Quote: manunkind - 2011.01.17. 17:21:09

No, Perelman did not. There is no Nobel Prize in Mathematics, it's a common mislead. As well as Mendeleev who was nominated, but did not get the reward. So, I am really confused about the reason the question was rejected...

the Fields Medal is often referred to as 'the nobel prize of mathematics'. while you're correct that it's not technically a nobel prize, there is certainly some ambiguity.

it's also possible that your use of initials instead of full names creates some ambiguity. just taking guesses here.

Quote: manunkind - 2011.01.13. 06:16:12

google it.......it's not hard to find.

I was watching the History channel last night and they came out with this...

"Robin hood was the world's most famous outlaw"

so I made a question asking.."who was known as the world's most famous outlaw?"

told me it was ambiguous.............these evaluators are still a joke even after a year or so.

I get questions in the quiz that there is NO WAY THAT ANYONE OTHER THAN A SPOECIAL GROUP would know the answer...and yet they get accepted.

This quiz part of the game could be quite fun..but the evaluators are for shit...and they should just get rid of the damned quiz all together..it's obvious now, after a year and a half, that the evaluators or their question criteria isn't going to change.

Quote: Thucydides - 2011.01.19. 01:27:07

First off - The Quiz is definitely the worst part about the game. It causes more problems and more pissed off players than any other portion of the game, by far. Standards vary to Evaluator to Evaluator, day to day. There isn't nearly enough maintenance to get rid of the crap, even after it's been pointed out.

THE QUIZ IS BAD

That said, Thucydides - I think you're completely wrong here. Watching a show about Robin Hood that makes such a firm statement about his popularity is only accurate to the people watching that show. There is no question about his popularity, but an unquantifiable "most" is impossible to prove.

It's like asking Who is the most Evil person in history? Hitler springs immediately to mind, but he also started industrializing Germany to the superpower it is today. Stalin should certainly be viable for his crimes against his own people, yet he is simultaneously revered as a war hero. Pol Pot slaughtered millions in his drive to power and (failed) attempt to bring stability to a region that has never had any. Idi Amin and Milosovich for their ethnic cleansing in Africa and Yugoslavia. How about Genghis Khan, who burned villages, raped women, and forced prisoners to act as a human shield - in his drive to create the worlds largest civilized empire. And how can we not mention Bin Laden - a hero to some - but currently amongst the most despised men in the world.

There is no way to quantify ones feelings and experiences. To certain groups of people, ANY name from the above list could be "Most Evil" - therefore it is an impossible question to answer factually. Yours is no different.

um, Viridel, that was Thucydides who made the claim about robin hood being the most famous outlaw, not me. i agree with the evaluator and with you that it's ambiguous. how about billy the kid, jesse james, al capone, blackbeard, ted bundy or osama bin laden? ...all outlaws. if you want to get technical, wouldn't Jesus qualify? certainly to the Romans. and if you want to get fictional (as robin hood may well be), my vote is for boba fett!

Well, life's simple. After several days of silence about why a question with a single correct answer was evaluated as totally wrong I just refused to add further questions and got 10 portions of SE for that.

If it's showing one correct answer on a rejected question, that means the evaluator got lucky and selected the correct answer.

You did get player feedback on your question. From what I read there was some spelling errors on your part and a mistake on the evaluator part thinking Mendeleev won. It happens sometimes. Evaluators are human too.

eukar, your question was not evaluated as "totally wrong." it was evaluated as "ambiguous or wrong." if it's not wrong, then it must be ambiguous. how can you remove the ambiguity and make it more clear?

I'm actually not in the mood to try guessing what did the Evaluator think of. Fortunately my work in real life allows to prepare tests and problems for people who are interested in them and open to discuss. So I loose nothing rejecting to ask questions here in the game.

As for the question above - I could have understood "spelling" reject, I would argue against "special knowledge" reject, I would not be even upset with "in database" reject - as I do not know the whole database. But "ambiguous or wrong" case leaves me no opportunity to correct spelling or grammatical errors. I can't understand what "ambiguous or wrong" is in asking about winning Nobel Prize and listing 4 persons on which only one actually got it. I saw no comments from the Evaluator or other evaluators here, in the thread supposed to be a way of discussion and correcting rejected questions.

I'm not complaining at all. Again, I have many opportunities to do what I like (problem preparation) in my native language and in the fields I am an expert. So, all that letters above are only to explain my point of view.

i wish i could offer an explanation, but i'm speculating just as you are.

Polyprotic acids are acids that can donate two or more protons in a chemical reaction. Which of these acids are polyprotic?

Sulfuric acid <-- Correct answer
Hydrochloric acid
Nitric acid
Formic acid

The question is valued as "Bad, incorrect question"! According to evaluators only a special group of people might know the answer.

Ok, this is school chemistry, nothing special at all. The definition of polyprotic is even in the question. The first three acids are the major mineral acids that we all learn and the last is the simplest possible organic acid. Are we not allowed to ask questions that is part of what everyone should learn in school?

Stekkos edged his explanation in there just before you posted your question.

Quote: MartinBV - 2010.11.21. 23:24:59