[Debatewise RRT] Re: RRT debates 28th june
- From: Alexander Helling <ahelling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: debatewiserrt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 08:46:49 +0100
Hi Nadia,
First of all the easy bit, yes debatabase is part of
idebate.org which is IDEA's main site which debatewise will ultimately be
transferred over into. I imagine that David can much better explain what
beta testers are needed to do. However essentially as we are rebuilding
idebate.org in stages we will need people to test that each newly built
section works. First of all testing all the options (do all the links and
buttons work on all different browsers? Does all the formatting come out ok?
etc.) and secondly giving feedback on how intuitive it is, how easy to use -
though some of this is personal preference which we probably want to avoid.
I am pretty sure it wont mean doing anything technical at all, just having a
go at the website as it is built.
Alex
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 9:48 PM, nadia siddiqi <nadshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey Booji,
>
> I'm a bit confused about what a beta tester does. We already use the
> software, so we are testing it(?), like I said I'm confused. I'll take Torture
> is a just means of preventing terrorism (reminds me of my second round of
> the first WODC) and check out Organ donorship should be opt-out, not
> opt-in. (debatabase, another partner website? )
>
> Nadia
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:24 PM, Alexander Helling <
> ahelling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Evening,
>>
>> I need to find something to announce, it is boring having
>> the same bit in every week, at least next week there will be debater of the
>> month.
>>
>> We are still looking for beta testers, no specialist internet or debate
>> knowledge necessary. We have been intending to have a mock up of what the
>> front page will look like for several weeks now, however I have yet to see
>> it, when I have a link for it I will share it with you. Once again please
>> take a look at the rough plan of what the RRT will look like from September
>> - still open to change so give your comments and
>> ideas.<http://debatewise.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=82>
>>
>> Do you still want me to be posting as many as 8 or 9 debates (sometimes
>> already I am lazy and it dips to 7 or so, but now we have more interns it is
>> less work for me to send you a lot of debates again) however we dont have
>> very many taken at the moment, would you still want the extra choice? (use
>> the forum thread for this weeks debates)
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> Debates: See forum <http://debatewise.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=85>and
>> task
>> list <http://debatewise.info/index.php/tasks/one-hour-tasks>
>>
>> Four day week for schools.
>>
>> If it is wrong to sell pictures of naked women to 13 year old boys, it
>> should be wrong to sell video games that involve the active binding and
>> gagging, then killing of women.
>> <http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110627/ap_on_en_mo/us_supreme_court_violent_video_games>
>> A Swedish school that forswears the use of 'him' and 'her' is an example
>> of where education should be heading
>> <http://www.news.com.au/world/pc-preschool-bans-words-him-and-her/story-e6frfkyi-1226082470960#ixzz1QaHyy8o2>
>> Universities should release their graduate job figures to prospective
>> students
>>
>> European states should punish corporations that do not meet EU carbon
>> emission targets.
>>
>> Websites should only be allowed to track the activity of internet users
>> who opt into their services.
>>
>> The latest in my so far not very successful attempts to get you to edit
>> debatabase by stealth! (not very much of that either since I tend to be
>> explicitly stating it)
>> Organ donorship should be opt-out, not opt-in
>>
>> Since Will and an intern went to a lot of effort to put together pro/con
>> arguments for part of securing liberty debates I might as well do some
>> recycling and have one of the two topics here (I will give the other next
>> week)
>> Torture is a just means of preventing terrorism
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Alex Helling
>> *
>> *Content Officer
>> *
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>
>
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*
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