Talk:RateMyCop.com

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ratemycop.com appears to be offline as of 5-7-13. I have no details, but cannot access the site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.67.228.210 (talk) 18:55, 7 May 2013 (UTC)

There seems to be a connection issue. I wonder why that hasn't been resolved yet? --76.212.149.187 (talk) 01:05, 27 June 2013 (UTC)

Rate My Cop Seems to Be No More

OK, RMC's website has been gone for at least a few months now. Why hasn't anyone put this in the main article?

I know why! Everyone's scared to! Well, in that case I'm not going to, either.--76.212.146.224 (talk) 02:46, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Well, now it seems to be back online! Or, partially on line, anyway. The Forums are hard to :access, and finding a specific police department might not work too good, but it's there now.

So, why isn't this fact included in the main article? Or, at least change the "inactive" to something else in that little box on the page's upper right corner? If everyone else is too scared to, I'm not about to, either. That's the end of that subject! I did find this post, though, and it dates back to about when RMC started having connection problems: http://ratemycop.com:/index.php?option=com_fireboard&Itemid=162&func=view&id=78410&catid=11 . Not long after this post appeared they started getting a lot of weird spam on the forums, then basically the whole thing shut down. Lots of people think spammers are bad people!--76.212.144.106 (talk) 00:01, 24 May 2014 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:RateMyCop.com/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: PCN02WPS (talk · contribs) 21:32, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Hi there, I'll be reviewing this nomination in the coming days. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 21:32, 7 June 2022 (UTC)

Great. I'll look forward to working with you. ArcticSeeress (talk) 01:42, 8 June 2022 (UTC)

@ArcticSeeress: I've left comments, the nomination is on hold. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 03:09, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

@PCN02WPS: I've fixed the issues with the article. Also "frequently cited" doesn't require a hyphen (at least according to Merriam-Webster). ArcticSeeress (talk) 20:28, 17 June 2022 (UTC)

Article corrections look good, and I'm happy with the article's quality. Reference spot-checks check out, and I'm happy to give this nomination a pass. Well done. PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) 04:28, 18 June 2022 (UTC)

History

• "changed the site to one for rating police" → perhaps "changed the site's purpose to one for rating police" or "changed the site's purpose to rating police"
• "It was sponsored by Republican politician" → link Republican Party (United States)
• "asking the his colleagues" → remove "the"
• "in the senate" → capitalize "Senate"
• "if the officer in question had been acquited" → should be "acquitted"
• "A day later, the website was hosted on Rackspace for a short while" → this is worded a touch awkwardly, perhaps it could be reworded like this: "A day later, Rackspace began hosting the website, which it did for a short while" or something similar
• "personal E-mail address" → the article Email gives abbreviations of "email" and "e-mail" as opposed to the capitalized "E-mail"
• "sued the city of Tallahasse" → city spelled incorrectly
• "received 60,000$ in damages" → dollar sign goes before the number (also, use {{USD}} to indicate US Dollars)

Content

No comments here.

Reception

• "February 2008, the website had been receiving 100,000 visitors a day" → the tense here is a bit awkward, perhaps "the website was receiving 100,000 visitors"?
• "with for example Kevin Martin of the San Francisco Police Officers Association" → this is worded awkwardly, particularly "for example"
• "danger of RateMycop.com and similar websites" → "Cop" in website name should be capitalized for consistency
• The Times and Ars Technica is italicized in their articles, so they should be italicized here

Legacy

• "most frequently cited examples" → I could be wrong, but I think "frequently-cited" needs a hyphen
• "It has been cited by associate professor at The College at Brockport, State University of New York Ed Downey as an example of a larger trend" → for ease of reading, I'd give the guy's name and then his position (I'd also strongly recommend giving a short-form name for the school, as the full name is rather unwieldly long): "It has been cited by SUNY Brockport associate professor Ed Downey as an example...".

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:38, 10 July 2022 (UTC)

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• Comment or view
• Article history

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• ... that a Florida resident was arrested after posting on RateMyCop.com, and prosecuted under a 1972 statute that made it illegal to publish the personal information of police officers? Source: Wired (2010)
  • ALT1: ... that a bill was proposed in the Utah State Senate to hide police misconduct reports from the public after RateMyCop.com requested reports on every police officer in the state? Source: KUTV
  • ALT2: ... that GoDaddy stopped hosting RateMyCop.com due to "suspicious activity", before later stating that the website reached a bandwidth limit? Source: Wired (2008)
  • Reviewed: None needed (less than 5 nominations)

Improved to Good Article status by ArcticSeeress (talk). Self-nominated at 06:45, 18 June 2022 (UTC).

• An interesting article, ArcticSeeress and interesting hooks to choose from! Formalities: QPQ not required, Earwig only picks up direct quotes, article appears to be reliably cited throughout, within policy, hooks directly cited in the article. ALT0 piqued my interest the most - and it's correct, because he was prosecuted, just never convicted, per source and article. As for the other two, I can confirm from the sources. I think ALT0 and ALT1 are more interesting than the ALT2 and prefer them, but I leave it to the promoter. Good to go, and thanks for working this to GA! Urve (talk) 08:24, 22 June 2022 (UTC) PS: I'm (genuinely) unsure on the image licensing on File:RateMyCop.com logo.gif because it contains a fingerprint and may meet the threshold of originality. It's been looked at by others, so I assume OK, but leaving this note.

Revisiting this, I think a shorter hook might be better, so here's a new one:

• ALT0a: ... that a Florida resident was arrested after posting on RateMyCop.com?

ArcticSeeress (talk) 09:22, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Sure, that's OK too. I like the original ALT0 more, but tastes vary. Urve (talk) 16:15, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

Shut down?

I could be wrong, but I see no information on when or why this site was shut down, which seem like important details to include. 71.11.5.2 (talk) 13:40, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

I was thinking along the same lines. And when did it close? Reading the article suggests it was still running in April 2010, but nothing after that. So has it been defunct for a decade or more, or did it close last week? Lugnuts ^{Fire Walk with Me} 15:08, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

There are no sources that say when it was shut down. ArcticSeeress (talk) 15:09, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Undue emphasis

The reception section appears to provide undue weight on the views of individual police officers and minor police departments. :3 F4U (they/it) 00:38, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

Maybe. What changes are you proposing for the article in light of your concerns? ArcticSeeress (talk) 12:09, 10 August 2023 (UTC)