Glowing Username & Reputation

[MissFlora]

Some questions..

Glowing Username
1) Will there be a preview beforehand?
2) Will there be free changes of colors after you've decided with a color?
3) Is that unlimited number of changes or...?

Reputation
1) When you click "add reputation", how much will it add? In 10's, or 20's or....?
2) Are there special meaning to the different colour of the green little bars? Some are darker colored, some are lighter.
3) When you put your cursor over your green bars, it will give some descriptions. Can someone list all the descriptions with the required reputation points?
4) Is reputation related to the colour of the green bars? Will I be able to see what are all my bad reputation points?
5) If someone leave me an unjustified bad reputation, after investigations, will the mods change my reputation points or nothing can be done?

Please advise.

Thanks,
Flora.

 

[Qwert]

Ahh...I wonder if many people really understand the meaning of "bad post". Sigh...Now I feel upset about posting threads. I'm sure I'm not the only one dealing with "wrongful bad post remarks" and this actions are definitely discouraged! Thanks newbe for showing me the link to the admins, I will try my luck there.

Exactly what I was saying, I've had 4 bad rep on posts that were clearly not offensive, and no reasoning. People don't know what it's for, I think it's mostly newbies (not you Newbe) that are doing that, also people who never inteend to post much.

Thanks for the link Newbe, it's a little late for the ones that have already happened but from now on I can use that link which will be helpful. Thanks agian

 

[middlebe]

sure thing, my friends

(((group hug)))

newbe

 

[MissFlora]

I still have not received any answers to the questions we have regarding the rep points though I've posted in that link. Anymore ideas, fellow np'ers?

 

[middlebe]

I still have not received any answers to the questions we have regarding the rep points though I've posted in that link. Anymore ideas, fellow np'ers?

Hmm well my last two ideas are:

1) to post in this thread:

http://www.namepros.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9

(without necessarily citing your neglected inquiry in the private messages to staff thread)

then wait three days.

2) If you still don't get a response, try PMing one or more of the following:

RJ, Armstrong, or CoolJeff.

I know that all three of them lead really busy lives, and have taken on a lot in moderating this board.

Sending you holiday cheer from Paris,

newbe

 

[Qwert]

You mean CoolJeff right, he's not been on for a while though.

 

[middlebe]

You mean CoolJeff right, he's not been on for a while though.

hehe thanks Qwert that sure is what I meant. I've edited that last post.

cheers

 

[MissFlora]

Hm, maybe everyone is busying spending $$ on christmas ornaments and presents. Hehehe, we'll wait a little then. But I do hope we get the answers somehow. Thanks alot, newbe and Qwert and everyone who contributed in this thread.

 

[RJ]

OK, I'll give this a shot.

1) When you click "add reputation", how much will it add? In 10's, or 20's or....?

Every user has "reputation power" to give reputation to others, this equals the number of points that is given when they leaves positive reputation on others.

Reputation power is determined by several factors including length of membership, number of posts, and their own reputation score. A new user with 10 posts would likely have reputation power of 1. The highest I've seen is 11. All staff members have a reputation power of 10.

2) Are there special meaning to the different colour of the green little bars? Some are darker colored, some are lighter.

None really, they just get lighter the more you have.

3) When you put your cursor over your green bars, it will give some descriptions. Can someone list all the descriptions with the required reputation points?

From lowest to highest are listed here.

User is infamous around these parts
User can only hope to improve
User has a little shameless behaviour in the past
User is an unknown quantity at this point
User is on a distinguished road
User will become famous soon enough
User has a spectacular aura about
User is a jewel in the rough
User is just really nice
User is a glorious beacon of light
User is a name known to all
User is a splendid one to behold
User has much to be proud of
User has a brilliant future
User has a reputation beyond repute

4) Is reputation related to the colour of the green bars? Will I be able to see what are all my bad reputation points?

Higher reputation scores have more green bars. If you see red bars, that user has a negative reputation. Anything green is positive.

5) If someone leave me an unjustified bad reputation, after investigations, will the mods change my reputation points or nothing can be done?

For the most part, we've left the negative reputation as is unless its obvious that the user was only leaving it to be mean or unfair. Often, if I or the other staff feel the post in question was not deserving of a negative reputation rating we'll leave a positive one to coutner it. Remember, staff ratings count for 10 points while most of the negative reputations that are unfairly given I've noticed are worth 1 or 2. So you may come out ahead anyway.

Some other notes,

Reputation ratings only count after that user has rated 19 other members. Meaning you can't rate the same person twice in a row, you'll have to rate 20 members. This cuts down on the effect of users who may have grudge against certain users or purposely intend to raise or lower reputation scores of others.

Don't take any single negative reputation rating personally. Other members can't see your negative reputation ratings and they really don't count as much as say Trader Ratings would. It's really more entertainment purposes, while the Trader Rating is your actual "reputation" on the site.

Hope this helps,

RJ

 

[MissFlora]

RJ, Thanks for verifying this matter, it helps alot!

 

[MissFlora]

I have this message when I try to give someone a reputation comment..

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to xxxxx again."

What does it mean?

 

[RJ]

I have this message when I try to give someone a reputation comment..

