theMoMA wrote:I suspect it would be much more useful to have tournament directors input their own password, than the current system, which requires that a TD remember (or not lose) a randomly generated alphanumeric password.
cvdwightw wrote:safeguards designed to keep spambots from harvesting the contact email addresses.
kcommo wrote:Where do we go to find past tournaments in the database? And where do I go to update my entry with results now that the tournament is over?
kcommo wrote:Where do we go to find past tournaments in the database? And where do I go to update my entry with results now that the tournament is over?
cvdwightw wrote:Hey, I'm trying to put in a link to the stats for CBCT, and after I submit the link it still says "statistics not available". Am I doing something wrong or is this function not implemented yet?
Also, when I try to filter for tournaments in California (from the all tournaments page) I get an error message. Is this another function that has not been implemented yet, or is there a bug in the search program?
cvdwightw wrote:Hey, I'm trying to put in a link to the stats for CBCT, and after I submit the link it still says "statistics not available". Am I doing something wrong or is this function not implemented yet?
Also, when I try to filter for tournaments in California (from the all tournaments page) I get an error message. Is this another function that has not been implemented yet, or is there a bug in the search program?
kcommo wrote:is there a way to properly list multi-date events?
bt_green_warbler wrote:I think I sorted out the above problems myself, to wit:
-tdb still doesn't like tournaments scheduled over multiple days. This is probably worth fixing soon, in the interest of actual schedules for ICT, HSNCT, and ACF nationals among others.
-the address for the Dallas airport Hyatt had some kind of fatal error (it doesn't show up in google maps either). I just gave it the airport address and it seemed to be ok with that.
Would it be possible to add a field to link to tournament announcements outside of hsquizbowl? I had to cram the naqt.com links with the details for these two into the description field, which seems less than ideal.
Excelsior (smack) wrote:It seems that creating a question set gives you ownership of the set, in the sense that only you are thereafter able to edit the set. This does not seem to be a good idea - I was the first person to post an ACF Fall mirror site on the database, and as such, I now have ownership of the 2011 ACF Fall set.
I think that it would be good to either create a mechanism for transferring set ownership (and it wouldn't be a bad idea to include a mechanism for transferring tournament ownership, either), or just make sets editable by anyone with an HSQB account. It might also be a good idea to include information on each question set page and each tournament page indicating who has ownership of that question set/tournament, in case said person needs to be contacted for whatever reason (e.g. updating stats links or whatnot).
Excelsior (smack) wrote:It seems that creating a question set gives you ownership of the set, in the sense that only you are thereafter able to edit the set. This does not seem to be a good idea - I was the first person to post an ACF Fall mirror site on the database, and as such, I now have ownership of the 2011 ACF Fall set.
I think that it would be good to either create a mechanism for transferring set ownership (and it wouldn't be a bad idea to include a mechanism for transferring tournament ownership, either), or just make sets editable by anyone with an HSQB account.
RyuAqua wrote:In this vein, it'd be nice if the creators of tournaments on the database could invite other users to share ownership of their tournaments, so that if, say, Ashvin posted an announcement for FAcT, he could invite me to share it, and thereafter, either of us could edit the details as needed. I'm thinking of something like the "Invite people to join" feature on Google docs, if that gives a better idea.
This isn't to insult or diminish the achievement of the existing Quizbowl Resource Database, which is absolutely excellent and is likely to be a total game-changer for involving people in quizbowl and the quizbowl Internet. Many thanks to Jeffrey and co.!
It might also be a good idea to include information on each question set page and each tournament page indicating who has ownership of that question set/tournament, in case said person needs to be contacted for whatever reason (e.g. updating stats links or whatnot).
I think these would be great to add. Tournaments already have a contact email; are you suggesting that there should be a name specified as well, and/or the username of the person who owns the database entry?
