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Make suggestions, report errors > Three strikes and you are out
Three strikes and you are out
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anitarobi
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I agree, Zailda. With (great) power, comes (great) responsibility. People really should be careful when reporting - sometimes it would be more productive to send a pm to some members to change sth or update their wss, because not everybody realizes at once the problems others could have using their wss. Sometimes I see some wss which contain other languages or mostly clipart, and I know they will be removed, and yet I see the general idea the author had and I see the potential usefulness of some wss. Reporting wss is really a responsibility people should take the time to do. If one can �t do a job properly, sometimes it �s better not to do it at all than just exercise power. Clicking boxes is the easiest thing in the world, but creating great wss is a time-consuming process, not to mention teaching people how to create better and better wss. |
18 Jan 2010
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zailda
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@anitarobi, I agree with you, the responsibility comes with the "power" but some people like exercising the power without feeling the responsibility implied on deciding about other person �s work.
If a person at least tries to prepare something useful and adds the proper description (so we can have an idea about what his ws is aimed to) I spend my time collecting my ideas and creating some suggestions for the member to update his ws and send him a PM with my suggestions, so it won �t be removed.
But if a ws is reported and the member didn �t even bother providing a description of his own work, for me it infers the member doesn �t care about his own work or the use people can make of it. So I simply vote for the removal, because if the ws owner didn �t think his ws is worthy of some time to provide a clear description, I have other things to do, better than explaining him how important a proper description is, or suggesting what to do to turn his ws into a useful resource.
I mean: I give the ws the exact value its owner did. If we want consideration and respect, we have to start demonstrating it ourselves. We will be taken seriously if we demonstrate we are here for serious reasons.
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18 Jan 2010
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donapeter
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I personally reported at least 3 stolen contribution of a member and he wasn �t banned. Does it work anyway???? |
18 Jan 2010
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zailda
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If you reported the wss as copies, and if they were removed, he �ll be automatically banned - as Victor stated on his thread.
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18 Jan 2010
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