Icon Section is full!

[SpasMaster]

Hmm.. I think that's the right place for that thread.

The icon section has atleast 40 pending icons. I am pretty active in there and I think this has been going for a few weeks now. Where are our fellow moderators?

 

[gorillabull]

why do people even make icons..

 

[SpasMaster]

why do people even make icons..

Cause they are art and can be useful to moders? Why do you even make such a useless comment?

 

[Ofel]

Lol! xD

 

[Orcnet]

I'll try working on that place, till enjoy or another Icon Mod takes the lead.

 

[Ralle]

enjoy is our only icon moderator at this time and she is extremely busy at this point in time. I am sorry about this.

 

[SpasMaster]

enjoy is our only icon moderator at this time and she is extremely busy at this point in time. I am sorry about this.

Oh.. :O Aren't there any applications for second Icon Mod to help enjoy? I guess the icons can wait a bit, but in the longrun, I think 1 icon mod won't be enough. Especially in cases like this one, where one of the mods is busy.

 

[Dr Super Good]

I think the problem is the amount of effort needed to moderate a single resource. Clearing 40 pages requires a considerable amount of time.

 

[SpasMaster]

I think the problem is the amount of effort needed to moderate a single resource. Clearing 40 pages requires a considerable amount of time.

You got me wrong, Dr. I said atleast 40 icons, not pages. Anyways I did just check it, it's 6 pages with icons. Each page has 20 icons so that's 120 icons at most.

 

[Dr Super Good]

That is still multiple hours of work...

I doubt you can moderate more than an icon every minute or so unless you do not really look at it, in which case why moderate them at all.

 

[Celaquil]

There is a valid point here.

I agree to the notion that any one resource section should, at the very least, have two moderators at all times.
Due to... Unforeseen occurrences, like this. So, by that I'm saying you should consider hiring another icon moderator, Ralle.

 

[Ralle]

I have had my eyes open for months.

 

[Kimbo]

Hi there, I approved some icons and reviewed some for further updates
I will get more onto it later and hopefully the list should shrink back down to 1 page
It's very late here so I'm finished for tonight/this morning <_<.

PS: I can't override Enjoy's waiting for update reviews, so she will have to sort it out. If it's very old I'll talk to her about it and do it.

 

[Ralle]

Good job .

 

[Rui]

No need to make such a large deal about it. 40 icons is very little compared to the pending list of maps during my days — and, even then, the concerns were a little undue.

 

[Archian]

With Kimbo here, things are surely to speed up in the icons section

 

[RED BARON]

Hi there, I approved some icons and reviewed some for further updates
I will get more onto it later and hopefully the list should shrink back down to 1 page
It's very late here so I'm finished for tonight/this morning <_<.

PS: I can't override Enjoy's waiting for update reviews, so she will have to sort it out. If it's very old I'll talk to her about it and do it.

Awesome as always to see Perhaps I'll get around to upload some more if stuff is happening in that section

 

[Kimbo]

No need to make such a large deal about it. 40 icons is very little compared to the pending list of maps during my days — and, even then, the concerns were a little undue.

I understand maps are VERY different and definitely time consuming compared to icons, however, it was 6 pages of icons with one moderator (at the time), possibly more as Enjoy seemed to have done a batch before my promotion.

So it was anywhere between 120-140 icons, that's separate resources, to be tested in game and given at least a 20-50 word review, that's close to an essay of 2400-7000 words for short reviews, not to mention each one has to be tested in WE, just to get the backlog cleared up.

I believe thats enough to merit some attention or concern personally :/

I am in no way demeaning or saying maps take less time, I understand completely that maps take ALOT of time and deep thought, a HELL load more than icons and maps are more frequent, but... however icons aren't simply approve or reject either, it's more the build up rather than the process of moderation to be honest though, as if it got any worse, it would be even harder to get rid of the backlog of pending stuff :/

I hope you understand what I mean, but there is definitely a raise of concern if a decent amount of members hard work in any form isn't being reviewed after the effort they put in :/

EDIT: Thanks guys, I hope I can do a decent and good enough job

EDIT: PS. there is 97 PAGES of icons pending update/fix.... I am not sure what to do with that..... o___0

 

[GhostWolf]

Can someone create a tool that can do batch imports of models/icons to maps? (and possibly create units/abilities/something that uses them, but that's a bonus)

Never worked with MPQs myself, so I am not sure if this is easy or not.

 

[Dawn]

Can someone create a tool that can do batch imports of models/icons to maps? (and possibly create units/abilities/something that uses them, but that's a bonus)

Never worked with MPQs myself, so I am not sure if this is easy or not.

You could right click and "Import files" in the import manager if that's what you mean.

I don't know how this question would relate to the thread though.

 

[GhostWolf]

If you can automate it properly, you can download directly a map with all the icons/models you want ready for testing.

 

[Vengeancekael]

Ooh Kimberly's back as a mod. Good luck and... have fun?

P.S. That avatar tho, mhm.

 

[Orcnet]

No need to make such a large deal about it. 40 icons is very little compared to the pending list of maps during my days — and, even then, the concerns were a little undue.

I got 45 maps pending for months now

 

[Ralle]

Kimbo, you are doing a great job. Thank you so much.

If you can automate it properly, you can download directly a map with all the icons/models you want ready for testing.

I have thought about that both for models and icons. I suppose I have to make this at some point.

 

[Rui]

I hope you understand what I mean, but there is definitely a raise of concern if a decent amount of members hard work in any form isn't being reviewed after the effort they put in :/

It's okay. My point now and then was that the Hive's database allows people to put resources in it, reviews just come as a bonus, but I started wondering whether one-sided reviews had anything of bonus or even fair, to be honest. As in, I'd prefer a system where the map got reviewed by multiple people. Hence why I insisted in reviewers, mini-moderators, mini-judges and whatnot. In my eyes, the reviewing lost the point with the lack of personnel.