If an account is made solely for the purpose of making abusive reviews, all of their reviews will be deleted and NO points will be awarded for those review deletions.

Wow, that guy is a HUGE asshole. If you see him recreating an account and posting more shit like that, post the account URL here.

There is this one spammer that got his account deleted. Then he made a new one. It's possible that that specific douchebag causing the mess would create a new account to cause more trouble. If he does, let me know. I don't exactly go to the Audio Portal that much but with this news post, I'll start to go in there more frequently.

Seems like the review has been taken care of.

And sorry for the late response.

All those links have spaces on them...

1st link - I think most of them are gone, but some others popped up.

2nd link - Gone, but more appeared

3rd link - Gone, but some appeared

4th link - A LOT of them popped up here. Also, the author is an unoriginal smartass for copying the reviews and changing it to reflect the reviewer.

I said in Part 2 to ignore the shit written in here.

So yes, you can post links to flash reviews. I'm going to edit this post soon.

Both done.

Pretend this post is Part 2 with the old comments terminated. Ignore the news post, and just leave links to abusive reviews.

Yes we can post it here. It's another replica of Part 2, except without the 500 comments.

1st link - All flagged

2nd link - All done

3rd link - Done

Wow, just wow. It's worse than the crap I have seen today.

All done.

I saw that during judgment, and was sure that there would be "TWILIGHT SUCKS ASS" reviews or something similar.

All done.

It got flagged for administrative review. It must have broke the rules somehow.

Did you flag it?

All 4 done.

Exactly how long have you had the gold whistle?

It's gone, but a new one by Bluegluebunny (0) needs to be flagged.

Looks like that review by ShadowCreeper is gone; I don't see it.

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It's probably because nobody knew it was abusive or not enough people have flagged it. I caught it, so it's gone for now.

I don't quite remember the review, so I can't say much more than that.

Do the mods even give him this ban?

Like what is up with that?

I reported him to a mod, and yet he's still banned...

That was just beyond pathetic.

All done.

Both done.

1st link - I flagged about 60 reviews in there. True goldmine indeed.

2nd link - That's another mini goldmine in my view.

Why the fuck are my flags still there?

I flagged those awhile ago, and yet they still remain.

Is it that Art Portal reviews are not sent to review moderators or something?

I'll PM a mod that submission, and ask her to terminate the abusive ones.

Agreed!

I'm still wading through that pile.

Gone.

Done.

However, don't make more abusive reviews with this one. If the review mods find out, they will stop deleting these reviews, and will just permanently ban it (and ask Wade to terminate it).

If they feel picky, they may track down your main account, and permanently ban that from reviewing as well.

CONGRATULATIONS on the gold whistle! Now you're 1 step away from the ultimate whistle!

All those reviews have been terminated.

Also, damnit Chillbro for leaving an abusive review.

I agree. There probably were more when you got to it.

I still got like 5 flags, so that's good enough.

It has been deleted.

Also, was the review in the 2008-2009 range? Because I see reviews made from even 2006 in there.

All 3 are gone, but more have appeared in there.

1st link - Done

2nd link - A large majority of those reviews have disappeared, but still the remaining ones have been taken care of.

Also, long time no see bro.

1st link - Those reviews are kind of old, but ok...

2nd link - Again, kind of old...

3rd link - Still, old reviews... also both are gone.

I still have finished all of them nevertheless.

Done.

Strangely enough, it turned into "There's some debate, but overall people think this is a useless review." after flagging it.

Hahahahaha, that's a good catch!

Done.

No abusive reviews as of now.

They probably have been gone.

Looks like the vast majority has disappeared.

I only got a few of them.

Wow I think I finished over 60 reviews in there...

That's probably enough gold to get a bronze whistle!

Wow anti-series flashes really piss off fanboys to a level that is worse than stupidity.

Done. There are more than that I think.

Done.

You won't be banned for those reviews being deleted though.

Don't make new abusive reviews with that account, and you'll be fine.

Just ditch that account if you want to, or use it as an alt.

Already beaten you to it.

Although since the comment gap is 2 minutes, you deserve credit.

Don't worry about it.

Just flag the abusive reviews in there.

Done. Don't bother reading the 10-starred reviews.

Two of them gone, one still remains.

Also, there is 1 review complaining about front page, and 1 review that says "I lol'd" (10).

1st link - The 0 star one is gone, but the other one still remains.

2nd link - I think there are way more than that...

3rd link - Done. Still think there are more than that...

4th link - Done

Yeah that's what is making me find more than what is listed.

Okay, I'm prepared to be thrown in a raging fire, because I can't find it.

All 10-star reviews, and 9 star review. Even the 9-star review isn't abusive.

Unless if I was late to the party...

