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Here are links to this week's reviews posted at LiveJournal.

Monday, September 28, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/136864.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/136988.html>

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/137354.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/137499.html>

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/137945.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/137999.html>

Thursday, October 1, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/138386.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/138599.html>

Friday, October 2, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/139030.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/139405.html>

Saturday, October 3, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/139665.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/140009.html>

Sunday, October 4, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/140164.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/140528.html>



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CBS news is reporting that sometime over the weekend MSN Hotmail was hacked and
at least 10,000 accounts were compromised.  They are recommending that Hotmail
users change their passwords.  Their report however is somewhat confusing, as
they claim it was done with a "phishing" type method (which usually involves the
account holder giving out their information on their own).  So heads-up to all
those  with Hotmail accounts, you might want to check with your provider to see
what's going on.

~Wing~

Hello!
 
While reading stories, I've tried to read Aearwen's "First impressions", but
each time I've clicked (in the past 2-3 days), I got the message "The webpage
cannot be found". This is the address of the story:
 
http://lotr.fanfictionwriters.com/Fanfics/viewstory.php?sid=37
 
So, am I the only one having this problem, or you can't see it too?
 
Bye,
 
Ellynn




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Hi,

I've checked. I got a 404 too. Sorry!

Haarajot

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Ellin Revenger
   To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 12:45 PM
   Subject: [MEFAwards] Webpage lotr.fanfictionwriters.com unavailable


     Hello!

   While reading stories, I've tried to read Aearwen's "First impressions", but
each time I've clicked (in the past 2-3 days), I got the message "The webpage
cannot be found". This is the address of the story:

   http://lotr.fanfictionwriters.com/Fanfics/viewstory.php?sid=37

   So, am I the only one having this problem, or you can't see it too?

   Bye,

   Ellynn

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Hi Elynn,

You can also find Aerwen's story, "First Impressions", at:
<www.openscrolls.net/fanfic/story.php?no=3980>*

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Thanks a lot, I will look for it there. ;)
Bye,
 
Ellynn

 
From: Elena Tiriel <ElenaTiriel@...>
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Webpage lotr.fanfictionwriters.com unavailable
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 3:55 AM


 



Hi Elynn,

You can also find Aerwen's story, "First Impressions" , at:
<www.openscrolls. net/fanfic/ story.php? no=3980>*

*- Barbara*
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On their main domain (www.fanfictionwriters.com), there is a note that they
are moving to a different server, so will be down for a while.
Aranel

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 6:14 AM, Ellin Revenger <ellin_revenger@...>wrote:

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> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Webpage lotr.fanfictionwriters.com unavailable
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Here are links to this week's reviews posted at LiveJournal.

Monday, October 5, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/140724.html>
Part Two <http:///community.livejournal.com/mefas/140888.html>

Tuesday, October 6, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/141120.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/141545.html>

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/141672.html>
Part Two <http:///community.livejournal.com/mefas/141901.html>

Thursday, October 8, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/142297.html>
Part Two <http:///community.livejournal.com/mefas/142516.html>

Friday, October 9, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/142617.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/142986.html>

Saturday, October 10, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/143140.html>
Part Two <http:///community.livejournal.com/mefas/143492.html>

Sunday, October 11, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/143883.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/144328.html>



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Here are links to the reviews posted this week at the "Mefas"
LiveJournal community.

Monday, October 12, 2009: Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/144477.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/144773.html>

Tuesday, October 13, 2009: Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/145127.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/145342.html>

Wednesday, October 14, 20o9: Part One
<http:///community.livejournal.com/mefas/145657.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/145757.html>

Thursday, October 15, 2009: Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/145970.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/146319.html>

Friday, October 16, 2009: Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/146439.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/146905.html>

Saturday, October 17, 2009: Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/147137.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/147328.html>

Sunday, October 18, 2009: Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/147657.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/147846.html>



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Monday, October 19, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/148210.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/148447.html>

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/148571.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/148876.html>

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/149062.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/149462.html>

Thursday, October 22, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/149628.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/149950.html>

Friday, October 23, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/150262.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/150366.html>

Saturday, October 24, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/150687.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/150938.html>

Sunday, October 25, 2009 Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/151189.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/151428.html>




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Hey guys,

The website http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/ will be offline several
hours tomorrow. They are moving to a new server, on 10/27 starting at
22:00 GMT (10 PM GMT); the move should last a few hours.