Excelsior (smack) wrote:Yes - I think including the forum username of the person (or, once you implement multiple-ownership, people) who has editing privileges for a given tournament entry or question set entry ought to be displayed in some relatively inconspicuous location on the page.
bt_green_warbler wrote:2. I set up pages for NAQT sets 111 and 112A, which displayed fine. Attempts to create entries for 113, 114A, and the 2012 HSNCT produced confirmation pages, but the sets don't display on the main listing page.
Excelsior (smack) wrote:bt_green_warbler wrote:2. I set up pages for NAQT sets 111 and 112A, which displayed fine. Attempts to create entries for 113, 114A, and the 2012 HSNCT produced confirmation pages, but the sets don't display on the main listing page.
I'm guessing you didn't include a usage date for those sets, and the search query you linked only displays 2011-12 sets. When you search for all sets (http://www.hsquizbowl.org/db/questionsets/search/?name=&hs=1), 113, 114A, and HSNCT are displayed. (And it looks like you inadvertently created 113 twice in the process).
bt_green_warbler wrote:I tried and it wouldn't take the usage dates...
bt_green_warbler wrote:It was generating a confirmation page with a blanked-out date field (thus producing the display bug diagnosed by Ashvin). I suspect this was happening because I was entering dates in the wrong format.
bt_green_warbler wrote:OK, all standard-format NAQT sets now have entries in this database. Email me if you would like to add a tournament on one of our state-specific sets and I'll add appropriate entries.
Excelsior (smack) wrote:Another very low-priority suggestion: staffer discounts are very common, but are not a default option in the discounts field (unlike buzzer, travel, and laptop discounts) when creating a tournament listing. I suspect they would be worth adding as a default as a UI improvement when you run out of more important things to do.
jonpin wrote:bt_green_warbler wrote:OK, all standard-format NAQT sets now have entries in this database. Email me if you would like to add a tournament on one of our state-specific sets and I'll add appropriate entries.
There appear to be two entries for MS-03 and none for MS-02.
vcuEvan wrote:I think it'd be helpful and maybe increase usage if there was a link to the db along the top of the forum.
Rick wrote:vcuEvan wrote:I think it'd be helpful and maybe increase usage if there was a link to the db along the top of the forum.
I agree with this. I hate to be the guy that complains while not really contributing anything himself, but the database, at least for upcoming tournaments, is rather bare, missing a lot of tournaments already here on the forums. Anything to increase usage seems like a good idea to me, as it needs it, and I see quite a bit of potential here.
Mike Bentley wrote:Would it be possible to set up an RSS feed with the latest tournament announcements and results (preferably in separate feeds)?
jonpin wrote:Could you change the "Upcoming tournaments" section on the main page to be all tournaments in the next N days for some N, 6 < N < 15? I have a tournament coming up on Sunday which won't show up because there are tournaments on Saturday, and there will from time to time be other events in this situation.
Excelsior (smack) wrote:Apparent bug: uploading a stats report with a + (plus) sign in the title field fails silently during the upload process, as seen here: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/66/stats/playoffs_%2B_finals_%28rounds_8-/. Attempting to view the stats report yields the error "Report "playoffs_ _finals_(rounds_8-" does not exist.", though it is possible to edit the stats report as the owner of the report. Attempting to upload a stats report with a + in the title field should either succeed correctly, or fail with an error message.
ScoBo wrote:Excelsior (smack) wrote:Apparent bug: uploading a stats report with a + (plus) sign in the title field fails silently during the upload process, as seen here: http://hsquizbowl.org/db/tournaments/66/stats/playoffs_%2B_finals_%28rounds_8-/. Attempting to view the stats report yields the error "Report "playoffs_ _finals_(rounds_8-" does not exist.", though it is possible to edit the stats report as the owner of the report. Attempting to upload a stats report with a + in the title field should either succeed correctly, or fail with an error message.
Thanks for reporting this. I know there are some oddities with encoding certain symbols in URLs and I'll take a look at this when I get a chance.
http://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/541/Chicago%20A%20&%20Illinois%20B.pdf
http://collegiate.quizbowlpackets.com/541/Chicago%20A%20%26%20Illinois%20B.pdf
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