Well, it has been quite a time for me in the TV.com Community Spotlight. Let me go back in time....

I had been a TC for M*A*S*H for about a month when I logged in on the 13th of June. I usually log in once a day to check my editors queue so I can get the submissions taken care of as quickly as possible. This was before I went to work. Anyway, I noticed on in my queue, but it was for M*A*S*H. At first, I wondered how it got there, but then I noticed a new email in my box. It was from the moderators saying I had just been made the editor. I appproved the submission and went on my way. Two days later, one of my friends wrote in her blog that it was her anniversary here. Then I noticed that it was also my anniversary, so I wrote about that and the new editorship in my blog. The next day, I saw several comments to it, including one that said I had been in the Community Spotlight. I had wondered in the past what you had to do to get that, but I didn't want to seem like I was only doing this to get an emblem on my profile. I was very surprised and pleased.

Over the next week, I received new friend requests because of my apperance in the Spotlight. It was very nice to see my nickname on the front page and on the community page. In all, I added 15 new friends(including one I can tell I won't agree with politically). It has been a very nice experience to have people reading my profile and seeing what shows I like. One thing I would like to see is an archive of former members listed so that we can see who has been and maybe we could add them also.

EDIT: I forgot one other thing, in the midst of the new editorship, I also achieved level 60, the Grape Ape emblem. For those who don't know, the Grape Ape was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon about a huge purple gorilla and a beagle who traveled around in a VW bus-type car helping people. He was called Grape Ape because every time he said something, he would end it by saying 'Grape Ape! Grape Ape!' I'm sure that it could be seen on the Boomerang channel if you have that.

I was perusing one of my friend's blogs(IndianaMom) and she said it was her third anniversary here. I looked at my profile page and I just noticed that it is also my third anniversary too. I'm sure there are a lot of us TVTome visitors haning around since CNET bought the website and made it TV.com. We have sure been through a lot--both good and bad--since we started here. I haven't done one of these in a while, but it seemed like a good time to do one. One thing that has happened to me since the last one is that I became the editor for M*A*S*H. I had started contributing to that guide. Then the editor made me a TC and just this weekend retired, so I inherited it. I also became a TC for Hogan's Heroes. I have all the DVD's of both series, so I hope to get as much info as I can to both. Hopefully, it won't be more than a year until the next post.

Well, it seems that things are getting back to normal around here. Everything that has happened over the past month or so--the level drop, the submission upgrade and the fixes and refixes, and the power outage--things seem to be getting back to the way they were. There are a few things still needing worked on, though. I can't edit crew or cast still and fix mistakes. I can't add new people to the crew. I've had to add several new people for the UK version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and the first names weren't right. I had to go and change them manually on the person page. Also, crew still has to be added through the cast page. Hopefully, these will be resolved. But, the cap of seven additions still puzzles me. Why is it capped at seven? I thought that adding as many as possible would be one of the things that would be added to the upgrade. In any case, I want to give my appreciation to all the Dev team for their hard work and to Danmod for updating the progress on his blog.

EDIT: I'm back to the level I was before the level drop, but not quite at the percentage, I think I was in the 20's or 30's.

Level: 55 Completion: 17%
Rank: Bounty Dog
Forum Posts: 128 Submissions
Accepted: 12,285
Pending: 1
Denied: 381
Total: 12,667 Reviews
Shows: 2
Episodes: 14
People: 1
Total: 17

I thought I would save a new blog post for a special occasion, and I just found one. Level: 51    Completion: 14%
Rank: I Broke TV.com (Shatterdaymorn)
Forum Posts: 45

Submissions
Accepted: 9,733
Pending: 1
Denied: 266
Total: 10,000

Reviews
Shows: 2
Episodes: 13
People: 1
Total: 16

Wow! I never thought I'd reach 5 figures in my posts! Of course, now I have to go for 20,000. lol Or maybe more reviews. I wonder how many others have gotten to 10,000 submissions.

Second entry here, and time to tell more. I had a question on my tip about the 'submission is accepted' page. So far, I have had no problems when I refresh the page. Just put your mouse over the link where it says 'here' and you will see on the taskbar what page you will go to when you click it. If it not the same as the show you are editing, then refresh. Also, I have not had a problem with shows I am an editor of.
Now, here are the list of shows I have on my list:
Barney Miller, Good Times, Hogan's Heroes, Happy Days, Welcome Back Kotter: These are shows I grew up watching and liking. I especially remember watching Hogan's Heroes on my local TV every night after its CBS run had ended.
M*A*S*H: Of course, if you love comedy, M*A*S*H is a must on your list.
Raw and Smackdown: I am a big wrestling fan since I can remember, and these are the biggest shows going now.
Hockey Night In Canada: I am also a sports fan, and this is the only sports show I have seen here so far. They don't list sports as a seperate category yet. I didn't have a chance to see it until I got my DIRECTV and the NHL package.
Whose Line and Green Screen: When I first saw Whose Line, I thought it was one of the funniest things I had ever seen. I was happy that they were bringing it to the US, and it almost always makes me laugh. Green Screen is another version, most of the same games, but with animation; and though some don't like that, I think it is a great plus.
Laugh-In and The Monkees: These are similar in that they broke the mold for television; Laugh-In with its fast pace and attitiude; and the Monkees with their breaking the 'fourth wall' and speaking directly to the audience.
MST 3000: The best and most unappreciated show ever. Even though most of their riffs are over my head(I noticed several references to the Taliban before they became known here), I, like I believe many others, do talk to the screen to make my own little comments, so I do relate to that. When you have to do that for your own survival, well then...
That's a little peek into my own mind, and all i can say is: It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.

I've been thinking about doing something like this, and I finally decided to do it. I've been having problems with some of my submissions. I'll show you by giving my statistics:
Level 24 (18%)
Accepted: 2260
Pending: 1
Denied: 100
Total: 2361
I got a lot of the denials early by not doing the tags the right way. I finally learned to do it by doing the < / > for all of them. Lately, though, I have been getting blank submissions because of , I guess, a bug in the system. When I get the 'submission is approved' page, I click on the link to take me back to the episode I was editing, but it takes me to another show entirely. I have solved this problem by refreshing that page, and when it comes back, the link is correct. I hope that anyone who reads this will use this tip. It is weird to have to reject your own submissions when you are an editor of a show. I will tell you more about myself next time. Until then, good night, Dick.