"Lacking" Resources

[Lefroit]

Can we talk about how a lot of resources lately are getting "Lacking" rating? Is this some kind of a new rule, to shadowban all resources that aren't updated after they received "awaiting update" status for having a few minor problems like unused tracks or geoset visibility?
This not only discourages creators of the models, but also hides them from general search and appearing in creator's profile. I suggest to re-review them.

 

[Kyrbi0]

I'm not a resource section moderator or reviewer, so I can't speak to any explicit or implicit changes in policy there.

But I can say that this rating system is still relatively new and getting put through its paces. Also, a recent event has given the staff cause to have some conversations about the interplay between Lacking and Awaiting Update, so just know that we're looking into this.

Feedback like this is valuable.

 

[Archian]

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. There is definitely an issue there. I just had a look at the lacking resources, and many dont belong in that category.

I will discuss this with the reviewers.

 

[Ralle]

I believe the story goes like this:
It was brought up that resources were stuck for years in awaiting update and that it was problematic. They were batch moderated to Approved - Lacking because they were lacking some fix, otherwise they would not have been awaiting update. The logic for doing this is that lacking resources are easier to find than awaiting update and the resource is probably never getting updated anyway.

We realize that this might not be fair for all resources. So please make us aware of this if you find something out of whack. Feel free to use the "Report" button.

 

[BaiyuGalan]

Why not add another Rating? Just call it a "minor flaw". As long as the shortcomings of this work are not significant. We can put it in this place. Let others see and know that this work has minor flaws. But it doesn't affect his use. Because many Lacking models can be used normally.

 

[DREADMAN]

Every day more and more resources get there due to the fact that moderators do not like the authors themselves or are tired of waiting for an update from the author.

 

[deepstrasz]

Why not add another Rating? Just call it a "minor flaw". As long as the shortcomings of this work are not significant. We can put it in this place. Let others see and know that this work has minor flaws. But it doesn't affect his use. Because many Lacking models can be used normally.

Creating myriads of approval states will not help. We already have too many and people are keep asking for more.
Those models are not in Lacking because they are conceptually bad, but because they have issues. If I am to give your idea some credit, maybe some of them could instead be moved to Useful/Simple until properly fixed, depending on how gross the issues they have are of course.

 

[DREADMAN]

Creating myriads of approval states will not help. We already have too many and people are keep asking for more.
Those models are not in Lacking because they are conceptually bad, but because they have issues. If I am to give your idea some credit, maybe some of them could instead be moved to Useful/Simple until properly fixed, depending on how gross the issues they have are of course.

But normal models also get there

 

[deepstrasz]

But normal models also get there

Define normal.

 

[DREADMAN]

Define normal.

I meant when some models fall into this category due to green (sometimes yellow) warnings.
And some models with the same warnings fall into the "good" category.

 

[deepstrasz]

I meant when some models fall into this category due to green (sometimes yellow) warnings.
And some models with the same warnings fall into the "good" category.

Guess that might have been a case of subjective or rather divergent reviewing.

 

[loktar]

How about a revised Awaiting Update system. The moderator can select Useful/Simple, Lacking or Restricted as a "backup" rating when rating something as Awaiting Update. The backup rating chosen should depend on the the overall quality and the severity of issues. If the resource is updated it goes back to Pending like it does now, but if it's not updated after 6 months (or whatever), it automatically goes into the backup rating.