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Add Relation: Mentor / Mentee
This comes from religious grounds. I understand that WoP is meant to be respectful of all religions and cultures, but as a Catholic, I find it kind of misleading and disrespectful to have the concept of a Godparent when not used in the Catholic sense. I’m not saying delete the role. I am saying to add a way to not use it but still have the same kind of relation but not in a religious sense. I know that you’ll likely be like “well a lot of people use the term Godfather” and I agree, but there is a deep tie to Godparents and parents that is improperly demonstrated and used on site. A godparent’s job according to the English Catholic Church: Give their time to your godchild to talk to about the bigger questions of life – questions about hope, faith and love. Model and encourage them to develop Christian values – being kind and compassionate towards others, being generous towards others in need with time or money and standing against things in the world that cause injustice and suffering. Pray for their godchild through the ups and downs of their life and their faith journey. Show them practically how to make good choices in life, for themselves and for others. This might mean talking to them about how to stay healthy, how to resist temptations that can harm us and other people, how to care for God’s amazing world and how to handle peer pressure as they grow older. Help them to learn more about the Christian faith, through their church and in other ways. Going to church with them, talking about what the Bible shows us and helping them learn how to pray are all brilliant ways to support your godchild. Not everyone can be a Godparent and there are certain requirements to do so. However, on site I am seeing people with three pairs of Godparents, Godparents who are still in school, and people just choosing Godparents willy nilly without understanding what a Godparent is. So, I would like to ask that you add the Mentor and Mentee relations. The Godparent relation can still be used by anyone, but it gives people the choice to have something other than Godparent if they are not interested in God, and they can also use it if they do not want the parent aspect. In the HP Wikia: A godparent (either godfather or godmother, depending on gender), in many denominations of Christianity, is someone who sponsors a child's baptism. The term does not always have explicitly religious overtones, since the secular view of a godparent tends to be an individual chosen by the parents to take an interest in the child's upbringing and personal development, and to take care of the child should anything happen to the parents. (Yes, I get that it can be non-religious, but that doesn’t stop it from being offensive and annoying to some who understand its religious values) However, while this could be a reasoning, it could be also changed with the more appropriate co-parent or mentor/mentee without offending anyone. I feel like the term should still stay for those who wish to use it this way, but I would also like to open up a new relation for those more suitable. My Own Opinion: I hate the way that Godparent is used on site, because it is used to freely and given so freely. It upsets myself, as a person of Faith, that I would see people dish out Godparents at the birth of their IG child without understanding the complex responsibilities of
An Amendment to the FC Rules
§ Profile Picture Backstory and Profiles Images are not allowed to be nude photos or half-naked upper bodies. Furthermore, refrain from using actors from ‘Harry Potter’ or ‘Fantastic Beasts’ as face claims. You are not allowed to use triggering profile images that display alcohol, drugs, or real criminals such as serial killers. It is highly recommended not to use a picture of yourself, as we are open to the public and want to make sure your privacy is ensured. I am asking for an amendment on Site Rules / Profile and Backstory / Rule 6 / Profile Picture, specifically on the part that claims we cannot use actors. I am not sure if this rule was made in place by Warner Brothers or not with the whole cease and desist (no pettifogger, no house names, no nothing), but they do not own the right to completely block actors from being used. “Under U.S. law (governed mostly at the state level, such as in California and New York), individual actors retain a "right of publicity" over their own name, face, voice, and likeness. A studio cannot take an actor's face and put it on an unrelated commercial product or advertisement without explicit consent and compensation.” This also means that they cannot control who uses the actor themselves, but can control the actor’s likenesses in their film with their performance, portrayal, promotional photos, etc. On other sites, there are rules that allow the actor in a movie in the fandom to be used, just not in the role of the character they played in that specific fandom. “You may also not use a faceclaim from the movie or show, you may have the same actor but it can not be from their time during the show. This means you could have Walker Scobell as your faceclaim and use images/gifs from The Adam Project but you couldn't have him as your faceclaim and use images from the Percy Jackson and Olympians show.” - WoO EU I will say my personal grievances with this rule come from losing two characters. One of which was Joe Average’s FC David Tennant, and the other was Emil Medellsson’s Mads Mikkelsen FC, which was forced to be removed shortly after the third Fantastic Beasts movie came out, despite having it as his FC for over 6 IRL years. With the new Harry Potter HBO show coming out, there are already concerns about people who will lose their FCs due to something they can’t control, and this will continue to happen as long as Warner Bros/HBO continues to churn out Wizarding World content. I politely ask that you make a change to the rules where the characters can be the same actors but not the same roles that they were in Harry Potter, as it would be much appreciated amongst the user base who will not have to worry about losing their FCs that they have grown to associate with their characters. Benefits More Face Claims to choose from No worry about losing their face claim Increased gratitude towards the site More freedom of choice Some people get their FCs back Downsides Some people might not understand and need redirection (^^^ This already happens regardless of FC amendment ^^^) For me, a Face Claim is more than just an image of a character. When you give an FC to a character, it gives a feel to them that you come to associate with the character itself. It’s not just an image to look at, but often an identity and an aesthetic. On Joe I have gotten remarks that - “It just doesn’t feel l
Could Occlumency and Legilimency be up for Consideration once more?
