May 2012
Underage Users (Current)
Confirmed as 18 or older – 183
Now 18, but underage when registered – 129 accounts, 123 actual users
Currently underage, deleted once – 77 accounts, 69 actual users
Inconclusive data found – 53 users
Users posting for minors – 0 users
Returning minors – 4 accounts, 4 actual users
Total users age checked - 432
Year to Date - 2187
Old Underage Users (by registration year)
2002 – 4 accounts, 3 users deleted, 1 users modified; total of 4 actual users
2003 - 23 accounts, 11 users deleted, 8 users modified; total of 19 actual users
2004 – 41 accounts, 19 users deleted, 14 users modified; total of 33 actual users
2005 – 51 accounts, 31 users deleted, 8 users modified; total of 39 actual users
2006 – 46 accounts, 28 users deleted, 7 users modified; total of 35 actual users
2007 – 66 accounts, 39 users deleted, 18 users modified; total of 57 actual users
2008 – 40 accounts, 23 users deleted, 15 users modified; total of 38 actual users
Grand total – 271 accounts, 154 users deleted, 71 users modified; total of 225 actual users
Year to Date – 931 accounts, 578 users deleted, 175 users modified; total of 753 actual users
Plagiarism
Users deleted for plagiarism – 2, YTD - 9
Total instances where permissions given were provided when asked – 2, YTD - 16
Co – authors verified – 0, YTD - 8
Unsubstantiated claims of plagiarism – 4, YTD - 16
Added to the monitor list (for arrival to the archive) – 1, YTD - 2
Posting others' work – 0, YTD 3
Added to the Hall of Shame – 0, YTD 1
Trolls/Flamers/Spammers
8 instances resolved
Year to Date - 40
Other ToS Violations
17 issues resolved
Year to Date - 90
Orphan and Duplicate stories
Total orphan stories found and deleted – 0, YTD 103
Stories to merge – 17, YTD 51
Total stories left after merge – 8, YTD 25
Total stories looked at – 17, YTD 154
Shared Accounts and allowed alternate accounts
Allowed additional accout – 0, YTD - 1
Found shared accounts - 4, YTD - 22
Invalid and/or disposable email accounts
No issues found with email address – 0, YTD - 2
Users registered with false or disposable mail addresses – 85, YTD - 142
Users deleted after not correcting bad email address – 15, YTD - 94
Users who corrected email address issue - 11, YTD - 21
Duplicate Users Processed
Users with no duplicates found - 1,YTD - 11
Users merged - 99, YTD - 375
Users where duplicate had no data, and was deleted - 133, YTD - 591
Total extra accounts deleted after processing - 266, YTD - 1187
Total accounts looked at - 500, YTD - 2172
Actual user amount - 233, YTD - 977