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01/15/2015 08:08:29 PM · #26 |
| ...and now we always know exactly how much time there is left in the year. |
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01/16/2015 01:58:24 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by aliqui:
...and now we always know exactly how much time there is left in the year. |
... in the server's time zone :-) |
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01/16/2015 02:48:49 AM · #28 |
Currently the attestation for submitting to Best of 2015 states:
"I submit that my entry was based on photograph(s) taken with a digital camera on or between Jan. 15th 2015 and Jan. 14th 2016." The end date looks like an unintended error, perhaps due to automation for the typical challenge where image date range and submission date range are the same.
Having submission deadline mid-January allows for careful decisions. But to be in keeping with the challenge title, maybe that should be corrected to:
"... taken with a digital camera on or between Jan. 1st 2015 and Dec. 31st 2015"
Message edited by author 2015-01-16 02:49:33. |
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01/16/2015 06:36:01 AM · #29 |
| bob , you know your are picking nits |
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01/16/2015 07:45:13 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by cutout:
bob , you know your are picking nits |
Absolutely. But easier to clean up an automation error now rather than waiting until actual issues arise. From responses to decisions that hinge on editing rules, we know DPC has a sizable group of members willing to focus on discussing the smallest nuances of definitions and rules. Picking out the nits can morph into a chimpanzee-like mutual grooming activity. [Inserts appropriate mental image then dashes away into the underbrush].
Back on the main point of the thread, I think that announcing "Best Of" challenge ahead of time is a good idea. New members (they do exist each year) can be feel more at home when more things are made obvious and easier to understand. Submitted images will remain invisible to others until voting begins. Keeping track of "best so far" images and swapping out tentative entries for better ones along the way will be an interesting exercise for some people. I'm not concerned about having a bit of screen real estate occupied perpetually by the annual opportunity. Looks similar to the space occupied endlessly by the monthly challenge listing.
Now I just need to start making better images so I can submit something.
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01/16/2015 08:44:40 AM · #31 |
Having the submission period for one to two weeks prior to the start of voting insures that the participants are interested and engaged, and that excitement is up. Most of these people become engaged (and commenting) voters as well. I fear a lot of entries will go in too soon, and in the many months that follow, these people will forget, lose interest, die... A 200+ entry challenge is already a daunting task to vote and comment on. Having it further inflated with entries from participants who possibly aren't even looking doesn't help matters.
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12/13/2015 12:45:35 PM · #32 |
For those who wanna.....
Best of 2015 ยท Advanced Editing
32 days and 11 hours left to submit. |
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