So, how the heck are you supposed to find the RapGenius Glossary of Poetic and Literary Terms, other than through serendipity?

It took @a-_---_-_-.B.Schmidt’s annotation of “The iamb is a matter of pronunciation…” (which was a very roundabout way of getting there, I have to say) in his A Lesson in Prosody – Yeats’s “Leda and the Swan” to lead me to it.

There’s got to be a better way.

Or am I missing something?

Good point. There are a lot of good resources like that page that don’t get enough love. But I’m not sure I have a good solution to get more exposure for these pages. Any suggestions?

We could, stick these pages somewhere in the home page, or maybe put them on a tab accessible from every song/text page. We could also create one master page that links to all the helpful pages, but then people wouldn’t necessarily find that page easily.

Here is a very limited, very incomplete list of good pages:

• http://rapgenius.com/Rap-genius-contributor-guidelines-lyrics
• http://news.rapgenius.com/Rap-genius-editors-style-and-formatting-guidelines-annotated
• http://rapgenius.com/Rap-genius-editors-rap-genius-faq-annotated
• http://rapgenius.com/Rap-genius-editors-editors-guide-annotated
• http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Education-genius-digital-writing-style-guide-for-students-annotated
• http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Education-genius-a-students-guide-to-genius-annotated
• http://rapgenius.com/Tyrantx-index-lyrics
• http://news.rapgenius.com/Rap-genius-editors-basic-formatting-guide-annotated
• http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Education-genius-glossary-of-poetic-and-literary-terms-annotated
• http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Education-genius-glossary-of-drama-theater-terms-annotated
• http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Education-genius-resource-guide-for-genius-educators-annotated
• http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Poetry-genius-editors-american-literature-digital-anthology-beginnings-through-1914-annotated
• http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Education-genius-timeline-of-african-american-poetry-1854-2013-annotated
• http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Education-genius-classroom-projects-annotated
• http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Poetry-genius-editors-poetry-genius-guidelines-annotated
• http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Poetry-genius-editors-gifs-for-coaching-annotated

And don’t forget…

http://poetry.rapgenius.com/Poetry-genius-editors-shakespearean-swag-our-favorite-literary-annotations-on-rap-genius-annotated

Thanks, but – aaaargh! – this proves my point. @dalmo, I think we need a button or tab linking to essential Genius how-to guides and another for exemplary pages in each area, maybe a “moderators' choice” sort of thing.

While I’m at it, I think Genius needs the equivalent of a StumbleUpon algorithm that recommends posts – perhaps it should even open to a sort of Netflix-recommends page, with a lot of posts in multiple categories.

I actually have the glossary of terms on my bookmarks bar– but you’re right, @ProfPBush , it’s a workaround.

Would compiling the texts @dalmo has so helpfully selected into a blog-format article called Poetry Genius Manual or something work?

I think that would be useful, @stephen_j_p. However, a lot of work needs to be done by the development team to create a nooby-friendly design for the entire site. If someone is intrigued enough by the site to stick around and explore, there’s a wealth of stuff here, but a number of casual visitors are probably confused and don’t return.

@ProfPBush – You’re absolutely right, and redesigns are currently under active discussion. Any specific suggestions you have would be welcome.

“Resources” list or “Best of” menu as a PG homepage feature (or easily accessible link from homepage) would be hugely helpful, I agree.

@glossybrown

Since we can “follow” texts now, could we have a suggested texts to follow thing on the newsfeed below the people to follow sugestions?

^ right under here?

Also, is there a list of these really useful texts that pops up to new users when they join the site?

We still need that introductory VIDEO too…

What about a How To/Guidelines/(some other better term) link at the top of the page right next to “About ___ Genius” (I’m thinking across platforms) that brings you to a page with all those texts? Or at least a conspicuous link to a page with all of them within the “About” page…

@bugs

Updating the About page is a good idea. What about adding a few of the most helpful links directly to the page, and then the rest on a separate page of the kind @WizeMack described?

If people are behind this idea (@TheScrivener? @Lucky_Desperado?), I can put something together.

Definitely in favor of adding some of those links to the about page.

whole-hog cosign bringing visibility to (revised and focused) how-to’s and other resources for the site!

Thanks, @ProfPBush for your continued vigilance and reminders of how things appear to those new to the site.

Thanks, @Lucky_Desperado. I keep thinking of the RG engineering ad somewhere on the home page that says,

Rap Genius is at an unusual point in our history: we’re one of the fastest-growing sites on the internet, we get 30 million unique visitors per month

Thirty million unique visitors – I wonder what their impression of the site is? Can they actually see all the potential that’s here? When I look at the RG landing page, I doubt that they do, and that’s a crime.

Cosign the suggestions said here – about page update would be great.

@ProfPBush – were you saying finding the glossary through my annotation on my lesson was a roundabout method or that I was making my point in the lesson in a roundabout way?

If the latter I’d appreciate your feedback as that is intended to be one of the culminating lessons in a series of articles that various members of the PoetryGenius site are creating to expand the help the site offers.