This effects the MEFAs because several of the stories nominated in this
year's awards are hosted at TFF. If you click on one of those stories'
titles (to open up the webpage to read the story) you will get an error
message.

This is not a MEFA issue (so nothing we can do to fix), and the
volunteers for the site that is affected know that their site will be
down. I'm sure they'll get the site up again as quickly as possible. So
no need to report to anyone that you get an error message. I suggest you
add the story to your wish list at the MEFA website, and just move on to
reading/reviewing other stories hosted at other sites.

Marta

Hi Marta,

Thanks for the heads-up; however, the downtime is Tuesday night, not
tomorrow night.

- Barbara

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:

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> Hey guys,
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> The website http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/ will be offline several
> hours tomorrow. They are moving to a new server, on 10/27 starting at
> 22:00 GMT (10 PM GMT); the move should last a few hours.
>
> This effects the MEFAs because several of the stories nominated in this
> year's awards are hosted at TFF. If you click on one of those stories'
> titles (to open up the webpage to read the story) you will get an error
> message.
>
> This is not a MEFA issue (so nothing we can do to fix), and the
> volunteers for the site that is affected know that their site will be
> down. I'm sure they'll get the site up again as quickly as possible. So
> no need to report to anyone that you get an error message. I suggest you
> add the story to your wish list at the MEFA website, and just move on to
> reading/reviewing other stories hosted at other sites.
>
> Marta
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Elena Tiriel wrote:
> Hi Marta,
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> Thanks for the heads-up; however, the downtime is Tuesday night, not
> tomorrow night.
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> - Barbara
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Thanks, Barbara. This weekend has been a bit weird, and I honestly
thought today was Monday (as odd as that sounds!)

She is right: - TFF will be down on Tuesday night, not Monday night. My
apologies for the confusion.

Marta

Hey guys,

The archive TolkienFanFiction.com is now back up after being offline for
several hours of scheduled maintenance. You should be able to view
stories posted at this archive now.

Marta

MEFA Reviews at LiveJournal: Monday 10/26/09 through Sunday 11/01/09

Monday, October 26, 2009: Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/151667.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/151864.html>

Tuesday, October 27, 2009: Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/152188.html>
Part Two <http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/152410.html>

Wednesday, October 28, 2009: Reviews
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/152582.html>

Thursday, October 29, 2009: Reviews
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/153055.html>

Friday, October 30, 2009: Reviews
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/153111.html>

Saturday, October 30, 2009: Reviews
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/153495.html>

Sunday, November 1, 2009: Reviews
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/153616.html>



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Hey guys,

In previous years I have posted weekly "admin" posts. Not announcements
so much as educational "how-to" post. this year I haven't done that
nearly as regularly as I would like, mainly because of a busy RL.

I'm going to start those posts up again. And while I have occasionally
find the time to review, it is not nearly as much as I would like to. So
I'm going to try to find more time for that as well.

I mention this because I suspect some of you may be in a similar
position. Perhaps you had good intentions of reviewing over the last few
months, but have let yourself get out of the habit. It happens to all of
us. It happens to *me.* If there is something you wanted to do with the
MEFAs, like reviewing or telling your friends about them, I want to put
my own situation out there, to encourage you. It is most definitely
*not* too late to get involved. There's a month and a half left in the
awards. If you want to review, consider this my invitation to have a
clean start, MEFA-wise.

I also want to mention some people who have been quietly but steadily
investing their time with the MEFAs. Annmarwalk has been posting reviews
every day to LJ, and every week to the MEFAwards Yahoo group. Elea24
forwards responses from authors to the people who reviews them. Elliska
sets up memberships at the MEFA website. Aranel and Tanaqui are putting
in major effort to some exciting new technical projects related to the
website. I have no doubt that there are other people as well, who work
very hard to make these awards work as well as they do. The banner team,
the liaisons, other groups... there are lots of people who are working
hard to make the MEFA happen.

And perhaps most importantly there are many, many reviews that have
already been written and posted. Check them out at the MEFA website. My
special kudos to those reviewers who have already met their reviewing goal.

