Anyone wanna be a mod? Place NOT available!
 

This is an issue that henryzz and I have brought up. We've both been a bit busier over the last few weeks, and sometimes haven't managed to keep up with everything (the reservations thread hasn't had a full update for ages, and I'm too busy to do one now). The subproject thread really ought to be up to date most of the time, updated at least twice daily. This has been a bit more difficult than usual as we are so busy. So, do you think we need a third mod, and if so, would you like to be that one?

First of all, I'm not volunteering for a job as a mod here, since I'm already quite busy and wouldn't be able to fit it in. However, I will say that I definitely agree that it would be good to get a third moderator here. A while back, we added a fourth moderator (more like third since one of our moderators is quite busy with other tasks and doesn't actively help with moderating the forum threads) at the NPLB project, and both Gary and I can definitely say that he's helped lessen the load considerably. The Aliquot Sequences project has grown quite quickly over the last few months, and is now probably close to the size of NPLB (in fact, probably bigger considering that NPLB's sort of in a "summer lull" right now like many distributed computing projects; the Aliquot Sequences project is probably a bit more immune to that since it's less compuatationally-heavy and more math-heavy). On top of that, this project will probably always require more admin effort than a project like NPLB for the same project size, since it deals in scads of individual sequences rather than larger ranges.

As such, I say that it's high time for another moderator here. Not that 10metreh and henryzz aren't doing a commendable job, but after a certain point it just gets too hard to handle within human limits. As I said earlier, I'm too busy to help out myself at this time, but I'm sure there are a number of people out there who might be interested and able to pitch in.

Does no-one want to be a mod?

Come on, volunteers are welcome! :smile:

I think everyone needs some encouragement :smile:

So I've changed the thread title.

Edit: OK then, if you explicitly [B]don't[/B] want to be a mod, please say so.

*crickets chirping*
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*crickets chirping*

I'll do it. :smile:

[QUOTE=Mini-Geek;190565]*crickets chirping*
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I'll do it. :smile:[/QUOTE]

You sure?

(i.e. Will you have the time?)

Anyway, I'll send the message to God...

[quote=10metreh;190566]You sure?

(i.e. Will you have the time?)[/quote]
Yep. (at least I think so, not like I can see the future!) In any case, no harm in having an extra mod, right?

So what exactly can I do to help out?

I love factoring and primes so don't temp me to try to mod a 3rd project. lmao

As I mentioned to David (henryzz) several weeks back, moderating will almost always be more work than you'll possibly imagine when you start a project...that is if you try to do it the right way, which this project clearly is doing.

Tim is an excellent choice...always very helpful and online fairly frequently.

[QUOTE=Mini-Geek;190572]Yep. (at least I think so, not like I can see the future!) In any case, no harm in having an extra mod, right?

So what exactly can I do to help out?[/QUOTE]

Mainly update the subproject thread (also clean it when it gets over 50 posts). Also update the team sieve threads, and the reservations and released threads. (By "update the reservations thread", I don't mean do a full status update of all the sequences, but just keep track of reservations.)

The idea is that an extra mod will lessen our load considerably. Whether this will actually happen remains to be seen.

[quote=10metreh;190581]Mainly update the subproject thread[/quote]
How much should I post at once? The next 5k block, or less?
Should there be a few remaining from the last block when I post the new one? If so, about how many?
(and so is it time for an update on the subproject right now?
How many should be on each line?
It seems like a large portion of the work is checking whether the DB has anything newer than Wolfgang's files, so you know to make it blue or not. Is this really necessary? Does anyone really care if they need to get it from the DB instead of the files?
Or, is it apparent from looking at Karsten's pages what would need to be highlighted? That'd make it a lot easier.
[quote=10metreh;190581](also clean it when it gets over 50 posts)[/quote]
By "clean", you mean "move everything except the first post to the Subproject archive thread", right? If not, please clarify.

[QUOTE=Mini-Geek;190585]It seems like a large portion of the work is checking whether the DB has anything newer than Wolfgang's files, so you know to make it blue or not. Is this really necessary? Does anyone really care if they need to get it from the DB instead of the files?[/QUOTE]The data in the DB is equal or newer than Wolfgang's files, so why would anyone still use those? Leave the responsibility to the person running the sequence and don't wast your time checking all sequences.

I use the following batch file for running sequence. You need tail and wget, but those are easy to get:[CODE]@Echo off
wget "http://factordb.com/search.php?se=1&aq=%1&action=last20&fr=&to=&text=Text&raw=1" -O %1.txt
tail -n1 %1.txt > alq_%1.ELF
del %1.txt
aliqueit %1
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