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Progress to date

Underagers

Inconclusive results - 275

Returned/deleted again - 54

Confirmed over 18 - 459

Old minors - 630

Minors deleted, but now 18 - 253

Users posting for minors - 16

Under 18 deleted one time - 193

Members being checked - 31

Total users looked at - 1911

Plagiarism

Hall of Shame - 23

Deleted for plagiarism, not HoS'd -103

Have permissions, confirmed (not plagiarism) - 23

Citation and other issues - 34

Unsubstantiated accusations - 6

Total users looked at - 189

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

Hall of Shame - 8

Deleted - 166

In process/being monitored - 8

Total users looked at - 182

Other TOS Violations

In process - 11

Total resolved -198

Total looked at -209

Duplicate Users

Merged/Processed - 87

KNOWN and allowed shared accounts and duplicate accounts - 8

In queue to merge - 281

*As many of these duplicates have or had 4 or more accounts, am not giving a total of the number of accounts looked at.

Invalid email addresses

In queue to process (still need to hear from the user with a good email) - 68

Processed (either deleted, or the author gave us a working email address) - 109

Total users looked at 177

*Still have over 300 bounced to start initial processing on

**Totals listed above are from August 29, 2008 to present**

  • 1 month later...
Posted

Update as of today

Underagers

Inconclusive -334

Returning minors -54

Confirmed adults -495

OLD minors -739

Deleted, now 18 - 292

Users posting for minors -16

First time deletions -221

Being processed-43

Taken over (posting for minors, minors who keep coming back) -9

Total number of members looked at -2149

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

Processing completed -191

Accounts taken over -5

Being processed - 18

Total members looked at - 214

Plagiarism

Resolved - 110

Permissions confirmed - 33

Citation corrections - 38

Unsubstantiated -10

Being processed -32 (this includes users we know about who may or may not be here yet, but have plagiarised elsewhere, where we monitor)

Accounts taken over - 30

Total members looked at -253

Other TOS Violations

Being processed -15

Resolved -260

Total issues looked at -275

Invalid emails

Being processed - 76

Processing complete - 170 (this is deletions for no contact with working email, or corrections with working email)

Total members looked at -246

Duplicate Accounts

Merged in to one account- 140

KNOWN shared and allowed additional accounts - 14

Being processed -247

Total members looked at -401

*This number does NOT include the total accounts per user merged.

  • 5 weeks later...
Posted

Underagers

Inconclusive -336

Returning minors -53

Confirmed adults -500

OLD minors -780

Deleted, now 18 and able to return - 304

Users posting for minors -16

First time deletions -225

Being processed-89

Taken over (posting for minors, minors who keep coming back) -9

Total number of members looked at -2312

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

Processing completed -202

Accounts taken over -5

Being processed - 20

Total members looked at - 227

Plagiarism

Resolved - 107 (there were some duplicates last month, so the count is down for that reason)

Permissions confirmed - 39

Co-authored stories (confirmed) - 6

Citation corrections - 45

Unsubstantiated -27

Being processed -37 (this includes users we know about who may or may not be here yet, but have plagiarised elsewhere, where we monitor)

Accounts taken over - 30

Total members looked at -291

Other TOS Violations

Being processed -26

Resolved -260

Total issues looked at -286

Invalid emails

Being processed - 5

Processing complete - 248 (this is deletions for no contact with working email, or corrections with working email)

Total members looked at -253

Duplicate Accounts

Merged in to one account- 151

KNOWN shared and allowed additional accounts - 19

Being processed -291

Total members looked at -461

*This number does NOT include the total accounts per user merged.

