Ok, so I deployed the new cohort upload: https://metrics.wmflabs.org/cohorts/upload. Hopefully the explanation and examples make a bit more sense. And I think it's much cleaner this way. It's also faster :)
As always, let me know if you have any trouble. On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Jessie Wild <[email protected]> wrote: > Good catch, Dan! > > adding in the upfront option of indicating names or ids seems like a > good/needed addition. I would recommend also including the definition of > each as well - I think some of our users might get a little confused about > the delineation just from the names (i.e., not realize that user_names are > associated with user_ids). > > > On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Dan Andreescu > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >>> So, for now, until I figure out how to fix this, it will always prefer >>>> user_names before user_ids. >>> >>> >>> I think this is an argument for making users specifying whether it's >>> names or ids up front, and not allowing mixtures. Assuming it might be a >>> mixture and looking for names first is almost certain to produce inaccurate >>> results at some point. We have ids precisely to avoid collisions with >>> names, allowing for renaming users, and other cases. >>> >> >> Yep, I just learned this the hard way and made a fool of myself in front >> of a bunch of people I admire. So, I'd be glad if I'm the only one that >> this happens to. If nobody objects, I'm going to allow the user to select >> whether their cohort contains user_ids OR user_names, and strictly prohibit >> mixtures. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimetrics mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimetrics >> >> > > > -- > > *Jessie WildGrantmaking Learning & Evaluation * > *Wikimedia Foundation* > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > Donate to Wikimedia <https://donate.wikimedia.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimetrics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimetrics > >
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