Replying to Moderation Status - 2012

December 2012

Age Verification/Underagers (Current)

Confirmed as 18 or older – 286
Now 18, but underage when registered – 35 accounts, 24 actual users
Currently underage, deleted once – 63 accounts, 58 actual users
Inconclusive data found – 157 users
Users posting for minors – 0 users
Returning minors – 4 accounts, 4 actual users

Total users age checked - 529
Year to Date - 5882

Old Underage Users (by registration year)

2002 – 2 accounts, 2 users deleted, 0 users modified; total of 2 actual users
2003 - 22 accounts, 14 users deleted, 8 users modified; total of 22 actual users
2004 – 42 accounts, 35 users deleted, 3 users modified; total of 38 actual users
2005 – 62 accounts, 45 users deleted, 3 users modified; total of 48 actual users
2006 – 40 accounts, 30 users deleted, 3 users modified; total of 33 actual users
2007 – 55 accounts, 28 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 30 actual users
2008 – 12 accounts, 8 users deleted, 0 users modified; total of 8 actual users

Grand total – 235 accounts, 162 users deleted, 19 users modified; total of 181 actual users
Year to Date – 2547 accounts, 1548 users deleted, 508 users modified; total of 2056 actual users

Plagiarism

Deletions for plagiarism – 2, YTD - 30
Total instances where permissions given were provided when asked – 0, YTD - 58
Co – authors verified – 2, YTD - 31
Unsubstantiated claims of plagiarism – 1, YTD - 26
Added to the monitor list (for arrival to the archive) – 0, YTD - 3
Posting others' work – 1, YTD 9
Added to the Hall of Shame – 0, YTD 7

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

8 instances resolved
Year to Date - 79

Other ToS Violations

50 issues resolved
Year to Date - 279

Orphan and Duplicate stories

Total orphan stories found and deleted – 0, YTD 103
Stories to merge – 10, YTD 94
Total stories left after merge – 5, YTD 48
Total stories looked at – 10, YTD 200

Shared Accounts and allowed alternate accounts

Allowed additional accout – 0, YTD - 2
Found shared/joint accounts - 2, YTD - 37

Invalid and/or disposable email accounts

No issues found with email address – 3, YTD - 5
Users registered with false or disposable mail addresses (deleted when found) – 10, YTD - 227
Users - deleted for non correction bad email address – 42, YTD - 458
Users - corrected email address issue - 3, YTD - 196

Duplicate Users Processed

Users with no duplicates found - 0,YTD - 14
Users merged - 71, YTD - 802
Users where duplicate had no data, and was deleted - 121, YTD - 1441
Total extra accounts deleted after processing - 227, YTD - 2663
Total accounts looked at - 419, YTD - 4935
Actual user amount - 192, YTD – 2259

November 2012

Age Verification/Underagers (Current)

Confirmed as 18 or older – 218

Now 18, but underage when registered – 15 accounts, 10 actual users
Currently underage, deleted once – 62 accounts, 57 actual users
Inconclusive data found – 131 users
Users posting for minors – 0 users
Returning minors – 16 accounts, 15 actual users; one permanently banned for chronic underage registrations

Total users age checked - 431
Year to Date - 5353

Old Underage Users (by registration year)

2002 – 1 accounts, 1 user deleted, 0 users modified; total of 1 actual user

2003 - 32 accounts, 21 users deleted, 10 users modified; total of 31 actual users
2004 – 36 accounts, 16 users deleted, 12 users modified; total of 28 actual users
2005 – 40 accounts, 21 users deleted, 3 users modified; total of 24 actual users
2006 – 67 accounts, 47 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 49 actual users
2007 – 49 accounts, 36 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 38 actual users
2008 – 26 accounts, 22 users deleted, 0 users modified; total of 22 actual users

Grand total – 251 accounts, 164 users deleted, 29 users modified; total of 193 actual users
Year to Date – 2312 accounts, 1386 users deleted, 489 users modified; total of 1875 actual users

Plagiarism

Deletions for plagiarism – 5, YTD - 28

Total instances where permissions given were provided when asked – 5, YTD - 58
Co – authors verified – 3, YTD - 29
Unsubstantiated claims of plagiarism – 2, YTD - 25
Added to the monitor list (for arrival to the archive) – 0, YTD - 3
Posting others' work – 0, YTD 8
Added to the Hall of Shame – 1, YTD 7

