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== Scorecard colors ==
 
== Scorecard colors ==
 
To help bridge across language barriers, colors are used for immediate identification of the overall ''Trustworthiness'' (safety) of a website. The color range is:
 
To help bridge across language barriers, colors are used for immediate identification of the overall ''Trustworthiness'' (safety) of a website. The color range is:
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[[Image:Trusted.png|28px|Excellent Reputation.]] Green
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; border: 1px solid black; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px;"
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:Highly trusted website, excellent ratings.
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:* No problems, this site has been reviewed by WOT Members to be a safe and pleasant experience.  
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! style="padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" | Reputation
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[[Image:Caution.png|28px|Unsatisfactory Reputation.]] Yellow
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! style="padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; width: 12em;" | Color and symbol
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:Cautionary advisory, unsatisfactory ratings or mixed ratings.  
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! style="padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" | Description
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:* This may be perfectly harmless but proceed with care, this site could contain content not suited for all age groups, or it could be slightly misleading.
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[[Image:Caution.png|28px|Unsatisfactory Reputation.]] Orange
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| colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid gray" |
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:Cautionary warning, poor ratings.
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:* This poor level of trustworthiness is the first to bring up the WOT [[Warning screen]], or [[Blocking screen]], when [[settings]] are at their default values. This website is not to be trusted. If you choose to proceed, do so with a high amount of care and concern; you have been ''warned''.
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | Excellent
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[[Image:Danger.png|28px|Very Poor Reputation.]] Red
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | [[File:16_excellent.png]] = dark green
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:Dangerous warning, very poor ratings
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| rowspan="2" style="padding-left: 5px;" | This site has a good reputation and the community considers it a safe and pleasant experience.
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:* Enter this website at your own risk, expect malicious behavior with possible [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm worm], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus virus], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_horse_%28computing%29 Trojan infection], or a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing PHISHing scheme].
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[[Image:No_Reputation.png|28px|No Reputation Yet.]] Grey
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | Good
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:Unrated website, insufficient ratings.
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | [[File:16_good.png]] = light green
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:* There are not enough ratings to generate an overall trustworthiness score for this website, as referenced by the [[Media:Wot_security_scorecard.png|example scorecard]] provided.
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| colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid lightgray" |
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | Unsatisfactory
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | [[File:16_unsatisfactory.png]] = yellow
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | Cautionary advisory, unsatisfactory ratings or mixed ratings.
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| colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid lightgray" |
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | Poor
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | [[File:16_poor.png]] = orange
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| rowspan="2" style="padding-left: 5px;" | This site has a poor reputation and the add-on will bring up the [[warning screen]], or [[blocking screen]], when [[settings]] are at their default values. If you choose to proceed, do so with a high amount of care and concern; you have been ''warned''.
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | Very poor
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | [[File:16_verypoor.png]] = red
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| colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid lightgray" |
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | Unrated
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | [[File:16_unrated.png]] = grey
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| style="padding-left: 5px;" | There are not enough ratings to generate an overall trustworthiness score for this website, as referenced by the [[Media:Wot_security_scorecard.png|example scorecard]] provided
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== Scorecard components ==
 
== Scorecard components ==

Revision as of 08:12, 18 September 2009

Basic WOT Security Scorecard with no ratings

The scorecard contains everything you need to know about a website, domain name, or IP.

Scorecard colors

To help bridge across language barriers, colors are used for immediate identification of the overall Trustworthiness (safety) of a website. The color range is:

Reputation Color and symbol Description
Excellent 16 excellent.png = dark green This site has a good reputation and the community considers it a safe and pleasant experience.
Good 16 good.png = light green
Unsatisfactory 16 unsatisfactory.png = yellow Cautionary advisory, unsatisfactory ratings or mixed ratings.
Poor 16 poor.png = orange This site has a poor reputation and the add-on will bring up the warning screen, or blocking screen, when settings are at their default values. If you choose to proceed, do so with a high amount of care and concern; you have been warned.
Very poor 16 verypoor.png = red
Unrated 16 unrated.png = grey There are not enough ratings to generate an overall trustworthiness score for this website, as referenced by the example scorecard provided

Scorecard components

The scorecard consists of several components that dynamically retrieves the information presented to you. A quick list of these components are as follows:

  1. Thumbnail
  2. Help view
  3. Site name
  4. Popularity
  5. Rank
  6. Owner
  7. Server location
  8. Statistics
  9. Wiki
  10. Description
  11. Tags
  12. Reputation rating
    • Trustworthiness
    • Vendor reliability
    • Privacy
    • Child safety
  13. Comments by category
  14. Comment: Add / Request
  15. Comment: listing

note: this list should be converted to section links to create an item menu for quick access per component

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