As anda continue to use Fanpop, anda will come across content that is not what it should be in some way. Since fanpop is largely only as good as the content it contains, it is important to address these issues for the good of the site and the fanpop community.
Now, most of the content that "is not what it should be" is likely just content that anda don't like, and such content should be rated appropriately (see the link). But, rarely, there is some content on the site lebih problematic than that, and for such content there exists the reporting function. Reporting allows you, the user, to flag something on fanpop as being wrong in some way, so that it will be fixed.
Here's a handy guide to distinguishing between different types of problem content, and whether ratings atau reporting should be applied.
* anda disagree with a particular user (rate)
* anda don't like what the user says (rate)
* anda find the user obnoxious and harassing (ignore)
* The user uses obscene language and/or posts obscene content (report)
* The user attempts to sell a product atau encourages anda to buy a product (report)
* The user consistently attacks and demeans anda (report)
* anda suspect the user is actually a duplicate account of another user (ignore)
* Content is diposting that anda think sucks (rate)
* Content is diposting without kata kunci (rate)
* Content is diposting with inadequate kata kunci (rate)
* Content is diposting in the wrong spot (report)
* Content link does not work (report)
* Content link is to a web site which hasn't been updated in years (rate)
* Content link is for a contest which has already ended (report)
* Video link doesn't work embedded (rate)
* Video is short, low-quality, video is out of sync with audio (rate)
* Video requires users to install software on their desktops in order to view it (rate/comment)
* Video doesn't work embedded nor on the sumber site (report)
* Video is offensive/obscene (report)
* Video takes forever to load (rate)
* Video not what anda expected (rate)
* Video is unrelated to the spot topic (report)
* Content exactly duplicates other content already in that spot (rate/comment)
* Spot duplicates an existing spot (report)
* Spot seems silly, unnecessary (comment)
* Spot name contains errors atau isn't precise (comment)
* Spot is offensive atau obscene (report)
* Image is low quality, has no description, and/or fails to have image credits (rate/comment)
* Image has no image credits and anda know the copyright belongs to someone else (report)
* Soapbox artikel presents a ridiculous opinion (rate)
* Soapbox artikel filled with grammatical, spelling and/or logic errors (rate)
* Soapbox artikel shorter than a full page (rate)
* Soapbox artikel consists of text from another site/source (report)
* Soapbox artikel has no pictures (rate)
* Pick has no pictures (comment)
* Pick does not allow users to add jawaban that are clearly necessary (comment)
* Pick is not related to the spot topic (report)
* Pick contains offensive/obscene text/images (report)
* Pick is biased/one-sided (comment)
* The video in a kuis pertanyaan doesn't work (report)
* anda don't like a particular pop kuis pertanyaan (comment)
* There are spelling errors in a pop kuis pertanyaan atau answer(s) (comment)
* There are factual errors in a pop kuis question/answer (report)
* There is no way to know the answer for a pop kuis pertanyaan (report)
Reporting and comments
To file a laporan on something, look for the little "flag" icon. This is located in different places, depending on what anda are reporting. Click on the flag, and a sub-menu will appear, along with a text field for "comments". IMPORTANT: EVERY laporan SHOULD HAVE A COMMENT! Note, however, that the user interface is poorly designed - anda must type the komentar BEFORE clicking the type of report, even though the komentar box is under the laporan buttons. Why comment? It is VERY likely that the staff atau admins who review the reports on a diberikan hari will not immediately understand WHY anda reported a piece of content, and if it's not immediately obvious, it may not receive any action. It's that simple.
Types of Reports
Broadly speaking, there are three types of reports anda can file as a fanpop user.
* Spot reporting: anda can file a laporan on a particular spot. To laporan a spot, look for and click the red flag and the word "report" just below the spot's banner in the upper right. This will open the reporting sub-menu.
Reporting a spot
* User reporting: anda can file a laporan on a particular user.
