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Kaioshin_Sama



Joined: 05 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:02 am Reply with quote
For the past fifteen minutes I have been going through page after page trying to find the one that will let me rate some animes (One would think it would let you rank it right on the anime's page but that doesn't seem to be the case unless I'm missing something) Please help me through this incredibly confusing layout and if possible tell me how to add anime to the My Anime option so I can manage some things. Any help here is MUCH appreciated.
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Kazuki-san



Joined: 21 May 2004
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:46 am Reply with quote
Taken from an earlier post of mine:
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What you have to do is go to My Anime
and add whatever series it is you want to rate. Then you have to check the box next to the name of the series you want to rate, and then hit the rate button at the top of the page. You then get to pick from several ratings, and which version you watched (dub, sub, raw, etc.) Just select what you want and then click "Save those ratings" and you're done!


To add anime to My Anime there are two ways. You can go the encyclopedia page of whatever series you want to add. On the top right of the page while be a section that looks like this:

My Anime
add this title to My Anime
Have you seen this?
want to / some / all

Just click on whichever link is most appropriate.

The other way is to go to the main My Anime page. On the right side under "Misc." there is a link that says "Add anime I've seen". That will take you to a list that looks similar to the encyclopedia, but will allow you to select several series at once. Another thing to do is make your list public.
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Dan42
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:56 am Reply with quote
Since your post count is only 1, I have a question: did you register for an account *before* or *after* looking for a way to rate titles? It occurs to me that a lot of these "how to rank anime" questions may be simply due to the fact that the interface to enter ratings is simply not available unless you're logged in...
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dormcat
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 3:33 am Reply with quote
Dan42 wrote:
Since your post count is only 1, I have a question: did you register for an account *before* or *after* looking for a way to rate titles? It occurs to me that a lot of these "how to rank anime" questions may be simply due to the fact that the interface to enter ratings is simply not available unless you're logged in...

Thanks for the explanation. Now I finally understand the reason behind this. I'm not talking about Kaioshin_Sama specifically, but I do believe some people register only after finding out that they couldn't vote.

Right now, the only instruction for unregistered users is

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You can contribute information to this page, but first you must login or register

Yet, I assume many unregistered users have attempted to vote their ratings without registration. Unlike adding a title to My Anime (which, for unregistered users, will show the message "To view this page, you must be registered (and logged in)"), there's no instruction regarding User Ratings. How about adding "...contribute information to this page or rate this title, but first..." in the line? After all, there are much more users would like to vote rather than contribute (sigh).

On the other hand, I found a surprising increase of similar posts recently. Any idea for the reason behind this phenomenon?
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abunai
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:49 am Reply with quote
dormcat wrote:
On the other hand, I found a surprising increase of similar posts recently. Any idea for the reason behind this phenomenon?

Hmmm. Maybe AOL sent out another bunch of "coasters"? Wink

- abunai
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Kaioshin_Sama



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:10 pm Reply with quote
Thanks for the information on how to manage rankings and such. I have a theory on why myself and others have such difficulty with this feature. More often then not my eyes tend not to drift any further then 3 quarters of the way to the right of the page, where there is often space reserved for advertising. I'm used to the options being somewhere around the top of the page so, it didn't occur to me to look in the box to the right, (That and it appears so small on my monitor).
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