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to xxxxx again."

What does it mean?

Yes, that's what I meant by the 20 members comment I made above. You can only rate the same user once per 20 reputations you leave.

 

[MissFlora]

But I have not even rated one user yet...So how should I even start if the first reputation I'm giving, has to be the 21st reputation I have given? I'm rather confused.

 

[middlebe]

But I have not even rated one user yet...So how should I even start if the first reputation I'm giving, has to be the 21st reputation I have given? I'm rather confused.

Hiya Flora,

Okay, here's how it works. They wanted to impose some kind of restriction on how often you can give someone reputation points. Makes sense, right? Otherwise I could just make a deal with you (let's say we're best friends in real life) to give you a whole boatload of reputation points, and you'll do the same with me? Well, the whole points system wouldn't really mean anything if we could give each other an infinite number of points, would it ?

So a rule was imposed, saying, "Anyone can give some reputation points to anyone else. However, you can only give points to the same person twice (good points or bad) after having given points to at least 19 other people first."

So practically speaking, you can give ANYBODY points once, good or bad, but you have to give points to 19 other people in between before giving more points to the same user.

Make sense ?

newbe

 

[RJ]

But I have not even rated one user yet...

I checked the database and you have rated two users
postivie rep to user starting with letter 's' 15th Nov 2004
positive rep to user starting with letter 'n' 2nd Dec 2004

 

[Jeff]

You mean CoolJeff right, he's not been on for a while though.

I'm here (been on vacation with the family)! *<|

RJ, Armstrong, or CoolJeff.

I know that all three of them lead really busy lives, and have taken on a lot in moderating this board.

Sending you holiday cheer from Paris,

newbe

Merci, beaucoup.
Happy Holidays, folks!
-Jeff

 

[MissFlora]

Happy holidays Jeff. *cheers*. RJ, I can't remember giving those reps. Mind if you PM me the names so I know. The error I had might have been caused by me double clicking on "n" to leave a positive rep. Sorry about that.

 

[Nexus]

Hiya,

I was trying to give myself a "glow" recently, says I don't have enough points (which is odd, because I rarely spend these and I have over 1000 NP bucks). ALSO says the glow costs 0 name bucks. Big goose egg. Not sure how that works.

Thanks,
~ Nexus

 

[Qwert]

It says you don't have enough cause you don't have enough LOL

You need 1200NP for a glow.

 

[Veolus]

OK, I'll give this a shot.

1) When you click "add reputation", how much will it add? In 10's, or 20's or....?

Every user has "reputation power" to give reputation to others, this equals the number of points that is given when they leaves positive reputation on others.

Reputation power is determined by several factors including length of membership, number of posts, and their own reputation score. A new user with 10 posts would likely have reputation power of 1. The highest I've seen is 11. All staff members have a reputation power of 10.

2) Are there special meaning to the different colour of the green little bars? Some are darker colored, some are lighter.

None really, they just get lighter the more you have.

3) When you put your cursor over your green bars, it will give some descriptions. Can someone list all the descriptions with the required reputation points?

From lowest to highest are listed here.

User is infamous around these parts
User can only hope to improve
User has a little shameless behaviour in the past
User is an unknown quantity at this point
User is on a distinguished road
User will become famous soon enough
User has a spectacular aura about
User is a jewel in the rough
User is just really nice
User is a glorious beacon of light
User is a name known to all
User is a splendid one to behold
User has much to be proud of
User has a brilliant future
User has a reputation beyond repute

4) Is reputation related to the colour of the green bars? Will I be able to see what are all my bad reputation points?

Higher reputation scores have more green bars. If you see red bars, that user has a negative reputation. Anything green is positive.

5) If someone leave me an unjustified bad reputation, after investigations, will the mods change my reputation points or nothing can be done?

For the most part, we've left the negative reputation as is unless its obvious that the user was only leaving it to be mean or unfair. Often, if I or the other staff feel the post in question was not deserving of a negative reputation rating we'll leave a positive one to coutner it. Remember, staff ratings count for 10 points while most of the negative reputations that are unfairly given I've noticed are worth 1 or 2. So you may come out ahead anyway.

Some other notes,

Reputation ratings only count after that user has rated 19 other members. Meaning you can't rate the same person twice in a row, you'll have to rate 20 members. This cuts down on the effect of users who may have grudge against certain users or purposely intend to raise or lower reputation scores of others.

Don't take any single negative reputation rating personally. Other members can't see your negative reputation ratings and they really don't count as much as say Trader Ratings would. It's really more entertainment purposes, while the Trader Rating is your actual "reputation" on the site.

Hope this helps,

RJ

Thankyou for the brief explanation

 

[jroy]

From lowest to highest are listed here.

User is infamous around these parts
User can only hope to improve
User has a little shameless behaviour in the past
User is an unknown quantity at this point
User is on a distinguished road
User will become famous soon enough
User has a spectacular aura about
User is a jewel in the rough
User is just really nice
User is a glorious beacon of light
User is a name known to all
User is a splendid one to behold
User has much to be proud of
User has a brilliant future
User has a reputation beyond repute

yay, im only 2 ranks behind RJ