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Is this still getting updated? Apologies if I've missed something but doesn't look to me like the counts have been updated for a number of months now.
It looks like a hell of a job to maintain tbh, and not surprised at all that the thread starters find it too much to do after a while.. So should we look at a plan b?
If so, my vote goes to the basschat type system where each poster has their own thread which others leave feedback on, and then the owner stores the link to the page in their sig.
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Going forward, I should have more time now and will aim for an update of the stats each week.
Sorry chaps
I suppose I only thought of the Activity section as no-one seems to be using it very much at the moment, but I don't know whether (mis)using it might bring unforeseen excitements in the future...
It's just half a thought, but could 'Feedback' maybe be an activity type on the page - assuming of course you didn't want to keep it within a thread
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One thing does strike me as probably more important, I've seen a few threads about people going missing and other dodginess (more on MR than here of course) but when we had the Bad Traders section nobody ever seemed to complain on it. Inf act there was only one in the time I've been covering it, and that was from me.
We lost the old Bad list when MR died, and they are well old now anyway, but I'll start a new one (if a friendly Mod can sticky it) and would suggest that if people do have problems, that is far more important than the good one anyway. I won't attempt to police the rest of the forum, but if people can suggest to any injured parties that they share with the group - even if there is a happy ending - it would help.
The trading on here is amazingly trouble free, and it would be nice to kill off any numpties who want to take advantage of that
On MR it was sparsely used and tended to have a one liner which I'd (or whoever was modding the thread) would write, pointing at a stand alone thread, or quoting it. A right to reply being available on the thread with the Bad traders list basically reporting rather than judging. It seems a cleaner solution and if there is a disagreement, people can make their own judgements on whether they'd want to deal with either party etc.
I really don't mind though - I've created the Bad thread but happy to delete it if a better solution is available / people don't want it
Maybe we should have a Nominate Somebody For A Witch Hunt thread instead, they always seem popular...
With over 1K of usernames there is bound to be the odd mistake so I'd suggest people double check that it looks right - especially usernames. I updated them where I spotted a change of name but there will be loads that I missed.
I think the list is pretty important for giving people some reassurance that a trade is more likely to go well but at some point we might need to delete the MR members that haven't joined TFB.
Would another solution be to add a +1trader to the list of wow, lol, wisdom? Then you can click on the username and instantly see the score?
I wouldn't mind seeing the frets breakdown next to the username on each post but I can see how that might look cluttered...
Where we currently stand is that I have an updated (as of a few weeks ago) spreadsheet based on what John_P did, but have failed miserably to get it into the existing thread. What I was planning to do was create a new thread with the right numbers and names in and then look for a volunteer to take it over, as I'm clearly not the right chap for the job.
Thinking about it now, I'll get the spreadsheet updated and clean and then advertise for a volunteer as it makes sense for them to start the next generation themselves...
Obviously an automated solution would make more sense, but hate to imagine how much hassle it would be technically, and unless somebody has a better idea, I think this is probably as good as it gets right now.