Member stats (was: [thesite] [bug] t.e.o. - blah blah)

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Sat Nov 17 02:16:11 CST 2001


madhu,

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> From: Madhu Menon
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> That's my point. Don't add it "there as well"; add it
> *only* there. Is there really any compelling reason that
> it *needs* to be on the article page?
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the answer to that question would depend on how many people actually follow
the links to view the author's user page.  if they don't this would be a way
to get some more information out about the author and perhaps coax the
visitor into making that extra click.

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> Is this information *critical*? I think not.
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no, certainly not critical.  does every piece of information displayed have
to be critical or can we just put up some fun stats for the hell of it?

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> IMO, the only things that might make a case for being
> there are "Articles written" and "average rating"
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you need total ratings received to give some relevance to the average
rating.  other wise it's "average out of what?".

other nice things are user since and last login (which i've added).  these
give some immediate indication as to the level of participation (combined
with the article count and ratings to some small degree)

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> >http://test.evolt.org/article/thesite/17/16286/
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try it again then.  i've removed a number of the fun stats and left just the
basics as i see it.

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> Do the number of comments indicate their quality?
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no, they indicate level of participation.

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> Let's not have an orgasm over cool SQL queries.
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but ... oh all right.  ;p

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> PS: This would be a good discussion for theforum. Shall
> I move it there?
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already doing so.

thanks,

.jeff

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