Quote:Original post by jouley
Whatever the reason, though, it seems that the recipient should be able to refuse the badge. Since (I assume?) the badges will be awarded for solely positive attributes of the member, this could not serve to misrepresent them in any major way, as refusing negative ratings could. The current numerical ratings mechanism could still be used to that end.
Perhaps not refuse it as such, because otherwise, every time you'd get a badge, you'd have to manually accept it. It's probably better if they just PM a mod to have it removed.
Actually, that makes me think: is there going to be a single specific mod or staff member who will be the person at the head of this?
Also, when a person is nominated, it should be through the post that caused the nomination to ..... coalesce in the nominator's mind, and then a group of mods (or a single) can then look through each of the posts that the user was nominated for (in regards to a specific badge) and then the mod/s can then make the final decision if it is deserved or not.
Edit:: Actually, that may not be the best idea for the later "classes" of badges. I mean, for someone to get a "Platinum Polygon" badge, they'd probably need 100-200 really useful posts (as well as all the previous badges in this class), and who wants to look through all of them? Maybe a mod looking through all the posts should only be done for the first one or two levels of badges.
Also, should a person be able to get nominated for two different badges of the same class, using the same post? I mean if someone is nominated for the "Golden Polygon" badge and receives it, should the same post be able to be used to nominate the same member for the "Platinum Polygon" badge?Quote:Original post by jouley
The current numerical ratings mechanism could still be used to that end.
I think that they might want to get rid of the numerical system. It's probably better to have only a single way of indicating how the public views a member.
Also, if you have a mod looking at posts to determine if someone deserves the nominations that the member is given, it follows that you are able to nominate someone to have a badge taken away if they consistently aren't helpful or make you cry. But, then again, I would assume that a badge given with the supervision of a mod or two wouldn't really be given erroneously.
Edit:: Should there be a restriction on how often a person can nominate someone for a badge? Not a specific badge, but if a member were to nominate someone for the "Platinum Plygon" badge, and then immediately nominate them again for the "Golden Pixel" badge, should there be a restriction, like one nominationg per day per member A nominating member B? Or would you just attempt to keep track of someone who is nominating other members (maybe nominating a single specific member) more than usual.
Also, there needs to be a check (or perhaps a waiting period after you join, or both) to make sure that someone can't just create a new member and then use it to nominate themselves.
P.S. Yes, I know I use the word "also" waaaay too often. [smile]
P.P.S Oooh, special/secret badges that you can't be nominated for, but the mods/staff can assign you. Like "Moderator's Pet". [grin] hee hee
[Edited by - Endar on March 30, 2007 3:25:39 AM]
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