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| 2004 | - | - | - | 182 | 1042 | 655 | 89 | 25 | 263 | 362 | 316 | 285 |
| 2005 | 189 | 56 | 107 | 538 | 347 | 446 | 97 | 276 | 194 | 358 | 565 | 136 |
| 2006 | 231 | 66 | 27 | 76 | 117 | 139 | 127 | 56 | 67 | 66 | 159 | 79 |
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| 2008 | 56 | 13 | 3 | 54 | 240 | 141 | 274 | 77 | 51 | 60 | 90 | 106 |
| 2009 | 28 | 3 | - | 39 | 194 | 101 | 72 | 27 | 22 | 15 | 36 | 24 |
| 2010 | 67 | - | 1 | 4 | 103 | 138 | 129 | 32 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 30 |
| 2011 | 1 | - | 17 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 90 | 61 | 32 | 7 | 5 | 8 |
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Looks good, Marta...thanks for doing that.
Kathy
Kathy
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@...> wrote:
>
> On 30/4/06 7:56 pm, "Kathy" <inkling-tcbs@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi Marta,
> >
> >>> Marta, do you have the withdrawal rules? I didn't see them in
the
> >>> FAQs.
> >
> >> There isn't, but there should be. I'll work on that as soon as I
> >> finish answering emails.
> >>
> >> Marta
> >
> > I know you're still catching up, so just wanted to let you know
that
> > Anthony has created a withdrawal FAQ and put it under the
Nominations
> > FAQ: http:
> >
> > //mefawards.net/faq/viewtopic.php?t=92
> >
> > I'm wondering if it should also go under Rules.
> >
> > Kathy
> >
>
> Hi Kathy,
>
> That's a good suggestion. I've added it to the rules. Check out #10
at
>
> http://www.mefawards.net/faq/viewtopic.php?p=87
>
> Marta
>
Marta: we need to change the "Send Password" message that the voting
site generates. Currently it says:
Welcome to the Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards. Nominations and voting
are handled through the MEFA2006 website, at
<http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2006>. You may login and change your
username, nickname (penname) and password, as you desire. Remember
that these passwords are sent in the clear text over the internet, and
are visible to the MEFAwards administrators.
And the url should be: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006.
Details, details...:-)
site generates. Currently it says:
Welcome to the Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards. Nominations and voting
are handled through the MEFA2006 website, at
<http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2006>. You may login and change your
username, nickname (penname) and password, as you desire. Remember
that these passwords are sent in the clear text over the internet, and
are visible to the MEFAwards administrators.
And the url should be: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006.
Details, details...:-)
Msg# 6949
Re: Another URL that needs changing (attn: Anthony) Posted by Marta Layton May 01, 2006 - 16:59:12 Topic ID# 6948On 1/5/06 8:05 am, "elliska67" <elliska67@yahoo.com> wrote:
that still needs changing.
But, I can't make this change. Anthony, can you change
http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2006/ to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA20006/
?
Thanks,
Marta
> Marta: we need to change the "Send Password" message that the votingDetails are good. I'm about to go poke around to see if I can find anything
> site generates. Currently it says:
>
> Welcome to the Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards. Nominations and voting
> are handled through the MEFA2006 website, at
> <http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2006>. You may login and change your
> username, nickname (penname) and password, as you desire. Remember
> that these passwords are sent in the clear text over the internet, and
> are visible to the MEFAwards administrators.
>
> And the url should be: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006.
>
> Details, details...:-)
>
that still needs changing.
But, I can't make this change. Anthony, can you change
http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2006/ to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA20006/
?
Thanks,
Marta
I'm clearing out the database.
Any edits made after now (11:30 CDT, Monday) will not be saved.
I'm cleaning all the test stories, any reviews, and all that other
stuff out.
I'm also clearing all the CoAuthor groups.
Anthony
Any edits made after now (11:30 CDT, Monday) will not be saved.
I'm cleaning all the test stories, any reviews, and all that other
stuff out.
I'm also clearing all the CoAuthor groups.
Anthony
Hi guys,
I'm proud to announce that the 2006 Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards are
open for nominations. To vote, please go to
http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006 .
Some important reminders:
1. Each member is limited to nominating twenty pieces.
2. Nominators this year provide the story URL, the story title, and
the author's name. (If the author does not already have a story
nominated, the nominator also needs to provide the author's email
address). All other information is provided by the authors.
3. The rules and several FAQs about different aspects of the awards
are available at http://www.mefawards.net/faq/ . If you have any
questions you may find this site helpful.
3. The nomination form has changed substantially, hopefully for the
better. Authors will now select a time period, genre, and race the
story is about, and rank their preference as to which category they
most want their story to take place in. This replaces the question
last year where authors were asked to give their first-, second-, and
third-choice categories.
4. Authors will be asked a series of questions about their stories and
this information will be used to form sub-categories. This replaces
the question last year where you were asked to list some potential
sub-categories.
5. Nominators may now nominate stories posted after the start of
nomination season. The only requirement is that the piece be posted at
the time you nominate it.
6. Authors may vote on other authors' pieces without being required to
join the MEFAwards group. To nominate other stories (by themselves or
other authors) they must still join the MEFAwards group. If the author
does not have a Yahoo account they can be added as an email only
member if they would like.
7. Not a change, but a reminder: make sure the piece you nominated was
not nominated before. Each piece can be nominated once as a WIP and
once again as a completed piece. 2004's nominations are available at
http://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa/final2004noms.html; 2005's nominations
at http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2005/ . Members of the MEFAwards
Yahoo group can also find stories previously nominated in the
databases "Ineligible Complete Works" and "Ineligible Incomplete
Works" at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/database .
Those are the most significant changes. Please make sure you are
familiar with the pertinent rules and FAQs, and if you have any
question feel free to email mefasupport@gmail.com .
Marta (MEFA Admin)
I'm proud to announce that the 2006 Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards are
open for nominations. To vote, please go to
http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006 .
Some important reminders:
1. Each member is limited to nominating twenty pieces.
2. Nominators this year provide the story URL, the story title, and
the author's name. (If the author does not already have a story
nominated, the nominator also needs to provide the author's email
address). All other information is provided by the authors.
3. The rules and several FAQs about different aspects of the awards
are available at http://www.mefawards.net/faq/ . If you have any
questions you may find this site helpful.
3. The nomination form has changed substantially, hopefully for the
better. Authors will now select a time period, genre, and race the
story is about, and rank their preference as to which category they
most want their story to take place in. This replaces the question
last year where authors were asked to give their first-, second-, and
third-choice categories.
4. Authors will be asked a series of questions about their stories and
this information will be used to form sub-categories. This replaces
the question last year where you were asked to list some potential
sub-categories.
5. Nominators may now nominate stories posted after the start of
nomination season. The only requirement is that the piece be posted at
the time you nominate it.
6. Authors may vote on other authors' pieces without being required to
join the MEFAwards group. To nominate other stories (by themselves or
other authors) they must still join the MEFAwards group. If the author
does not have a Yahoo account they can be added as an email only
member if they would like.
7. Not a change, but a reminder: make sure the piece you nominated was
not nominated before. Each piece can be nominated once as a WIP and
once again as a completed piece. 2004's nominations are available at
http://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa/final2004noms.html; 2005's nominations
at http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2005/ . Members of the MEFAwards
Yahoo group can also find stories previously nominated in the
databases "Ineligible Complete Works" and "Ineligible Incomplete
Works" at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/database .
Those are the most significant changes. Please make sure you are
familiar with the pertinent rules and FAQs, and if you have any
question feel free to email mefasupport@gmail.com .
Marta (MEFA Admin)
Since the Nomination season started a few days later than intended, will it
end on June 1 or June 2 or stick to the original date of (I think) May 31?
There's a story I'd love to nominate that the writer thinks will be finished
by June 1 - should I tell her to aim for May 31?
RAKSHA THE DEMON, who's nominated a few already
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end on June 1 or June 2 or stick to the original date of (I think) May 31?
There's a story I'd love to nominate that the writer thinks will be finished
by June 1 - should I tell her to aim for May 31?
RAKSHA THE DEMON, who's nominated a few already
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On 3/5/06 3:50 am, "PGail99@aol.com" <PGail99@aol.com> wrote:
We're sticking with the original closing date of May 31. If it's a
multi-part story (that already has some chapters posted) you could nominate
it as a WIP and when it's finished we could change it to a completed story.
Otherwise it will need to be posted before you nominate it, which will have
to be done before the close of nomination season (11:59:59 PM GMT, May 31).
If the author can't get it done by then, you could always save it for next
year.
HTH,
Marta
> Since the Nomination season started a few days later than intended, will itHi Raksha,
> end on June 1 or June 2 or stick to the original date of (I think) May 31?
>
> There's a story I'd love to nominate that the writer thinks will be finished
> by June 1 - should I tell her to aim for May 31?
>
>
>
> RAKSHA THE DEMON, who's nominated a few already
>
>
We're sticking with the original closing date of May 31. If it's a
multi-part story (that already has some chapters posted) you could nominate
it as a WIP and when it's finished we could change it to a completed story.
Otherwise it will need to be posted before you nominate it, which will have
to be done before the close of nomination season (11:59:59 PM GMT, May 31).
If the author can't get it done by then, you could always save it for next
year.
HTH,
Marta
Hi,
I'm coming out of hibernation to start playing! But, although I am
able to log-in and send messages here, the 2006 site won't let me
nominate. It says I need to be a member. But I am - aren't I?
Bodkin
I'm coming out of hibernation to start playing! But, although I am
able to log-in and send messages here, the 2006 site won't let me
nominate. It says I need to be a member. But I am - aren't I?
Bodkin
Hi Bodkin, I just fixed that for you and you should be able to login
with the same password you used last year. If you don't remember that
password, just post a request to this group and I will email it to
you. Have fun!
with the same password you used last year. If you don't remember that
password, just post a request to this group and I will email it to
you. Have fun!
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "bodkin_ra" <bodkin_ra@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm coming out of hibernation to start playing! But, although I am
> able to log-in and send messages here, the 2006 site won't let me
> nominate. It says I need to be a member. But I am - aren't I?
>
> Bodkin
>
On 3/5/06 2:42 pm, "bodkin_ra" <bodkin_ra@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
A while ago I went through the list of members of this Yahoo group and
compared it to the list of members at the voting website (2005's,
http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2005). If someone was listed as a "MEFAwards"
member at the voting website, but wasn't still a member of the Yahoo group,
I assumed they had left the Yahoo group and so I edited their account.
Somehow I messed up with you. I searched the member list for the MEFA name
and didn't find Bodkin - probably a typo on my part. Then I searched for the
first part of your email address, but the one you have at the MEFAwards list
doesn't match what you have over at the voting website.
Anyway, you're obviously a member. You're now marked as a MEFA member at the
voting website and so should be able to nominate.
Marta
> Hi,Hi Bodkin,
>
> I'm coming out of hibernation to start playing! But, although I am
> able to log-in and send messages here, the 2006 site won't let me
> nominate. It says I need to be a member. But I am - aren't I?
>
> Bodkin
>
A while ago I went through the list of members of this Yahoo group and
compared it to the list of members at the voting website (2005's,
http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2005). If someone was listed as a "MEFAwards"
member at the voting website, but wasn't still a member of the Yahoo group,
I assumed they had left the Yahoo group and so I edited their account.
Somehow I messed up with you. I searched the member list for the MEFA name
and didn't find Bodkin - probably a typo on my part. Then I searched for the
first part of your email address, but the one you have at the MEFAwards list
doesn't match what you have over at the voting website.
Anyway, you're obviously a member. You're now marked as a MEFA member at the
voting website and so should be able to nominate.
Marta
Hurray! I've started playing already. Thank you, Marta.
(Now.... how many nominations shall I use up straight away .... and how long shall I hang on to see if other people nominate my favourites? Oooh, the decisions I have to make!)
Marta Layton <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:
(Now.... how many nominations shall I use up straight away .... and how long shall I hang on to see if other people nominate my favourites? Oooh, the decisions I have to make!)
Marta Layton <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:
On 3/5/06 2:42 pm, "bodkin_ra" <bodkin_ra@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm coming out of hibernation to start playing! But, although I am
> able to log-in and send messages here, the 2006 site won't let me
> nominate. It says I need to be a member. But I am - aren't I?
>
> Bodkin
>
Hi Bodkin,
A while ago I went through the list of members of this Yahoo group and
compared it to the list of members at the voting website (2005's,
http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2005). If someone was listed as a "MEFAwards"
member at the voting website, but wasn't still a member of the Yahoo group,
I assumed they had left the Yahoo group and so I edited their account.
Somehow I messed up with you. I searched the member list for the MEFA name
and didn't find Bodkin - probably a typo on my part. Then I searched for the
first part of your email address, but the one you have at the MEFAwards list
doesn't match what you have over at the voting website.
Anyway, you're obviously a member. You're now marked as a MEFA member at the
voting website and so should be able to nominate.
Marta
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Thank you, elliska. I nearly mailed you direct and then couldn't decide if that was taking liberties. I do enjoy the MEFAs - so much to read and comment on. Now I've just got the torment of deciding who to nominate! I must already have listed more than twenty stories and I'm nowhere near thinking back all the way to last summer. Perhaps I'll just wait a bit and see who else wants to nominate them!
Bodkin
elliska67 <elliska67@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Bodkin, I just fixed that for you and you should be able to login
with the same password you used last year. If you don't remember that
password, just post a request to this group and I will email it to
you. Have fun!
Bodkin
elliska67 <elliska67@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Bodkin, I just fixed that for you and you should be able to login
with the same password you used last year. If you don't remember that
password, just post a request to this group and I will email it to
you. Have fun!
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "bodkin_ra" <bodkin_ra@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm coming out of hibernation to start playing! But, although I am
> able to log-in and send messages here, the 2006 site won't let me
> nominate. It says I need to be a member. But I am - aren't I?
>
> Bodkin
>
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Hey all,
I've updated the site, and the "Fourth Age and Beyond" time period is
now in the list of times, where it should have been all along.
I had it in my list the whole time, but when I added Multi-Age, I
didn't change the '6' to a '7' on the copy, so it just overwrote
'Fourth Age and Beyond'.
So, if you have a story that should have been put in "Fourth Age and
Beyond," but it wasn't in the list, you should go edit it. If it got
finalized, and you need to change it, contact your liaison. (Liaisons,
I'm sorry if I've caused extra work!)
If you have a multi-age, it should have been properly taken care of,
but you might want to check it just in case. Nothing else should be
affected. If you were editing or nominating a multi-age around
midnight, you should check your story.
Anthony
I've updated the site, and the "Fourth Age and Beyond" time period is
now in the list of times, where it should have been all along.
