Hello my fellow House-loving Fanpoppers!

Recently, Fanpop has undergone some mini make-overs, with the introduction of new features such as IM and the جوابات section. And Fanpop has become a much bigger site, attracting new users and perhaps confusing some of us old-timers! So I thought I would put together a guide to help all Fanpoppers come to grips with everything that goes on in our little Fanpop world, specifically focusing on the House MD Spot, because we are one of the biggest, most active spots on Fanpop (Muhahahahahaha!)
So, here are some key things on Fanpop that I think every Fanpopper should at least consider while they are participating in crazy House fandom. For this guide, I have collected مضامین from all over Fanpop, written سے طرف کی Fanpop users just like آپ and me, that are intended to help explain certain features, practices and other aspects of Fanpop in order help all Fanpopper and make Fanpop a better place. Hopefully, this guide will provide آپ with a quick, user-friendly reference for issues on Fanpop.


~The Basics

I recommend reading an مضمون written سے طرف کی harold called link. This مضمون explores basic Fanpop functions like how to find a spot/fan club, how to پرستار other users, how to "favourite" things and so on. harold also provides لنکس to other مضامین in his User Guide, including his advice on how to make a spot, how to format your text and how to post links. These مضامین are great reads for new Fanpoppers who are unfamiliar with how Fanpop works. I highly recommend that new House MD Spot شائقین check out harold's fantastic User Guide articles.


~Medals

Ok, lets get this out of the way quick. For new fans, the medal system is an ever-interesting topic of discussion. Basically, تمغے are rewards for your efforts in contributing to a spot. No one knows exactly how آپ get a medal in a spot. All we know is that the مزید content آپ add, the مزید likely آپ are to get a medal. BUT WAIT! Before آپ run off and post masses of crap, آپ must read an مضمون written سے طرف کی germany123 called link. This مضمون will answer all your سوالات about medals. In addition, there are other issues relating to rating, crediting and repeat content that need to be considered when posting content to a spot, which I will talk about later in this guide. But germany123's مضمون is an excellent place to start if آپ have any سوالات یا concerns about Fanpop medals.


~Crediting

Image crediting is a very tricky issue, especially as it is not compulsory on Fanpop. Basically, image crediting is acknowledging the owner of the image that آپ are posting. Confused? Don't worry, so is everyone else. There are no set rules for image crediting (despite what some people, including me, will have آپ believe!), but an مضمون سے طرف کی astroasis called link provides some information that many Fanpop users follow. While I personally do not agree with all the information provided, other people follow all these guidelines without a problem. At this risk of looking like I'm pimping my own work, I have also written an مضمون about image crediting called link, in which I talk about how I image credit and the reasons why it is important to credit images. If آپ have any سوالات about image crediting I suggest that آپ read both of those articles. The reality is that there is not agreed upong right way to credit images, but there are definitly some wrong ways (i.e. claiming other people's work as your own).


~Ratings

For those of آپ who know me, آپ will know that I am a ratings nut! Rating content is important for a number of reasons, but I believe the most important reason is that ratings give آپ an indication as to whether the content آپ are posting is appreciated سے طرف کی users یا hated سے طرف کی users. For example, if I post an image that gets rated '1' star, I can assume that people think it is crap, therefore, I could be مزید mindful to not post similar تصاویر in the future. Conversely, if my content gets rated '4' stars, I know that people like it and would probably like it if I گیا کیا پوسٹ similar content. I suggest reading another one of harold's User Guide مضامین called link, as well as an مضمون سے طرف کی Cammie called link. Now, from my perspective, image crediting, keywording, titling and repeated content are also very, very important to the rating process, however that is just my opinion and many other people do not rate based on those other aspects of the image. It is up to the individual user how they chose to rate. The important thing is that آپ rate, and can explain why آپ rated the content a certain way.


~Keywords & Titles

Lets ignore my pet peeve of people putting "<3" in titles for the moment, and just focus on why keywording and descriptive titles are important. There are a number of مضامین on this suject, so here are 3 great ones:

link سے طرف کی cliff

link also سے طرف کی cliff

And my personal favourite,
link سے طرف کی heeeresjoyce.

