August 2012 update now live
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:53 am
This went live this morning, and contains quite a number of revised grades:
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This means that the internal grading system has now corrected the event. So it will appear as Rapidplay in the grading database, and everything is sorted. The error has disappeared.Alan Burke wrote:Just an update on my above post ... I have since been in touch with the ECF regarding the games having been put into the wrong sections and received a reply back at 10.30am on Tuesday 28 August from an official who says it HAS been corrected
The online list is not updated at the same time as the internal database. It's updated monthly. There are good reasons for this: For example, Richard and Mike have better things to do with their lives than put grading updates on the website every other day of the year.Alan Burke wrote:- however, over 24 hours after that reply the grading database still shows the games played in the Week 2 rapidplay at this year's British Championships in the standard play section.
They've done what you've asked them to do - turn the event from standardplay to rapidplay in the grading system. They won't put it online until the September update goes live.Alan Burke wrote:(I have no problem with genuine errors being made, but for someone to say they have done something and to find out it has not been so does not go down well.)
To be fair, others who played in that event (who don't read the forum) may send in e-mails pointing out the same thing. They likely already have. While I can understand that updates of the entire database would be time-consuming, maybe the grading team could consider maintaining an online list of "corrections received that will appear in the next update"? That may avoid some duplicate answering of e-mails that point out the same errors.Alex Holowczak wrote:They've done what you've asked them to do - turn the event from standardplay to rapidplay in the grading system. They won't put it online until the September update goes live.
This page shows that the Rapidplay events are Rapidplay graded: http://www.sccu.ndo.co.uk/events1213.htmChristopher Kreuzer wrote:To be fair, others who played in that event (who don't read the forum) may send in e-mails pointing out the same thing. They likely already have. While I can understand that updates of the entire database would be time-consuming, maybe the grading team could consider maintaining an online list of "corrections received that will appear in the next update"? That may avoid some duplicate answering of e-mails that point out the same errors.Alex Holowczak wrote:They've done what you've asked them to do - turn the event from standardplay to rapidplay in the grading system. They won't put it online until the September update goes live.
Increasing the frequency of the updates would enhance the grading website towards doubling up, like the FIDE site, as a tournament and league results archive. But if it isn't straightforward, leaving it as a low priority objective or even no objective at all is not an issue provided the periodic nature of the updates is known to those who might otherwise expect it to be nearly instant.Alex Holowczak wrote: The online list is not updated at the same time as the internal database. It's updated monthly. There are good reasons for this: For example, Richard and Mike have better things to do with their lives than put grading updates on the website every other day of the year.