+The Blue Quasar Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Gotta say that I am a bit confused about this... The Category is on "Auto-Approve" I decided to try to contact the person that created the Category... asking them to join and hopefully take over. Can someone explain the purpose of Auto-Approve (besides the obvious... not having to do anything) ? Better yet.... Can this feature be removed on the Categories that are not being Group managed? The Blue Quasar Link to comment
OpinioNate Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I'm trying to think back to the brainstorming stage with Sean and our reasons for creating the auto-approve feature. It came from our pre-group-management thinking. The idea was to allow category managers to go offline for a period of time and not have the queue get too backed up. Now that there is some backup management built in it might make sense to ditch the auto-approve altogether. Can anyone argue in favor of keeping it? Link to comment
+Henki Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 I think the auto-approve should be ditched. As an officer in a few different groups, I've run across some submissions that weren't quite complete or didn't fit the bill at all. I think we need the human touch when it comes to approving waymarks. Link to comment
+ChapterhouseInc Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 no, i believe that the autoapprove function is obsolete. Link to comment
OpinioNate Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 no, i believe that the autoapprove function is obsolete. It could be exploited when we institute contests and rewards for posting new waymarks, as well. Sean and I are convinced it doesn't have a place on the site, so look for that change in the future. Thanks for bringing this up, Quasy. Link to comment
Rayman Posted June 20, 2006 Share Posted June 20, 2006 Maybe the only place I could still see it being used is for non-photo requiring categories, such as Wi-fi hotspots or public payphones. Otherwise I'm in agreement as well. Link to comment
+The Blue Quasar Posted June 21, 2006 Author Share Posted June 21, 2006 Thanks OpinioNate! I have turned it off in the Murals and Libraries Categories. As for your question... from a Group perspective, there no longer seems to be a need for it. I have seen it exploited already... in the form of duplicate Waymarks. I am not in favo(u)r of the option remaining. But I can see the reason why you guys put it there initially, and it was a good idea at the time. Like you implied though... people will exploit it, like they used to do with editing Archived Caches... multiple coordinate updates to jump caches miles without Reviewers seeing it... and others I didn't get to learn Closing the loop holes can be as much fun as finding them! The Blue Quasar Link to comment
+IV_Warrior Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I think it should be eliminated, especially since once a mark is approved, group officers have no way of unlisting it. It's a feature that just seems to be screaming to be abused. Link to comment
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