Trolls/Flamers/Spammers

6 instances resolved

Year to Date - 71

Other ToS Violations

40 issues resolved

Year to Date - 229

Orphan and Duplicate stories

Total orphan stories found and deleted – 0, YTD 103

Stories to merge – 10, YTD 84
Total stories left after merge – 5, YTD 43
Total stories looked at – 10, YTD 190

Shared Accounts and allowed alternate accounts

Allowed additional accout – 0, YTD - 2

Found shared/joint accounts - 3, YTD - 35

Invalid and/or disposable email accounts

No issues found with email address – 0, YTD - 2

Users registered with false or disposable mail addresses (deleted when found) – 4, YTD - 217
Users - deleted for non correction bad email address – 75, YTD - 416
Users - corrected email address issue - 17, YTD - 193

Duplicate Users Processed

Users with no duplicates found - 0,YTD - 14

Users merged - 71, YTD - 731
Users where duplicate had no data, and was deleted - 90, YTD - 1320
Total extra accounts deleted after processing - 184, YTD - 2436
Total accounts looked at - 346, YTD - 4516
Actual user amount - 161, YTD – 2067

October 2012

Confirmed as 18 or older – 212
Now 18, but underage when registered – 19 accounts, 19 actual users
Currently underage, deleted once – 71 accounts, 63 actual users
Inconclusive data found – 180 users
Users posting for minors – 0 users
Returning minors – 10 accounts, 5 actual users

Total users age checked - 484
Year to Date - 4922

2002 – 2 accounts, 2 users deleted, 0 users modified; total of 2 actual users
2003 - 16 accounts, 10 users deleted, 5 users modified; total of 15 actual users
2004 – 36 accounts, 27 users deleted, 7 users modified; total of 34 actual users
2005 – 52 accounts, 29 users deleted, 18 users modified; total of 47 actual users
2006 – 48 accounts, 19 users deleted, 20 users modified; total of 39 actual users
2007 – 40 accounts, 14 users deleted, 19 users modified; total of 33 actual users
2008 – 31 accounts, 11 users deleted, 19 users modified; total of 30 actual users

Grand total – 225 accounts, 112 users deleted, 88 users modified; total of 200 actual users
Year to Date – 2061 accounts, 1222 users deleted, 460 users modified; total of 1682 actual users

Deletions for plagiarism – 0, YTD - 23
Total instances where permissions given were provided when asked – 3, YTD - 53
Co – authors verified – 4, YTD - 26
Unsubstantiated claims of plagiarism – 1, YTD - 23
Added to the monitor list (for arrival to the archive) – 0, YTD - 3
Posting others' work – 1, YTD 8
Added to the Hall of Shame – 1, YTD 6

3 instances resolved
Year to Date - 65

20 issues resolved
Year to Date - 189

Total orphan stories found and deleted – 0, YTD 103
Stories to merge – 8, YTD 82
Total stories left after merge – 4, YTD 42
Total stories looked at – 8, YTD 188

Allowed additional accout – 0, YTD - 2
Found shared accounts - 2, YTD - 32

No issues found with email address – 0, YTD - 2
Users registered with false or disposable mail addresses (deleted when found) – 4, YTD - 213
Users - deleted for non correction bad email address – 35, YTD - 341
Users - corrected email address issue - 13, YTD - 176

Users with no duplicates found - 0,YTD - 14
Users merged - 34, YTD - 661
Users where duplicate had no data, and was deleted - 67, YTD - 1230
Total extra accounts deleted after processing - 120, YTD - 2252
Total accounts looked at - 221, YTD - 4170
Actual user amount - 101, YTD – 1906

September 2012

Confirmed as 18 or older – 311
Now 18, but underage when registered – 56 accounts, 52 actual users
Currently underage, deleted once – 67 accounts, 59 actual users
Inconclusive data found – 157 users
Users posting for minors – 0 users
Returning minors – 6 accounts, 6 actual users

Total users age checked - 585
Year to Date - 4438

2002 – 1 accounts, 0 users deleted, 1 users modified; total of 1 actual users

2003 – 13 accounts, 6 users deleted, 3 users modified; total of 9 actual users
2004 – 38 accounts, 23 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 25 actual users
2005 – 86 accounts, 51 users deleted, 16 users modified; total of 67 actual users
2006 – 55 accounts, 28 users deleted, 17 users modified; total of 45 actual users
2007 – 65 accounts, 30 users deleted, 24 users modified; total of 54 actual users
2008 – 44 accounts, 27 users deleted, 11 users modified; total of 38 actual users

Grand total – 302 accounts, 165 users deleted, 74 users modified; total of 239 actual users
Year to Date – 1836 accounts, 1110 users deleted, 372 users modified; total of 1482 actual users

