[gold stinger]

A small change to the internal judge process has been made to help remedy conflict between song judgments involving more than one judge, specifically with judge notes containing extremely varied scores or 'Fixes Required' requirements (Before-hand known as CQ, or Conditional Queue).

I've appended the changes under 'REVIEWING PROCESS' in the Original Post for this thread, but also included a copy of what was added below for easy visibility.




When judges have independently finished their notes (for sets involving two judges):

Both judges compare their file ratings and 'Fixes Required' flags before posting.

-Discuss reasoning on any 'Fixes Required' flags. Try to come to a mutually agreeable conclusion on them. If both judges can’t agree on a conclusion, the file and Fixes Required reasonings are Direct Message'd to a third judge. (Ideally a Head/Senior Judge but can be any judge) The third judge will review Fixes Required reasonings and decide whether to apply the requirement.

-If the difference between both judge ratings on a file is 2 or more points, where one judge has given a reject rating, the file is Direct Message'd to a third judge (Ideally a Head/Senior Judge but can be any judge). The third judge will give a brief judgment, reviewing the differing opinions and deciding a course of action.

When these cases are resolved, notes are posted as usual. If applicable, the third judge's notes are included as well.