B. Clarification of the two week scheduling guideline
Remove: "5. If you are uploading a series of shows, consider
scheduling one every two weeks."
Add: "5. Under normal circumstances any host should only schedule one
show every two weeks."
[snip]
With regard to B. 2 Week Scheduling: This helps with keeping the queue
stable, as it spreads out the free slots. This would not apply to
special reservations, or guideline 2 "Always try and fill any free
slots that are available in the upcoming two weeks." At the time of
writing there are four weeks with no free slots, yet the four weeks
after that are almost empty.
On 2022-05-01 15:17, Nigel Verity wrote:
Ken
While agreeing in principle with the "1 show every 2 weeks" limit
perhaps the term "under normal circumstances" needs to be addressed.
Not really ;-) These guidelines are just that, we ask nicely but they
have been happily ignored for the last 10 years. If a host wants a slot
and they have a show then that's pretty much that.
Obviously when shows are in short supply that would be one such
scenario, but when does that become recognised as an issue? Four weeks
out, as now, it's probably not a problem but if the schedule were a
void beyond next week, say, would it be deemed reasonable for a host
to schedule 2 shows in a week to help fill the gaps?
Yip that's covered by the guideline to fill the free slots in the next
two weeks. Also no problem if there is a special event that you want
covered, or Interviews - they should also be out fast. So engage brain
when scheduling.
Also, if there were a gap of a few days with no shows, but with others
scheduled for later dates would you or Dave consider pulling some
shows forwards to close the gaps?
No we don't mess with the scheduling - people get *very* annoyed if we
did. If there are free slots, we ask people to fill them.
Ken.
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