I had it in my list the whole time, but when I added Multi-Age, I
didn't change the '6' to a '7' on the copy, so it just overwrote
'Fourth Age and Beyond'.
So, if you have a story that should have been put in "Fourth Age and
Beyond," but it wasn't in the list, you should go edit it. If it got
finalized, and you need to change it, contact your liaison. (Liaisons,
I'm sorry if I've caused extra work!)
If you have a multi-age, it should have been properly taken care of,
but you might want to check it just in case. Nothing else should be
affected. If you were editing or nominating a multi-age around
midnight, you should check your story.
Anthony
Hey all,
Reviews have temporarily been taken offline (until at least tomorrow
night) as I discovered a bug in the code.
At least one review (of the seven 'final' ones I looked at) got
truncated after just one word.
I now remember that this is what I was working on when my hard drive
died. When I went back and tested, I wasn't thorough enough. It looked
like it worked, so I thought I had finished before my backup. I was
wrong.
I apologize to those who have already entered reviews. Most of them
appear to be fine, but will need minor editing. It looks like if you
had an un-matched 'double-quote' ("), you lost everything after it,
though.
Hopefully the damage won't be too bad. There are only 23 reviews at
this stage.
At least I remember the basics of what I did to fix this problem, so
hopefully it won't be too long before I turn it back on.
Sorry again,
Anthony
Reviews have temporarily been taken offline (until at least tomorrow
night) as I discovered a bug in the code.
At least one review (of the seven 'final' ones I looked at) got
truncated after just one word.
I now remember that this is what I was working on when my hard drive
died. When I went back and tested, I wasn't thorough enough. It looked
like it worked, so I thought I had finished before my backup. I was
wrong.
I apologize to those who have already entered reviews. Most of them
appear to be fine, but will need minor editing. It looks like if you
had an un-matched 'double-quote' ("), you lost everything after it,
though.
Hopefully the damage won't be too bad. There are only 23 reviews at
this stage.
At least I remember the basics of what I did to fix this problem, so
hopefully it won't be too long before I turn it back on.
Sorry again,
Anthony
ok, i admit i haven't been paying much attention the past few weeks.
What is the function of "Skip" and "Wish"?
Thanks,
Lin
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What is the function of "Skip" and "Wish"?
Thanks,
Lin
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I fixed the problem with reviews, and have them back working again.
Anybody that entered a review should go back and check it and delete
any extra \ characters around the quote marks.
I have noticed a similar problem with the story summaries, but it
doesn't seem to be as bad, and none look like they've been cut off.
For now, be careful to save your summary in Word or a text editor. I
don't think it's going to lose any data, but it seems to be adding
multiple \ characters in front of the quote characters, especially with
multiple edits.
Do be careful about it, though. I definitely wouldn't use any < or >
characters, because those are more likely to mess it up.
I'll try to fix that one soon. It should be much like what I did for
the reviews.
Anthony
Anybody that entered a review should go back and check it and delete
any extra \ characters around the quote marks.
I have noticed a similar problem with the story summaries, but it
doesn't seem to be as bad, and none look like they've been cut off.
For now, be careful to save your summary in Word or a text editor. I
don't think it's going to lose any data, but it seems to be adding
multiple \ characters in front of the quote characters, especially with
multiple edits.
Do be careful about it, though. I definitely wouldn't use any < or >
characters, because those are more likely to mess it up.
I'll try to fix that one soon. It should be much like what I did for
the reviews.
Anthony
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, BLJean@... wrote:
during the seasons. For example, if you see a story summary or details
that appeal to you, you can click on wish, and it will be added to
your wish-to read list. But it can also happen that you see stories
that don't appeal to you and you just simply click on skip.
Now if for example nomination season is over and reading season
starts, you can go to the option select List of Nominations, and then
you can click on show filter, to choose at the option "Show Only
Stories I Have Reviewed " the filter 'wish'. This way you can see
which stories; you reminded yourself that you wanted to read them.
I hope this made sense...
Rhapsody
>Skip and wish is a nifty feature to make a to read list for yourself
> ok, i admit i haven't been paying much attention the past few weeks.
>
> What is the function of "Skip" and "Wish"?
during the seasons. For example, if you see a story summary or details
that appeal to you, you can click on wish, and it will be added to
your wish-to read list. But it can also happen that you see stories
that don't appeal to you and you just simply click on skip.
Now if for example nomination season is over and reading season
starts, you can go to the option select List of Nominations, and then
you can click on show filter, to choose at the option "Show Only
Stories I Have Reviewed " the filter 'wish'. This way you can see
which stories; you reminded yourself that you wanted to read them.
I hope this made sense...
Rhapsody
Hi,
I have a fairly simple question about becoming a nominator on the
wwww.mefawards.net website. Since i'm a member here on the yahoo
group, do i log in using my yahoo address and password on yahoo? If
not, how can i log in to become a reviewer or author? I've also
logged into the message board that has been newly set up but not sure
how to become a nominator so i can nominate stories.
Thank you~
~periantari
I have a fairly simple question about becoming a nominator on the
wwww.mefawards.net website. Since i'm a member here on the yahoo
group, do i log in using my yahoo address and password on yahoo? If
not, how can i log in to become a reviewer or author? I've also
logged into the message board that has been newly set up but not sure
how to become a nominator so i can nominate stories.
Thank you~
~periantari
On 6/5/06 10:38 pm, "elentari3018" <elentari3018@yahoo.com> wrote:
To nominate a story, go to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ and log in
with the user name and password that should have been sent to you within
twenty-four hours of joining this group. In case you have forgotten it or
never received it, I'll send it to you via private email.
Anyway, once you log in you should see a series of links to differnet
portions of the site. The first two let you nominate a story. Click on the
link, fill in the form, and we take it from there.
Marta
> Hi,Hi Periantari,
> I have a fairly simple question about becoming a nominator on the
> wwww.mefawards.net website. Since i'm a member here on the yahoo
> group, do i log in using my yahoo address and password on yahoo? If
> not, how can i log in to become a reviewer or author? I've also
> logged into the message board that has been newly set up but not sure
> how to become a nominator so i can nominate stories.
>
> Thank you~
>
> ~periantari
>
To nominate a story, go to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ and log in
with the user name and password that should have been sent to you within
twenty-four hours of joining this group. In case you have forgotten it or
never received it, I'll send it to you via private email.
Anyway, once you log in you should see a series of links to differnet
portions of the site. The first two let you nominate a story. Click on the
link, fill in the form, and we take it from there.
Marta
Msg# 6966
Re: FW: [mefa-discussion] Awards Schedule Posted by shippingindustry May 07, 2006 - 0:23:35 Topic ID# 6845Do I understand right, that people can enter reviews now, while
nominations are going on, and don't have to wait until reading season?
(Love reading season schedule, BTW. Right during swimming season.
Whilst little ones are splashing through swim lessons, mom can be
reading by the poolside)
Thanks,
Lin
nominations are going on, and don't have to wait until reading season?
(Love reading season schedule, BTW. Right during swimming season.
Whilst little ones are splashing through swim lessons, mom can be
reading by the poolside)
Thanks,
Lin
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Over at the discussion list wešve been nailing down the schedule
for this
> yearšs awards. It will be:
>
> May 1-31: Nominate stories
> June 1-7: Nominations finalized
> June 8-21: Volunteers create subcategories.
> June 22-30: Ballots posted to this Yahoo group
> July 1-August 15: Reading Season
> August 16-November 4: Voting season
> November 4-8: Polls to vote on awards banners
> November 8: Results announced at midnight
>
> One important change: all days will end at midnight GMT (British
time)
> instead of midnight US Central time like we did in previous years.
>
Msg# 6967
Re: FW: [mefa-discussion] Awards Schedule Posted by Marta Layton May 07, 2006 - 6:58:25 Topic ID# 6845On 7/5/06 1:23 am, "shippingindustry" <BLJean@aol.com> wrote:
That's the theory. Actually, there's a bug in the code that handles reviews
so you can't enter reviews right now while Anthony sorts that out. As soon
as Anthony has fixed that he'll bring reviews back online. If you try to
enter a review now you should get an error message, but you will be able to
enter reviews again soon.
Marta
> Do I understand right, that people can enter reviews now, whileHi Lin,
> nominations are going on, and don't have to wait until reading season?
>
> (Love reading season schedule, BTW. Right during swimming season.
> Whilst little ones are splashing through swim lessons, mom can be
> reading by the poolside)
>
> Thanks,
> Lin
>
That's the theory. Actually, there's a bug in the code that handles reviews
so you can't enter reviews right now while Anthony sorts that out. As soon
as Anthony has fixed that he'll bring reviews back online. If you try to
enter a review now you should get an error message, but you will be able to
enter reviews again soon.
Marta
Is anyone else having trouble getting to the voting site or is my DNS
acting up again?
acting up again?
elliska67 wrote:
Rhapsody
> Is anyone else having trouble getting to the voting site or is my DNSI just got in again. It was offline for 5 to 10 minutes.
> acting up again?
Rhapsody
On 7/5/06 2:41 pm, "elliska67" <elliska67@yahoo.com> wrote:
I just logged out and logged back in.
Marta
> Is anyone else having trouble getting to the voting site or is my DNSHi Elliska,
> acting up again?
>
I just logged out and logged back in.
Marta
Yeah ,me too now--stupid DNS. We hatesss it, preciousss. Sorry for the
false alarm.
false alarm.
Msg# 6972
Getting in Touch With Authors Posted by aure\_enteluva May 07, 2006 - 18:05:38 Topic ID# 6972Hey guys,
Several author liaisons and authors have reported that the emails
telling them their stories have been nominated are getting caught in
their spam filter. If you think it's possible that you will be
nominated for the MEFAs please double-check your email's spam folder
before you delete it. By default, all these emails will have the
subject line "2006 Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards" (though some
liaisons may personalize this.)
I'm including a list of authors who had their first story nominated on
Friday or before, and who have not replied to those emails. Many of
them may have genuine reasons for not having responded, but if you are
this author or know how to reach them, you may want to check that
they have received their nomination emails. I realize it's still
pretty early in the nomination process, so please don't see this as a
criticism of your speed in handling this - more a pre-emptive measure
to make sure everyone is receiving these emails.
If you'd ever like to see whether your stories have been nominated you
can do this by logging in to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ (if
you aren't a member click "login as guest"). Then click on "Browse
Nominated Stories", and then click the column header "Author". This
will sort the list of nominated stories alphabetically by the author
name. Find your name on the list and this will tell you what stories
by you have been nominated.
If you have a nominated story for which you have not received an
email, or if you have any questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to post here or email me at mefasupport at gmail.com .
Marta
NOMINATED AUTHORS WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM
Acacea
Alawa
Anso the Hobbit
aranda_nz
Aratlithiel
Branwyn
Dot
Dreamflower
Elen Kortirion
Forodwaith
GamgeeFest
grey_wonderer
Gwynnyd
hossgal
Indigo Bunting
Jay of Lasgalen
Kenaz
Larner
Linda Hoyland
Lindelea
lwarren (*** email sent to this author bounced ***)
Marigold
Mews1945
MysteriousWays
Nilmandra
pearltook1
Perelleth
Primsong
Raksha the Demon
redheredh
Salsify
simbelmyne
SlightlyTookish
Soledad
Sophinisba Solis
Space Weavil
stultiloquentia
Tehta
Several author liaisons and authors have reported that the emails
telling them their stories have been nominated are getting caught in
their spam filter. If you think it's possible that you will be
nominated for the MEFAs please double-check your email's spam folder
before you delete it. By default, all these emails will have the
subject line "2006 Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards" (though some
liaisons may personalize this.)
I'm including a list of authors who had their first story nominated on
Friday or before, and who have not replied to those emails. Many of
them may have genuine reasons for not having responded, but if you are
this author or know how to reach them, you may want to check that
they have received their nomination emails. I realize it's still
pretty early in the nomination process, so please don't see this as a
criticism of your speed in handling this - more a pre-emptive measure
to make sure everyone is receiving these emails.
If you'd ever like to see whether your stories have been nominated you
can do this by logging in to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ (if
you aren't a member click "login as guest"). Then click on "Browse
Nominated Stories", and then click the column header "Author". This
will sort the list of nominated stories alphabetically by the author
name. Find your name on the list and this will tell you what stories
by you have been nominated.
If you have a nominated story for which you have not received an
email, or if you have any questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to post here or email me at mefasupport at gmail.com .
Marta
NOMINATED AUTHORS WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM
Acacea
Alawa
Anso the Hobbit
aranda_nz
Aratlithiel
Branwyn
Dot
Dreamflower
Elen Kortirion
Forodwaith
GamgeeFest
grey_wonderer
Gwynnyd
hossgal
Indigo Bunting
Jay of Lasgalen
Kenaz
Larner
Linda Hoyland
Lindelea
lwarren (*** email sent to this author bounced ***)
Marigold
Mews1945
MysteriousWays
Nilmandra
pearltook1
Perelleth
Primsong
Raksha the Demon
redheredh
Salsify
simbelmyne
SlightlyTookish
Soledad
Sophinisba Solis
Space Weavil
stultiloquentia
Tehta
Hi Rosesared here, I'm on your list as aranda_nz but cannot get onto
the 2006 site to find out which story has been nominated. Thanks for
the nomination anyway, makes me feel all fuzzy.
R
the 2006 site to find out which story has been nominated. Thanks for
the nomination anyway, makes me feel all fuzzy.
R
Hi Marta,
Yes, at your convenience, please send me my user name and password
from a while back. ...
Thank you!
~periantari =)
email is elentari3018@yahoo.com
Yes, at your convenience, please send me my user name and password
from a while back. ...
Thank you!
~periantari =)
email is elentari3018@yahoo.com
> >it or
>
> Hi Periantari,
>
> To nominate a story, go to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ and log in
> with the user name and password that should have been sent to you within
> twenty-four hours of joining this group. In case you have forgotten
> never received it, I'll send it to you via private email.on the
>
> Anyway, once you log in you should see a series of links to differnet
> portions of the site. The first two let you nominate a story. Click
> link, fill in the form, and we take it from there.
>
> Marta
>
Hi Rosesared, I am you Author Liaison. I sent you your username and
password a few days ago and I am sending it again right now. If you
don't see it soon, check your spam filter. If you still don't see it,
feel free to email me at elliska67@yahoo.com and I will respond to
your email (sometimes that helps things get through.)
password a few days ago and I am sending it again right now. If you
don't see it soon, check your spam filter. If you still don't see it,
feel free to email me at elliska67@yahoo.com and I will respond to
your email (sometimes that helps things get through.)
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "aranda_nz" <aranda@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Rosesared here, I'm on your list as aranda_nz but cannot get onto
> the 2006 site to find out which story has been nominated. Thanks for
> the nomination anyway, makes me feel all fuzzy.
