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Re: Winners of LDraw.org's October 2001 Model/Scene Of The Month
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Fri, 5 Oct 2001 18:04:12 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jacob Sparre Andersen writes:
> Terry:
> 
> > My only problem is concerns about confusion (mine), and
> > timeliness. Having voting going on back-to-back would
> > require me to do a some juggling.
> 
> I can automate the hard parts.

Automate.  Love that word.

> > And would require that pages get updated promptly at the
> > turn of the month.  Which is sure to get messed up.
> > There needs to be at least a little breathing space
> > between things.
> 
> What about letting the computer have the lack of breathing
> space?

Nano-second breathing space.

> > OK.  How about this;
> > 1. Entry deadline is the last day of each month. So entry month can
> >    be clearly determined by the email date.
> > 2. Voting commences by the 5th of the month, sooner if possible,
> >    open until the end of the month. Jacobs voting script can
> >    disqualify any votes made before or after the current month.
> >    Those 5 days give me plenty of time to reset everything, and
> >    keep things separated.
> > 3. Winners announced ASAP after voting closes.
> > 
> > How does that sound?
> 
> I would rather choose:
> 
> * Entry deadline on the 23rd of each month.

So that gives me a week to prepare pages for the next month.  OK.

> * Voting commences on the 1st of each month (assuming that
>   somebody managed to prepare a voting page for that
>   month).

So the prepared pages are posted prior to the 1st, and the system switches
them at the right time?

> * Winners announced ASAP after voting closes.
> 
> The switching of voting pages and the forwarding of vote
> counts to Terry can be handled completely automatically.

So I get mailed the results, hack the results into html, and post the winners.

Sounds like a great plan, Jacob.  Where do we start?

--Terry K --



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  Re: Winners of LDraw.org's October 2001 Model/Scene Of The Month
 
Terry: (...) But only five days in February. (...) Yes. (...) Yes. (...) * Switch naming scheme for the voting pages, so the file names include year and month. * Create a "sorry, we're not ready for voting yet" page, which the server can put in (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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  Re: Winners of LDraw.org's October 2001 Model/Scene Of The Month
 
Terry: (...) I can automate the hard parts. (...) What about letting the computer have the lack of breathing space? (...) I would rather choose: * Entry deadline on the 23rd of each month. * Voting commences on the 1st of each month (assuming that (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)

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