As in every previous year, I am offering my tool from 2012 (bug fixes were made but it's essentially the same) for anyone's use. It was used by many countries in 2012 and by a few after that, and while I heard of some issues, AFAIK no one encountered any crippling problems (actual known bugs have been fixed anyway). I am also open to feature requests, except changing the two-level system which would be difficult.

If you are interested, please talk to me before the competition so there is ample time to set up the tool. I can probably set it up on Labs but I hate using Labs so if you have your own LAMP server or don't mind using ours, that would be preferable. I might also upload it to Github sometime.

—Yan.

On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 5:33 PM, Ilario Valdelli <ilario.valdelli@wikimedia.ch> wrote:

Hi Alexander,
I used Ilya's tool this year for first time and I was limited by some functionalities, but I survived.

In my opinion a lot of problems are generated by operational problems (server availability and delays) which are really minor problems in my opinion.

I used other tools in the past and had similar problems because the hosting solution did not assure the scalability and the resources were limited.

I really suggest to focus in a singles solution instead of looking in alternatives.

Any software, even if good, can have problem if hosted in a limited hosting provider.

FYI I started anytime a trial round to check the configuration and afterwards a valid round as soon I was sure to set correctly any configuration. This is a workaround but a workaround is needed in any critical mission.

If a selection is run in the last days, we are in this case in a mission critical situation, and the tool cannot assure to solve any kind of problems.

I will be sure that Ilya will set a tool and will assure a good level of service.

Kind regards

In data 31/Lug/2016 15.55.23, Alexander Tsirlin ha scritto:
We had very bad experience with using the WLX jury tool this year. I
described it at length here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons_talk:WLX_Jury_Tool

Several possible solutions are also mentioned on that page. I would like
to hear your opinion about this situation. Could anyone help Ilya with
developing and maintaining the jury tool, and make sure that it works at
it should work?

If we are planning to meet a very sharp deadline of October 25 for WLM
photos, the jury tool should work absolutely smoothly, and user support
has to be very prompt. Or it would be good to know already now that we
can't rely on the jury tool, and alternative solutions should be
searched for.

Sincerely,
Alexander

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