Welcome to CI5hq!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Updated 2016-05-02
Welcome to ci5hq - an lj dedicated to discussion, reviews and recommendations of all things about The Professionals, and especially about the thousands of Pros fanfic stories out there. You might like to take a look at some of these posts, to help you find your way around:

The CI5hq Index (Tag List)
Find the post you're looking for easily! This is the tag list, organised by author, artist, vidder, story title, zine title, discussion topic, storylist subject...among other things.

List of Beta Readers
Need someone to look through your story (or vid or at your artwork) to make sure it's fit for showing to your public? This is a post of volunteers who are happy to beta read, and happy for you to get in touch and ask for help. It's also the place to go if you'd like to volunteer as a beta reader. (2016-05-02 - Not updated for quite some time - we should fix that! Still worth trying though, you'll see who's active in Pros lj in general!)

Frequently Asked Questions and other information about the lads
Wondering if anyone's ever looked into the lads' background? Bodie's mercenary past? The tv shows they might have watched? How pubs worked in 1970s/80s England? You'll find links to posts and websites here answering all sorts of questions...

The Reading Room
The Reading Room began way back in 2009, and despite the odd pause or two it's still running. Every Thursday we settle in for to chat about a Pros story that's been arranged in advanced, led by a volunteer making the initial post. Everyone's welcome to join in - read the story, read the review, and come and let us know what you think! (2016-05-02 - Not currently active)

Beta Central
This is a relatively new feature, and slightly irregular depending on who is writing and looking for help. Writers who would like a story beta-d can volunteer it for the Beta Central list, will be given a Monday date, and can then post it on that day for beta comments and help checking and editing from ci5hq readers. Hopefully this will be a helpful experience for everyone - writers and betas - who'd like to see lots of good Pros fic that people will love to read. *g* (2016-05-02 - Not currently active)

NEW! The Pros Fic Cover Gallery.
Exactly what it says on the tin - it turns out that lots of us make covers for printed or e-book versions of our favourite stories, and we're happy to share them!

There are a few other links in the sidebar on the left, and more information on the User Info page Feel free to ask questions either here, or via the mods (email addresses on the User Info page). Everyone is welcome to post about Pros at any time, or ask questions you've always wondered, make comments you've always wanted to make, review a story or rec a drawing - this community is all about loving the lads, and spending some time sharing that love with other people. We love to hear from anyone who wants to talk about our boys, so do come and browse the most recent - and older! - posts, post and comment - and mostly, enjoy yourself!

Comments

[golden-bastet.livejournal.com]

Sticky post!

Very helpful in seeing what's what. Thanks muchly for doing this.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I know! I'm so excited lj has organised sticky posts for comms - I've been wanting to do this for aaages, cos I don't think anyone ever sees the sidebar links! *g*

[inamac.livejournal.com]

Experimenting with the new buttons? *G* they seem to work.

You might check the links on the FAQ page, which don't seem to be working for me :( Not sure whether that's an LJ glitch or that stuff has been moved.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I am indeed... I've been wanting to put a post of links etc at the top of the comm for ages - the sidebar's just not vey clear, and I don't think people ever look at it... Now they have a whole big post not to look at! *g*

Something seems to be going on with the name of comms too, which has buggered up all the links. I don't mind them changing them - but I'm hoping that there'll be a brief period of glitch and then a cross-over of working links again, cos otherwise I'd have to go back and re-link everything I'd ever done here... hmmn, and at palelyloitering too, come to think of it... So I'll keep my eye on it, and hope the links start to work again soon-ish!

ETA - aha, it's a known issue:
http://users.livejournal.com/exampleusername/ and http://community.livejournal.com/exampleusername/ URLs are returning "page not found" or "the page is not redirecting properly" errors when attempting to view entries.
Good!

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

Ah, so it's sticky? Great idea, and nice summary of all the ways and means of enhancing our enjoyment of the lads!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yes! Comms can have sticky posts now too! And everyone can have them without post-dating them, in fact - yeay! I've been wanting this for ci5hq for so long! *g*

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Ooh - my very first sticky note! Neat!

[anna060957.livejournal.com]

Thank you, BSL. I've taken the oppportunity to update my beta offer!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Hi zai82nab. This community is very specifically for The Professionals fandom, and so can't accept posts not related to The Professionals (a tv show). You look like you have some worthwhile articles to share, so best wishes for finding the right place for them. Maybe try doing a search on lj for the topics that you're interested in - that will probably take you to the best places for posting.