ace Wing/KBcC Helsa/Guardian Fleet/Navy/RDA(O)

...That's what I meant. But have it organized as well.
 
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[-=Nazgul Squadron=-]
FM/CRW Casca "Black Curse" Phennir/Nazgul Squadron 2-7/Phoenix Wing/mSSD Atrus/1VENF OFF/VEN/VE(=*A*=)[VC:B][BWC]
SDJ-75-13

*Meh*

I think making it a monthly process would be better- assign each group their own responsibilities and have them split it up amongst themselves.  This way there are always things that can be passed between members of the group- always someone asking what they can do: do this   Not to mention, if someone were assigned the wiki and only that- they wouldn't always have a job.  Helping people set up their wikis is 24/7 (academy position), but adjusting the fleet metal board or the ranks- that doesn't happen everyday.  That can be tied in fairly easilly with the stories of the past- there are only so many and people will only be able to put the summaries of new stories up after they've been completed, which is one every two months or so.
 
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*Flash Was Here...*

WC|TO/CMD Shazam/Phoenix 1-1/Phoenix Wing/mSSD Atrus/1VENF/VEN (=A=) (=*SA*=) (=MA=) (=*FOCE*=) [CBV*] [LoM] [LSM] [MC2] [VC:S] [SV*] [DSM] {Platinum Writing Medal}

Phoenix Wing Commander and Training Officer

Naval Administration Detachment
Webpage:    none
Equipment:    none
Motto:    Bureaucracy means, we'll file your trash.

Administrations Commander :
Administrations Executive Officer :
Administrations Officer :
Administrations Officer :

AC
AXO
AO
These prefixes would precede the squadron positions in the id line.

AO's would report to both the AXO and AC each month and their basic job would be editing wiki for errors, summarizing stories, formating wiki, embedding images and layouts into wiki, processing promotions and passing them on to the AXO and AC immediatly, processing medals and awards, counting story posts and editing career story posts, issuing the writing commendation awards once a member has attained the required posts, editing and formating the rank and medal boards, editing roster and all wiki pages to keep ranks and id lines up to date, and issuing reports of promotions and awards to the entire navy, montly.

The AXO and AC would recieve promotion orders and clear them with commanders as well as clearing award issuance for the more prestigious awards. The AXO would recieve reports from the AO's and summarize them for the AO would would then pass the information on to the Wing Commander/Wing Adjutant each week.

The AXO is also acting AC in the AC's absence.


Example
and I'll use an NCO for an example of an AC

AC FL/MCPO firstname lastname/Generic Squadron/Broken Wing/ISD Destroyer/OFF/VEN/VE

that simple, no confusion. Now for pay.
AC - 5000
AXO - 3500
AO - 2500
Pretty low, considering what trainers make. Anyway, I think its fair. If we can get some people who update wiki frequently,(Tomas, looking at you here!) we can get this started before the next meeting.
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[Red Dragon Order]
[-=Ace Wing=-]
[-=Raptor Squadron=-]
WC/SMar Raigen DarkBlayde Tei-Yehn/Alpha Flight/Raptor Squadron/Ace Wing/KBcC Helsa/Guardian Fleet/Navy/RDA(O)

Others may put in their ideas as well, so far only Japheth, Shazam, Arturus, and I have posted here.


Japheth: No argument, roster was a bad idea, as was a separate division of the navy. But let's not kill the idea all at once. Wiki seems to provide plenty of oppurtunities to this idea, let's just see if we can tie it to some processes that take a bit long to finish.

Also, I'd like to see the group check id line's for accuracy. I see that no two id lines follow the same pattern.

LsM's should be rewarded upon meeting the requirments, and since some may not know they qualify for it, a group that finds and keeps track of this information will be useful.
http://comnet.imperialnetwork.com/topic/7272/

Two to Three months go by without posts being counted.
http://comnet.imperialnetwork.com/topic/7069/

Competitions must be made to promote wiki updating.
http://comnet.imperialnetwork.com/topic/7974/

Self explanatory.
http://comnet.imperialnetwork.com/topic/7235/
http://comnet.imperialnetwork.com/topic/7957/
http://comnet.imperialnetwork.com/topic/7906/
http://comnet.imperialnetwork.com/topic/7665/

It's not that I think that the navy can't function without this, I just think we should consider the option, refine it, and see if it is something we can all agree on and could benefit the navy in the future. And honestly, what harm could it bring?
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[-=Nazgul Squadron=-]
FM/PO2 Casca "Black Curse" Phennir/Nazgul Squadron 2-7/Phoenix Wing/mSSD Atrus/1VENF OFF/VEN/VE(=*A*=)[VC:B][BWC]
SDJ-75-13

/me pops out of no where to deliver his thoughts.

It's all useless, trivial stuff. Wiki is just a helpful information source. I doubt it was ever designed to become this huge thing some people are making it to be.

Also, this "group" thing is worthless. Why give out random extra "jobs" and "tasks" to a group of people that can easily be done by the squadron commanders and even the XOs. It's pointless and just extends out trivial "powers" to people that should just be consentrating on being active in their squadrons and not having to worry about updating the wiki, counting posts, making sure people's ID lines are correct. None of that is what the VE is about. It's about having fun in a community setting and playing online games and writing. All this other stuff is just useless.

/me wanders out.
 
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NazgulSquadron
Senior Chief Petty Officer Hunter

FM/SCPO Hunter/Nazgul 6/Pheonix Wing/mSSD Atrus/DEF/VEN/VE (=*A*=) (=*SA*=) (VC:B)

Know your enemy and know yourself, and you will be victorious in ten thousand battles.
You may forget the past, but it always has a way of haunting your future.
Men can die, but a symbol is eternal.

I know when to give in...I'll work on other ideas for the moment.
 
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[-=Nazgul Squadron=-]
FM/PO2 Casca "Black Curse" Phennir/Nazgul Squadron 2-7/Phoenix Wing/mSSD Atrus/1VENF OFF/VEN/VE(=*A*=)[VC:B][BWC]
SDJ-75-13

Fleet Rank Board Updated!