> R
>
Hi, I just sent your username/password to you. If you don't see it
soon, be sure to check your spam filter for it. If you still don't
see it, feel free to email me at elliska67@yahoo.com and I will
respond to that email. Sometimes that helps things get past the spam
filters.
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "elentari3018" <elentari3018@...>
wrote:
soon, be sure to check your spam filter for it. If you still don't
see it, feel free to email me at elliska67@yahoo.com and I will
respond to that email. Sometimes that helps things get past the spam
filters.
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "elentari3018" <elentari3018@...>
wrote:
>and log in
> Hi Marta,
> Yes, at your convenience, please send me my user name and password
> from a while back. ...
> Thank you!
> ~periantari =)
>
> email is elentari3018@...
>
> > >
> >
> > Hi Periantari,
> >
> > To nominate a story, go to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/
> > with the user name and password that should have been sent toyou within
> > twenty-four hours of joining this group. In case you haveforgotten
> it ordiffernet
> > never received it, I'll send it to you via private email.
> >
> > Anyway, once you log in you should see a series of links to
> > portions of the site. The first two let you nominate a story.Click
> on the
> > link, fill in the form, and we take it from there.
> >
> > Marta
> >
>
Hi Marta,
I'm on the list but I haven't received any nomination mails... I'm quite
sure there weren't any in my not sure not sure though whether I checked my
last lot of spam before deleting.
I haven't received any emails as an author liaison also:o
Acacea
I'm on the list but I haven't received any nomination mails... I'm quite
sure there weren't any in my not sure not sure though whether I checked my
last lot of spam before deleting.
I haven't received any emails as an author liaison also:o
Acacea
On 5/8/06, aure_enteluva <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Several author liaisons and authors have reported that the emails
> telling them their stories have been nominated are getting caught in
> their spam filter. If you think it's possible that you will be
> nominated for the MEFAs please double-check your email's spam folder
> before you delete it. By default, all these emails will have the
> subject line "2006 Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards" (though some
> liaisons may personalize this.)
>
> I'm including a list of authors who had their first story nominated on
> Friday or before, and who have not replied to those emails. Many of
> them may have genuine reasons for not having responded, but if you are
> this author or know how to reach them, you may want to check that
> they have received their nomination emails. I realize it's still
> pretty early in the nomination process, so please don't see this as a
> criticism of your speed in handling this - more a pre-emptive measure
> to make sure everyone is receiving these emails.
>
> If you'd ever like to see whether your stories have been nominated you
> can do this by logging in to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ (if
> you aren't a member click "login as guest"). Then click on "Browse
> Nominated Stories", and then click the column header "Author". This
> will sort the list of nominated stories alphabetically by the author
> name. Find your name on the list and this will tell you what stories
> by you have been nominated.
>
> If you have a nominated story for which you have not received an
> email, or if you have any questions or concerns, please do not
> hesitate to post here or email me at mefasupport at gmail.com .
>
> Marta
>
> NOMINATED AUTHORS WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM
>
> Acacea
> Alawa
> Anso the Hobbit
> aranda_nz
> Aratlithiel
> Branwyn
> Dot
> Dreamflower
> Elen Kortirion
> Forodwaith
> GamgeeFest
> grey_wonderer
> Gwynnyd
> hossgal
> Indigo Bunting
> Jay of Lasgalen
> Kenaz
> Larner
> Linda Hoyland
> Lindelea
> lwarren (*** email sent to this author bounced ***)
> Marigold
> Mews1945
> MysteriousWays
> Nilmandra
> pearltook1
> Perelleth
> Primsong
> Raksha the Demon
> redheredh
> Salsify
> simbelmyne
> SlightlyTookish
> Soledad
> Sophinisba Solis
> Space Weavil
> stultiloquentia
> Tehta
>
>
>
>
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Acacea wrote:
own nomination e-mail to yourself)... So it might be that your ISP is
proactively deleting spam before you even see it.
Rhapsody
> Hi Marta,As a liaison, you are handling your own nominations (you will send your
>
> I'm on the list but I haven't received any nomination mails... I'm quite
> sure there weren't any in my not sure not sure though whether I checked my
> last lot of spam before deleting.
>
> I haven't received any emails as an author liaison also:o
own nomination e-mail to yourself)... So it might be that your ISP is
proactively deleting spam before you even see it.
Rhapsody
I am a member,(since I am posting here..;-) but I am not able to
nominate. Can anyone give me a hand with that, please? Thanks.
perelleth
nominate. Can anyone give me a hand with that, please? Thanks.
perelleth
H perelleth. I just sent you your username/password. If you don't see
it in your inbox in a few minutes, be sure to check your spam filter.
If you still don't find it, just drop me an email at
elliska67@yahoo.com. Happy nominating!
it in your inbox in a few minutes, be sure to check your spam filter.
If you still don't find it, just drop me an email at
elliska67@yahoo.com. Happy nominating!
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "perelleth" <perelleth@...> wrote:
>
> I am a member,(since I am posting here..;-) but I am not able to
> nominate. Can anyone give me a hand with that, please? Thanks.
> perelleth
>
Msg# 6981
Re: Nominated authors you haven't heard from Posted by BLJean@aol.com May 08, 2006 - 9:16:03 Topic ID# 6981I'm on the list, hah. Have been down with the worst awful 24-hour thing that
actually lasted 48 hours (or maybe more, still feel like something the cat
dragged in).
But thanks.
Lin
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
actually lasted 48 hours (or maybe more, still feel like something the cat
dragged in).
But thanks.
Lin
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Perhaps you didn't get the notice, or perhaps you're just busy, but I'm
passing this on to you to let you know.
Congrats.
J.
In a message dated 5/8/2006 12:49:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com writes:
Message 6
From: "aure_enteluva" melayton@gmail.com
Date: Sun May 7, 2006 4:05pm(PDT)
Subject: Getting in Touch With Authors
Hey guys,
Several author liaisons and authors have reported that the emails
telling them their stories have been nominated are getting caught in
their spam filter. If you think it's possible that you will be
nominated for the MEFAs please double-check your email's spam folder
before you delete it. By default, all these emails will have the
subject line "2006 Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards" (though some
liaisons may personalize this.)
I'm including a list of authors who had their first story nominated on
Friday or before, and who have not replied to those emails. Many of
them may have genuine reasons for not having responded, but if you are
this author or know how to reach them, you may want to check that
they have received their nomination emails. I realize it's still
pretty early in the nomination process, so please don't see this as a
criticism of your speed in handling this - more a pre-emptive measure
to make sure everyone is receiving these emails.
If you'd ever like to see whether your stories have been nominated you
can do this by logging in to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ (if
you aren't a member click "login as guest"). Then click on "Browse
Nominated Stories", and then click the column header "Author". This
will sort the list of nominated stories alphabetically by the author
name. Find your name on the list and this will tell you what stories
by you have been nominated.
If you have a nominated story for which you have not received an
email, or if you have any questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to post here or email me at mefasupport at gmail.com .
Marta
NOMINATED AUTHORS WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM
Acacea
Alawa
Anso the Hobbit
aranda_nz
Aratlithiel
Branwyn
Dot
Dreamflower
Elen Kortirion
Forodwaith
GamgeeFest
grey_wonderer
Gwynnyd
hossgal
Indigo Bunting
Jay of Lasgalen
Kenaz
Larner
Linda Hoyland
Lindelea
lwarren (*** email sent to this author bounced ***)
Marigold
Mews1945
MysteriousWays
Nilmandra
pearltook1
Perelleth
Primsong
Raksha the Demon
redheredh
Salsify
simbelmyne
SlightlyTookish
Soledad
Sophinisba Solis
Space Weavil
stultiloquentia
Tehta
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
passing this on to you to let you know.
Congrats.
J.
In a message dated 5/8/2006 12:49:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com writes:
Message 6
From: "aure_enteluva" melayton@gmail.com
Date: Sun May 7, 2006 4:05pm(PDT)
Subject: Getting in Touch With Authors
Hey guys,
Several author liaisons and authors have reported that the emails
telling them their stories have been nominated are getting caught in
their spam filter. If you think it's possible that you will be
nominated for the MEFAs please double-check your email's spam folder
before you delete it. By default, all these emails will have the
subject line "2006 Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards" (though some
liaisons may personalize this.)
I'm including a list of authors who had their first story nominated on
Friday or before, and who have not replied to those emails. Many of
them may have genuine reasons for not having responded, but if you are
this author or know how to reach them, you may want to check that
they have received their nomination emails. I realize it's still
pretty early in the nomination process, so please don't see this as a
criticism of your speed in handling this - more a pre-emptive measure
to make sure everyone is receiving these emails.
If you'd ever like to see whether your stories have been nominated you
can do this by logging in to http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ (if
you aren't a member click "login as guest"). Then click on "Browse
Nominated Stories", and then click the column header "Author". This
will sort the list of nominated stories alphabetically by the author
name. Find your name on the list and this will tell you what stories
by you have been nominated.
If you have a nominated story for which you have not received an
email, or if you have any questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to post here or email me at mefasupport at gmail.com .
Marta
NOMINATED AUTHORS WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM
Acacea
Alawa
Anso the Hobbit
aranda_nz
Aratlithiel
Branwyn
Dot
Dreamflower
Elen Kortirion
Forodwaith
GamgeeFest
grey_wonderer
Gwynnyd
hossgal
Indigo Bunting
Jay of Lasgalen
Kenaz
Larner
Linda Hoyland
Lindelea
lwarren (*** email sent to this author bounced ***)
Marigold
Mews1945
MysteriousWays
Nilmandra
pearltook1
Perelleth
Primsong
Raksha the Demon
redheredh
Salsify
simbelmyne
SlightlyTookish
Soledad
Sophinisba Solis
Space Weavil
stultiloquentia
Tehta
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Guess I'm feeling woozier than I thought, I meant to send that to a friend.
Lin
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Lin
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Msg# 6984
Re: Nominated authors you haven't heard from Posted by Marta Layton May 08, 2006 - 11:45:19 Topic ID# 6981On 8/5/06 10:14 am, "BLJean@aol.com" <BLJean@aol.com> wrote:
I hope you feel better soon! If you have received the emails, don't worry
about being on this list. You have until June 7 to finish up any
nominations. (Nominations close May 31, and we've built a week into the
schedule to allow us to finalize nominations that come in at the very end of
nomination season.)
I mainly put this list together in case some people weren't getting their
emails.
Marta
> I'm on the list, hah. Have been down with the worst awful 24-hour thing thatHi Lin,
> actually lasted 48 hours (or maybe more, still feel like something the cat
> dragged in).
>
> But thanks.
> Lin
>
I hope you feel better soon! If you have received the emails, don't worry
about being on this list. You have until June 7 to finish up any
nominations. (Nominations close May 31, and we've built a week into the
schedule to allow us to finalize nominations that come in at the very end of
nomination season.)
I mainly put this list together in case some people weren't getting their
emails.
Marta
Hi Folks -
I just posted my first nomination and ran into a glitch. Is there a
possibility of editing the nomination? Here's my issue ...
The story I nominated was written by two people, neither of whom were
in your database. I went to the Multi-authored group form, pressed the
link to "New Author" and proceeded to fill in the information for the
first author. When I pressed submit, I expected to be prompted for
information about the second author, but instead I got the response
that the nomination was submitted. How do I get the second author's
name attached to the nomination? Meantime, I'll send them both email
of the glitch.
- Steff
I just posted my first nomination and ran into a glitch. Is there a
possibility of editing the nomination? Here's my issue ...
The story I nominated was written by two people, neither of whom were
in your database. I went to the Multi-authored group form, pressed the
link to "New Author" and proceeded to fill in the information for the
first author. When I pressed submit, I expected to be prompted for
information about the second author, but instead I got the response
that the nomination was submitted. How do I get the second author's
name attached to the nomination? Meantime, I'll send them both email
of the glitch.
- Steff
I am sending you a private email about this. I am the Author Liaison
for the story that you nominated, and I think we can get this
straightened out fairly easily. The best way will be to withdraw the
nomination you already made (I will do that part for you--you will
get the nomination added back to the 20 you are allowed) and then re-
do the nomination with the proper author group. I will explain in
more detail how to do this in my email. You should be getting my
email in a minute. :-)
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Stephanie Brucker"
<stephanie.brucker@...> wrote:
for the story that you nominated, and I think we can get this
straightened out fairly easily. The best way will be to withdraw the
nomination you already made (I will do that part for you--you will
get the nomination added back to the 20 you are allowed) and then re-
do the nomination with the proper author group. I will explain in
more detail how to do this in my email. You should be getting my
email in a minute. :-)
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Stephanie Brucker"
<stephanie.brucker@...> wrote:
>were
> Hi Folks -
>
> I just posted my first nomination and ran into a glitch. Is there a
> possibility of editing the nomination? Here's my issue ...
>
> The story I nominated was written by two people, neither of whom
> in your database. I went to the Multi-authored group form, pressedthe
> link to "New Author" and proceeded to fill in the information forthe
> first author. When I pressed submit, I expected to be prompted foremail
> information about the second author, but instead I got the response
> that the nomination was submitted. How do I get the second author's
> name attached to the nomination? Meantime, I'll send them both
> of the glitch.
>
> - Steff
>
Hello, here I am. I don't check my old Yahoo account very often so I
hadn't seen the email. I will fill out the nomination form thingy this
weekend.
I don't know hossgal personally, but IIRC her LiveJournal account is
under the name "leadensky" -- that may be an easier way to reach her.
Forodwaith
hadn't seen the email. I will fill out the nomination form thingy this
weekend.
I don't know hossgal personally, but IIRC her LiveJournal account is
under the name "leadensky" -- that may be an easier way to reach her.
Forodwaith
On 5/7/06, aure_enteluva <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> NOMINATED AUTHORS WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM
>
> Acacea
> Alawa
> Anso the Hobbit
> aranda_nz
> Aratlithiel
> Branwyn
> Dot
> Dreamflower
> Elen Kortirion
> Forodwaith
> GamgeeFest
> grey_wonderer
> Gwynnyd
> hossgal
> Indigo Bunting
> Jay of Lasgalen
> Kenaz
> Larner
> Linda Hoyland
> Lindelea
> lwarren (*** email sent to this author bounced ***)
> Marigold
> Mews1945
> MysteriousWays
> Nilmandra
> pearltook1
> Perelleth
> Primsong
> Raksha the Demon
> redheredh
> Salsify
> simbelmyne
> SlightlyTookish
> Soledad
> Sophinisba Solis
> Space Weavil
> stultiloquentia
> Tehta
Msg# 6988
Re: Getting in Touch With Authors Posted by Marta Layton May 11, 2006 - 1:23:40 Topic ID# 6972On 10/5/06 8:46 pm, "N. Land" <thenorthland@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for letting me know. Whenever you get to it is fine, so long as you
now know you were nominated. (Congrats, btw, to you and everyone else.)
