Bazsites.com Pics Ratings System
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On the Web
- EFA: Content Rating and Filtering - Information about and criticism of PICS and the ratings systems and ratings bureaus that use it.
- Internet Content Rating Association - Manages ICRA and RSACi self-rating systems. RSACi broadly rates sex, nudity, violence, and profanity on a scale of 1-4. ICRA specifically rates yes/no whether content contains specific types of chat, sex, nudity, violence, profanity, or drug use. [Self-rating pages require JavaScript.]
- Vancouver Webpages Rating Service - Experimental PICS-based ratings service on scales with both positive and negative values. Among its categories: Multiculturalism, Educational Content, Environmental Awareness, Safety, Canadian Content, and Commercial Content.
- Against labelling (ICRA/RSACi) - The web site of an Australian opposed labelling systems designed for censorship.
- Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS) - Technical specification, usage hints, and comments.
- SafeSurf - Detailed self-rating standard, with categories for profanity, heterosexual themes, homosexual themes, nudity, violence, drug use, intolerance, and gambling, rated on a finely-graded 0-9 scale.
- Microsoft Content Advisor - Directions and instructions on managing PICS rules filtering in Internet Explorer.
Wikipedia Articles
- Sports rating system - A sports rating system is a system that analyzes the results of sports competitions to provide objective ratings for each team or player. Rankings are then derived by sorting each team's ratings and assigning an ordinal rank to each team starting with the highest rated team earning the #1 rank.
- Nielsen Ratings - When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention "ratings" they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. Nielsen Ratings are offered in over forty countries.
- World Football Elo Ratings - The World Football Elo Ratings (Elo is often pronounced E-L-O despite not being an acronym) is a ranking system for men's national teams in football. The method used to rank teams is based upon the Elo rating system method but modified to take various football-specific variables into account.
- Canadian motion picture rating system - Motion picture ratings in Canada are mostly a provincial responsibility, and each province has its own legislation regarding exhibition and admission. For home video purposes, a single Canadian Home Video Rating System rating consisting of an average of the participating provincial ratings is displayed on retail packages, although various provinces may have rules on display and sale, especially for the R and A categories.
- ARGH Power Ratings - The ARGH Power Ratings are a sports rating system created by Stewart Huckaby in 1990 and designed to identify the best team from within a closed system. They are most closely identified with NCAA football.