Correction Notices Trivia Quiz

Answer: Use the Compliment button to send the quizmaker a note

Use the Correction button only to send messages about problems with a quiz. Quizmakers are prevented from submitting new quizzes if they have outstanding correction notices, and all corrections must be checked by an editor. If you just want to chat to the quizmaker about their quiz, the Compliment button is best. That way your notes don't clog up the system.

Answer: Use the Correction button: "I'd like to point out that the correct spelling for Question 3 is smellysox highheaven..."

Please use the Correction button, that's what it's there for. If players don't point out problems, they won't get fixed! You must remember, however, always to be polite and respectful.

Answer: Use the Correction button to say that you think the question is poorly constructed

Although the Correction system is most often used to point out errors in spelling or fact, it is also useful for pointing out questions that just don't work well. Questions that are worded confusingly, or which require the player to read the quizmaker's mind, can sometimes slip below the editors' radar. The Correction system helps ensure that such questions are found and changed.

Answer: No

Quizmakers are ordinary Funtrivia members just like you, and can't give you your lost points. They also can't do anything about problems on the site, or with your server. The best thing to do when something like this happens, (especially if it happens often) is to pass a message on to an editor or administrator, with as much information as you can. Points once lost are, unfortunately, lost forever, but sometimes, when this type of thing happens, you can play the game again, and this time it will "take".

Answer: Wait a week or so and see what happens

Quizmakers are given some time, from a few days to a week or so, to fix the problem themselves. After that, if nothing is done, the editors will step in and fix things if they can. If they can't, the quiz will eventually be taken off line. If you see a serious error of fact, and nothing has been done for a month or more, it probably wouldn't hurt to send another correction notice. Even if the quizmaker is no longer at the site, the second notice will get the attention of the editors.

Answer: Ask the player for more information

Just because someone sends you a Correction Notice, it does not automatically follow that you are incorrect. It is up to you to ensure that the facts in your quiz are correct - don't just trust what players write to you. If you can't confirm or deny their Correction, ask for more information. Never just click "Corrected". An editor will be checking that you actually changed something, and won't be happy with you!

If the quiz has been archived, it is still your responsibility to figure out what's really going on here. The editors will make any necessary changes for you, but it's up to you to let them know exactly what you want done.

Answer: Report it to the editors

You don't have to put up with mistreatment - anyone using foul and abusive language will be removed from the site. Don't try to delete the note, though, as the administrators need to see it first. If you reply in kind, you'll only get yourself in trouble, too.

Answer: Inform the editors that the correction note is accurate, and let them know what change to make

The only way to stop those annoying correction notices from coming is to make the correction. Any other option just gets you more boring stuff to deal with, like that irritating note from the editors telling you that they're taking your quiz off line.

Answer: No

Everybody gets Corrections. Editors, administrators, highest ranked authors, most popular authors...Everybody! It doesn't mean that you are a bad quizmaker, just that you made a mistake. Fix it, and move on.

Answer: Change the question

Getting several Corrections on one question is almost always a "heads up" showing you that there are problems with your question. Even if you are technically correct, too many Correction Notices are just a pain for both you and the editors. Most editors will no longer allow difficult-to-spell or disputed-spelling FITBs, because of this. (But that's another quiz...)