Quote: Viridel - 2010.05.28. 08:49:47

My point was that the guy was crying wolf. If people complain about questions being rejected when they clearly should have been rejected, it weakens the cases of everyone who complains legitimately. As for double standards, my view is that's the glass-half-empty way of describing a system involving human judgment. I get annoyed when the judgment doesn't go my way, but I'm prepared to accept some level of what you call double standards. (There's a book called the Death of Common Sense that explains my viewpoint on this far clearer than I could) Also, I believe they are trying to improve in that respect (although I think some of my suggestions would improve things a lot more... ), and I think they have already improved somewhat. It used to be that the correct answer to every other question was Hungary, and that's not remotely true anymore. My hope is that they continue to improve.

In Baseball, how many Strikes and you're Out?

Two
Three
Four
Unlimited


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


Seriously; what the hell.

I'm out. Bye. Thanks for nothing, and I hope your game goes bankrupt. Assholes.

That one should have passed.....

Quote: stekkos - 2010.05.29. 06:19:34

Hmmm, yeah. You think? You don't need a new "Document". You need new Mods. First my Muhammad Ali (only the most well known and respected boxer - and possibly any sport - in the history) question, and now this. Difference is that this has seemingly caused yet another player to quit - and nobody seems to give a rats ass. I've just stopped writing questions by about 80%.

Ok I have a case of a question being accepted though it was already in the database.

I wrote the following question:


Then this morning I get a question: Where is the great pyramid Chichen Itza?
Didn't write down the options, they were not the same, but apart from the wording those two questions are the same.
Only difference is that mine is better

Well I must say ... I do like this game very much!!!!

But the QUIZ EVALUATION and Accepted Questions sure needs some work!!!

What was the question and the reason for rejection? Spelling and already in the database do not penalize you.

This is not specifically European, but it is international. Asking about US states can be too specific.
Examples:
"Redwood National Park is in which US state" is an easy answer of CA, if you live in the US
"The Teutoburg forest is in which German states" has just as easy of an answer of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia for someone living in Germany.
So, unless players are willing to know the political subdivisions of every country, the questions need to be more generalized.

Hexnox please post your question and the answers you gave. Since the reason you got rejected is not because you asked about US, we will be able to clarify what went wrong

What class do Lemurs belong to?
Primate
Marsupial
Feline
Canine

The question is valued as "Bad, incorrect question"!
Your answers are ambiguous or wrong to this question.


Not wrong... Certainly not Ambiguous.

Quote: Viridel - 2010.06.01. 08:48:09

Those are not classes. Primate is an order. Feline and canine are families. Marsupial is evidently something called an infraclass.

Quote: ImLittleJon - 2010.06.01. 16:02:04

Which animal group do Lemurs belong to?
(same as above)

The question is valued as "Bad, incorrect question"!
Your answers are ambiguous or wrong to this question.


Come on, let's get real here. This is why people stop writing questions or quit. Stick -> Ass -> Remove

OK, so I put up this question that got rejected and that's fine:

What ship was used by Ernest Shackleton in his 1908 Antarctic Expedition for the South Pole?

Nimrod
Calypso
Explorer
Victoria

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

but why did I get the following warning?

Attention: Please try to ask respondable questions, and take care to mark the good answer. If you do not take care, you may lose the opportunity to write questions in the future, and you may also lose the opportunity to acquire soul energy this way.

So far my quiz stats are

Evaluation of your questions so far: 34 good, 6 bad, 0 deleted.

which in my view is a pretty good ratio!

I am confused as to why this question was declined.

What is a Kiwi?

A flightless bird.
All of the above. *
Found only in NewZealand.
Nocturnal.

The question is valued as "Bad, incorrect question"!
Spelling mistakes in question or answers.

enlighten me please?
umm which word is spelled incorrectly?

I wrote a question:

What is the first skill you can learn in Doomlord online game (at Learning level 0)?

Subspace detection
Creative affinity
Singularity knowledge
Trapping

I got the message:

According to evaluators only a special group of people might know the answer.

WTF? According to which evaluators? I thought that we all play Doomlord online game. I didn't ask for a skill that can be learnt at Learning level 15 or 40 but 0. I asked about first skill you can learn, so I think that "a special group of people" is only 1% of all players (or maybe less). What about the rest? They don't know the correct answer, right? So every Doomlord player is stupid or what?

Hunting is the first thing most people do in the game and skills are not even available until level 4. So, the answer would be impossible to know until that time. Thus, it is specialized knowledge.

Quote: daktarus - 2010.06.04. 09:03:10

Guessing it is not specifically a spelling error, but "all of the above" is a bad choice. Try rewording the question and eliminate that choice. Also, New Zealand is two words.

speaking of spelling errors, New Zealand is two words and no full stops are needed at the end of the answers

What is a 'Mohawk'?

A type of dress.
A Bird.
A hairstyle.
None of the above.

The question is valued as "Bad, incorrect question"!
Your answers are ambiguous or wrong to this question.

what on earth is wrong with that question/answers :|

please, please read before you post a question i can't count how many times it was mentioned here: the answer 'none of the above' is almost the most sure way of getting your question rejected.

Come on, man. Let's think how many players would know the answer for my question about the skill and how many wouldn't. IMO, first group is much, much bigger than the second, so how could it be a special knowledge.
What do you propose? Writing easy questions, that everyone will know the correct answer without even looking at the 'google'? Your explanation means that if there is any person that don't know the correct answer, then it is a special knowledge. Think about it, dude. The thing is that even a 1 or 2 level character can find the answer.

hmmmmm

http://web.me.com/loquacious_4ever/Tina/quests.html