  • 4 weeks later...
Posted

Underagers

Inconclusive -364

Returning minors -55

Confirmed adults -515

OLD minors being processed -701

OLD minors, processing completed - 224

Deleted, now 18 and able to return - 323

Users posting for minors -16

First time deletions -272

Being processed-6

Taken over (posting for minors, minors who keep coming back) -9

Total number of members looked at -2485

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

Processing completed -217

Accounts taken over -5

Being processed - None at present

Total members looked at - 222

Plagiarism

Resolved - 114 (there were some duplicates last month, so the count is down for that reason)

Permissions confirmed - 39

Co-authored stories (confirmed) - 14 <--not plagiarism, simply record keeping

Citation corrections - 49

Citations needed - 19

Unsubstantiated -38

Being processed -21 (this includes users we know about who may or may not be here yet, but have plagiarised elsewhere, where we monitor)

Accounts taken over - 30

Total members looked at -324

Other TOS Violations

Being processed -None at present

Resolved -301

Total issues looked at -301

Invalid emails

Being processed - 4

Processing complete - 252 (this is deletions for no contact with working email, or corrections with working email)

Total members looked at -256

Duplicate Accounts

Merged in to one account- 153

KNOWN shared and allowed additional accounts - 19

Being processed -264

Total members looked at -436

*This number does NOT include the total accounts per user merged. Number is also subject to change depending upon age verification. If they are minors, they're not merged, they're deleted. This will also apply in other areas where it turns out the member in question isn't so much what they were being reported as (i.e. troll), but actually underage.

Something else to remember, is that this can affect an author's review board as well. When I delete a minor, for example, I also delete their reviews. Same for trolls, plagiarists, and etc. I delete ALL their content.

  • 4 weeks later...
Posted

Underagers

Inconclusive -399

Returning minors -57

Confirmed adults -542

OLD minors being processed -638

OLD minors, processing completed - 323

Deleted, now 18 and able to return - 468

Users posting for minors -16

First time deletions -270

Being processed-1

Taken over (posting for minors, minors who keep coming back) -9

Total number of members looked at -2723

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

Processing completed -226

Accounts taken over -9

Being processed - None at present

Total members looked at - 235

Plagiarism

Resolved - 120 (there were some duplicates last month, so the count is down for that reason)

Permissions confirmed - 41

Co-authored stories (confirmed) - 22 <--not plagiarism, simply record keeping

Citation corrections - 60

Citations needed - 26

Unsubstantiated -42

Being processed -7 (this includes users we know about who may or may not be here yet, but have plagiarised elsewhere, where we monitor)

Accounts taken over - 34

Total members looked at -352

Other TOS Violations

Being processed -4

Resolved -313

Total issues looked at -317

Invalid emails

Being processed - 3

Processing complete - 257 (this is deletions for no contact with working email, or corrections with working email)

Total members looked at -260

Duplicate Accounts

Merged in to one account- 407

KNOWN shared and allowed additional accounts - 26

Being processed -6

Total members looked at -439

*This number does NOT include the total accounts per user merged. Number is also subject to change depending upon age verification. If they are minors, they're not merged, they're deleted. This will also apply in other areas where it turns out the member in question isn't so much what they were being reported as (i.e. troll), but actually underage.

Something else to remember, is that this can affect an author's review board as well. When I delete a minor, for example, I also delete their reviews. Same for trolls, plagiarists, and etc. I delete ALL their content.

  • 1 month later...
Posted

Update 6/29/2011 18:17

Underage Users

in queue for age check/processing - 4

Deleted for the first time - 326

Deleted, turned 18 and allowed to return - 413

Confirmed 18 or older - 553

Inconclusive results - 404

Deleted for posting for a minor - 20

OLD minors in queue to process - 539

OLD minors processing complete - 657

Accounts taken over - chronic returning minors - 6

Accounts taken over - posting for chronic returning minors - 2

Total accounts looked at - 2924

*The shifted numbers are due to my having moved stuff around to allow for old minors processed, moved from now 18, to old minors processed, as that's what they were*

