This is long overdue, and I apologize for my negligence for the past mumbledy-mumbledy years, but I'm finally putting on my big girl pants and admitting that my days of running the newbieguide community are behind me.

I'm not deleting the community, and all the (mostly outdated) information here will remain forever and ever or until LJ finally implodes ( Read more... )

Usual Business: Updates/Surrenders

This is a reminder to update your overviews, or to surrender your overviews if you no longer intend to update them. Comment here to surrender!

Usual Business: Non-Fandom OverviewsWe do have a small selection of overviews on topics that are not a specific fandom, and I’d like to expand this section. We ( Read more... )

Hey there, overviewers. Couple things for you.

• If you haven’t been keeping your overview updated with new communities as they come along, now is the time to take a few minutes and get caught up.
  
  
• When editing your posts, please put a date at the bottom reflecting when your overview was updated, both for your own reference and mine.
  
  
• If you’ve ( Read more... )

The following fandoms and topics have overviews. If you do not see your pet fandom/topic listed here, and are interested in doing an overview, by all means please comment and tell me!

If you are interested in doing an overview, please comment to claim your fandom/topics, then join the community. I cannot give you posting access if you do not ( Read more... )

Thanks to everyone who's contacted me to let me know you were having trouble commenting, replying to comments, and editing your posts due to the dreaded read-only status. I was having the same problem, so I understand your frustration ( Read more... )

If you are interested in volunteering, the list of claimed/unclaimed fandoms and subjects can be found here.

First of all, thank you! You are all awesome.

Some guidelines:

• If you've signed up for a fandom overview, you need to join the community so I can give you posting access. Watching the community isn't enough--you have to join.
  
  
• I posted ( Read more... )