Reputations - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***The Barrow-Wight*** · 03-25-2004, 01:47 PM

Ah, sorry... the icon does have hover text. That's true. Maybe it's something in your settings. All of those icon have ALT text, and perphas your browser has an option to turn those on or off?

Lyta_Underhill · 03-25-2004, 02:50 PM

I suppose the thing I don't get is the points scale. I am told I have 17 points and I have two entries in my reputations area in User CP, but I do not know how many points are allotted to each, nor how to control the number of points given when rating another user's post. Perhaps there is a default number that is entered when you choose to approve or disapprove? And I am supposing this point count is cumulative? I am a little unclear on how many points equal "approval" and how many equal "disapproval" and how to tell on individual entries how many points go with them. It also tells me I have started on the path to adventure, but some have "username is getting the hang of it." I guess these users have more points than I do. I suppose I'll "get the hang of it" eventually!

Cheers!
Lyta

Lindolirian · 03-25-2004, 03:00 PM

I tried to rate NightKngiht on some questions he asked in the Quiz Room and it gave me this:
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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to NightKnight again.

Just out of curiosity, how much reputation do I have "to spread" before I can rate one person again? Evidently this is not something to be used on every post you may like or dislike...

Estelyn Telcontar · 03-25-2004, 05:45 PM

Lyta, we cannot choose how many points we give on the reputation function - a user has points based on various factors, including her/his own reputation. A click will give whatever rating "weight" I have to give.

**The Saucepan Man** · 03-26-2004, 04:00 AM

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Just out of curiosity, how much reputation do I have "to spread" before I can rate one person again? Evidently this is not something to be used on every post you may like or dislike...

I don't know the answer to the first question, but it seems a fair principle to me. First, it helps prevent people working together to "bump up" each other's Reputation. And secondly, it emphasises the point that Reputation is not to be given just for any old post that may take your fancy or state an opinon with which you agree (just as it should not be taken away simply because you disagree with a post).

Reputation should only be awarded in respect of those posts which you find particularly insightful, helpful, well argued, well written, witty etc. In this regard, it's worth filling out the reason for approving (or disapproving) a post, since identifying what exactly it is that you like about a thread will help you in working out whether it really merits a Reputation boost (and it will also tell the recipient exactly what he/she is doing right (or wrong)).

Lindolirian · 03-26-2004, 03:32 PM

Yes, I had originally thought it was some sort of "Hey that was a nice post" thing that you could give out whenever. Indeed I shall use this power wisely, now that I now what it is!

Niluial · 04-03-2004, 12:37 PM

I still don’t get it. If I click on my reputation scale it says you have 10 reputation points. Does this mean 10 people have given me a reputation on that one post or throughout the few weeks?

03-25-2004, 01:47 PM	#1
*The Barrow-Wight* Night In Wight Satin Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 4,043	Ah, sorry... the icon does have hover text. That's true. Maybe it's something in your settings. All of those icon have ALT text, and perphas your browser has an option to turn those on or off? __________________ The Barrow-Wight

03-25-2004, 02:50 PM	#2
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	Getting the Hang of It I suppose the thing I don't get is the points scale. I am told I have 17 points and I have two entries in my reputations area in User CP, but I do not know how many points are allotted to each, nor how to control the number of points given when rating another user's post. Perhaps there is a default number that is entered when you choose to approve or disapprove? And I am supposing this point count is cumulative? I am a little unclear on how many points equal "approval" and how many equal "disapproval" and how to tell on individual entries how many points go with them. It also tells me I have started on the path to adventure, but some have "username is getting the hang of it." I guess these users have more points than I do. I suppose I'll "get the hang of it" eventually! Cheers! Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”

03-25-2004, 03:00 PM	#3
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	I tried to rate NightKngiht on some questions he asked in the Quiz Room and it gave me this: Quote: You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to NightKnight again. Just out of curiosity, how much reputation do I have "to spread" before I can rate one person again? Evidently this is not something to be used on every post you may like or dislike... __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

03-25-2004, 05:45 PM	#4
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	Lyta, we cannot choose how many points we give on the reputation function - a user has points based on various factors, including her/his own reputation. A click will give whatever rating "weight" I have to give. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'

03-26-2004, 03:32 PM	#6
Lindolirian World's Tallest Hobbit Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Where the view is long Posts: 2,117	Yes, I had originally thought it was some sort of "Hey that was a nice post" thing that you could give out whenever. Indeed I shall use this power wisely, now that I now what it is! __________________ 'They say that the One will himself enter into Arda, and heal Men and all the Marring from the beginning to the end."

04-03-2004, 12:37 PM	#7
Niluial Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: In the darkness of white Posts: 601	10 Points? I still don’t get it. If I click on my reputation scale it says you have 10 reputation points. Does this mean 10 people have given me a reputation on that one post or throughout the few weeks? __________________ Life is not about how many breaths you take but about how many times it leaves you breathless. My rants, moans and groans in other words my Blog My Magical Site