So, originally about 8-9 years ago, Werewolves as a status used to not be a thing. This was mainly because the site was unable to decide how to properly implement the status while making it realistic and safe without people biting everyone and making an army. I submitted my proposition and the Werewolf Status was reconsidered and eventually was made a thing. So here is my proposition for Occlumency and Legilimency, inspired by what I have seen on other WoO sites: I think a big problem with Occlumency and Legilimency is the aspect of god-modding and meta-gaming, which makes quite a lot of sense as it is taken quite seriously on WoP. The fact that another user could abuse their status to invade another user’s mind, or to reject them can be problematic, especially given how Legilimency can be forced and can cause discomfort to resist. On WoO EU, there is a status called forced transformation that is unique to the Dionysus cabin. It is as it sounds: the victim is forced to be an animal for a set duration of time. However, the user must ask consent in messages first. I feel that if Legilimency and Occlumency was used with permission before implementing it in a topic, there would be a lot less issues with it, and we could avoid the concept of god-modding and meta-gaming as a whole. But can’t it be taught? Occlumency could be taught, but the status itself would be more or less focusing on natural-born or incredibly skilled Legilimens and Occlumens; the ones who can use the abilities by making eye-contact or naturally blocking others out of their thoughts (like Queenie Goldstein or Severus Snape) Rules of use: I think that as long as there are rules in place, I feel that it shouldn’t be a problem as long as the users follow them, so I came up with a series of rules that could help people understand the use of Legilimency and Occlumency better. LEGILIMENS: Legilimency should never be used to force oneself into other people’s mind unless asking consent, and even then, it should not be torturous. Legilimency, despite canon, cannot be used to read another’s mind during dueling to get an advantage. Legilimens must ask another user in owls or OOC if they can use their status on others, and they must stick to the other user’s lore and not make up memories for the other user. Graduate Legilimens can send messages into another user’s mind with consent similar to telepathy and can use their abilities to attempt to manipulate the mind, as long as they abide by the site rules. OCCLUMENS: All Occlumens are allowed to block others from reading their minds. All Occlumens can resist the Imperius Curse to some extent as long as it is realistic for their age. Graduate Occlumens are able to create false memories and thoughts to hide their true feelings and intentions from other users. Graduate Occlumens are also able to resist Veritaserum. Sources: Legilimency | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom Occlumency | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom
New Status Idea: Foreign Education
I don’t have an exact name for it; though I see this occasionally in backstories: Some writers have their characters previously attend another school like Durmstrang, Ilvermorny, or Beauxbatons, but they can never claim full graduation because of their house they selected at the beginning of their account creation, and they always have to claim to be a transfer. With this status, Graduates will be able to claim that they spend their entire education at a foreign wizarding school and have benefits when finding a new career. The main difference is that the house will change on their profile card to either their Ilvermorny house or the magical school they attended to. Description: With this status, the user will be allowed to claim that their character attended and graduated from another wizarding school. Benefits: By having this status, it opens up a variety of opportunities for characters to write about their past at another school. It allows for a lot of character development and can really make some people feel quite special. Please keep in mind, this status would only be for those who attended the entirety of their years at a foreign school. Having a character that had partial tuition at a school is still relevant and not affected by this. However, they do not have the aesthetic of a changed profile card in chat or the ability to claim that they fully graduated from a foreign school, nor do they get the grad career benefits. Example: Gender: Male Age: 18 Year: Graduate House: