Review Approval System

[zlaker]

So after some discussion with Level Judges and Valtteri we have now decided to approve users reviews in the Levels forum.

Review Approving Guidelines

• The Level Judges approving your review must agree with some or all of your review. Major disagreements (e.g. you think the level is a 2/10 and the judge thinks it's clearly deserving of an 8) may result in your review not getting approved.
• Your reviews must be constructive. The Level Judges reserve the right to accept or deny reviews that they think are not constructive enough.
• Your reviews must be posted with proper English grammar/conventions.
• Level Judges can override a review made by a regular user if it's already been approved.
• The original poster can ask a review posted by a non-judge to be overriden by an official Level Judge if they want. It would be preferred if this power wasn't overused by OPs, however.

If you don't break any of those rules mentioned above your review can be considered and discussed by two or more level judges OR a level judge may approve the review themself. You can wait to have your review approved or you can PM a level judge to get it reviewed. Happy judging, folks!

[silent_]

I have a question.
Do you post your review on the original level thread and then send it to a level judge asking if it got approved or not? Or do you send your review to a level judge, and if it got approved, put it in the level thread?

Also, I support this idea, because quite frankly, I'm tired of generous/strict level judges. We need users' opinions too to balance it out.

[zlaker]

I have a question.
Do you post your review on the original level thread and then send it to a level judge asking if it got approved or not? Or do you send your review to a level judge, and if it got approved, put it in the level thread?

Also, I support this idea, because quite frankly, I'm tired of generous/strict level judges. We need users' opinions too to balance it out.

Post it in the original thread.

[silent_]

Okay, thanks for letting me know.

[lighthouse64]

So I guess the level reviews thing has gotten us something good. YAY finally something nice happened.

[Mable]

[*]Your reviews must be constructive. The Level Judges reserve the right to accept or deny reviews that they think are not constructive enough.

I like this one out of all the rules bc there really are people without posting a constructive review here is a example.

Well... i can review this?

NPCs:

Yes this looks are cool and art of Dry koopas so good
I can believe to you with this level but here i can say
This is cool!

Insult:

Spoiler: show

Graphics:

good graphic in this level i see this Dry koopa! Yes this good graphics, is tower i like this, castles & towers is cool! Graphics of window is cool, but... this so good for me and all!

Special:

Nice tower! i believe this good tower! i ever seen ;)

Over 7.12/10.255

You can see this isn't constructive enough actually. A good constructive review in my eyes is a long written text which actually tells you the dude has played your level and doesn't just judge by a screen.

[TLtimelord]

[*]Your reviews must be constructive. The Level Judges reserve the right to accept or deny reviews that they think are not constructive enough.

I like this one out of all the rules bc there really are people without posting a constructive review here is a example.

Well... i can review this?

NPCs:

Yes this looks are cool and art of Dry koopas so good
I can believe to you with this level but here i can say
This is cool!

Insult:

Spoiler: show

Graphics:

good graphic in this level i see this Dry koopa! Yes this good graphics, is tower i like this, castles & towers is cool! Graphics of window is cool, but... this so good for me and all!

Special:

Nice tower! i believe this good tower! i ever seen

Over 7.12/10.255

You can see this isn't constructive enough actually. A good constructive review in my eyes is a long written text which actually tells you the dude has played your level and doesn't just judge by a screen.

Reviews like that we would not approve because, like you said, it isn't constructive enough.

[HenryRichard]

I have a question: If someone constantly makes good reviews that keep getting approved, would they get promoted to level judge? Just wondering.

[silent_]

I have a question: If someone constantly makes good reviews that keep getting approved, would they get promoted to level judge? Just wondering.

I would love that.

except even if i made ten good reviews a day, i would never get promoted again for personal reasons lol

[bossedit8]

I think this isn't really gonna happen as we have enough already but if we have a bit less we can search for other Judges to promote.