Deletions for plagiarism – 1, YTD - 23

Total instances where permissions given were provided when asked – 6, YTD - 50
Co – authors verified – 1, YTD - 22
Unsubstantiated claims of plagiarism – 0, YTD - 22
Added to the monitor list (for arrival to the archive) – 1, YTD - 3
Posting others' work – 0, YTD 7
Added to the Hall of Shame – 0, YTD 5

7 instances resolved

Year to Date - 62

12 issues resolved

Year to Date - 169

Total orphan stories found and deleted – 0, YTD 103

Stories to merge – 4, YTD 74
Total stories left after merge – 2, YTD 38
Total stories looked at – 4, YTD 180

Allowed additional accout – 1, YTD - 2

Found shared accounts - 1, YTD - 30

No issues found with email address – 0, YTD - 2
Users registered with false or disposable mail addresses (deleted when found) – 4, YTD - 209
Users - deleted for non correction bad email address – 102, YTD - 306
Users - corrected email address issue - 33, YTD - 163

Users with no duplicates found - 1,YTD - 14
Users merged - 84, YTD - 627
Users where duplicate had no data, and was deleted - 135, YTD - 1163
Total extra accounts deleted after processing - 254, YTD - 2132
Total accounts looked at - 475, YTD - 3949
Actual user amount - 221, YTD – 1805

August 2012

Confirmed as 18 or older – 118
Now 18, but underage when registered – 17 accounts, 13 actual users
Currently underage, deleted once – 85 accounts, 71 actual users
Inconclusive data found – 70 users
Users posting for minors – 0 users
Returning minors – 1 accounts, 1 actual users

Total users age checked - 273
Year to Date - 3853

2002 – 0 accounts, 0 users deleted, 0 users modified; total of 0 actual users
2003 - 4 accounts, 3 users deleted, 1 users modified; total of 4 actual users
2004 – 8 accounts, 2 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 4 actual users
2005 – 18 accounts, 11 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 13 actual users
2006 – 16 accounts, 12 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 14 actual users
2007 – 16 accounts, 10 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 12 actual users
2008 – 12 accounts, 8 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 10 actual users

Grand total – 74 accounts, 46 users deleted, 11 users modified; total of 57 actual users
Year to Date – 1534 accounts, 945 users deleted, 298 users modified; total of 1243 actual users

Deletions for plagiarism – 1, YTD - 22
Total instances where permissions given were provided when asked – 5, YTD - 44
Co – authors verified – 2, YTD - 21
Unsubstantiated claims of plagiarism – 0, YTD - 22
Added to the monitor list (for arrival to the archive) – 0, YTD - 2
Posting others' work – 0, YTD 7
Added to the Hall of Shame – 0, YTD 5

6 instances resolved
Year to Date - 55

20 issues resolved
Year to Date - 157

Total orphan stories found and deleted – 0, YTD 103
Stories to merge – 8, YTD 73
Total stories left after merge – 4, YTD 36
Total stories looked at – 8, YTD 176

Allowed additional accout – 1, YTD - 2
Found shared accounts - 1, YTD - 29

No issues found with email address – 0, YTD - 2

Users registered with false or disposable mail addresses (deleted when found) – 3, YTD - 205
Users deleted after not correcting bad email address – 30, YTD - 204
Users who corrected email address issue - 13, YTD - 130

Users with no duplicates found - 2,YTD - 13

Users merged - 26, YTD - 543
Users where duplicate had no data, and was deleted - 80, YTD - 1028
Total extra accounts deleted after processing - 122, YTD - 1878
Total accounts looked at - 230, YTD - 3474
Actual user amount - 108, YTD - 1584

July 2012

Confirmed as 18 or older – 250

Now 18, but underage when registered – 70 accounts, 57 actual users
Currently underage, deleted once – 92 accounts, 75 actual users
Inconclusive data found – 179 users
Users posting for minors – 1 users
Returning minors – 8 accounts, 6 actual users

Total users age checked - 568
Year to Date - 3580

2002 – 1 accounts, 1 users deleted, 0 users modified; total of 1 actual users

2003 - 2 accounts, 1 users deleted, 1 users modified; total of 2 actual users
2004 – 21 accounts, 9 users deleted, 4 users modified; total of 13 actual users
2005 – 106 accounts, 65 users deleted, 15 users modified; total of 80 actual users
2006 – 75 accounts, 49 users deleted, 16 users modified; total of 65 actual users
2007 – 91 accounts, 56 users deleted, 13 users modified; total of 69 actual users
2008 – 51 accounts, 31 users deleted, 16 users modified; total of 47 actual users

