Fair enough on the explanation on little known facts kept from the sheeple, Thank you. From now on I'll do my best to stay away from anything that might cause a person to question the pro quo propaganda. Now about the Fat Albert question, I answered a cartoon question that asked how many dohickies does it take to form Ultra dohickie in the cartoon Who cares, why isnt that a specialist question, it is something that didnt happen in every episode but only someone who watched it or kept up with it would know. And dont take this like i'm tryin to bust your balls cause i know you dont eval every question and you got other things to do other than answer mine,its just your about the only one who will respond with an excuse i can almost except k?!
C'mon with the 1010 question also, I got slammed by the grammer cops for misspelling a word that had little bearing on that particular question but the year in that one had everything to do with the question but it was overlooked!?!? how many times have i been told to add "As of blah blah blah" to the begining of the question to make it exceptable?
1) 1
2) 3
3) 5
4) 7

The answer is 2 so you dont have to google it.

here are a few questions that were not correct for whatever reason :
Which was the chief victim of Japan's imperialistic aggression in Asia during the years 1915-1939?

Thailand.
the U. S. S. R
USA
china
china being correct answer
The question is valued as "Bad, incorrect question"!

During the 1400s, the Grand Fleet of Cheng Ho sailed from China all the way to?

India
the Persian Gulf
the east coast of Africa
the East Indies

east coast of africa being correct answer
According to evaluators your question is ambiguous. are a few examples of questions that were deamed wrong. :

The china question seems ok, i cannot see anything wrong. The Ho fleet though traveled to answers 1 2 and 3. I guess you meant the furthest destination, but the way the question is phrased a player could answer any of the 3 first.

The character "Rocky Balboa" was loosely based on which real life boxing great?

The great at the end makes no sense

What number is basketball star Michael Jordan famous for wearing on his shirt?
24
23
22
21

Give a bit more spaced appart answers please

Idézet: stekkos - 2010.09.01. 13:07:04

It actually does. It's an idiom. Grammatically, it shouldn't be valid, but it is common usage, at least in the US.

I did not know that. But since it might spark misspelling protest, i hope he has no objection in just removing it.

Who was the first player ever to be selected in NHL Amateur Draft?

Guy Lafleur
Peter Mahovlich
Bobby Orr
Garry Monahan <- being correct answer

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


So, according to this evaluation only a special group of people might know what National Hockey League is, right?

Idézet: Evilgrape - 2010.09.01. 16:14:12

A) Wrong thread; this thread is for stekkos to proactively explain why he rejected stuff (and occasional debates to ensue)
B) I know what the NHL is, but I certainly don't know who the first person ever drafted is
C) I'm a big fan of both the NBA and the NFL, and I couldn't tell you who the first person drafted in those leagues was, either
D) Depending on how the guideline is implemented, your question could be found acceptable under the proposed Googlability change, so you might want to go vote and comment in that thread

Idézet: stekkos - 2010.09.01. 13:12:27

Why? It's a jersey number... You either know it (or look it up) or you don't. You can't reason or logic it out based on separation. If I ask the jersey number of Patrick Roy and give you 00, 33, 66, 99 - does that get you any closer to the answer, even though they are spaced out as far as possible? I get why the separation on things like dates... But where separation is not an aid to the answer, don't enforce it. All you do is piss people off by rejecting.

Idézet: ImLittleJon - 2010.09.01. 13:52:42

Yeah, this question makes perfect sense according to N.A. sportstalk. If you change Great to Legend, then there is no debate... You've never heard Pele called a Soccer Great? Yeah, the more I say it (Great), the dumber it sounds - but it's a very common use term. Sorry, this shouldn't have been kicked in the first place. And now you have another irritated Asker who doesn't have the faintest clue of why it got kicked (unless they read this thread, which is about 1% likely).

Idézet: Evilgrape - 2010.09.01. 16:14:12

Well, I will weigh in on this, as I'm probably the most vocal advocate of NHL questions.

Remember this is an International game - meaning International interest levels. Yes, hockey is played in N.A. and Europe, so questions about general rules, elite players, and essential history are fair game. This is non-essential history, and even though I love the sport, even I would kick it to the Lexical/Uninteresting category - because while you and I know & care about the answer, the quiz is meant for everyone... And the VAST majority simply wouldn't give a damn in the slightest.

From these 4 choices what can a man do standing up, a woman siting down and a dog on three legs?

disco
swim
beg
shake hands

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

You gotta know what I'm about to say right, A FN' T IS MISSING ON SITTING AND I GET REJECTED?? !!! Unbelievable, for real??? And here I thought since getting the year right is not too important something as trivial as a stinking "T" wouldn't be a problem, I'm speachless , a complete loss of words. As sure as life itself isn't fair , the inconsitancies of the Grammer/Spelling and punctuation police remain steadfast in sound judgement forever unhindered by logic, intelligence or care. Truely a beacon of light for those blinded by wisdom.

I have just recently been rejected again for a question on a similar topic to ones I have written before and those where accepted so why was this one rejected with the 'According to evaluators only a special group of people might know the answer.' when the question was What teacher in the Harry Potter series taught Harry Occlumency? Which is snape since old dumbles forced harry to go. But on on before it I asked What is the Real name of Lord Voldemort? With of being Tom Marvelo Riddle so I ask why did it accept the voldemort question and not the occlumency question. I swear ever darn question I make is one that should be known and they keep coming back with them being bad. So please either explain to me why they where rejected logically or fix just who is evaluating them because it is really pissing me off. Thank you in advance, Alucarde

Idézet: giffy - 2010.09.01. 21:39:42

Who is the main villain and who is the headmaster are two questions that, even in passing, most people have at least heard of (Voldemort / Dumbledor). When you start getting into specific teachers of specific subjects, you require not just passing knowledge, but someone must have read the books and/or seen the movies AND remembered what specific subject that character taught. I remember the character Snape just fine - no way in the world I'm remembering what subject he taught. Let's face it, what Harry does IN class is certainly not the focus of the movie.

Idézet: Viridel - 2010.09.01. 18:05:05

After all the trouble i get to provide an explanation, people should start realizing this post is here. I will not accept as an excuse that they did not find it yet, the forums are here to help. If the player uses them he will know. If not, sometimes i even message them personally to get them here. What more can i do???
As for the question itself, if someone has no idea and will look it up ofcourse the numbers do not matter. But as it is written in the rules, if a person has some idea of the number has to be able to make out the answer without having to search for it because he cant recall if it was 23 or 22 or 21. If he sees 12 23 31 19 for example, he will get it right because he recalls it was a number 20something.

Idézet: Viridel - 2010.09.01. 22:12:58

Exactly the point Viridel. Thats what i would have said, thank you for saving me the time. Also i want to thank you and Jon for the hockey one, i could have said what you did but coming from hockey fans carries a lot more weight.

Finally: Please use the general rejection topic for questions i did not evaluate..... I really want the players to see if their question was rejected by me and the reason fast. If they have to search a lot to find it, or if they miss it, it will lead to unneccessary frustration.

Idézet: V3nG3nC3X - 2010.09.01. 18:38:27

You did have a spelling error. Minor, negligible even. But you did have one, and you did not loose the right to re post so no reason to behave as if they robbed you!

Idézet: stekkos - 2010.09.02. 04:23:07

You know what would have been easiest of all? If Mods were able to make rudimentary spelling / grammar corrections. Then this question wouldn't have had to be kicked, it won't need to be re-evaluated, and you wouldn't have a pissed off user.

Idézet: Viridel - 2010.09.01. 18:18:18

ok, then I guess I must appologize. Its just line between question being fine and too hard is not that obvious sometimes (at least for me).