The Vice Delegate's Weekly Update, 2023-03-07

Hello everyone,

So it's been two weeks since my last report, and there's a couple reasons why. The first reason is that on Monday, when I was going to write my report, a big chunk of our automated scripts broke and has been broken since then, which many of you have already noticed includes our WADP system with its crucial features such as the Endorse page and the statistics. It also includes the scripts that generate the statistics that I use in the VD report. So on Monday I thought I'd wait a day or two to see if the problem can get fixed easily. Unfortunately it's since emerged that it might take a while for the problem to be fixed, but in the meantime I still have to keep delivering reports, so I'll be replying on other sources to at least get some data on our WAs and endorsements.

That's what I was thinking last Wednesday when I decided to put out a report anyway using the statistics that were collected before the scripts went down, but unfortunately I got very sick at an inopportune moment - turned out it was Covid. That put plans on hold for a while, and after I've recovered enough, there was a few other things on my plate that were a bit higher in priority, so that's why the report got put off for a few more days.

WA and transition statistics

Since we don't have complete data anymore, I'm taking a bit of a different approach to this section, and that's why there's no big table at the top of this report as there usually is. The data in the first table below is from Feb 26, the day before the scripts went down. The news from then was that I had moved up two places to 11th in endorsement rankings. The second table shows the current endorsement counts in the SC as well as the most-endorsed non-SC nations. Some of these names are forum names, shortened names or aliases rather than nation name, sbut I trust you can figure out who's who. As you can see, I've now moved into 10th place, and since 8th and 9th place are also very close to me, I should pass those in a few days too.

As for our WA picture as a whole, it appears that we have stabilised at around 1,500 WA nations in the region for the last week or so, which is good to see. And what's even better to see is that the endorsements on the Delegate and Security Council has actually been increasing even while total WA nations aren't.

That being said, this is not the time to let down our guard. We're still in the middle of a tough transition, so I would most appreciate it if everyone can keep promoting endorsements for me, including promoting the lottery that we launched a little while ago as an incentive. Speaking of that, because I just reached 10th place a few days ago, that means 5 legendary cards were given out to 5 lucky winners. Unfortunately, we didn't achieve this before March 1st, so only 5 were drawn instead of 10.

WADP Awards

The WADP Awards were unsurprisingly also affected by the scripts being down. I encountered errors when I tried to use the scripts, and at first I thought I would have to wait until the scripts are fixed again to publish the awards. But then I realised the problem was that the scripts stopped collecting the necessary data, and even when the scripts get fixed, the data from the period it was down would still be missing. So the only way to put out the WADP Awards is to change the end date to Feb 26, before the scripts broke, which fortunately is only two days before the end of the month so it's pretty much accurate.

The WADP Awards are out now and you can find all the winners here. Make sure to give it an upvote to increase the visibility!

Other Security Council matters

With the Self-Checkout Act passing recently, I am now required to perform a re-evaluation on applicants who have failed the admin check. I will be having a discussion with the Security Council on how to approach a re-evaluation and whether anything should be done differently.

Closing thoughts

Ask the Security Council is still going strong, and I encourage everyone to get around it by upvoting the dispatch and interacting with the answers (or even having a crack at answering the question yourself if it's one that suits you!) Other projects that are still moving in the background include finishing/updating the Security Council Handbook and going through the declassification files.

Peace out,
~~Gorundu

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