On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 4:48 AM, Lodewijk lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
-what happens to photos not rated in cases there are too many photos and not enough reviewers? Are they just left behind?
Haven't thought of that. In my small head all photos have to be reviewed.
Would this be solved if you start at a random point in the review list rather than always at the beginning? Then every jury member would start somewhere else, and the odds of images having zero reviews is minimized.
If we agree that all photos must be reviewed before advancing to the next round, then there are several ways to guarantee all photos are reviewed. The question is whether we want to enforce all photos to be reviewed or not.
-is "rate as you go" a possibility, or would you have to wait until the end of the contest?
Good question. The tool is not really designed for that, but could be extended to support this. I'd like to hear other opininos about this.
I think if you allow feeding multiple txt files through the contest (taking out doublures) that might work?
What would the source of the txt file be? A list of new uploads? If so, then we could add a feature where the tool updates itself with newly added items in a category every day.
-presentation, could you include a box where the local designer (who selects the various options) explains how they work, i.e. what are the mechanics for a photo to get to the next round.
That's doable, and shouldn't be too hard. I would only need help with the wording (see the other thread about design).
I think if you just present this as an option, you could have this as an empty text box in the configuration, and let the configurer worry about the wording (and language).
Ok.
A question of my own: what happens if an image gets renamed/deleted. Will the tool be able to handle that?
Haven't thought of that, good point. This is somewhat related to the rate-as-you-go mode discussed above, so let me think about these and I'll write back with a plan (or no plan ;))
David E. Narvaez