Tabulated review threads sorted by average score

Discussion in 'Trek Literature' started by Sho, Jan 13, 2012.

  1. youngtrek

    youngtrek Commander Red Shirt

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    Hi. I’m still new here. Avro Arrow made me aware of this when I started a McCoy: Provenance of Shadows poll thread without “review thread” in the title. This is awesome.

    I did include “review thread” in the other two threads I started for the Spock and Kirk books in the trilogy, but they haven’t started showing up on the aggregator page, even at the bottom where it lists review threads with less than four votes.

    It says at the review aggregator site: “The listing is updated twice daily to reflect new threads and new votes. It was last updated on 05/31/20 11:16:33 UTC.“

    That would seem to indicate to me that there might be something wrong with the aggregator since it has not updated since May 31(?)
     
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  2. Thrawn

    Thrawn Rear Admiral Premium Member

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    Hm, interesting. Sho hasn't been around much lately; I wonder if something's gone wrong and the site isn't being monitored?
     
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  3. Sho

    Sho Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Hey! I just remembered I made this. :-)

    It does look like it has some problems and needs an update these days. I'll give it some love during my Christmas vacation and make it work again.
     
  4. Christopher

    Christopher Writer Admiral

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    Oh! Welcome back. Long time no see.
     
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  5. trampledamage

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    Ditto - great to see you in the forum again, @Sho

    Enjoy your vacation :)
     
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  6. youngtrek

    youngtrek Commander Red Shirt

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    Hmmm… My Shatnerverse The Return review thread managed to get tabulated into the results page but not my one for Avenger. I wonder why? It has six votes in the poll, and I believe I filled out the thread title correctly.

    —David Young
     
  7. youngtrek

    youngtrek Commander Red Shirt

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    Ok, I assume this is because I selected the “Poll” prefix when I created the review thread for Avenger rather than the “Spoilers” one (or no prefix at all). I don’t see a way for me to edit the prefix of the existing thread (even though I’m the originator of it). Is this something an admin can do or do I need to just create a new duplicate thread (with the correctly formatted title) and then delete the first one?

    —David Young
     
  8. Avro Arrow

    Avro Arrow Vice Admiral Moderator

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    We don't need an admin for that, that's something a mod can do. I've updated the Poll prefix to a Spoiler prefix, hopefully that works!
     
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  9. youngtrek

    youngtrek Commander Red Shirt

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    Thanks. I forget there are both “admins” and “mods” here. I’ve grown too accustomed to Facebook Groups, I guess.

    —David Young
     
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  10. Sho

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    Hey folks, it's that time of the decade again when I notice this little webapp of mine still exists and runs, but is somewhat broken now. I'll give it a go today to fix things again.

    Edit: Looks like it's not my fault -- Goodreads shut down their API! I'll code around it though ...
     
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  11. Markonian

    Markonian Fleet Admiral Moderator

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    Wow, it's amazing to see you back after all this time! Glad you're doing okay.
     
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  12. Sho

    Sho Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    Being a Star Trek fan lasts a lifetime! :-)

    But I agree - it's pretty crazy this review lister has been running for 11 years already next month. I've moved continents twice, gotten married and had a kid and many other adventures in that time span. Quite enough to fill a novel that I can happily say I'd rate Outstanding :-).

    Anyhow, things are back in working order! The fixes:
    • It had trouble examining the first page of the forum thread listing, meaning book review probably inexplicably turned up on the page quite late (i.e. when after got pushed to page 2).
    • Perhaps due to a change in the forum software(?), some review threads were listed twice as their URLs had changed.
    • The strategy to find the Goodreads page for a book should be more reliable now.
    • Getting the publication date from Goodreads was broken.
    • Getting the Goodreads ratings score for comparing to the forum was broken.
    • The columns were a little too narrow to fit the sorting arrow icons.
    • Review scores are now always two digits after the decimal point, for easier comparisons.

    I also performed other assorted maintenance, e.g. updating the dependencies and copyright dates.

    You may still see some errors while I tinker some more, but it should probably settle down within the next few hours.

    Will Articles of the Federation ever be dethroned?! Happy reading!

    PS.: I'd love for a link to this to be included in the "Reference threads" sticky! I still think it's quite handy to discover the most acclaimed books in our community. :-)

    Edit: Done tinkering; things should be good.
     
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  13. Avro Arrow

    Avro Arrow Vice Admiral Moderator

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    Good idea! I have added both this thread and a link to the site into the reference threads list!

    Thank you for maintaining this resource for all of us in this community!
     
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  14. David cgc

    David cgc Admiral Premium Member

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    Even after all this time, we're still trying to figure out what book is supposed to go before it. ;)
     
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  15. Sho

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    Thanks! :-)

    I will make some further improvements in the coming days. I think it's about time to add a little search/filter field, and I'll also make it a little more ergonomic on smartphones, tricorders and PADDs.

    Maybe that long-overdue sequel ... throw some money at KRAD already, powers that be!
     
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  16. Sho

    Sho Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    I've added a search-filter field (five, even!), so if you've ever wanted to only see Articles of the Federation in the listing, you now can make this happen.
     
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