Review Form Template for the Rating System

[Aoikani]

Lhammond: Do you think it is probable that you will do something like this shown in the below quote? I think it would really help the community for TESNEXUS mod rating to have some kind of system that would improve the rating of mods and I would support this, especially if it would reduced the ill comments and feelings abrased within the current system. I'm not saying what we have is bad now, but perhaps this is a subject that could be reviewed in the Latest News archive or maybe a poll the community could respond to? I posted in the following thread You know what I hate? where Lhammond and einhander888 where talking about this but hadn't gotten a reply on. Which is ok, it was out of context for that thread anyway, so I created this new thread in hope that maybe people can comment and have suggestions to support a new rating system?

 

I've said it before but I'll say it again, if authors are actively search for critical feedback and a better analysis of their mod, they need to create a "review form template" of items they want feedback on so that reviewers can have a checklist to go by when installing and playing the mod. Each template would really need to be custom-tailored for each mod as no single template would work for every author (IMO).

 

Example

 

___ (1 to 10) - Was the description an accurate account of the mod?

Further Details: _______________________________________________

 

___ (1 to 10) - Was the install / uninstall instructions easy to follow?

Further Details: _______________________________________________

 

___ (1 to 10) - How was clipping issues with the new armor?

Further Details: _______________________________________________

 

___ (1 to 10) - Does the sword stats match what you would expect?

Further Details: _______________________________________________

 

___ (1 to 10) - Was it a good idea to provide enchanted and non-enchanted versions of everything?

Further Details: _______________________________________________

 

___ (1 to 10) - Were the creatures a tough challenge for your character?

Further Details: _______________________________________________

 

___ (1 to 10) - Did you enjoy the quest overall?

Further Details: _______________________________________________

 

___ (1 to 10) - Are you likely to suggest this mod to a friend?

Further Details: _______________________________________________

 

___ Total (add all points together and divide by the number of questions.

 

I thought about adding samples like this to my Readme Generator but there are simply too many to choose from and if I only listed 10 as an example, people would only use those 10 as some sort of official standard (which is not exactly a good idea for something that needs to be tailored for each kind of mod)

 

LHammonds

 

I didn't follow all the way through the thread, just as I mentioned in that thread. So I'm pasting it here..

 

I was wondering, well I might just take it upon myself anyway that from henceforth I will add as a simple little post (would be nice that the site bot did this automatically upon uploading the new mod) to rate this mod in a simple manner with a small description as a guidline much like quality service feedbacks do at times.

 

such as ..

 

Please rate this mod using the following guideline:

 

Do you like this Mod?

If you liked this mod, how well do you like it? a little, a lot, very much, extremely.

If you do not like this mod how much? a little, a lot, very much, extremely.

 

 

my reasoning is, it no longer gives a point system visibly to the viewers but will give values to the appropriate decisions where the mod could be rated from the eyes of the viewers. Furthermore, now the comments would display only pertinent opinions to the making of the mod and not the rating. This would also promote better communication in the reviews wouldn't you say?

Do you see the logic?

 

Aoikani

 

So, my question is "Can we as a community here make a poll, or come up with something that could possible make it a little better for the rating system?"