Gone, but there is another 0-star review in there.

Make sure to flag it. Also, it looks like that fag (excuse my language) has stolen an account, or the owner of the account decided to join the fad or whatever.

Finished.

Both have been blown on.

Now to see if it will be flagged for administrative review...

^^^ BOTH flashes have been flagged for administrative reviews. Great catches!

Also, I have blown this one as well. Now HOPEFULLY this will also be flagged.

This is the first time I have blown 3 flashes in a day in my entire NG career.

Don't see it.

Okay, thanks for the heads up!

You're right; more has popped up.

But the two you have mentioned have been flagged.

All gone for both links.

It would be helpful if you can pinpoint what reviews you think are abusive, but both have been flagged.

Also, those reviews are old. Please don't target old reviews. Although they have been made in 2008, it's over 2 years old.

1st link - 0-bombed

2nd link - Done

3rd link - All of them in there currently are abusive.

4th link - Done. Flag this one too: glazov123 (0)

5th link - Done. Backseat modding does not bode you well here, along with the BBS.

6th link - Wow that 10 star review was totally retarded. All done.

7th link - Done

8th link - I'm going to flag it, but I suggest you don't. Unless if you want to. It's a general review, and does not give proper advice. I see it as abusive, but don't flag it just in case the mod that gets it clears the flag.

Tomorrow I'm going to stop being a lazy shit and start dumping abusive reviews here. Sure guide work and all is preventing me from doing that, but I feel kind of guilty...

Wow that's a lot of reviews.

All finished. Also, IMO, draw some more, and improve. Then you'll shove out some decent works of arts, and slap the faces of those that gave you shit.

Plus I think you're kind of rushing your pieces of art. Take your time, do as many sketches/drawings you need to perfect every detail, and then copy it all into one sheet, and upload it. Rushing won't get you anywhere.

Done. I noticed it too.

I have a strange feeling about that too... because I have flagged some reviews on a person's art, and those flags are there after FOUR MONTHS! Normally the reviews we flag are deleted within 24 hours.

I'm going to send a PM to Rob, and ask him what's up with the flagging system of art reviews.

Until then, keep shoving them in. I'll post his response here, if I get it.

You still should flag them bro, since nobody likes shit from abusive reviewers. Plus if they get punished for it, they hopefully will learn to never make those reviews again, and therefore prevent harassing other aspiring artists.

Yes I agree, the Sonic picture is kind of crap. But, compared to the other pieces he submitted, it's a significant improvement over the others. Everybody starts somewhere. Even the best artists have submitted some real shitty pieces of work, whether it's flash, audio or art. It's a normal trend. Some, like you, may be lucky enough to have the gift of making masterpieces instantly. But not everyone has that, and they have to improve by posting their "crappy" art, and collecting the feedback (if any) to improve further.

Let him keep posting more art, as it is a way for him to improve. And if more abusive reviews pop up, we can flush them out.

Other than all that mentioned, I agree with the rest of your points.

Newgrounds wants to encourage contributors, not drive them away. A total loser and shit artist could become one of the best artists on the site if they keep practicing, posting more, and improving even further. Putting abusive reviews can easily shut off talent from others. The Audio Portal is the perfect example, where artists are deleting their music because of being discouraged. That's from 0-bombing, but still is discouragement nevertheless.

Both gone, but I suspect more will come.

You're doing what he wants you to do: GIVING ATTENTION.

He's a fucking troll; ignore him. Rather, PM Wade with the link to the spam submission(s), and he will delete it (them). Who knows, maybe he will delete the fucker's account to finish it off.

Don't review spam submissions; it's likely to be flagged and deleted. Especially since it's spam, it's really hard to make it a "legitimate" review (non-abusive review). Do NOT feed the troll!

I know it is tempting to say "FUCK YOU" to the author, but that's going to encourage him to make more. All spammers are looking for "FUCK YOU", "GO DIE IN A FIRE", "GO FUCK YOURSELF" and other similar comments. They want attention, be it negative or positive. Just drop a message to Wade explaining the situation, and he will send him to the Eulogies. To ensure it will be taken care of, make sure the subject is "Newgrounds Help - Portal Spam" or Wade may accidentally delete it with spam PM he gets.

Other than that, just ignore the submissions. If everybody did that, these spammers will get bored and eventually leave Newgrounds and troll elsewhere.

By the way, can you give the URL to that asshole's page? I will drop a line to Wade, and hopefully it will be settled.

Both gone.

All gone.

Congratulations! Mission accomplished!

That's funny, because you and jakenator got the deity in the same day!

Damn that's 3 people that leveled up today! 2 to deities, and 1 to silver!

