Hello. I was flagging the same video and have a couple questions about how to flag based on videos like these. When you go to the flag prompt on a video there are 2 categories I am uncertain of: Spam and Stolen categories. The spam category lists pirated videos as qualifier for flagging. The Stolen description states 'This person / people / group took this from somewhere else.' These seem similar and a video like that could fall into either category couldn't it? Would my flag be ignored if put int he wrong category? Would my whistle status go down if I flagged the category differently the what the community generally flagged it as?. I Don't want to be in error when reporting these kinds of things but i report stolen work every time I see it so I wouldn't mind a little clarification for future reference.

my flag description of this video went something like this:

"This submission is just a exact (albeit low quality) rip of the Halo 3: Believe commercial. A copy of the original commercial can be found on the official (check marked) Bungie Studio Youtube channel:

https://youtu.be/a3ZGGIdpfEM

I report this because I don't see why everyone doesn't just re-upload exact copies of commercials just to say they are 'creating content' for views. I'm not sure of the reporting system methodology on whether this falls under the 'Stolen' Flag category, or the 'Spam> pirated video' category but it is not original content. If this was someone who was involved in the making of video as the part of some reel I think they would give more information about the fact that they had a hand in making it.  And as a continued copyrighted property even then I don't think they would have the right to post it."

(end flag)

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I am also uncertain if I have the right to post here since I see there seems to be some sort of criteria, So I keep my postings minimal. But the official Newgrounds user wiki directs to this forum for questions about flagging so I am still unsure on that.

Yes, the Spam category is a little esoteric sometimes. In this case it would be stolen because they stole every aspect of the video. They took it from elsewhere. That's stolen. Whenever the content is taken from elsewhere, stolen. Spam is more things like videos that are just ads for someone's website and things like that. One time we had an ad for a Chinese clothes hanger company or something. If someone reuploads a submission that was blammed before without making any changes, that's spam. Same goes for releasing a bunch of 0-effort submissions in a very short time with the intent of spamming.

Would my flag be ignored if put int he wrong category? Would my whistle status go down if I flagged the category differently the what the community generally flagged it as?.

Nope, what's important is the report you give to justify the flag. Also, mods will often clear flags with no consequences for the submission or the flagger if the flag was wrong but not meant to hurt the submission, the creator or spam the mods.

Damn dude, that is a long report. They don't have to be long, generally the mods know what you're talking about.

The criteria are for actually joining the Barracks, but anyone can post here, and is encouraged to do so, as it helps clean up the site. So when you see something flag-worthy in the movie or game portal, report it here, same if you're unsure about something. In time, if you're active and that's what you wanna do, you can meet the criteria and join as an official member.

Stolen would be correct here, but the category doesn't really matter. You'll only lose whistle points through total misuse of the entire flag system or flagging fine submissions. So long as your description is clear and has a link (where applicable) you should be fine.

Literally all you needed was "Stolen from youtube" or "Halo ad" with a link to the youtube vid. Thefts are very straight forward.

Stolen from, I guess, the backup channel of a Serbian animator. I did a quick search on YouTube for it, knew it was too good for the account it was uploaded by. This guy doesn't use the YouTube channel's name or anything, so yeah. Also this dude he's from Bulgaria.

Taken down.

Also HI EGB MEMBERS!!!

ffs that was quick.

Shit I forgot to flag it! Can I have it back?

.....Didn't we used to date?

Sorry babe, I only remember the ones that stick around.

Hello!

Good evening

I'll have you know that I'm youthful!

I was looking through some old files on my computer and found this.

That is like, really old! Can't remember if that was around the time I joined the EGB, but yeah, long time ago was that! I miss those old icons :(

PFC Dovod here. Do you remember that I talked to you about a game and how I was "pretty sure" that it was stolen?

Well, good news, I found the original one, thanks to some investigation, as well as a comment in the stolen game. Here it is.

Great work detective! Someone give this man a bonus!

Much better. With evidence, we can move forward.

Lights out for that one!!

Wait, you guys didn't know Electricman 2 before that!?

I did, I just couldn't find the original one at the beginning so I thought that it had been removed from Newgrounds for whatever reason.

Opens pop-ups when you press 'P', maybe a virus.

I tried it as well, defiently looks suspecious.

It opens a facebook login. Booted.

This is a bunch of random flashing images and noises.

Wow, seizure warning there for anyone who may suffer from epilepsy.

Not to mention anyone who has problems with certain noises.

I don't even have epilepsy and it's still giving me a headache, and damn is it loud.

I keep my volume off so luckily I didn't experience that, but watching it also hurt my head.

It's loud. It's flashy. It's crappy. It's gone.

Brutal!

This piece is only rated Teen, but...

1: this character is a child from Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy

2: those outlines in the clothes are pretty explicit.

I'm not sure what to do with this one, and could use some guidance for anything this.... on the edge.

EDIT: This one, too:

Well, that, and so the wife doesn't hear all the pornography.

You know it bay bee. I am da beast.

Doesn't matter what they are supposed to be on the show. If she's 8, big deal. She doesn't look 8 in this image. We go by how they look, period. If she's 30 in the in the show, but they draw her looking 8, then flag dat shiz.

That's true. I bumped up the rating a notch.

Same. I bumped it up a notch before fapp..er, um, nevermind.