BME Experience Reviewer's FAQ

The BME Reviewer's FAQ is here to serve as a guideline for reviewing content on BME.

Please note that this FAQ is currently a work in progress. It was last updated on August 14, 2012.

Contents

1. About
2. What Happens
3. How to Review
4. Guidelines
   1. Leaving Comments
   2. Reviewing Media
   3. Photos
   4. Stories
      1. What about comments?
      2. Fake Experience
      3. Quality of Writing
      4. Massive Spelling or Grammar Errors
      5. Layout problems
      6. Non-BodMod Filler
      7. Fictional Stories
      8. Misinformation
      9. Defamation
      10. Multiple Subjects
      11. Offensive Terms
      12. Other
   5. Videos
5. Commonly Asked Questions & Answers
6. Forums

About

BME is a community driven site. As such, we want the members to be in control of the content they see. This means that those with active accounts on BME can help review the content sent to the site and vote on whether or not it gets accepted. There are some guidelines you need to follow when reviewing the content. Please make sure you are voting in line with BME's policies when reviewing.

What Happens

Each piece of media that gets submitted to BME must go through a moderation process where it is either accepted or denied. As a reviewer you are voting yes or no on the content. The content must then pass through a final moderation process where one of BME's staff members ultimately votes to accept or reject the piece of media.

How to Review

• Please note that moderation for BME members is not yet activated.

You must have a BME account in order to review. You can create an account on BME for free, here. If you already have a BME account, you can reach the moderation queue by clicking on Edit Profile & Account. On the left, under My Content you will find a link titled Moderation. Click that link to be taken to the queue of media waiting to be moderated.

Guidelines

The following guidelines are meant to be used when moderating media.

Leaving Comments

You have the option of leaving comments to the person who submitted the piece of media. This is meant to be polite and helpful. Rude, mean or otherwise derogatory comments will not be tolerated. If you can't be polite, reviewing may not be for you. Please also note that anyone violating this rule will be sent a warning and could have their privileges revoked.

Reviewing Media

The following denial reasons are the same regardless of the type of media submitted:

1. Wrong Category - The photo has been submitted into the wrong category. No content should be categorized as just "Tattoo" or "Piercing". A specific category must be chosen from the existing categories on BME.
2. Duplicate Submission - The content has been submitted twice. This is almost always an accident.
3. Copyright (Theft or Fraud Issues) - The media submitted to BME must belong to the person submitting it. If the content appears to be stolen or someone is trying to pass off something as their own when it is not, it should be rejected. In these cases it is requested that you leave a note for BME letting us know where the original content can be found.
4. Non Body Modification Related - The media submitted is either completely unrelated to body modification or the focus of the photo is not on body modification. Please note that photos submitted from events such as suspension or tattoo conventions are fine.
5. Underage - People must be 18 or older to submit content to the hard portions of the site, to submit content containing nudity including genital piercings and female nipple piercings. This includes erotic fiction stories where all characters portrayed must be 18 years or older.

Photos

When reviewing the photos please remember that this isn't a beauty contest. You don't have to like the mods or think they're well done. The following reasons are cause for denying images:

Blurry Image - The photo is out of focus, blurry and hard to see.

Extensive Photoshopping - The photo has been heavily photos