Eye mystery

[Brandon Dawson]

(05-14-2013 10:29 PM)Saga Felix Wrote:  I just logged into SL, and despite SL apparently not agreeing that that was a good idea, I managed to dump all my notecards etc. to Liriel, who will take good care of them in the morning. SL wouldn't even let me open most of the notecards, or even let me see my own avatar (Grrr, I hate that!), so if anyone wrote any I have missed for now, that will be why.

Liriel has agreed to help out from now on, so you're welcome to send new proof to her. Then hopefully things will get back up to speed with the charts, I am afraid I have been slacking the past month or two... or so...

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I can see someone posted an idea about a wiki - and whatever you do, I would suggest that you all agree. Running separate charts in separate systems, handled by separate people, could easily divide the waters and make people unsure what and who to trust, and where to send any info they come across - and make it just difficult enough to not send it anywhere anyway.
The only reason the charts are what they are today, is because everyone knew exactly what to do with info, and trusted it to be handled in an ok way. I thank you all for that trust so far, and hope that no matter how the charts are handled in the future, it is in a way that people keep trusting the integrity of the people who make the final decisions on how to manage it all.

If you have ideas on how to improve the charts, I suggest you get together, for example at one of Liriel's classes, and agree on how to proceed. For now, I still hold the only access to the charts as they are right now, but I am more than willing to let them go if a sound idea comes up, backed by the community.
I would be sad to see you all split up and go separate ways with each your poor copy/paste of the current charts in hand - charts that would end up in different ways, depending on who sends what info to who, and who interprets that info in what way .
That would most certainly not be the most beneficial for the community, and I would hate to see my work so far be torn up in that way.

I hope you all agree on how to do things, so the KittyCats-community have ONE set of solid, trustworthy charts to rely on in the future as well.

-Saga

I'm not suggesting creating a new chart, although your comment is directed in a broad manner and mainly to those who suggested a wiki-type site (since most wiki sites are open ended and open source information, thus entitling the idea it could possibly be a fallible system of supposed trustworthy information) but since you're basically stating in the post above this that you don't think you have the time to maintain your system of charts and asking for help, at least with spring eyes collection, your charts could either be updated by a apprentice or successor using your fool-proof method, or something similar if there were to be such a system of proofing traits for public knowledge.

While I agree wholeheartedly your point about an infallible system is a best one --

I remember when there were 2 separate charts from the start of KittyCats til the end of 2011, your chart (the Saga Chart) and the kittycats breeders guild chart/nacht chart (which wasn't posted on the forums) - yours obviously was more precise and direct, open and public knowledge via the forums, while theres was a less organized table of tiers, despite being accurate when there were fewer traits to keep track of. Eventually your chart (Saga's chart) became more precise and organized, thus it was adopted as the social standard among the community and the other chart was ceased to be updated due to the nature of tiers versus precise order.

Either way, if you need help or something to succeed you - find someone who you think is trustworthy (I'm assuming Liriel) to succeed Saga's charts if you become inactive from the KittyCats community.

There's obviously some heavy responsibility to someone who succeeds Saga's Charts (if that was to happen), which obviously means the community needs a very objective voice to continue the future of recording traits for the community if Saga were to leave. A wiki is similar to an open source google document, one troll could ruin it for everyone - but obviously a closed google document or closed wiki (which is the same as your google document format) which was maintained by trustworthy opinion, council, personnel or guidance, would be a step in the right direction.

Either way glad to see progress is being made