Hello, everyone!

It's come to my attention that /r/HighSchoolWriters has fallen into a state of limbo and dropping activity, so I've taken it upon myself to stage a coup remedy that awful situation. The former leader of this sub, /u/TevaUSA, hasn't been on Reddit in quite some time - even so, he will always be welcome to join the mod team should he return.

The goal I have in mind for this sub is to develop it into a friendly and helpful place for writers to hone their writing skill, as well as to discuss that topic. As such, I'd like to fully "flesh out" the sub. This is what that means:

• Writing a sidebar
• Establishing a ruleset
• Creating a wiki of helpful resources
• Recruiting a mod team to banhammer deviants keep the law of the land
• Introducing link flair
• Encouraging discussion and participation

Carrying these goals out will require a lot of work, so I need your help and feedback! What would you like to see on the wiki? Are you willing to help moderate the sub? What sort of content do you want here? Can you make a snoo? These are the real questions.

Sidebar and Rules

Here's a first draft of rules that I've written up:

1. No advertising - Recruiting help for your personal project is one thing, blatant advertising is another. Blog links and such are okay.
2. No sexually explicit content - /r/HighSchoolWriters is, by definition, targeted towards an audience of minors, and there are plenty of better places to post things like this. Therefore, this sort of content should not be submitted here. Use the NSFW tag to mark submissions with mature language and violence (this one I especially want discussion on).
3. Properly tag your posts - This is where I would put a wiki link to a flair guide. IF I HAD ONE.
4. Keep your criticism constructive - No bullying, harassment, or anything of the sort will be tolerated here.
5. If you're posting a quote, you really don't need to link to a picture. Make a text post instead.

This will probably be expanded on in the future, and I want to hear what you think. What other rules should be in place? What should be modified?

The Wiki

This is something I'm still playing around with. I think it would be wonderful for the wiki to be a collection of helpful guides, both for writing and meta help.

Mods

I can't run the subreddit alone, can I? In the near future, mod applications will be opened. Since this sub is relatively small, the modteam only needs a few more members.

Edit: Specifically, a CSS wizard... help!

Flair

We can take this a few ways. Do we categorize posts by length or type? I'm thinking by type, but if you would prefer something else, please speak up. For now, I've established some temporary flairs.

Activity and Discussion

This is arguably the most important topic. Referring people to this sub is extremely helpful in gaining subscribers and therefore posters. Additionally, don't just vote on submissions - comment! Share feedback! This is a writing sub, so write!

Also noteworthy is the idea of weekly discussion posts. /r/Writing has a weekly thread for critiques, and several subs have "Free Talk Fridays" and discussion topics each week. How do you feel about this?

TD;DR: love me pls