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

monitoring behavior in archive - 3

accounts processed for this - 228

accounts taken over - 9

Total accounts looked at - 240

Plagiarism

Monitoring for arrival to this archive (known plagiarists offsite) - 6

in queue while checking - 3

resolved - 125

permissions given - 46

unsubstantiated - 45

co-authored, verified - 27

uncited sources - 12

uncited sources, corrected - 80

accounts taken over - 26

Total instances looked at - 370

Other TOS Violations

in queue - 7

resolved - 311

Total instances looked at - 318

Duplicate Users in the archive

in queue - 2

merged/processed - 448

Shared and duplicate accounts allowed/documented - 31

*Total instances - 480

Orphan and Duplicate stories repaired/processed

in queue - 0

processed - 122

Total stories looked at - 122

Invalid Email

in queue - 3

processed -262

Total accounts looked at - 269

*This number does NOT include the total accounts per user merged. Number is also subject to change depending upon age verification. If they are minors, they're not merged, they're deleted. This will also apply in other areas where it turns out the member in question isn't so much what they were being reported as (i.e. troll), but actually underage.

Something else to remember, is that this can affect an author's review board as well. When I delete a minor, for example, I also delete their reviews. Same for trolls, plagiarists, and etc. I delete ALL their content.

  • 1 month later...
Posted

Updated 7/31/11 10:26am EDT

Underage Users

in queue for age check/processing - 0

Deleted for the first time - 397

Deleted, turned 18 and allowed to return - 436

Confirmed 18 or older - 571

Inconclusive results - 415

Deleted for posting for a minor - 22

OLD minors in queue to process - 375

OLD minors processing complete - 1012

Accounts taken over - chronic returning minors - 6

Accounts taken over - posting for chronic returning minors - 2

Total accounts looked at - 3236

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

monitoring behavior in archive - 3

accounts processed for this - 233

accounts taken over - 9

Total accounts looked at - 245

Plagiarism

Monitoring for arrival to this archive (known plagiarists offsite) - 6

in queue while checking - 4

resolved - 135

permissions given - 47

unsubstantiated - 47

co-authored, verified - 27

uncited sources (not yet corrected) - 14

uncited sources, corrected - 90

accounts taken over - 28

Total instances looked at - 398

Other TOS Violations

in queue - 1

resolved - 324

Total instances looked at - 325

Duplicate Users in the archive

in queue - 0

merged/processed - 595

Shared and duplicate accounts allowed/documented - 32

*Total instances - 627

Orphan and Duplicate stories repaired/processed

in queue - 1

processed - 123

Total stories looked at - 124

Invalid Email

in queue - 4

processed -267

Total accounts looked at - 271

*This number does NOT include the total accounts per user merged. Number is also subject to change depending upon age verification. If they are minors, they're not merged, they're deleted. This will also apply in other areas where it turns out the member in question isn't so much what they were being reported as (i.e. troll), but actually underage.

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I'm going to revisit the topic of underage users. You'll all have noticed that the numbers have increased significantly. This is, in part, due to the clean up. One of the things we do look for, are old underagers.

If, for some reason, you login and find that you're missing stories and they're not hidden, chances are we've found data indicating you were underage at the time of posting. Because the site is owned and hosted in the United States, we cannot allow anything to stay that was or is posted by a minor. This applies to active users who are now of age, but were underage at time of account creation, and adding data to the archive. It doesn't matter if the data has been sitting there for years. It still has to be deleted if it was posted when the user was underage.

One other thing about the age restrictions for this site. I know we have many users from overseas where age restrictions are not the same. Again, regardless of where you, the user, are; we have to abide by the age restrictions in the US, which is WHY users must be 18 or older to use any part of this site.

