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I decided to share my sMerits (may be 2 for each participants  but not guaranteed so it is your wish to join or not.)

Eligibility criteria to participate in it  
1.  You should be a Jr. Member.
2. Your activity should be greater than 100.
3. You have not received single merit till now.
4. No -ve trust from DT Member

Steps to Enroll

Only First 5 participants fulfilling all the Eligibility criteria and applying with correct answer of below questions will be accepted (Answer the first 4 questions with "Yes/No" only and fifth question with name of author).

Ques1. Is it acceptable to copy/paste others post or article.                                                     :
Ques2. Is it ok to participate in a  bounty even it looks shady/scam.                                         :
Ques3. Do you think it is ok to apply for loan without collateral.                                                :
Ques4. Should we report scammer or scam projects.                                                                :
Ques5. Who is the OP for thread "Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ" :

Now the challenge.

During this challenge I will ask 5 question (not all in single day) and you all will responds to the answers as per your understanding/knowledge. The challenge will run for 10-15 days (2-3 days for you to responding for a question after I post the question.) There will be no winner or loser in this challenge but if I find all your answer satisfactory (or correct) then I promise you to award 2 Merits. If your answer are not correct or satisfactory than you can end up earning 0 merits also.


So if you want to apply, then apply with the answers of these 5 questions.

List of selected participant in https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg42445481#msg42445481
Below is the challenge question 1 for participants

Challenge Ques 1. What you will do If you find somebody copy pasted the article here from some other site or copied others post from this site?

Answer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg42887180#msg42887180

Challenge Ques 2. In which case we should use "Report To Moderator" or report post.

Answer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg43122995#msg43122995

Challenge Ques 3. Can you get negative trust for your signature if project/product you advertise (even it paid bounty signature) is scam ?

Answer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg43434196#msg43434196

Challenge Ques 4.  What should you do if you found scam ICO or some person engaged in shady/scam activities?
Answer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg43693994#msg43693994


Challenge Ques 5.  What precaution you should take to keep your Crypto investment safe?
Answer: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4702284.msg43693994#msg43693994

Edited : July 20 2018 22:06:00 at EST timings.

Putting the correct answers.

Ques1. Is it acceptable to copy/paste others post or article.                                                     : No
Ques2. Is it ok to participate in a  bounty even it looks shady/scam.                                         : No
Ques3. Do you think it is ok to apply for loan without collateral.                                                : No
Ques4. Should we report scammer or scam projects.                                                                : Yes
Ques5. Who is the OP for thread "Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ" : mprep

I selected the five participants for it

rosemary4u
SwayStar123
Batzko
@oweljayr
jallu74

PS:  SwayStar123 has already got a Merit but he do not have any Merit at time of posting the response so I took it  his entry as valid. Jallu74 give the correct answer in second attempt but before commencement of challenge so I accepted the second response.

I can? although it seems a bit troublesome, but I am willing to give it a try.

Ques1:No
Ques2:Yes
Ques3:Yes
Ques4:Yes
Ques5:I do not know about this

 
Ques1. No                                      
Ques2. No                                      
Ques3. No                                      
Ques4. Yes                                                            :
Ques5. Mprep

1. No
2. No
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. mprep

Ques1. No                                     
Ques2. Yes if you have time and believe in the project                                   
Ques3. Yes although is it riskier                             
Ques4. Yes                                                            :
Ques5. Mprep

Quoted the answers of all of the participants. Not all of them replied correctly so giveaway is still open.

Ques1. No                                      
Ques2. No                                      
Ques3. No                                      
Ques4. No                                                           :
Ques5. mprep

Ques1. No                                     
Ques2. No                                     
Ques3. No                                     
Ques4. Yes
Ques5. mprep

So if you want to apply, then apply with the answers of these 5 questions.

