[tournament-org] TournamentEntryGrades

[Geoff Kaniuk]

Hi Jenny,

I wonder if anyone has actually looked at the player list you 
downloaded? I have to confess that I implemented that soon after the 
rating system was introduced because I anticipated that one day people 
might get interested in it.

Things are never as simple as they might appear once you start looking 
at the details. The original player list file was only ever meant to 
support auto=completion. Once a player has been entered it must be 
assumed that that any corrections to the player data have been made.

This means that the data in the player list file never overrides the 
details of already entered players.

I think we have reached the stage that we really do need to consult all 
TD's to:

1. Find out what their current working practise  is.

2. Do TD's agree that player grades should be automatically set by 
rating at the start of the tournament?

3.Are players agreeable to this change which traditionally has always 
been advisory?

There are obvious special cases where an automatic setting is not 
appropriate and hopefully mose to fthese are already covered in the 
ratings FAQ.

Geoff

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On 17/06/2019 17:49, Jenny Rofe-Radcliffe via tournament-org wrote:
> Hi Geoff,
> 
> In the case of a TD as relaxed as the one you describe, none of the
> proposals in this thread would help them, unfortunately - if we wish to
> help them, we have to come up with some other magic.
> 
> For those of us conscientious enough to make sure we enter the bulk of the
> entry list into GoDraw in advance of the tournament, Matt's second
> suggestion would very simply remind us if it's a long time since we
> downloaded a player list. I cannot possibly see a down side to that. Rich's
> suggestion of an automated version sounds very nice, but I can see that it
> would be significantly harder, and so I don't think it's needed.
> 
> Matt's first suggestion - that GoDraw look at the players' GoR to derive a
> grade, rather than their last-tournament-entry-grade - is a fantastic idea.
> It would still need manual checking, but it would remove a big chunk of the
> "discrepancies" I find myself looking at. Again, I cannot see a down side
> to it, unless it would be radically more work than I am imagining.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jenny