On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:40 AM, xan <x...@0l3.de> wrote: > I totally understand you frustration, Sarah, for my it's the same. But I just > don't want to quit OL since it seems to be the only project which is supposed > to be an open community producing free data. > > If technically and from a workflow point of view, getting pull request > accepted is possible, should a few people unite to code this feature?
We would love that! Internet Archive doesn't have a lot of resources to make changes to OL at the moment. But the code is open, and we would be thrilled to incorporate improvements from the community. Alexis > > Am 06.06.2013 16:25, schrieb Burkhard Plache: >> I can only echo the need for guidance on how merging of editions is >> supposed to work. >> I came here from Goodreads after they sold out to Amazon, and hope to >> contribute here. >> Still learning... >> Burkhard >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren >> <reosare...@musicbrainz.org> wrote: >>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Sarah Breau <smbr...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sometimes, I find it frustrating not to be able to merge multiple >>>>> editions into one record (I only can do half of the work). Sometimes, I >>>>> writer a support request but sometimes I don't. Simply because this causes >>>>> more work for me (explain which record should be deleted why) and to some >>>>> other person (which I now know is volunteer). Perhaps I would be more >>>>> active >>>>> editing if I could do more myself. >>>>> But clearly, you can't give admin rights to everyone (maybe if deletion >>>>> could be reverted, might work but that opens up the whole discussion about >>>>> changing the source code I suppose). But is there a known process how to >>>>> get >>>>> more involved and get more privileges? >>>>> >>>>> xan >>>> I have to admit, I am far more likely to work on GoodReads records (where >>>> anyone can merge editions into works) than I am at OL at this point. I used >>>> to spend a lot of time editing on OL but have really dropped off because >>>> the >>>> multiple works problem is just so frustrating. I suspect that when this >>>> problem is solved I will come back, but right now I find that unless you >>>> can >>>> make a record all the way right, it's not worth the time to edit it and >>>> then >>>> submit a request (or, more likely, 6 requests). Ugh. >>> >>> Indeed, why developer time hasn't been dedicated to this instead of other >>> less obviously needed issues kinda amazes me. Especially if the high-ups >>> want a community to form - frustrating users making basic editing impossible >>> doesn't seem like the best way for that. Unsure if there's anyone to whom >>> this could be said that has any power and would listen though :( >>> >>> Greetings, >>> Nicolás >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ol-discuss mailing list >>> Ol-discuss@archive.org >>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >>> ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list >> Ol-discuss@archive.org >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list > Ol-discuss@archive.org > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list Ol-discuss@archive.org http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org