Pukwudgie Unlike other statuses, this one can be stacked on top of any other status, Metamorphmagus, Animagus, Half-Giant, etc, and is considered a passive status, allowing for a maximum of three statuses (species/career, item, and passive). It does not have its own unique status in bold at the bottom. Example: Gender: Female Age: 44 Year: Graduated School: Durmstrang Werewolf Owner of Acromantula Unique School Benefits: Uagadou: Adult: Status allows them to skip one year of IG-training in classes that require the Curse-Breaking or Magizoology course Beauxbatons: Adult: Status allows them to skip one year of IG-training in classes that require the Wand-Making or Healing course Durmstrang: Adult: Status allows them to skip one year of IG-training in classes that require the Dark Arts course Castelobruxo:
New Rules Regarding Pregnancy
These are rule amendments regarding pregnancy and the rules of realism that are required on site. I would not have to suggest these if I did not see some users on the site trying to do these very things. A lot of rules on World of Potter are just common sense in general and don’t need to be listed. I thought this was one of them, but apparently not. - “Users who are pregnant must promote safe practice during their roleplayed pregnancy. A pregnancy lasts between 8-9 IG weeks unless time-skipped.” - “Miscarriages, abortions, and very premature births are not allowed as they can be distressing to individuals. If the user decides not to have their baby while pregnant, they act like it never happened and everything resumes as normal.” - “Pregnancy must be roleplayed respectfully, and endangering the unborn child (drinking, smoking, dueling, brawling) will not be tolerated due to its potentially triggering nature, and the user will be given a warning.” - “We advise, despite its non-sexual nature, that births be time-skipped or taken to owl interactions due to its potentially uncomfortable nature to other users. Graphic births, c-sections, and other graphic surgical procedures are not allowed in forums and users will be asked to time-skip or write privately in owls.” A few others did agree that the portrayal of pregnancies in a dangerous or insensitive way on site was agitating to them, and a bad example to younger users on site. I believe by making these rules or a variation of them visible on site will notify users to know that this is not encouraged and that pregnancy must be treated as a respectful subject.
VIP-Galleons aren't able to purchase
For some reason i can't buy it? Even though i have over 5000 galleons. I really want vip so please fix this sooner
Ability to feed other people's pets
Sometimes you know your friends are going through something or might not be able to log on, or maybe you just want to feed your own pets from one account. Would be nice <3
Wizard Cards rewards are still broken
Wizard Cards seems to still be broken. I completed two collections by opening 10 cards at a time, and both times, when I opened what I can just assume to be the last card of their respective collection, the small message-window enters in a never-ending loading loop. There is no pop up announcing that the collection is finished. I got my leveling-up notification on the background, so that part works well. But there is no prize (object or pet), although the collection is obviously finished. I stopped before missing the /sing prize, hoping that it will be fixed.
Improving Godly Abilities
Hellow! I don’t know if this has been mentioned before, but it would be nice if a demigod’s powers evolved based on their rank. By that I mean the limit on how much of that power they can use would be higher. I suppose doing this for every level and every divine parent would take too much time and make the guide extremely long. So the solution could be to unlock limits after the demigod graduates? This would make progression fairly realistic in-game: our character naturally has powers, but through training at camp, they reach a certain level of mastery. Example for a child of Dionysus: At age 8: Levitation up to 20 feet (current limit) After graduation: Levitation up to 40 feet (after 7 years at camp) That's it- just a random idea that I think would be cool. For those who want to develop their characters through the years and enjoy using their powers in topics.
Fix Timestamps for Forums
The time shown for topic replies and other similar things show 12hr earlier than they actually were. This can be confusing then there are plots with time limits and other types of time limit.
