I'm generally not a fan of Category Extensions as a dumping grounds for games not many people are playing. I guess one of the other staff members approved it. In my opinion this should be using Misc Categories else everybody wants a Category Extension and every board is instead 2 boards.

I handled up to here.

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You can try combining versions of games in cases where they make sense. Whatever you think makes the most sense is probably fine enough, so long as it isn't ridiculous in comparison to the rest of the games on the site.

I want an "All" tab as well, ROMaster's response is accurate. I think having subcategoris split by default is desirable, but I think letting users choose to combine them is also a useful way to view information, especially in games with lots of empty categories.

As far as I recall there's not a great way to order the 3 timers in an arbitrary order right now. This is a known shortcoming. There could be workarounds users are using, I'm not sure.

Based on the video and the youtube discussion I rejected the run and removed the user as a mod for that game. I think the user just lacks an understanding of site norms. Most of his times are not competitive and he's not exactly shy about the details. If this continues to be a problem I'll make further changes.

Handled up to here.

Cypherin: You should put your runs up, the board has to start somewhere. Regarding "ports" of games, it's generally left to moderator discretion whether or not the boards should be split. If the game plays similarly and the times are comparable with minor adjusments on different versions, they should more often be in the same board. If the times are not comparable and the game plays substantially differently, the should more often be separated.

In general: Series mods can add empty games to complete a series if it makes sense. We mostly won't add empty games through the game request form.

I made the change in this specific case. I reserve the right to say no arbitrarily. :P

RT_1: The Megaman community needs to sort out what they want to do with this. For reference: https://www.speedrun.com/mm2

XNicKX: It looks like you were added.

abc1234586: 3 weeks is the guideline for inactivity. It looks like the mod added the run, I can't directly see how inactive he was or wasn't prior to this.

poduszkowiec: It looks like the mod removed you since he's a super mod and you were a regular mod. In that situation it's mostly super mod discretion. The logs suggest you hadn't done anything with the board in a year, so I'm guessing he removed you for inactivity. You don't need mod to submit a run.

Koh1fds: It looks like the mod logged in and processed the run.

lozplyr89: Since you have the only run, this is fine.

Scypher: Added/Updated both users.

TheSadPlayer: The moderator is active, discuss it with them.

Tm_P.78: The moderator is active, discuss it with them.

Komrade: Yeah

AlaskanEmily: Pending run, mod inactive, added.

Carlao_Herege: Added due to inactivity.

Francesco: There are ~3 active mods that should sort this out. Adding random people to the mix through this thread probably just creates more disagreements than it fixes.

Buckiize: I don't see anyone with that name. Probably either the user deleted their account or changed their name or something. If you still need something, please post again.

Nastaros/RBMACHOK: I'd recommend posting a discussion thread on the game's forum on the topic of splitting consoles. By what you're saying it's 2 people disagreeing with 1 person right now, which isn't exactly a consensus. Also the other moderators may be able to weigh in.

Altha: The moderator isn't totally inactive yet, let's give them a few more days to respond.

Howell: This user doesn't have any runs on the site, so this seems fine to me in this case.

SickMyDuck: You posted within one day of submitting your run. The guideline for inactivity is around 3 weeks. Give the moderator some time.

Lonne: Ths user doesn't have a run of the game and is somewhat inactive, so this is fine.

Floatious: Another user asked me about this.

isuckatspeedrunning: The user is plenty active.

scoagogo: The user doesn't have runs in the series and the series is empty. I added you to the series, if you don't want that feel free to self-remove.

Milength: The runs have only been pending about 10 days. The guideline given in this thread is 3 weeks.

NihilistComedyHour: Have at it I guess. I still want to archive these boards, the games probably shouldn't have been added in the first place, but a method of archiving isn't implemented yet.

Sonicgamer2727: The moderators are somewhat active. It's not a requirement to verify runs every time the site is visited, they will probably get to them eventually. The guideline in this thread is 3 weeks.

byt3weeks: The moderators seem plenty active, discuss it with them. Games don't necessarily need more moderators.

In general: I don't think it's unreasonable to want this thread responded to more frequently, but we don't have systems/guidelines in place for it to encourage consistent results with more people handling things.

Feedback from some other NES runners is that the categories for this game are really arbitrary. I played the game for a bit and I agree with them.

Most games like this contain categories for the default hi-score listing, a loop, and maybe some more difficult to achieve goals. A loop isn't really reasonable in this game as it's a total autoscroller and the endpoint is not precisely defined.

When a run is submitted as a 10k, a 20k, and a 30k run, and the 5k runs are tied to the frame, it starts to look a little ridiculous.

Also the scores are being duplicated into the "Level Leaderboard" which seems relatively pointless.

The categories for this game should be more reasonable goals like 20k, 100k, 500k.

The goal with these games should not be to create as many short categories as possible. 5k is a ridiculous goal. Why not 1k? Why not 40 points?

Can we clean this up?

Streamkosch: Small board with inactive mod and you have a run, ok.

TMCBubbles: It looks like you were added.

EB_OP: The game has 2 active mods. Discuss it with the mods.

SkyKirito123: The user was online recently and I don't see a run by you.

muskn: Pending run and user inactive, ok.

ChanceCossitt: The user is active, discuss it with the moderator.

SpeedMartyr: One of the moderators is active, I bumped them up to a super mod.

jackgamer: I'd recommend doing more runs and getting a better understanding of how the site works before moderating things.

