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About the rating, is it really necessary to have all those categories we have now? I thought it was okay before. What I was thinking instead is to have three categories (like before?).
Approved - Ranged score from 3 to 5
Pending
Rejected - Ranged score from 1 to 2
The last category, the rejected one, should, if the map really is made of low quality, deleted immediatly. A score of 2 would be the same as "reviewed", but instead, reject it and move it to the development forum.
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Regarding mini-mods and map mods I think we should have more of both of them. An idea perhaps could be to let the map moderators (or Rui) to organize it so that each map moderator has 2 or 3 mini-moderators, and the map moderator could give out "orders" in what maps shouls be tested, as flexible and variated as possible. Maybe a map mod only status could be implented to display to other moderators what maps which already are reviewed by another "mod team".
Well, if you preferr something else than what stated in the part above (when I think of it now it was more an attempt to brainstorm), I could suggest something else . I dont know whether you said it before or not, but if you decide to keep the mini-mods, you could make 3 voting scales:
1) Users/fans/dorks who downgrade. (May vote precisely as they wish)
2) Mini-mods rating (replacing approved/rejected as if 1-2 is rejected and 3-5 is approved)
3) Map moderator/Rui rating. (May or may not be needed, (0) would mean unrated but approved)
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Regarding uploading maps, many users (at least in the past) uses this site just like epicwar. They create an account, write no posts and submit a map, and that's it. It would indeed be neat if there was a system which could prevent this, like, being active at the forums first before submitting anything, introducing yourself and your project (for instance, like a threshold for minimum posts before submitting?). Also, hopelessly many maps are either multi-uploaded, created by another user or a modified map of someone elses work. I suppose that will still happend, but at least, give them an warning/infraction so that they can learn from their mistakes. Or... change these to the "Resource Provider" user. Another idea on that matter would be to make an own category for these maps.
Approved - Ranged score from 3 to 5
Pending
Rejected - Ranged score from 1 to 2
The last category, the rejected one, should, if the map really is made of low quality, deleted immediatly. A score of 2 would be the same as "reviewed", but instead, reject it and move it to the development forum.
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Regarding mini-mods and map mods I think we should have more of both of them. An idea perhaps could be to let the map moderators (or Rui) to organize it so that each map moderator has 2 or 3 mini-moderators, and the map moderator could give out "orders" in what maps shouls be tested, as flexible and variated as possible. Maybe a map mod only status could be implented to display to other moderators what maps which already are reviewed by another "mod team".
Well, if you preferr something else than what stated in the part above (when I think of it now it was more an attempt to brainstorm), I could suggest something else . I dont know whether you said it before or not, but if you decide to keep the mini-mods, you could make 3 voting scales:
1) Users/fans/dorks who downgrade. (May vote precisely as they wish)
2) Mini-mods rating (replacing approved/rejected as if 1-2 is rejected and 3-5 is approved)
3) Map moderator/Rui rating. (May or may not be needed, (0) would mean unrated but approved)
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Regarding uploading maps, many users (at least in the past) uses this site just like epicwar. They create an account, write no posts and submit a map, and that's it. It would indeed be neat if there was a system which could prevent this, like, being active at the forums first before submitting anything, introducing yourself and your project (for instance, like a threshold for minimum posts before submitting?). Also, hopelessly many maps are either multi-uploaded, created by another user or a modified map of someone elses work. I suppose that will still happend, but at least, give them an warning/infraction so that they can learn from their mistakes. Or... change these to the "Resource Provider" user. Another idea on that matter would be to make an own category for these maps.