Flagging is bad. Flagging can lead to "the big red X".
Flagging is the process by which a proof is marked as invalid. The act of flagging is often seen as a negative mark against the recipient (except in cases of new players, who may still be learning the community standards). Anyone can flag a proof, and flagging is anonymous. Flags are cumulative and once six players have flagged a task, it is marked with an X, receiving no points or votes.
The SF0 community has developed a set of partial rules for determining when to flag; for the most part, these are matters of community opinion, rather than official guidelines written down somewhere.
Common reasons for flagging:
- Plagiarism: stealing from other players or the internet is highly discouraged.
- Not fulfilling the task requirements: self-explanatory, really. Since you can post a completion without any real documentation, this is the main way of preventing completions which don't really provide proof of having completed the task (or, alternatively, when people feel that you did not actually fulfill the task requirements in some way).
- Internet images: for the most part, a completion should be more than a collection of images you found on the internet. Almost every task is looking for more creativity and action in your task completions.
- Not worth the points: this only really happens on high-point tasks, when the community expects you to do more, even when you may have technically fulfilled the task requirements.
- Retroactive completions: posting as evidence for a completion something that was done before the task or game was created, or before a player joined the game. Occasionally it also applies to users who was aware of the task, even if it meets the requirements. SF0 is partly about encouraging you do be active and do new things, rather than simply claiming credit for things you have already done. This is a common "mistake", as there is no clear indicator to new players that this is frowned upon. It is also the "rule" most likely to be overcome; with a good enough completion and documentation, several retroactive completions (such as Lux Aeterna and Rediscover Non-Sexual Touch) have been very impressive.
You can see flagged tasks here
