Openlibrary: Give readers on waitlist an estimate when book will be available
https://twitter.com/phalgun/status/930986587000729600 @phalgun would love it if we had a feature to let users know when they can expect a book to become available if they are on the waitlist
mekarpeles
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+1 on this one, let me know which files are relevant and I'll try to fix it.
html5cat
on 31 Jan 2018
templates/account/borrow.html, macros/LoanStatus.html within the $elif (availability == 'borrow_unavailable'): block (for starters)
mekarpeles
on 31 Jan 2018
Sweet. What's the best way the simulate waitlist in dev environment?
html5cat
on 31 Jan 2018
Independent bug, but related and useful context: #781
mekarpeles
on 31 Jan 2018
re: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/648#issuecomment-361785129 -- see:
782
mekarpeles
on 31 Jan 2018
@html5cat any followup on this issue?
rohitjain00
on 23 Mar 2019
+1 That this would be useful. @mekarpeles defaulting to assigning you per slack discussions.
@seabelis Do you have any insights to add to this feature?
xayhewalo
on 5 Nov 2019
It kind of already does this by showing the number of people on the waiting list ahead of you. I guess it could calculate some estimate based on the average length of time a typical user borrows a book. Since this was a user request I think it's safe to assume others would also like this feature. Overdrive does this, but I think it assumes each person will keep for the max loan period. This could be discouraging and so when the list is long there will just be a message saying >6 mos.
seabelis
on 5 Nov 2019
I think @seabelis has a good point. Let's punt and close for now. We can revisit.
mekarpeles
on 12 Dec 2019
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It kind of already does this by showing the number of people on the waiting list ahead of you. I guess it could calculate some estimate based on the average length of time a typical user borrows a book. Since this was a user request I think it's safe to assume others would also like this feature. Overdrive does this, but I think it assumes each person will keep for the max loan period. This could be discouraging and so when the list is long there will just be a message saying >6 mos.