I'll post the new "Admin" post in a moment, and will continue to do that
every Saturday from here on out. But I also wanted to thank those who
have been so reliable in their MEFA participation and volunteering - and
to encourage those of you like me, who want to get involved again in a
bigger way.

Marta

Monday, November 2, 2009: Reviews
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/153963.html>

Tuesday, November 3, 2009: Reviews
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/154304.html>

Wednesday, November 4, 2009: Reviews
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/154483.html>

Thursday, November 5, 2009: Part One
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/154818.html>  , Part Two
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/154928.html>

Friday, November 6, 2009: Reviews
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/155145.html>

Saturday, November 7, 2009: Reviews
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/155628.html>

Sunday, November 8, 2009: Reviews
<http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/155798.html>



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Hey guys,

I hope you all are enjoying this year’s reviews, and perhaps finding
some stories you'd like to review yourself. It's not too late to get
started with reading stories you'd like to read, though as every veteran
MEFA reviewer will tell you, the secret to getting the most out of the
MEFAs is to start early.

On that note, I'd like to talk a bit about how to find stories to
review. There are over 700 nominations this year of all types, and that
may sound like an overwhelming task. But you really aren't expected to
read every story; the MEFA website shows stories in different orders to
different users, so if a story is at the top of your list it's probably
not at the top of someone else's. If a story interests you, then read
it, and if you likeit write a review. The more people involved - even if
they don't consider reading every story - that makes for a better awards
in my experience.

If you're still feeling a bit daunted by finding stories to read, the
website offers a pretty powerful search tool that will help you find
ones you like. I'd like to go over how to use that this week.

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HOW TO FIND THE STORY LIST

Before you can start searching for stories. you first have to get to the
"Stories" page, which lists every nomination in the awards with some
basic information about the story. Getting to that is really very easy.

1. Log in to www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/

2. Click the "Stories" link at the top of the page.

And that's it! You will see a list including all of the nominations
except for those stories you have told the website to "Skip" (more on
that in a minute), in an order that is specific to you. No other member
will see them in quite the same order. The information displayed
includes its rating and romance partners, its length, whether it's a
WIP, a summary for it, and the subcategory it is competing in.

For more extensive information you can click the "Story Details" link,
or you can read the story by clicking on the title. You can also add it
to your skip or wish list or enter a new review, using the links on the
far right side of the screen.

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USING THE FILTERS

When you first show the story list you will probably see a link called
"Show Filter." Click this and the website will reload, showing a series
of drop-down menus. (These menus may already be showing if you have used
them before.) Each of these give you a way to narrow down the list.
There is a description beside each drop-down list telling you what it
does, but I'll go through them in more detail in a minute.

These lists are probably the most useful way to whittle down the list of
nominations to a manageable size. You can use the Main Category and
SubCategory filters to find stories that are competing against each
other, or you can find all the stories involving a certain character or
setting or many other options like that, that will help you find stories
you are more likely to enjoy. Of course I really encourage you to branch
out - but do feel free to start with what you like. If you love Maglor
stories, use the character filter to see if any of the Maglor stories
interest you.

But one warning: the menus are cumulative, meaning that if you pick from
two menus at the same time it will only show pieces that match *both*
selections. And the menus remember what you chose until you click the
"Clear All Filters" button. What this means is, if you are done looking
at the current list of stories and want to use the filter again, click
that Clear All Filters button. Otherwise you might get a very short list
of stories - those that were on your old list but that would also be on
your new list.

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SKIPPED STORIES

Skipped stories don't show up on the story list or when you use any of
the filters, unless you tell the website to show them specifically. You
can do this using the "Review Status" filter. Select the "Skip" option
(second from the bottom) and then click the "Display selected
nominations" button.

This will show all the stories you've told the website to skip. You can
narrow it down by using the other filters - for instance, selecting Skip
from the Review Status filter and Gondor from the Setting filter will
show you stories set in Gondor, that you have told the website to skip.

If you want to see a skipped story along with non-skipped stories, you
need to remove it from your skip list. To do this just bring up your
skipped stories and click the "Remove from Skip/Wish List" link to the
right of the story. Otherwise it will not show up when you just use the
filters described below, unless you've also told the website to display
your skipped stories.

