As toi continue to use Fanpop, toi will come across content that is not what it should be in some way. Since fanpop is largely only as good as the content it contains, it is important to address these issues for the good of the site and the fanpop community.
Now, most of the content that "is not what it should be" is likely just content that toi don't like, and such content should be rated appropriately (see the link). But, rarely, there is some content on the site plus problematic than that, and for such content there exists the reporting function. Reporting allows you, the user, to flag something on fanpop as being wrong in some way, so that it will be fixed.
Here's a handy guide to distinguishing between different types of problem content, and whether ratings ou reporting should be applied.
* toi disagree with a particular user (rate)
* toi don't like what the user says (rate)
* toi find the user obnoxious and harassing (ignore)
* The user uses obscene language and/or posts obscene content (report)
* The user attempts to sell a product ou encourages toi to buy a product (report)
* The user consistently attacks and demeans toi (report)
* toi suspect the user is actually a duplicate account of another user (ignore)
* Content is posté that toi think sucks (rate)
* Content is posté without mots-clés (rate)
* Content is posté with inadequate mots-clés (rate)
* Content is posté in the wrong spot (report)
* Content link does not work (report)
* Content link is to a web site which hasn't been updated in years (rate)
* Content link is for a contest which has already ended (report)
* Video link doesn't work embedded (rate)
* Video is short, low-quality, video is out of sync with audio (rate)
* Video requires users to install software on their desktops in order to view it (rate/comment)
* Video doesn't work embedded nor on the source site (report)
* Video is offensive/obscene (report)
* Video takes forever to load (rate)
* Video not what toi expected (rate)
* Video is unrelated to the spot topic (report)
* Content exactly duplicates other content already in that spot (rate/comment)
* Spot duplicates an existing spot (report)
* Spot seems silly, unnecessary (comment)
* Spot name contains errors ou isn't precise (comment)
* Spot is offensive ou obscene (report)
* Image is low quality, has no description, and/or fails to have image credits (rate/comment)
* Image has no image credits and toi know the copyright belongs to someone else (report)
* Soapbox article presents a ridiculous opinion (rate)
* Soapbox article filled with grammatical, spelling and/or logic errors (rate)
* Soapbox article shorter than a full page (rate)
* Soapbox article consists of text from another site/source (report)
* Soapbox article has no pictures (rate)
* Pick has no pictures (comment)
* Pick does not allow users to add réponses that are clearly necessary (comment)
* Pick is not related to the spot topic (report)
* Pick contains offensive/obscene text/images (report)
* Pick is biased/one-sided (comment)
* The video in a quizz question doesn't work (report)
* toi don't like a particular pop quizz question (comment)
* There are spelling errors in a pop quizz question ou answer(s) (comment)
* There are factual errors in a pop quizz question/answer (report)
* There is no way to know the answer for a pop quizz question (report)
Reporting and comments
To file a rapporter on something, look for the little "flag" icon. This is located in different places, depending on what toi are reporting. Click on the flag, and a sub-menu will appear, along with a text field for "comments". IMPORTANT: EVERY rapporter SHOULD HAVE A COMMENT! Note, however, that the user interface is poorly designed - toi must type the commentaire BEFORE clicking the type of report, even though the commentaires box is under the rapporter buttons. Why comment? It is VERY likely that the staff ou admins who review the reports on a donné jour will not immediately understand WHY toi reported a piece of content, and if it's not immediately obvious, it may not receive any action. It's that simple.
Types of Reports
Broadly speaking, there are three types of reports toi can file as a fanpop user.
* Spot reporting: toi can file a rapporter on a particular spot. To rapporter a spot, look for and click the red flag and the word "report" just below the spot's banner in the upper right. This will open the reporting sub-menu.
Reporting a spot
* User reporting: toi can file a rapporter on a particular user.