[lighthouse64]

Man this post had to be made right after I got a review disapproved.

[zlaker]

I have a question: If someone constantly makes good reviews that keep getting approved, would they get promoted to level judge? Just wondering.

Not really. If ya want to be a level judge just send in a review to TNTtimelord or Valtteri.

[zioy]

How about this:
If a level judge disapproves a review, they have to review the level themself. That way, the user can learn from the judge's review, and the level ends up getting reviewed.

[HenryRichard]

^
That sounds good, except the judge may be busy, and then the creator of the level is like, "Hey, why didn't this level get reviewed? All the others did! This is unfair!" and the creator of the bad review doesn't learn anything. It's a good idea, it just wouldn't work.

[TLtimelord]

^
That sounds good, except the judge may be busy, and then the creator of the level is like, "Hey, why didn't this level get reviewed? All the others did! This is unfair!" and the creator of the bad review doesn't learn anything. It's a good idea, it just wouldn't work.

I can tell you right now one of the regular users is already improving on his reviews. As long as we tell them what they did fine on and what they should improve on, there shouldn't be many complaints.

[lighthouse64]

How about this:
If a level judge disapproves a review, they have to review the level themself. That way, the user can learn from the judge's review, and the level ends up getting reviewed.

Um you know maybe just another user can do the review .

[lighthouse64]

How about this:
If a level judge disapproves a review, they have to review the level themself. That way, the user can learn from the judge's review, and the level ends up getting reviewed.

Um you know maybe just another user can do the review .

The judges will probably base it upon other users' reviews of the level. Reviewing it themselves might just be a waste of time, especially if it's because one person wrote a bad review. Meh, the judges know what they're doing.

Yeah, I guess they do. I just wish I wouldn't get downrepped for having a crappy review. :/

[Imaynotbehere4long]

PM a Level Judge your review, and the Level Judges will discuss it and send you back a PM.

I request a perpetual list of Level Judges so that we don't end up sending our review to someone who used to be a Level Judge, but isn't anymore.

I have a question: If someone constantly makes good reviews that keep getting approved, would they get promoted to level judge? Just wondering.

Not really. If ya want to be a level judge just send in a review to TNTtimelord or Valtteri.

So, it's once again possible to become a Level Judge? If not, how will I be able to know when it is possible, if ever? This is confusing for me, especially since I'd like to become a Level Judge.

[zlaker]

PM a Level Judge your review, and the Level Judges will discuss it and send you back a PM.

I request a perpetual list of Level Judges so that we don't end up sending our review to someone who used to be a Level Judge, but isn't anymore.

You can check the Level Judge group to see who's still Level Judges.

I have a question: If someone constantly makes good reviews that keep getting approved, would they get promoted to level judge? Just wondering.

Not really. If ya want to be a level judge just send in a review to TNTtimelord or Valtteri.

So, it's once again possible to become a Level Judge? If not, how will I be able to know when it is possible, if ever? This is confusing for me, especially since I'd like to become a Level Judge.

Erm, I'm not sure. I'll talk to the other judges about it :P

[Marina]

PM a Level Judge your review, and the Level Judges will discuss it and send you back a PM.

I request a perpetual list of Level Judges so that we don't end up sending our review to someone who used to be a Level Judge, but isn't anymore.

Did you know that when you write a pm you can also select usergroups? Like, just select "Level Judges" on the top right when writing a pm and it will automatically send it to every LJ.

I have a question: If someone constantly makes good reviews that keep getting approved, would they get promoted to level judge? Just wondering.

Not really. If ya want to be a level judge just send in a review to TNTtimelord or Valtteri.

So, it's once again possible to become a Level Judge? If not, how will I be able to know when it is possible, if ever? This is confusing for me, especially since I'd like to become a Level Judge.

Well, we currently are not looking for new Level Judges, but if TNT ever does an overhaul of the LJ group, there will most likely be a topic about it where you can apply.