odd wording in award news

Zeyes · 07-14-2006, 11:09 AM

47-231 creates gems such as this: "It's Official: Third Baseman Nick Gilleland is named the 2006 SL2 Outstanding Hitter Award"

I wonder if the authorities would go along with that name change.

M's rule · 07-14-2006, 11:16 PM

Inserted "Winner" at the end of the line. A simple mistake, easily fixed.

But then I went hunting for other similar errors and was able to exterminate a few more bugs in the database--a couple more like this one and several others where an "award]" token was followed by the word "award" or a synonym.

As it says in the Game Guide, we should include the word “Award” in award names to ensure the best-sounding news articles. In keeping with this advice, the database is (now) structured so that the phrase returned by [%batteraward], [%pitcheraward], or [%rookieaward] is assumed to end with the word "Award." It no longer contains any references to a player winning the "[%batteraward] award."

This is a great example of how pointing out a single glitch can lead to the discovery of several more. Woot.

07-14-2006, 11:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zeyes All Star Reserve Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 818 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	odd wording in award news 47-231 creates gems such as this: "It's Official: Third Baseman Nick Gilleland is named the 2006 SL2 Outstanding Hitter Award" I wonder if the authorities would go along with that name change.

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07-14-2006, 11:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
M's rule All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 814 Thanks: 2 Thanked 5x in 5 posts	Inserted "Winner" at the end of the line. A simple mistake, easily fixed. But then I went hunting for other similar errors and was able to exterminate a few more bugs in the database--a couple more like this one and several others where an "award]" token was followed by the word "award" or a synonym. As it says in the Game Guide, we should include the word “Award” in award names to ensure the best-sounding news articles. In keeping with this advice, the database is (now) structured so that the phrase returned by [%batteraward], [%pitcheraward], or [%rookieaward] is assumed to end with the word "Award." It no longer contains any references to a player winning the "[%batteraward] award." This is a great example of how pointing out a single glitch can lead to the discovery of several more. Woot.