Disable Negative Reputation (completely)

The Problem:
The new reputation system proves to be one of the more controversial new features of vB 3.0. Some members like it, others hate it.

To solve the dilemma, I decided to completely disable negative reputations. Now a member can still credit another member for a good post; however, he won't be able to discredit anyone anymore.

What the hack does:
Beside the required template change, the hack makes sure that even a malicious user cannot "give" negative reputation to other members anymore. Without the hack, the user could write his own html code to post the $reputation=neg variable to the vB system.

Files edited:
/reputation.php

Templates edited:
reputationbit

Phrases edited:
add_to_reputation
your_comments_on_this_post

Time needed to install hack:
5 Minutes

Screenshots: before - after

[alkatraz]

Great idea!! I'll make sure to install this when I upgrade

thx

[Detomah]

I was going to do this myself, you've saved me a lot of time and effort. Thanks.

Edit: Really easy to do, and has worked a treat.

I'd recommend all forums doing this, I really would...

[MajorGeek]

Originally Posted by Detomah

I was going to do this myself, you've saved me a lot of time and effort. Thanks.

Edit: Really easy to do, and has worked a treat.

I'd recommend all forums doing this, I really would...

Quite a few of us have suggested a disable by forum feature, since your familiar with the code, can this be done in a hack?

[AlexanderT]

I am sure this would be possible, but it is far more complex than this mini-mod. I am not planning to spend more time on developing it.

[ethics]

Any way NOT to have any remarks? Reason I am asking is that I just know there will be a few dweebs who will want to give a positive karma/rep but berate the user in the comment section.

[MajorGeek]

Originally Posted by ethics

Any way NOT to have any remarks? Reason I am asking is that I just know there will be a few dweebs who will want to give a positive karma/rep but berate the user in the comment section.

No sweat, like many of us, I disabled this "feature".

[ethics]

Originally Posted by MajorGeek

No sweat, like many of us, I disabled this "feature".

I want to use it for positive feedback only, just a "hat tip" type of a thing without remarks.

[kyrnel]

To make this forum-specific, can't you just create a child style that removes the negative rep option and make the forums that you want to disable negative rep use the new style?

[Boofo]

Nice idea. This should stop some of the Reputation wars.