CW Queue Ticker?
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I'm not sure if the idea makes much sense, but would it be possible to get a ticker type thing on the CW Creation page that lists the number of items currently in the queue? I think that it would encourage sellers to wait to submit items until the queue is emptier, which would hopefully alleviate some of the CW traffic jams. Granted, it would be more useful with some sort of meter suggesting what number would be considered "high" but even just a line of text with a number would be useful.
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This would be really nice, just for curiosity's sake.
I don't know how useful this would be.
The queue could be filled with a dozen tiny things like rings or shoes that might take much less time to approve/deny, or it could have 3 full backgrounds with complex CIs. I would imagine it would just lead to a bunch of complaints like 'there are only e items ahead of me, why is it taking so long' or 'why isn't the queue moving faster?'
I think this would be a really good idea actually. Not just because it would be nice to know how many CWs are in queue so that you can submit at a different time so you aren't jamming things up, but also because people would FINALLY see how many has to go through every day and why it takes up to a week or so before your CW gets accepted at times.
I don't think think would be a good idea. I feel like that would be stressful for the staff member dealing with it. has a full-time job on top of having to deal with all the queued items. I don't know if anyone else helps, but I really don't think it's a big deal to have to wait up to a week.
PS Jessi rocks & we love you.
Would it be cool? Yeah! BUT, the staff members who run the CW queue already get a lot of criticism about how long it takes for CWs to get approved and I feel like something like that would sort of give those of us who get impatient (I'm %110 one of them don't get me wrong) something else to complain about, and those staff members are really sweet so I'd hate for their jobs to be even more stressful than necessary.
There were 60-70+ CWs approved/rejected today, all within like ... 2 hours. Job well done guys, I definitely was stalking the new releases and was really impressed! All 6 of the CWs I submitted yesterday were approved in under 24 hours, feels like Christmas over here. ;u;
[edit] Also I'm a bit confused as to why you would wait for a shorter line up to submit a CW if you're already impatient about waiting...wouldn't it be best just to submit it the second you're ready to rather than wait maybe a week for there to be even less in the queue? Your item would get accepted faster if you just submitted it as soon as you are ready I believe haha.
Hey guys! Overall, really, the number is irrelevant. Some days there are 40 items in there and I can do all 40 in a half hour cause it's a bunch of recolors. Some days it's 20 and it takes and I an hour to do half. Tonight, there were 60, and we busted them out -- and that was 60 AFTER we accepted all recolors that were easy to get. It's really not just about the number!
Waiting to submit items when the number is low doesn't mean much ;) CWs are batch-loaded at the top of every hour - everything that is paid, slot wise, loads in then. So that means we've had days where it goes from 0 at 8:55 to 12 at 9:00 because recolors were pending and the like. Really, it is not just black and white!
And thanks to those of you with your positive words :) The past couple of weeks have proven REALLY difficult for Darling and I to get together at night to work, due to our very opposite schedules, 3 hour time difference, and my other job which is VERY time consuming right now (lots of staffing changes which means lots of overtime for this girl, whoo!) Not to mention those nights we just fall asleep in the middle of critiquing (IT HAS HAPPENED!) Seriously everyone, I truly truly appreciate your support and patience! And while the idea that a ticker might finally help people see just how busy it can get is nice, I get the feeling it would end up as a "WHY ARE THERE 30 ITEMS IN THE QUEUE FOR 2 DAYS NO ONE IS WORKING" without realizing how much that number can shift just in a few hours, let alone one day!
just a thought, but instead of something implemented where it shows how many CWs are in the queue, couldn't there be two queues/submission forms - one for recolours and one for originals? There wouldn't be any difference in price, just so that people waiting on recolours don't have as long of a wait if there are 1+ originals in front of them. I also think it would help with acceptances/denial submissions a lot more quickly, too, once you get the recolours out of the way from their separate submissions form.
- Just because recolors generally go faster doesn't mean that they don't require critique - they do. Often a recolor will look particularly bad in a light color and sometimes take several submissions to get right. Having two queues would be an absolute nightmare - not to mention completely unnecessary. That's not going to happen.
Jessi is right in that recolors often need critique; they might look fine in one color but need tweaking when another is submitted, there may have been an upload error specific to the new submission, etc. That said, a second queue is unnecessary because that is essentially what happens behind the scenes already; recolors are noticed and do tend to be accepted more quickly when they don't require critique, and a second queue would not change that or speed up the process.