ClumsyNoname: Category requests go through the specific game's forums/moderators.

Capndrake: Reviewed this a bit, if that's mod consensus and since he has verified a run in quite a while, it seems fine.

Milength: I'll just bump you up to a regular mod.

XNicKX: Mod is somewhat inactive, but you need a run pending or linked here.

Elmotus: Since you have a bunch of runs pending for various categories and the mods are somewhat inactive, I added you.

OmniferousSwan: The video seems messed up at a glance. It's possible there were recording issues and it was on an earlier patch or something done like that. It's strange enough that I'd tend to agree with you.

CreepyGar: The mods were online recently and it looks like your runs were approved.

Tedious: I think one of the other site staff handled this. I'm not aware of the details, but it would appear it was deleted and re-added with presumably other moderators.

GamplingFrog: General guideline is 3 weeks. Also just because someone logged into the site it doesn't mean they have to verify every run every time they log in. People have lives.

SLCRG: I added someone else who had asked in the forums who had a run on the board and you as a regular moderator.

Jesse_Lee_Porter: Modding multiple of the games, ok

Askover: The communities for bigger games generally want well known community members moderating them. Moderation additions are usually done by the community, this thread is a last resort.

420Red_: The moderator is highly active, discuss it with them.

OmniferousSwan: I check the thread weekly. Some of the more on-fire issues are sometimes handled by other staff in between.

mcc: In general something like this would probably be better discussed/requested by the existing community/moderators for the original games and associated category extensions.

havoc: Two or the users are relatively active, please discuss it with them.

I'm guessing this is due to the post bug that happened last week causing issues with flawed post counts misaligning on page boundaries in the applicable threads.

EmitPoe: Game requests should go through the game request form speedrun.com/requestgame

Dan9er: There's not really a way to disable platform right now. I tend to think it shouldn't show if there is only zero or one.

The rest should be handled. Also I have a pretty good run of Zen (GB) :P I need to crop it.

got it

Games added to a series are added under that series so it's very obvious when people are doing this. It's been this way for years with minimal issues. The intent is to allow series moderators to add new games. If people can't handle that responsibility with basic sensibility, then we can remove them.

Deleting this game page because it's dumb and the speculated game hasn't even been announced. Series mods can generally add games somewhat ahead of release, but this is just dumb.

Adze: I added you as a moderator since the others are inactive. If you don't want to be a moderator, feel free to self remove. Staff doesn't verify runs so we need people to add as moderators to verify runs.

Bregermann: I contacted the moderator again, he's presumably been busy with GDQ stuff.

Parrot_Dash: I added you since you have a run pending a while, and removed that user from another game they didn't list a run of but requested somehow.

Aveklépiay: I added you since the run was unverified quite a while.

teddyras: The thread uses 3 weeks of log-in inactivity as a pretty strong guideline. I haven't submitted a run in 10 months. I added you.

Simoteus: Swapped moderators due to consensus on the game's forums.

PresJPolk: Pac did that.

AdventureToAwesome: You don't have a run and one of the moderators is inactive.

MIST: The series has numerous moderators who run the games, please discuss it with them. There's also not a strong need for series moderators, all they can do is add games and moderate the series forums.

GizmoTheDragon: I'd recommend discussing moderation with the moderators of the current game you're running, they are both active. There's not a strong need for series moderators, all they can do is add games and moderate the series forums.

EduardoRN: Game requests go through site staff primarily. You have moderation of the game you run, and series don't really need more moderators, but games that people are running often do. We don't really need to add people to games they don't have runs of.

btrim: I added you and turned verification on.

Pookster007: The game has two active moderators and your run was literally verified the day you posted it.

NintendoGeek101: I'll add you as a regular mod since you have a bunch of runs pending.

NickDoane: A user in the FF community mentioned to me that these boards are duplicates of the level leaderboard within the FF XV main game. I went ahead and deleted them. Please submit there.

zment: I added you as a regular moderator.

Ezhno: I made a post on the game's forum. Since you don't have a lot of runs on the site I'll see if one of the users that has been running the games longer wants to help. I guess I could've also added the series moderator, but I already made the post.

There's at least one run that's been pending about 4 weeks for this game. It would seem like this game could use another active moderator or two.

Do any of the users that currently have runs want to help moderate?

They should be fixed now. The posts that were attempted to be made within the period when they were broken are mostly gone. If you really need one of the posts for some reason, it's in the site's logs and relatively easy for us to retrieve.

Buju: In general, Punchy is highly active and if users are using an external document the board isn't serving its purpose. The goal here is to get the board up to date with community expectations regardless of who is moderating it. It is my perception that adding other users in this case helps keep the board up to date and in line with community expectations. People tend to not like it when people moderating aren't integrated with the community, and the main remedy to that situation is through site staff via this thread.

Horridhenry257: Updated.

Simoteus: Need a bit more feedback from the other runners on who they want to run the boards, preferably in that thread, and then post back here in a few days. Boards run by users that don't have runs in the game generally create controversy.

I would note that I mod a board I don't have a run in, because I TAS'd part of it, and another board I run has an active knowledgeable person moderating it who doesn't run it. I don't like absolutes. I don't think this dispute needs 20 posts, and the peanut gallery isn't really helping. Chill.

Let me know if I missed anything in the middle of all that.