Squeak People Certification

karl karl.ramberg at comhem.se
Tue Feb 20 21:36:56 UTC 2007


Bert Freudenberg skrev:
>
> On Feb 20, 2007, at 21:37 , karl wrote:
>
>> Bert Freudenberg skrev:
>>>
>>> On Feb 20, 2007, at 19:09 , Karl wrote:
>>>> -It would be nice if the menu options reflected the level of 
>>>> certification you can make. If you are Apprentice and approve 
>>>> someone as Master that certification will be ignored, so why have 
>>>> that option?
>>>
>>> Because your certification is visible. Even if it does not lead to 
>>> promotion using the current algorithm, it still shows that you 
>>> acknowledge someone to be a significant contributor, for example. 
>>> Like, many people certified Dan Ingalls as Master for obvious 
>>> reasons, even though they are not Masters themselves. It shows their 
>>> support. For an explanation of the levels, see
>>>
>>> http://people.squeakfoundation.org/certs.html
>>>
>>> It's similar on a personal level like the appreciation of projects, 
>>> which you also can do on the people site.
>>>
>>> - Bert -
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> But if I as apprentice was the only one certifying Dan as anything, 
>> and I certified him as master would he be able to vote in the Squeak 
>> election?
>> Or would he only enjoy my appreciation ;-)
>
> Both :)
>
> - Bert -
>
>
>
>
Good.
Karl



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