extinct courses, redesigns, etc

[1978]

Originally Posted by heelboycraig

I asked Tim about this about 2 years ago, and he said that the 9-hole Stumpy layout should have been RIP'ed.

IMO, you need to RIP an old layout for reviews and ratings. In Stumpy's case, hole numbers were changed (old #2 became #5, old #7 became #16, etc), so some of the reviewer info is inaccurate.

Tim,
Can you archive the old reviews from before the course was updated to 18? Stumpy Creek? Only 6 original holes remain, and they are all re-numbered.

[DiscJunkie]

Northeast Creek Park in Jacksonville, NC got a total re-design and everything was handled exactly correctly (grammar?). The old info was RIPed and the new info was posted before I could get up there.
Very nice.

[timg]

To answer a few question, regarding Stumpy Creek, it's too late. Too much has been changed on there to RIP anything at this point. Stuff like that is why I changed it so only I can changed the # of holes on a course. I'll usually get an email like "hey, this is 18 holes now" and then I have to ask a bunch of questions.

Regarding courses that are constantly in flux... uh... I don't know. Stop changing them If it's just progressive changes I wouldn't RIP the course as reviews and scores will kind of go along with the constantly changing course.

scarpfish had a point and it's the other main reason why I RIP courses that have major redesigns (besides the reviews). If a course has a few holes shoehorned in between say hole 13 and 14 (13A and 13B or something) I'll just update the course to 20 holes and put those 2 holes at the end since it's not a major change and it will preserve scorebook order.

[1978]

Not RIP, is there a way to archive old reviews that under your new and improved system would only be contained in the RIP course. Especially for courses with a number of older reviews.

I guess it is the DGCR's responsibility to go back and update their reviews once a course has been totally re-designed, but some may never make it back to the course.

Stumpy Creek - I went back and looked, only 2 reviews were un-changed from the original review. I'm sure they bring down the average, but I guess in time they will wash out.

[timg]

I'm not sure what you mean, when I RIP a course everything on that page is done and a whole new page is created. There is no relation to the old page in the sense that they share reviews or anything like that. If you're asking can I make some review "not count" for an existing page, no I can't.