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| Mehrdad |
 Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:18 am Post subject: Forums News - Smilies, Rankings, Challenge |
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I would like to announce 3 items, hopefully you’ll like them:
- We have extended the Smilies set available for your postings, log in to the site to have a test drive. We could have put more there, but decided to keep a manageable set and see how things work out.
- We have been looking to present more granularities for Rankings that are currently based on the number of posts. By now a good few of you should have noticed most of the new Rankings. I consulted with a group of our moderators to bounce ideas off of and what you see is a collective set that we have come up with. The credit is theirs if you do like or at least do not mind the new rankings. Blame me if you do not fancy them. Remember that more postings will sooner, not later, get you to the next ranking that you may like better.
- I have been discussing with the moderators about introducing a ‘ Challenge Forum ‘. Exact details are being worked out for a roll out in the near future. The general idea is that on a regular every few weeks or perhaps monthly basis an interesting question / call for papers / write a sample code Challenge would be made. At the end of the allocated time period, a panel of judges / moderators or possibly the entire membership would vote to select a winner. Moderators / Judges / Members would determine the criteria for the best and/or simplest and/or most unique and interesting answer, workaround, paper, sample code … for the given challenge. There will be some awards such as logo-ed MQSeries.net Mugs and/or T-shirts that would be shipped to the winner’s address + an Honorary site Ranking especially reserved for them.
Excuse the posting here instead of the General Forums Information, I just thought it was needed to bring to everyone's attention quicker. 
Mehrdad
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| AkankshA |
| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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Would it be possible to reveal the relationship which ratings share post numbers......
So that atleast i can visualize how big is the wall for the next target 
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| Mehrdad |
| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, sure. Here is the current table used:
0-9 Newbie
10+ Novice
25+ Apprentice
50+ Acolyte
75+ Voyager
100+ Centurion
150+ Disciple
200+ Master
300+ Partisan
400+ Chevalier
500+ Knight
600+ Yatiri
700+ Shaman
800+ Sentinel
900+ Guardian
1000+ Grand Master
1500+ Padawan
2000+ jedi
2500+ Jedi Knight
5000+ Jedi Council
7500+ Poobah
10k+ Grand Poobah
20k+ Grand High Poobah |
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| exerk |
| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:03 am Post subject: |
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Aren't 'Chevalier' and 'Knight' not the same thing? 
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| exerk wrote: |
| Aren't 'Chevalier' and 'Knight' not the same thing? |
Not strictly AFAIK
And I'm sure suggestions for alternatives would be entertained. 
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| jefflowrey |
| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| Vitor wrote: |
| exerk wrote: |
| Aren't 'Chevalier' and 'Knight' not the same thing? |
Not strictly AFAIK |
At a minimum, one is French and the other English. 
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:29 am Post subject: |
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| jefflowrey wrote: |
| Vitor wrote: |
| exerk wrote: |
| Aren't 'Chevalier' and 'Knight' not the same thing? |
Not strictly AFAIK |
At a minimum, one is French and the other English. |
Different enough for me...... 
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| exerk |
| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:32 am Post subject: |
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I've just re-read my own question, which grammatically was awful!
How about 'Squire' and 'Knight', being that one leads to another?
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| sebastianhirt |
| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:27 am Post subject: |
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Yatiri
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 What on earth is a Yatiri? My dictionary doesn't know that word |
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| AkankshA |
| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:30 am Post subject: |
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AFAIK Yatiri is a hindi word.. which means a traveller 
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| Mehrdad |
| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:43 am Post subject: |
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I was wondering when, eventually, would someone ask that question:
Yatiri are medical practitioners and community healers among the Aymara of Bolivia, Chile and Peru. |
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| jefflowrey |
| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:02 am Post subject: |
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I considered asking that question... but then I found a reference in wikipedia...
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| jefflowrey wrote: |
| I considered asking that question... but then I found a reference in wikipedia... |
Phew - I thought it was just me that had to look it up!!
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| mqmatt |
| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:43 am Post subject: |
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Darn, one post away from grand-mastery and they change the rules on me  |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| mqmatt wrote: |
| Darn, one post away from grand-mastery and they change the rules on me |
It's a plot because we fear the competition and your immense intellect.
Well I do.... 
(Remembering of course The Grand Poobah's most wise signature....  )
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