...I just exited out of the tab I typed my super long response in, because I'm just awesome like that ; ;
Anywho! This thread brings up a lot of good points. And now I get to type/retype everything multiple times so I make sure to not offend anyone.
Limit on Pending/Upcoming fanlistings
This limit isn't perfect. There are some people who could be approved for 10+ fanlistings, get them all finished on time, and take perfect care of every fanlisting they ever make. However, there are also people who are approved for 6 and then fail to finish any on time and let them all be removed 2-3 months after being approved, and rarely take care of their current fanlistings. In the first case, the limit would be too low. In the second (and yes, I've seen that happen, more than once), the limit is far too high. Six is a compromise, a middle ground. I'm sorry for those of you who fit into the first category, but for the majority of this network, the rule works very well. While I see and understand your point, it's not practical to change the rule for the few who would benefit.
As an applications staffer, I think that not enough people let me know when they've completed fanlistings. I get maybe 2-3 applications
a year that say "I've finished these fanlistings" and provided URLS to the completed fanlistings, in case the finished forms aren't processed before I get to the application. If you've completed the fanlistings and let us know, we won't count them towards your limit of 6.
Relationships limit
To be honest, I don't really see why this is a problem. It's been brought up before--why didn't anyone else throw in their comments then? It just feels a smidge late to be bringing this up, in my opinion. Like Shalott said, many of the legit relationships with more than 3 characters can be approved into the Characters category. Those that don't, you may create a fanlisting for that's not approved by TAFL. When I have to tell someone we cannot approve their request to create a fanlisting for 3+ characters, I try to always suggest that--and most of them are quite happy to hear they can create the fanlisting outside of TAFL.
Staff Elitism
Do you guys really have a problem with us? ^_^ If a group of people are making someone else feel like crap, do you really think we have no right to politely tell that group to stop? If people are talking about the same thing in multiple topics, is it wrong to close one and let them chat about it in the other? We don't care to do it, to be honest. Especially in the first case! I, for one, would much rather have no one make anyone else feel like crap and have the staff not have to comment on it.
...and I think that's what I had to say, for the most part