Report abusive user
* Link reporting: anda can file a laporan on a particular piece of content on the site. There are eight kinds of content which anda can laporan on Fanpop: links, videos, images, soapbox articles, pop kuis questions, picks, jawaban and komentar (Note: only komentar in a forum atau jawaban to an Answer Request can be reported as of 25 December 2009). With each, you'll be looking for a grey, unlabeled flag, in the locations described here:
Reporting a link
With links, the flag is located just under and to the left of the ratings bar.
Reporting a video
With videos, the flag is located just under the ratings bar.
Reporting an image
The flag for gambar is located (as with the video flag) just under the ratings bar.
With kuis questions, the reporting flag is located on the right, between the pertanyaan and the daftar of answers.
Reporting a pop kuis question
The flag for artikel is just under the judul of the article, far to the left of the ratings bar:
Reporting an article
The flag for picks is on the right, where the ratings bar would be if anda could rate picks:
Reporting a pick
The flag for jawaban is below the pertanyaan and the "answer this question" button:
Reporting an Answer
The flag for komentar is below the komentar itself:
Reporting a komentar on a forum atau answer
What the reports mean
When anda click the flag, a sub-menu will appear, prompting anda to select which kind of laporan anda wish to file. These choices vary slightly, depending on which kind of laporan anda are filing. To file a report, anda must click on one of the red boxes, selecting one of the categories of reports.
If anda change your mind and don't want to click any of the reports, anda can always click the green "don't report" box in the sub-menu instead.
Options for spot reports
When anda laporan a SPOT, there are four possible reports:
The spot inappropriate laporan specifically means a violation of the link. This includes obscene content, spam content, hate speech content, as well as copyrighted content. A spot dedicated to "Robbing Banks" would merit an inappropriate report, as would spots dedicated to "Sex chat", "Downloading mp3s for free" and anything involving a racial slur.
The spot offensive laporan means content that anda find offensive. It may not be obscene atau a clear violation of the Terms of Service, but anda find it offensive. "Defeating Atheism" might be a spot to laporan as offensive.
The spot miscategorized laporan means that the spot is catalogued in the wrong channel. For instance, if a spot dedicated to the Lynx web browser were to be listed as part of the "Travel & Places" channel, one would be well-justified in filing a miscategorized spot report.
The spot duplicate laporan means that the spot's topic is already covered oleh another spot that was created beforehand, atau that the reported spot's topic is insufficiently different from an existing spot to merit a separate spot. A "Fanpop Kids" spot would likely be reported as a duplicate of the "Parenting" spot, for instance, and a "Great car commercials" spot would be reported as a duplicate to the "Car Commercials" spot.
Options for user reports
When anda laporan USERS, there are three possible reports:
The user spam laporan means that the user is clearly on fanpop for the sole purpose of trying to sell a product atau service to the other users. An user whose only contributions are to a spot he created for "Greatest Video Downloads", including a link to the site greatestvideodownloads.com and a soapbox artikel describing how great the same web site is, is an example of an user who should be reported as a spammer.
The user offensive content laporan indicates that anda feel that the user in pertanyaan is regularly posting offensive content to the site, across many spots. An user who posts link to a blog called "Why your beliefs are stupid" to all the faith-oriented spots would be reported with this flag.
The user abusive laporan indicates that the user in pertanyaan is abusive to anda and/or other fanpop users on the site. An user who regularly rates all your content as a 1 might get an abusive report, as well as an user who regularly posts attacking komentar in response to your comments, as well as an user who belittles someone's opinions, intelligence, appearance and so forth.
Reporting content
When anda laporan CONTENT, there are five types of reports anda can file:
The content broken laporan indicates that the content link does not work. This should be filed anytime a link goes to a page that doesn't exist, a link goes to a completely different page than what the link described, atau (in the case of videos) the video in pertanyaan has been removed from the host web site. NOTE: a video link is NOT BROKEN if it doesn't play embedded on fanpop but does work on the host web site. Some video hosting web sites - YouTube springs to mind - allow their users to specify whether their video may play embedded atau not. If the video cannot play embedded, it will tampil up as normal on Fanpop, but anda must click the video's title (or the little panah link selanjutnya to it) to go to the hosting web site and see the video. It is only when the video does not work embedded AND it does not work on the sumber site that anda should file a "broken" laporan for a video.
