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Re: Legacy Files on the Parts Tracker
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Wed, 1 Oct 2003 04:55:58 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Andrew Westrate wrote:
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> But, I do think that there could be some improvements with the parts tracker.
> For one thing, I don't like how files with subfiles always get sorted to the
> bottom of the parts list, because then they always say "X subfiles aren't
> certified" instead of "needs more votes" or "needs admin review." I can't think
> of any reason the minifig suticase hasn't been approved, other than it sorts to
> the bottom of the queue, and so hasn't attracted the admins' attentions. I
> think a way to fix this is to have the status ignore subfiles until it has
> gotten all the votes it needs. Then these parts would go from "needs votes"
> (SX) to "needs admin review" (CCSX) to "has uncertified subfiles" (ACCSX) to
> "certified" (ACCX).
I agree that the way subfiles are handled is a bit klunky, but I can't think of
a better way to handle them.
> Another thing I don't like, is how we keep primitive files on hold, even when
> there is nothing wrong with them. I agree that they shouldn't be released if
> they aren't used, but it would be far easier to have someone upload a group of
> ring, cone, and torus primitives as a block, review them all at once, and create
> a special state that sets them aside until they are used (for instance,
> "Approved Primitive").
Yes, I think that we should shift away from holding unused primitives. A simple
novote would suffice or maybe a "Certified but not in use" flag.
-Orion
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| In general, I agree with Orion that having the parts tracker is much better than not having it, and that the main problem is that there are too few active reviewers. Just as a reminder to those reviewers out there, look at the parts queue, which (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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