Ques1. Is it acceptable to copy/paste others post or article.                                                     :
Ques2. Is it ok to participate in a  bounty even it looks shady/scam.                                         :
Ques3. Do you think it is ok to apply for loan without collateral.                                                :
Ques4. Should we report scammer or scam projects.                                                                :
Ques5. Who is the OP for thread "Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ" :

Ques1. No                                      
Ques2. No, it's a waste of time.                                  
Ques3. Yes                            
Ques4. Yes, Always!                                                         :
Ques5. mprep

Ques1. Is it acceptable to copy/paste others post or article. NO, do your own.                                                  :
Ques2. Is it ok to participate in a  bounty even it looks shady/scam. NO                                        :
Ques3. Do you think it is ok to apply for loan without collateral. NO, But sometimes yes                                              :
Ques4. Should we report scammer or scam projects. YES                                                               :
Ques5. Who is the OP for thread "Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ" : mprep

That's very nice of you, I'm not participating but its a shame to see many great posts go unmerited.

quoted the responses.

I will post the correct answer and participants tomorrow.
Still we have place for one more participant.  If that position did not fill I will still start the challenge tomorrow with 4 participants.

Suppose I'll be contributing a lot this week  8)

1. No
2. It's okay, but it's your fault if you get scammed. Maybe it looks shady because the bounty management is incompetent or new.
3. In general, no.
4. Yes
5. mprep

I'm not eligible for participation, but I've been a silent follower of these great forum as I always read posts when my friend who is a member is online. I have seen great posts go unnoticed and it sort of made me think there's more to receiving merits than great posts. So, well done for doing this.

But now it turns out mathematically:
1. No
2. No
3. No
4. Yes
5. mprep

I thought about the 4th question for a long time and originally answered " No " because of this answer in the rules ""Q: Why haven't you banned <insert scammer username here> who is an obvious scammer?
A: Possible (or real, not for me to decide) scams are not moderated to prevent moderator abuse. If we start picking out which ones we call "scammers" and ban, we would make a lot of decisions based on biased opinions."
Maybe I misunderstood the question.

quoted the response.

Challenge Ques 1. What you will do If you find somebody copy pasted the article here from some other site or copied others post from this site?


Will allow 72 hours to reply. Wish you the good luck to all selected participants.

I will inform the moderator by clicking on the "Report to moderator" button located at the bottom of the plagiarism message. But I have never done this and I do not know what will happen after pressing this button - whether it will be necessary to write something or just one click is enough.

Good job but need correction. Question should be ask on inbox. Not publically. Because answer should be instant. Your question is publically posted. Now they will search about I. Most problem is they are answering on thread. So easily other one will copy it. So make new question and tell participant to ask inbox. I think it's better option. I noticed you haven't sent merit yet. So better lock this thread and make new thread don't mention question here. And ask on PM. And instant. Give a time to participate like GMT time 17:00 .

They need to answer the below question correctly before getting accepted.

Ques1. Is it acceptable to copy/paste others post or article.   

I do not think, they will now copy paste other.

But your suggestion is also valid, I should take answer in inbox but I want to keep the challenge  open so I will let it run in open. 
(And all the challenges here in this forum nobody asked for replies in PM)                                           

I'm a bit confused, do you want to answer here or send you a PM from now on?

As for the challenge question>

Challenge Ques 1. What you will do If you find somebody copy pasted the article here from some other site or copied others post from this site?

The answer is is quite simple because plagiarism isn't helping anyone.
So I would just report the post if it's a copied post from someone else but if it's a quoted message, from this forum or some other site, then there is no need to report anyone because he's just making his point clear by including somebody else's opinion.

No PM to me. Answer everything here only.

I can inform you about plagiarism here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1926895.0  Here in the text, it is clear that it is necessary to specify that it was clear that the copy and that the original, and from where I took it.

Since I am Russian user, I found in our local (Russian) this topic. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2775292.0 I read the reviews on the forum-ambiguous)))) But the rules are the rules, and they must be observed.

quoted all response.

Not all people responded but I will still proceed with my second question.

In which case we should use "Report To Moderator" or report post.

OUch just saw this. Seems am not eligible.  ???

Ques1. Is it acceptable to copy/paste others post or article.                                                     : NO
Ques2. Is it ok to participate in a  bounty even it looks shady/scam.                                         : NO
Ques3. Do you think it is ok to apply for loan without collateral.                                                : YES
Ques4. Should we report scammer or scam projects.                                                                : YES
Ques5. Who is the OP for thread "Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ" : mprep

I am not accepting anyone. At least , if you have read post 2. You might have the correct answers.

Answer to challenge question 1.