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THE FILTERS - WHAT THEY DO

Now that you know how to use the filters you probably would like to know
what they will actually show you. Let's run through them one by one.

*** Story Type ***

At the MEFAs pieces are sorted into subcategories together by their
story type - Drabble, WIP, Poetry, Non-Fiction, or full-length Story. If
you would like to read just one of these types, the Story Type filter
will let you pull that story up.

*** Authors ***

Just what it sounds like. If you have a favorite author, you can find
all the stories by that author using the author menu.

*** Main Category ***

*** SubCategory ***

At the MEFAs pieces compete against about 5-13 other pieces. They're
sorted first into a main category (based on the three category choices
authors use to describe their story), and then we split it up further
using story type as well as characters, subgenres, that kind of thing.
You can find all the stories competing in a certain main category using
the main category filter. Once you’ve selected a main category, you will
then be able to select a sub-category from that menu, which will show
you all the pieces competing together.

*** Review Status ***

You can show your skip or wish list using these filters. You can also
use it to show the stories where you have already entered a certain type
of review, or the ones you haven't reviewed at all.

*** Length ***

Do you only have time to read a ficlet today? Or do you really want to
find a nice juicy novel to sink your teeth into? MEFA authors describe
their story as being of a certain length. Choose the one you like best
to find stories you are most likely to enjoy.

*** Rating ***

All MEFA entries are rated either General, Teen, or Mature, based on a
ratings guideline in our FAQs. You can see what rating a story is by
looking at the description of it, on the first line below the title. But
you can also tell the website to just display stories of a certain
rating, using the Rating filter.

*** Genre, Race, Time ***

The Main Category filter shows you all the stories that ended up in a
certain main category. But as I said this is based on the *three*
category choices each author gives us. That means that the author
selectd two genre, races, or time periods that it wasn't placed in. Want
to see all the stories that selected Ring War as a category, whether or
not they were placed in it? The Genre, Race, Time filter will let you do
just that.

*** Character ***

*** SubGenre ***

*** Setting ***

*** Canonical Event or Time Period ***

When describing their story, authors are given the option to choose from
a wide variety of characters, settings, sub-genres, and events from
canon around which the story is set. If you like to read friendship fic,
or Bilbo-centric fic, or stories set around the fall of Gondolin, well,
here's your chance. Use these filters separately or together to tailor
the list to your reading preferences.

*** Sources ***

The MEFAs accepts stories based on all of Tolkien's writings, as well as
crossovers with other fictional worlds and our own historical earth. But
you may only want to read stories based on those works with which you're
most familiar. Authors are encouraged to describe what sources their
stories draw from, and the Sources filter will let you find those pieces.

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OTHER SEARCH METHODS

You can also do a text search. This looks for certain words in the
title, author's name, and summary. Just start typing in the Search bar
below the filters.

Additionally, you can look up a story by its ID #, if you know it. Just
do a search for that number, followed by the # sign.

Please keep in mind, the website looks at the text search kind of like
another filter. That means if you've selected something from the filter
and then do a text search it will only pull up stories that meet *both*
the filter *and* the text search. It's best to click the "Clear All
Filters" button before doing any text searches, and to click the same
button after a text search before using the filter again.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

--- How do I vote?

www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQvoting#vot_1

--- How do I find a story to vote for?

www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQvoting#vot_15

--- What are main categories?

www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQcategories#cat_8

--- Ratings Guidelines

www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQratingsguide

Yours,

Marta

(MEFA Admin.)

Hey guys,

I've received word that HASA will be offline for a few days in late
December. They will be doing site updates and so stories archived at
that website will be unavailable, probably for a day or two the week
before Christmas. (I will let you know exact dates as soon as I hear.)

How does this affect the MEFAs? Our website gives links to stories
posted at other sites. That means that when the HASA site is down, if
you click on a link to a story posted on that site, you'll get an error
message. This isn't something the MEFAs have any control over. When this
happens you should just review stories posted at other sites, and add
the stories hosted at HASA to your MEFA wish list. That way you can find
them more easily later.

Since this will happen so close to the end of MEFA voting (December 31),
I also wanted to mention it beforehand. If there is a story posted at
http://henneth-annun.net that you particularly want to review, don't
push that off until the last minute. Depending on when you have time,
the site may not be available.

