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Re: Everybody can vote for DjangoCon 2013 presentations (Github required)

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Post by zalew » Thu, Jan 10, 2013, 3:17 PM UTC

xradionut wrote: post #19

kubindurion wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey, thanks for your opinion. We try to keep it simple. We know that when someone has a Github account he's probably a programmer.

Really? Is there a test? What if I like Mecurial and use BitBucket? Does everything have to be based/hosted on Github?

I use Bitbucket too, but get over it, it's just a poll, not that this breaks your workflow or prevents you from using tools or anything. It's a throwaway use case.

Re: Everybody can vote for DjangoCon 2013 presentations (Github required)

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Post by bitsoda » Thu, Jan 10, 2013, 5:48 PM UTC

kubindurion wrote: post #15

PommeDeTerre wrote: post #11

Needing a GitHub account to vote is quite obnoxious. It's no different than those sites which require a Facebook login, for instance. At least give us the option of using an email address, even if it may mean implementing this voting some other way.

Hey, thanks for your opinion. We try to keep it simple. We know that when someone has a Github account he's probably a programmer.

It's not a bad approach, but I wonder if the talks oriented toward novices who may be new to Python/Django or programming in general are willing to sign up for a GitHub account (or even know what it is) to vote. Maybe this should be taken into consideration as these vote totals will probably trend lower than other talks.

Re: Everybody can vote for DjangoCon 2013 presentations (Github required)

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Post by j_s » Thu, Jan 10, 2013, 5:49 PM UTC

fredley wrote: post #8

wbachnik wrote: post #6

A litte suggestion: It would be very useful to have author name (with a link to bio probably) next to the submission title. Knowing who will give the presentation is as much important as knowing its title.

The voting is deliberately anonymous at this first stage. There will be a final round where the speakers for the talks are displayed along with their submissions.

Sounds like a secret plot to deflect criticism of a lack of diversity among presenters!