Ya...
I'd just like to say what went through my mind from the beginning of the season to where I (team 201) is now.
I know I was trying to start the 'Offical Scouting Standard' or whatever... It was an attempt by myself to get people to have data that was all the same so it could be sync-ed between the different online DBs. But, as we all know, that isn't ever going to happen. I also remember from last year trying to find scouting data on a team. A lot of teams had some type of data online. But they were all at different sites, and it took a long time to find all possible data on a team.
/thanks brandon for the phrase scouting portal.
Thats exactly what I'm trying to do. Just make something that branches off to other sites. I've also included a few other things in the FBI system. (btw: FBI = FIRST Bureau of Intelligence) I'm not sure if i really like that. A team member though of it because we're the FEDS and FEDS, FBI.. sort of go together. (I'm thinking about FSP = FIRST Scouting Portal) ... but all that doesn't matter (the name I mean).
As I said in my first post, if you could give me a link to your scouting data, please do. All I ask is that the link some way restricts that data that is seen. (either by team or by event... I don't want to redirect a person to a page with all 800 teams listed) Also, If you can't put your data on the web because you don't have a site / know how... but would like to, talk to me and I'd be willing to make a page where the data could be viewed. (of course all credit for the data will be given to you.) OR... try contacting another team to see if they would host it / make it in a format that can be uploaded to an existing scouting db. Please, don't let you scouting go to waste. Share it w/ first.
Finally, there are a few other features with the FBI system. There's a simple poll section (if anyone has ideas for more/less fields please contact me), a way for people to leave open comments on a team, and finally, a team profile section where a team member can have a 'profile' on their team. All features except the profile can be used totally without needing to register.
k... I think i've said enough (I don't know if what i did say even made sence
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Bottem Line: Share your data. While there's nothing to force you to share data before you can view team info, please do. The more data that's in a system, the better the data will be.
Also, If you have any comments about the FBI Scouting, please contact me. I'm willing to make just about any change that you think would make the system better. (email:
webmaster@feds201.com) or PM
Thanks and let's make this the best year for scouting so far,
Jack & Team 201 & The avgerage FIRST Scouter