New record has been set on the history of the Newgrounds Guide: Basset and Jake got deity, and Stickman91 got silver in ONE FUCKING DAY: 11/14/09

Anyway both reviews have been flagged. In the last page, however, there are more abusive reviews to flag. Mainly ones with 0 stars.

Yeah I agree, that one is useless. Good thing you didn't go for it; some people would say it's a 1-word review without a second thought.

I don't even know why people do that. It's really stupid.

While that is useless, the 0 star review by Neon5162 is abusive.

Going to flag beyond the deity huh? I like that. No, I LOVE that!

Anyway, that was a nice little goldmine. All done.

1st link - Done

2nd link - Why would you flag that? It's more like borderline than downright abusive. I would not flag that.

Welcome!

One gone (Puffletaco), one remains. Plus look back in the flash and you'll notice that more have appeared.

Flag the one by theNoctural. Also, reviews don't have to be abusive to the author in order to be deleted. Unhelpful reviews can be deleted as well.

For more info, read this:

http://supermariobross.newgrounds .com/news/post/292395

It has been deleted.

Start from the 6-star reviews, and go down from there.

He better not spam the BBS or his reviews (he has 0 at least) if he doesn't want to get his ass banned.

Also, seriously, that user is a 2009 noob? How is it that that unoriginal name was not taken since a LONG time ago?

RETARDS!

All done.

HOW. THE. FUCK. DOES. NEWGROUNDS. ALLOW. THAT. PIECE. OF. SHIT. TO. BE. 17.5. MB. LARGE?

Seriously, did Tom go insane with that? Even the best flashes here doesn't eat up that much space, let alone that piece of shit.

All done.

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He had 500 reviews. I flagged only 230 though, because Evark was deleting them. One review was deleted EACH second.

I don't think it's a script. The site is programmed so that scripts can't run like that. If that's the case, some asshole could inject a virus that would flood to other people's computers when they view the infected page. My guess is that spammer picked out 500 random submissions, and flooded the review with all @@@@@@@@@@@ symbols. Then he submitted them all AT ONCE.

And he made a spam thread? WOW... how low can he go?

That flash has been reported like 20 times in Part 2...

Why should I make a post for flashes with misleading titles?

Wow...

I'm still finishing through them...

Wow...

All done.

It's that same faggot that spammed the 500+ abusive reviews. Don't load the page, or your computer may freeze. Although only 500 comments show, I think the page attempts to load all 80,000+ comments.

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Almost all reviews in that flash are abusive! Okay, done.

Both done.

Wow this is the 10th time this flash has been reported...

Still flagging them...

Done.

I couldn't agree with you even more.

Both flagged.

1st link - Both done

2nd link - Done

3rd link - That was lame. Done.

4th link - I don't know; maybe 50? Either way, pathetic review. In fact, I can't call it a review, since it would be insulting the word "review".

Horse shit is more like it.

5th link - Done

6th link - Done

7th link - It's fully composed of ASCII art. Flag it. That doesn't tell the author anything.

8th link - Inappropriate shitty review. Flag it. Also, ASCII does not protect a review from deletion.

9th link - Done

10th link - Done

11th link - Yes again. In fact, I wonder if these reviews actually get removed, or if the flags permanently stay there. Anyway, all done.

Boy that was HUGE!

Obvious abuse is obvious.

Done.

Uhh... this post (and another post) has been doing that since March...

So we already have a crew here that capture spammers.

You PM Wade and explain the situation. If reasonable, Wade won't ban them, but terminate their account.

But Tom or Wade doesn't care if someone spams their user page with shit or whatever (provided that it isn't downright racist or illegal). It's only if those assholes bring their shit to the portal or BBS or harass many users in their user pages/PMs that require proper administration from an admin.

So don't bother reporting a nobody that spams their own user page; they won't care. Target the REAL trolls/spammers, such as ones that spam the portal, reviews, etc.

All 3 are gone.

Gone.

Most of them are useless, but yes some are abusive.

As for the "helpful" rating, only fanboys and retards marked that as helpful.

Done.

Also, the new user page tool ([delete all by user]) is annoying me now...

Looks like 1 of them is gone, but took care of the others.

I actually would be, since the flash was made in 2007.

And what page are they in; by ratings or by time submitted?

Wow...

That a nice little goldmine. Good catch!

Done.

First of all, how did you lose your deity whistle?

1st link - Done

2nd link - Not too many here, since the majority of the reviews are made in 2007.

3rd link - Done

4th link - Done

5th link - Done

Just flagging one non-abusive review can cause a huge dent on your whistle. So yes that is possible.

However, we have users with 2 deity whistles (myself included), and 1 that is close to deity, so you should be able to get out of garbage in no time!

