Review tips

[Rex_Rattus]

There you are Conrad - your initiative has already borne fruit. And I agree with every word Andy has said; what the tips need to convey is the sort of things that are worth covering, and not a check list of the things that need to be covered in a review (not that I imagine you ever intended it to be the latter).

[Conrad]

It has certainly been interesting asking about this. I think there is a need for providing tips, apart from anything for those actually trying to promote their pub who so often seem to miss the point. For me tips means something you can ignore but may improve your performance. I also think this needs to remain punchy so that people may read it. So for the latest pass how about :-

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Some tips that you may wish to include in your review:

• Mention what the pub serves: Real Ale, Food?
• Did you notice any facilities/problems for access?
• Was the pub friendly to children and/or pets?
• If you are leaving a rating, please mention what added or lost the pub points?
• Would you go back to the pub?
• If you are employed by the pub, please mention your interest.
• Offensive or Pointless reviews will be removed.

[Andy Ven]

[*]Offensive or Pointless reviews will be removed.[/LIST]

PG doesn't have a button to allow someone (not just signed in members) to report a review for removal. Would it be worth building one in?

[Conrad]

You can report through the forum at the moment, but it is on my todo list and is one of the very close to being done items.

Being honest I am not looking forward to it being instated however. We get enough idiot complaints without it . Corker of recent times still goes to the landlord who had a mega strop because a picture was showing a "for sale" sign in it, the fact that you could find the pub still for sale elsewhere on the web just made it all the more insane.

[Rex_Rattus]

A good starter for ten Conrad. You could add:

Any special features that make the pub stand out?

I had thought about adding examples of the sorts of thing that might make a pub stand out (mahogany Victorian barback; bar billiards; conservatory complete with potted plants and dead twigs; ceiling mural depicting the Battle of Waterloo, etc) but I think it would detract from the "punchiness", and of course what makes a pub stand out can be all things to all men.

[Conrad]

Any special features that make the pub stand out?

Do you think changing the line 'Would you go back to the pub?' to 'Would you go back to the pub, what made it stand out?', would cover it?

Me trying to keep the line count down , but I agree it is a good one.

[hopwas]

Perhaps you could include icon for whether pubs is flammable or not.. So I can check out before I enter the pub

[Conrad]

I frequently find myself wondering how we can convince pubs to pay us to do the site.

You may be onto something here, pay us an annual subscription and we will mark your pub as flammable.

[oldboots]

I hope you don't mean to start anything like this (about 1:45 in not the full frontal nudity bit at the start).

Michael Palin as Conrad and Terry Jones as Dave M possibly?

http://technorati.com/videos/youtube...Fv=DRm5WcjOikQ

[hopwas]

I frequently find myself wondering how we can convince pubs to pay us to do the site.

You may be onto something here, pay us an annual subscription and we will mark your pub as flammable.

I haven't visited The Dubliner in Brum since fateful day in July 2006.. I don't want curse strikes twice..