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posted by NCommander on Thursday April 10 2014, @05:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the if-we-accidently-implemented-something-we-promised-is-it-still-a-bug? dept.
I'm pleased to announce that moderate then post has now been implemented. In truth, its been implemented since the last major update due to a bug. Before releasing slashcode 14.04, I was experimenting with moderate^post code on dev, and the code was merged in with the basis that it would be enabled as part of the moderation reworks. Theoretically, this code should have been disabled. In actuality, I skewed a variable; the global that controls this functionality was not 100% properly implemented.

mrcoolbp noticed the bug today, and seeing as we needed a code change either way to properly fix it, I decided to roll this bit of the moderation rework out early. I'm not thrilled on squishing two bugs in production on the same day, and I'm going to be working with the dev team to get a rigorous QA plan put together (which will be posted here) before we do any more major updates to the site.

Until then, enjoy the new functionality.

NCommander adds: I'm giving this a one time bump on the main index as it was posted very late for US based users. We *really really* need a featured story feature.
 
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  • (Score: 2, Redundant) by NCommander on Thursday April 10 2014, @05:59AM

    by NCommander (2) Subscriber Badge <michael@casadevall.pro> on Thursday April 10 2014, @05:59AM (#29291) Homepage Journal

    Its easy to misclick and choose the wrong moderation; unless you look through every post makng sure you haven't foobared it, you can mismod. WHat I wanted was a confirmation page showing all the moderations you're going to apply in a single go.

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    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   0  
       Redundant=1, Informative=1, Total=2
    Extra 'Redundant' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   2  
  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Thursday April 10 2014, @06:08AM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Thursday April 10 2014, @06:08AM (#29293) Journal

    I understand. Maybe that has been no issue for me because I tend to press "moderate" after either single or few close together moderations, so it's trivial to review those before submission.

    Actually I'd prefer the moderation buttons right to the dropdown menu to refer to the single moderation on the left (the way it happens if you use the Moderatrix Firefox extension on Slashdot). Of course, that will only work well as soon as some Ajax is introduced.

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    • (Score: 3, Informative) by NCommander on Thursday April 10 2014, @04:48PM

      by NCommander (2) Subscriber Badge <michael@casadevall.pro> on Thursday April 10 2014, @04:48PM (#29549) Homepage Journal

      This is a limitation on how the moderation script works; if you looked at the HTML of the page when you have modpoints, you'd see that basically the entire thing becomes one giant form, and everything gets fired off at once. Its room for improvement, but not pressing plus to make such a feature work.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by ticho on Thursday April 10 2014, @06:47AM

    by ticho (89) on Thursday April 10 2014, @06:47AM (#29304) Homepage Journal

    But you are supposed to do exactly that when moderating - carefully pick the right option, not whirl through them haphazardly. You owe it to other participants when acting as a moderator.
    If anything, this should make people to pause and think during moderation even more, because they will know they can't just undo their mods.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by rts008 on Thursday April 10 2014, @09:38AM

      by rts008 (3001) on Thursday April 10 2014, @09:38AM (#29342)

      Unfortunately, a lot of times moderators like to use the mod points as 'clue bats' from their point of view.

      I do my best to only use +1 insightful/informative/funny mods unless there is an obvious troll.

      I try to stay open minded, and attempt to mod to further the discussion...not everyone does so.(and I fail occasionally, also!)

      • (Score: 1) by ticho on Thursday April 10 2014, @12:24PM

        by ticho (89) on Thursday April 10 2014, @12:24PM (#29403) Homepage Journal

        My point was not how you use the points, but that you use them without haste,without having to undo them later due a mistake.

        • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday April 11 2014, @02:05AM

          by Reziac (2489) on Friday April 11 2014, @02:05AM (#29798) Homepage

          I've never mismodded in haste. I have mismodded (and had to do a kill-mod post) because somewhere between one dropdown and the next, I must have hit an arrow key which changed the selection, and what was supposed to be a mod-up became a mod-down. But it only took once... now I check before I click the Mod button. It's a bit of a nuisance, still.

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  • (Score: 1) by el_oscuro on Thursday April 10 2014, @10:40PM

    by el_oscuro (1711) on Thursday April 10 2014, @10:40PM (#29748)

    I agree. If we have a preview button for comments (which you just typed and are on your screen), we should have one for moderation as well. You can be moderating a long discussion where an accidental key press can change a random moderation that isn't even on the screen and it is very hard to catch even if you are checking carefully.

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