Would you like to see a list of confirmers/editors?

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Well the question is self explanatory, but if there is, I'd also like to make a list of requirements to have each of these statuses. I'd like your input on these rules if possible - but let me show you what I think would qualify:

Confirmers:

One month(maybe two?) in MARP, regular at the MARP board.

Editors:

At least six months in MARP, extreme regular at the MARP board, and regular to #marp?

This is just a start and also a bunch of suggestions. Any further suggestions are welcome :)

Thanks - GB9

-- Gameboy9 (goldengameboy@yahoo.com), March 12, 2000

Answers

I don't think a list is necesary but, One thing that might be easy to do is to "log" who confirms a score, i just thunk that if the "edits" are logged (shown in the "Up" link in the Up_Loads part of the header frame) maybe the "confirms" can be logged as well, so we can see who confirms what...? Perhaps this log isn't permanent, then it would proly be useless if we couldn't research the archive of logged edits and confirms.

-- Chad (churritz@cts.com), March 12, 2000.

I'm a confirmer - haven't done many of late though. A log of who's confirmed the recording could be helpful and would enforce some degree of accountability on the confirmer. As an aside I think that most of the confirmations done on MARP have been done pretty well even though there is some dispute on what the criteria is for acceptable confirmatons. Personally I refuse to confirm any recording that doesn't use standard settings etc even if it plays back correctly. I know others are of the belief that an inp should be confirmed if it correctly plays back.

As a rough rule of thumb I think that 1-2 months regular on the MARP board is not bad and should be sufficient - especially if a log of confirmations is kept. A minor but relevant detail is that you must be sure that the 'would be confirmer' doesn't use bulk download software like GoZilla that will automatically confirm everything on MARP.

As for editors I'm a bit more nervous about just anybody being given this ability even after 6 months of MARP service. I think there needs to be approval from both the MARP community and the team of people currently administering MARP with the persons credentials/reputation. Let's be a little careful with this one.

-- Tim Morrow (tjmorrow@bigpond.com), March 13, 2000.


I think both time periods are much too short. A longer amount of time is needed to build a reputation for that level of control. I would recommend a minimum of 6 months MARP activity for confirming and a minimum of 1 full year for editing. Even then for editing, there should never be more than a handful of editors because if the verification process is working as it should, little time would be required to overrule and change scores.

-- Pat (laffaye@ibm.net), March 13, 2000.

I don't think that a list of confirmers would be necessary, but a list of editors would be helpful for people doing any confirming. I am a confirmer because I was giving Zwaxy too much work, but some recordings do not work. In such a case, anyone watching a recording that goes clunk needs to be able to email someone to notify the author, or remove the score.

-- Ray Atkinson (jinx@wenzmemorials.com), March 13, 2000.

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