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As Victor told us (read his
thread: http://www.eslprintables.com/forum/topic.asp?id=15740&page=1)
if a member has 3 ws removed as copies, he will be automatically banned. I saw
at the reporting page that some members report ws as copies when they aren�t.
Some wss are in fact repeated, non-ESL resources, etc. But they are reported as
a copy.
If the member has 3 ws
containing other language, for instance, and they are reported as copies (and not with
the proper reason), the member will be unfairly banned.
So I ask members to check the
proper reason to report the ws before reporting. And ask moderators to refrain
from voting for the removal of wss reported as copies if they aren�t, even when
there�s another reason to delete it. I suggest we wait until it disappears from
the reporting page and then report it for the real reason.
If it has been reported for the wrong reason then it �s easy to go to the worksheet page and report it for the right reason... but it can only be re reported with the correct option by someone who has not voted for it or reported it in the first place as we get only the 1 vote for each worksheet and reporting it in the first place counts as your vote.
You know I was thinking about this a couple of weeks back when people report without a link and then the proper link comes up in the comments section.. the person whose worksheet gets removed will only see the original reported reason (without link)... I think that when that happens we should do the same as above, re report it with the correct link.. Then the person knows exactly why their worksheet was removed... Just a thought!
cheezelsI
agree with you but moderators have to be cautious and click on the correct �I
agree� that corresponds to the real reason for the removal. And the best option
will be if people stopped reporting the
wss for �the first� reason on the list, and looked for the appropriate
description of the wss breaking the rules.
As I previously said many
times: I�m for responsible reporting.
All caution isn�t enough when managing other person�s work & feelings. Why
to report a ws if the person isn�t sure even about the reason to do it? I ask
members: in doubt, don�t do it.
Hm, you are right but...I just saw reported old ws as a copy but the reason was: not in English. I see this as a big problem. I am aware that some older
members are happy because of the rules not being the same for all wss,
but there should be a chance to report even older wss if they are
breaking the rules. Especially now, when users will be banned after 3
strikes.
@Michaela, Victor stated a new rule and it
also has to be respected. He said that old ws are to be reportedonly if they are copies. I do agree with you that
some (or many) are breaking the rules we have now, but as the site�s owner he
decided that they have to stay anyway.
So I understand that we have to respect all
the rules and not the ones �we like� or �we agree with�. Old wss are to be
reported if they are copies, no matter if they are not related to ESL, or are
written in Hebrew. They have to stay. If they are copies, they are to be
reported and removed, if there are 3 from the same old member, he will be
banned.
These are the rules, let�s respect all of them
and not �choose the ones we agree with�.
@ Zailda, I think you have misunderstood me. I said I don �t agree with the wss breaking rules being kept but that doesn �t mean I vote against the rules. But because of this new attribute (3 strikes and UR out) I think we should have some option to handle it. Right now we have only 1 day to find non ESL wss and report them. I believe it is not enough. But as you said, Victor is the owner and he makes the rules. I only said my opinion, but I still obey the owner �s rules (at least I try to do my best;o).
@Michaela, I
think I was not clear and gave the impression that I disagree with you. In fact
I couldn�t agree more and also think we should have the option to report an old
ws for other reasons, but his decision was taken after a hot discussion on the
forum (about old wss being updated to fit the new rules) so Victor decided to
keep them.
There are
thousands of members digging through the recent contributions page every day
and I don�t think a ws against the rules would escape from everyone�s eyes.
I ask
moderators (every member with more than 1.000 points) to help clean the site,
examining wss at the recent contributions page at least once a day. I
suggest they start with the ones with less downloads.
It�s the minimum
we can do to pay for the 1.000 downloads (or tons more) we got from the other
members. If you don�t have time, check it at least once a week. As Michaela
said, we only have one day to find all the wss against the rules.
