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Originally Posted by Lama
Warning: The following paragraph will attempt to explain the utterly obvious
What do you mean it did not exist that long ago? The date on the link I provided clearly proves that J2O did exist during the time the review was made. If there was no J2O, how can you write a review for a level that was uploaded to J2O?  |
You misunderstand. I was referring to whoever said the review was "three or four years old" (whatever the original quote was.)
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Originally Posted by Lama
Okay, so back then it was Newspaz who removes poor quality reviews. You said in this thread:
So, now, I know that when you say "repair" you mean, you would leave the reviews that have no use, such as "No Comment" as is, and the only real action you would take is to remove only the ratings.
But, imo, if you wrote a "stupid review," (as you stated) removing the rating and leaving the review as is, does not make the review any less stupid. My recommendation, so that you don't say I just complained, is that when you "repair," you should do something about the "stupid review" itself, not just the rating.
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No. By repair I mean write good, helpful, informative reviews. Removing the ratings is not the point. Many who knew me well back then that still know me well are quite aware that I have worked very hard to fix the moron I was back then. Rather, to work at fixing it; I am no less moronic than I was back then, but I harness my stupidity and direct it at something, perhaps turning it into a productive element.
As for your suggestion: that's an interesting suggestion indeed, but we don't remove ratings to avoid stupidity. The ratings are removed just because the reviewer doesn't explain themselves enough that it becomes obvious their decision is based on facts, not just some vendetta against the reviewer or a friendship.
The point is not to protect against stupidity, or I would be the one being banned, not being an admin. Rather, it is to make sure no one is cheating on the ratings system and that people who take the time to seriously look at the level and review it get more credibility than someone who just rates someone based on their name.
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Originally Posted by Lama
You need to be a J2O Admin and you need to have the special skills needed for mass accidental edits (which even Derby does not have).  |
I recall one day I spent an hour removing 214 reviews from J2O that a certain user had posted, and then deleting twelve accounts he had made to do it. I asked him later why he did it, and he replied "I was bored." I don't like bringing up the "if you don't like it, why don't you do it?" point, which is why I won't. But it's not like we do this job for glory or anything.
The requirements are basically the ability to press an edit button, be at least slightly partial, and show up. The difficult part is not going on an insane banning rampage. ;-P
And people who have problems with Trafton's reviews need not contact him.
Trafton has a problem with Trafton's reviews, especially Trafton of 2001-early 2002's reviews. This is exactly why Trafton wrote 5,000 character reviews daily for several months - because Trafton felt guilty. Once Trafton gets a moment of time, Trafton will be fixing those reviews and never, ever, ever talking in third person ever again.
~ Traft