[[help:voting_guidelines]]
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help:voting_guidelines [2020/01/07 17:46] hamza23 Updating wording, adding more neg vote examples in |
help:voting_guidelines [2025/05/08 16:13] (current) alvian [Positive Vote] |
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| * Refrain from voting when it's not a good deal but has a funny picture or coupon, good description, you like the poster or any other element that is not related to the deal itself. | * Refrain from voting when it's not a good deal but has a funny picture or coupon, good description, you like the poster or any other element that is not related to the deal itself. | ||
| - | If you are associated with the poster or company **DON'T VOTE**. Friends, family, employees, shareholders, media relations, developers, contractors, affiliates, marketers and similar are not to vote on related deals. Infractions will lead to account bans, store bans and the post being removed. | + | [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:store_representative#who_is_associated|If you are associated with the poster or company]] **DON'T VOTE**. Friends, family, employees, shareholders, media relations, developers, contractors, affiliates, marketers and similar are not to vote on related deals. Infractions will lead to account bans, store bans and the post being removed. |
| ===== No Vote ===== | ===== No Vote ===== | ||
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| * Duplicate | * Duplicate | ||
| - | * Sold Out | + | * Expired/Sold Out |
| - | * Expired | + | * In Stock/Available Again |
| - | * Affiliate/Referral | + | * Illegal/Banned Item |
| - | * Illegal/Inappropriate | + | * Inaccessible to Australians |
| - | * Insufficient Quantity | + | * Insufficient Quantity (<10 Items) |
| - | * Not Available to Australia | + | * Referral/Affiliate |
| * Sockpuppeting | * Sockpuppeting | ||
| * Spam | * Spam | ||
| * Targeted Offer | * Targeted Offer | ||
| - | * Title/Description | + | * Title/Description/Category |
| * Other | * Other | ||
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| **Purpose:** | **Purpose:** | ||
| * To let others know about issues with the deal, merchant or product. | * To let others know about issues with the deal, merchant or product. | ||
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| + | **How to cast a negative vote:** | ||
| + | * Make a comment in the deal post and give your reason for casting a negative vote, then click the vote button. | ||
| **Result of negative vote(s):** | **Result of negative vote(s):** | ||
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| **When negative votes are revoked:** | **When negative votes are revoked:** | ||
| - | * The community casts a number of negative comment votes to any comment by the user casting the deal votes. | + | * The user community casts a number of negative comment votes to any comment by the user casting the deal votes. |
| - | * A moderator deems your vote to be invalid as it doesn't conform to voting guidelines (see below for a list of inappropriate negative votes that moderators will revoke). | + | * A moderator deems your vote to be invalid as it doesn't conform to voting guidelines (see [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:voting_guidelines#inappropriate_uses_of_negative_vote|below]] for a list of inappropriate negative votes that moderators will revoke). |
| * You are a competitor to the business the deal is for (this will also lead to account and/or store bans). | * You are a competitor to the business the deal is for (this will also lead to account and/or store bans). | ||
| - | * If too many negative votes are revoked for a user, this will result in the loss of negative voting abilities for up to 90 days. | + | Note: If too many negative votes are revoked for a user, this will result in the loss of negative voting abilities for up to 90 days. |
| - | **If you spot an invalid vote (from the below list):** | + | **If you spot an invalid vote ([[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:voting_guidelines#inappropriate_uses_of_negative_vote|from the below list]]):** |
| - | * Use the //report// button to notify a moderator (see below for a list of inappropriate negative votes that moderators will revoke). | + | * Use the //report// button to notify a moderator ([[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:voting_guidelines#inappropriate_uses_of_negative_vote|see below for a list of inappropriate negative votes]] that moderators will revoke (only)). |
| - | * Try not to take negative votes personally. | + | * Try not to take negative votes personally, they are against the product or merchant, not the poster of the deal. |
| ===== Appropriate uses of negative vote ===== | ===== Appropriate uses of negative vote ===== | ||
