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| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5112 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 481 of 713 14 May 2012 at 6:24am | IP Logged | |||||
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I do not know how it is set up, but the intention is that the limit is at 100 films and a 100 books ( or the
numbers which are equivalent for the challenge you have chosen). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| surrealix Diglot Groupie New Zealand languagechallenge.su Joined 4382 days ago 66 posts - 152 votes Speaks: English*, Swedish Studies: French | Message 482 of 713 14 May 2012 at 11:04am | IP Logged | |||||
I've noticed the movie counts creeping up pretty rapidly with some people (where on earth do you find the time?), and I'm definitely intending to cap the ordering/scoring at 100. I've been putting it off because life has been getting in the way, but it looks like I'm going to have to do it sooner rather than later! Obviously I'll let people keep posting movies so they can keep track, and only cap it when counting the scoring. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Marikki Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5273 days ago 130 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Spanish, Swedish Studies: German | Message 483 of 713 14 May 2012 at 3:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
When looking at the current top three seems that the ranking is based on totals per person, not on totals per person, challenge and language. Isn't that going to cause problems too? Maybe the most problem free arrangement for different sorting and ranking views would be that 1. The sort order for participants would be an alfabetical order. 2. The sort order for the challenge column would be based firstly on a challenge and secondly on a ranking per participant and language within a challenge. So, what I am basically suggesting is that there wouldn't be one universal ranking but rankings within each different challenge. Also not summing up figures per participant would prevent someone who has read 11 books in 10 languages ranking higher than someone who has read 100 books in one language. Both are great achievements but isn't reading 100 books in one language what this challenge is about? Having said all that, I personally don't think that ranking is so important question, I can see everything I want to see from the current views. I'm just so happy that this lovely Super Challenge and bot exist! Edited by Marikki on 14 May 2012 at 3:16pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| surrealix Diglot Groupie New Zealand languagechallenge.su Joined 4382 days ago 66 posts - 152 votes Speaks: English*, Swedish Studies: French | Message 484 of 713 14 May 2012 at 3:29pm | IP Logged | |||||
We had a fairly long discussion on this about 5 pages back (I'm not sure how to link to specific posts here - any tips, experts?). The current method is rating based on the sum of totals per person, scaled by type (1 hour of conversation is not equal to 1 hour of film), and for the challenge type (studying above a B1 level is proportionally easier, so you're expected to do more to have the same weighting).
That's a good point, but on the other hand, someone who has read 99 books in 3 languages should probably rank higher than someone who's read 100 books in 1 language. What it comes down to is that there's no easy solution! But if and when situations like these pop up, I'll keep tweaking the algorithm so that it seems fair to the majority. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6217 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 485 of 713 14 May 2012 at 3:31pm | IP Logged | |||||
It's definitely eating up most of my free time, and getting pretty tiring! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5112 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 486 of 713 14 May 2012 at 3:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
Please remember that you have 20 months for this task guys, you do not have to watch all the films the first month! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6217 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 487 of 713 14 May 2012 at 4:10pm | IP Logged | |||||
I remember, but I figured I'd initially aim for watching all the films in the first month. I won't manage to hit that target, but at least I'm watching a lot. Reading will definitely be slower going. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Marikki Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 5273 days ago 130 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, Spanish, Swedish Studies: German | Message 488 of 713 14 May 2012 at 4:40pm | IP Logged | |||||
Sorry! Thought I've followed this thread devotedly but I have obviously missed some parts. Shoud have known that this has already been though out and resolved. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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