[RESOLVED] Users with grep rep indicators

[penagate]

Yet another rep system question, but this time from me...

If you look at the bottom area of the members list (sorted in ascending order by reputation), you see the users with negative reps, disabled reps, and then 2 users with grey rep indicators. Hovering over them produces the same "Unknown quantity <10" tooltip as the users with no rep points and a green indicator. So what does the grey one mean?

[RobDog888]

Oh how glad I am to be able to answer this one for you. Remember that big thread we worked on together, the Reputation FAQ thread?

It means that those two members have 0 Rep points so they Gems are Gray.

See the "Reps and Ratings" link in my signature for all the details on Reps.



Ps, whats a "grep", Insomniacal Spellchecker?

[penagate]

we did NOT cover users with 0 rep points

I'll add it...

grep, although not quite what I intended in this case.

[RobDog888]

You should not that Martin and I found that our Gem levels were not what the system was actually using. The levels were from CG that we got. I found it out when I unexpectedly got my 7^th Gem. So in case your seeing the adjustments, dont worry, they're corrected now to accurately reflect the levels at least up to 7 Gems.


Ps, was that link from your website?

[penagate]

I should "not" ... ?

I see you are at 700+ now not 750+.


P.S. heheh, no, I can do a bit better now thanks to a few people

[RobDog888]

You may want to PM Martin so he can update the Forums FAQ too.

"You should note ..."

You must be using my SpellChecker code.

[penagate]

Your code has spellos, your two Option directives are on one line

Do you know the state of the forum rep FAQ atm ? I've noticed not much of our thread made it in there so I figured it was a WIP...

[RobDog888]

I think maybe Brads just wanted to copy part of it to the FAQ. I dont know, maybe he was waiting for the Rep FAQ to solidify so it wouldnt need to be updated allot.


The spellos are a feature of my thread so you can see the need to use my SpellChecker.

[RhinoBull]

...It means that those two members have 0 Rep points so they Gems are Gray. ...

David had almost as many as you did at some point, JPnyc has turned off his reps since the beginning, Martin also did it but then he turned it back ON, so what are you saying ???

[penagate]

Well I was referring to karthikeyan and MxPx who have the grey gem rather than the darker disabled one, as circled in my picture

[RobDog888]

Yes, like in the Rep FAQ there are Gray Gems and Black Gems which mean two completely different things. Gray = 0 Reps (they have received negative reps to reduce them down from 5) and Black = Disabled Reps.

[RhinoBull]

Despite the fact that those are two different colors (honestly, I didn't realize it until now) they look almost identical so maybe "grey" should be "yellow" instead?

[penagate]

Well it is possible to change the images so that's an option.

[RobDog888]

PG, you need a user title of vBulletin Guru or something like that.

I doubt that they will want tochange it since its really is only a rare occurance for a member to be on 0 Reps.

[penagate]

It works better on other forums where members start with 0 rep points, so it is easy to see who has not been repped versus who is on negative reps and who have low (positive) rep points. Here we start with 5 so you're green to start with anyway.

P.S. you just want the SpellChecker™ name exclusively

[RobDog888]

How about "VB/Office Guru Spellchecker™ Certified"?

Well starting with 0 Reps could possibly be an option if everyone agrees and its not hard to change (I know you know how to do it ).

[brad jones]

Well starting with 0 Reps could possibly be an option if everyone agrees and its not hard to change (I know you know how to do it ).

Starting everyone with 0 is not a hard change; however, to change it now would cause a lot of people to ask why their little square isn't green anymore...

We took the stance that it is better to assume people are good to start with. Thus giving everyone a couple of initial positive points.

Brad!