Closed yvonne-liu closed 6 years ago
We could also consider removing the requirement to create a kata altogether.
I don't see so much how creating a kata contributes to our understanding of a students capabilities.
Sometimes in testing week I've seen confusion from it even - 'What about random tests?'
I guess you can't really cheat on making a kata, where you kind of can in getting to 5 kyu and such, but I don't know how much of an issue that's been in the past.
It seems Codewars changed their rule on how many honor points you need before you can publish a kata (it's caused some confusion during FAC14 application). Before FAC15 application opens, we should update the copy on the website:
Currently:
Suggested copy:
I'm unsure on the last sentence, but I would like to give applicants a bit of a heads up on the possible hostility from the Codewars community with low quality katas.