The 2012 Database Discussion Thread

[Raiders]

I have added a mod to the forum that shows who has voted for a film and if you click on it, it opens a new window showing all votes by rating.

Unfortunately, for the moment this pane is showing across all threads in all forums. I will try and amend the template to be applicable only to this forum.

[EyesWideOpen]

Ok, just made two. Everything looks great. I like this idea. It's fun finding the poster I like the best to use. I really want to make one for Joyful Noise.

[Spinal]

If all of that rating system bickering resulted in something this cool, I think it was well worth it.

[Thirdmango]

so question on the star ratings, I noticed I can rate a film at the top of the thread, my question is, does everyone have this as an individual and then on the main page it averages it?

[Derek]

so question on the star ratings, I noticed I can rate a film at the top of the thread, my question is, does everyone have this as an individual and then on the main page it averages it?

Yep. If you hover your mouse over the current star rating on the main forum page, it'll show you how many votes and the average out of 5. I'm not sure if there's anywhere else to get that info...obviously you get the yay/nay info inside the thread through the poll.

[Rowland]

Oops, forgot to make my poll results public for my first attempt.

[Kurosawa Fan]

This looks really great, Raiders. I'm really impressed. Well done.

[Raiders]

This looks really great, Raiders. I'm really impressed. Well done.

I'm not terribly happy there are no partial stars and I'm not fond of the fact that the "View All" lists by poster and doesn't group by rating. A custom-design isn't terribly feasible at the moment unfortunately.

[Derek]

I'm not terribly happy there are no partial stars and I'm not fond of the fact that the "View All" lists by poster and doesn't group by rating. A custom-design isn't terribly feasible at the moment unfortunately.

I could add a thread that keeps a somewhat up to date count of the overall "out of 5" ratings for all the films. It's not too bad to just hover over the stars for each film at this point, but once we hit 30-40 films, it'll be more and more of a pain.

Is there any way to see/track who gave what star rating to a given film/thread?

[Raiders]

I could add a thread that keeps a somewhat up to date count of the overall "out of 5" ratings for all the films. It's not too bad to just hover over the stars for each film at this point, but once we hit 30-40 films, it'll be more and more of a pain.

Is there any way to see/track who gave what star rating to a given film/thread?

What do you mean? The Members Who Rated bar is at the top of each thread. If you click "View All" it shows you all individual ratings.

That's the feature I was bitching about not grouping by rating.

[Derek]

What do you mean? The Members Who Rated bar is at the top of each thread. If you click "View All" it shows you all individual ratings.

That's the feature I was bitching about not grouping by rating.

Oh, I thought you were referring to the yay/nay, which confused me even more. I'm a little slow.

[TGM]

So I take it with this new format that all ratings are final, huh?

Also, it may have been mentioned, and sorry if it has been, but will there be any kind of master list showing all the movies of the year and who all yay/nay'ed it, such as the first post in the 2011 thread?

[Raiders]

So I take it with this new format that all ratings are final, huh?

Also, it may have been mentioned, and sorry if it has been, but will there be any kind of master list showing all the movies of the year and who all yay/nay'ed it, such as the first post in the 2011 thread?

No, I just changed it so that you can re-vote for a thread. As for the yay/nay, I can change this upon request.

There will be some form of master list; I haven't fully determined how much data can go into it.

[Raiders]

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Attenberg thread's poll is not public. Many have voted and rated the film. Please re-submit your votes and ratings in the new thread that will be up in a few moments.

[Irish]

Wow, this is terrific. Well done!

[transmogrifier]

The cool thing is that in the forum, you can click on "Rating" to get all the threads (and thus movies) listed in order of their average score, or you can click on "Thread" to get them in alphabetical order. Which means less need for a master thread, maybe?

[Raiders]

I added the # votes and rating average to the top of the thread next to the rating drop-down so you don't have to hover over the rating to see the data.

[DavidSeven]

The cool thing is that in the forum, you can click on "Rating" to get all the threads (and thus movies) listed in order of their average score, or you can click on "Thread" to get them in alphabetical order. Which means less need for a master thread, maybe?

I think it'd be nice to have a master thread for quick reference and to increase accessibility for eventual new posters.

The whole set up is looking promising so far. The entire forum seems a bit energized. Hope to see follow through over the next year on this because it's too good an idea to waste.

Edit: On second thought, I guess I could go either way on the existence of a master thread.

[Raiders]

I moved the Rate This Film button and info to its own toolbar just below the poll box to make it more obvious and separate from the thread commands.

[EyesWideOpen]

I moved the Rate This Film button and info to its own toolbar just below the poll box to make it more obvious and separate from the thread commands.

Looks great!

[transmogrifier]

Since the stars were changed for the thread rating, I can no longer sort the threads by rating. When I click, it just says "Database Error". Is this happening to others?

[Kurosawa Fan]

Same happens for me.

[Thirdmango]

hey cool, when you vote or when you place the ratings the thread pops up to the top even if you didn't say anything in the thread. Neat.

[eternity]

I'm seeing The Dictator tomorrow, but since it doesn't come out for another four months, would I post a thread in this board or just wait until it gets closer to its release?

[transmogrifier]

I say make the thread. Advanced word is always good. But it's really up to you.