We could come up with a universal system, a set of parameters to help writers rate their script.

Universal as in international, because those classifications don't mean anything to me - we have U, PG, 15 or 18 and I'm not sure which ratings are equivalent.

Exactly. For people from different countries/regions, it would be hard for them to choose acurrately. If we had an actual set of specific guidelines as to the content of a script, it would pretty much eliminate that.

people who read the scripts could post what they think it should be rated.  and we could even do a numerical system like 1-10 1 being the most child friendly and ten being like gruesomly adult.

Yeah. I think the rating system thing would be a good idea. I do it for all my scripts. Most of them get an R rating tho lol.

Andrew

Yeah that would be pretty good.

I agree, that would help people get a sense of what they're getting involved in.  Don't think there should too many ratings, maybe like 4 or 5.

People should add there own rating at the end of there synopsis when sending it in or in extras comments because that would help Don a lot more than him having to do it all himself.

I agree with Wesley.  It would be easier to begin with folks just adding after their synopsis their rating.  I do have in mind, for future releases, adding content rating to the submission form.  However, you all know how long it takes for me to implement new functionality to the site.

Don

Oftentimes, you'll apologise because something "took too long" at times when no one complained.

I think a lot of people are just glad that the site's up, and that it's updated.  It doesn't matter how long it takes, as long as the site is still active in one way or another, it's better than a lot of similar sites who've tried in the past, and failed to do what you've accomplished.

You deserve a round of applause.

*claps*

Quoted from Alan_Holman You deserve a round of applause.

I second that. A site that changes slowly (but is updated constantly) is far better than a site that remains stagnant. You've put a lot of time and effort into making Simply Scripts work, and even if you never add any new features I don't think it would make the site lose any of it's value.

Why not make the rating system simple

Youngsters - 0 - 5
Kids 6 - 10
Young Teens - 11 - 15
Teens - 16 - 17
Young Adult - 18 - 20
Adult - 21 +

XXX - Not hard to figure this one out.

Or something like that

Why not just have

E - Everyone which entails kids and grown ups
PG - Mild language for 13 and up
R - For mature audiences only
X - Which is basically porn but since there aren't any of those or they aren't aloud.

Because nobody writes scripts specifically for 5 and under, it would have to be a pop up script

I agree with Wesley, a rating system like that is simple and would not be hard for people to know where their scripts fit.