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Vote for how many posts you think would be best [9 vote(s)]

50
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100
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200
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300
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_wombat_


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Boroma577 wrote:
Happywanderer wrote:

Maybe have at least 200 posts as that makes them a member more than a blowin.


 Rather than number of posts, what about length of membership?? 

That would then prevent someone joing and running up a lot of nonsense posts in a short time in order to qualify.

Maybe a minimum of 6 months as an example. 

Some people do not post often for a variety of valid reasons but they could be quite good photographers and IMO have the right to submit pics to the comp.

 


another good idea, length of membership, that could work, thanks Boroma



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Gday...

Looks like there are heaps of great suggestions .... although very few votes - maybe the "number of photos" has 'stifled' voting hmm

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Have to agree with you there Boroma, maybe a 6 month membership.
At least it would be known they haven't just joined for the photo comp, regardless of how many times they have posted.

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rockylizard wrote:

Gday...

Looks like there are heaps of great suggestions .... although very few votes - maybe the "number of photos" has 'stifled' voting hmm

Cheers

John

 I think the length of membership has taken over from the voting but that's not a problem, and that suggestion would stop some of the people just joining to enter the comp.



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There is more to it than just the amount of posts it seems and giving a lot of food for thought out there.

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Agree with Baroma's suggestion that it be length of membership, instead of the number of posts.

I also think there should be a limit of how many photo's but I don't know how that would be policed.

I must admit, I got a little bored when there were soooo many photo's. And a little annoyed at the ones that didn't fit the topic. I stopped looking at them after awhile.



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I was the same as you Beth.

Maybe in the Photo Comp Section each member only has one thread each. They post the amount of photos allowed in that thread and no where else or it will be deleted.
Anything above the allowed amount won't be taken into consideration no matter how good it is.

I can see how easy that would be to control.

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Thanks Wommy, shows off the colour of my eyes ay. smile



-- Edited by Firefly on Monday 2nd of January 2012 01:38:51 PM

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Personally, I think all members should be entitled to only (5) entries each, regardless of their time as members or how many posts they might have made ..

Lets get this back to a level playing field .. Each person need only to select and submit their own best (5) photos ..

The duration of (2) months for the competition might just be quite suitable as members will the take their time to submit and/or remove and resubmit entries as they choose .. As each person has only (5) entries to consider, time will be less a consideration than it has been in the past ..

Just my thoughts and opinion ..

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I stopped looking at the last competition photos as the image took time to load one at a time, and some were fairly ordinary and repetitive. Unfortunately amongst those images I bet there were a lot of good ones but I lost interest...I did vote but waited till the judges had done their selection. I consider there should be 6 and no more than 10, enticing people to be more selective in their choices. I think you loose an audience if the quality is boring and repetitive, and that is not going to encourage sponsors.
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jonathan. The suggestions are for how many photos each, not how many photos depending on how long they have been here.
That is a different part of the equation. How long they have to be here before they can enter the comp so they can't become a member just to enter and get the prize. thats a another consideration.
Some people register solely to enter the comp last time.

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That's exactly what I did Shaz. I agree



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Firefly wrote:

Thanks Wommy, shows off the colour of my eyes ay. smile



-- Edited by Firefly on Monday 2nd of January 2012 01:38:51 PM

 I wasn't looking at your eyes biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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_wombat_ wrote:
 I wasn't looking at your eyes biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

 Ha, ha....I bet.



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All of the suggestions made here will depend on what Cindy thinks is a fair thing, after all most of the work will be done by Cindy and Steve.

But at least Cindy is getting some info from members.



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Boroma577 wrote:
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 I wasn't looking at your eyes biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

 Ha, ha....I bet.

 bugga that was quick, you been reading my mind biggrinbiggrin



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Exactly my thoughts Baroma.  Additionally once a limit is placed on the number of photos that can be entered, (say 10 in total) rather than have anyone checking all entrants numbers of photos posted, why not pick a winner first.  Then check the number entered by the winner before notifying who has won.  If his/her entries do not comply with the rules just pick another winner until someone does comply.



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Marj .. I believe my first line covered that adequately ..



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Sorry jonathan. I mistook that you might have mistook. lol

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Happywanderer wrote:

Sorry jonathan. I mistook that you might have mistook. lol

 I mistook all the time myself. biggrin



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Is it something to do with our age Beth. I can't imagine what it could be.!!!

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Is it something to do with our age Beth. I can't imagine what it could be.!!!

 Nah! Wouldn't be that! biggrin



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I think it might be



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.. call  me misterstook .. tee hee !



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As a new member, I kind of find the phrase (blowin's) quite offensive and a bit of a turn off. (my definition of blowings would be Blowflies sneaking in at mealtime as Unwanted guests)

Are you forgetting you where once a new member Too!

This is the first time I have ever seen this crop up on any forum I subscribe to.

Please tell me if you want new members or not, and by the way I am not interested in posting photo's just yet anyway.

Happy New Year to all

Burnie



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Dear Burnie .. welcome to the group !

.. and may I say that I have no idea what you're talking about .. we love having new members, but you are free to leave if you want !

Don't let it be said that we are holding you back !

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As was stated further down, the blow-ins are people who join up purely to enter the comps and never come back again.

You're obviously not a blow-in Burnie, and we certainly welcome anyone who joins for the genuine reasons of mutual interest in Nomadding, friendship, support and info regarding all sorts of things.

You are most welcome Burnie.

 



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Welcome to the forum Burnie.

Its a long story, but I apologise if what I said offended you. We were all blow-ins once, some of us still are a bit like blow-flies!

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Gerty Dancer wrote:

Welcome to the forum Burnie.

Its a long story, but I apologise if what I said offended you. We were all blow-ins once, some of us still are a bit like blow-flies!

 I don't think you need to apologise Gerty. The rest of us understood what you meant.



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Burnie wrote:

As a new member, I kind of find the phrase (blowin's) quite offensive and a bit of a turn off. (my definition of blowings would be Blowflies sneaking in at mealtime as Unwanted guests)

Are you forgetting you where once a new member Too!

This is the first time I have ever seen this crop up on any forum I subscribe to.

Please tell me if you want new members or not, and by the way I am not interested in posting photo's just yet anyway.

Happy New Year to all

Burnie

 Hi Burnie,

Sorry if you were offended but it was not intended to be that way, you are more than welcome, please keep posting, it's a great site and plenty of nice people like me biggrin

The problem is some people are joining just to be able to enter the photo comp and take away very good prizes and then do not even come back in and thank the people (Cindy & Steve) who spend a lot of time organising the comp.

Now you know a bit more of what has gone on in the past we hope you will stay around and enjoy the company of all the GN's on this site.



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