In reply to Mr. Lee:
> Ok, some examples then:
> Update sent Nov 2011. Now S,4b in RF
> Update sent Nov 2011. Now VS,4c in RF
> These are hardly ambiguous update requests.
> But I know what you mean about some of the bouldering eliminates & variations updates...
In case you didn't see it, I did explain higher up the thread as to why I haven't done anything on Stanage and Burbage for a time
Actually your's are a great example:
I get an email saying there has been an update the request, but the email doesn't tell me the data, so its several clicks before I get to the update and another couple to look at the original record. Now yours is not an update I can immediately dismiss (some people think First Ascent is the date they first climbed it!), but it's not one I can immediately accept either.
I need to go and look up those routes in the BMC guide and if that's different to Rockfax I'll put in text that effect (you'll notice that Needle Crack is N route in the BMC guides - more fun). If the guides agree then I'll now update it, but remember for the first 6 or so years of this system updating a grade meant loss of voting data. That was certainly the case when you made your requests.
Basically these are popular crags, popular both with experienced climbers and newcomer, both to climbing and the logbook system. I still get a number of utterly stupid additions (why do people think a 3 star severe at Stanage Popular would be missing - you'd think they'd check they've got the name/crag right before adding it). A quick scan down the pending list tells me that there are a lot of updates to the wrong crag, which is a pain because there is no easy to transfer them (and I've submitted that as an NFR on countless occasions). But I suspect most of them are boulder problems (name like "5+","6b+") which may or may not already exist, but will be time-consuming with the current system to resolve.
As a software developer I prefer to help improve a system rather than moan about it. It has been a bit frustrating of late that my new feature requests haven't been implemented, but I understand the reason for this. The sheer volume of entries for Stanage and Burbage, and the multiple guidebooks, makes these crags harder to moderate than any other. Too much for one person - probably. But I'd like to hand them over in a clean state.
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