Re: Where's my event?

On 05/02/2011 11:27 AM, Joshua Berkus wrote:
>> I've got no way of checking that the posting is actually in a queue
>> somewhere, so its possible that a problem occurred and the posting did
>> not take place.
>>      
> Assuming we ever move over to Django, I'm hoping that will mean that users will be able to view their own pending and
approvedsubmissions.  This would solve a lot of issues we have with the current news/events/services stuff.
 
>    

I don't think that particular bit will make any real difference though.  
Right now things submitted sit into one of these categories:

1) Event submission failed
2) Event submitted, then deleted without notifying the submitter
3) Event waiting for moderation
4) Event posted

Simon was concerned about whether his event was in (1) or (2) vs. (3).  
In reality, the odds of it being stuck in (3) are so much higher than 
the other two that this distinction isn't of much value.  It may make 
people feel a little better to see their event/etc. is still there 
awaiting moderation, but it won't actually improve anything but that 
perception.

Now, if the "total items waiting in the moderation queue" figure was 
exposed, that might have been useful--essentially report the total of 
what's reported in the internal daily report sent to moderators right 
now.  Had he been able to see that number was floating at around 15-ish 
at that point, not getting a response would have had more sense.  Again, 
doesn't actually help the submitter in terms of improving response time, 
just makes them feel less singled out.

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