Would you like me to change the email the MEFAs use to contact you to this
gmail one (thenorthland@gmail.com)?
nomination. I'm adding a note to her account about the LJ id, though - if we
need to reach her again it might be helpful. Thanks!
Marta
> Hello, here I am. I don't check my old Yahoo account very often so IHi Forodwaith,
> hadn't seen the email. I will fill out the nomination form thingy this
> weekend.
>
Thanks for letting me know. Whenever you get to it is fine, so long as you
now know you were nominated. (Congrats, btw, to you and everyone else.)
Would you like me to change the email the MEFAs use to contact you to this
gmail one (thenorthland@gmail.com)?
> I don't know hossgal personally, but IIRC her LiveJournal account isSince sending out this email we've talked with her and finished her
> under the name "leadensky" -- that may be an easier way to reach her.
>
nomination. I'm adding a note to her account about the LJ id, though - if we
need to reach her again it might be helpful. Thanks!
Marta
I'm looking to find a banner that I won in 2004 It was 2nd place Frodo
Baggins Award for Drama:Incomplete. Are the originals housed anywhere?
Thanks,
Lady Aranel
Baggins Award for Drama:Incomplete. Are the originals housed anywhere?
Thanks,
Lady Aranel
Msg# 6990
Re: 2004 Banner search Posted by rhapsody\_the\_bard May 11, 2006 - 15:40:38 Topic ID# 6989--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "legolasfic" <LadyAranel@...> wrote:
stored.
Rhapsody
(fanart admin)
>As far as I know not. Unless Marta knows where the 2004 banners are
> I'm looking to find a banner that I won in 2004 It was 2nd place Frodo
> Baggins Award for Drama:Incomplete. Are the originals housed anywhere?
stored.
Rhapsody
(fanart admin)
On 11/5/06 4:12 pm, "legolasfic" <LadyAranel@gardenofithilien.net> wrote:
They were originally online but were taken offline to save on space.
Ainaechoiriel should still have them on her computer.
I've emailed Ainae and asked for her to send those files to me. Someone
will post here when they're online again.
HTH!
Marta
> I'm looking to find a banner that I won in 2004 It was 2nd place FrodoHi Lady Aranel,
> Baggins Award for Drama:Incomplete. Are the originals housed anywhere?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lady Aranel
>
They were originally online but were taken offline to save on space.
Ainaechoiriel should still have them on her computer.
I've emailed Ainae and asked for her to send those files to me. Someone
will post here when they're online again.
HTH!
Marta
Thanks, if you get them, can you email me the one I need? I appreciate it.
~Lady A~
Marta Layton wrote:
~Lady A~
Marta Layton wrote:
> On 11/5/06 4:12 pm, "legolasfic" <LadyAranel@gardenofithilien.net> wrote:
>
> > I'm looking to find a banner that I won in 2004 It was 2nd place Frodo
> > Baggins Award for Drama:Incomplete. Are the originals housed anywhere?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Lady Aranel
> >
>
>
> Hi Lady Aranel,
>
> They were originally online but were taken offline to save on space.
> Ainaechoiriel should still have them on her computer.
>
> I've emailed Ainae and asked for her to send those files to me. Someone
> will post here when they're online again.
>
> HTH!
>
> Marta
>
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Rhapsody
> Thanks, if you get them, can you email me the one I need? I appreciate it.Will do! Or at least give you the url to it when they come online again.
Rhapsody
Is anyone else seeing a lot of pink, blank story entry fields at the
voting site? Anyone know what's causing it (other than, possibly, my
incredibly ancient browser)?
Dwim
voting site? Anyone know what's causing it (other than, possibly, my
incredibly ancient browser)?
Dwim
Lots of pink fields on mine as well--
Oshun
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I'm glad you asked. It's not your browser--I'm seeing it too!
Dreamflower
Dreamflower
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To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 3:26 PM
Subject: [MEFAwards] Pink fields?
> Is anyone else seeing a lot of pink, blank story entry fields at the
> voting site? Anyone know what's causing it (other than, possibly, my
> incredibly ancient browser)?
>
> Dwim
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On 12/5/06 4:26 pm, "dwimmer_laik" <dwimmer_laik@yahoo.com> wrote:
reason. Usually it's either because they're ineligible or because the author
doesn't want to compete. I'm not sure what's causing all of those blank ones
(I'm seeing them to), but Elliska also posted about them at the staff
listserv, so hopefully someone will have an answer soon.
Marta
> Is anyone else seeing a lot of pink, blank story entry fields at thePink stories are normally ones that were nominated but withdrawn for some
> voting site? Anyone know what's causing it (other than, possibly, my
> incredibly ancient browser)?
>
> Dwim
>
reason. Usually it's either because they're ineligible or because the author
doesn't want to compete. I'm not sure what's causing all of those blank ones
(I'm seeing them to), but Elliska also posted about them at the staff
listserv, so hopefully someone will have an answer soon.
Marta
I've figured out what's going on, and fixed the worst of it.
It won't get any worse, but the pink stories will stay there until I
can figure out how to remove them safely. There'll be gaps in the ID
numbers afterward.
I closed the site, then thought it was OK, and re-opened it, then
closed it again, because I wasn't sure what's going on.
The only negative effects should be that some of the story summaries
might be a bit mangled. They shouldn't be too bad, but they might have
backslashes '\' and things like & instead of '&' and > instead
of '>'. People should review them and edit any that have problems.
There are some other things, like the 'N/A' stuff below. That stuff
isn't dangerous, just annoying. I'll try to fix it this evening.
Sorry,
Anthony
Radbooks,
I changed how the 'N/A' was dealt with mid-stream, and it looks like I
screwed it up a bit. It's not supposed to do that. The checkbox at the
top is supposed to *be* N/A. It may take me a while to get it fixed,
but I will figure it out, and hopefully soon, as we're already well
into the nomination season!
Anthony
It won't get any worse, but the pink stories will stay there until I
can figure out how to remove them safely. There'll be gaps in the ID
numbers afterward.
I closed the site, then thought it was OK, and re-opened it, then
closed it again, because I wasn't sure what's going on.
The only negative effects should be that some of the story summaries
might be a bit mangled. They shouldn't be too bad, but they might have
backslashes '\' and things like & instead of '&' and > instead
of '>'. People should review them and edit any that have problems.
There are some other things, like the 'N/A' stuff below. That stuff
isn't dangerous, just annoying. I'll try to fix it this evening.
Sorry,
Anthony
Radbooks,
I changed how the 'N/A' was dealt with mid-stream, and it looks like I
screwed it up a bit. It's not supposed to do that. The checkbox at the
top is supposed to *be* N/A. It may take me a while to get it fixed,
but I will figure it out, and hopefully soon, as we're already well
into the nomination season!
Anthony
On May 12, 2006, at 2:54 AM, denistonr wrote:
> Marta,
>
> Also, I have noticed that if you click on the box that says the
> story is not based on a film version of LOTR it also must
> automatically go and fill in the little box on the left of the
> screen that says 'N/A'. Because of that, when you hit the 'submit
> data with error checking' it comes up with an error every time and
> you have to unclick that little box to the left before it will
> submit properly. Can that be fixed?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Radbooks
>
I am so sorry, but the 'Fix' I did this afternoon will have caused the
loss of any stories that were edited since I made it.
That would be at about 4:16 pm EDT, or about 21:16 GMT.
I thought I had checked it this afternoon, but clearly I didn't well
enough. I was in a hurry.
For the stories that were edited this afternoon, the only thing left
will be the summary.
It will be pretty hard to determine which ones were affected, but
hopefully you guys can remember what you were doing this afternoon.
(Hopefully, you weren't using the site at all.)
I will try to work on it tonight, and I will test it thoroughly before
I bring it back online.
I will also try to see if I can figure out which stories were affected
by the problem today. It will be pretty hard, but I'll have to see if I
can use the story summaries to help me.
Anthony
loss of any stories that were edited since I made it.
That would be at about 4:16 pm EDT, or about 21:16 GMT.
I thought I had checked it this afternoon, but clearly I didn't well
enough. I was in a hurry.
For the stories that were edited this afternoon, the only thing left
will be the summary.
It will be pretty hard to determine which ones were affected, but
hopefully you guys can remember what you were doing this afternoon.
(Hopefully, you weren't using the site at all.)
I will try to work on it tonight, and I will test it thoroughly before
I bring it back online.
I will also try to see if I can figure out which stories were affected
by the problem today. It will be pretty hard, but I'll have to see if I
can use the story summaries to help me.
Anthony
MEFA members,
I've identified some stories that MAY have been deleted because of my
screw-up.
Of these stories, all that remains is the summary. I've reproduced the
first 80 characters here. I have the rest, if this isn't enough.
If these are your stories (nominators or authors) we'll have to
re-enter all the data.
Again, I'm very sorry.
Unfortunately, anything that didn't already have a summary, or didn't
get a summary with today's edits will be totally lost.
ID 59: Faramir's sixth birthday is observed. Will he be given what he
wants the most?
ID 393: How Gandalf tamed Shadowfax--and vice versa.
This one I'm not sure about, because there's not a
duplicate, and most of them have duplicates.
ID 509: Something for March 25, Ring Day and Gondorian New Year, and
the anniversary of
This one also doesn't have any duplicates.
ID 476: "He smiles and leads her, tender as a lover, to the dance. \" A
dowager lady of
ID 332: \"The Return of the Shadow\" is the sequel of both \"The Tides
of Time and the B
ID 560: "Then Mardil could no longer restrain [E?rnur], and he rode
with a small escort
Of these, I'll be able to recover (from May 7th) ID 59: Branwyn's
Birthday Kisses. It may not be complete, but that one I do have. I'm
going to find out if Bluehost does any database backups, but I don't
see anything, so I am guessing they don't.
I did an export of the site on May 7th, about 09:30 GMT, and have
stories up to ID=266 in it. I'll check those to see if any of the
'empty' IDs are that low, besides 59.
ID 257: Lindelea's The Decoy Hobbit showed up missing a title, and I
have data from the May 7 backup for that one, as well, but somehow I
didn't see it on the comparison list.
I will restore these two as best I can tonight, before I open the site
again.
The 'N/A' problem seems to be because N/A got in the list of possible
selections. I don't know if it's my fault or if someone added an N/A to
several of the input boxes. In any case, it shouldn't be a problem any
more, but I'm still testing it.
It would be a good idea to send a Special Notice with this information,
so that all can see it. Also, *everybody* should check their list of
nominations and stories. I don't think there's any way to recover this.
I know exactly what I did, and hindsight is 20-20. I picked the wrong
command to update the summary, and did a 'replace' instead of 'update'.
I think I've fixed it all, but I'll be testing more this evening, and
once I'm SURE it works, I'll open it back up.
Anthony
I've identified some stories that MAY have been deleted because of my
screw-up.
Of these stories, all that remains is the summary. I've reproduced the
first 80 characters here. I have the rest, if this isn't enough.
If these are your stories (nominators or authors) we'll have to
re-enter all the data.
Again, I'm very sorry.
Unfortunately, anything that didn't already have a summary, or didn't
get a summary with today's edits will be totally lost.
ID 59: Faramir's sixth birthday is observed. Will he be given what he
wants the most?
ID 393: How Gandalf tamed Shadowfax--and vice versa.
This one I'm not sure about, because there's not a
duplicate, and most of them have duplicates.
ID 509: Something for March 25, Ring Day and Gondorian New Year, and
the anniversary of
This one also doesn't have any duplicates.
ID 476: "He smiles and leads her, tender as a lover, to the dance. \" A
dowager lady of
ID 332: \"The Return of the Shadow\" is the sequel of both \"The Tides
of Time and the B
ID 560: "Then Mardil could no longer restrain [E?rnur], and he rode
with a small escort
Of these, I'll be able to recover (from May 7th) ID 59: Branwyn's
Birthday Kisses. It may not be complete, but that one I do have. I'm
going to find out if Bluehost does any database backups, but I don't
see anything, so I am guessing they don't.
I did an export of the site on May 7th, about 09:30 GMT, and have
stories up to ID=266 in it. I'll check those to see if any of the
'empty' IDs are that low, besides 59.
ID 257: Lindelea's The Decoy Hobbit showed up missing a title, and I
have data from the May 7 backup for that one, as well, but somehow I
didn't see it on the comparison list.
I will restore these two as best I can tonight, before I open the site
again.
The 'N/A' problem seems to be because N/A got in the list of possible
selections. I don't know if it's my fault or if someone added an N/A to
several of the input boxes. In any case, it shouldn't be a problem any
more, but I'm still testing it.
It would be a good idea to send a Special Notice with this information,
so that all can see it. Also, *everybody* should check their list of
nominations and stories. I don't think there's any way to recover this.
I know exactly what I did, and hindsight is 20-20. I picked the wrong
command to update the summary, and did a 'replace' instead of 'update'.
I think I've fixed it all, but I'll be testing more this evening, and
once I'm SURE it works, I'll open it back up.
Anthony
I have tested it as well as I can think, and I believe everything is
working.
I restored as much as I could from stories 59 and 257 from May 7. I
don't think either was final at the time, so Liaisons will need to
check them. I had the authors wrong. The people I mentioned were
nominators.
The other stories, I don't have any way of getting any backups for, as
they were entered after May 7, and that is the only backup I have. I
will be getting together with Marta to discuss backups.
To the authors and nominators of the stories that were affected, I ask
great forgiveness. Hopefully, there'll be time to undo my mistakes.
Anthony
working.
I restored as much as I could from stories 59 and 257 from May 7. I
don't think either was final at the time, so Liaisons will need to
check them. I had the authors wrong. The people I mentioned were
nominators.
The other stories, I don't have any way of getting any backups for, as
they were entered after May 7, and that is the only backup I have. I
will be getting together with Marta to discuss backups.
To the authors and nominators of the stories that were affected, I ask
great forgiveness. Hopefully, there'll be time to undo my mistakes.
Anthony
Anthony, I'm the liaison for story 59, Birthday Kisses by Raksha the
Demon. After seeing your posts I went in to the check the data, then
saved it. I got the "your data has been saved successfully" message,
but now the story has vanished without a trace. Is there backup now,
I hope?
Demon. After seeing your posts I went in to the check the data, then
saved it. I got the "your data has been saved successfully" message,
but now the story has vanished without a trace. Is there backup now,
I hope?
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Holder <aaholder@...> wrote:
>
> I have tested it as well as I can think, and I believe everything
is
> working.
>
> I restored as much as I could from stories 59 and 257 from May 7. I
> don't think either was final at the time, so Liaisons will need to
> check them. I had the authors wrong. The people I mentioned were
> nominators.