Marta

Marta,

Your nudging the reviewers has spurred me to ask if there is a glitch somewhere
along the way which is keeping me from seeing any reviews for my story "Not This
Day". So far all I have is a big fat zero.

Elvish Writer

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> In previous years I have posted weekly "admin" posts. Not announcements
> so much as educational "how-to" post. this year I haven't done that
> nearly as regularly as I would like, mainly because of a busy RL.
>
> I'm going to start those posts up again. And while I have occasionally
> find the time to review, it is not nearly as much as I would like to. So
> I'm going to try to find more time for that as well.
>
> I mention this because I suspect some of you may be in a similar
> position. Perhaps you had good intentions of reviewing over the last few
> months, but have let yourself get out of the habit. It happens to all of
> us. It happens to *me.* If there is something you wanted to do with the
> MEFAs, like reviewing or telling your friends about them, I want to put
> my own situation out there, to encourage you. It is most definitely
> *not* too late to get involved. There's a month and a half left in the
> awards. If you want to review, consider this my invitation to have a
> clean start, MEFA-wise.
>
> I also want to mention some people who have been quietly but steadily
> investing their time with the MEFAs. Annmarwalk has been posting reviews
> every day to LJ, and every week to the MEFAwards Yahoo group. Elea24
> forwards responses from authors to the people who reviews them. Elliska
> sets up memberships at the MEFA website. Aranel and Tanaqui are putting
> in major effort to some exciting new technical projects related to the
> website. I have no doubt that there are other people as well, who work
> very hard to make these awards work as well as they do. The banner team,
> the liaisons, other groups... there are lots of people who are working
> hard to make the MEFA happen.
>
> And perhaps most importantly there are many, many reviews that have
> already been written and posted. Check them out at the MEFA website. My
> special kudos to those reviewers who have already met their reviewing goal.
>
> I'll post the new "Admin" post in a moment, and will continue to do that
> every Saturday from here on out. But I also wanted to thank those who
> have been so reliable in their MEFA participation and volunteering - and
> to encourage those of you like me, who want to get involved again in a
> bigger way.
>
> Marta
>

What is the final day we can review?





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Alassante7 wrote:
> What is the final day we can review?
>
>
>
>

Hi Alassante,

Voting ends on December 31. Please note, the MEFA day is based on
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). That means you can enter new reviews, or
change your draft reviews over to something that will be counted, until
11:59 PM GMT on December 31.

Marta

YAY! I thought it ended in Nov and I was freaking out! lol

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>
> Alassante7 wrote:
> > What is the final day we can review?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> Hi Alassante,
>
> Voting ends on December 31. Please note, the MEFA day is based on
> Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). That means you can enter new reviews, or
> change your draft reviews over to something that will be counted, until
> 11:59 PM GMT on December 31.
>
> Marta
>

Hi, Elvish Writer!

You won't see a review for your story if it has been saved as draft by the
reviewer, or if the reviewer has chosen for it to remain hidden until a later
time.  So you could have some reviews lurking there that just haven't been
revealed yet.

This nudging is spurring me on to finish my draft reviews and make them public! 
;-)