Quidditch
I think quidditch needs an overhaul. There’s no punishment for spamming incorrect answers, and you’re allowed to copy and paste which isn’t considered cheating, but passing an answer on to another character is? How does that make sense. Not to mention what seem to be a lack of current interest. It seems many recent games haven’t happened due to lack of players. I under stand that googling is allowed because not every knows everything, but copy and pasting shouldn’t be. It seems like a cool concept that just need a little work.
Feeding the animals
Hello! Regarding the animals, in addition to choosing which ones to feed (or feeding them all if you're a VIP), it would be great if we could also choose the quantity of food to give them. We often feed our animals several times in a row, so this would save time—much like when choosing how many gifts to send.
More VIP access for Preceptor
I love my Preceptor job but what I found wierd was that Protégé got to move and add letters to folders, send Relations, and more but Preceptors can't. I find it kind of unfair as Preceptors are a higher up job and that Protégé get certain abilities more then Preceptors which it should be equal of Preceptors have more. So basically I am requesting for Preceptors to be able to sort through letters and make relations! It would also be nice for us to be able to make signatures as well. But that's extra.
Editing homeworks
I am not quite sure why this isn’t currently a feature, perhaps it’s too hard to implement or something. Being able to edit homeworks would allow me and many other users to fix mistakes that may not have been spotted before submission. Of course, as soon as one person starts grading, the edit function should be locked. If this feature cannot be added, would it be possible to receive an explanation why? Quite curious.
Mentor/Mentee program
Maybe for any users (maybe an unofficial site job?) who have been on the site for at least 6 months can be mentors to newer members who have just signed up and help them go through the basics of the site? like : 1 Homework (Required) 1 Topic (Required) At least grading 1 Homework (Required) Let them know what jobs are student staff/ grad staff jobs available if they are interested/ How to level up (Optional)
Request for Additional VIP Payment Methods (E-wallets)
I would love to subscribe to the VIP membership on the website, but I noticed that the current payment options are limited to bank transfers/cards(???) Is it possible to add support for e-wallets in the future? Having an e-wallet option would make the checkout process much easier and faster for international users who prefer not to use direct bank payments. Thank you for considering this suggestion!
Search users
Idk if the we alr had this but it would be really helpful if I could just search users by their names and stuff
Ban AI in Wall Posts
This applies to written AI, as recently I have seen instances where wall posts have been written with AI and passed on to happy recipients as “gifts” with said recipients not aware that these hard crafted works of literature are not actually from their friends but from ChatGPT. Upon realizing this, this can sow distrust as well. Also, wall posts often have a main pinned that often gives limited information about their character, similar to a PT in that respect. Given that PTs are not allowed to use AI, then I believe that wall posts in a written aspect should not have AI either.
Poltergeist's Puzzles
I think someone really needs to look into this. Today I had the question, “Who is Harry Potter’s Godfather?” Think we all know the answer to that. So, of course I typed in the correct answer, and it tells me it’s wrong. I checked my spelling, thinking that might have triggered the wrong answer, but my spelling was correct. This is NOT the first time this has happened. It’s been numerous times. I’d have the correct answer, and it tells me I got it wrong, when I know perfectly well, I did not have it wrong.
Skip homework when grading
I think that it would be very nice to be able to “skip” to the next homework in the grading pile. It could still be in the pile, but just pop up again in a later stage. In addition, it would be nice to have like two options; “Remove from pile” and “Skip for now”. The first one could be removed completely from your personal pile (like all the homework in courses you are not enrolled in). This fits perfectly for homework from alts, that you probably don’t want to grade at all (I wouldn’t want to, at least). The “skip for now” (or a better name xD) could be useful for when you have gotten like 5 assignments in a row from the same lesson, and just want some variation. Then, it can be put later in the pile and you get it eventually again, if it hasn’t been graded already. This would be very useful for everyone with alts that doesn’t want to grade their own homework. For me, not having this function means that I can’t grade as much as I would like because I keep getting my own homework (which I don’t want to grade). I love grading, but it’s very frustration when you get your own homework when there are a lot of others in the pile.