  • 5 weeks later...
Posted

8/30/2011 16:30

Underage Users

in queue for age check/processing - 1

Deleted for the first time - 427

Deleted, turned 18 and allowed to return - 460

Confirmed 18 or older - 589

Inconclusive results - 429

Deleted for posting for a minor - 23

OLD minors in queue to process - 3

OLD minors processing complete - 1556

Accounts taken over - chronic returning minors - 6

Accounts taken over - posting for chronic returning minors - 2

Total accounts looked at - 3496

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

monitoring behavior in archive - 5

accounts processed for this - 242

accounts taken over - 9

Total accounts looked at - 256

Plagiarism

Monitoring for arrival to this archive (known plagiarists offsite) - 12

in queue while checking - 6

resolved - 136

permissions given - 51

unsubstantiated - 49

co-authored, verified - 29

uncited sources (not yet corrected) - 16

uncited sources, corrected - 108

accounts taken over - 29

Total instances looked at - 436

Other TOS Violations

in queue - 0

resolved - 337

Total instances looked at - 337

Duplicate Users in the archive

in queue - 1

merged/processed - 776

Shared and duplicate accounts allowed/documented - 38

*Total instances - 815

Orphan and Duplicate stories repaired/processed

in queue - 3

processed - 125

Total stories looked at - 128

Invalid Email

in queue - 2

processed -274

Total accounts looked at - 276

*This number does NOT include the total accounts per user merged. Number is also subject to change depending upon age verification. If they are minors, they're not merged, they're deleted. This will also apply in other areas where it turns out the member in question isn't so much what they were being reported as (i.e. troll), but actually underage.

  • 1 month later...
Posted

Underage Users

in queue for age check/processing - 1

Deleted for the first time - 458

Deleted, turned 18 and allowed to return - 502

Confirmed 18 or older - 595

Inconclusive results - 436

Deleted for posting for a minor - 23

OLD minors in queue to process - 3

OLD minors processing complete - 1798

Accounts taken over - chronic returning minors - 8

Accounts taken over - posting for chronic returning minors - 2

Total accounts looked at - 3913

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

monitoring behavior in archive - 6

accounts processed for this - 252

accounts taken over - 9

Total accounts looked at - 267

Plagiarism

Monitoring for arrival to this archive (known plagiarists offsite) - 14

in queue while checking - 1

resolved - 142

permissions given - 52

unsubstantiated - 52

co-authored, verified - 39

uncited sources (not yet corrected) - 14

uncited sources, corrected - 128

accounts taken over - 31

Total instances looked at - 472

Other TOS Violations

in queue - 0

monitoring for repeat behavior - 5

resolved - 355

Total instances looked at - 360

Duplicate Users in the archive

in queue - 0

merged/processed - 943

Shared and duplicate accounts allowed/documented - 42

*Total instances - 985

Orphan and Duplicate stories repaired/processed

in queue - 3

processed - 125

Total stories looked at - 128

Invalid Email

in queue - 2

processed -277

Total accounts looked at - 279

*This number does NOT include the total accounts per user merged. Number is also subject to change depending upon age verification. If they are minors, they're not merged, they're deleted. This will also apply in other areas where it turns out the member in question isn't so much what they were being reported as (i.e. troll), but actually underage.

  • 1 month later...
Posted

Updated 1 November 2011 16:44 EDT

Underage Users

in queue for age check/processing - 1

Deleted for the first time - 478

Deleted, turned 18 and allowed to return - 542

Confirmed 18 or older - 603

Inconclusive results - 440

Deleted for posting for a minor - 23

OLD minors in queue to process - 2

OLD minors processing complete - 1983

Accounts taken over - chronic returning minors - 8

Accounts taken over - posting for chronic returning minors - 2

Total accounts looked at - 4174

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

monitoring behavior in archive - 5

accounts processed for this - 262

accounts taken over - 9

Total accounts looked at - 276

Plagiarism

Monitoring for arrival to this archive (known plagiarists offsite) - 14

in queue while checking - 5

resolved - 146

permissions given - 53

unsubstantiated - 54

co-authored, verified - 41

uncited sources (not yet corrected) - 7

uncited sources, corrected - 147

accounts taken over - 33

Total instances looked at - 500

Other TOS Violations

in queue - 2

monitoring for repeat behavior - 5

resolved - 370

Total instances looked at - 379

Duplicate Users in the archive

in queue - 0

merged/processed - 1076

Shared and duplicate accounts allowed/documented - 45

*Total instances - 1121

Orphan and Duplicate stories repaired/processed (these are not what are posted in the clean up forums)

