Title clean-up (Phase 4: Time for Title Ban)

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inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

7:58 AM

@Dam @TCh @Stoney would any of you guys want to get an inbox message some time before the event starts? I could register you for you.

Damkerng T.

It's phase 3 already!?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

K, so for stage 3, as TC mentioned, we need to persuade the SE devs to put a warning message or a ban.

@DamkerngT. Yep.

I posted the meta invitation.

Q: Title Cleanup Event (TCE) - An invitation

Q: How should we fix the problem of bad question titles on ELL? A: Basically, my approach consists of three major stages: Make a meta post and teach people how to write good titles. (Done) Edit bad titles and make them better. Ban some keywords in titles, or give a warning message to users tha...

Damkerng T.

So, this is going to be happening in both rooms at the same time?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Yup.

We'll mostly settle it only here.

But I wanted anyone who meets Cabin to know there's something going on either.

Damkerng T.

nods

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

8:15 AM

Evidence for why we'd need warning message for certain keywords:

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inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

9:49 AM

@Dam

Damkerng T.

Yes?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

How should we divide up the work?

For instance, how many questions should we edit on Saturday?

Damkerng T.

To divide any work, we need to know the work, the amount of work, and the manpower first.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Right. So we have at least 3 people helping.

The amount of work is at the least checking all the questions to see if they have good titles.

The work is editing the titles.

I want it to stay fun, so I won't make people do a lot of stuff everyday. :)

Damkerng T.

Oh, and the most important thing, the time frame.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

9:54 AM

@DamkerngT. The event is set to be 120 minutes here.

Damkerng T.

We have about 20000 questions.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

18600.

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StoneyB

11:10 AM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M I've registered - not sure what I've registered for!, but no doubt somebody will tell me.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@StoneyB When you register, you'll get a notification so that you won't forget TCE.

StoneyB

11:39 AM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M O Yah. Jes wondrin what's gonna happen Saturday. I'm cool with whatever, but I like a game plan.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@StoneyB We're gonna divide the workload and set watchmen on different places. It could be as boring as mopping the floor, we want to make it as interesting and organized as cleaning a volleyball game field.

Damkerng T.

12:01 PM

"cleaning a volleyball game field"!

Usually we'll have two ladies, each with a big, big mop, walking across the court a couple or rounds, and they'll be gone. :P

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M