[Code Monkey]

I just think it's the coder one that's too easy. I don't care much about the others, it's just a stupid little prize for putting out a body of work here. But the coder tag is a label that is displayed to the general public and speaks of certain qualifications.

If someone authors a body of code then they are a coder. If they copy paste/move bits around to mimick a vb function from one area to somewhere else in the forum, they are not a coder. That should have a different name so there is no confusion about qualifications to the general public.

And then there is another name for those that just outright copy someone elses code and change a table or something and release it without consent or acknowledgement. There's been a rash of that lately. But they still have the coder tag and wave it around with authority.

I don't find that to be a particularly comfortable atmosphere to release my work in. When I used to do PostNuke mods the community would never have tolerated this type of thing. Here, it all seems to be good as long as the general public gets what they want and someone gets a coder tag.

There should probably be a forum for "hacks". No one should be able to start a mod thread in the other forums until they have one existing in them. Meaning, when it's deemed they have authored a geniune code mod then it will be moved into the coders area and all rewards will apply and they may now start new hack threads there.

People that post in the "hacks" forum, or whatever it should be called. Could then apply to have their hack recognized and moved. It could be analyzed by volunteers from the existing coder base and recomondation made to staff by no less than two coders.

IF it doesn't get approved then it just stays there and they can try again. If it's deemed to be in violation it could be removed.

The point is, there is no logical process or flow here to earning rewards, or making sure that the general public isn't being asked to trust someone that doesn't really know what they are doing based on a tag that misrepresents ability.