Raise your hand if you think the quiz system is a little screwed up *raise*

Idézet: Luminance - 2009.09.07. 20:41:27
Idézet: nihil - 2009.09.07. 19:53:23

The system is VERY particular about capitalization!!!!
So, they should read:
How many milliseconds in a second?
Who build first steam turbine powered steamship?

Idézet: ChaoticGemini - 2009.09.08. 00:52:27

That can't be true. My first question went through with no problems;

"How Many Days in a Leap Year?"

Explain that one to me.

my last question was:how good is the quiz-filter?
1: medium
2:bad
3:very bad
4:HORRIBLLE
It was deleted on sight

I can't explain it. Just stating my experience.

i had 2 question in a row rejected for misspellings but there is nothing misspelled.
1.who is the current vice-president of the united states?

clinton
gates
biden
gore
2.who plays nash bridges in the show "NASH BRIDGES"?

cheech marin
don johnson
don scott
james canfield
somebody needs to relearn how to spell because there are no misspellings in these questions or answers.

peoples names start with capitals maybe?

First letter should be a capital, if the word is the first one in the sentence, or it's a name.

Fully capitalized words are not accepted. There is one exception for this rule. In case you are asking an exception like:
Who does NOT won a Nobel-prize?

In this case the capitalized NOT is supported, to help the player recognize the word NOT.

In case you have people as answer please use there full name!

The word "current" will always inflict a Bad question evaluation, as it could mean totally different date for the one who answers it as the the one asked it meant. If you are reffering to time, always use an absolute reference.

I'd also prefer to give answers that are connected to the question, so if you are asking a vice president you should have politicans as answer.

According to this, the follwoing question can be accepted:

Who was inaugurated as vice-president in January 2009?
Bill Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Joe Biden
Al Gore

You could use their offical name or their popular name like:
Joseph Robinette „Joe” Biden, Jr.
William Jefferson Clinton
etc.

It's your choice.
I hope it helped.

That doesn't explain to my why my question didn't go through, It was capitalised so i'm at a lost with what's wrong with it.

Could you please explain?

why are you stubborn? write many, milliseconds and second

Well i'm not gonna change my question if its not wrong, if the system is wrong its the system that needs to change not the people writing the questions.

As far as my english goes:

How many milliseconds ARE in...

and

Who BUILT THE first...

and hell yeah... sometimes people need to change... but we can call it learning.

who should be Who as the beginning of the sentence and built as it is not present time question.


Idézet: nihil - 2009.09.07. 19:53:23

if you're so proud of your spelling, you Shouldn't Use Capitals In Almost Every Word, should you?


Idézet: Luminance - 2009.09.07. 20:41:27

Idézet: Pogaxa - 2009.09.08. 19:04:57

Its very common in English to put capitals for the meaningful words (adjectives, verbs, etc.) when writing quizzes, as a matter of fact the way i wrote that question is the way questions are written in trivia games and TV shows.

So yeah you can say i'm proud of my spelling and using capitals in my words is beneficial.

By the way i see i changed from being popular to being hated within 2 days, i guess some people don't like to hear the truth, it would also explain why the mods/admin are too scared to to answer me direct.

I tell you the truth... you don't need and admin do it:

YOUR ENGLISH GRAMMAR SUCKS!!!

"How Many Milliseconds in a Second?" - missing the auxiliary verb
"who build first steam turbine powered steamship?" - the past tens of build is bult. If you are making a statment or a question about a specific thing you need to use "the" definite article.

THIS IS THE TRUTH MY FRIEND, YOU NEED ENGLISH LESSONS!!!

Um, I never wrote that question "who build first steam turbine powered steamship?"

And I'll tell you this; I've got qualifications in English literature and English Language so I know what I'm talking about, oh and one more thing I am English.

You must be retarded in some way, I do not need to put in a verb in my question technically, I can have that sentence with or without the are its still grammatically correct in the context I was using it in.

Also before you tell me my grammar sucks look at your own "the past tens of build is bult." are you insane, lost your mind or something, tis not me who has a bad sense of spelling and grammar but you.

Oh and one last thing, DO NOT CALL ME FRIEND. I would take offence by that, to have a grammatically incorrect hypocritical fool call me friend.

Idézet: Mosquito665 - 2009.09.09. 18:10:41

Writing your questions like a newspaper headline does not make it important, it makes it annoying! We told you how to get your question through the filters. I do not see the need to continue the insistent arguing. Either accept the advice or leave it alone. There is a complaint thread where you can vent your thoughts.

Which of the following does not belong with the rest?

2
3
5
8


It was evaluated as a 'bad, incorrect question'. No other reason given.

Are people really too damn stupid to understand this? You learn this stuff in god damned SECOND GRADE! Well, I learned it at the beginning of first, but, whatever. Maybe earlier, actually.

Well, what is the answer? 8 is the only non-prime number, so that is my first guess - but "which doesn't belong" with no further explanation of criteria is tricky with math as there are many permutations and combinations that could make any of those answers possible. For example, 2+3=5, and 3+5=8, so the answer could be a 2 or 3, as they cannot be sums of other numbers involved in the list. Or with subtraction, 8 is the only non-result possible.

It's not that people are too stupid - but it's like saying which doesn't fit between Boulder, Rock, Pebble, Sand... Without criteria, there's too much interpretation.

I would suggest a revision to say "Which of the following is NOT a Prime Number?" That would pass the quiz-test, I would hope.