Report abusive user
* Link reporting: toi can file a rapporter on a particular piece of content on the site. There are eight kinds of content which toi can rapporter on Fanpop: links, videos, images, soapbox articles, pop quizz questions, picks, réponses and commentaires (Note: only commentaires in a forum ou réponses to an Answer Request can be reported as of 25 December 2009). With each, you'll be looking for a grey, unlabeled flag, in the locations described here:
Reporting a link
With links, the flag is located just under and to the left of the ratings bar.
Reporting a video
With videos, the flag is located just under the ratings bar.
Reporting an image
The flag for images is located (as with the video flag) just under the ratings bar.
With quizz questions, the reporting flag is located on the right, between the question and the liste of answers.
Reporting a pop quizz question
The flag for articles is just under the titre of the article, far to the left of the ratings bar:
Reporting an article
The flag for picks is on the right, where the ratings bar would be if toi could rate picks:
Reporting a pick
The flag for réponses is below the question and the "answer this question" button:
Reporting an Answer
The flag for commentaires is below the commentaire itself:
Reporting a commentaire on a forum ou answer
What the reports mean
When toi click the flag, a sub-menu will appear, prompting toi to select which kind of rapporter toi wish to file. These choices vary slightly, depending on which kind of rapporter toi are filing. To file a report, toi must click on one of the red boxes, selecting one of the categories of reports.
If toi change your mind and don't want to click any of the reports, toi can always click the green "don't report" box in the sub-menu instead.
Options for spot reports
When toi rapporter a SPOT, there are four possible reports:
The spot inappropriate rapporter specifically means a violation of the link. This includes obscene content, spam content, hate speech content, as well as copyrighted content. A spot dedicated to "Robbing Banks" would merit an inappropriate report, as would spots dedicated to "Sex chat", "Downloading mp3s for free" and anything involving a racial slur.
The spot offensive rapporter means content that toi find offensive. It may not be obscene ou a clear violation of the Terms of Service, but toi find it offensive. "Defeating Atheism" might be a spot to rapporter as offensive.
The spot miscategorized rapporter means that the spot is catalogued in the wrong channel. For instance, if a spot dedicated to the Lynx web browser were to be listed as part of the "Travel & Places" channel, one would be well-justified in filing a miscategorized spot report.
The spot duplicate rapporter means that the spot's topic is already covered par another spot that was created beforehand, ou that the reported spot's topic is insufficiently different from an existing spot to merit a separate spot. A "Fanpop Kids" spot would likely be reported as a duplicate of the "Parenting" spot, for instance, and a "Great car commercials" spot would be reported as a duplicate to the "Car Commercials" spot.
Options for user reports
When toi rapporter USERS, there are three possible reports:
The user spam rapporter means that the user is clearly on fanpop for the sole purpose of trying to sell a product ou service to the other users. An user whose only contributions are to a spot he created for "Greatest Video Downloads", including a link to the site greatestvideodownloads.com and a soapbox article describing how great the same web site is, is an example of an user who should be reported as a spammer.
The user offensive content rapporter indicates that toi feel that the user in question is regularly posting offensive content to the site, across many spots. An user who posts liens to a blog called "Why your beliefs are stupid" to all the faith-oriented spots would be reported with this flag.
The user abusive rapporter indicates that the user in question is abusive to toi and/or other fanpop users on the site. An user who regularly rates all your content as a 1 might get an abusive report, as well as an user who regularly posts attacking commentaires in response to your comments, as well as an user who belittles someone's opinions, intelligence, appearance and so forth.
Reporting content
When toi rapporter CONTENT, there are five types of reports toi can file:
The content broken rapporter indicates that the content link does not work. This should be filed anytime a link goes to a page that doesn't exist, a link goes to a completely different page than what the link described, ou (in the case of videos) the video in question has been removed from the host web site. NOTE: a video link is NOT BROKEN if it doesn't play embedded on fanpop but does work on the host web site. Some video hosting web sites - YouTube springs to mind - allow their users to specify whether their vidéos may play embedded ou not. If the video cannot play embedded, it will montrer up as normal on Fanpop, but toi must click the video's title (or the little Arrow link suivant to it) to go to the hosting web site and see the video. It is only when the video does not work embedded AND it does not work on the source site that toi should file a "broken" rapporter for a video.