NOTE: pop kuis pertanyaan do not have a broken laporan option. Instead, they are the only type of content to have a bad question reporting option. The bad pertanyaan flag is used to both indicate when a question's video link is broken (it doesn't play embedded atau on the sumber site) and/or to indicate that the pertanyaan is incorrect (that is, if the pertanyaan is wrong). It is also appropriate to use this laporan if a pertanyaan requires the user to guess, not because anda don't know the answer, but because there is no way for anda to know the answer. For example, a pertanyaan that asks "What is my favorit color?" is a valid pertanyaan only if that information is available on Fanpop. A pertanyaan "What is the population of country X?" would be a bad question, but a pertanyaan "What was the population of country X in 2008?" would be valid, because it can be validated.
The content inappropriate laporan indicates that the content violates the link in some way. Among other things, this includes sexually explicit imagery, video that contain obscene language, gambar without proper copyright credits that clearly were created oleh someone other than the user, and soapbox artikel that consist in large part (if not their entirety) of text that was copied from some other site (ie, plagiarism).
The content outdated laporan indicates that the content (usually a link) points to a site describing an event that has already occurred atau a deal that has expired. A link to a site where anda can sign up for free e-mail update on the 5th season of "Big Brother" would be appropriate to flag as outdated.
The content spam laporan indicates that the content is trying to sell something to the fanpop users viewing it. This one is a little tricky, because most web sites are trying to sell something. But a link to, say, a dating service web site would not be spam if some of the site could be used for free, but would be spam if anda had to pay money up front to actually get to any content on the site.
The content miscategorized laporan means that the content has nothing to do with the spot in which it is found, atau that there's a better spot for it. A video link to Michael Jackson's HIStory in the link spot would be miscategorized, for instance. That one is obvious, but this laporan can also be pretty tricky. Would a picture of Carly Simon, who didn't tour atau produce any albums in the 1980s (but who was at least alive in the 80s) be miscategorized if it was placed in the link, instead of the link? Would video of fanpop users' children be miscategorized if they were placed in the link rather than the link? Would an artikel describing how to be kind to our fellow users be miscategorized if found in the link, rather than the link atau link spots? There is some leeway; when in doubt, anda can always try sending a message to the user who diposting the content which may be miscategorized to discuss it with him/her.
A note on multiple reports
Just a quick note: fanpop remembers the reports that anda submit. So don't try to swamp content with reports, because the site will only allow anda to laporan a diberikan item once. Any further attempts will be met with the reply "You have already reported this as a <report type> <spot/user/link>".
What happens to reports
So you've found some content that doesn't work in some fashion and have reported it. What happens then?
Reports that users file appear in a daftar for the site staff and moderators to address. In many cases, the reason that the laporan was filed will be obvious to them, and the staff and/or moderators will take the appropriate action. However, in many cases it is apparently not obvious why a laporan was filed, because the moderators will occasionally contact the person who filed the laporan via a message, asking for clarification. Then, once they've investigated what the reason was for the report, they will take whatever action they deem necessary. Such action includes chastising users, moving miscategorized content, banning users, merging spots, deleting spots, and deleting other content.
In addition, if the laporan was a "broken" content report, a message is also generated to the user who diposting the content originally, with the subject line "One of your link has been flagged oleh another user." In the case of broken content, the user who diposting the content originally usually has two days to ubah the link and replace it with a working link before the broken link is completely removed from the site.
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Here's link to other parts of the guide for your quick reference:
* link
* 1: link
* 2: link.
* 3: link
* 4: Picks: this is the generic name both for the poling pertanyaan that anda see on the site and for the jawaban anda can pick to that question. Papa has created a link.
* 5: link
* 6: link
* 7: link
anda may also want to see:
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