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::: Whoops, there is already [Memory Allocation]. Do we need mine? --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 08:46, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
 
== Move the "Suggest a task" process? ==
 
I'd like to propose moving the "Suggest a Programming Task" logic over to something like a subreddit. The [http://www.reddit.com/r/rosettacodeorg/ Rosetta Code subreddit] might be appropriate. An [http://www.ideatorrent.org/ IdeaTorrent] might be good, too, but I don't want to maintain another software package on the server if I don't need to, and it looks like that project may be stagnating.
 
Several reasons come to mind:
# Easier debate and discussion
# More effective triaging; upvoted tasks are more likely to be implemented by people simply looking for something to do.
# RSS feed. (Always convenient)
--[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 15:16, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
 
: What is a subreddit? Would I need a separate account for that? And how would it ease the discussion? Would it still support Wikilinks?
: PS: Why do I suddenly have to enter a captcha for each edit? --[[User:Ce|Ce]] 18:15, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
:# Click on "Reddit" in the navigation bar. Or see [http://programming.reddit.com proggit] for a more active example.
:# Yes
:# Better threading, mostly. Relates to the upvote/downvote behavior.
:# I had to make the CAPTCHA behavior more aggressive in response to the increased amounts of spam we'd been seeing. Logged-in users shouldn't be seeing CAPTCHAs except in certain circmstances, though; looks like I'll have to tweak some server settings.--[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 18:25, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
:: FWIW, Mike, I'm also seeing the CAPTCHA for every edit when logged in. --[[User:Snoman|Snoman]] 18:53, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
::: Me too! --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 18:58, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
:::: That should be fixed; "Autoconfirmed" users (users older than a certain amount of time) should be able to skip captchas, now.--[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 00:33, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
::::: Disabled 'skipcaptcha' for sysop group; I should see captchas, same as normal users, now.--[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 00:39, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
:::::: And now the captcha doesn't appear for me. [[User:Stormneedle|Stormneedle]] 04:07, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
::::::: Right, because you're "autoconfirmed" ... meaning your account is beyond a certain number of days old. --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 12:59, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
== Re-thinking what we're doing in this page ==
Rather than trying to find a full task to be suggested, we should be looking at them as properties. So if someone wants to see Monads demonstrated, we can link to tasks that have the monad property (or examples which do). If someone wants to see "an encryption program", we can link to tasks and examples which have the 'cryptography' property. That should help us move through the task page more quickly, and give us some creative leeway in building tasks that solve some of the underlying goals of the person making the suggestion.--[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 19:56, 8 October 2010 (UTC)