NOTE: pop quizz questions do not have a broken rapporter option. Instead, they are the only type of content to have a bad question reporting option. The bad question flag is used to both indicate when a question's video link is broken (it doesn't play embedded ou on the source site) and/or to indicate that the question is incorrect (that is, if the question is wrong). It is also appropriate to use this rapporter if a question requires the user to guess, not because toi don't know the answer, but because there is no way for toi to know the answer. For example, a question that asks "What is my favori color?" is a valid question only if that information is available on Fanpop. A question "What is the population of country X?" would be a bad question, but a question "What was the population of country X in 2008?" would be valid, because it can be validated.
The content inappropriate rapporter indicates that the content violates the link in some way. Among other things, this includes sexually explicit imagery, vidéos that contain obscene language, images without proper copyright credits that clearly were created par someone other than the user, and soapbox articles that consist in large part (if not their entirety) of text that was copied from some other site (ie, plagiarism).
The content outdated rapporter indicates that the content (usually a link) points to a site describing an event that has already occurred ou a deal that has expired. A link to a site where toi can sign up for free e-mail mises à jour on the 5th season of "Big Brother" would be appropriate to flag as outdated.
The content spam rapporter indicates that the content is trying to sell something to the fanpop users viewing it. This one is a little tricky, because most web sites are trying to sell something. But a link to, say, a dating service web site would not be spam if some of the site could be used for free, but would be spam if toi had to pay money up front to actually get to any content on the site.
The content miscategorized rapporter means that the content has nothing to do with the spot in which it is found, ou that there's a better spot for it. A video link to Michael Jackson's HIStory in the link spot would be miscategorized, for instance. That one is obvious, but this rapporter can also be pretty tricky. Would a picture of Carly Simon, who didn't tour ou produce any albums in the 1980s (but who was at least alive in the 80s) be miscategorized if it was placed in the link, instead of the link? Would vidéos of fanpop users' children be miscategorized if they were placed in the link rather than the link? Would an article describing how to be kind to our fellow users be miscategorized if found in the link, rather than the link ou link spots? There is some leeway; when in doubt, toi can always try sending a message to the user who posté the content which may be miscategorized to discuss it with him/her.
A note on multiple reports
Just a quick note: fanpop remembers the reports that toi submit. So don't try to swamp content with reports, because the site will only allow toi to rapporter a donné item once. Any further attempts will be met with the reply "You have already reported this as a <report type> <spot/user/link>".
What happens to reports
So you've found some content that doesn't work in some fashion and have reported it. What happens then?
Reports that users file appear in a liste for the site staff and moderators to address. In many cases, the reason that the rapporter was filed will be obvious to them, and the staff and/or moderators will take the appropriate action. However, in many cases it is apparently not obvious why a rapporter was filed, because the moderators will occasionally contact the person who filed the rapporter via a message, asking for clarification. Then, once they've investigated what the reason was for the report, they will take whatever action they deem necessary. Such action includes chastising users, moving miscategorized content, banning users, merging spots, deleting spots, and deleting other content.
In addition, if the rapporter was a "broken" content report, a message is also generated to the user who posté the content originally, with the subject line "One of your liens has been flagged par another user." In the case of broken content, the user who posté the content originally usually has two days to éditer the link and replace it with a working link before the broken link is completely removed from the site.
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Here's liens to other parts of the guide for your quick reference:
* link
* 1: link
* 2: link.
* 3: link
* 4: Picks: this is the generic name both for the vote questions that toi see on the site and for the réponses toi can pick to that question. Papa has created a link.
* 5: link
* 6: link
* 7: link
toi may also want to see:
* link feature
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