I got out of garbage WITHOUT any help, so at least you're better off. It took like 2 months for me to get out of garbage.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Now 2 more levels to go! Your next target is GOLD!

That review is currently in the 4th page as I write this, and I bet that it will be in the 6th page in another 3 hours.

Gone. Reviews in spam flashes normally disappear quickly, since that is the only place noobs rely on for whistle points.

Oh by the way, congrats for making the 100th comment on this post!

Now 20% of this post's life span is gone.

1st link - Done

2nd link - Done

3rd link - Done

4th link - Done. I would leave that one alone. Crappy review and poor grammar, but not really abusive.

5th link - Wow. I seriously flagged almost the entire first page of reviews.

6th link - Done

How so? I like the deity better, since you got the ultimate whistle, and whistle points come by faster.

1st link - Done

2nd link - Done. You also should track down blatant useless reviews and flag those too.

1st link - Done

2nd link - Fanboyism reviews. Done.

3rd link - Done, although I feel bad for the guy...

4th link - Done.

They are actually.

However, some mods feel differently rather than other mods when it comes to reviews in other languages.

Took care of them in the first comment. I was late to the party I guess.

Also, if they get cleared, don't bother flagging them again.

I wouldn't be surprised if most of the review mods say that it is abusive if the author can't speak that language.

However, what most people overlook is that they flag all reviews in other languages than English, even those that have the author's response in the same language.

Done!

And I'm trusting you on this one too.

Seeing that the original got blammed, I wouldn't be surprised if this one did too...

It got blammed.

And yes, the deity whistle is very useful in these cases.

Unless if I'm missing something, all of them have been made in 2003 and earlier.

There's nothing to flag there.

They will do something when I am ready to get off my ass and work on my guide.

This post is part of the NG guide, and the blank posts will become guide posts soon.

1st link - Done

2nd link - Done

3rd link - Done

4th link - I know it sucks. But if we were to clean up abuse, we have to do it...

5th link - Done

6th link - Wow nice goldmine. Done.

It has been blammed.

At least it has been deleted.

From what I heard, it takes about 3-5 deity whistles in order to pull out a flash from the portal, or somewhere like 20-30 normal whistles. Now with blammed & resubmitted flash, not many people will catch and flag that, so the chances of it passing and unflagged is slightly higher. However, 0-bombing it will lower the chances as well too.

Make sure you whistle it AND 0-bomb it, so that if not enough flags get in, it has a chance to be blammed.

Gone, but there are a couple others in there.

Also, where the fuck is Celest?

1st link - What is it with these "Sonic vs ___________" flashes popping out of nowhere? Anyway, done. I think there are 4 in there.

2nd link - Done. That was so retarded and lame and childish that it was actually funny.

1st link - This "noob" needs to learn on how to write a proper damn review. Also, look at his 1 news post. Instant retardation.

2nd link - Done.

3rd link - There are a lot there actually. A little more than 10 to be exact.

4th link - 2 actually. The 1-word review (10) and the shitty 0-star review (0).

5th link - Finished.

Welcome!

All have been flagged (including the one by Killerdx99, since that was utterly pointless to the author). There are actually some more if you look at the last page after clicking the "rating" button.

1st link - You weren't kidding too. All done.

2nd link - Done.

Done.

Damn how many reviews are you bringing?

1st link - I actually flagged 5 in there.

2nd link - Wow that was a lot. All done.

3rd link - Done.

If that is the case, then chances are that it actually is stolen.

I blew it anyway. Now to see if it is flagged.

The author's comments also is suspicious. Like how the commentary looks like it is rushed, by giving a very mediocre description of the game...

*EDIT* It passed. Oh well; we can't flag everything we blow on!

It's probably going to get blammed anyway by statwhores, but done.

Also, I got that PM when I was finishing through these comments. Nice technique too!

What do you mean "hacked account"?

Unless you're referring to the time when you stole it from the real owner...

Wow that's a lot then! I need to keep up with defending the portal, as guide-related crap is pulling me behind.

Keep working! Also, why are you still stuck in gold? When jakenator went down, he got deity the next day. Unless you accidentally flagged some non-abusive reviews...

That probably might have been it. That still is unusual, since mods clear without penalty for that.

I doubt it was a bug. You flagged tons of reviews, so the deity came by fast.

Don't really see much. I must have missed it.

Oh, and isn't this the guy who was obsessed with Mario and made abusive reviews saying Mario can pwn Sonic's ass or whatever?

1st link - Both have been terminated.

2nd link - All have been terminated.

Flag those reviews. Quoting a movie does not constitute a review, and just putting "lol" at the end is like saying "lol" without the quoted crap.

I know I got plenty of room, but I don't feel like using those 900+ extra news posts. I'll mess up the order of the guide then...

