Reputation FAQ

I have taken the liberty of going through and making some changes to Wolverabid's old reputation thread and I'm just going to post up a new thread here. Feel free to ask questions about the system here.

vBulletin Reputation System

Contents

I. Definition II. Usage III. Reputation Levels IV. Reputation Gains & Losses V. Ethical Guidelines VI. Internal Links

What is reputation?

A person's standing in the community based on the opinions of others by using reputation awards.

vBulletin® v3.7.2 Documentation:

About User Reputations

Reputation Use

All users may participate in the vBulletin reputation award system. Users must possess ten reputation points and ten posts in order to add positive reputation points to others. Users may not add reputation awards or comments to their own profiles. A list of the reputation awards users have received is maintained in public profile pages. The 10 most recent awards are displayed, though a user can see more awards in their private User Control Panel. Award comments will be displayed to users only if the viewing user has permission to view the forum in which the specific reputation was awarded. Only administrators, forum moderators and respected users may impose negative reputation penalties. You may award users reputation in the resource sections. The reputation system may not be used in the chat room. Reputation may not be awarded in the Off-Topic, Introductions, and Something Else forums (except for moderator-imposed penalties). Adding to a user's reputation is accomplished by: Select the Add to User's Reputation button on forum posts: Enter a comment in the pop-up window. vBulletin codes are accepted. Press the Add to Reputation button to confirm the award. Reputation Power determines the number of reputation points added to other users: For every 200 reputation points a user possesses, he or she adds one point to their reputation power. For every 2500 posts a user possesses, he or she adds one point to their reputation power. Administrators may set other reputation power modifiers. Reputation Spread Factor must be matched before adding reputation to the same user for a second time: Five other unique users must be awarded before one can add reputation to any user again. Users may only give 10 reputation awards per day.

Reputation Levels

This table displays some of the reputation level descriptions and minimum reputation required for a user to be so categorized. The descriptions pop up when a users' reputation award icons are moused-over in their forum information panels and profile page. Reputation Levels:

Reputation Gain And Loss

Reputation may be gained by: Helping others: Most people will be grateful if someone helps answer an important question, completes a request or provides relevant input on their project. Helping The Hive Workshop: Administrators and Moderators will often reward users who make substantial contributions to the site's content, appearance or functionality. Participation in contests: Major arena contest victors always receive generous reputation prizes. Mini-Contests also provide (lesser) awards. Contributing resources: Resource authors who upload maps, models etc. may often receive reputation awards from consumers who use them. Reputation may be lost by: Violating Hive Workshop site rules, including but not limited to: Posting spam. Acting hostile or unfriendly toward other members. Uploading resources that violate any section's requirements. Failure to cooperate with administrators or moderators. Advertising for Reputation: Requesting / offering reputation in any way is strictly prohibited. Doing so may result in negative reputation punishments. Reputation awards in official contests are allowed. Reputation Adjustments: Under certain circumstances a user's reputation level may be adjusted by administrators: Refer to Cancelling Bad/Negative Reputation

Unofficial Ethical Guidelines

Be generous: The reputation confirmation window reads: Thanks for adding Reputation to this user. May you be lucky enough to receive the same Reputation back in turn. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." "What goes around comes around." Contest WIPs: Contest victors will receive substantial reputation rewards. Conservatism is recommended during the contest WIP (Work In Progress) phase.

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The reputation system may not be used in the chat room.

Is that even possible? o.O

if so, it should be written that way you wrote it :)

# All users may participate in the vBulletin reputation award system.
# Users must possess ten reputation points and ten posts in order to add positive reputation points to others.

Isn't that a contradiction? Sure enough, you're still taking part in the reputation system, but it's not worth anything unless you have above 10 rep.

So yes, in a sense, you are still contributing something, but you're contributing something that's worthless and nobody cares about... Thus, you're not really participating in the system because you're doing something that isn't mainstream and doesn't have an effect on anybody.

I think what he means by using reputation is that in the past, members would type a message which would say something along the lines of, "Look Here! "Insert link here" I'll give you rep!". And it is true, reputation cannot be given or taken in the chat room itself.

Ash, Everyone can use the system. When you receive rep, who cares if it's worth something? Just knowing that you helped a new member and that they appreciate it should be reward enough.

~Deathcom3s

Originally Posted by deathcom3s

Ash, Everyone can use the system. When you receive rep, who cares if it's worth something? Just knowing that you helped a new member and that they appreciate it should be reward enough.

~Deathcom3s

Tell that to terrainers ;)

Lol, Ash, I AM a terrainer, and I still don't mind. There are plenty of good terrainers that do not have a lot of reputation.

Stallion, Ralle probably has it disabled. Ghan, if you want to enable it, I believe it's under vBulletin options, then scroll down the list until you see "Reputation Options", then the rest is up to you.

~Deathcom3s

Then you're not a very good one :P

If you're a terrainer and have a gallery thread, then you can enjoy lots and lots of rep. That's, pretty much, all it's used for at the moment.

I agree. Because you can help, but many of the people that need the help cannot give any reputation anyhow. Many of the people who can give reputation are often veteran users, and don't really need help.

there is a mistake in the rep level. I have 95 and 3 green gems, but the list says that you need at least 100 for it^^

Ash, I may not be amazing, but I'm not horrible. I also haven't terrained in 5 months due to a Hard Drive crash and other issues.

Galleries don't gurantee you rep. Look at Correxx, he was a great terrainer, he has a gallery, but only around 60-70 rep.

Anyway, this is getting off-topic.

~Deathcom3s

Whatever you say... >_>

But I stick with what I said, that statement's contradictory.

60-70 for that one gallery deathcom3s. That's a lot.

And Ash, you need to be a good terrainer. Look at me, I don't have that much rep/post, but I consider myself a qualified terrainer.

Damn it ash...

> I believe it's under vBulletin options, then scroll down the list until you see "Reputation Options", then the rest is up to you.

Allowing users to disable reputation display is handled by usergroup, I believe.
I thought it was enabled.