Thread: Introduction Quote - Ratio Proofs

In the introduction section it's normal to quote the opening post of the potential new member, in order to see what his first answers to the questions were. He then can't edit the questions about his personalia or his views on trading that easily anymore.

But when we ask people to edit their ratio proofs, we should actually delete (or not quote in the first place) the ratio proofs in our quote. If the new member has left his username in the proofs or left too many digits of up/down, and then edits the proofs, the old proofs will still be in the quote we made. This makes it incredibly easy actually for tracker admins to find out who belongs to whos account, as long as you've made a ratio proof mistake when you entered this community...

I think a new rule should be implemented: You should quote the opening post, but delete the ratio proofs from it, regardless whether they are good or bad.

This is common practice amongst seasoned intro workers, others just need to be reminded.

Originally Posted by Archi

In the introduction section it's normal to quote the opening post of the potential new member, in order to see what his first answers to the questions were. He then can't edit the questions about his personalia or his views on trading that easily anymore.

But when we ask people to edit their ratio proofs, we should actually delete (or not quote in the first place) the ratio proofs in our quote. If the new member has left his username in the proofs or left too many digits of up/down, and then edits the proofs, the old proofs will still be in the quote we made. This makes it incredibly easy actually for tracker admins to find out who belongs to whos account, as long as you've made a ratio proof mistake when you entered this community...

I think a new rule should be implemented: You should quote the opening post, but delete the ratio proofs from it, regardless whether they are good or bad.

I would second that. I think those helping with the introductions should just refrain from quoting the ratio screenshots no matter what. A mention of this in the rules would be nice...

Originally Posted by Danz

This is common practice amongst seasoned intro workers, others just need to be reminded.

I disagree. In 90% or even more of the cases the proofs are left in the quote, also by regular introduction workers.

Question... are you saying - "Don't quote the proofs at all" or are you saying "quote the proofs, then delete them when repped"?. The reason I ask is because, members spot different things on the original and it also gives us a comparison to work from when changes have been made. The other problem that you have is, if they are quoted, the person that quoted it may not be available to remove it or not noticed that the individual has been repped in.

I'm not sure, you make two good points. I don't know what the best solution would be, but the current situation is not optimal.

Good point by TankGirl, but i think quoting and then removing the quotes will become very cumbersome. With some intros lasting 2 days, it becomes very difficult to remember where you have or havent quoted. This is especially true for someone who does a lot of intros daily.

Which brings this particular suggestion full circle. There is no completely safe way of posting proofs (unless correctly edited), and I think that they are needed. Quotes of the original intro do need to be made because of changes/amendments that are done and yes it is a security risk to those that don't follow the example....

but then, they did read the rules didn't they? so therefore which should we focus on... the "quote" or the fact that people are not reading the stickey's and putting their account's in jepoardy. No matter what you do there will be mistakes and we cannot cover every eventuality.

Originally Posted by TankGirl

but then, they did read the rules didn't they? so therefore which should we focus on... the "quote" or the fact that people are not reading the stickey's and putting their account's in jepoardy. No matter what you do there will be mistakes and we cannot cover every eventuality.

I would like to say no body has fallen from sky. you know, what i mean. I made couple of mistakes in my ratio proof but the picture links still left there in later posts, because i forget to store delete link and/or i didn't have imageshack account at that time. Later I made one account with imageshack and subsequently uploaded the pics in the account.
Lucky for me that inaccurate ratio proof is from torrentbytes which has no invite systems or bonus points.
To make things safer for giver, not getting banned for giving invite in forum, we should not left any inaccurate ratio-proof link in this site. so thanks to OP(original poster) and really appreciate for bringing this up.