Accepted [Suggestion] Forum applications - UPDATED (22.06.)

Important: This suggestion has been completely remodeled on June 22nd. Its original idea is still included (especially in the appendix), but I have expanded it.


Minecraft Name: 314

Suggestion: To change a lot of applications to fix some very big and a few minor problems.

Reason:

• Advantages
  • Faster processing times because of less errors.
  • Less annoyance for applicants who need to fix their apps.
  • Less annoyance for GameAdmins who need to explain the same mistake very often.
• Disadvantages
  • It takes a few minutes to change it (at least the most important parts).

Please refer to "Any other information", the appendix spoiler.

Any Other Information:

Spoiler: Syntax explanation

Code:

Priority Type Message

* Low priority
** Medium priority
*** High priority
(If a suggested change has no priority assigned, it relates to a rated change, e.g. the removal of a sentence to replace it with a different sentence.)
- Remove
+ Add/Modify
Make it red instead of grey.
Using as context to indicate the change's position. Is not modified.

Example:
** + Highlight this.

Spoiler: All applications

* - All users must be aware they will be fined for an improper application.

Spoiler: Reason

Maybe there is a reason why this still exists on basically any application. Personally, I have never seen a fine and only read about it in very old forum threads. Oh, and in every single application form.

Spoiler: Name change

- Please provide your UUID History URL Link.
* + Do not simply post your UUID, it must be a link to your name history.

* - As well, after payment has been taken your changes are not instant, please wait patiently as they are applied.

Spoiler: Reason

Some users post their UUID instead of linking their history.

There is no payment. "Wait patiently" falls under the "We [...] handle them when we are able to" clause.

Spoiler: Resident/Survivor/Voyager

<The rank> costs $<amount> EcoDollars.
*** + Funds must be in your Minecraft balance, not in your Forum balance.
* - As well, after payment has been taken your changes are not instant, please wait patiently as they are applied.

Spoiler: Reason

An amazing amount of users deposits money into their forum balance, only to be told that they need it ingame. This could speed up quite a few applications.
I suggest to add it to those three applications because any of them can be the first one a Builder can fill out. After seeing it for the first time, they will likely remember it for all future applications. (Evidence: Residents+ application forum and its absence of the balance confusion problem.)

Once payment has been taken, the changes... are pretty much instant.

Spoiler: Warrior/Terminator/VoidWalker

* - As well, after payment has been taken your changes are not instant, please wait patiently as they are applied.

Spoiler: Reason

Once payment has been taken, the changes... are instant.

Spoiler: Mayor

*** + What are their names? Furthermore you must provide links to these towns' applications.

Spoiler: Reason

Main reason: See the statistics in the appendix. A surprisingly high error rate.
Also fixing typos.

Spoiler: All town feature applications

*** + Please be sure to provide a link to this town's application.

Spoiler: Reason

Main reason: See the statistics in the appendix. A surprisingly high error rate.
Also fixing a typo.

Spoiler: President

*** + What are their names? Furthermore you must provide links to these towns' applications.

Spoiler: Reason

Main reason: See the statistics in the appendix. A surprisingly high error rate.

Also fixing typos.

Spoiler: Tycoon+/Additional town

-Which towns are you currently the President of:
** + Which towns are you the original owner of:

*** + Please be sure to provide a link to each town application.

Spoiler: Reason

I have seen enough players who take it literally and post their President app... ignoring the Mayor town and all other additional towns. Also, "currently" would mean that a user's Mayor application becomes irrelevant if they sold their town or if it was claimed.

See the Mayor and President section/statistics as reference.

Spoiler: Tycoon+/Additional town

-Which towns are you currently the President of:
** + Which towns are you the original owner of:

*** + Please be sure to provide a link to each town application.

Spoiler: Reason

I have seen enough players who take it literally and post their President app... ignoring the Mayor town and all other additional towns. Also, "currently" would mean that a user's Mayor application becomes irrelevant if they sold their town or if it was claimed.

See the Mayor and President section/statistics as reference.

Spoiler: APPENDIX - Statistics

The original suggestion in this thread was based on the fact that many players do not care about the town application URLs. I then collected some data to prove my point.

I evaluated all applications that were filed after January 15th 2016, 12:00 AM Central European Standard Time and before the time of this data's publication (January 22nd 2016, 6:55PM Central European Standard Time), i.e., one week.

I always looked at the original post. If a link was edited in after the initial publishing, I counted it as "Link not provided".


The Presidents+ section.

72.72% of all applicants succeeded.
27.27% failed, mostly because of the plural form "Towns", often only the President town was specified.
Not good, but also not that bad.


The Mayors+ section.

44.44% of all applicants succeeded.
55.55% failed, mostly because of the lack of a town link.

More than half of the Mayor+ applicants did not see the info text because it is barely noticeable.

Link To This Plugin/Is this a custom addition?: xenForo.

 

Added statistics to the main post to support my reasoning.

 

*Bumps into this thread*

 

~Status: BUMPED.
~Reason: Continued relevance.

 

I shall never let this suggestion die... ;-;

BUMP.