I guess I would expect a paragraph following "There are 21 days to wait...",
saying:
"There are only 8 shows in the reserve queue. [[Submit a show into the reserve
queue.]]" followed by a brief explanation of what the reserve queue is.
Then the rest of the page, starting with the Next 2 months section.
One question is how many days prior to the air date will the show move from the
reserve queue to the schedule? That would be important too, because in the
nearly 2 years I've been listening, I think only one emergency show has reached
the main feed, so if we're calling it a reserve queue and want it to rotate
more often, we should pull from it sooner too. So, then I would append
something like "Your show will air in the next slot that remains unfilled 7
days prior to airdate." or more vaguely "The reserve queue fills slots that are
otherwise unclaimed." and then maybe we could display an average time to air
for reserve queue shows once we can calculate one.
Does this make sense?
In general I think it's a good idea. Frankly it almost never matters exactly
what date we pick when we post a show, maybe reserving a date should rather be
the exception than the rule. And the dynamic with picking dates would create
the rather stressful janitorial situation of looking at the unfilled slots in
the calendar.
-dnt
-------- Original Message --------
On Jun 13, 2022, 11:55, Ken Fallon wrote:
> Yip that's about right. We'll be doing call for shows now based on how full
> the reserve queue is, rather than on free slots in the main queue.
>
> This is implementing something we talked about before but now are in a place
> where we can implement it.
>
> I'd like thoughts on how to signal that a show can be put into the reserve
> queue ?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN)
> https://kenfallon.com
>
> https://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon
>
> On 2022-06-13 18:32, dnt wrote:
>
>> I like it but am not clear on how this differs from the current program.
>> Other than the name change, is it just a matter of automation? Maybe
>> encouraging a shift in focus from the calendar to the reserve queue?
>>
>> -dnt
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> On Jun 13, 2022, 02:05, Ken Fallon < k...@fallon.ie> wrote:
>>
>>> In today's show the Janitors discuss how the erratic feast/famine nature of
>>> the queue may be helped by filling free slots in the main feed from a
>>> reserve queue.
>>>
>>> - The current Emergency Queue would be renamed to the Reserve Queue.
>>> - If a free slot in the calendar is not filled in time, then a show will
>>> be used from the Reserve Queue.
>>> - Shows will be taken from the Reserve Queue on a first in first out basis.
>>> - Hosts can either schedule a show for a particular slot or have their
>>> shows added to the Reserve Queue.
>>> - Eventually we will we work on a dedicated upload option, but for now
>>> hosts can pick a random slot and just make a note in the show notes that
>>> the show is intended for the Reserve Queue.
>>>
>>> Thoughts ?
>>>
>>> Why yes Ken, one thing springs to mind. Should you not first pick hosts who
>>> have not submitted a shows recently ?
>>>
>>> Gosh Ken. That is a good point, I'll need to think about that.
>>>
>>> Anyone else ?
>>>
>>> https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=3616
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Ken Fallon (PA7KEN,G5KEN)
>>> https://kenfallon.com
>>>
>>> https://hackerpublicradio.org/hosts/ken_fallon
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