(07-20-2017, 10:21 PM)adam2552 Wrote:So how do we tell when an article is ready to be graded?

(07-20-2017, 09:28 PM)Grapehead Wrote:What if users included "ready to grade" in their post. Then your graders do a forum search in the media section for the phrase "ready to grade" and then just grade away. If you narrow the search to just the media section, and move graded articles, you should only be pulling articles that contain the phrase "ready to grade".

OR

What if you just make a "ready to grade" thread, where users post a link to their article when it is ready to grade. Then you graders just go through that thread when they are on grading duty.

(07-20-2017, 10:35 PM)adam2552 Wrote:I don't like the first option because I think you'll get false positives with people who put in "Not ready to grade" and youll miss people who do "ready to be graded" or "ready for grading", etc.

Second option could work..Let me think about the specifics.

(07-20-2017, 09:39 PM)Grapehead Wrote:I think the second option is a good bet tbh. Your graders can just edit the posts in the thread with "Graded" kind of like how the bank edits in "Processed". Keeps your graders from having to manually check any threads as well.

(07-20-2017, 08:17 PM)Grapehead Wrote:I think you should just grade the articles when the author is ready. Making the author wait for discussion to finish is not a good system considering players depend on this money to train with. I didn't realize the media was purposely not graded to accommodate conversation, but that explains a lot. I do like the idea of nurturing conversation but couldn't you just leave the thread unlocked and move it once graded?

(07-20-2017, 08:25 PM)kckolbe Wrote:Additionally, why not hire more graders?  I have been active as shit and volunteered for the job, but was passed over (incidentally, by a GM who passed me over multiple times in the draft).  So now I have to start the season with less gear despite working my ass off to earn the money AND responsibly posting my pending work AND volunteering to help work on the backlog.

(07-20-2017, 08:28 PM)Grapehead Wrote:What if users included "ready to grade" in their post. Then your graders do a forum search in the media section for the phrase "ready to grade" and then just grade away. If you narrow the search to just the media section, and move graded articles, you should only be pulling articles that contain the phrase "ready to grade".

OR

What if you just make a "ready to grade" thread, where users post a link to their article when it is ready to grade. Then you graders just go through that thread when they are on grading duty.

(07-20-2017, 07:06 PM)adam2552 Wrote:A) [W]e are at exactly what our goal for grading is.

B) Even after this change, people can still go into debt for their weekly training.  The change by the bank would only delay their ability to purchase equipment, not training.