>
> The other stories, I don't have any way of getting any backups for,
as
> they were entered after May 7, and that is the only backup I have.
I
> will be getting together with Marta to discuss backups.
>
> To the authors and nominators of the stories that were affected, I
ask
> great forgiveness. Hopefully, there'll be time to undo my mistakes.
>
> Anthony
>
Kathy,
Did this happen just now, or earlier?
I removed all the stories with no authorID, but I thought I had put
story 59's authorID back before doing so, so I don't know what
happened.
I just replaced it from my May 7 backup, and it seems to have worked
fine. I edited a couple of times as admin, and once as you, and it is
still there.
Do keep an eye out for things like this. With all the changes, I
clearly haven't gotten everything perfect.
Thanks,
Anthony
Did this happen just now, or earlier?
I removed all the stories with no authorID, but I thought I had put
story 59's authorID back before doing so, so I don't know what
happened.
I just replaced it from my May 7 backup, and it seems to have worked
fine. I edited a couple of times as admin, and once as you, and it is
still there.
Do keep an eye out for things like this. With all the changes, I
clearly haven't gotten everything perfect.
Thanks,
Anthony
On May 13, 2006, at 11:17 PM, Kathy wrote:
> Anthony, I'm the liaison for story 59, Birthday Kisses by Raksha the
> Demon. After seeing your posts I went in to the check the data, then
> saved it. I got the "your data has been saved successfully" message,
> but now the story has vanished without a trace. Is there backup now,
> I hope?
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Holder <aaholder@...> wrote:
>>
>> I have tested it as well as I can think, and I believe everything
> is
>> working.
>>
>> I restored as much as I could from stories 59 and 257 from May 7. I
>> don't think either was final at the time, so Liaisons will need to
>> check them. I had the authors wrong. The people I mentioned were
>> nominators.
>>
>> The other stories, I don't have any way of getting any backups for,
> as
>> they were entered after May 7, and that is the only backup I have.
> I
>> will be getting together with Marta to discuss backups.
>>
>> To the authors and nominators of the stories that were affected, I
> ask
>> great forgiveness. Hopefully, there'll be time to undo my mistakes.
>>
>> Anthony
>>
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Hey guys,
Have you nominated any pieces for the 2006 MEFAs after May 7? Due to a
technical problem we lost a few nominations, and you may be affected.
To make sure the stories you nominated are okay, please log in to
http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ . The stories that you have
nominated are listed at the bottom of the first page. If you don't see
a story you nominated there, please check the withdrawn nominations.
To see all of the withdrawn stories for which you are the nominator or
author please click the "Withdrawn Stories and Nominations" link.
Please look over them. If any are missing, you will need to nominate
them again.
If you have any questions please email mefasupport@gmail.com .
Thanks for your help!
Marta
Have you nominated any pieces for the 2006 MEFAs after May 7? Due to a
technical problem we lost a few nominations, and you may be affected.
To make sure the stories you nominated are okay, please log in to
http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ . The stories that you have
nominated are listed at the bottom of the first page. If you don't see
a story you nominated there, please check the withdrawn nominations.
To see all of the withdrawn stories for which you are the nominator or
author please click the "Withdrawn Stories and Nominations" link.
Please look over them. If any are missing, you will need to nominate
them again.
If you have any questions please email mefasupport@gmail.com .
Thanks for your help!
Marta
Hey all,
I figured out how to do a daily backup of the site. I'm sorry it took
me so long, and wish I had done so before.
It will happen every day at midnight CDT (actually 11:00 Mountain Time).
Anthony
I figured out how to do a daily backup of the site. I'm sorry it took
me so long, and wish I had done so before.
It will happen every day at midnight CDT (actually 11:00 Mountain Time).
Anthony
Hi Anthony,
I see it now...for some reason when I saved it, it moved to the end
of Raksha's list of stories, and I thought it was gone. There are
still some weird things going on with that story, but I'll continue
this at the staff group.
thanks,
Kathy
I see it now...for some reason when I saved it, it moved to the end
of Raksha's list of stories, and I thought it was gone. There are
still some weird things going on with that story, but I'll continue
this at the staff group.
thanks,
Kathy
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Holder <aaholder@...> wrote:
>
> Kathy,
>
> Did this happen just now, or earlier?
>
> I removed all the stories with no authorID, but I thought I had put
> story 59's authorID back before doing so, so I don't know what
> happened.
>
> I just replaced it from my May 7 backup, and it seems to have
worked
> fine. I edited a couple of times as admin, and once as you, and it
is
> still there.
>
> Do keep an eye out for things like this. With all the changes, I
> clearly haven't gotten everything perfect.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>
>
> On May 13, 2006, at 11:17 PM, Kathy wrote:
>
> > Anthony, I'm the liaison for story 59, Birthday Kisses by Raksha
the
> > Demon. After seeing your posts I went in to the check the data,
then
> > saved it. I got the "your data has been saved successfully"
message,
> > but now the story has vanished without a trace. Is there backup
now,
> > I hope?
> >
> > --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Holder <aaholder@>
wrote:
> >>
> >> I have tested it as well as I can think, and I believe everything
> > is
> >> working.
> >>
> >> I restored as much as I could from stories 59 and 257 from May
7. I
> >> don't think either was final at the time, so Liaisons will need
to
> >> check them. I had the authors wrong. The people I mentioned were
> >> nominators.
> >>
> >> The other stories, I don't have any way of getting any backups
for,
> > as
> >> they were entered after May 7, and that is the only backup I
have.
> > I
> >> will be getting together with Marta to discuss backups.
> >>
> >> To the authors and nominators of the stories that were affected,
I
> > ask
> >> great forgiveness. Hopefully, there'll be time to undo my
mistakes.
> >>
> >> Anthony
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
Anthony Holder wrote:
updated the nominaton notes. Since there is seemingly more going on with
Llinos, I asked Marta first if something else was going on and if the
story was purged from the system. This explains one thing, but I am
still worried about Llinos.
Rhapsody
> Kathy,Last night Story ID 470 (a nom for author ID 25) went missing after I
>
> Did this happen just now, or earlier?
>
> I removed all the stories with no authorID, but I thought I had put
> story 59's authorID back before doing so, so I don't know what
> happened.
updated the nominaton notes. Since there is seemingly more going on with
Llinos, I asked Marta first if something else was going on and if the
story was purged from the system. This explains one thing, but I am
still worried about Llinos.
Rhapsody
Hi Marta,
Shall I send this as an announcement to my group? So far you had always put
Announcement into the header. This reads like an announcement, but I'm not
sure.
I tried to check the site, but it seems it is down at the moment.
Chris
Shall I send this as an announcement to my group? So far you had always put
Announcement into the header. This reads like an announcement, but I'm not
sure.
I tried to check the site, but it seems it is down at the moment.
Chris
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Have you nominated any pieces for the 2006 MEFAs after May 7? Due to a
> technical problem we lost a few nominations, and you may be affected.
Hey all,
I apologize for the recent problems with the site. They are all my
fault, and mostly due to not testing things on my own computer well
enough before putting them up to the mefawards site.
I have tested things this time as well as I can think to test them.
I've edited several stories (on my own site) and none have disappeared,
and none of the data has been corrupted.
As far as the 'N/A' problems with minor characters go (e.g., Boromir),
the data appears to have been saved correctly, but not read correctly
out of the database, so the minor characters should magically appear
again. Authors should be asked to review the lists of minor characters
(and all the other story data) just to be sure it's all there. If the
minor characters weren't re-added to the form, they would have been
overwritten with N/A, so that's one thing to check for sure.
One story I looked at has more than 4 major characters. The code isn't
supposed to allow that, and I don't know why it did, but I don't want
to change it at this stage, for fear of causing more problems. I don't
think it is a major issue, in any case.
I looked, and I do not have a backup of story 470. It wasn't there on
May 7, and was gone by May 13, when I downloaded another copy of the
database.
There may be other stories that have disappeared. I have no way of
finding out what they are, though, besides the summaries I gave you
yesterday. If you want the full summaries, let me know.
Because of the problems, and losing a big chunk of a weekend, I would
suggest adding a week to nomination season, but will let you all decide
how to deal with that.
Also, at least until nomination season is over (and especially until
I'm sure that the software isn't losing any more data), I'm going to
make backups more often (6 times a day). We'll go back to once a day
eventually, especially once reviews start coming in in bulk.
Anthony
I apologize for the recent problems with the site. They are all my
fault, and mostly due to not testing things on my own computer well
enough before putting them up to the mefawards site.
I have tested things this time as well as I can think to test them.
I've edited several stories (on my own site) and none have disappeared,
and none of the data has been corrupted.
As far as the 'N/A' problems with minor characters go (e.g., Boromir),
the data appears to have been saved correctly, but not read correctly
out of the database, so the minor characters should magically appear
again. Authors should be asked to review the lists of minor characters
(and all the other story data) just to be sure it's all there. If the
minor characters weren't re-added to the form, they would have been
overwritten with N/A, so that's one thing to check for sure.
One story I looked at has more than 4 major characters. The code isn't
supposed to allow that, and I don't know why it did, but I don't want
to change it at this stage, for fear of causing more problems. I don't
think it is a major issue, in any case.
I looked, and I do not have a backup of story 470. It wasn't there on
May 7, and was gone by May 13, when I downloaded another copy of the
database.
There may be other stories that have disappeared. I have no way of
finding out what they are, though, besides the summaries I gave you
yesterday. If you want the full summaries, let me know.
Because of the problems, and losing a big chunk of a weekend, I would
suggest adding a week to nomination season, but will let you all decide
how to deal with that.
Also, at least until nomination season is over (and especially until
I'm sure that the software isn't losing any more data), I'm going to
make backups more often (6 times a day). We'll go back to once a day
eventually, especially once reviews start coming in in bulk.
Anthony
Msg# 7010
Re: Recent site issues Posted by MarigoldCotton@aol.com May 15, 2006 - 4:55:10 Topic ID# 7009I do hope that we can add a week, as Anthony suggested. (Or even two, lol!) I had scheduled this past weekend to do all of my MEFA stuff, and don't know now when I will be able to find a goodly chunk of time again. I must admit that I am finding the new system this year a bit hard to get used to anyway, and I think other folks might be as well.
Marigold
Marigold's Red Book
http://marigold.tolkienshire.com
Marigold's Recommendations Page
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Marigold's Live Journal
http://www.livejournal.com/users/marigoldg/
Tales of The Red Book
http://www.livejournal.com/users/talesofredbook/
There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty forever beyond its reach.
From: Anthony Holder <aaholder@swbell.net>
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Cc: MEFAStaff@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 14 May 2006 23:32:10 -0500
Subject: [MEFAwards] Recent site issues
I looked, and I do not have a backup of story 470. It wasn't there on
May 7, and was gone by May 13, when I downloaded another copy of the
database.
There may be other stories that have disappeared. I have no way of
finding out what they are, though, besides the summaries I gave you
yesterday. If you want the full summaries, let me know.
Because of the problems, and losing a big chunk of a weekend, I would
suggest adding a week to nomination season, but will let you all decide
how to deal with that.
Yahoo! Groups Links
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Marigold
Marigold's Red Book
http://marigold.tolkienshire.com
Marigold's Recommendations Page
http://www.geocities.com/marigoldsrecommendations/
Marigold's Live Journal
http://www.livejournal.com/users/marigoldg/
Tales of The Red Book
http://www.livejournal.com/users/talesofredbook/
There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty forever beyond its reach.
>-----Original Message-----
>Sam, in Mordor, RoTK
From: Anthony Holder <aaholder@swbell.net>
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Cc: MEFAStaff@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 14 May 2006 23:32:10 -0500
Subject: [MEFAwards] Recent site issues
I looked, and I do not have a backup of story 470. It wasn't there on
May 7, and was gone by May 13, when I downloaded another copy of the
database.
There may be other stories that have disappeared. I have no way of
finding out what they are, though, besides the summaries I gave you
yesterday. If you want the full summaries, let me know.
Because of the problems, and losing a big chunk of a weekend, I would
suggest adding a week to nomination season, but will let you all decide
how to deal with that.
Yahoo! Groups Links
________________________________________________________________________
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I just wanted to remind everyone about replying
to posts. Please snip everything but the MOST
RELEVANT material. This is especially important
when the threads have become very lengthy!
Everyone on this list lead very busy lives - some
more busy than others - and no one has the time
to scroll through lengthy emails that repeat
things they've read in the last half a dozen
posts just in order to get to the relevant part!
It also makes reading digests a LOT easier -
anyone who is on them will attest to that fact!
I wanted to remind everyone about this as I've
noticed that a few people are forgetting some
times and these lists will only get busier as the
Awards season progresses, ESPECIALLY when the
post mortem comes around!!!
Naresha
~To forgive calls upon our love, to forget calls upon our strength~
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to posts. Please snip everything but the MOST
RELEVANT material. This is especially important
when the threads have become very lengthy!
Everyone on this list lead very busy lives - some
more busy than others - and no one has the time
to scroll through lengthy emails that repeat
things they've read in the last half a dozen
posts just in order to get to the relevant part!
It also makes reading digests a LOT easier -
anyone who is on them will attest to that fact!
I wanted to remind everyone about this as I've
noticed that a few people are forgetting some
times and these lists will only get busier as the
Awards season progresses, ESPECIALLY when the
post mortem comes around!!!
Naresha
~To forgive calls upon our love, to forget calls upon our strength~
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Msg# 7012
Nomination Contains Incorrect E-Mail Address Posted by jenni May 15, 2006 - 9:07:09 Topic ID# 7012I am afraid that when I nominated a story I inadvertently gave an
incorrect e-mail address for the author. How would I correct this?
incorrect e-mail address for the author. How would I correct this?
Msg# 7013
Re: Nomination Contains Incorrect E-Mail Address Posted by Marta Layton May 15, 2006 - 10:49:40 Topic ID# 7012On 15/5/06 10:07 am, "jenni" <elennf569@rogers.com> wrote:
Please send an email to mefasupport@gmail.com , with the name you gave the
author and the correct email. I'll fix it at the site for you.
Thanks,
Marta
> I am afraid that when I nominated a story I inadvertently gave anHi Jenni,
> incorrect e-mail address for the author. How would I correct this?
>
Please send an email to mefasupport@gmail.com , with the name you gave the
author and the correct email. I'll fix it at the site for you.
Thanks,
Marta
Msg# 7014
Re: [MEFAStaff] Recent site issues Posted by Marta Layton May 15, 2006 - 13:01:14 Topic ID# 7009Hi Anthony,
characters by hand instead to just relying on the website to catch that.
I'll continue to do that.