in queue - 0

processed - 129

Total stories looked at - 129

Invalid Email

in queue - 7

processed -283

Total accounts looked at - 290

*This number does NOT include the total accounts per user merged. Number is also subject to change depending upon age verification. If they are minors, they're not merged, they're deleted. This will also apply in other areas where it turns out the member in question isn't so much what they were being reported as (i.e. troll), but actually underage.

  • 1 month later...
Posted

Update December 4, 2011

Underage Users

In queue - 1

First time deleted - 500

Deleted, now 18 or older and allowed to return - 600

Confirmed of age (old minors are also, but these are users who were of age at time of sign up) - 609

Inconclusive results - 451

Users posting for minors - 24

Old minors in queue - 2

Old minors processed - 2153

Underage accounts taken over - 8

Users, posting for minors, account taken over - 2

Total accounts looked at - 4350

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

Monitoring for further instances - 6

Processed - 271

Accounts taken over -9

Total instances looked at - 286

Plagiarism

Monitoring for possible arrival here, KNOWN offsite - 17

In queue - 3

Resolved - 153

Unsubstantiated - 60

Permissions given - 55

Co-authored, verified - 44

Not cited sources, not corrected - 8

Not cited sources, corrected - 152

Accounts taken over - 33

Total instances looked at - 318

Other TOS Violations

In queue - 2

Monitor for recurrence - 5

Resolved - 391

Total instances looked at - 398

Duplicate Users in the archive -

In queue - 1

Monitor for further creation of multiple profiles - 2

Accounts merged/processed - 1215

Shared and duplicate accounts allowed - 44

Total users looked at - 1262

Orphan/duplicate stories (not posted in clean up forums)

In queue - 2

Processed - 129

Total users looked at - 131

Invalid email addresses

In queue - 21

Processed - 294

Total users looked at - 315
  • 4 weeks later...
Posted

Update 31 December 2011, 13:44 EST

Underage Users

  • In queue - 0
  • First time deleted - 544
  • Deleted underage, now 18 and allowed to return - 633
  • Users determined to be of age, initial age check - 618
  • Inconclusive - 462
  • Users posting for minors - 24
  • Old minors in queue - 2
  • Old minors processed - 2273
  • Underage accounts taken over - 8
  • Users posting for minors, accounts taken over - 2

Total accounts looked at - 4565

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

  • In queue - 1
  • Monitor - 4
  • Accounts processed - 271
  • Accounts taken over - 9

Total accounts looked at - 281

Plagiarism

  • Known, OFFSITE, monitor for arrival to this archive - 15
  • In queue - 1
  • Resolved - 156
  • Unsubstantiated - 61
  • Permissions given and confirmed - 58
  • Verified co-authors - 45
  • Uncited sources, not yet corrected - 6
  • Uncited sources, resolved - 163
  • Accounts taken over - 34

Total instances looked at - 524 (the offsite are not included in this number)

Other Terms of Service Violations

  • In queue - 5
  • Monitor for recurrence - 4
  • Resolved - 409

Total instances looked at - 418

Duplicate Users in the Archive

  • In queue - 0
  • Monitor for continued duplicate account creation - 2
  • Merged and/or processed - 1351
  • Shared and/or duplicate accounts allowed - 46

Total users looked at - 1399

Orphan and Duplicate Stories (not associated with clean up project)

  • In queue - 2
  • Processed - 130

Total users looked at - 132

Invalid and/or disposable email addresses

  • In queue - 2
  • monitor for further bounces - 1
  • Processed - 319

Total users looked at - 322
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