UDWiki talk:Administration/Promotions

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Discussion

Tallies

I think we should agree not to post those running tallies, given that sysop promotions are not votes, but rather requests for users opinions/reasons for support or not. The tallies give the impression that it's a vote -- boxy ^{talk • i} 10:23 24 July 2008 (BST)

Not to mention that they are damn annoying.--Karek^maps?! 10:26, 24 July 2008 (BST)

agreed. although it means i have nowhere to use my new found skill of 5 tildes....--xoxo 10:28, 24 July 2008 (BST)

I agree aswell. It should be done asap... DanceDanceRevolution 13:29, 24 July 2008 (BST)

OK, I'm moving the tally from the current bid here -- boxy ^{talk • i} 13:11 26 July 2008 (BST)

The bid relevant portion has been moved to the bid archive.--Karek^maps?! 02:55, 31 July 2008 (BST)

Individual Pages per Promotion

Wouldnt it be better to deal with each promotion bid in an individual page, like we discuss new policies and arbitration cases on their own pages ? The promotion are gonna to be archived in an individual page in the end, and that way we can keep any discussion related to that case in it's own talk page. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[cloned] [mod]} 14:20, 22 April 2008 (BST)

As long as they all link from the current page in the same manner as suggestions do then it sounds like a good idea to me. It would keep things neater, thing is though is it worth making a change for something that isn't exactly an everyday event? --Honestmistake 14:59, 22 April 2008 (BST)

I was thinking about something like what i made in the arbitration page. The user requesting a promotion uses a template stuff, with a link to it's bid, the date he asked for the promotion and when it's supposed to be over (14 days since its beginning) and the status of the bid (open, succesful, unsuccesful, withdraw, etc)... then in the individual page we could have something like in the suggestions, with a place reserved for the user to state his reasons to be promoted, a place for people to vouch him, and a section explaining how promotion works (the thing about it not being a vote, but a discussion on the merits of a user to be promoted) and the duties of a sysop. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[cloned] [mod]} 15:07, 22 April 2008 (BST)

I'd say it can't hurt to try it out. Makes the page less spammy with multiple bids.--THE Godfather of Яesensitized, Anime Sucks ^{Yalk | W! U! WMM| CC CPFOAS LOE ZHU | Яezzens} 15:59, 22 April 2008 (BST)

Given that there are usually only a handful of promotions at a time, is this necessary? Still, having separate promotion pages would entail separate promotion talk pages, which is where the real editing mess is. Also, this would definitely make archiving easier. --Kid sinister 16:35, 22 April 2008 (BST)

Yeah, kid sinister has the right idea: this isn't so much good because it splits up the main page but for splitting up the talk page. Grarr 17:44, 22 April 2008 (BST)

No, the Arbitration system sucks for ease of following now.--Karek^maps?! 20:12, 22 April 2008 (BST)

we can see how this works out next time someone request a promotion... this will help a lot on the rare occasions where more than one user asks for a promotion... it was a pain to follow the promotion bids from akule and axe, imho. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[cloned] [mod]} 01:33, 23 April 2008 (BST)

And if you're only following one then it's much less annoying, too. Grarr 17:31, 23 April 2008 (BST)

Yes, I think it would be easier that way. --Pdeq^Talk* 03:42, 24 April 2008 (BST)

No. Whilst I hated to go through all the scrolling of unnecessary comments at A/A in the past, votes on the Promotion sections are much more meaningful and altogether have a more substantial "real content per line" ratio, thus making having to browse through more pages in order to get to vote more of a bother than an actual improvement. This, combined with the fact that most Promotion requests are placed one at a time, will increase instead of reducing the actual scrolling per vote one wants to place. --Starplatinum 06:16, 24 April 2008 (BST)

Speaking of streamlining promotion bids, was there ever a particular reason why there weren't defined sections for vouches, againsts, and abstains/questions? It would seem easier to take tallies that way. I just never recalled it ever being done that way, tis why I ask.--THE Godfather of Яesensitized, Anime Sucks ^{Yalk | W! U! WMM| CC CPFOAS LOE ZHU | Яezzens} 11:14, 24 April 2008 (BST)

I presume it's something to do with Promotions not being a vote, which results in tallies being somewhat irrelevant. Or then it's just plain laziness. --Midianian|T|T:S|C:RCS| 11:26, 24 April 2008 (BST)

The first reason, because it's not a vote. After the first 3 vouches it's purely about the opinions of people. A strong opinion in favor or against from an active user counts for more then a weak vouch or against by an inactive user. It's not digital, it's gradual. To sort them would introduce a more firm diversion between for and agianst then there usually is.-- Vista  +1  11:29, 24 April 2008 (BST)

Post implementation

I'm sorry but, I already hate this system with a passion. It's done nothing but complicate things for everyone involved and actually goes so far as to remove the rules and guidelines as for what to look for in a candidate and how to comment.--Karek^maps?! 15:09, 29 April 2008 (BST)

d'uh, then be bold and add them instead of complaining. They are already in a template. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[cloned] [mod]} 15:11, 29 April 2008 (BST)

d'uh, if that was the only problem that probably would have been what I did. This system inconveniences everyone for the sake of "neatness" when the previous system has worked out fine.--Karek^maps?! 15:18, 29 April 2008 (BST)

Now I've got to add another page to my watchlist every time someone puts themself forward? Na, when it's such an underused page as promotions, it's not worth the effort. It's just as easy to archive the bid to a separate page after the bid is finished as it is to do it at the begining -- boxy ^{talk • i} 15:53 29 April 2008 (BST)

Ditto. --Starplatinum 19:25, 29 April 2008 (BST)

Please don't make individual pages for promotions in the future -- boxy ^{talk • i} 10:46 17 May 2008 (BST)

Agree. This was annoying. I didnt even find out suicidal angel had replied to me until 5 minutes ago (A bit late for a further reply methinks), when i have both promotions and this talk page on my watch list. Keep em here. --The Grimch ^{U! E! WAT!} 10:59, 17 May 2008 (BST)

As the box. I hated having to go to the promo page, and then clicking on another link (with dead internets might I add) just to see how my bid goes. And really Grim? I just thought you were too busy to reply to me. Thats sad. Continue it again some other time?-- dǝǝɥs oʇ ɯɐds: sʎɐʍ1ɐ! 15:14, 17 May 2008 (BST)

Well, we'd never find it difficult without trying. I kind of agree with all that has been said about this, and don't further support this. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{[cloned] [mod]} 17:04, 17 May 2008 (BST)