Review Section Requesting Guidelines (Please Read)

by **Derri** on July 15th 2014, 11:38 am

Review Requesting Guidelines

Requesting Rules

Only Forumotion forums can be reviewed. If your forum is not on Forumotion then the request will be locked.
Review requests that are made where the forums violate the Forumotion terms of service will be locked and refused until said content is removed.
Bumping your request for attention is permitted, but the post must be separated from your last post with a 72 hour time span.
If your request is not in the proper format, we will refuse it. We ask that you post in the given formats so that people can begin starting the review process.
The review section also follows the rules of the forum itself. You may find the rules in each section as a Global Announcement, or you can access them here.
Only Administrators of your forum can request a review here. If you are not an Administrator, you may not request for a review. If your Administrators group is hidden, you must post a screenshot of the group itself proving that you are an Administrator.
All forums must be in English. If your forum is not in English then your request will be denied.
You can't mark your own topic completed. Only official reviewers have the right to mark a review official, and change the topic icon to completed.
Any further questions regarding reviews can be asked in our [Only Topic] "Questions about Reviews" located here.

Review Types

Simple Review:A simple review provides you with a rating on all review criteria and gives you bullet point feedback comments as well as outlining your forums strengths and weaknesses.
Complex Review: A complex review provides you with a rating on all review criteria and provides you with an in-depth analysis on each review criteria as well as providing suggestion on how to improve your forum.
One Area Review: A one area review provides you with an in-depth analysis on one particular aspect of your forum.
Two Area Review: A two area review is the same as one area review but provides an in-depth analysis on two areas of your forum.

Review Requirements

Complex Review ~ 300 Forum Posts - 75 Members
Two Area Review ~ 125 Posts - 30 Members
One Area Review ~ 30 Forum Posts - 10 Members
Simple Review ~ Free - No Requirements Review

Requesting Limits

All review requests must be separated by a time span of one week before making your next request.

Complex Review ~ Allowed once a month - You can request another complex review after one month from your last complex review
Two Area Review ~ Allowed twice a month - You can request another two area review after a full two weeks from your last two area review
One Area Review ~ Allowed twice a month - You can request another one area review after a full two weeks from your last one area review
Simple Review ~ Allowed once every two weeks - You can request another simple review after two weeks from your last simple review

Review Requesting Templates

To request your forum to be reviewed, please post in this topicand put in the following codes according to what type of review your forum has the requirements for. Please don't edit the "Type of Review" field as it is completed for you already according to what type of review you want.

Note: Descriptions of each area analysed within a review will be detailed below.

Complex Review

Code:: [color=#00A5CD][b]Name of the Forum:[/b][/color] Information Here [color=#7CBA2C][b]Address:[/b][/color] Information Here [color=#00A5CD][b]Type of Review (Do not Edit):[/b][/color] [u]Complex Review[/u] [color=#7CBA2C][b]Your Name on the board:[/b][/color] Information here [color=#00A5CD][b]Link to your last Complex Review (if applicable):[/b][/color] Link here

Two Area Review:

Code:: [color=#00A5CD][b]Name of the Forum:[/b][/color] Information Here [color=#7CBA2C][b]Address:[/b][/color] Information Here [color=#00A5CD][b]Type of Review (Do not Edit):[/b][/color] [u]Two Area Review[/u] [color=#7CBA2C][b]The two areas you want your forum to be reviewed in:[/b][/color] Information Here [color=#00A5CD][b]Your Name on the board:[/color][/b] Information here [color=#7CBA2C][b]Link to your last Two Area Review (if applicable):[/b][/color] Link here

One Area Review:

Code:: [color=#00A5CD][b]Name of the Forum:[/b][/color] Information Here [color=#7CBA2C][b]Address:[/b][/color] Information Here [color=#00A5CD][b]Type of Review (Do not Edit):[/b][/color] [u]One Area Review[/u] [color=#7CBA2C][b]The area you want your forum to be reviewed in:[/b][/color] Information Here [color=#00A5CD][b]Your Name on the board:[/color][/b] Information here [color=#7CBA2C][b]Link to your last One Area Review (if applicable):[/b][/color] Link here

Simple Review:

Code:: [color=#00A5CD][b]Name of the Forum:[/b][/color] Information Here [color=#7CBA2C][b]Address:[/b][/color] Information Here [color=#00A5CD][b]Type of Review (Do not Edit):[/b][/color] [u]Simple Review[/u] [color=#7CBA2C][b]Your Name on the board:[/color][/b] Information here [color=#00A5CD][b]Link to your last Simple Review (if applicable):[/b][/color] Link here

Areas Analysed Within a Review

Note: If you're requesting a one or two area review these are the official areas you can request.

First Impressions: The reviewer will give his/her first impressions of the forum upon visiting the forum.

General Forum Appearance: The reviewer will review the forums appearance and give feedback as well as possible suggestion on how to improve the overall appearance of your forum.

Forum Activity: The reviewer will review the activity of the forum and will give feedback and suggestions on how to improve activity.

Staff & Usergroups: The reviewer will review the amount of staff and usergroups the forum has and will provide feedback on staff levels and usergroups.

Forum Originality: The reviewer will review how original the forum is and will provide feedback and possible suggestion on how to make the forum more original.

Forum Layout & Organization: The reviewer will review the category/forum layout and overall how organised the forum is and provide suggestions on possible changes on how the forum could be organized if needed.

Grammar & Spelling: The reviewer will analyse the grammar and spelling of the forum and provide changes/edits if needed.