Probably was abusive, since it's gone.

He probably saw that goldmine regarding the fag that spammed @@@@@@@ in his reviews, and got points from that.

Cheap way of getting points.

Two are gone, I flagged the 3rd one you mentioned. No explanation to the review, and is also poorly written.

You're right; the speed is pretty fast here. I do have another escape hole though; Part 3 of the guide! That's right; the ABUSIVE REVIEW GUIDE is the next post to kill.

I'm going to kill all the parts of the old guide, since they are all redundant to the new guide. Once they are all dead, there comes the problem of relocating it...

There are TONS of them in there!

A nice little goldmine that constantly replenishes itself over time.

One gone, another remains.

Also, there are about 4 more reviews in there that need to be flagged...

It's gone.

Both gone.

I'm surprised that got 1,000 reviews...

1st link - You weren't kidding either.

2nd link - This is another bronze mine too...

3rd link - Wow that is bad. What's with all these 2009 noobs shitting out like 100+ crappy reviews in a week? This guy didn't, but most of the people reported here are 2009 users that signed up within 2 months ago.

1st link - Done

2nd link - Done

3rd link - Done

4th link - Done

5th link - Done

6th link - I found 3...

7th link - I'm not really going to wade through much of the 9/11 reviews...

Wow...

All done.

Flagged.

Look at the comment above you my friend...

Yes I always use that method. Normally I do that if they have more than 2 abusive reviews, but now I'm starting to use it if they have just 1 abusive review...

My chances are not really 100%, more like 56%.

It's probably because of experience, not by trust.

Yeah I'm really going to be doing that. It's not hard. Hell, the guide isn't that hard because a massive quantity of it are blank posts. It's only the news post limit that is making it hard.

Congrats!

Use it wisely! Also, Argentina doesn't have website filters in school?

You lucky bastard; my school blocked NG AND YouTube (I don't care about YouTube anyway). I could make blank posts even in school if I could. It's understandable, but annoying.

Wow you're so mean! Haha, let's see them get screwed. Tell me what happens when they realized what happened. Look who's going to laugh now!

All reviews done.

All done. There are a lot of flooding ones too.

Oh well I can't blame you. Besides, it's not like it's abusing the guide anyway.

Happens to me all the time. Although since I can delete my comments, I can fix it.

1st link - Done

2nd link - Don't flag anything from 2007 and beyond.

3rd link - Done

4th link - Done

I suppose it is. Probably 70 reviews in there that need to be terminated.

Ok, enough with this "You would have been a mod" topic please. You're bringing the mood down for everyone, and make me feel like I'm superior to them/better than them, when I'm actually not.

You need at least 2 years of experience on Newgrounds, be a model poster on the BBS (that's the section I'm miserably failing now, which is why I said 56%), act mature (done), point out abuse to the mods, and know your shit (done). Along with model poster you should be a role model to other users (which is the same thing as being a model poster). That's a 2/4, plus I made it 1 year into NG, which makes it 50-60%. Those that took 6 years probably weren't up for the job until a year or 2 before nomination, in which they did everything to fulfill all expectations in being a good moderator.

Besides, how would they pissed for promoting an 2008 user when they promoted a 2009 user?

http://nathanallenpinard.newgroun ds.com/

Seriously. Sign up: 4/15/09

And again, like I said, I don't want mod status until I get the NG Guide finished, or at least the "Reviewing Submissions" section of the guide. I DO know that finishing the NG Guide will guarantee review mod status (although that's kind of not my target still) AND maybe BBS mod status (fat chance) if the BBS guides are well-written and if my BBS posts (which are shitty right now) are model examples.

Some mod (I think the name is TMM43) got mod status a few days after finishing his "The Guide to Newgrounds Audio". I made Part 1 way before I discovered his guide, so it's not like I tried to copy the method; I discovered it by accident. In fact, Part 1 was made in March, whereas his guide index was finished in 8/7/09.

Wade thinks shit real carefully. I'm sure he will think critically before nominating someone. Unless if it is an alt account of a mod/admin to fool the user base (ie. Transformer). Also, he asks the current moderators their opinion on nominating a user. They discussed that good stuff in the mod forum/lounge, where they will debate if a user that is brought up in the nominations will make a good mod or not.

Anyway...

1st link - Done

2nd link - I see some more in there. These are what I think are abusive:

DoctorCRaZ (4)
aggrocult (4)
Da-Jaeff (0)

3rd link - It's not just a link; he's trying to smartass his way through one of the review guidelines (he claimed indirectly that the movie is stolen) so that he can lower the damn review score. Anyway, both done.

4th link - All 3 have been flagged.