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| * Ideally, mention store, URL and price include shipping (if applicable). | * Ideally, mention store, URL and price include shipping (if applicable). | ||
| - | * Issue with product (For example:) | + | * Issue with product. For example: |
| - | * It does not work the way it should | + | * It does not work the way it should. |
| - | * It has been recalled | + | * It has been recalled. |
| - | * Issue with retailer (For example:) | + | * Issue with retailer. For example: |
| * Previous purchases were not received or the shipping time exceeded what was expected. [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/1636553/redir|Example 1]] [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/1635636/redir| Example 2]] | * Previous purchases were not received or the shipping time exceeded what was expected. [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/1636553/redir|Example 1]] [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/1635636/redir| Example 2]] | ||
| - | * Issues arose which were not rectified in a satisfactory or timely manner. | + | * Issues arose previously which were not rectified in a satisfactory or timely manner. |
| ===== Inappropriate uses of negative vote ===== | ===== Inappropriate uses of negative vote ===== | ||
| - | **Any negative vote that falls into any of these reasons will be revoked by a moderator. Negative votes for any other reason will not be removed by a moderator. These are verbatim phrases.** | + | **Any negative vote that falls into the following reasons will be deemed invalid and revoked by a moderator. Negative votes for other reasons will not be removed.** |
| - | * No explanation of the vote: | + | * Negative votes accompanied by these trivial comments and no additional explanation are invalid: |
| - | * "Not a bargain" | + | * "Not a bargain", "What is this" |
| - | * "Agree" | + | * "Agree", "Same", "Ditto" |
| * "SPAM" | * "SPAM" | ||
| - | * "I don't like this deal" | + | * "I don't like this deal", "I don't think it's a good deal" |
| - | * "I don't think it's a good deal" | + | * "No deal", "Not a deal", "How is this a deal" |
| - | * "Ditto" | + | |
| - | * "lol" | + | |
| - | * "No deal/Not a deal" | + | |
| * "No Thanks" | * "No Thanks" | ||
| - | * "Not much of a bargain, a mere promotion" | + | * "Not much of a bargain", "A mere promotion" |
| - | * "Advertising" | + | * "Advertising", "Marketing" |
| - | * "This is marketing" or "Marketing" | + | |
| * "Weird looking website" (Nothing to do with the deal) | * "Weird looking website" (Nothing to do with the deal) | ||
| - | * +1 | ||
| * "What's good about this" | * "What's good about this" | ||
| * "This is an awful deal" | * "This is an awful deal" | ||
| - | * "Meh" | + | * "Here for the comments" |
| + | * "Meh", "Yeah, nah" | ||
| + | * "Commenting just so I can neg" | ||
| + | * "Neg" | ||
| + | * "lol" | ||
| + | * +1 | ||
| + | * ? | ||
| + | * Emoji | ||
| - | * Incorrect or missing information in title or description | + | * Problems with incorrect and missing information in the deal title and description are resolved by editing the deal post. Negative votes are inappropriate because these problems are not issues with the deal itself, the merchant, or the product. The following list of common problems should be [[https://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:voting_guidelines#report_button|reported to the moderators]] for revision. |
| - | * Requesting price in title. | + | * Request price in title. |
| - | * Requesting shipping cost. | + | * Request shipping cost. |
| - | * Mentioning RRP. | + | * Request mention or removal of RRP. |
| - | * SPAMMY sounding title. | + | * Complaint about SPAMMY title. |
| - | * Misspelling or grammar issue. | + | * Complaint about misspelling and bad grammar. |
| - | * Incorrect URL or coupon. | + | * Incorrect deal link or coupon. |
| - | * Listed as freebie. | + | * Request //Freebie// tag. |
| + | * Request //Targeted// tag. | ||
| - | * An issue with the poster | + | * An issue with the poster. |
| - | * Disliking their avatar. | + | * Disliking poster's avatar. |
| - | * Disliking their comments or description. | + | * Disliking poster's comments or deal descriptions. |
| - | * Disliking their username. | + | * Disliking poster's username. |
| - | * Expired/Out of Stock. | + | * Deal expired or product out of stock. |
| - | * Should have been posted in forums/competitions | + | * Duplicate deal. |
| + | * Should have been posted in forums or competitions. | ||
| * Pointing out that the product is a [[http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/118238|grey import]]. | * Pointing out that the product is a [[http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/118238|grey import]]. | ||
| - | * Requiring Facebook/Twitter/G+ to access deal | + | * Requiring Facebook/Twitter to access deal. |
Last edited by alvian on 2025/05/08 16:13