Hey guys, Well, the 2006 awards are winding down. Now it's time to discuss the good and the bad to get ready for 2007. In order to keep things manageble for me...
Hey guys, Here's the second thing I want to discuss right now. For the last two years we have had a fairly lukewarm response to the fanart portion of these...
... If you decide to do this, you might have a 'check-out' system, where you declare that you'll do a banner before you start, but you have to get it done...
The line between constructive and destructive criticism can be subjective, and it can be difficult for the MEFAs to arbitrate that. Also, *any* crit does give...
The Reviews I saw were for the most part positiv. I did come across some that seemed a tad too negative for the awards. But then it pays to look at other...
Since I reviewed all the stories, I have to admit that some of the reviews I gave might have been a tad abrupt, but I think I did my best to find something...
aelfwina@...
Dec 8, 2006 11:49 pm
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In a message dated 12/8/2006 6:50:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, aelfwina@... writes: As for taking measures, I think what we had in place going in...
... seemed > adequate. Looking over the various reviews as they came in, and before the > floodgates opened and it was too hard to read them all, I saw only...
I don't think that Marta is talking about a reviewer taking the time to include a sentence or two of con-crit within a longer review. This indicates that the...
I actually brought this up last year when I received a review that, whilst not negative, was not something I cared to hear - it was not constructive in anyway,...
... That sounds like a fair system to me - and it also means that people don't forget to create banners because they only have a week to create them and get...
... I like this idea. Rhapsody, would it be too much work for you to manually maintain a list, maybe update it somewhere online? An automated system sounds...
Hey guys, Several people have questioned how big of a problem this is. I remember at least one case where an author requested that we remove a review they ...
... remember at> least one case where an author requested that we remove a review they > considered too critical. It actually created some really negative...
As I participated for the first time this year, and moreover was not involved in the nomination process, I'm not sure if I'm going over issues that have been ...
I know this is going to sound AWFUL, but what about ditching the award NAMES and just keeping it as the "MEFA 2007 Dwarf novel, 3rd Place" I know it's nice...
... I don't know if it's possible, but what about the viablity of including a button or some sort of "remove this review" or "report this review" and the...
... I'd like to see people keep the points too, but I don't think that's fair - if an author is upset by the review and wants it removed, then it's not really...
... I know we're not discussing this topic YET, but just a quick answer - Ainae, the founder of the MEFAs - chose to exclude NC17 stories as there are many...
... I assume by "novel" you just mean whatever the subcat is? I actually have no problem with this because I never liked having award names anyway. That's why...
... Yeah, I just picked a random thing out of the air! Novel, ficlet, poetry etc... ... Perhaps add a different coloured border or something??? I don't see...
... I don't want to make a lot of changes to the website. Having the website automatically remove a review sounds like it would take a fair bit of work. We...
Sulriel, ... I think that would be doable. We could change the review to "draft" so it would be hidden from everyone and contact the author and resolve the ...
... See my previous reply to Sulriel - if I understand correctly, the way the website calculates reviews, it would be really hard to do this if not impossible....
... That's sort of what I was getting at - have it somehow send to a person, but have something more easily accessible to the story author so that they are...
... removed. I suspect a lot of authors would ... Yeah... Understandable. I just suggested it as a comprimise. I don't think it's fair that the person gets...
... That is the other thing... There are only so many characters and so many LOGICAL pairings and there are a LOT of categories... And as you said, the...
... See, I don't think that's very fair. The review is for the story and it is up to the author of that story to decide how they feel about it. Some mroe...
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