That's a nice method actually. Normally I look in the "LATEST SUBMISSIONS" part of the flash portal, and clean up any shit left in flashes that have a score of less than 2.00. And since they are all new, there is no fear of flagging an old review.

Done. There are a few others surrounding it too...

I didn't. I should have put a warning. My bad. Although with all this flagging, I assumed everyone will be aware of that. Next time I'll put a warning.

I think everything but the 10-star review. Which means 8 reviews to flag.

Read before you flag though, as I may have overlooked something. Nobody's perfect.

1st link - Done

2nd link - Both reviews claim it as being stolen, so done. In fact, it is the real Metal Harbor one, so we got ourselves an audio thief.

3rd link - Gone, but the one by Jackillac (7) and koopaclock (5) are abusive.

4th link - You got to be kidding me; I flagged about 7 in there (mainly the low scored ones saying "unoriginal" or something similar). The one you mentioned are gone, but use the same flagging habits for flagging flash reviews (don't think differently), and you may notice some more are abusive. Mainly the ones I flagged are ones that are unhelpful to the artist.

Or maybe I fucked up, but I find those as abusive.

Audio reviews are not that different from flash reviews, but if you REALLY want to get technical with flagging a wide amount of reviews like you do for flash reviews, it's going to be vastly different. And complicated. I'm still a noob at flagging audio reviews, as I don't stretch the boundaries by much. The abusive audio guide is still not there, and you don't have any audio, so don't go wild with flagging audio reviews.

1st link - Done.

2nd link - All done

3rd link - Both have been flagged.

4th link - Asides from the one 0-starred review, what's abusive in there?

5th link - Done.

The 4th link isn't so obvious...

1st link - Done

2nd link - Yes you did. Done. However, why the hell are those reviews still there? We flagged some, and they still are there!

3rd link - Funny, it says that I have it flagged. Anyway, done.

Oh right I still think you have silver. Haha.

Good, that takes care of the job.

1st link - 3 gone, 1 remains

2nd link - Flag the one by Interventionism (2)

3rd link - All gone

4th link - Gone

Shit I missed it! What did the review say?

Done.

Done.

Damn I missed it!

0 reviews.

He probably is review-banned. Permanently banned I guess.

And do you think he's the same as that specane fag?

HOW THE FUCK DID THAT GET DAILY 2ND????

There are only few in there, so done. Lots of award-stealing reviews here too.

1st link - Done

2nd link - Done

3rd link - Done. There are a lot in the Turd of the Week now these days...

4th link - Done

5th link - Done

6th link - Done.

Done.

Congratulations on the gold! Now you are 1 step away from deity. If you are lucky as Basset, you should be able to get deity in 2 weeks! Although for me it took 3 weeks...

Oh that would have given me a chuckle actually. Haha.

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There are temporary bans from reviewing. They last from 2-30 days, or permanent. So the minimum length a mod can ban someone from reviewing is 2 days. The max they can ban without permanently banning them is 30 days. Permanent ban is longest (obviously). It's the same as the BBS, except the BBS mods can only ban from 1-30 days, and there is no permanent ban option to the moderators (the only way they can permanently ban a user is to constantly lengthen the 30 day ban over and over again endlessly when it reaches close to 0 days).

You see the review ban as permanent, since that person doesn't make reviews for a few days. But they may have a 10 day ban (possibly) or even a permanent. Bans increase after each offense. Since we catch serious offenders, the bans will be longer.

Permanent bans don't happen unless the idiot has their... 100th abusive review deleted. Then the mod may consider permanently banning that user since obviously he/she is probably never going to learn their lesson. There are a lot more variables involved in it, but explaining them is probably going to confuse you. Same thing on the BBS; there are a lot of variables regarding banning a user from posting. They don't have full reign over how long they can take away a user's posting privileges. It's a complicated process, and explaining it is even more complicated.

The NG Guide will go in-depth about that, although I dunno if you will be here to see it (since "Site Moderation" is the last topic of the guide; unless I release a BETA version earlier).

Mods do give a ban reason for review bans, just like they do for BBS bans. When someone is review-banned, they will get a PM from M-Bot with the subject as "Review Ban Notification" in contrast to "Review Delete Notification". Once the user opens the PM, it will say "You have been banned from submitting reviews for the next X amount of days" and then following "This is the result of the review you have submitted for <<<<insert submission name>>>> at <<<<insert date>>>>:"

At the bottom of the PM it will say the reason for ban, and the moderator who banned you. Unlike the BBS, the moderators HAVE to expose themselves to the user they ban, whether they want to or not. In the BBS, mods can decide to sign their bans or not. Let us use Malachy as an example for a review ban notification, and say that the user is insulting the author constantly. The ban message will say:

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The moderator "Malachy" has given the following reason for the ban:

"Continuously insulting flash artists"

Please review the review guidelines to prevent further action being taken against reviews you make.

