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 majibu 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 makala from all over Fanpop, written kwa fanpop users just like wewe 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 wewe with a quick, user-friendly reference for issues on Fanpop.


~The Basics

I recommend kusoma an makala written kwa harold called link. This makala explores basic fanpop functions like how to find a spot/fan club, how to shabiki other users, how to "favourite" things and so on. harold also provides viungo to other makala in his User Guide, including his advice on how to make a spot, how to format your text and how to post links. These makala are great reads for new Fanpoppers who are unfamiliar with how fanpop works. I highly recommend that new House MD Spot mashabiki 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, medali are rewards for your efforts in contributing to a spot. No one knows exactly how wewe get a medal in a spot. All we know is that the zaidi content wewe add, the zaidi likely wewe are to get a medal. BUT WAIT! Before wewe run off and post masses of crap, wewe must read an makala written kwa germany123 called link. This makala will answer all your maswali 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 makala is an excellent place to start if wewe have any maswali au 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 wewe 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 wewe believe!), but an makala kwa 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 makala 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 wewe have any maswali about image crediting I suggest that wewe 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 wewe who know me, wewe 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 wewe an indication as to whether the content wewe are posting is appreciated kwa users au hated kwa 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 zaidi mindful to not post similar picha in the future. Conversely, if my content gets rated '4' stars, I know that people like it and would probably like it if I ilitumwa similar content. I suggest kusoma another one of harold's User Guide makala called link, as well as an makala kwa 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 wewe rate, and can explain why wewe 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 makala on this suject, so here are 3 great ones:

link kwa cliff

link also kwa cliff

And my personal favourite,
link kwa heeeresjoyce.

I encourage wewe to take special note to an important point in heeeresjoyce's makala about bulk uploads and keywords. If wewe are posting multiple picha with say different members of the cast of 'House MD', please do not use all of their names as maneno muhimu unless they are all in every single image. Using "Wilson", "Chase", "Foreman" and "Cuddy" as a maneno muhimu for a bulk pakia of which only one picture of each character renders your maneno muhimu pretty much useless. maneno muhimu are there to help other people find the picha when using the tafuta function. For example, if someone were to searcd for a picture Chase, using my awali example, pictures of Wilson, Foreman and Cuddy would also appear because the way in which the maneno muhimu have been used. maneno muhimu are also important for people searching for content to avoid posting repeated images. If wewe have used your maneno muhimu to effectively describe the image, people will be able to tafuta for those picha to avoid posting them again. If wewe have not aliyopewa good maneno muhimu (or any at all!), then it is much zaidi 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 tafuta function to tafuta for content BEFORE wewe post it. Please read germany123's makala called link This makala tells wewe all wewe need to know about searching and avoiding repeated videos, picks, viungo and images.
Unfortunately, if people have not used their maneno muhimu effectively, the tafuta function is not useful to finding the content. Thus, posting reapeated content is a mistake that anyone can make. So, if someone leaves a maoni telling wewe that wewe have ilitumwa repeated content, please be aware that 99% of the time, the people leaving these maoni are being very polite and simply informing wewe 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 ilitumwa here. So if someone does inform wewe that your content is repeated content, please do not get angry about it. Ideally, if someone does inform wewe that the content wewe have ilitumwa has already been posted, wewe 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 tafuta for. So if wewe post a repeat pick, people will tell wewe so, and sometimes less than politely (although that is very naughty! People need to at least try to be polite about it). zaidi than likely, your pick will be reported and removed. Don't be upset kwa this, but use it as a lesson to remember to tafuta before wewe post.












~Questions/Answers

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

link kwa papa

link kwa Cinders

And,
link kwa harold.

Please, please, please note that the Questions/Answers section is for asking maswali 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 maswali like "Who is your favourite character?" au "Who loves Huddy?!?!?!?!?!" are NOT supposed to be asked in the Questions/Answers section. Such maswali will only produce OPINION-BASED answers. So, I beg you, read those 3 makala and think carefully about where wewe post a question.


~Reporting

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




So that is my little guide to point people in the right direction if there is something about fanpop au 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 makala that I have recommend that I do not agree with, but we all have different perspectives on things. So even if wewe don't agree with the ideas in the articles, sometimes the maoni that other people make on the makala will be of some benefit to you, so I suggest that wewe not only read the articles, but also read the maoni 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, mashabiki often look for ways to fuel there House addiction kwa joining shabiki klabu 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 maoni with any thoughts wewe have on these issues, especially if wewe feel as though there is something that I have not covered in this guide.