Welcome to the SV LC Analysis Reservation Thread. This is where the community meets up to contribute competitive-ready information to be put up on Smogon Dex.
Refer to these resources if you are unsure of something or need further assistance:
Spelling and Grammar Standards (This is your biggest friend)
Guide to the GP Process (This will help you navigate through the GP Process for newer writers)
Plagiarism Guide (Don't do this. I will personally be enforcing this via infractions.)
Reservation Rules
When you post your thread, be sure to use the appropriate tags for each stage of the analysis:
[WIP] - Work in Progress: The analysis is incomplete and is not ready for the QC Team to evaluate. Keep in mind that the longer your analysis stays in WIP stage, the greater the chance of it being reassigned. Please avoid making comments in these threads until they are ready unless it's something very important.
[Quality Control] - Quality Control Ready: In the thread title, include [QC 0/2]. Make sure you update the thread title with the number of QC checks you currently have.
[Copyediting] - Grammar-Prose Ready: In the set title, include [GP 0/1]. The two required QC approvals have been met. The Grammar-Prose team now takes over. When you are ready for GP to check your analysis, please tag GP Team in your analysis so that the bot can put it into the queue.
[Done] - After the analysis gets a GP stamp, the analysis is ready for upload. Some analyses may need two stamps if the GPer requests it.
**Update your thread's tags and stamp number as you move along the process.
Reservation List
After reserving a Pokemon, you must post your analysis in a timely fashion. Your analysis thread must be up in 72 hours (3 days) or your reservation will be dropped. After that, you have 3 days to get it QC ready. If you have any extenuating circumstances that prevent you from getting up your thread within this time frame, notify a QC member via Discord. Do not reserve an analysis you don't have time to write.
Feel free to ask any questions to us in the QC channel of the LC Discord!
Refer to these resources if you are unsure of something or need further assistance:
Spelling and Grammar Standards (This is your biggest friend)
Guide to the GP Process (This will help you navigate through the GP Process for newer writers)
Plagiarism Guide (Don't do this. I will personally be enforcing this via infractions.)
Reservation Rules
- Anyone is able to reserve one Pokemon at a time (This applies to badgeholders and QC members as well). We want to give many people a chance to write at the start of the new generation. However, due to the time-sensitive nature of C&C, if a Pokemon hasn't been reserved in ~4-5 days and you already have your analysis QC-ready, you will be able to reserve a second Pokemon on a special basis.
- Those who have already shown to be trustworthy badgeholders and/or have prior LC writing experience get to write for the extremely high priority and most important Pokemon (may be subject to change).
- Me, gali, and the QC team will be discussing and posting reservation slates for what is available to write. Each reservation slates will be put up on an ongoing basis, so be sure to reserve early to get the Pokemon you want to write about!
- Once you figure out which Pokemon you want to reserve, post in this thread. Under the circumstances that the index isn't updated, be sure to pay attention to recent posts to see what's taken.
- Do not edit your posts if you wish to uphold your reservation.
- This should be common sense, but only reserve a set if you have a good amount of knowledge about it and experience with the metagame.
- If you have written for a Pokemon in the past and are writing for it now, do not copy and paste lines from your old analysis.
- IMPORTANT: Do not start a thread if your reservation hasn't been approved! You risk getting it deleted!
When you post your thread, be sure to use the appropriate tags for each stage of the analysis:
[WIP] - Work in Progress: The analysis is incomplete and is not ready for the QC Team to evaluate. Keep in mind that the longer your analysis stays in WIP stage, the greater the chance of it being reassigned. Please avoid making comments in these threads until they are ready unless it's something very important.
[Quality Control] - Quality Control Ready: In the thread title, include [QC 0/2]. Make sure you update the thread title with the number of QC checks you currently have.
[Copyediting] - Grammar-Prose Ready: In the set title, include [GP 0/1]. The two required QC approvals have been met. The Grammar-Prose team now takes over. When you are ready for GP to check your analysis, please tag GP Team in your analysis so that the bot can put it into the queue.
[Done] - After the analysis gets a GP stamp, the analysis is ready for upload. Some analyses may need two stamps if the GPer requests it.
**Update your thread's tags and stamp number as you move along the process.
Reservation List
After reserving a Pokemon, you must post your analysis in a timely fashion. Your analysis thread must be up in 72 hours (3 days) or your reservation will be dropped. After that, you have 3 days to get it QC ready. If you have any extenuating circumstances that prevent you from getting up your thread within this time frame, notify a QC member via Discord. Do not reserve an analysis you don't have time to write.
Feel free to ask any questions to us in the QC channel of the LC Discord!