Also, please note that repeated offenses will result in the termination of your user account.

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So in short, there ARE temporary bans (2-30 days, and permanent) for reviews, and the ban message, AND the moderator who banned you is in the PM M-Bot sends to you. The user will be permanently banned for leaving more than 80-100+ abusive reviews. That is how the system work. How mods ban users and what reason they enter is much more complex and complicated material, and explaining it will probably confuse you (even explaining is hard). The same happens to the BBS, where the length they ban you for, the reason for ban, and whether or not they sign it is also complicated material.

What I DO know (and this is simple), is that they will follow your ban history and if they notice that it is your 2nd, 3rd or Xth offense, the ban length will increase over time. For review mods, if you broke your 20th or 30th or even 50th offense (depends on how serious the offense is), then they will permanently ban you from reviewing. There is a defined number of offenses someone must caused to be permanently banned for ALL rules. Like insulting the authors 30 times may warrant a permanent ban, but leaving like 80 unhelpful reviews (ie. "Crap gameplay, shit graphics, boring story") may warrant a permanent ban. Again, this gets much more complex, so I will leave it like that. The unwritten rules are also taken lightly too when users break them.

For the BBS, there is a max cap/length on the ban length for some of the rules (the maximum length is less than 30 days). But each rule is different, and the max length varies depending on the rules. The max length is higher for more serious rules, and lower for less-serious rules. Backseat modding may warrant a shorter ban, than trolling/insulting/harassing/flam ing other users, or making their stay on the BBS uncomfortable (which will result a longer ban). Backseat modding could result a max of 5 days (and no longer than that), but trolling/harassing users could have a 15 day max limit. Using racist/sexist language and posting tons of NSFW shit without warning could force the mod to exercise their power and ban that user for 30 days (the maximum ban length they can dish out). For any ban longer than 30 days for BBS mods, INCLUDING permanent BBS bans, they have to consult Wade.

Mods do use your BBS ban history to determine length of BBS ban, but they are not allowed to ban someone for backseat modding for 30 days, even if it is the 100th offense. They are not allowed full reign over ban lengths, even though they can ban someone for 30 days if they could. They use the 30 day limit for users that break "THE BIG ONES" and shorter bans with lower max ban length limits for "THE OTHER RULES".

Did that answer your question? Long-ass explanation, I know, but better to explain more than needed than insufficiently.

God damn I wish I could use HTML.

1st link - Done

2nd link - Done

Basset has beaten you to it.

But you're right; too many to mention!

Blammed.

Done.

Done.

All done.

Great, glad that it helped!

Two of the mods told me in PM how long they can ban users, what rules they can't harshly ban for, how many reviews it take for permabans, and all these variables. Some of the information were outright posted on the BBS in certain places (you have to do some mining to find them). The information is spread all over NG, and I had put it all together right here. In other words, I got this info from various sources, and matched all the puzzle pieces together.

There are MUCH more information I know of that is really hard to find on NG. Examples include how to become a mod on any section (it may look ironic since I'm not a mod, but I'm not doing any of the things needed to become a mod due to the guide), what tools each of the moderators have (although I have a pic of just the BBS mod tools), how the ban system works, the length of bans per rule, how to moderate something (I will look like a fucking idiot here), the power they have (ie. BBS mods can't delete posts 30+ days old) and more. All of those goodies will be posted when the guide reaches it's end point (some day...)

This stuff is very hard to find on NG; even SOME of the most helpful and knowledgeable/intelligent users that have been here awhile don't know this; even 2004 users probably don't know this. So take all that as a special gift to you.

Done.

All done.

Potential? Haha.

All done. Funny that it's still there after 4 hours SHARP from when I responded this.

Congratulations! You have reached your target!

According to this:

http://supermariobross.newgrounds .com/news/post/326802#c2182734

...you have gotten the gold whistle at November 9, 2009 (which is 15 days; a little over 2 weeks).

1st link - All done. I agree; that IS effective! However it's still there as I write this response.

2nd link - Done

3rd link - Done

4th link - Done

5th link - Done

6th link - Done

7th link - Done

Nice round-up; I must say.

Is it me, or has flagging become weaker? I mean, it's been 3.5 hours since you left this, and the reviews are STILL there! Normally they are supposed to be gone, but I don't know.

I think by the time Part 10 reaches 500 comments EVERYBODY will have a deity whistle. Maybe a few may not, but most of them should be close.

You're right; there are A LOT of them! All of the 0-star reviews and 1-star reviews are within 2008-2009, so flag whatever you think are abusive in there.

You weren't kidding either...

Done. There are slightly more than in the previous link. Put those 2 together, and you have a bronze mine.

