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Raptorblaze
June 14th, 2013, 02:46 PM
I've redone the point restoration system to provide better organization and record keeping. Going forward all point restorations will be publicly viewable and searchable unless it becomes an issue, in which case I can change it to private.

The new subforum is inside Mafia Bug Reports.

For comparison,

-Old Process-
PM admins or post in point restore thread
Various pms/posts in the stickied thread trying to get all the information to confirm point levels
Points would get restored if someone actually talked to an admin and made arrangements, often restores went undone due to lack of communication
Admin would then add the restoration amount and date to a list maintained in staff subforums

-New Process-
Post a request thread in the new subforum, sticky thread contains a format which will get us all the info we need
A staff member (any staff member can do this) will check and certify the points you are eligible to have restored and change the prefix from [Restoration Request] to {Approved}
If the request is ineligible it will be marked {Denied} and moved to that subforum
An admin (a list of admins will be maintained including which region they can access in the sticky) will see the approved thread and post to schedule a time for the restoration
Upon completion the admin will change the thread to {Restored} and move it to the completed subforum for permanent records.

So you can see why this process will be more reliable. The bug reports mods were already taking it upon themselves to verify point restores as is, so this is mostly a cleanliness and organization change as well as making the list public.