Request for help: people to pinch hit as Code Monkeys

[havenward.livejournal.com]

Hey everybody! I know y'all heard from me not long ago looking for a permanent Code Monkey, but my request today is a little bit different. I need people who are willing to jump in when something happens to one of our friendly neighborhood Code Monkeys last minute.

Before you jump in and say yes - there's a couple things I want you to be aware of:
- Coding is easy (just a straightforward copy paste prompt/link) but it does take time. If a day is popular, you might have 4-6 pages of comments to sort through and enter into the various Indexes.
- I will contact you as early in the day as possible by email, however sometimes that might not be til sometime in the afternoon. We can be flexible about what that means for getting the coding done, but optimally I'm hoping that coding would still get done that day so it doesn't interfere with the regular Code Monkey that's supposed to be coding the next day.
- I'm looking for at least a few people, because I totally understand that life is never as flexible as any of us want it to be, and just because you're willing to help out, doesn't mean that you can on a given day. So if you're interested and willing at all, give me a head's up - you are always free to say no later.



Also, a big thanks to those of you who have pointed out when a day hasn't gotten done - life's been rough on one of our lovelies. Please send her good vibes in the meantime!

Comments

[galor5.livejournal.com]

I can help out. Right now I'm not working (though I do hope that changes soon), but for now I can pitch in and help out.

[havenward.livejournal.com]

Cool, thank you! I've already got your email, so you'll be hearing from me in a few days with a sort of orientation thing :D

[galor5.livejournal.com]

okay sounds good. :)

[never-says-die.livejournal.com]

Heyas,

I wouldn't mind pinch-hitting...I generally spend way too much time on the 'puter anyway...might as well be doing something constructive :)

[entropynchaos.livejournal.com]

I can help out with coding, if it's needed. ^_^

[just-imriel.livejournal.com]

I'd be happy to help on an as-needed basis, but I'll need some guidance to start, my LJ IQ being pretty low. Love the comm...

[alldunn.livejournal.com]

I can't volunteer, but I had a question, I didn't know where to put it and this is sorta related.

A lot of the comments are creating there own verse ie. goth, vampire, kitty, pirate

Any thoughts to giving them their own space/tag so they are connected and easy to follow?

[havenward.livejournal.com]

I'll throw it to the other mods and see what happens. Thanks for the thought! <3

[havenward.livejournal.com]

Hey! We're in the process of setting up a FAQ, and the answer will also go there, but I wanted to go ahead and answer you here.

Unfortunately we can't do things like tag comments (I wish we could, and I've made the suggestion to LJ) and tagging the entry wouldn't be much assistance for a reader at all (especially not if the day has 300+comments, heh), and because of the amount of time it already takes to code, plus the additonal amount of time it would take to ensure that we were linking to the proper response (since anyone could answer the prompt itself) it's simply too much to ask of the code monkeys.

However, we would love to promote them. If the authors can collect them on their journal and send me the link, I'll put them in the appropriate Indexes.

Thanks again for teh question, and I wish it was something easier!

[jemzamia.livejournal.com]

I'd love to be a pinch hitter. Strangely mudane tasks like this amuse me :S

[havenward.livejournal.com]

Heh, awesome. I just need your email so I can send out the instructions and for when I need to send out the request. Feel free to PM me if you don't want to leave it in a comment :D

Thank you!

[havenward.livejournal.com]

Just wanted to let you know I got it (since I can't PM you back?) and that you should be getting an email later today :D

[jemzamia.livejournal.com]

Ok thanks :) I don't know why my LJ does that :S

[havenward.livejournal.com]

I think it's one of your privacy settings... The message I get says that you've enabled something? It does seem a bit odd...

[jemzamia.livejournal.com]

I've just had a look through it and there's no button to undo it. I think it's due to having it set to lock my entries as soon as they are posted. If I take it off I'd forget to do it so I'll have to suffer