Thank you, Boofo, for stepping forward. I have never expected it, and it has surprised me in a good way.
To make it straight: Coding skills do not affect your moderation duties, at least they do not seem to. And correct, you haven't come to me too often, but let it be known that the last question you asked is the primary cause of this discussion. Based on that last question, what is the reason you, and not someone else, are the leader of the coding team? Are you there to pick others who are skilled enough to fill the position (that's what you said yourself in the next post)? That would explain it, but the current composition of the coding team doesn't make it seem to be the case. I am just curious to find out what the real reason is.
Dean C
Thank you for your post (even though you disagree with the idea).
Nominations of those who show initiative is how you can easily find out who would actually be willing to actively contribute. That's just my opinion though. To clarify, here's how I envision it:
1. A coder/designer proves capability by releasing a lot of work of high quiality and/or usefulness.
2. That coder/designer communicates (in one way or another) that he or she wants to do be on the coding / design team.
3. Existing staff either approves or disapproves the request, followed by a release of a public poll, the purpose of which is to determine whether the person will be actually elected.
Heh. You said a lot of what i already have and what i think as well. Hence, why it's quoted.
I think we already gave an update on that, from several staff members and including Wayne himself.
No not really..... There was a lot of " Quit taking stabs at the staff " and " lets try to treat each other with respect ", but if I missed the actual post with the update, please quote it.
Also, the reason a lot of people are there is because vb.org consideres people that work with templates to be designers. HTML is actually a coding language, is it not?
Exactly my point, I am a HTML coder which lands me in the designer group. I'm not, nor never have been, although do not rule out for the future, a PHP coder.
Firstly, no names were mentioned. At least, I haven't mentioned any.
The reason for this conversation to be public is that it would be very difficult to have this particular conversation in private. If this was private, there would be no way to have input from everyone. Besides, it is not possible to have more than two people in a private conversation...
No not really..... There was a lot of " Quit taking stabs at the staff " and " lets try to treat each other with respect ", but if I missed the actual post with the update, please quote it.
Thanks.
Wayne made a minor update. However, it was a bit general.
Great point! I love nothing more than non-functional design. I prefer all my designs that way.
That's what a design is. A design and the implementation of a design are two different things. You should know this, after all, you're a professional coder with years of practice and several degrees.
Are a few people perhaps just a little bitter that they didn't get chosen ?
Anyway, time for me to leave the playground, I have to get some sleep and then catch a plane to Spain. See you all in a week or so. Remember that playtime ends when the bell sounds .....
Are a few people perhaps just a little bitter that they didn't get chosen ?
As I pointed out in the first post, I do not wish to be on vB.org's coding team at this time, even if I was chosen. So no, I am certainly not bitter at that.
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