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The new portal does reduce bad, inappropriate, and sign levels. Things have been cleaner, too. However, there is still an ongoing issue:

I haven't seen much of over-ratings lately, but... over this past month there have been MANY down-ratings... it can potentially make others feel depreciative, especially if they worked hard on a level... And then some individuals may ignore those projects because they have low ratings (this is how I see it.). Unfortunately, I am a victim among many others. I am upset by the fact that some individuals go around and rate good levels poorly, yet do not reply with any good reasons for their scores. It really isn't fair, and that has recently been a problem.

I hope this suggestion helps:

Some (level) moderator(s) could monitor ratings and delete any that seem unrealistic (that includes ratings without replies.). "But what if they ARE realistic, and those people do not feel like giving a (good) reason?" Well first read this, whether or not you say that:

Members who haven't rated before would need to have their first five ratings approved (by a moderator) with good reasons. After that, their next ratings (in number) without a following post would appear in red next to the star poll. Once a post is created, the number turns blue. These would need to be monitored by moderators. They'd check for any blue ratings and, if they are supported with a good, healthy post, the moderator would approve and turn it green (showing the rating is truthful).

However, there are already existing ratings. It can be a tricky fix, but how about this?:

Moderators, during their free time, could navigate deep into the Portal in search of already existing downRATERS. Once they find one, those moderators could punish the member(s) by deleting all of their existing ratings. But, before they become hasty, they should first give the member(s) a couple sequenced warnings. They may persuade individuals to change their rating(s) responsibly. However, if they consistently ignore their warnings they'd have to part from all their ratings, leaving the level(s) cleaner.

I put nearly two hours of thought into this, and would like to hear some feedback!
I clearly overused parentheses.

That all seems a bit too complicated...

Maybe just give lemods the power to remove downratings and/or punish downraters?

That is basically what I want to see.
Besides, it was only a suggestion. It doesn't need to be completely considered, using every detail.

KABOOM wrote:That all seems a bit too complicated...

Maybe just give lemods the power to remove downratings and/or punish downraters?

Nobody downrates but these noobs: Victor Espejo, NUNEZ, and Mario63 levels.I don't know what's their deal with downrating business and their jealousness of levels. Mainly, the portal would've been clear and good without these fools showing up and signing up to downrate levels. These three and their stupidness needs to leave the portal alone so nobody have to make a big fuss of this downrating business.

Okay, maybe I suggest also to leave it up to the mods to eliminate the downraters, or an automatic deletion of fake rates or downrates. Whatever, maybe we should just leave it up to the mods.

CaptainAmerica2 wrote:Nobody downrates but these noobs: Victor Espejo, NUNEZ, and Mario63 levels.I don't know what's their deal with downrating business and their jealousness of levels. Mainly, the portal would've been clear and good without these fools showing up and signing up to downrate levels. These three and their stupidness needs to leave the portal alone so nobody have to make a big fuss of this downrating business.

We both share our disappointment. Something needs doing.

And if they are reading this...

Please stop. . Just because you're jealous (as CA2 has also shown)... doesn't mean you cannot give what others deserve.

Level moderators already have the ability to warn users. It is up to the users to report downratings.
Unfortunately, there is no current way for us to view what ratings belong to who easily(only through a user's profile page), though the people that do notice there downraters help at the moment.

I could try and get Suyo to work something out if it's really that bad.

Victor Espejo, NUNEZ and Mario63levels are all one person. They all seem to share the same E-mail adress.
He annoys me too. But I PMed already Suyo about this stuff and asked in chat again. So Mario63levels ratings are deleted now. (Thanks Suyo.)

Anyways. I think we see him very soon again with another rereg then. I can only suggest to becareful if downratings appear again and look for new members that posted at least one level in the portal. Runouw and Suyo are the only people who can fix that because you would need to go into the ACP thingi to delete them. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)

Well, since those downraters are gone... for now... I will lock this. If the person reregs (which we absolutely do not want), I'll try to get this unlocked for further discussion.