Why Are Multiple Files Locked?

[Sepherj]

Hello all, I have a simple question that Ive long wanted an answer to and now that I have started playing New Vegas again is about to drive me insane!

Why on earth are all the best mods (ESPECIALLY WEAPON MODS) for Fallout 3 and New Vegas all admin locked?

 

This is really quite tiresome as I can remember about a year ago when I had all of these mods but now can no longer access them on the site. Recently I have seen this problem on Fo3, NV and even several Skyrim files. These files have been locked for months now and as far as I can tell there's no reason for it.

 

I want a simple and concise reason as to WHY all these files are locked and being kept from the community. I am also starting to wonder if this is not also linked to the many rumors I have heard of some very talented modders leaving the Nexus because of certain reasons I have not found answers too.

 

Before anyone asks or calls me a noob or some other assorted idiocy, no I am not on the forums much at all, nor am I big in the community but I know the mods inside and out as well as the games and have been on the Nexus for many many mods and several games.

 

What is going on with the locked files and leaving the Nexus?

Edited November 20, 2012 by Sepherj

[demidekidasu]

Do you mean files being set to hidden? That's a problem with the site and it has been like that for a while now. Although, I have to say I have not seen it for the past week or so.

 

I don't know about people leaving the Nexus, I've not heard anything about that before.

[Sepherj]

Do you mean files being set to hidden? That's a problem with the site and it has been like that for a while now. Although, I have to say I have not seen it for the past week or so.

 

I don't know about people leaving the Nexus, I've not heard anything about that before.

 

No I am talking about certain files being locked by saying "This file is under review by a moderator"

 

These files have been "under review" for months now and I have not seen any reason as to why.

[DrakeTheDragon]

If it's not the technical issues with mods being "falsely" reported as "hidden by owner" which usually go away after one or more page refreshes, I could imagine you've fallen victim to some illegal uploads.

Especially with Fallout/NV and Skyrim over the last months I've seen quite a number of users getting banned and their mods getting removed for illegally uploading/including content they had no permission for, or in the worst cases even infringing copyrights and risking legal actions being taken against the site for hosting them.

 

Read up about "RIPs", assets from one game used in another, even if both games are from Bethesda, or using copyright protected materials in mods without permission, and why these things are not allowed. And keep in mind it's "not" just a Nexus thing. The site is only playing within Bethesda's stated rules here... not to risk the same fate as MegaUpload did.

Edited November 20, 2012 by DrakeTheDragon

[Rational314]

All of them had either ripped content in them, or other peoples work being used with out permission

[slainia]

Would it be possible to remove them from the list of mods entirely, then? i know a few times l've ran across mods that belonged to banned users, but were still listed under one category or another. I actually reported one, b/c there was no file associated (thought the user was using it as a placeholder) only to find out the user had been banned months ago.

it's kind of confusing finding empty mods when we search for them.

[DrakeTheDragon]

Not always are mods and images of banned users automatically removed as well. Usually they're only removed, if they were against the rules to begin with, or if the banned user requests their removal.

 

I agree though, files which break the rules should not remain "under review" for an eternity, and mods under review shouldn't even show up in search results or category browsing. That'd be something worthy to consider for site improvements.