DIC COntributors..

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#1 Winstinology   User is offline

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DIC COntributors..

Posted 06 December 2008 - 04:25 AM

Okay, not that I care too much really, but I just wanted to get something clarified maybe.. I've read what the badge info section has to say about the DIC Contributors. But I've then noticed some inconsistencies with users throughout the forum, including myself.

Could someone shed some light on this, or maybe nobody has noticed this? Or it's all in my head aah!
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Re: DIC COntributors..

Posted 06 December 2008 - 04:31 AM

View PostWinstinology, on 6 Dec, 2008 - 03:25 AM, said:

Okay, not that I care too much really, but I just wanted to get something clarified maybe.. I've read what the badge info section has to say about the DIC Contributors. But I've then noticed some inconsistencies with users throughout the forum, including myself.

Could someone shed some light on this, or maybe nobody has noticed this? Or it's all in my head aah!


Whats the inconsistency you've seen?
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Re: DIC COntributors..

Posted 06 December 2008 - 06:01 AM

What kind of inconsistency?
As far as I know, the contributor badge is assigned automatically to users but you'll need more than just 1 code snippet to quaify for the badge.
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 06:07 AM

People like Winstin have lost their contributor badges.
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Re: DIC COntributors..

Posted 06 December 2008 - 10:01 AM

I'll manually give you your contributor badge. We ran in to problems with the DIC++ getting overwritten when people got their contributor badge. It's an automated cron job and it's disabled for DIC++ members because they would pay, and it would keep resetting them back to non-DIC++ members.

You're all set now.
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 10:24 PM

WooHoo! Look'n good in Orange! :^: :^:
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Posted 06 December 2008 - 10:54 PM

Who's in orange?

Glad to see that Winston got his badge. That's been bothering me for a while now.
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 09:35 AM

What are the requirements for Author status?
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 10:17 AM

3 papers and a book
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 10:24 AM

NY Times bestseller.

Im stil trying for the author badge myself.
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 10:35 AM

Does an article on Quantum Computing count :D
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Posted 07 December 2008 - 09:41 PM

View PostAdamSpeight2008, on 7 Dec, 2008 - 09:35 AM, said:

What are the requirements for Author status?


It's random.
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Re: DIC COntributors..

Posted 07 December 2008 - 10:31 PM

Did you know that at the current numbers authors actually belong to a more exclusive group than experts?
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Posted 08 December 2008 - 07:33 AM

There's several "AFK'ers" in both groups though too.
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Re: DIC COntributors..

Posted 08 December 2008 - 10:59 AM

Much thanks Chris! :)
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