Certificate of Merit

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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by John Upham » Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:42 pm

Matthew Turner wrote:John Upham wrote,
That is fine, but I still don't seem to be able to log on, how do I become 'registered'
Select Register and complete the form.
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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by John Upham » Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:45 pm

Matthew Turner wrote:John,


I don't quite understand all that, does it mean that a parent or guardian must give their consent in order for a youngster to submit their E-mail address in order to take the test?
No, I was attempting to suggest some sensible guidelines but I am not sure if anyone else has gone through the PP apart from me.

You are the first person to refer to it so I guess that everyone else that review the site was happy with it.

Then again.... :D
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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by andrew martin » Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:50 pm

Matthew,

We are deliberately witholding the practice questions from you as they are far too difficult and we don't want to embarrass a GM. Why, Stewart Reuben when taking the Level One Practice exam,could only score 17 out of 20!

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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by Carl Hibbard » Tue Mar 23, 2010 7:14 pm

John Upham wrote:According to Zen Internet it does but maybe I should ask them again?
There is a big difference between switching accounts and changing the name belonging to (legal registration...) of a domain - you could of course leave the name without issue I suppose

These bits...

Registrant:
John Upham

Registrant type:
Unknown

You can switch control of the domain etc. but changing the above bits etc. used to cost extra :!:
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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by Matthew Turner » Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:55 pm

I have tried to register, both at home and School and get this

Error : There is no person with this email alias and this password for this role

and various other error messages. Has someone else registered?

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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by Matthew Turner » Tue Mar 23, 2010 8:59 pm

OK I am registered as a student now, not sure I managed it, but I'm in!

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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by Carl Hibbard » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:37 pm

Alex Holowczak wrote:Official announcement: http://www.englishchess.org.uk/?p=3023#more-3023
Do we need a certificate of merit forum section I ask myself :idea:
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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by Matthew Turner » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:10 pm

The ECF website says
"Examinees can practice as many times as they wish. The tests can only be accessed from the website"

I am afraid this is not true. The practice tests are not there yet.

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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by John Upham » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:39 pm

Matthew Turner wrote:The ECF website says
"Examinees can practice as many times as they wish. The tests can only be accessed from the website"

I am afraid this is not true. The practice tests are not there yet.
This is out of my control. I have been promised them for Thursday. Apologies to all.
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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by Matthew Turner » Wed Mar 24, 2010 7:44 pm

John,
I do not blame you, because I do not know the circumstances, but it is completely bizarre to launch a site that does not work. Whatever must LV think?

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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:06 am

The ECF website says
"Examinees can practice as many times as they wish. The tests can only be accessed from the website"

Aaaargh! "practise" not "practice" - we are in England not USA.
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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by John Upham » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:10 am

Kevin Thurlow wrote:The ECF website says
"Examinees can practice as many times as they wish. The tests can only be accessed from the website"

Aaaargh! "practise" not "practice" - we are in England not USA.
Kevin,

I have asked that this also is corrected.
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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by Matthew Turner » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:30 am

John,
We do not need to worry about a small spelling mistake. THE SITE DOES NOT WORK.
Let's take down the launch statement until it does, or else the ECF are being made to look stupid.

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Re: Certificate of Merit

Post by Adam Raoof » Thu Mar 25, 2010 8:37 am

I went on to the site, I registered. I paid by Paypal and did the test at level one. I got my results immediately by email.

I got one question wrong! I passed though ;-)

I have plenty of feedback, and have provided some of it, but the site works. We now have something to play with - we can see it, and sell it. If there are aspects that need to be addressed, then let's be specific and allow John to deal with them.
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