Countdown talk:Recap checking project

Good idea having this page. I've started to add links to recaps concerning octochamps, as all other linked recaps are now for series 50 and earlier, and my dictionary covers series 51 and beyond (if I've read it right). Just done Ross Allatt's first, to see how it looks. Presumably Viscounts should be included too. Drawoh 08:02, 20 September 2007 (BST)

Great stuff. Good to keep setting ourselves attainable targets. Soo 12:42, 20 September 2007 (BST)

Does the Wiki editor prevent two people editing a page or a page section simultaneously? If not, we have the possibility of two of us fixing the same recap. Drawoh 11:22, 20 September 2007 (BST)

It doesn't (in fact it's not possible to.) so that is indeed a worry. Perhaps we should set aside a series each? I'd be happy to take on Series 51. Soo 12:42, 20 September 2007 (BST)

I'll go for series 55 then. Would've offered series 56, but I haven't watched it all yet. Drawoh 12:53, 20 September 2007 (BST)

Thanks for the info about the bug after recap dumper. I've found a few where that's happened, and sure enough, the stuff is all there. Recap dumper is still required on two of the series 55 octochamp programmes, however; the bug doesn't apply to these. Drawoh 18:05, 22 September 2007 (BST)

Misdeclarations in letters rounds. A convention which I've seen done by one other person once, and which I've also followed once, seems ok to me - have the usual cross, followed by a superscripted suffix indicating the incorrect count declared. e.g. BOLLOCKS ☓⁷ Drawoh 18:12, 22 September 2007 (BST)

Suggestion for handling tie-breaks. I suggest that these handled slightly differently in two ways. First, a slight difference in the wording in the preamble, see Episode 4319 for an example. Second, when giving details of the tie-break conundrum, this can use the standard R-conundrum format, but the round number could be shown as TB, rather than 16, and no entries are made in scores, either for the contestants or for the maximum. Drawoh 16:05, 23 September 2007 (BST)

I agree with all of that except for showing the contestants' scores - they are shown on the programme and I suspect omitting them is likely to cause more confusion than it avoids. I will compile a list of episodes with tie breaks at some point soon and update the pages accordingly. Soo 16:19, 23 September 2007 (BST)

OK. I go along with that. Once the 4319 recap has been posted, can you run dumper on it, and then I'll tidy that one up while it's still fresh in my mind. Drawoh 16:24, 23 September 2007 (BST)

Stile Guide. I'm thinking about a stile guide. I did say thinking, which does not necessarily mean writing :)

One thing that would help in such a guide is to be able to write something like: R-letters| 6|LTBIEIDNR|BINDER |BLINDER |TRILBIED* |14|30|44 preceded and followed by two curly brackets, and get it displayed as written, rather than have it converted. Is there a simple way of switching conversion on and off within a page? Drawoh 10:12, 24 September 2007 (BST)

Anything between <nowiki> and </nowiki> won't get formatted. Soo 18:02, 24 September 2007 (BST)