The ITNinja Point System
ITNinja aims to make sharing content, comments and ratings a bit more fun by implementing a point system to recognize those that make this the valuable resource it is. When you contribute to the site, points are awarded. Accumulating points will help you move up in the ranks among your peers which we hope you'll find entertaining while at the same time helping to provide deserved recognition.
| Activity | Point Value |
|---|---|
| Add A Software Deployment Tip | +6 |
| Create Software Deployment Tip Summary | +5 |
| Post a Blog | +10 |
| Post a Link | +5 |
| Add Comment | +2 |
| Rate An Blog Post, Software, Tip, Link) | +1 |
| Post Question | +5 |
| Post Answer to a Question | +8 |
| Vote on Answer to Question | +1 |
| Create Answer Summary | +5 |
The ITNinja Belt System
The ITNinja belt system is intended to provide an at-a-glance look at a member's experience level. Long ago in the martial arts, belts were not so much colors as shades of grey. This was due to the fact that when starting out a student's belt would be white (newbie) and then darken with age which came to convey a level of experience. Since those days colors have grown to be the popular measure of experience and here on the web, color works well for us. While one may argue that someone could do a poor job in martial arts or on ITNinja.com long enough and move up in rank to some level, it is a good show of participation and participation is the most clear measurement of skill level online. By also awarding additional points for highly rated material, we hope that apart from some friendly competition this system also serves as a quick way to judge the experience level of other members with which you may interact.
| Points | Rank (Beginner) | Points | Rank (Intermediate) | Points | Rank (Advanced) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-44 | White | 351-405 | Blue | 1013-1111 | Black |
| 45-88 | Senior White | 406-460 | Second Degree Blue (one stripe) | 1112-1210 | Second Degree Black (one stripe) |
| 89-131 | Yellow | 461-516 | Third Degree Blue (two stripes) | 1211-1309 | Third Degree Black (two stripes) |
| 132-175 | Senior Yellow | 517-571 | Green | 1310-1408 | Fourth Degree Black (three stripes) |
| 176-219 | Orange | 572-626 | Second Degree Green (one stripe) | 1409-1507 | Fifth Degree Black (four stripes) |
| 220-264 | Senior Orange | 627-681 | Third Degree Green (two stripes) | 1508-1606 | Sixth Degree Black (five stripes) |
| 265-306 | Purple | 682-736 | Fourth Degree Green (three stripes) | 1607-1705 | Seventh Degree Black (six stripes) |
| 307-350 | Senior Purple | 737-791 | Brown | 1706-1804 | Eighth Degree Black (seven stripes) |
| 792-847 | Second Degree Brown (one stripe) | 1805-1903 | Ninth Degree Black (eight stripes) | ||
| 848-902 | Third Degree Brown (two stripes) | 1904-2499 | Tenth Degree Black (nine stripes) | ||
| 903-957 | Fourth Degree Brown (three stripes) | 2501+ | Red (Grandmaster) | ||
| 958-1012 | Fifth Degree Brown (four stripes) |
Bonus Patches
When reaching significant milestones a "patch" may be awarded, which is itself worth points toward your next belt level.
| Patch | Point Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| *AppDeploy | 125 | Awarded to those that created a legacy AppDeploy user account (prior to 11/15/2011) |
| *Dell KACE Customer | 25 | Awarded to those that set themselves as a KACE customer on the KACE support page |
| Dell KACE Employee | 0 | Identifies user as an employee (not worth points, assigned by admin only) |
| *Blogger | 0 | Posting five approved blogs (how to, article, review, opinion) |
| Blogger Pro | TBD | Posting ten approved blogs |
| Blogger Ninja | TBD | Posted more than twenty five blogs |
| Blog Star | TBD | TBD method of qualifying highly rated blog posts to encourage and reward submission of popular blog |
| *Linker | 15 | Posting five approved links (to downloads, articles, valued external resources) |
| Linker Pro | TBD | Posting ten approved links |
| Linker Ninja | TBD | Posting more than twenty-five approved links |
| Link Star | TBD | TBD method of qualifying highly rated link posts to encourage and reward submission of popular links |
| *Tipster | 25 | Posting five approved software tips |
| Tipster Pro | +5 | Posting ten approved software tips |
| Tipster Ninja | TBD | Posting more than twenty-five approved software tips |
| Tip Star | TBD | TBD method of qualifying highly rated tips to encourage and reward submission of popular tips |
| Tagger | TBD | Editing tags on 10 assets (deleting, adding or adding alternative terms for existing tags) |
| Completist | TBD | Providing content in each of our key content areas shown on profile page (Q&A, Blog, Link, Deployment Tip) |