Writing Contest: Main Thread

Count of Crisco

Count of Crisco

Can we lay down as a rule though that we arent allowed to vote on our own entries? I was guilty of it last time I will admit. But maybe that shouldn't be allowed as it just means that votes are more for self serving reasons than the actual worth of the work
 
FriendlyGhost

FriendlyGhost

Personally I never vote for my own entry. In fact when I have an entry in a contest I usually don't vote, unless there's another entry which is so very good that it deserves my vote.
We could have a rule which says: 'do not vote for your own entry' but there's a danger then that we will get very few votes overall. This particular contest had a lot more entries than previous ones, so I suggest we wait to see how the next one goes before introducing a new rule. (That's just my opinion - if the majority opinion differs, let's go with it.)
Edit: we could have this as a tie-breaker, perhaps? If there's a tie, 'own-votes' are subtracted?

@Meshakhad - I like the new contest - should produce some interesting work!
 
Meshakhad

Meshakhad

FriendlyGhost said:
Personally I never vote for my own entry. In fact when I have an entry in a contest I usually don't vote, unless there's another entry which is so very good that it deserves my vote.
We could have a rule which says: 'do not vote for your own entry' but there's a danger then that we will get very few votes overall. This particular contest had a lot more entries than previous ones, so I suggest we wait to see how the next one goes before introducing a new rule. (That's just my opinion - if the majority opinion differs, let's go with it.)
Edit: we could have this as a tie-breaker, perhaps? If there's a tie, 'own-votes' are subtracted?

@Meshakhad - I like the new contest - should produce some interesting work!
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I think I will put that rule into place. I also only voted for my own entry when I saw that everyone else had done the same.
 
Count of Crisco

Count of Crisco

Ok So here is the subject.

Write an article debunking a common misconception in your world. It can be on any subject, religious, economic, historical, military, anything.

As a suggestion I would say avoid voting for your own entry. It happened alot on the last challenge (i admit I did it) and it made it significantly less fun. I know we all think our work is the best, but if we all vote for ourselves it can be hard to determine a winner. It is just a suggestion, and feel free to ignore it though.

And with that I will give everyone a little while to work out what they will write about while I get some breakfast and once that is done I will post the challenge thread.
 
TheRockofChickamauga

TheRockofChickamauga

@Count of Crisco I have a question about this contest. On the main thread, there seemed to be a lot of discussion about not allowing contestants to vote for themselves. Is this rule going to apply to the debunking article contest, or is it too soon to call?
 
Count of Crisco

Count of Crisco

TheRockofChickamauga said:
@Count of Crisco I have a question about this contest. On the main thread, there seemed to be a lot of discussion about not allowing contestants to vote for themselves. Is this rule going to apply to the debunking article contest, or is it too soon to call?
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I dont think it is a rule. Just something some of us debated. In past threads nearly everyone voted for their own entries, myself included, and it made it difficult to find a winner.
Basically its more a suggestion so a person can vote for themselves, there is no rule against it, but less people are interested in future contest if all the entries get a single vote.
 
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