tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:52:42 +0000Review.erPla.netDevelopment of websites that are part of the erPla Networkhttp://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-117372518690659466Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:31:00 +00002009-09-24T02:30:28.364-05:00Review.erPla.netThese are the quality ratings guidelines I've thought of so far. I may edit this post to contain suggestions made in the comments. Moderators don't have to strictly follow these rules, and may award different brownie points for each quality (good or bad) than these guidelines suggest. Even so, it would still be a good idea for reviewers to look to these rules for guidance. Feel free to make http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/quality-rating-guidelines.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-7471051202419525751Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:24:00 +00002009-09-24T02:29:58.648-05:00Review.erPla.netAnyone who comments on a review like a guppy (ex. "OMG your reviews are awesome!") should get at least a warning. Anyone who's looking at the comments of the review has probably already read the review, thus making guppy comments pointless. Guppies should express that kind of shallow appreciation by simply favoriting the reviewer. Guppy comments are nullified on sight, as are replies http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/guppy-policy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-5705655084771074619Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:21:00 +00002009-09-24T02:29:49.436-05:00Review.erPla.netAnyone who comments on a review in a trollish manner (ex. "This game sucks, and you suck for thinking otherwise.") would of been better off not commenting at all. Expressing yourself like a troll justifies an immediate tempban. If you don't like the game, you should f***ing write your own review of it. Trolling comments are nullified on sight, as are replies chastising the troll. Report http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/troll-policy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-4183570940540354415Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:19:00 +00002009-07-15T19:20:58.726-05:00Review.erPla.netAll comments have a "reply code" box containing the BBCode to link to that specific comment. Simply copy that code into your comment, and write your reply after it.If you use the code given exactly as it is, it'll notify the person replied to.http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/replying-to-comment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-3395022774595014225Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:16:00 +00002009-07-15T19:49:12.658-05:00Review.erPla.netReview comments can be reported and subsequently nullified for several reasons, including but not limited to the comment being:junk (ex. nothing written, nothing but punctuation, unintelligible, etc.)inflammatory (ex. profanity, insults, trolling, etc.)irrelevant (ex. "I think they should of used Bruce Campbell to voice the main character")http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/bad-commenting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-6841740384333819032Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:14:00 +00002009-07-15T19:15:14.379-05:00Review.erPla.netThe only way to write a new review for a game you've already reviewed is to either edit or abandon the original.http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/rewriting-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-7517354207825381322Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:10:00 +00002009-09-24T02:29:01.454-05:00Review.erPla.netNOTE: The abandon review button is an image of a skull. You can abandon a review if you do not want it to factor into your personal notability and average review credibility. Abandoned reviews are kept in the system and are only visible to yourself and mods. Abandoning a review requires admin approval. You can't edit a review while it's abandoned. You can reclaim an abandoned review at any http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/abandoning-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-6251958973245012847Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:09:00 +00002009-07-15T19:10:09.327-05:00Review.erPla.netAdding a game to your library allows other users to request a review of that game from you. This is simply a metric so you can determine what your fans want the most of from you at the moment. Review requests are not factored into any other aspect of the system, and only you can see the number of requests that have been made.You can also set up email notification (default is 'off') when the http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/review-requests.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-5393768639673127443Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:58:00 +00002009-09-24T02:28:22.637-05:00Review.erPla.netAll reviewers have an "integrity rating" which starts at 100 (and cannot go any higher). Various actions can change a reviewer's integrity rating. For example, if a reviewer is found to be lying, the review containing the lie will be retracted and the liar may have their integrity rating lowered. The "credibility" of a review is initially the average user approval for the review. If the http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/reviewer-integrity-and-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-7299402345489944053Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:50:00 +00002009-09-24T02:28:07.933-05:00Review.erPla.netNormally, your favorites feed URL ends in your user ID and is accessible from your public profile. This is called "sharing" your favorites. I'm considering allowing users to make their favorites RSS feed "secret" by setting a "secret word". The secret word must be one word containing all lowercase letters. This secret word replaces your user ID in the feed URL. So long as you don't tell http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/possible-secret-word-system.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-4344144291280667117Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:47:00 +00002009-09-24T02:27:55.393-05:00Review.erPla.netUsers can mark games or reviewers as "favorites". Marking a game as a "favorite" will tell the system to notify you whenever that game gets reviewed. Marking a reviewer as a "favorite" will tell the system to notify you whenever that reviewer posts a review. There are two ways the system can notify you of an update: By RSS Feed: The system adds the items to your "favorites" RSS news feed. (http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-favorites.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-5083019536571169203Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:27:00 +00002009-09-24T02:27:41.044-05:00Review.erPla.netA report draft can be edited by clicking on the "edit" button next to the relevant report in the "My Reports" section of your user control panel. When a report is being edited, it can be either saved as a "draft" or sent. Drafts are not visible to the mods. While drafting a report you can... discard the draft by clicking the "discard" button, save your progress by clicking the "save" http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/editing-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-2688410932808131488Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:26:00 +00002009-09-24T02:27:24.315-05:00Review.erPla.netAlthough Bombing Reports, Reviewer Abuse Reports, and Comment Abuse Reports can all be sent directly from the review or comment in question, you can also create one from scratch by clicking the "Create Report" button in the My Reports section of your user control panel. After clicking "Create Report", you will be prompted to click the button appropriate to the time of report you want to write.http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/creating-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-3537142112991522088Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:20:00 +00002009-07-15T18:46:49.781-05:00Review.erPla.netWhile a report is still "new", the reporter can rescind the report by editing it. Editing a report changes it to a "draft".The reporter can delete a report permanently by clicking the "delete" button on the "Edit Report" screen (can only be done while the report is either an unsent draft or sent but "new").http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/rescinding-report.