DeviantNudes In reply to photodad [2007-04-29 02:25:06 +0000 UTC]

I have suffered a pair of deaths in the family so updating was delayed. One of them was a suicide from the death of the first . . . it's been beyond difficult.

But we're back, and that's a good thing.

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thenuke In reply to MatthewCooke [2007-04-18 10:47:58 +0000 UTC]

Also he had some advertisements on the journal.
He was given a chance to clean up the journal and remove the links to his site outside, he chose not to comply.

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Leila-Hazlett In reply to MatthewCooke [2007-03-28 14:02:38 +0000 UTC]

turned out the guy was running an outside site and putting up peoples work and making money off it

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DeviantNudes In reply to gregmc3 [2007-03-25 03:29:06 +0000 UTC]

Alas, no. Anthony's *thenudeinsider is over due to a number of complications involving advertising on a third party server. *DeviantNudes is a new community created in the hopes of helping fill the void left behind by the community we've all enjoyed.

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Exquire In reply to DeviantNudes [2007-03-25 03:34:41 +0000 UTC]

So out of interest, who's the administrator?

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DeviantNudes In reply to Exquire [2007-03-25 03:42:04 +0000 UTC]

That would be me. My name is LC Ryan and I've been a freelance writer for the last eight years. In the past I enjoyed *thenudeinsider as an observer and when the community went down, I thought it fell upon the members, the viewers of that great community, to take up the mantle and move forward. That said, I offer this new place for the artists and fans of the original *thenudeinsider .

We'll be bringing many of the features everyone has enjoyed in the past while keeping everyone's art on site as opposed to placing it onto a different site.

We have taken on some other artists and writers to help us maintain the level of quality one would expect from such a community.

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Exquire In reply to DeviantNudes [2007-03-25 10:13:33 +0000 UTC]

Neat, good on ya. What kind of writing do you do? What's your u/n here?

I'm sure, as a writer, it pained you every time to see the way tNI wrote about member's contributions. I was a bit disappointed to see this (kind of) followed. Can I suggest the following description to go with submission uploads? Maybe you can do even better:

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Thanks to ( ) for submitting this to *deviantnudes.

The artist would prefer you to comment and fav the original art submission found here: [link]



*thenudeinsider is a dA user-powered community mag' for lovers of wonderful nudes.
Click here to +watch and join the community!
--

I think this removes most of the self-advertising fluff that was the eventual demise of tNI. I also think it's pretty straight-forward and quickly explains what you're out to do.
By "Editorial comment" I mean that it would be nice if you would leave a little comment with each thing you upload. You might say "Angela is a mysterious newcomer to dA but already has some neat works in her gallery. She tells me she's looking for a photographer in the Rome area so if you know one, get in touch!"

For the "static" content, don't forget that it will be read many thousands of times. I write for a newsletter with a readership of 150,000 people and when I'm writing it I like to pretend that I'm writing a speech to give in front of them. The static copy here will likely reach an audience at least that large over time...

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DeviantNudes In reply to Exquire [2007-03-25 14:24:28 +0000 UTC]

We should get in touch on a less comment-based basis. To answer your question about writing credits, I have written background materials for several MMORPGs such as Eve-Online and World of Warcraft. I've written for some publications but I don't necessarily consider this grounds for qualification for running this community. I think the passion I have for the art community is what makes this something I am capable and should be doing.

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Exquire In reply to DeviantNudes [2007-03-25 20:28:30 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, didn't mean to be "challenging" your credentials or legitimacy! Just putting in some advice.

I think comments are the best place to discuss this so that others can join in if they wish. But not necessarily on your user page. How about you make a journal entry inviting feedback on the way written copy is conducted here?

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