In case anyone is wondering, from an administrative POV it's good to keep
the list of characters fairly short because it makes it easier to come up
with subcategories when we reach that stage of the contest. I assume it also
makes the story summaries take up less room when you're looking at all the
nominations.
week off reading season, move the categorization season back a week, and
take a week off reading season.
Marta
> One story I looked at has more than 4 major characters. The code isn'tThat sounds very reasonable. As a liaison I usually count the number of
> supposed to allow that, and I don't know why it did, but I don't want
> to change it at this stage, for fear of causing more problems. I don't
> think it is a major issue, in any case.
>
characters by hand instead to just relying on the website to catch that.
I'll continue to do that.
In case anyone is wondering, from an administrative POV it's good to keep
the list of characters fairly short because it makes it easier to come up
with subcategories when we reach that stage of the contest. I assume it also
makes the story summaries take up less room when you're looking at all the
nominations.
> Because of the problems, and losing a big chunk of a weekend, I wouldI don't have any problem with that. If no one objects, we'll just take a
> suggest adding a week to nomination season, but will let you all decide
> how to deal with that.
>
week off reading season, move the categorization season back a week, and
take a week off reading season.
Marta
On 14/5/06 4:58 pm, "Chris Grzonka" <grzonka@adelphia.net> wrote:
I didn't intend this to be send out as a general announcement to anything
beside this list and the LJ - mainly because all the nominators should be
receiving these emails, and I didn't want to spam those other places. But
I'm not against you distributing it.
Promoters know their communities best. I try not to send out announcements
for other groups more than once a week or so because if a group doesn't have
a lot of posting, any more than that could seem like too much. But if think
this would be useful there, feel free to share it. If there's something I
*need* you to distribute I'll send it as a private email with "Announcement:
" in the subject. Other than that, if you see anything that you'd like to
make an announcement about (like this email), you can always pass those
along, too.
Marta
> Hi Marta,Hi Chris,
>
> Shall I send this as an announcement to my group? So far you had always put
> Announcement into the header. This reads like an announcement, but I'm not
> sure.
>
> I tried to check the site, but it seems it is down at the moment.
>
> Chris
>
I didn't intend this to be send out as a general announcement to anything
beside this list and the LJ - mainly because all the nominators should be
receiving these emails, and I didn't want to spam those other places. But
I'm not against you distributing it.
Promoters know their communities best. I try not to send out announcements
for other groups more than once a week or so because if a group doesn't have
a lot of posting, any more than that could seem like too much. But if think
this would be useful there, feel free to share it. If there's something I
*need* you to distribute I'll send it as a private email with "Announcement:
" in the subject. Other than that, if you see anything that you'd like to
make an announcement about (like this email), you can always pass those
along, too.
Marta
Officially. For all those new people who don't know who in the heck I am,
I'm Ainaechoiriel, the Founder of the Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards.
I am sorry to go like this. I had no idea when I started the 2nd annual
MEFAwards last year that I'd have such a life change that would take away
the priority of this in my life. I met my future (at the time) husband and
suddenly I was busy doing other things. Heck, I haven't updated that
infamous spreadsheet of mine in a year! Well, then I was planning a wedding
and then getting married and I just felt farther and farther away.
Two years ago, I was afraid to hand over the MEFAs to anyone else. Afraid of
how they'd change. It's not that that doesn't still matter to me, the
priority just changed so much. And I am happy that Marta seems to know that
is most important about the awards and I trust that she won't pervert them
into some Orc or anything now that I'm not around.
I've only been a ghost in holding onto the reins for these last months
anyway, so I officially let them go with this post. Marta has set up a new
site, but mine is still up as long as it's needed (at this point, that
computer is not needed for anything else) and I have given her and Anthony
ftp and remote control access to administer it as needed.
I will remain part of the group. I am slowly climbing back onto the fandom
wagon and hope to update that monster of a spreadsheet some year soon.
Mostly, I want to write. And I want to read. My life is busier now, and
since we'll be preparing to apply to adopt (and then adopting), it's only
going to get busier, but now I have a partner in my business and we'll find
a balance to this life eventually. :-)
So, you may see me around. I might even manage a vote this year (Didn't in
the ASC awards, darn it. Didn't even get around to reading one little DS9
drabble.) or, if my muse wakes up from its coma, a story.
Since I am still around, I may bark if I see something totally agregious.
But since I'm a terrible lurker even, I don't think anyone needs to worry
too much about that at this time.
I just ask that you all keep to the charter (I am pretty sure I remember
having one) and keep the most important things in the MEFAs as the most
important things.
Good luck to Marta, Anthony, Becky and the rest of the staff.
See ya around,
Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Founder but no longer Admin.
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I'm Ainaechoiriel, the Founder of the Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards.
I am sorry to go like this. I had no idea when I started the 2nd annual
MEFAwards last year that I'd have such a life change that would take away
the priority of this in my life. I met my future (at the time) husband and
suddenly I was busy doing other things. Heck, I haven't updated that
infamous spreadsheet of mine in a year! Well, then I was planning a wedding
and then getting married and I just felt farther and farther away.
Two years ago, I was afraid to hand over the MEFAs to anyone else. Afraid of
how they'd change. It's not that that doesn't still matter to me, the
priority just changed so much. And I am happy that Marta seems to know that
is most important about the awards and I trust that she won't pervert them
into some Orc or anything now that I'm not around.
I've only been a ghost in holding onto the reins for these last months
anyway, so I officially let them go with this post. Marta has set up a new
site, but mine is still up as long as it's needed (at this point, that
computer is not needed for anything else) and I have given her and Anthony
ftp and remote control access to administer it as needed.
I will remain part of the group. I am slowly climbing back onto the fandom
wagon and hope to update that monster of a spreadsheet some year soon.
Mostly, I want to write. And I want to read. My life is busier now, and
since we'll be preparing to apply to adopt (and then adopting), it's only
going to get busier, but now I have a partner in my business and we'll find
a balance to this life eventually. :-)
So, you may see me around. I might even manage a vote this year (Didn't in
the ASC awards, darn it. Didn't even get around to reading one little DS9
drabble.) or, if my muse wakes up from its coma, a story.
Since I am still around, I may bark if I see something totally agregious.
But since I'm a terrible lurker even, I don't think anyone needs to worry
too much about that at this time.
I just ask that you all keep to the charter (I am pretty sure I remember
having one) and keep the most important things in the MEFAs as the most
important things.
Good luck to Marta, Anthony, Becky and the rest of the staff.
See ya around,
Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Founder but no longer Admin.
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On 15/5/06 5:54 am, "MarigoldCotton@aol.com" <MarigoldCotton@aol.com> wrote:
they need. If an extra week will help, I have no objection.
Two weeks would actually work better from a scheduling point of view. We
could adjust the schedule so seasons still end at the beginning or middle of
a month. Does anyone have an objection to extending nomination season until
June 15, and moving the remaining seasons back by a similar period?
Marta
> I do hope that we can add a week, as Anthony suggested. (Or even two, lol!) IThere have been a lot of changes, and I'd rather give people as much time as
> had scheduled this past weekend to do all of my MEFA stuff, and don't know now
> when I will be able to find a goodly chunk of time again. I must admit that I
> am finding the new system this year a bit hard to get used to anyway, and I
> think other folks might be as well.
>
they need. If an extra week will help, I have no objection.
Two weeks would actually work better from a scheduling point of view. We
could adjust the schedule so seasons still end at the beginning or middle of
a month. Does anyone have an objection to extending nomination season until
June 15, and moving the remaining seasons back by a similar period?
Marta
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@...> wrote:
(Or even two, lol!) I> > had scheduled this past weekend to do all
of my MEFA stuff, and don't know now> > when I will be able to find
a goodly chunk of time again. I must admit that I> > am finding the
new system this year a bit hard to get used to anyway, and I> >
think other folks might be as well.
objection.> > Two weeks would actually work better from a scheduling
point of view. We> could adjust the schedule so seasons still end at
the beginning or middle of> a month. Does anyone have an objection
to extending nomination season until> June 15, and moving the
remaining seasons back by a similar period?> > Marta
I agree that's probably a good idea. :)
Sulriel
>> On 15/5/06 5:54 am, "MarigoldCotton@..." <MarigoldCotton@...>wrote:> > > I do hope that we can add a week, as Anthony suggested.
(Or even two, lol!) I> > had scheduled this past weekend to do all
of my MEFA stuff, and don't know now> > when I will be able to find
a goodly chunk of time again. I must admit that I> > am finding the
new system this year a bit hard to get used to anyway, and I> >
think other folks might be as well.
> >much time as> they need. If an extra week will help, I have no
> > There have been a lot of changes, and I'd rather give people as
objection.> > Two weeks would actually work better from a scheduling
point of view. We> could adjust the schedule so seasons still end at
the beginning or middle of> a month. Does anyone have an objection
to extending nomination season until> June 15, and moving the
remaining seasons back by a similar period?> > Marta
I agree that's probably a good idea. :)
Sulriel
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <ainae@...> wrote:
Fanfiction Awards.//snipped//> Ainaechoiriel
Sulriel
>> Officially. For all those new people who don't know who in theheck I am,> I'm Ainaechoiriel, the Founder of the Middle-Earth
Fanfiction Awards.//snipped//> Ainaechoiriel
> MEFA Founder but no longer Admin.Congrats and Good Luck!!
Sulriel
In a message dated 5/15/2006 5:35:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
melayton@gmail.com writes:
Does anyone have an objection to extending nomination season until
June 15, and moving the remaining seasons back by a similar period?
Marta
Not at all. Sounds like a good idea.
Isabeau
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melayton@gmail.com writes:
Does anyone have an objection to extending nomination season until
June 15, and moving the remaining seasons back by a similar period?
Marta
Not at all. Sounds like a good idea.
Isabeau
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Msg# 7021
Re: Recent site issues Posted by heartofoshun@aol.com May 15, 2006 - 17:24:32 Topic ID# 7009It be a relief...great idea.
Oshun
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Oshun
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On 15/5/06 6:13 pm, "ejackamack@aol.com" <ejackamack@aol.com> wrote:
seasons will be as follows:
May 1-June 15 - Nomination season
June 16-July 15 - Categorization season. All nominations must be finalized
by June 21.
July 15-August 31 - Reading season. Members can vote but votes aren't
visible.
September 1-November 20 - Voting season. Final votes are visible.
May 1-November 20 - Members may create and submit banners
November 20-November 24 - Members vote to select banner that will be used
for awards.
November 24 - Results are announced.
All days are based on GMT.
Marta
>I think a lot of people will find the extra time useful. Therefore the
> In a message dated 5/15/2006 5:35:39 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> melayton@gmail.com writes:
>
> Does anyone have an objection to extending nomination season until
> June 15, and moving the remaining seasons back by a similar period?
>
> Marta
>
>
>
> Not at all. Sounds like a good idea.
>
> Isabeau
>
seasons will be as follows:
May 1-June 15 - Nomination season
June 16-July 15 - Categorization season. All nominations must be finalized
by June 21.
July 15-August 31 - Reading season. Members can vote but votes aren't
visible.
September 1-November 20 - Voting season. Final votes are visible.
May 1-November 20 - Members may create and submit banners
November 20-November 24 - Members vote to select banner that will be used
for awards.
November 24 - Results are announced.
All days are based on GMT.
Marta
Msg# 7023
Re: Recent site issues Posted by aelfwina@cableone.net May 15, 2006 - 22:19:35 Topic ID# 7009----- Original Message -----
From: "Marta Layton" <melayton@gmail.com>
To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Recent site issues
> There have been a lot of changes, and I'd rather give people as much time
> as
> they need. If an extra week will help, I have no objection.
>
> Two weeks would actually work better from a scheduling point of view. We
> could adjust the schedule so seasons still end at the beginning or middle
> of
> a month. Does anyone have an objection to extending nomination season
> until
> June 15, and moving the remaining seasons back by a similar period?
That sounds perfect to me! Perhaps you should also do a poll at the LJ?
Dreamflower
>
> Marta
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> Yahoo! Groups Links
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Msg# 7024
Re: Recent site issues Posted by MarigoldCotton@aol.com May 16, 2006 - 0:32:55 Topic ID# 7009>Two weeks would actually work better from a scheduling point of view. Wecould adjust the schedule so seasons still end at the beginning or middle of
a month. Does anyone have an objection to extending nomination season until
June 15, and moving the remaining seasons back by a similar period?
That sounds great to me!
Marigold
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http://marigold.tolkienshire.com
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>-----Original Message-----
>Sam, in Mordor, RoTK
From: Marta Layton <melayton@gmail.com>
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, 15 May 2006 17:34:40 -0400
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Recent site issues
On 15/5/06 5:54 am, "MarigoldCotton@aol.com" <MarigoldCotton@aol.com> wrote:
> I do hope that we can add a week, as Anthony suggested. (Or even two, lol!) I
> had scheduled this past weekend to do all of my MEFA stuff, and don't know now
> when I will be able to find a goodly chunk of time again. I must admit that I
> am finding the new system this year a bit hard to get used to anyway, and I
> think other folks might be as well.
>
There have been a lot of changes, and I'd rather give people as much time as
they need. If an extra week will help, I have no objection.
Two weeks would actually work better from a scheduling point of view. We
could adjust the schedule so seasons still end at the beginning or middle of
a month. Does anyone have an objection to extending nomination season until
June 15, and moving the remaining seasons back by a similar period?
Marta
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<<<In a message dated 5/16/2006 3:51:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com writes:
I think a lot of people will find the extra time useful. Therefore the
seasons will be as follows:
May 1-June 15 - Nomination season
June 16-July 15 - Categorization season. All nominations must be finalized
by June 21.
July 15-August 31 - Reading season. Members can vote but votes aren't
visible.
September 1-November 20 - Voting season. Final votes are visible.
May 1-November 20 - Members may create and submit banners
November 20-November 24 - Members vote to select banner that will be used
for awards.
November 24 - Results are announced.
All days are based on GMT.
Marta>>>
The new schedule sounds fine, Marta!
RAKSHA THE DEMON
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MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com writes:
I think a lot of people will find the extra time useful. Therefore the
seasons will be as follows:
May 1-June 15 - Nomination season
June 16-July 15 - Categorization season. All nominations must be finalized
by June 21.
July 15-August 31 - Reading season. Members can vote but votes aren't
visible.
September 1-November 20 - Voting season. Final votes are visible.
May 1-November 20 - Members may create and submit banners
November 20-November 24 - Members vote to select banner that will be used
for awards.
November 24 - Results are announced.
All days are based on GMT.
Marta>>>
The new schedule sounds fine, Marta!
RAKSHA THE DEMON
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>> Does anyone have an objection to extending nomination seasonI can certainly post there, and will do so in just a minute. As for a poll,
>> until
>> June 15, and moving the remaining seasons back by a similar period?