Grand total – 347 accounts, 212 users deleted, 65 users modified; total of 277 actual users
Year to Date – 1460 accounts, 899 users deleted, 287 users modified; total of 1186 actual users

Deletions for plagiarism – 2, YTD - 21

Total instances where permissions given were provided when asked – 8, YTD - 39
Co – authors verified – 3, YTD - 19
Unsubstantiated claims of plagiarism – 0, YTD - 22
Added to the monitor list (for arrival to the archive) – 0, YTD - 2
Posting others' work – 1, YTD 7
Added to the Hall of Shame – 2, YTD 5

4 instances resolved

Year to Date - 49

47 issues resolved

Year to Date - 137

Total orphan stories found and deleted – 0, YTD 103

Stories to merge – 10, YTD 65
Total stories left after merge – 5, YTD 32
Total stories looked at – 10, YTD 168

Allowed additional accout – 0, YTD - 1

Found shared accounts - 2, YTD - 28

No issues found with email address – 0, YTD - 2

Users registered with false or disposable mail addresses (deleted when found) – 55, YTD - 202
Users deleted after not correcting bad email address – 58, YTD - 174
Users who corrected email address issue - 50, YTD - 117

Users with no duplicates found - 0,YTD - 11

Users merged - 90, YTD - 517
Users where duplicate had no data, and was deleted - 258, YTD - 948
Total extra accounts deleted after processing - 395, YTD - 1756
Total accounts looked at - 743, YTD - 3244
Actual user amount - 348, YTD - 1476

June 2012

Confirmed as 18 or older – 370
Now 18, but underage when registered – 18 accounts, 14 actual users
Currently underage, deleted once – 155 accounts, 146 actual users
Inconclusive data found – 293 users
Users posting for minors – 0 users
Returning minors – 2 accounts, 2 actual users

Total users age checked - 825
Year to Date - 3012

2002 – 0 accounts, 0 users deleted, 0 users modified; total of 0 actual users
2003 - 47 accounts, 27 users deleted, 17 users modified; total of 44 actual users
2004 – 19 accounts, 4 users deleted, 14 users modified; total of 18 actual users
2005 – 35 accounts, 24 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 26 actual users
2006 – 31 accounts, 20 users deleted, 4 users modified; total of 24 actual users
2007 – 29 accounts, 20 users deleted, 5 users modified; total of 25 actual users
2008 – 21 accounts, 14 users deleted, 5 users modified; total of 19 actual users

Grand total – 182 accounts, 109 users deleted, 47 users modified; total of 156 actual users
Year to Date – 1113 accounts, 687 users deleted, 222 users modified; total of 909 actual users

Deletions for plagiarism – 10, YTD - 19
Total instances where permissions given were provided when asked – 15, YTD - 31
Co – authors verified – 8, YTD - 16
Unsubstantiated claims of plagiarism – 6, YTD - 22
Added to the monitor list (for arrival to the archive) – 0, YTD - 2
Posting others' work – 3, YTD 6
Added to the Hall of Shame – 2, YTD 3

5 instances resolved
Year to Date - 45

40 issues resolved
Year to Date - 130

Total orphan stories found and deleted – 0, YTD 103
Stories to merge – 4, YTD 55
Total stories left after merge – 2, YTD 27
Total stories looked at – 4, YTD 158

Allowed additional accout – 0, YTD - 1
Found shared accounts - 4, YTD - 26

No issues found with email address – 0, YTD - 2
Users registered with false or disposable mail addresses – 5, YTD - 147
Users deleted after not correcting bad email address – 22, YTD - 116
Users who corrected email address issue - 46, YTD - 67

Users with no duplicates found - 0,YTD - 11
Users merged - 52, YTD - 427
Users where duplicate had no data, and was deleted - 99, YTD - 690
Total extra accounts deleted after processing - 174, YTD - 1361
Total accounts looked at - 329, YTD - 2501
Actual user amount - 151, YTD - 1128

May 2012

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

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

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

8 instances resolved
Year to Date - 40

17 issues resolved
Year to Date - 90

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

Allowed additional accout – 0, YTD - 1
Found shared accounts - 4, YTD - 22

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

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

April 2012

Confirmed as 18 or older – 154
Now 18, but underage when registered – 24 accounts, 19 actual users
Currently underage, deleted once – 33 accounts, 26 actual users
Inconclusive data found – 17 users
Users posting for minors – 0 users
Returning minors – 16 accounts, 16 actual users

