{"id":750,"date":"2019-01-15T12:00:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/?p=750"},"modified":"2019-05-05T12:13:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T19:13:03","slug":"judgeapps-updates-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/2019\/01\/15\/judgeapps-updates-december-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"JudgeApps Updates &#8211; December 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like for most, December is the holiday season, and the JudgeApps development team took some time off as well, which led to a quiet month with very few changes happening. If you\u2019re starting to think that this is the end of the post, worry not. While December saw very few changes, one of them is the result of a feature that was in the making for months.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forums<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last month we removed some code we maintained ourselves in favor of a standard module. Usually it\u2019s considered a good practice because standard modules get updated with bug and security fixes, which we could miss if we use a copy of the same code and maintain it ourselves. Our tests showed that both behave the same, so we proceeded with the change. Apparently we missed some subtle changes, which broke two features in the forums:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quoting posts was broken and is now fixed<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Post preview is broken, but we know about it and working to fix it<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We would like to thank all the people who noticed and let us know.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Practice Exams<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The rules and policy practice exams got a small, but very significant, change. Exams have several purposes \u2014 certification, self evaluation, level maintenance and mentoring \u2014 which are available to JudgeApps users. To enhance a mentor\u2019s toolkit, a decision was made to allow L2+ judges to proctor rules and policy practice exams to other judges. If you\u2019re mentoring a candidate and want to assess their knowledge level or track their progress, you can now use practice exams to do so. Many thanks to <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/19318586' >Uri<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=19318586&size=200'><\/span><\/span> for his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.magicjudges.org\/t\/creating-rules-and-policy-exams-for-candidates\/222\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">suggestion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IRC Channels<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The last thing we\u2019ll talk about before our big reveal are the IRC Channels we use for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/chat.magicjudges.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">chat.magicjudges.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. After several outages and service downtime, we\u2019ve reached the point where the chat went offline, and wouldn\u2019t go back online. Since past experience shows that recovering from this could take a very long time, we decided to move to a new IRC network. If you would like to know more about it, <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/8102291717' >Dan Collins<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=8102291717&size=200'><\/span><\/span> wrote <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/2018\/12\/17\/updates-to-judge-irc-channels\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">an article with all the details<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Checklists<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just like reviews and exams before them, checklists are a feature that\u2019s been in development for a long time, and after being tested by L3s for a while now, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/2018\/12\/05\/introducing-judgeapps-checklists\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">we\u2019ve made it available to a wider audience by allowing access to all L2 judges<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. So what are checklists all about?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the judge program, we have some processes that require a judge to meet a set of requirements. As more and more of those requirements are now available through JudgeApps (exams, reviews, events), it\u2019s only logical to track them on JudgeApps as well. Instead of writing emails with review numbers, exam IDs or event links, checklists have a comprehensive list of all the requirements for a specific role\/request, and allow the judge filling it to link directly to the relevant resources. When applicable, checklists collect the requirements for you, so if, for example, you need a review of another judge written by you, the checklist will let you choose one from the reviews you submitted through JudgeApps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Currently we support two checklists: Level 3 Self-Review Approval Request and Level 3 Application; but we already have plans for other checklists to support.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We hope that you enjoy your JudgeApps experience. If you have any ideas you would like to see on JudgeApps in 2019, or find something that requires fixing, we\u2019d be happy to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.magicjudges.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hear from you<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final update of 2018 is here, and while we didn\u2019t do a full-year summary, we\u2019re excited to introduce a feature that was in development through a major part of the passing year. 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