{"id":654,"date":"2016-11-14T22:17:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T22:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/exemplar\/?p=654"},"modified":"2016-11-14T22:17:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T22:17:04","slug":"wave-8-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/exemplar\/wave-8-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"Wave 8 Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Written by Bryan Prillaman
\nLevel 3, United States, Florida<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hello all,<\/span><\/p>\n

Wave 8 of Exemplar is now open and accepting your recognitions of the amazing things your fellow judges are doing. \u00a0<\/span>This wave will remain open until 11:59 PM PST on January 31<\/b>st<\/b>.<\/b><\/p>\n

If you missed the cut off or had an awesome interaction with another judge at an event\/conference\/chat room lately, head on over to Judgeapps and enter a nomination now.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wave 8 will follow the same slot allocation as Wave 7<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Recognizing Judge’s Level<\/th>\nL1 Nominations<\/th>\nL2 Nominations<\/th>\nL3 Nominations<\/th>\nAdditional “any level” Nominations<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Level 2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Level 3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RC Extra<\/td>\n\u00a04<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GP HJ Extra<\/td>\n\u00a01<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The Exemplar Team is hard at work on processing the Wave 7 Nominations, with the expectation to release the nominations in early to mid-December.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hrm. \u00a0Somehow this post doesn\u2019t look long enough. \u00a0I should probably talk about something else. <\/span><\/p>\n

OH! \u00a0I know something! <\/span><\/p>\n

Deferred Nominations<\/b><\/p>\n

Wave 7 was the second wave where we used deferred nominations; and while the team has been happy overall with how they have turned out, there are a few common points of constructive criticism I\u2019ve heard, so I\u2019d like to address them here. <\/span><\/p>\n

First, some of our readers might not be aware of what a deferred nomination is. As part of the review process we read and flag nominations that don\u2019t meet our internal guidelines. \u00a0Those nominations then go through a second review. \u00a0Coming out of that process, a nomination is either accepted as-is, updated following communication with the author, or deferred to next wave. A deferred nomination is not published in the wave it was submitted. \u00a0Instead the author gets a single additional slot in the following wave as an opportunity to submit a revised nomination; effectively a \u201ctry again\u201d slot. \u00a0The goal was to speed up the processing time of nominations by not having to contact the author of every nomination that was flagged.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, now on to the constructive feedback we\u2019ve gotten on the deferred process.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the Wave comes out, I can only see my accepted nominations, I can\u2019t tell if the nomination was deferred or something else happened and it disappeared.<\/b><\/p>\n

Yes. \u00a0This is absolutely an issue. \u00a0Ultimately we want you to know if your nomination was deferred or not. Updating judgeapps so that you can see the deferred nominations you authored is an eventual goal. \u00a0In the meanwhile, we are sending out emails notifying the judges of the deferred nomination along with the nomination text. \u00a0These emails do not go out immediately, but do typically go out in the first two days following the release of a wave.<\/span><\/p>\n

My nomination was deferred, and I don\u2019t know why!<\/b><\/p>\n

We do not send a specific message with why your nomination was deferred. \u00a0Right now, that is a mountain too high to climb. However, we have spent a lot of time describing in general why nominations are deferred in previous blog posts. We highlight nominations that exemplify what we are looking for, and many regions highlight nominations as well. \u00a0There are lots of examples out there of what we are\/are not looking for.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve responded to every direct emails or IM with an inquiry about why a nomination was deferred and what could be done to make it better. \u00a0That might change if everyone sends me an email, but as of right now, if you ask a question, you get an answer. \u00a0However, before you do, read your nomination and pretend you are someone else. \u00a0Nominations are written with \u201cperfect knowledge\u201d. \u00a0This means you know what you are nominating a judge for. \u00a0When you say the judge did a \u201cgood job\u201d or \u201cdoes a lot for the community\u201d, you know what exactly what that means; Does the reader of the nomination?<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, check your spam email folder. \u00a0The single largest reason a nomination is deferred, is because we sent an email asking for clarification and didn\u2019t get a response. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you had told me ahead of time what the problems were I could have fixed them.<\/b><\/p>\n

That\u2019s true, and that\u2019s what we are doing in this process. \u00a0When a nomination is deferred, it\u2019s not lost. \u00a0You receive another nomination slot in the next wave specifically so that you *can* fix it, without holding up the release of the other Exemplar nominations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Speaking of holding up the release, I sure would like you to get the nominations out faster. \u00a0Why even bother trying to contact authors and get any corrected?<\/b><\/p>\n

This is also a valid point. We do spend a lot of time going over nominations that we believe can be easily fixed without coaching, sending emails out and waiting for replies, and then manually re-entering them into the system. \u00a0We could probably eliminate about 3 weeks off the schedule if we skip that entire process and just defer everything that gets disputed. \u00a0That sounds great, and might happen in a future wave. \u00a0However, the second pass does a few good things. \u00a0It gets a second set of eyes on a nomination. \u00a0In court, judges tend to be stricter before lunch than after. \u00a0I suspect Magic Judges are the same way, and the second pass being a bit apart help remove this phenomena. \u00a0There is also value in working with the authors to fix some (but not all) of the nominations. Ultimately, the goal is to have descriptive, significant nominations, and spending some resources on those nominations that are right at the line tends to pay off. \u00a0\u00a0Right now, the process is doing enough good things to justify the delay. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

However, we are looking to make waves faster. \u00a0This wave, we are going to reduce the \u201creply time\u201d from our emails from two weeks to one week. \u00a0We have found that a judge typically responses within 2 days or never, so waiting an extra week for an email that will never come doesn\u2019t make much sense. \u00a0Next wave, we will also be looking to shave a week off in our internal processes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hope that helps answer some questions for you.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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