Dude this idiot is like a huge target to troll with. Like say "Sonic sux" and he will be so furious by a troll saying "SONIC DOESN'T SUX!". And he thinks I'm being an asshole when I told him to not respond to trolls, and to grow the fuck up.

Example: http://shadic93.newgrounds.com/ne ws/post/397069

Anyway, all abusive reviews have been flagged.

Done. It's the 0-star review, correct?

The thing is, moderators are NOT allowed to tell users that. The banning info, how much power they have, how they admin users on which rules they break are ALL stuff that should NOT be posted outside of the mod lounge. In fact, I'm probably NOT allowed to post that crap here. But SINCE it's a mod rule and I'm not a mod, I'm not going to be punished for that.

Some mods spilled that in several places. You will not easily find this information; you have to be fucking lucky like I was, determined, and willing to put a lot of hard and tedious work to gain all this. Even with all that, you won't find it easily. It's top secret (kind of).

It's a special gift that very few people get. Use it to your own advantage. It will remain in Part 10 at all times.

This is a very powerful weapon against mods who threaten you for incredible punishments they cannot actually administrate. So if a mod says "I will delete all your posts and ban you for 1 year", then you will know they are bluffing since they can't do all that (depending on the situation).

You're not going to find it in one place. NEVER. The mods are not allowed to do that. They can't, unless they want to be demodded. Pretty much only users can post that (one thing users can do that mods can't do). This is one place you know where information is all piled up together in a single place, so you can refer here for it if you want to. It will be here at all times, even when Part 10 is disabled. Not even most of the 2002 users know this stuff, so you may not have much luck finding another place that has all this information.

All done.

I think there are more than that in there, but I'm not too sure...

1st link - All done

2nd link - All done.

We need to bring this guy to Wade's attention FAST...

1st link - Gone

2nd link - Most are gone. The remaining ones have been flagged.

3rd link - This flash has been BLAMMED by our users!

4th link - Gone, but there is 1 review in there that is abusive (3-starred)

5th link - There are PLENTY here!

6th link - None

7th link - Gone

8th link - Gone, but there's 1 in there...

Damn you; I was going to do that! This is a reason why I kept Part 2; to check back on goldmines.

I thought people here would never look back at Part 2, but it looks like someone cares about that post.

All done.

All reviews have been flagged.

Gone.

Looks like it disappeared.

I don't see any.

There's still 1 left. Flagged.

I see only one. Did I miss something?

On the field, just click the circular box next to the " This image is stolen from somewhere else. Please tell us where, if possible." option.

Then enter where it was stolen, by saying "This art was stolen from here: <link>".

1st link - Gone

2nd link - Gone

3rd link - Gone

4th link - Gone

5th link - Gone

All gone.

You lucky bastards got all the whistle points!

All gone too.

Most are gone.

I flagged whatever I could get.

Wow you weren't kidding...

All done. BTW, did I AGAIN forget to send you that PM?

Done. There are slightly more than that too.

All done.

I ask for the review score since the review score numbers are way BIGGER than the user name text. It will make searching much easier. Like it would be easy to find the number "8" than the author's name "Stickman91" since the number sticks out more. And if there are more than 1 review with the score of "8", we can search only those reviews rather than the entire flood of reviews made.

Done.

All but the last one mentioned have disappeared. That last one has been flagged.

Congratulations!

Although I'm still oddly higher in B/P status than you... and I'm not a statwhore...

Not any more.

I DEMAND a sent PM box NOW!

But really, I hate it when this happens.

Most of them are left in 2001...

Because those reviews are made at 2004 at the earliest...?

Gone

Just because there is no flag doesn't mean that it has been cleared. It is because your browser was caching the page before the flag, and after coming back in a week the flag will not be there since it will load the cached version.

The Art Portal has a low amount of abusive reviews, but it is likely that any low-scored review is abusive, since most people can't criticize art properly.

Also, I think the flagging system is broken in the Art Portal. Like shit I have flagged in August still is there.

That sums it up very well.

Congratulations!

Are you going to stop, or go to deity?

I think there are more than that in there, but all done.

All done.

I think that account has been hacked, because it has pictures of penises plastered all over the place.

Err... NSFW by the way.

Also hacked, since there are penis pictures all over the place. Again NSFW.

I think the guy is back to spamming and hacking other people's accounts again. Either way, all reviews have been flagged. Where the fuck are the review mods when we need them?

Anyway, all done. Also, congratulations on the bronze whistle! Now your next level is silver!

Oh I see. But I was too late to flag it however.

Major props for reporting his art though!

Someone has beaten you to it. But anyway, all done.

Is it me, or are we flagging ALMOST every single 0-star review?