>
> That sounds perfect to me! Perhaps you should also do a poll at the LJ?
> Dreamflower
>>
I'm not sure it's necessary because everyone seems to be in favor of the
extra time.
Marta
Msg# 7028
Re: Editing/withdrawing self-nominations? Posted by Marta Layton May 16, 2006 - 21:07:46 Topic ID# 7028On 16/5/06 10:35 am, "Vana Tuivana" <ladypear@blazemail.com> wrote:
Can you tell me what story you nominated twice, what story you need to
change the link on, and what link it should be changed to? I'll change the
information for you.
Thanks,
Marta
> Because I'm an utter dolt, I submitted the same self-nomination twice,Hi Vana,
> and also put the wrong link on one self-nom. I looked all over the
> site, the FAQ and everything, and I don't see a way to withdraw and
> edit those nominations.
>
> Am I not looking in the right place? What ought I do? Any help and
> guidance for a poor n00b would be appreciated.
>
> Feeling sheepish (baa),
> Vana
>
Can you tell me what story you nominated twice, what story you need to
change the link on, and what link it should be changed to? I'll change the
information for you.
Thanks,
Marta
Lindelea, Are you lurking? I tried to email you privately and recvd
an error back.
Sulriel
an error back.
Sulriel
On 16/5/06 10:50 pm, "sulriel" <Sulriel@htcomp.net> wrote:
contact you.
Marta
> Lindelea, Are you lurking? I tried to email you privately and recvdI have Lin on my IM list. The next time I see her online I'll ask her to
> an error back.
>
> Sulriel
>
contact you.
Marta
Msg# 7031
Re: Pinging Lindelea Posted by MarigoldCotton@aol.com May 17, 2006 - 0:47:45 Topic ID# 7029I know that Inkling was getting mail bouncing back that she sent to me, and Rhapsody had the same problem with Llinos. Inkling figured out that it was the form letter because I am recieving all of my other mail. So is Llinos. Lin is on AOL like we are, so if you are sending her the nomination form letter AOL might be rejecting it. If it is a regular e-mail though I haven't a clue...
Marigold
Marigold
On 16/5/06 10:50 pm, "sulriel" <Sulriel@htcomp.net> wrote:
> Lindelea, Are you lurking? I tried to email you privately and recvd
> an error back.
>
> Sulriel
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Thanks guys!
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, MarigoldCotton@... wrote:
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>
> I know that Inkling was getting mail bouncing back that she sent
to me, and Rhapsody had the same problem with Llinos. Inkling
figured out that it was the form letter because I am recieving all
of my other mail. So is Llinos. Lin is on AOL like we are, so if you
are sending her the nomination form letter AOL might be rejecting
it. If it is a regular e-mail though I haven't a clue...
>
> Marigold
>
>
> On 16/5/06 10:50 pm, "sulriel" <Sulriel@...> wrote:
>
> > Lindelea, Are you lurking? I tried to email you privately and
recvd
> > an error back.
> >
> > Sulriel
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>
Here. Sort of. Lurking occasionally, anyhow.
And yes, it seems that AOL has blocked emails from the "official" site, or
something.
(As you hopefully know by now, Sulriel, if you got my email. Thanks for all
you've been doing.)
Will be lurking more or less (or less than less) periodically through the
first week of June, and a little more after that until July, when suddenly the
calendar looks a bit saner.
Horribly busy time, what with end-of-school-year concerts and recitals and
ceremonies and displays and such.
Wishing everyone well,
Lin
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And yes, it seems that AOL has blocked emails from the "official" site, or
something.
(As you hopefully know by now, Sulriel, if you got my email. Thanks for all
you've been doing.)
Will be lurking more or less (or less than less) periodically through the
first week of June, and a little more after that until July, when suddenly the
calendar looks a bit saner.
Horribly busy time, what with end-of-school-year concerts and recitals and
ceremonies and displays and such.
Wishing everyone well,
Lin
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Hey guys,
We're about halfway through the nomination season, so it seemed a good
time to review the rules about what's eligible to compete in the
Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards and what's not.
The MEFAs accept all forms of fiction, both poetry and prose, as are
non-fiction. Don't forget the essays and poetry! Not many of those
have been nominated yet. If you have read a non-fiction piece you find
useful or a particularly excellent poem, you can nominate it for the
MEFAs as well.
Someone recently asked a question on this at
http://www.mefawards.net/faq/ . Poems are very eligible for the MEFAs,
but they don't all get placed in the same category. Instead, all of
the poems nominated in a certain category compete together in their
own subcategory. Meaning that if seven poems are nominated in "Elves",
then the one of those poems with the most points gets first place in
main category "Elves", sub-category "Poems". Obviously the more poems
nominated, the more we can leave in their first-choice category; if
there aren't enough nominated we may have to move some to their
second- or third-choice category.
Pieces are eligible once as an incomplete story and once as a
completed one. Please make sure your story was not previously
nominated. 2004 and 2005 nominations are available in the database
section of the MEFAwards Yahoo group, in the "Ineligible Incomplete
Works" and the "Ineligible Complete Works" databases. If you are not a
member of the Yahoo group you can also find lists of nominations at:
2005: http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2005/index.php
2004: http://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa/final2004noms.html
Also, please double-check the list of stories that have been nominated
this year. You can find those stories by logging in to
http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ and clicking on the "Browse
Nominated Stories" link. If the story was nominated more than
twenty-four hours before you try to nominate it, that nomination will
count toward the twenty stories you're allowed to nominate.
When you nominate a story, please make sure the URL you provide is
correct. If it isn't we will have to withdraw the nomination, and it
will count toward the twenty stories you're allowed to nominate. Also,
please make sure that the URL you provide doesn't require the reader
to log in to view the story, and that if the story has more than one
part, that there is an easy way to view subsequent chapters.
Also, if the story's author has not been nominated before or is not
already a member of the website you'll need to enter an email address
where we can reach him or her. Please make sure this is correct. If we
can't reach the author the story can't compete.
Dates: All stories do need to be posted at the time you nominate them,
but besides that, there's no date the story has to be published before
or after. If your story is a WIP, it has to have been updated in the
last year (the 365-day period before you nominate it).
And one last thing. The MEFAs only accepts G-R rated stories. A piece
isn't eligible if the author thinks it's NC17. For more information on
the difference between R and NC17 please see
http://www.mefawards.net/faq/viewtopic.php?t=25
And I think that's it for reminders! If you have any questions please
reply here or email me at mefasupport@gmail.com
Thanks,
Marta
We're about halfway through the nomination season, so it seemed a good
time to review the rules about what's eligible to compete in the
Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards and what's not.
The MEFAs accept all forms of fiction, both poetry and prose, as are
non-fiction. Don't forget the essays and poetry! Not many of those
have been nominated yet. If you have read a non-fiction piece you find
useful or a particularly excellent poem, you can nominate it for the
MEFAs as well.
Someone recently asked a question on this at
http://www.mefawards.net/faq/ . Poems are very eligible for the MEFAs,
but they don't all get placed in the same category. Instead, all of
the poems nominated in a certain category compete together in their
own subcategory. Meaning that if seven poems are nominated in "Elves",
then the one of those poems with the most points gets first place in
main category "Elves", sub-category "Poems". Obviously the more poems
nominated, the more we can leave in their first-choice category; if
there aren't enough nominated we may have to move some to their
second- or third-choice category.
Pieces are eligible once as an incomplete story and once as a
completed one. Please make sure your story was not previously
nominated. 2004 and 2005 nominations are available in the database
section of the MEFAwards Yahoo group, in the "Ineligible Incomplete
Works" and the "Ineligible Complete Works" databases. If you are not a
member of the Yahoo group you can also find lists of nominations at:
2005: http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2005/index.php
2004: http://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa/final2004noms.html
Also, please double-check the list of stories that have been nominated
this year. You can find those stories by logging in to
http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ and clicking on the "Browse
Nominated Stories" link. If the story was nominated more than
twenty-four hours before you try to nominate it, that nomination will
count toward the twenty stories you're allowed to nominate.
When you nominate a story, please make sure the URL you provide is
correct. If it isn't we will have to withdraw the nomination, and it
will count toward the twenty stories you're allowed to nominate. Also,
please make sure that the URL you provide doesn't require the reader
to log in to view the story, and that if the story has more than one
part, that there is an easy way to view subsequent chapters.
Also, if the story's author has not been nominated before or is not
already a member of the website you'll need to enter an email address
where we can reach him or her. Please make sure this is correct. If we
can't reach the author the story can't compete.
Dates: All stories do need to be posted at the time you nominate them,
but besides that, there's no date the story has to be published before
or after. If your story is a WIP, it has to have been updated in the
last year (the 365-day period before you nominate it).
And one last thing. The MEFAs only accepts G-R rated stories. A piece
isn't eligible if the author thinks it's NC17. For more information on
the difference between R and NC17 please see
http://www.mefawards.net/faq/viewtopic.php?t=25
And I think that's it for reminders! If you have any questions please
reply here or email me at mefasupport@gmail.com
Thanks,
Marta
Msg# 7035
Verification of Self-Nomination Posted by Stephanie Brucker May 19, 2006 - 14:24:11 Topic ID# 7035Hi Folks -
I self-nominated one of my stories about four days ago. I didn't
receive an email from a sponsor. Also, the story does not appear on my
login screen with the other nominations I've made. Is it in the queue
or should I redo the nomination?
- Steff
I self-nominated one of my stories about four days ago. I didn't
receive an email from a sponsor. Also, the story does not appear on my
login screen with the other nominations I've made. Is it in the queue
or should I redo the nomination?
- Steff
Msg# 7036
Re: Verification of Self-Nomination Posted by Rhapsody May 19, 2006 - 14:47:45 Topic ID# 7035Stephanie Brucker wrote:
I assume you login with the authorname: stefaniab? So far I can only see
one story there, but I am sending this e-mail to the MEFAstaff as well
to signal your liaison, Cathleen, if she can see more or the admins. But
normally, if you self nominate a story, it should show up in the
listing. But I only see 17 corsairs listed...
Please wait with re-doing the selfnominations since you only have 20 to
use, I am certain the admin will look into this.
Rhapsody
> Hi Folks -Hi Steff,
>
> I self-nominated one of my stories about four days ago. I didn't
> receive an email from a sponsor. Also, the story does not appear on my
> login screen with the other nominations I've made. Is it in the queue
> or should I redo the nomination?
I assume you login with the authorname: stefaniab? So far I can only see
one story there, but I am sending this e-mail to the MEFAstaff as well
to signal your liaison, Cathleen, if she can see more or the admins. But
normally, if you self nominate a story, it should show up in the
listing. But I only see 17 corsairs listed...
Please wait with re-doing the selfnominations since you only have 20 to
use, I am certain the admin will look into this.
Rhapsody
Msg# 7037
Re: Verification of Self-Nomination Posted by stephanie.brucker@sun.com May 19, 2006 - 16:18:34 Topic ID# 7035Hi Rhapsody -
Thanks for responding. You asked:
you see.
So far I can only see
were swamped. But on the other hand, I've been having trouble with
Browser compatibility when filling out the forms. So there might be a
technical problem here. I was able to fill in the form for 17 Cunning
Corsairs.
- Steff
Thanks for responding. You asked:
> I assume you login with the authorname: stefaniab?Yes. Raksha nominated one of my stories. That's probably the one that
you see.
So far I can only see
> one story there, but I am sending this e-mail to the MEFAstaff as wellOkay and thanks. I thought I didn't have a response yet because you all
> to signal your liaison, Cathleen, if she can see more or the admins. But
> normally, if you self nominate a story, it should show up in the
> listing. But I only see 17 corsairs listed...
>
> Please wait with re-doing the selfnominations since you only have 20 to
> use, I am certain the admin will look into this.
>
were swamped. But on the other hand, I've been having trouble with
Browser compatibility when filling out the forms. So there might be a
technical problem here. I was able to fill in the form for 17 Cunning
Corsairs.
- Steff
> Rhapsody
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Msg# 7038
Re: Verification of Self-Nomination Posted by elliska67 May 19, 2006 - 16:57:07 Topic ID# 7035Hi, Steff. To answer your question--no, the only one of your stories
currently nominated is 17 Cunning Corsairs. There is no record in the
database of any other stories by your username ever being nominated,
so either you experienced browser problems again or this nomination
was one of the ones that got lost when we had site issues earlier this
week. Either way, go ahead and renominate it--you currently have no
self nominations using up any of your 20 allotted nominations, so you
have not lost one in your efforts. If you have trouble doing the
nomination, don't hesitate to contact us. :-) elliska
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Stephanie Brucker"
<stephanie.brucker@...> wrote:
currently nominated is 17 Cunning Corsairs. There is no record in the
database of any other stories by your username ever being nominated,
so either you experienced browser problems again or this nomination
was one of the ones that got lost when we had site issues earlier this
week. Either way, go ahead and renominate it--you currently have no
self nominations using up any of your 20 allotted nominations, so you
have not lost one in your efforts. If you have trouble doing the
nomination, don't hesitate to contact us. :-) elliska
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Stephanie Brucker"
<stephanie.brucker@...> wrote:
>my
> Hi Folks -
>
> I self-nominated one of my stories about four days ago. I didn't
> receive an email from a sponsor. Also, the story does not appear on
> login screen with the other nominations I've made. Is it in the queue
> or should I redo the nomination?
>
> - Steff
>
Msg# 7039
Re: Verification of Self-Nomination Posted by stephanie.brucker@sun.com May 19, 2006 - 17:14:10 Topic ID# 7035Thanks, Elliska. I'll try again.
- Steff
elliska67 wrote On 05/19/06 14:57,:
- Steff
elliska67 wrote On 05/19/06 14:57,:
> Hi, Steff. To answer your question--no, the only one of your stories
> currently nominated is 17 Cunning Corsairs. There is no record in the
> database of any other stories by your username ever being nominated,
> so either you experienced browser problems again or this nomination
> was one of the ones that got lost when we had site issues earlier this
> week. Either way, go ahead and renominate it--you currently have no
> self nominations using up any of your 20 allotted nominations, so you
> have not lost one in your efforts. If you have trouble doing the
> nomination, don't hesitate to contact us. :-) elliska
>
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Stephanie Brucker"
> <stephanie.brucker@...> wrote:
>
>>Hi Folks -
>>
>>I self-nominated one of my stories about four days ago. I didn't
>>receive an email from a sponsor. Also, the story does not appear on
>
> my
>
>>login screen with the other nominations I've made. Is it in the queue
>>or should I redo the nomination?
