You should upload the spreadsheet to Google Drive if lots of people are going to be working on it.
Then, not only could everyone see what everyone else has done, but we could also hold impromptu chat parties when we find ourselves working the doc with other people at the same time. :D
I'm still working out the kinks and creating an explanation for how I want other's to fill in the spread sheet, so it can be as constant as possible across all data gathers. But once I work it out that's my plan. I'm hoping I can have it up before move in.
I'm also a little worried about someone like, accidentally deleted a huge portion of stuff do to computer error or being new to the google drive or something. So I'm still thinking about that...
OP: Also the fact that the spread sheet is 5,000 rows long, with the full number of columns means that it takes forever to load, and would be likely to crash if their were too many collaborates.
You can actually go back to previous edits in Google Docs if you have to. And you can lock them down so that only specific people can edit them or only specific people can see them who have to be logged into Google to do it.
And it should be able to handle a ton of lines of data.
Just FYI. I used to use Google Docs all the time for convention running, so I know you can throw a lot at it.
OP: I like the chat party idea a lot, actually. I broke them off into prompt posts sections. I think I may just have free for alls on each section until they are filled. That way the loading problem isn't a problem and chat parties can still be a thing.
I still wouldn't want to leave editing open to any one with the link I don't think :/.... I would be much more comfortable sending it over email. Especially since then I can explain to people a bit how it work and made sure that no one didn't want to hoped on with their email that's they're real name or something.
It's a concern I'm personally very paranoid about.
Re: Does anyone want to help scrape data by hand?
(Anonymous) 2015-08-14 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)Then, not only could everyone see what everyone else has done, but we could also hold impromptu chat parties when we find ourselves working the doc with other people at the same time. :D
Re: Does anyone want to help scrape data by hand?
(Anonymous) 2015-08-14 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)I'm also a little worried about someone like, accidentally deleted a huge portion of stuff do to computer error or being new to the google drive or something. So I'm still thinking about that...
Re: Does anyone want to help scrape data by hand?
(Anonymous) 2015-08-15 12:56 am (UTC)(link)Also the fact that the spread sheet is 5,000 rows long, with the full number of columns means that it takes forever to load, and would be likely to crash if their were too many collaborates.
Re: Does anyone want to help scrape data by hand?
(Anonymous) 2015-08-17 02:40 am (UTC)(link)And it should be able to handle a ton of lines of data.
Just FYI. I used to use Google Docs all the time for convention running, so I know you can throw a lot at it.
Re: Does anyone want to help scrape data by hand?
(Anonymous) 2015-08-15 12:59 am (UTC)(link)I still wouldn't want to leave editing open to any one with the link I don't think :/....
I would be much more comfortable sending it over email. Especially since then I can explain to people a bit how it work and made sure that no one didn't want to hoped on with their email that's they're real name or something.
It's a concern I'm personally very paranoid about.