As Ты continue to use Fanpop, Ты 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 Ты don't like, and such content should be rated appropriately (see the link). But, rarely, there is some content on the site еще 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 или reporting should be applied.
* Ты disagree with a particular user (rate)
* Ты don't like what the user says (rate)
* Ты 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 или encourages Ты to buy a product (report)
* The user consistently attacks and demeans Ты (report)
* Ты suspect the user is actually a duplicate account of another user (ignore)
* Content is Опубликовано that Ты think sucks (rate)
* Content is Опубликовано without Ключевые слова (rate)
* Content is Опубликовано with inadequate Ключевые слова (rate)
* Content is Опубликовано 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 Источник site (report)
* Video is offensive/obscene (report)
* Video takes forever to load (rate)
* Video not what Ты 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 или isn't precise (comment)
* Spot is offensive или obscene (report)
* Image is low quality, has no description, and/or fails to have image credits (rate/comment)
* Image has no image credits and Ты know the copyright belongs to someone else (report)
* Soapbox Статья presents a ridiculous opinion (rate)
* Soapbox Статья filled with grammatical, spelling and/or logic errors (rate)
* Soapbox Статья shorter than a full page (rate)
* Soapbox Статья consists of text from another site/source (report)
* Soapbox Статья has no pictures (rate)
* Pick has no pictures (comment)
* Pick does not allow users to add Ответы 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 Тест Вопрос doesn't work (report)
* Ты don't like a particular pop Тест Вопрос (comment)
* There are spelling errors in a pop Тест Вопрос или answer(s) (comment)
* There are factual errors in a pop Тест question/answer (report)
* There is no way to know the answer for a pop Тест Вопрос (report)
Reporting and comments
To file a Сообщить on something, look for the little "flag" icon. This is located in different places, depending on what Ты are reporting. Click on the flag, and a sub-menu will appear, along with a text field for "comments". IMPORTANT: EVERY Сообщить SHOULD HAVE A COMMENT! Note, however, that the user interface is poorly designed - Ты must type the Комментарий BEFORE clicking the type of report, even though the Комментарии box is under the Сообщить buttons. Why comment? It is VERY likely that the staff или admins who review the reports on a дана день will not immediately understand WHY Ты 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 Ты can file as a Fanpop user.
* Spot reporting: Ты can file a Сообщить on a particular spot. To Сообщить 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: Ты can file a Сообщить on a particular user.
Report abusive user
* Link reporting: Ты can file a Сообщить on a particular piece of content on the site. There are eight kinds of content which Ты can Сообщить on Fanpop: links, videos, images, soapbox articles, pop Тест questions, picks, Ответы and Комментарии (Note: only Комментарии in a Форум или Ответы 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 Обои is located (as with the video flag) just under the ratings bar.
With Тест questions, the reporting flag is located on the right, between the Вопрос and the Список of answers.
Reporting a pop Тест question
The flag for Статьи is just under the Название 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 Ты could rate picks:
Reporting a pick
The flag for Ответы is below the Вопрос and the "answer this question" button:
Reporting an Answer
The flag for Комментарии is below the Комментарий itself:
Reporting a Комментарий on a Форум или answer
What the reports mean
When Ты click the flag, a sub-menu will appear, prompting Ты to select which kind of Сообщить Ты wish to file. These choices vary slightly, depending on which kind of Сообщить Ты are filing. To file a report, Ты must click on one of the red boxes, selecting one of the categories of reports.
If Ты change your mind and don't want to click any of the reports, Ты can always click the green "don't report" box in the sub-menu instead.
Options for spot reports
When Ты Сообщить a SPOT, there are four possible reports:
The spot inappropriate Сообщить 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 Сообщить means content that Ты find offensive. It may not be obscene или a clear violation of the Terms of Service, but Ты find it offensive. "Defeating Atheism" might be a spot to Сообщить as offensive.
The spot miscategorized Сообщить 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 Сообщить means that the spot's topic is already covered by another spot that was created beforehand, или 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 Ты Сообщить USERS, there are three possible reports:
The user spam Сообщить means that the user is clearly on Fanpop for the sole purpose of trying to sell a product или 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 Статья 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 Сообщить indicates that Ты feel that the user in Вопрос is regularly posting offensive content to the site, across many spots. An user who posts Ссылки to a blog called "Why your beliefs are stupid" to all the faith-oriented spots would be reported with this flag.
The user abusive Сообщить indicates that the user in Вопрос is abusive to Ты 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 Комментарии in response to your comments, as well as an user who belittles someone's opinions, intelligence, appearance and so forth.
Reporting content
When Ты Сообщить CONTENT, there are five types of reports Ты can file:
The content broken Сообщить 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, или (in the case of videos) the video in Вопрос 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 Видео may play embedded или not. If the video cannot play embedded, it will Показать up as normal on Fanpop, but Ты must click the video's title (or the little Стрела link Далее 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 Источник site that Ты should file a "broken" Сообщить for a video.
NOTE: pop Тест Вопросы do not have a broken Сообщить option. Instead, they are the only type of content to have a bad question reporting option. The bad Вопрос flag is used to both indicate when a question's video link is broken (it doesn't play embedded или on the Источник site) and/or to indicate that the Вопрос is incorrect (that is, if the Вопрос is wrong). It is also appropriate to use this Сообщить if a Вопрос requires the user to guess, not because Ты don't know the answer, but because there is no way for Ты to know the answer. For example, a Вопрос that asks "What is my Избранное color?" is a valid Вопрос only if that information is available on Fanpop. A Вопрос "What is the population of country X?" would be a bad question, but a Вопрос "What was the population of country X in 2008?" would be valid, because it can be validated.
The content inappropriate Сообщить indicates that the content violates the link in some way. Among other things, this includes sexually explicit imagery, Видео that contain obscene language, Обои without proper copyright credits that clearly were created by someone other than the user, and soapbox Статьи that consist in large part (if not their entirety) of text that was copied from some other site (ie, plagiarism).
The content outdated Сообщить indicates that the content (usually a link) points to a site describing an event that has already occurred или a deal that has expired. A link to a site where Ты can sign up for free e-mail Обновления on the 5th season of "Big Brother" would be appropriate to flag as outdated.
The content spam Сообщить 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 Ты had to pay money up front to actually get to any content on the site.
The content miscategorized Сообщить means that the content has nothing to do with the spot in which it is found, или 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 Сообщить can also be pretty tricky. Would a picture of Carly Simon, who didn't tour или 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 Видео of Fanpop users' children be miscategorized if they were placed in the link rather than the link? Would an Статья describing how to be kind to our fellow users be miscategorized if found in the link, rather than the link или link spots? There is some leeway; when in doubt, Ты can always try sending a message to the user who Опубликовано 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 Ты submit. So don't try to swamp content with reports, because the site will only allow Ты to Сообщить a дана 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 Список for the site staff and moderators to address. In many cases, the reason that the Сообщить 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 Сообщить was filed, because the moderators will occasionally contact the person who filed the Сообщить 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 Сообщить was a "broken" content report, a message is also generated to the user who Опубликовано the content originally, with the subject line "One of your Ссылки has been flagged by another user." In the case of broken content, the user who Опубликовано the content originally usually has two days to Редактировать 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 Ссылки to other parts of the guide for your quick reference:
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* 4: Picks: this is the generic name both for the Опрос Вопросы that Ты see on the site and for the Ответы Ты can pick to that question. Papa has created a link.
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THESE......are the stereotypes of Fanpop.
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