Total users age checked - 232
Year to Date - 1755

2002 – 0 accounts, 0 users deleted, 0 users modified; total of 0 actual users
2003 - 9 accounts, 3 users deleted, 5 users modified; total of 8 actual users
2004 – 44 accounts, 28 users deleted, 11 users modified; total of 39 actual users
2005 – 69 accounts, 43 users deleted, 12 users modified; total of 55 actual users
2006 – 58 accounts, 39 users deleted, 5 users modified; total of 44 actual users
2007 – 55 accounts, 39 users deleted, 5 users modified; total of 43 actual users
2008 – 18 accounts, 15 users deleted, 3 users modified; total of 18 actual users

Grand total – 253 accounts, 167 users deleted, 41 users modified; total of 208 actual users
Year to Date – 660 accounts, 424 users deleted, 104 users modified; total of 528 actual users

Users deleted for plagiarism – 3, YTD - 7
Total instances where permissions given were provided when asked – 1, YTD - 14
Co – authors verified – 2, YTD - 8
Unsubstantiated claims of plagiarism – 4, YTD - 12
Added to the monitor list (for arrival to the archive) – 0, YTD - 1
Posting others' work – 1, YTD 3
Added to the Hall of Shame – 0, YTD 1

7 instances resolved
Year to Date - 32

9 issues resolved
Year to Date - 73

Total orphan stories found and deleted – 0, YTD 103
Stories to merge – 4, YTD 34
Total stories left after merge – 2, YTD 17
Total stories looked at – 4, YTD 137

Allowed additional accout – 0, YTD - 1
Found shared accounts - 7, YTD - 18

No issues found with email address – 1, YTD - 2
Users registered with false or disposable mail addresses – 8, YTD - 57
Users deleted after not correcting bad email address – 7, YTD - 79
Users who corrected email address issue - 4, YTD - 10

Users with no duplicates found - 3,YTD - 10
Users merged - 74, YTD - 276
Users where duplicate had no data, and was deleted - 87, YTD - 458
Total extra accounts deleted after processing - 203, YTD - 921
Total accounts looked at - 366, YTD - 1672
Actual user amount - 163, YTD - 744

March 2012

Confirmed as 18 or older – 475
Now 18, but underage when registered – 55 accounts, 33 actual users
Currently underage, deleted once – 78 accounts, 75 actual users
Inconclusive data found – 30 users
Users posting for minors – 0 users
Returning minors – 15 accounts, 15 actual users

Total users age checked - 628
Year to Date - 1523

2002 – 1 account, 0 users deleted, 1 user modified; total of 1 actual user
2003 - 4 accounts, 3 users deleted, 1 users modified; total of 4 actual users
2004 – 15 accounts, 9 users deleted, 6 users modified; total of 15 actual users
2005 – 22 accounts, 15 users deleted, 2 users modified; total of 17 actual users
2006 – 9 accounts, 8 users deleted, 0 users modified; total of 8 actual users
2007 – 24 accounts, 17 users deleted, 5 users modified; total of 22 actual users
2008 – 11 accounts, 11 users deleted, 0 users modified; total of 11actual users

Grand total – 86 accounts, 63 users deleted, 15 users modified; total of 78 actual users
Year to Date – 407 accounts, 257 users deleted, 63 users modified; total of 320 actual users

Users deleted for plagiarism – 1, YTD - 4
Total instances where permissions given were provided when asked – 7, YTD - 13
Co – authors verified – 0, YTD - 6
Unsubstantiated claims of plagiarism – 2, YTD - 8
Added to the monitor list (for arrival to the archive) - 0, YTD - 1
Posting others' work - 0, YTD 2
Added to the Hall of Shame – 1, YTD 1

10 instances resolved
Year to Date - 25

24 issues resolved
Year to Date - 64

Total orphan stories found and deleted – 0, YTD 103
Stories to merge – 10, YTD 30
Total stories left after merge – 5, YTD 15
Total stories looked at - 10, YTD 133

Allowed additional accout – 0, YTD - 1
Found shared accounts - 1, YTD - 11

No issues found with email address – 0, YTD - 1
Users registered with false or disposable mail addresses – 24, YTD - 49
Users deleted after not correcting bad email address – 47, YTD - 72
Users who corrected email address issue - 1, YTD - 6

Users with no duplicates found - 4,YTD - 7
Users merged - 62, YTD - 202
Users where duplicate had no data, and was deleted - 76, YTD - 371
Total extra accounts deleted after processing - 161, YTD - 718
Total accounts looked at - 308, YTD - 1306
Actual user amount - 142, YTD - 581