Linaewen

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "elvishwriter" <elvishwriter@...> wrote:
>
> Marta,
>
> Your nudging the reviewers has spurred me to ask if there is a glitch
somewhere along the way which is keeping me from seeing any reviews for my story
"Not This Day". So far all I have is a big fat zero.
>
> Elvish Writer
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta <marta.fandom@> wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > In previous years I have posted weekly "admin" posts. Not announcements
> > so much as educational "how-to" post. this year I haven't done that
> > nearly as regularly as I would like, mainly because of a busy RL.
> >
> > I'm going to start those posts up again. And while I have occasionally
> > find the time to review, it is not nearly as much as I would like to. So
> > I'm going to try to find more time for that as well.
> >
> > I mention this because I suspect some of you may be in a similar
> > position. Perhaps you had good intentions of reviewing over the last few
> > months, but have let yourself get out of the habit. It happens to all of
> > us. It happens to *me.* If there is something you wanted to do with the
> > MEFAs, like reviewing or telling your friends about them, I want to put
> > my own situation out there, to encourage you. It is most definitely
> > *not* too late to get involved. There's a month and a half left in the
> > awards. If you want to review, consider this my invitation to have a
> > clean start, MEFA-wise.
> >
> > I also want to mention some people who have been quietly but steadily
> > investing their time with the MEFAs. Annmarwalk has been posting reviews
> > every day to LJ, and every week to the MEFAwards Yahoo group. Elea24
> > forwards responses from authors to the people who reviews them. Elliska
> > sets up memberships at the MEFA website. Aranel and Tanaqui are putting
> > in major effort to some exciting new technical projects related to the
> > website. I have no doubt that there are other people as well, who work
> > very hard to make these awards work as well as they do. The banner team,
> > the liaisons, other groups... there are lots of people who are working
> > hard to make the MEFA happen.
> >
> > And perhaps most importantly there are many, many reviews that have
> > already been written and posted. Check them out at the MEFA website. My
> > special kudos to those reviewers who have already met their reviewing goal.
> >
> > I'll post the new "Admin" post in a moment, and will continue to do that
> > every Saturday from here on out. But I also wanted to thank those who
> > have been so reliable in their MEFA participation and volunteering - and
> > to encourage those of you like me, who want to get involved again in a
> > bigger way.
> >
> > Marta
> >
>

Hey guys,

There's been some talk lately about when certain types of reviews show
up on the MEFA site. I don't mind what's been discussed so far, but I
don't want to go too far toward discussing specific stories. I don't
want people to feel like they should review the stories being discussed.
But as for general discussions - that's fine, and probably a good thing
to mention.

When a reviewer enters a vote at the MEFA website, they give it one of
three status: draft, hidden, and final.

--- Draft reviews are never visible to anyone beside the reviewer (and a
few top-level admins). They are counted. These reviews are for reviews
where the reviewer isn't sure they want the review "counted." A lot of
these reviews are notes people make as they are reading the story, that
they later want to turn into a more formal review at a later date.

--- Hidden reviews will be displayed and counted at the end of voting.
The value of hidden reviews is that they can be edited up until that
point, but will automatically be counted if the reviewer doesn't do
anything more with them.

--- And final reviews are the ones that show up now.

So if you aren't seeing any reviews for a particular story, it doesn't
mean there's a problem with the website. Or that that story is getting
overlooked. It's very possible that there are more reviews that have
been written but aren't displayed yet. And it's even more possible that
people want to review your story or are behind in their MEFA reviewing.
There are still several weeks to go.

I'm not unsympathetic - we all want feedback, so I can understand why
people might be anxious that they haven't gotten very many (or any)
reviews. But because of the way our competition is set up, it doesn't
really mean that much, in terms of whether you will get reviews or not
overall.

Marta

>> __________They are counted._________

I think you mean "They are NOT counted."  (?)

Sulriel



On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
///snipped///
> --- Draft reviews are never visible to anyone beside the reviewer (and a
> few top-level admins). __________They are counted._________ These reviews are
for reviews
> where the reviewer isn't sure they want the review "counted." A lot of
> these reviews are notes people make as they are reading the story, that
> they later want to turn into a more formal review at a later date.
>

This is a good reminder of the limits of this system during the voting
season!  It's tempting to think "Nobody likes me" when you don't see a bunch
of reviews popping up.  But obviously that's not true.

It's also a reminder that time's passing and there is less than two months
left-- and that the busiest time of year (in both RL, and in fandom) is
coming up!  Waiting until December to review might mean you won't get to do
as many  as you want to!

Again, not wanting to nudge people into the directions of any particular
stories-- but some might want to take a look at the review status
story filter: there is a filter for 2 or fewer reviews, and one for 0
reviews.  This could be helpful to those who might want to spread their
reviews among some of the lesser known stories.

