# Tips, Tricks and Advice for Reviewing **URL:** \ **Category:** Curator Lounge\ **Tags:** info, advice, tutorial, tosdr, reviewing, tips\ **Created:** [June 27, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/tips-tricks-and-advice-for-reviewing/3528 "2026-06-27T03:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/dr_jeff/32/2728_2.png) [@Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/u/Dr_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/tips-tricks-and-advice-for-reviewing/3528/1 "2026-06-27T03:34:26Z")
# Tips, Tricks and Advice for Reviewing _ **THIS LIST IS EVER-CHANGING, SO I RECOMMEND YOU TO BOOKMARK THIS TOPIC AND ADD A CUSTOM REMINDER.** _ > _ **REMINDER:** Questions for Tips are 100% valid!_ > If you have any questions regarding this document you can: > > - Ask in the Curators Chat —which is integrated to #Curator Lounge. > - Reach out through our Discord server. > - Send a DM to Staff. > - Emailing Staff at [team@tosdr.org](mailto:team@tosdr.org). > > - _Dr\_Jeff, from the ToS;DR Staff_ * * * ## Table of Contents - [Introduction](#introduction) - [Reviewing Points](#reviewing-points) - [Managing Services](#managing-services) * * * ## Introduction The following is a growing list of tips for Curators to keep in mind when reviewing on Phoenix. You should revisit this topic every now and then, in case of changes! * * * ## Reviewing Points Here are some useful tips for reviewing user Points: > **You are not required to provide an explanation for declining points when they are...** > > - **Points marked as _“Quote not found”_** — The Phoenix UI for Points allow users to view the previous state of the Point in the Point history. > > - **_Outdated and/or incorrect Points from user accounts that have been suspended and/or deleted_** — Those accounts will no longer respond to your feedback, so no need to provide it. > > - **_Invalid_ DocBot Points** — DocBot is not human, so feedback is not needed. > > You are free to provide an explanation if you deem it necessary, though. > **If you find duplicated pending Points...** > > Follow these steps in order: > > 1. Use your browser’s “Find and Search” utility to locate all Pending/Approved duplicates. > > 2. Purge any invalid duplicate Points. > > 3. Compare the remaining duplicates based on the quoted text. > > 4. Approve the Point that is more appropriate. * * * ## Managing Services For managing a Service, take the following into account: > **When can I mark a Service as "Comprehensively Reviewed"?** > > To do so, a Service MUST fit the following criteria: > > - _ **All the RELEVANT documents have been reviewed** _ — Some Services have a lot of documents crawled; most of the text WILL NOT BE REVIEWED either because > we don’t have a Case for certain quotes, or because a Point related the potential quote has been created. > > - _ **There shouldn’t be any Points pending for review** _ — You COULD get away with at most TWO pending Points, **but ALL OF THEM MUST BE _“Neutral”_ (:neutral:)**! > If there are pending Points with a rating of either _“Good”_ :good:, _“Bad”_ :bad: or _“Blocker”_ :blocker:, > then _ **DO NOT MARK AS COMPREHENSIVELY REVIEWED UNTIL THESE GET REVIEWED** _! > > - _ **All the relevant information across all documents has been covered** _ — If there’s still relevant information that hasn’t been reviewed, review it first, then wait for them to be reviewed. > Please make sure any Service you come across with has the fewest missing Points as possible! * * * _ **NOTE:** Work In Progress!_ ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/dr_jeff/32/2728_2.png) [@Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/u/Dr_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/tips-tricks-and-advice-for-reviewing/3528/2 "2026-06-27T05:54:10Z")
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**Author:** ![Clippy](https://tosdr.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Clippy](https://tosdr.community/u/Clippy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/tips-tricks-and-advice-for-reviewing/3528/3 "2026-07-02T18:50:49Z")
> [@Dr\_Jeff](#): > > 1. Compare the remaining duplicates based on the quoted text. > > 2. Approve the Point that is more appropriate. What if there are 2 docbot points, and they are both correct, does declining the extra points effect it’s training? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/dr_jeff/32/2728_2.png) [@Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/u/Dr_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 6:52pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/tips-tricks-and-advice-for-reviewing/3528/4 "2026-07-02T18:52:55Z")