I encourage آپ to take special note to an important point in heeeresjoyce's مضمون about bulk uploads and keywords. If آپ are posting multiple تصاویر with say different members of the cast of 'House MD', please do not use all of their names as الفاظ مطلوبہ unless they are all in every single image. Using "Wilson", "Chase", "Foreman" and "Cuddy" as a الفاظ مطلوبہ for a bulk لوڈ اپ of which only one picture of each character renders your الفاظ مطلوبہ pretty much useless. الفاظ مطلوبہ are there to help other people find the تصاویر when using the تلاش function. For example, if someone were to searcd for a picture Chase, using my گزشتہ example, pictures of Wilson, Foreman and Cuddy would also appear because the way in which the الفاظ مطلوبہ have been used. الفاظ مطلوبہ are also important for people searching for content to avoid posting repeated images. If آپ have used your الفاظ مطلوبہ to effectively describe the image, people will be able to تلاش for those تصاویر to avoid posting them again. If آپ have not دیا good الفاظ مطلوبہ (or any at all!), then it is much مزید likely that people will mistakenly add repeated content.


~Repeated Content & Searching

Repeated content is a HUGE problem in this spot, mainly because it is so big. Firstly, please use the تلاش function to تلاش for content BEFORE آپ post it. Please read germany123's مضمون called link This مضمون tells آپ all آپ need to know about searching and avoiding repeated videos, picks, لنکس and images.
Unfortunately, if people have not used their الفاظ مطلوبہ effectively, the تلاش function is not useful to finding the content. Thus, posting reapeated content is a mistake that anyone can make. So, if someone leaves a تبصرہ telling آپ that آپ have گیا کیا پوسٹ repeated content, please be aware that 99% of the time, the people leaving these تبصرے are being very polite and simply informing آپ of your mistake. Please do not be offended. We all know that this is a very large spot and we cannot expect everyone to be familiar with all the content گیا کیا پوسٹ here. So if someone does inform آپ that your content is repeated content, please do not get angry about it. Ideally, if someone does inform آپ that the content آپ have گیا کیا پوسٹ has already been posted, آپ should remove it. This is because repeated content clutters up the spot and is also pointless. There is no point in everyone posting the same image of Wilson 300 times, no matter how cute he is. When in comes to picks, it is very, VERY easy to serch for them, so there is not exucse for a repeat pick. People usually get a little angrier about repeat picks because they are so easy to تلاش for. So if آپ post a repeat pick, people will tell آپ so, and sometimes less than politely (although that is very naughty! People need to at least try to be polite about it). مزید than likely, your pick will be reported and removed. Don't be upset سے طرف کی this, but use it as a lesson to remember to تلاش before آپ post.












~Questions/Answers

I have decided to include this section because oh my god people are driving me nuts with it. Here are 3 مضامین to help آپ understand the purpose of the جوابات section:

link سے طرف کی papa

link سے طرف کی Cinders

And,
link سے طرف کی harold.

Please, please, please note that the Questions/Answers section is for asking سوالات that will have a factual answer. link is a good question, because even though there may be some different was to argue and justify the answer, ultimately there will be a difinitive answer available. However, asking سوالات like "Who is your favourite character?" یا "Who loves Huddy?!?!?!?!?!" are NOT supposed to be asked in the Questions/Answers section. Such سوالات will only produce OPINION-BASED answers. So, I beg you, read those 3 مضامین and think carefully about where آپ post a question.


~Reporting

Just a small aside, please also read an مضمون on reporting called link سے طرف کی harold. It provides an excellent guide for when to رپورٹ content یا when to just rate it. I think this could be very important as sometimes people over-react (particularly when it comes to shipping...) and رپورٹ people who have done nothing wrong except express an alternative point of view. So I definitely encourage آپ to read this article.




So that is my little guide to point people in the right direction if there is something about Fanpop یا the House MD Spot that is confusing them. I have tried to present a few different points of view, as there are definitely some aspects of some of the مضامین that I have recommend that I do not agree with, but we all have different perspectives on things. So even if آپ don't agree with the ideas in the articles, sometimes the تبصرے that other people make on the مضامین will be of some benefit to you, so I suggest that آپ not only read the articles, but also read the تبصرے that other users leave on the articles.

Of course, all of this stuff applies to all spots on Fanpop. I had just noticed a few issues creeping in lately because during the House MD off-season, شائقین often look for ways to fuel there House addiction سے طرف کی joining پرستار کلب like Fanpop, so repeated content and other general missunderstanding increase in occurance.

I hope that this guide points someone in the right direction, and as always, feel free to تبصرہ with any thoughts آپ have on these issues, especially if آپ feel as though there is something that I have not covered in this guide.