Dreamflower

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:

>
>
> Hey guys,
>
> There's been some talk lately about when certain types of reviews show
> up on the MEFA site. I don't mind what's been discussed so far, but I
> don't want to go too far toward discussing specific stories. I don't
> want people to feel like they should review the stories being discussed.
> But as for general discussions - that's fine, and probably a good thing
> to mention.
>
> When a reviewer enters a vote at the MEFA website, they give it one of
> three status: draft, hidden, and final.
>
> --- Draft reviews are never visible to anyone beside the reviewer (and a
> few top-level admins). They are counted. These reviews are for reviews
> where the reviewer isn't sure they want the review "counted." A lot of
> these reviews are notes people make as they are reading the story, that
> they later want to turn into a more formal review at a later date.
>
> --- Hidden reviews will be displayed and counted at the end of voting.
> The value of hidden reviews is that they can be edited up until that
> point, but will automatically be counted if the reviewer doesn't do
> anything more with them.
>
> --- And final reviews are the ones that show up now.
>
> So if you aren't seeing any reviews for a particular story, it doesn't
> mean there's a problem with the website. Or that that story is getting
> overlooked. It's very possible that there are more reviews that have
> been written but aren't displayed yet. And it's even more possible that
> people want to review your story or are behind in their MEFA reviewing.
> There are still several weeks to go.
>
> I'm not unsympathetic - we all want feedback, so I can understand why
> people might be anxious that they haven't gotten very many (or any)
> reviews. But because of the way our competition is set up, it doesn't
> really mean that much, in terms of whether you will get reviews or not
> overall.
>
> Marta
>
>


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Yep.  I've done a bunch (for me, it's a bunch) but still have a bunch
more on my wish list.  I doubt I'll be able to get to them all, but I
need to get back in the groove of doing one or two a night and see how
far down the list I can get.


Sue L
  ~ A Hard Hero is Good to Find ~

Horses for your Heroes
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On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Barbara Rich <aelfwina@...> wrote:
> This is a good reminder of the limits of this system during the voting
> season!  It's tempting to think "Nobody likes me" when you don't see a bunch
> of reviews popping up.  But obviously that's not true.
>
> It's also a reminder that time's passing and there is less than two months
> left-- and that the busiest time of year (in both RL, and in fandom) is
> coming up!  Waiting until December to review might mean you won't get to do
> as many  as you want to!
>
> Again, not wanting to nudge people into the directions of any particular
> stories-- but some might want to take a look at the review status
> story filter: there is a filter for 2 or fewer reviews, and one for 0
> reviews.  This could be helpful to those who might want to spread their
> reviews among some of the lesser known stories.
>
> Dreamflower
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> There's been some talk lately about when certain types of reviews show
>> up on the MEFA site. I don't mind what's been discussed so far, but I
>> don't want to go too far toward discussing specific stories. I don't
>> want people to feel like they should review the stories being discussed.
>> But as for general discussions - that's fine, and probably a good thing
>> to mention.
>>
>> When a reviewer enters a vote at the MEFA website, they give it one of
>> three status: draft, hidden, and final.
>>
>> --- Draft reviews are never visible to anyone beside the reviewer (and a
>> few top-level admins). They are counted. These reviews are for reviews
>> where the reviewer isn't sure they want the review "counted." A lot of
>> these reviews are notes people make as they are reading the story, that
>> they later want to turn into a more formal review at a later date.
>>
>> --- Hidden reviews will be displayed and counted at the end of voting.
>> The value of hidden reviews is that they can be edited up until that
>> point, but will automatically be counted if the reviewer doesn't do
>> anything more with them.
>>
>> --- And final reviews are the ones that show up now.
>>
>> So if you aren't seeing any reviews for a particular story, it doesn't
>> mean there's a problem with the website. Or that that story is getting
>> overlooked. It's very possible that there are more reviews that have
>> been written but aren't displayed yet. And it's even more possible that
>> people want to review your story or are behind in their MEFA reviewing.
>> There are still several weeks to go.
>>
>> I'm not unsympathetic - we all want feedback, so I can understand why
>> people might be anxious that they haven't gotten very many (or any)
>> reviews. But because of the way our competition is set up, it doesn't
>> really mean that much, in terms of whether you will get reviews or not
>> overall.
>>
>> Marta
>>
>>
>
>
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>
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>
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Súlriel of Menegroth wrote:
>  >> __________They are counted._________
>
> I think you mean "They are NOT counted."  (?)
>
>

*blush* Yes - that was me in a rush to get out the door, and doing a
poor job o editing. You're right. Draft reviews are *not* counted.


For the interested - this is told more thoroughly (and in a more
polished format) in the FAQs.

http://mefawards.net/MEFA2009/index.php?page=FAQvoting#vot_3

Marta