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-920856337878981473Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:16:00 +00002009-09-24T02:26:51.989-05:00Review.erPla.netAll Mod Abuse Reports, Reviewer Abuse Reports, Comment Abuse Reports, and Bombing Reports are saved to the "My Reports" section of your user control panel. Reports not written by you but involve you are also visible in "My Reports". Each listing is marked according to the report status: "Draft": The report is incomplete and is not visible to mods. "New": The report has not been opened by ahttp://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-reports.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-6807739146489190464Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:07:00 +00002011-04-07T20:25:01.350-05:00Review.erPla.netNOTE: The report bombing button is an image of a bomb. NOTE: A "# of votes / # of comments in the last 24 hours" meter is shown next to the "report bombing" button and should be used to help determine if a bombing has occurred. "Bombing" refers to comment and/or approval/disapproval spamming of a review. Users can report a review bombing at any time via a "Report Bombing" button on the review http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/reporting-bombing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-1901865451207438781Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:05:00 +00002009-09-24T02:26:15.196-05:00Review.erPla.netNOTE: The report comment abuse button is an image of a red speech bubble. Individual comments on reviews can be reported by clicking on the "report comment abuse" button next to the offending comment. Once a comment is reported, the report comment abuse button is disabled (displays a grayed out "busy" speech bubble) and the cannot be reported again until the previous report is resolved. http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/reporting-comment-abuse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-7604237614702371600Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:48:00 +00002009-09-24T02:25:48.379-05:00Review.erPla.netNOTE: The report reviewer abuse button is an image of a quill. Users can report reviewers which violate the Reviewer Terms of Service to the site administrators. To report a reviewer, click on the "report reviewer" button inside the "My Reports" section of your user control panel. Reviewer Abuse Reports must specifically mention the kind of abuse and quote the part of the review which containshttp://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/reporting-reviewer-abuse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-5815800159288668131Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:43:00 +00002009-09-24T02:25:35.007-05:00Review.erPla.netNOTE: The report mod abuse button is an image of a gavel. Users can report mods which violate the Moderator Terms of Service to the site administrators. To report a moderator, click on the "report mod" button inside the "My Reports" section of your user control panel. Mod Abuse Reports must contain the mod ID and related action IDs as well as impressive reasoning behind their claim, or the http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/reporting-mod-abuse.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-6156385213263840410Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:39:00 +00002009-09-24T02:25:20.227-05:00Review.erPla.netReviews you write are listed in the "My Reviews" section of your user profile. Each listing is marked according to it's review status: "Draft": Review is not publicly viewable. "Posted": Review is publicly viewable. You can edit a review by clicking the "edit" button. (see: "Editing a Review" for more info) If a posted review has been opened for editing and saved as a draft, there http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-reviews.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-1547261915250697855Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:25:00 +00002009-09-24T02:25:00.997-05:00Review.erPla.netWhen a review is initially posted, a quality rating request is sent to the site staff. Quality rating requests are also sent when when a review is edited. If it's been a week since a quality rating request was sent, a reviewer can get the quality rating request more attention by clicking the "buzz quality rating request" button on their reviews page (after which you must wait another week to http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/requesting-quality-rating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-1874850517308198009Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:21:00 +00002009-07-15T17:25:33.596-05:00Review.erPla.netIf you have a game in your library, you can approval rate reviews of that game.To approval rate a review, go to the bottom of the review, select how much you approve of the review from the "Approval Rate" drop-box, and click "Rate". Approval Ratings range from "Strongly Agree" to "Strongly Disagree". You can only approval rate once per review. NOTE: Abusing the approval rating system can result http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/approval-rating-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-7387925780951717093Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:16:00 +00002009-07-15T17:22:40.429-05:00Review.erPla.netAll users can comment on a review regardless if they have the game being reviewed or not in their game library. To comment on a review, fill in the comment box at the bottom of the review and click "comment".NOTE: Abusing the comment box can result in disciplinary action.http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/commenting-on-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-4803103710071710502Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:07:00 +00002009-09-24T02:24:20.625-05:00Review.erPla.netWhen a new review is written, it can be either "saved" as a draft or "posted" to the public. Drafts are not visible to the public. While drafting a review... you can discard the draft by clicking the "discard" button. you can save your progress by clicking the "save" button. you can preview what the review will look like by clicking the "preview" button. When a posted review is opened, http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/editing-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3716665512312040971.post-7314091914506414459Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:02:00 +00002009-07-15T17:06:29.573-05:00Review.erPla.netFirst, the game must already be in the system (see "Requesting a Game" for more info).Second, you must add that game to your library (see "Adding a Game" for more info). After adding the game to your library, go to the game's page and click the "write review" button. Alternatively, you can go to your game library and click the "write review" button next to the game you're wanting to review.http://erplanetdev.blogspot.com/2009/07/creating-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0