How do you fail in The Initiates Program?

Answer 1

There are several ways to fail your mission in TIP. These range from performing poorly, doing things incorrectly or taking lazy shortcuts.

We expect TIP members to perform to the same standard as a Supervisor, not a contributor.

Upon failing a task, you will usually be required to go back and clear up any mess you left behind. You may also be required to redo either the whole task or half of the task (depending on how bad the fail was) to make sure you understood why you failed.

First mission: Answering questions.

• You did not answer the questions correctly
• Your answers are vague, one-worded or irrelevant to the question
• Your answers are nonsense or unhelpful
• Your answers are offensive
• The answer just says "Check the related link" or to check another site
• You answered offensive questions instead of reporting them
• Your answers are the same thing copied over again
• Your answers are copied and pasted from another website
• You didn't follow the guidelines

Second mission: Splitting alternates.

• You split things that should not have been split
• You moved alternates to irrelevant questions
• You split all the alternates, even the ones that shouldn't have been
• You did not correct the spelling or grammar of the alternates you split
• You did not edit the alternates you split to make them into questions rather than statements
• You did not re categorise split alternates into relevant categories
• You did not report alternates that break the guidelines to Supervisors
• You added the alternates to the question yourself then split them rather than finding existing ones

Third mission: Re categorisation.

• You re categorised questions into the wrong, incorrect or irrelevant categories
• You removed questions from the right category then added them back into it
• You re categorised the same question multiple times
• You added offensive or guideline-breaking questions to a category rather than reporting them
• You re categorised questions into the uncategorised category

Fourth mission: Editing flags.

• You removed flags without dealing with the reason why the answer was flagged
• You failed to use minor edit where required
• You did not report offensive questions to Supervisors for removal
• You gave the question an equally bad answer
• You blanked (removed) questions that did not require blanking

Fifth mission: Editing questions.

• Your edits contain bad grammar or bad spelling
• You edited questions that were perfectly fine the way they were before
• You edited offensive questions instead of reporting them
• Your edit was offensive

Sixth mission: Editing answers.

• You edited answers that did not need editing
• You failed to use minor edit where required
• Your edit was offensive or against the guidelines
• Your edit did not answer the question or is unhelpful
• You edited just to add one line or full stops in the majority of your edits
• Your edited answer is one-worded, incomplete or vague
• The edit is copy/pasted from either an existing answer or another website
• The answer edit you gave just says "Check the related link" or to check another site

Seventh mission: Exit questionnaire.

• Your responses were impolite or offensive
• The survey wasn't completed fully
• The answers are vague or unhelpful
• You didn't give enough information so we can identify which TIP member you are
• The response was blank

You could also be marked negatively in TIP if you:

• Are impolite to Supervisors or other contributors
• Are impolite or rude to TIP Supervisors
• Refuse to do TIP tasks
• Fail to communicate with TIP Supervisors over long periods
• Break the guidelines
• And so on

The TIP team, as well as the WIT team, are both dedicated to anti-cyberbullying and have a zero tolerance approach to bullies. Cyberbullies may be terminated and blacklisted from the program and may be blacklisted from Supervisor promotion.

If in doubt, always ask a TIP Supervisor. They are there to help you.