Thread rating

[Kadagar_AV]

I am torn.

I'd say it's good for strategies and stuff, threads in those parts of the forum.

In the backroom and other parts it only fill a negative function.

Can you disable it on some parts on the forum? If so, have the stars on the guides and strategy parts, but not front/backroom/watchtower and so on.

Edit: I am slow, you can disable in some forums.

So please only use this in strategy forums - ie - all forums about the TW series, but disable in community forums.

[Maltz]

I just rated a bunch of my own threads (not all 10s so hopefully I can escape below the radar).
I also wonder whether we can disable the rating function for the thread starter. But I think it is OK if we leave it like this as most ratings are provided by other users anyway.

[Peasant Phill]

I don't want to be insulting here, but the size of the stars seems a little....obnoxious. They could be tweaked a bit to make them pop out but not the center of attention.

I agree. The big in-your-face star is clashing with our style. Something more toned down would be more preferable.

So please only use this in strategy forums - ie - all forums about the TW series, but disable in community forums.

Again I agree. The rating system should be something to promote content and reward members who add content. Which is great in sections where there are guides and people offer and ask for help.
I fear that when this system is applied to off topic area's it will become a popularity contest, something we've been trying to avoid for a long time.


In short: An excellent way to promote content but not for off-topic subfora.

[TinCow]

Thanks for the feedback. I have disabled the system on all forums except those under the individual TW game categories.

Regarding the icon, is it just the size that is off or is the icon itself the issue (or both)? If it's the icon itself, what should go in its place? Almost anything can be stuck there, as long as the object isn't so dark that the number doesn't display on top of it. If you have a suggestion, please post it or, even better, provide a link to what you think would be a better alternative.

[Ishmael]

Personally I feel it's both the size and the icon - it's a bit too big to my mind, and the bright colour and prominent number draw the eye away from the thread title. As to a substitute, I would have sworn I'd seen a star rating on some threads here whereby there was a number of duller yellow stars (out of 5) beneath the thread title, however now that I go to look I can't find any examples .

[TinCow]

Personally I feel it's both the size and the icon - it's a bit too big to my mind, and the bright colour and prominent number draw the eye away from the thread title. As to a substitute, I would have sworn I'd seen a star rating on some threads here whereby there was a number of duller yellow stars (out of 5) beneath the thread title, however now that I go to look I can't find any examples .

That was the icon system used by the default vbulletin rating system. That system is, quite frankly, . There's no ability to control where it can be used, and moderation of the system is essentially impossible, as there is no way to determine who has rated a thread, and the only way to modify an existing rating is to manually edit the database. As such, we decided that if we were going to give thread ratings a try, we'd start with a system that was far more thorough. However, this system only uses single icons for the thread rating. I can change the icon, its size, and the formating of the number, but I can't restore the 'star gradient' icons from the old system, as they work in completely different ways.

[Maltz]

On a 1680 x 1050 monitor I find the yellow star just about the right size.

If we wish to avoid abuse of the rating system, maybe we can change that to a counter of stars/thanks.
If people like something, they can give it a star or thanks.
Then the total number of thanks received in the thread is displayed on the thread index.
Not sure whether this is possible, just an idea.

[drone]

I can change the icon, its size, and the formating of the number, but I can't restore the 'star gradient' icons from the old system, as they work in completely different ways.

Can the icon differ based on what the current rating is?

[TinCow]

If we wish to avoid abuse of the rating system, maybe we can change that to a counter of stars/thanks.
If people like something, they can give it a star or thanks.
Then the total number of thanks received in the thread is displayed on the thread index.
Not sure whether this is possible, just an idea.

That would require extensive custom coding which I am not capable of doing.

Can the icon differ based on what the current rating is?

Not in this system. In the vanilla system, yes.