Erin Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Just a quick note--I've flipped the switch to make infractions publicly viewable. In a word, this means that violations of forum guidelines show up in posts. You might see something like this: http://www.www.urch.com/forums/tm_images/buttons/redcard.gif (an infraction) or http://www.www.urch.com/forums/tm_images/buttons/yellowcard.gif (advice or warning) in a post. If you see one of those, it means that a forum moderator has seen the post and has given an infraction or warning to the poster. If anyone's curious, the most common infractions are for textese, posting contact information, and copyright violations. The reason I've made this change is simple--I'm hoping that if people see the infractions or warnings, they'll see in the post what we don't like or don't allow in the forums. And down the road, I hope overall this helps maintain the quality of posts in the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tseprep Posted September 19, 2008 Share Posted September 19, 2008 Hey Erin, if someone gets a warning or infraction, does that record stay forever or like the DMV will disappear after awhile (if it does, how long? I hope it is not 3 years :-P) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 Good question. I assume that they stop showing when the infraction expires. Some infractions, such as those for copyright violations, never expire. Others last three months. Edit: I just checked. They never go away, even after the infraction expires. This is actually a good thing--it shows other posters that the thread has something in it that we don't like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samarfadl Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 hey Erin! sorry for being off point, but what happened to ur lovely avatar, although ur new avatar is nice with that little Asian baby :), i'd like to say that i will really miss ur previous avatar:(. again sorry for being off point, i didn't know where to express my feelings (my feelings of sadness:(), and thank u for informations posted in this thread, they are useful to us. thank u Erin and enjoy ur new avatar by the way, are these ur photos in ur profile???? forgive me for my curiosity :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tseprep Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 3 months sounds pretty reasonable, as for copyright, I understand where you are coming from. We don't want problems from ETS or others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 3 months sounds pretty reasonable, as for copyright, I understand where you are coming from. We don't want problems from ETS or others.I've edited my post above. In a word, the posts continue to show the infractions, even after they expire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tseprep Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Does that infraction also show on the poster? For example if I made an infraction, everytime I make a post is there an infraction icon on my post? While I don't plan to make any copyright infractions or any other infractions, I do want to know what the rules and how they are carried out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asquare Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 The infraction shows on the post(s) that received an infraction, but not on other posts by the same user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tseprep Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 That sounds pretty reasonable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 It's not that hard to make infractions show up in other places, but my concern for the forums is to let people know that infractions are given and we really don't like certain things, such as textese and posting contact information in posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesenchocolate Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 hey erin, is testmagic forum closing down? when i enter the URL in my address bar it says "it's gonna find it's way back to test magic" what does that mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 hey erin, is testmagic forum closing down? when i enter the URL in my address bar it says "it's gonna find it's way back to test magic" what does that mean?Can you show me the URL that gives you that message? But no, the forums are still going stronger than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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