Topic: [DVC]DevCoin - Official Thread - Moderated - page 306. (Read 1058949 times)

Hello,

 I am very new to Devtome. Where can I find this file at to check my word count as well?

Jeff

Okay, thanks.

Yes it does mess with devtome.py, because a heading looks like the end of the invoice section. Only put simple text in the invoice, not headings.

I just looked at the round 31 account file to check my wordcount and noticed under "Devtome Earnings" that the line with my username, address, and wordcount has been deleted. I recently put subheadings on my user page on devtome because I had seen some other users do that and I abhor a long list without them, but could that be messing with the script that does the wordcount?

Awesome work! Love it!

@HunterBunter

Would you be able to help me better code my site?  http://devticker.pw/default.php

I would like to make it more modern-looking and have the calculator more like the one at preev.com

I think you may be best messaging unthinkingbit or metazilla ref: Earn Devcoins by developing, but as your post might have been lost among my earlier replies I'm bumping it anyway.

Yeah, I think an FAQ is a great idea. The short answers can be listed traditional FAQ style, and links can go to more detailed articles.

I think articles including that would be useful for a FAQ section on the new http://devcoin.org/ (maybe just links to relevant devtome pages). Some others that come to mind: Why Open Source? (the point you made earlier); Help with my Wallet; Why is Devcoin generation constant?; What about music, art and film?; Can I write in languages other than english?; Are there any fees?; How can I help? beacuse they're asked a lot.

I'm not very technical compared to many here, but posts from you and wiser in particular have reminded me that many are even less so and of what I've already learned - and that a general outlook on what it's all about will differ a lot. That devcoin cann reach out to such a wider community is largely its point and so I think it would good for perspectives such as these to be incorporated as easy to access info.

Thanks for the explanation on the candlestick chart. I wasn't familiar with it (and as you said, a legend will help). The day and week charts would be great extras.

Thanks for the feedback. I agree it needs a legend, and I'll get that in.

I'm not 100% sure how well you know candlestick charts, so I'm assuming you know less based on your question but forgive me if you already know this stuff. With the solid bars vs empty bars, those are normal for a candlestick chart, although google charts has it backwards to other charting software for some reason, something I'll also look into - usually a lighter or green bar represents a rise in price from opening time to close in the charting period (15min is the total time period per candle in this chart's case), and darker or red for down. The bars are supposed to represent the difference in open and closing price in the chart period (the solid bar bit) and the lines coming out of the bars are the high and low during the 15 minute period, where the price reached but didn't remain.

The 15 minute limit was what was asked for in the spec - that's not 15 minutes of data, but 15 minutes of data per candlestick. Other periods are useful definitely useful too, and once I've got my data sorted out I'll add some different periods. I don't think there's much value in putting shorter times for dvc/usd atm, but the daily and weekly charts (where each candlestick represents price movement for a whole day or week respectively), would be very useful over time to see the long term value of a devcoin.

Regarding collating averages, that just means I'm using an average market spot price, as different exchanges have different prices - eg mtgox is currenty $680/coin whereas 3 others are $630/coin. I use 4 markets for the btc/usd price, and 2 for the dvc/btc price.

The problem with history was getting it through an API. While vircurex has the data themselves, they may not necessarily release it for others to see. Pretty much everyone offers a public ticker so we can get the last trade price easily, just not all the trades from the beginning of time etc. I might try trawling one of the chart pages, but that's generally easier said than done.

I think a legend would be helpful (line vs bars, solid bars vs empty bars. I'm assuming that has to do with the fact that you're collating several averages). Is the 15 minute limit just because the chart just got put up? I think it'd be nice to see a longer term chart (you can get a long term chart from dvc to btc at vircurex, but not straight to USD).

Thanks for putting it together!

Thanks for the chart! You get the 18 share award, the remaining award is 9 shares. The round 31 bounties are at:
https://raw.github.com/Unthinkingbit/charity/master/bounty_31.csv

On the ratings system, a question bubbled out of my subconscious, regarding:


Would it also discourage people offering bribes if, when a rater is discovered for taking bribes, all of their previously rated materials are nullified? Or is that too harsh?

Awesome! You get 36 shares for the website. Technically we have to wait two days (Dec 22) for objections because a web site is subjective, but people love the site so the only way the award could be rescinded is if there was a completely unexpected problem.

Hypersire, you are now a web admin, and get paid accordingly as long as you maintain the web site:
http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=devcoin#administration

In a few weeks, after you've incorporated what people generally want, please post that the web site is complete, and you'll get the final 36 share payment.

Shakezula's devcoin installation is confirmed to work completely, so Shakezula is awarded 12 shares for the devcoin Windows installer bounty, plus one share ongoing for maintaining it. The windows installer bounty is finished.

Thanks for your explanations. I'd seen individual rater's pages before, but not the devtome ratings page.

Here's a draft for Devtome Earnings for the Layperson (http://www.devtome.com/doku.php?id=devtome_earnings_for_the_layperson). Can someone who understands the code better take a look and see if I'm representing it accurately? I tried to collate what I'd read in this thread and pull resources together into one place so new people could see them. Also, feel free to make any suggestions for what other information might be useful to put there.

Good question. I'd say it's to keep things more or less in line with current for good writing. I readily admit I'm not a writer so there has to be experimentation involved with discerning the best equilibrium, but I've made clear previoulsy that I think that natural equilibrium (where loss of good writing > addition of same) is lower. I don't know if that number is 30 and I'd guess the only way to know is through change and observation.

On your earlier ratings questions, there's a page here with more info: http://devtome.com/doku.php?id=devtome_rater It's a recentish addition so still being rolled out and developed. It's also completely open, so as an example (only fair to list one of mine): http://devtome.com/doku.php?id=rating_weisoq_30 Worth highlighting that a rating is for the author, not just the article - so constituents in my case are adjusted to meet general view as well as particulars, and more information over time should smooth out differences.

And as one of the admins for devtome I'd appreciate any constructive input on looks/language/appeal.

Thanks for your feedback. The 'pointless' was perhaps my misread inference.

Now I will get personal, to make a point. I'm going to pick on you and matt608 only because you're engaged in this discussion on this page...
The writings you guys are producing are of the standards and interest that will really build devtome. At the same time we need to grow interest in getting more active writers to join, as Matt said. But quantity is not the same as quality. So that demands a way to keep quality on board and writing without too much skew alienating newcomers or general perception of devtome. I think this and UTB's work on ratings and multipliers better addresses the future while keeping all targets on-side. It continues to reward ongoing quality, balances out internal devtome distribution, and aligns more with other devcoin projects. It shouldn't alienate anyone b/c any shit writing should be rewarded less and good writing more, but over a longer period which in turn hopefully keeps the best writers involved and active for longer.

Explained like this lowering the max makes sense to me. How does lowering the max from 80 to 75 instead of 80 to 30 accomplish this better?