Talk:Graticule Unlocked/worksheet

And I was hoping this would have data in it. :-(

Well aren't you glad I at least put off deleting it :p --joannac 04:27, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Seriously, I was just about to create something similar, as soon as I'd ironed out the problem currently being discussed on Talk:Virgin Graticule. It looks as if Thomcat has abandoned it, but that's no reason why I can't take it back. I'm going to restore the data and continue. -Robyn 04:31, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Heh. Precisely the reason I kept it. I thought it would come in useful one day, and I was right?

I suggest you sort it by latitude, maybe, and put each one in a different section? That way others (i.e. me) can help you compile the list. --joannac 04:37, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

I was hoping to enlist the help of the person who does Maps and Statistics to do something cool with it, and/or integrate the data into one of those maps, so it doesn't end up looking like All Graticules. It most definitely requires sorting, and by latitude is better than by date. -Robyn 04:40, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, he's online. Come online and propose it? Or do you want me to do it? --joannac 04:43, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

This looks like a job best done automatically. You actually just need to parse Category:Coordinates reached from the beginning and pick the first one for each graticule. This would also automatically replace the expedition in case an earlier one (ninja or poorly categorized) turns up from the depths of the wiki. Dawidi could probably easily turn it into an external map, while making a wiki list would rather be a job for User:ReletBot or User:AperfectBot. --Ekorren 11:56, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Creating a list of the earliest date in a specific graticule shouldn't be too difficult to create, so long as we are allowed to disregard pages which don't follow the naming standards. The category is sorted lexicographically, so all of the expedition pages should show up in date order, but some sort of checking should still be done to ensure that is the case. I'm of the opinion that alphabetical by graticule name would be a best sorting option, if done by a bot.

I think it would also be interesting to create a "most wanted" list. That list could either be manually maintained (a list of users' personal goals for virgin graticules), or be some sort of algorithm based on the number of successful hashes in adjacent graticules (if a bunch of people are active nearby, why hasn't anyone gone here).

I am against removing someone's badge automatically, but replacing someone from the list would be fine. The act of notifying someone that their badge really wasn't valid is something better handled by the soft warm embraces of a coldhearted computer programmer, rather than the soft warm embraces of a cold hard computer. The bot could perhaps kick out a list of erroneous badges? This would be more challenging to accomplish, however, because not everyone puts their badges on the expedition page, and most people put a full list of their badges somewhere under their user page. I am busy with the planning page list right now, but would be willing to switch over to this, if people come to an agreement that this is more important/worthwhile. I won't lose any of the work I have already done, and in fact some of the work I have already done would apply to this. --aperfectring 12:33, 15 June 2009 (UTC)