If you found somebody copy pasting or plagiarizing then report the user in below thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1926895.0

By seeing some of the reports there you will get idea how to file the report.

For archiving the post you can use the site "https://archive.fo/"

Make sure  to check  the user status in "https://bitcointalk.org/modlog.php"  (use Ctrl+F to search ) after 1 or 2 days to check if user is banned.
If user is banned then update your post with "Banned" in front of the username.

PS: Actually , you should check modlog.php first, before you start creating a report to check if user is banned already.

Thanks. Now I have a more clear mechanism to respond to plagiarism. I hope I don't have to use it. And, of course, I am sure that I will not give a reason to use it against myself.

"Report to moderator enables you to report abusive or wrongly-placed posts to the forum staff." https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=help

    
I realized that this button is pressed in case of spam, or the message is posted in the wrong place, or having insults in the message.

It's pretty much standard thing on any forum, if you see someone breaking any rules you should report them to mods so they can warn, ban or just plainly do something about it so it doesn't happen again. Every forum has rules and you can find the rules for this one in the following thread.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=703657.0

Also every bitcointalk sub-forum has it's stickies with some additional rules that should be followed. Like this one from Bitcoin Discussion.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=20333.0

Report to Moderator is used  to report the post that are out of context of topic or some gibberish post (post in English section but English sentence do not making any sense).
Actually Forum Moderator Welsh made a good reporting guide here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4519248.0#post_Reportsl).
Theymos also acknowledge the effort of reporting anfd he decided to create the badge (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4742257.0)
for the users,

Challenge Ques 3. Can you get negative trust for your signature if project/product you advertise (even it paid bounty signature) is scam ?

Yes, I think so. It's an complicity to scam. If I do not remove my signature after the regulation on the forum ICO-scam - I get negative trust for my signature.

I think yes. By and large, this does not affect anything, but many are worried about it.

Quoted the response.

Answer to question 3:

Actually  I have earlier made a post about Signature Guidelines. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4681379.msg42248073#msg42248073)

Leave about the signature advertisement, you can get the negative trust for promoting scam ICO in Twitter and Facebook. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=4598987.0)

So do not be greedy and stop promoting anything that looks shady or scam or if it is proven scam.

I am posting last set of question now.

Challenge Ques 4.  What should you do if you found scam ICO or some person engaged in shady/scam activities?


Challenge Ques 5.  What precaution you should take to keep your Crypto investment safe?

Technically you should answer in next 96 hour (1 day extra as I am putting 2 question in a row). After this deadline I will close this thread anytime.

Challenge Ques 4.


The forum has a special sub-section
Bitcoin Forum > Economy > Trading Discussion > Scam Acquisitions (Moderator: Cyrus)
In the case of scam detection:
- I create a theme in this subsection using the template specified https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=260073.0
At the same time, I'll make sure that there is no such topic yet. If there is, I leave your comment in it.
- I leave negative feedback, by clicking on " trust", as indicated https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=253655.0

Challenge Ques 5.

- If you invest, making transactions on this forum, you should carefully study this topic https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137288.0
- also in the case of people investing is useful to view the entire section "Scam Accusations", as there are many examples of Scam
- If you invest in ICO, you need to carefully study the project:
- their website, "white paper",
- the media space, looking at how the advertising company is going, on the ANN project page on the forum often ask tricky questions about the project;
- study the team,
- To evaluate the project's goal and its prospects.
- The view which contacts with which organizations the ICO team has already established.
- How is the implementation of plans?
- If you have already purchased a crypto traded on the exchange, do not forget to put a "stop loss" or get ready to wait for your crypto to grow in price again. Here, of course, everyone to decide what trading strategy to choose.

If I doubt it's scam, I make a new thread at Reputation (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=129.0) to verify it.

If I have enough proof to verify it is a scam ICO, I make a new thread at Scam Accusations (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0) to report it.

+1


I think you are bit carried towards ICO . I am looking something in general that have more broader approach.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2970157.msg30515162#msg30515162

This challenge comes to end now.
It is disappointing for me that people did not showed interest.

@Jallu74
I think you are well versed with forum rules and its board. I guess you need to explain little more while posting.

Best of luck to all.