Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Enhanced Reputation Checks

As of 24 Nov 2017 this modification has been withdrawn.

This modification adds a whole set of extra checks whenever members try and give reputation to posts.

The main features are ;

Require Positive Reputation Comment
Members must leave a comment in order to give a post positive reputation.

Reputation Power Cap
Sets the maximum reputation giving power for any member, as well as the default forum wide setting, it is possible to set different caps in specific forums. Please carefully read the setting notes on how to do this (examples are given).

Positive Reputation Multiply Factor
Any positive reputation given will be multiplied by the "Positive Reputation Multiply Factor" - See Custom Factors below.

Negative Reputation Multiply Factor
Similar to above - any negative reputation given will be multiplied by the "Negative Reputation Multiply Factor" - See below.

Custom Forum Based Multiply Factors
As well as the default forum wide factor settings for positive and negative reputation, it is also possible to set custom values for specific forums. Again, please carefully read the setting notes on how to do this (examples are given).

Closed Threads Limit
Posts in closed threads, that exceed the given age, cannot be given reputation. It is possible to stop reputation being given on any post in a closed thread.

Open Threads Limit
Posts in open threads, that exceed the given age, cannot be given reputation. If you desire, it is possible to stop reputation being given on any post in an open thread.

Allow or Disallow List
A list of forums can be supplied and then reputation either be allowed only in those forums, or be disallowed only in those forums. It is also possible to stop reputation being given in any forum (basically suspending the reputation system).

User Ban List
An option to ban individual members from being able to give reputation to anyone.

Custom Usergroup Based Multiply Factors
These are basically the same as the forum based custom factors, but based on the giving members usergroup. Note that these will override any forum based multiplier.

All settings are in vBulletin Options > Enhanced Reputation Checks


Install
Unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager.

Points to note ;

• Posts that you cannot give reputation on will not display the reputation icon/link.
  
• In order to give negative reputation to a post a comment must be supplied - this is part of default vb 3.6 onwards and cannot be changed by this modification.
  
• If a member does not have permission to give negative reputation then any negative reputation they try and give will be set to zero - in default vb they ended up giving positive reputation.
  
• If set, the vb fixed admin reputation value will still be multiplied by any Multiply Factors specified in this modification.
  
• If the negative reputation factor is 0.5 (to replicate default vb) then there will be one minor difference, a member whose positive reputation power is 1 will have a negative reputation power of 0, in default vb this would be -1.
  
• The reputation cap is checked after any multiplication factors have been applied - so no member can give more than the set cap, no matter what factors are applied first.

History:

v3.8.001 : First release for vb 3.8.

[Paul M]

What makes you think its not working ?

[MD_Hacker]

It works great, but there seems to be a small bug. When giving a negative reputation without a comment it returns the error message that you'd get when giving a positive reputation without a comment. It should probably tell the user that they can't give a NEGATIVE reputation without a comment to avoid confusion.

[Paul M]

This does not force comments on Negative Reputation, thats built into vb by default.

[MD_Hacker]

Originally Posted by Paul M

This does not force comments on Negative Reputation, thats built into vb by default.

Sorry, I should have clarified a little. I know that it is an inbuilt feature of vBulletin to force comments on negative reputation. However, my issues lies within:

Originally Posted by Paul M

If a member does not have permission to give negative reputation then any negative reputation they try and give will be set to zero - in default vb they ended up giving positive reputation.

Where, without a comment inputted into the field, it will return a "You must enter a reason to give positive reputation." notification. That's a part of the mod's "Require Positive Reputation Comment" feature. I can see why it does this, but it seems like a confusing notification to give to a user who believes they are leaving a negative reputation.

[Paul M]

That again is vbulletin, not the mod.

By default vbulletin assumes 0 to be positive, and therefore gives the positive comment. There is nothing can be done about that since it has to assume one or the other, and generally (+) is more likely to be correct than (-).

If its an isue then simply edit the positive message to remove any reference to +/-, but rather just say a comment is required.

[Pocket Aces]

This is a great mod. Hopefully you'd consider adding a new option where users can choose how much reputation they can give not exceeding their total cap. Similar to an abandoned mod somewhere in the old version of vB.

[zascok]

Nice one! thank you. Any chance you can make a lite version of hook that only works on allow/disable reputation for particular forums? The beer is on me(stouth, ale..) underline the appropriate one Old Trip???