It kind of does, but should be negligible. @evan is aware of this (hopefully). In that case the “better” Point is really up to your judgement. ---
**Author:** ![Clippy](https://tosdr.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Clippy](https://tosdr.community/u/Clippy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 6:54pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/tips-tricks-and-advice-for-reviewing/3528/5 "2026-07-02T18:54:36Z")
Sometimes though (quite rarely) there are 2 points by docbot (from 2 different documents) that have the same quote, I guess I just accept one and decline the other? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/dr_jeff/32/2728_2.png) [@Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/u/Dr_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/tips-tricks-and-advice-for-reviewing/3528/6 "2026-07-02T18:57:39Z")
Exercise caution. If there’s, say one Point for a document called “Terms of Service” and another one called “Terms of Service for …”, the first one should take precedence. If a point that usually belongs to ToS is found in the Privacy Policy, but there is a similar quote in the ToS, stick with the appropriate document. * * * # TL;DR Pick the Point linked to the most appropriate document. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/user_avatar/tosdr.community/dr_jeff/32/2728_2.png) [@Dr\_Jeff](https://tosdr.community/u/Dr_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/tips-tricks-and-advice-for-reviewing/3528/7 "2026-07-02T19:00:09Z")
By the way [@curators](https://tosdr.community/groups/curators), you can edit the post if you have a piece of advice. Before doing so, however, consult with your fellow Curators. Also notify me and/or other Staff members. ---
**Author:** ![Clippy](https://tosdr.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Clippy](https://tosdr.community/u/Clippy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/tips-tricks-and-advice-for-reviewing/3528/8 "2026-09-02T04:15:47Z")
> [@Dr\_Jeff](#): > > _ **When can I mark a Service as “Comprehensively Reviewed”?** _ I made a new checklist (heavily based off [checklist · tosdr/tosdr.org Wiki · GitHub](https://github.com/tosdr/tosdr.org/wiki/checklist) and [Rough draft checklist](https://tosdr.community/t/rough-draft-checklist/191?sort=top)) Before we mark a service as comprehensively reviewed we should check whether the following topics have been covered: - Can they delete your account or content without reason or notice? - Can you opt out of things? (promotions, selling data, targeted advertising, etc.) - What rights do you waive? (moral, class action) - Do they notify you of changes in their Terms? - Do they respect DNT signals? - Do you indemnify and/or defend the service in disputes? - What copyrights do you give them to use your content? - What happens to your data after a request for deletion? How long do they keep that information? - How do they respond to government requests for your information? Do they notify you? - What laws are they compliant with (GDPR, CCPA, etc) - Do they sell or give out your personal data to third parties? What about in the event of a merger or bankruptcy? - Do they or third parties track you? - What kind of information do they collect? (biometric, location, etc.) - Do they say how they collect or plan to use your data? - Can you leave the service or delete your account at any time? - Can you export your data (where applicable)? - Are there Limitations of liability or warranty? ---
**Author:** ![Clippy](https://tosdr.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Clippy](https://tosdr.community/u/Clippy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 4:18am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/tips-tricks-and-advice-for-reviewing/3528/9 "2026-09-02T04:18:34Z")
Of course it should also include the things from your list (I just don’t know how to incorporate that) ---
**Author:** ![Clippy](https://tosdr.community/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/c0e974/32.png) [@Clippy](https://tosdr.community/u/Clippy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2026, 4:25am UTC](https://tosdr.community/t/tips-tricks-and-advice-for-reviewing/3528/10 "2026-09-02T04:25:29Z")
Maybe rename this post to “Tips, Tricks and Advice for Curators” because when I read “reviewing” I think of reviewing a document and creating points.