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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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 Posted - 03/27/2007 : 22:10:37
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I assume there is a reviewer named Anonymous. 
Actually there are two "reviewers" named Anonymous. One hasn't actually written any reviews, which, I think you'll agree, is taking anonymity to extremes, and the other has written two reviews. 
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tortoise 
"Still reviewing, but slowly."
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Posted - 03/27/2007 : 22:34:11
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
I assume there is a reviewer named Anonymous.
Actually there are two "reviewers" named Anonymous. One hasn't actually written any reviews, which, I think you'll agree, is taking anonymity to extremes, and the other has written two reviews.
Maybe s/he did write some, then gave them to Alan Smithee  |
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Sal[Au]pian 
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/29/2007 : 13:45:49
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Since the advent of the REPORT button, reports pretty obviously go onto a report queue, so they cannot be overlooked in the same way they could when it was just a matter of posts on the fourum. They must stay on the report queue until they are dealt with, so you really have no need to worry about "human error" any more.
They cannot be overlooked in the same way, but it is possible that they could be overlooked in a different way. Benj could accidentally hit the 'dealt with' button, for example (if there were one). I am sure that we have all accidentally voted for a review or similar before. Also, Benj has stated that the unseen processes are more complicated than one would think. We therefore do not know at all that there is a simple list.
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If you have reported a review, and it has not been deleted, it must either still be awaiting consideration or Benj has decided not to delete it. In either case there is no justification for reporting it again for the same "problem", is there?
Apart from the fact that it could have been overlooked (or lost by a glitch in the system etc. etc.), Benj is not a robot and therefore may have different opinions at different times. Also, I would try to use different wording in order to be clearer about why a review needs removing. (In parallel, one could resubmit reviews even when Benj was the only approver.)
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If what you meant was you would report a review again just in case it had been overlooked, it seems to me that "the worst ones I will report every so often" is a very odd way to put it. To me it implied that you would be doing this ad infinitum, perhaps as a matter of principle, until they were deleted. If they were not deleted, you would go on reporting it as an expression of your opposition to them. Is this what you meant or not?
It certainly is a matter of principle, but I would not be re-reporting them with the mindset that they would not get removed. I would be doing so in the hope that Benj would on one occasion view them as wrong. And it would, as I say, only be infrequently, so Benj could not possibly feel burdened by having to view the report again and again. |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 03/29/2007 : 13:46:31
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Originally posted by TitanPa
Iv'e noticed that there are some Anonymous reviews out there. Noone has ever claimed them. Should these reviews be given to Mr. Smithee? THey certainly need a home. Im not going to vote for a movie that noone claims. WHat say you all????
I've suggested this before (although in a hoped-for context of Alan Smithee not being in the rankings). |
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Shiv 
"What a Wonderful World"
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Posted - 04/02/2007 : 14:44:46
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Salopian, to add insult to injury, I was checking out one of your accolades All for Nought and discovered that Alan Smithee achieved it I wonder how many accolades 'he' has accdidentally won.... |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 04/02/2007 : 15:28:10
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Originally posted by Shiv
Salopian, to add insult to injury, I was checking out one of your accolades All for Nought and discovered that Alan Smithee achieved it I wonder how many accolades 'he' has accdidentally won....
I don't think he has won any accidentally, not of mine, anyway. I am sure this is why A.C. disowned all his Pitcairn reviews, for example. I don't care about Alan Smithee holding my accolades, but I do mind A.C. transferring the votes that I gave him in good faith. |
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