[Openstack-track-chairs] reset statistics when a talk is moved

Affan Ahmed Syed asyed at plumgrid.com
Fri Jul 22 15:38:55 UTC 2016


I also think that keeping metadata of track from which a talk has moved is
also useful information for the new track chair (in case they disagree with
the new location).

Affan

On Jul 22, 2016 8:23 PM, "Kyle Mestery" <mestery at mestery.com> wrote:

> I think the missing piece is that when voting -1, a comment on *why*
> you voted -1 would be good. And carrying those votes to another track
> makes sense to me. There's no reason the chairs in the new track need
> to take the previous votes into consideration, but removing them
> doesn't make sense either.
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 10:20 AM, Amrith Kumar <amrith at tesora.com> wrote:
> > Kyle, if you look at the talk in question, there's no reason (that I can
> see) for the -1.
> >
> > Can you?
> >
> > So I have no idea where that person rated it -1. Was it because he felt
> it was a product pitch, or because he (or she) felt it lacked content? Was
> it because it was inappropriate in the track where he (or she) rated it?
> >
> > Or am I supposed to email that reviewer and ask? Or should we mandate
> that -1's should have reasons?
> >
> > All options, not sure what the right one is.
> >
> > -amrith
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Kyle Mestery [mailto:mestery at mestery.com]
> >> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2016 11:10 AM
> >> To: Amrith Kumar <amrith at tesora.com>
> >> Cc: openstack-track-chairs at lists.openstack.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Openstack-track-chairs] reset statistics when a talk is
> >> moved
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 10:06 AM, Amrith Kumar <amrith at tesora.com>
> wrote:
> >> > When a talk is moved from one track to another, I believe that it
> would
> >> be a good thing if the ratings on the talk are reset.
> >> >
> >> > Consider this talk as an example:
> >> >
> >> > https://www.openstack.org/track-chairs/browse/14981?category=73
> >> >
> >> > It was given a -1 by someone (I won't mention names because this is
> >> going to the ML).
> >> >
> >> > Also the talk was moved on the request of a reviewer into another
> track
> >> (hi reviewer, long time no talk).
> >> >
> >> > Now, as I see the talk, it still retains the -1 which is likely no
> >> longer relevant or appropriate.
> >> >
> >> > Yet the -1 is used in computing the talks 'score'.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> >
> >> I actually disagree and think the -1 still holds value, same as a +1
> >> would hold value. I'm not sure why you think a track chair's vote
> >> (even if not in the same track) isn't worth retaining post move to be
> >> honest.
> >>
> >> > -amrith
> >> >
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