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  1. Thank you. This is a forum, I added my opinions, as people do on forums. Do note, I didn't title the thread: 'Contribution & Moderation Law'. 2 sections are feedback and ideas for the DB Devs. A decent number of people aren't adhering to the guidelines (edit: by "guidelines", I mean "prompts" and what they imply) which is why I decided to write this. Greetings, my name is Vloshko I'm a stickler for proper quality data and annoyed by procedures not being followed. I didn't tell anyone they must do 'X' or they are unfit to do 'Y', I said "tips" and "please attempt to adhere". If anything I was writing a bit further into what's already implied in the prompts on both ends in https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com. Once again this is a forum and unless words are coming from a moderator or are explicitly stated as an order or something similar, everything should be taken as opinion. Devs can always improve the way something works, especially since the DB is in Alpha. They may read the opinions of users and maybe they will decide to make a change, or not. By the way could you please link the guidelines here so everyone may see them? I personally can't find them anywhere on https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com. Next I searched google. Finally, I double checked by searching the forms. The latter two instances I found the link is dead in the Pinned Post that leads leads to https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wB80CH3zecXccfQ4Et8NxYa-G1bQuo7eo1YHvkYQ728/edit. Which brings me to another Suggestion I forgot to add, have these guidelines directly accessible from https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com/moderation, it's bad design to make the user navigate elsewhere to find them. Sorry for the tact, I'm Israeli, we're blunt and straight to the point, plus I'm a nerd. Thank you for your feedback. Thank you for your time and I'm sorry for offending you neil9000; I will do my best to word things better from this underlined point on out, Vloshko (Pokemon ROM Hack nerd) P.S. Someone has been adding a lot of clear logos, box art, and doing some consolidation, you're doing a fantastic job. Color accuracy 10/10 I think it was for Commodore 64 IIRC. edit: clarity, punctuation, sentence structure, bold, underline
  2. Haven't seen this "Reason" before.
  3. I recently mentioned this in my post, here's what I wrote in regard to this: At least from using ARC Browser in conjunction with https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com, on my GPD XD +, I have found that the "Wikipedia" link section doesn't do anything, except allow you to click on it for more information about the game. Which leads me to believe it doesn't have to be a Wikipedia link.
  4. I may add more as I come across them. Esteemed Contributors, please attempt to adhere to the following when attempting to change or add new information (screenshots/art are usually exempt): PROVIDE SOURCES!!!!!! Best to provide at least 2 sources, for more information on Primary and Secondary sources please visit https://libguides.merrimack.edu/research_help/Sources. ESRB rating should never be changed to the blank option, instead pick "Not Rated". For more information please visit https://www.esrb.org/ratings-guide/, https://www.tidewatergames.com/esrb-ratings-guide, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board. If the game was made prior to September 16, 1994 there will be no ESRB rating, thus select "Not Rated". In addition, all ROM hacks and Homebrews haven't been rated by ESRB. The blank option is for when adding a game if you don't know the answer and don't have time to look it up. All ROM Hacks won't have a Publisher, they do have a Designer, sometimes multiple. Most Homebrews won't have a Publisher, rare exceptions. Humble Moderators, please attempt to adhere to the following when accepting or rejecting changes: Reject, if no sources are provided (unless you have the time to search for sources to verify each change that doesn't provide sources). Be responsible by clicking that link to verify that the link is associated with the entry/content it is attached to. Pay attention to details, especially requested changes of any images. If the requested ESRB Rating change is to the blank option, reject it. If the requested change has "No Reason Provided" be wary and the majority of the time refer to the first bullet point (exceptions are most screenshots/art). Suggested changes to https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com: Display username of the contributor next to the requested change in moderation queue. Display username of the contributor next to the current information in moderation queue. Show somewhere which moderators approved/rejected content changes (accountability). Don't allow users to see this: it shouldn't be a competition (even if you can only see your own numbers) Moderation should be done for the sake of DB integrity. Don't allow users to see this: it shouldn't be a competition (even if you can only see your own numbers) Contribution should be done for the sake of DB integrity. Note: I purposely made two changes that were completely and utterly incorrect to see if moderators were paying attention; to the 5 people who approved each of those changes, I have since gone back and requested a change to the correct information, approved again. Require sources. Add option for Moderators to pick which game systems will appear in moderation queue. This way we may have specialists. Simple tick/check boxes would work. Notes: At least from using ARC Browser in conjunction with https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com, on my GPD XD +, I have found that the "Wikipedia" link section doesn't do anything, except allow you to click on it for more information about the game. Which leads me to believe it doesn't have to be a Wikipedia link. Recently tested my theory with a non-Wikipedia link, works. It's exhausting to see correct information changed to completely incorrect information and having to go back to edit. Thank you for your time, Vloshko (Pokemon ROM Hack nerd) edit 1: punctuation edit 2: added a bullet point to "Suggested changes to https://gamesdb.launchbox-app.com" section.
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