>>
>>- Steff
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Msg# 7040
Re: Verification of Self-Nomination Posted by Marta Layton May 19, 2006 - 22:08:48 Topic ID# 7035On 19/5/06 6:11 pm, "stephanie.brucker@sun.com" <stephanie.brucker@sun.com>
wrote:
I just wanted to verify for you that I can now see your story "Avoidance" in
the database. It was nominated today (May 19) at 10:39:29 GMT. So it looks
like it went through this time. :-)
I can see it logged in both as an admin and as a non-admin, so I hope you
can see it, too.
Marta
wrote:
> Thanks, Elliska. I'll try again.Hi Steff,
>
> - Steff
>
I just wanted to verify for you that I can now see your story "Avoidance" in
the database. It was nominated today (May 19) at 10:39:29 GMT. So it looks
like it went through this time. :-)
I can see it logged in both as an admin and as a non-admin, so I hope you
can see it, too.
Marta
Msg# 7041
How do I find out how many stories are nominated in a certain categ Posted by JunoMagic May 22, 2006 - 8:02:37 Topic ID# 7041Hi,
I've just got a quick question. How do I find out which and how many
stories are nominated in a certain category?
Not "other fiction", but rather AU, epic, WIP and that kind of thing?
Or will that only be possible once voting season begins?
At the moment it seems rather impossible to find the kind of story I'm
actually interested in reading & reviewing.
Yours
JunoMagic
I've just got a quick question. How do I find out which and how many
stories are nominated in a certain category?
Not "other fiction", but rather AU, epic, WIP and that kind of thing?
Or will that only be possible once voting season begins?
At the moment it seems rather impossible to find the kind of story I'm
actually interested in reading & reviewing.
Yours
JunoMagic
Msg# 7042
Re: How do I find out how many stories are nominated in a certain c Posted by Rhapsody May 22, 2006 - 9:44:37 Topic ID# 7041JunoMagic wrote:
Hi JunoMagic
start categorising and assigning the stories to the categories they run in.
might be beginning of July.
but right now you can sort by storytype, author and review status.
Rhapsody
Hi JunoMagic
> I've just got a quick question. How do I find out which and how manyNot yet. After the 15th of June (when nomination season is over) we will
> stories are nominated in a certain category?
>
> Not "other fiction", but rather AU, epic, WIP and that kind of thing?
start categorising and assigning the stories to the categories they run in.
> Or will that only be possible once voting season begins?As of reading season (so after categorisation) you can, I think that
might be beginning of July.
> At the moment it seems rather impossible to find the kind of story I'mI understand what you mean, I can understand where you're coming from,
> actually interested in reading & reviewing.
but right now you can sort by storytype, author and review status.
Rhapsody
Msg# 7043
Re: How do I find out how many stories are nominated in a certain... Posted by heartofoshun@aol.com May 22, 2006 - 10:48:57 Topic ID# 7043In a message dated 5/22/2006 10:44:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
rhapsody74@gmail.com writes:
you can sort by storytype, author and review status
I understand what Junomagic is saying--for example:
1) story type only includes: fixed length, incomplete, non-fiction, other
fiction, poetry
2) author - if one wants to browse, one would presumably not know the author
in advance
3) review status - at this point this qualifier only reveals which ones you
have reviewed vs. which ones you have not reviewed.
--for example, if one wanted to read all AU, short story, lst Age, relating
to Elves, for example. The only way to do that is to search "other fiction"
and you would get all time periods, all types (every length except
fixed-length drabbles), all divisions of characters.
--hence you get hundreds, rather than a dozen or less stories.
If anyone knows how to narrow this search, I would be interested also.
Oshun
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rhapsody74@gmail.com writes:
you can sort by storytype, author and review status
I understand what Junomagic is saying--for example:
1) story type only includes: fixed length, incomplete, non-fiction, other
fiction, poetry
2) author - if one wants to browse, one would presumably not know the author
in advance
3) review status - at this point this qualifier only reveals which ones you
have reviewed vs. which ones you have not reviewed.
--for example, if one wanted to read all AU, short story, lst Age, relating
to Elves, for example. The only way to do that is to search "other fiction"
and you would get all time periods, all types (every length except
fixed-length drabbles), all divisions of characters.
--hence you get hundreds, rather than a dozen or less stories.
If anyone knows how to narrow this search, I would be interested also.
Oshun
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Msg# 7044
Re: How do I find out how many stories are nominated in a certain c Posted by Marta Layton May 22, 2006 - 12:06:45 Topic ID# 7041On 22/5/06 9:02 am, "JunoMagic" <Juno@magic.ms> wrote:
As Rhapsody explained, you'll be able to sort by things like the category a
story's competing in once we finish categorizing stories. But until then,
the page you get by clicking "Browse Nominated Stories" does list the
categories that author has chosen that they would like to compete. It's the
third line of every nomination, in the form of
[FIRST CATEGORY CHOICE] : [SECOND CATEGORY CHOICE] : [THIRD CATEGORY CHOICE]
If the author chose Alternate Universe as the genre their story is in, it
will be listed as one of these categories. So if you did a text search of
the webpage you'd find it. I'm not talking about the formal search bar of
the web page, but rather the "find" function that most web browsers have
built in. In most cases you can get this by clicking CONTROL-F (or APPLE-F
in the case of Macs). Then you can type in some words and if those words
appear anywhere on the page it will take you to it. Do the same thing again
and it will take you to the next occurrence of that phrase. This will point
you to all the stories that have Alternate Universe either somewhere in the
summary or in that list of categories.
If you do this, I recommend displaying all of the nominations on one page.
To do this you'lll need to use the drop-down list right above the first
story in your list, with "Per Page: " to the left of it. Since there are
less than 500 stories currently nominated, choosing any number over 500 (or
choosing "all") will display all the stories. If you have a dial-up modem,
though, this may time out before it displays all the stories. If this
happens what I describe above will only find you the Alternate Universe
stories that are displayed on that page, and to find more you'll have to go
to the next page of stories and do the thing over again.
And you can do something similar to find longer stories. The second line of
each story summary is of the form
([STORY TYPE]: [STORY LENGTH]) Rating: [RATING]
So if you want a story with the story length "epic" you could search for
that like you did for "alternate universe". Actually, because the web page
displays the story length inside parentheses it might work better if you
searched for "epic)" so it would *just* pick up those uses of the phrase
that are from the story length. Similarly searching for "novel)" would give
you those stories that have novel chosen as the length.
For WIPs we do have a little more of a high-tech option. ;-) On the page you
get by clicking on "Browse Nominated Stories", you should either see a set
of three drop-down lists called "Story Type", "Author", and "Show Only
Stories I Have Reviewed", or you should see a link called "Show Filter". If
you see the "Show Filter" link click on it, and you'll see the three
drop-down lists I mentioned before. From the "Story Type" list select
"Incomplete" and then click the "Display Selected Nominations" button. That
would show you stories that are WIPs.
I hope all this information helps! And please excuse my longwinded answer to
your straightforward question.
Marta
> Hi,Hi Juno,
>
> I've just got a quick question. How do I find out which and how many
> stories are nominated in a certain category?
>
> Not "other fiction", but rather AU, epic, WIP and that kind of thing?
>
> Or will that only be possible once voting season begins?
>
> At the moment it seems rather impossible to find the kind of story I'm
> actually interested in reading & reviewing.
>
As Rhapsody explained, you'll be able to sort by things like the category a
story's competing in once we finish categorizing stories. But until then,
the page you get by clicking "Browse Nominated Stories" does list the
categories that author has chosen that they would like to compete. It's the
third line of every nomination, in the form of
[FIRST CATEGORY CHOICE] : [SECOND CATEGORY CHOICE] : [THIRD CATEGORY CHOICE]
If the author chose Alternate Universe as the genre their story is in, it
will be listed as one of these categories. So if you did a text search of
the webpage you'd find it. I'm not talking about the formal search bar of
the web page, but rather the "find" function that most web browsers have
built in. In most cases you can get this by clicking CONTROL-F (or APPLE-F
in the case of Macs). Then you can type in some words and if those words
appear anywhere on the page it will take you to it. Do the same thing again
and it will take you to the next occurrence of that phrase. This will point
you to all the stories that have Alternate Universe either somewhere in the
summary or in that list of categories.
If you do this, I recommend displaying all of the nominations on one page.
To do this you'lll need to use the drop-down list right above the first
story in your list, with "Per Page: " to the left of it. Since there are
less than 500 stories currently nominated, choosing any number over 500 (or
choosing "all") will display all the stories. If you have a dial-up modem,
though, this may time out before it displays all the stories. If this
happens what I describe above will only find you the Alternate Universe
stories that are displayed on that page, and to find more you'll have to go
to the next page of stories and do the thing over again.
And you can do something similar to find longer stories. The second line of
each story summary is of the form
([STORY TYPE]: [STORY LENGTH]) Rating: [RATING]
So if you want a story with the story length "epic" you could search for
that like you did for "alternate universe". Actually, because the web page
displays the story length inside parentheses it might work better if you
searched for "epic)" so it would *just* pick up those uses of the phrase
that are from the story length. Similarly searching for "novel)" would give
you those stories that have novel chosen as the length.
For WIPs we do have a little more of a high-tech option. ;-) On the page you
get by clicking on "Browse Nominated Stories", you should either see a set
of three drop-down lists called "Story Type", "Author", and "Show Only
Stories I Have Reviewed", or you should see a link called "Show Filter". If
you see the "Show Filter" link click on it, and you'll see the three
drop-down lists I mentioned before. From the "Story Type" list select
"Incomplete" and then click the "Display Selected Nominations" button. That
would show you stories that are WIPs.
I hope all this information helps! And please excuse my longwinded answer to
your straightforward question.
Marta
Msg# 7045
Re: How do I find out how many stories are nominated in a certain... Posted by elliska67 May 22, 2006 - 12:12:49 Topic ID# 7043Currently, stories are not categorized into groups like AU, Elves etc.
Once nomination season is over, we will do categorizing and put all
the stories into groups. Once that is done, it will be more obvious
how you can see only the AU stories or the stories of a particular
category. But it is impossible to tell you how to do that now, because
there are no categories yet. Once categorization is done and reading
season begins, when you go to the 'browse stories' link, there will be
drop down menus to let you search by Story type, main category name
(Elves), Subcategory (Mirkwood elves / drabbles) or author. I hope
that helps--I think it will be obvious once we get things categorized
and all the drop down menus are available.
Once nomination season is over, we will do categorizing and put all
the stories into groups. Once that is done, it will be more obvious
how you can see only the AU stories or the stories of a particular
category. But it is impossible to tell you how to do that now, because
there are no categories yet. Once categorization is done and reading
season begins, when you go to the 'browse stories' link, there will be
drop down menus to let you search by Story type, main category name
(Elves), Subcategory (Mirkwood elves / drabbles) or author. I hope
that helps--I think it will be obvious once we get things categorized
and all the drop down menus are available.
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, heartofoshun@... wrote:
> --for example, if one wanted to read all AU, short story, lst Age,
relating
> to Elves, for example. The only way to do that is to search "other
fiction"
> and you would get all time periods, all types (every length except
> fixed-length drabbles), all divisions of characters.
> --hence you get hundreds, rather than a dozen or less stories.
> If anyone knows how to narrow this search, I would be interested
also.
>
> Oshun
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
Msg# 7046
Re: How do I find out how many stories are nominated in a cer... Posted by heartofoshun@aol.com May 22, 2006 - 12:18:45 Topic ID# 7046Thanks so much! That helps a lot. For the amount of time I spend on the
computer per week, one would think I would be a bit better at figuring out these
things! Reading several hundred stories is daunting--and I don't want to
limit myself to "favorite authors" either.
Oshun
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computer per week, one would think I would be a bit better at figuring out these
things! Reading several hundred stories is daunting--and I don't want to
limit myself to "favorite authors" either.
Oshun
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Msg# 7047
Re: How do I find out how many stories are nominated in a cer... Posted by Marta Layton May 22, 2006 - 12:34:29 Topic ID# 7046On 22/5/06 1:17 pm, "heartofoshun@aol.com" <heartofoshun@aol.com> wrote:
things - when dealing with scholarly articles and ebooks it can be very
useful for finding that specific quote you're looking for. So I'm glad I
thought to mention it here!
By the way, most word processors have a similar function if you think it
would ever help you there.
Marta
> Thanks so much! That helps a lot. For the amount of time I spend on theI use that find function a lot. Not so much for the MEFAs but for other
> computer per week, one would think I would be a bit better at figuring out
> these
> things! Reading several hundred stories is daunting--and I don't want to
> limit myself to "favorite authors" either.
>
> Oshun
>
things - when dealing with scholarly articles and ebooks it can be very
useful for finding that specific quote you're looking for. So I'm glad I
thought to mention it here!
By the way, most word processors have a similar function if you think it
would ever help you there.
Marta
Msg# 7048
Re: How do I find out how many stories are nominated in a cer... Posted by heartofoshun@aol.com May 22, 2006 - 12:39:51 Topic ID# 7046Thanks again!
Oshun
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Oshun
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Msg# 7049
Re: Verification of Self-Nomination Posted by stephanie.brucker@sun.com May 22, 2006 - 12:46:34 Topic ID# 7035Thanks, Marta. The nomination worked this time. I appreciate everyone's
help.
- Steff
Marta Layton wrote On 05/19/06 20:08,:
help.
- Steff
Marta Layton wrote On 05/19/06 20:08,:
> On 19/5/06 6:11 pm, "stephanie.brucker@sun.com" <stephanie.brucker@sun.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>>Thanks, Elliska. I'll try again.
>>
>>- Steff
>>
>
>
> Hi Steff,
>
> I just wanted to verify for you that I can now see your story "Avoidance" in
> the database. It was nominated today (May 19) at 10:39:29 GMT. So it looks
> like it went through this time. :-)
>
> I can see it logged in both as an admin and as a non-admin, so I hope you
> can see it, too.
>
> Marta
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Msg# 7050
Re: How do I find out how many stories are nominated in a cer... Posted by Rhapsody May 22, 2006 - 13:58:33 Topic ID# 7046heartofoshun@aol.com wrote:
nominated list almost daily and mark those who catch my attention for my
wish-list (that can be anything: intriguing story title, category,
summary, sometimes I just click on a link and see where it takes me...).
I now only have to keep a eye on the story id's high in the 600. :c)
Just a suggestion. When I have a bit more time, I set the filter on Wish
and review a couple of stories.
Rhapsody
> Thanks so much! That helps a lot. For the amount of time I spend on theWhat I have been doing since nomination season started is go through the
> computer per week, one would think I would be a bit better at figuring out these
> things! Reading several hundred stories is daunting--and I don't want to
> limit myself to "favorite authors" either.
nominated list almost daily and mark those who catch my attention for my
wish-list (that can be anything: intriguing story title, category,
summary, sometimes I just click on a link and see where it takes me...).
I now only have to keep a eye on the story id's high in the 600. :c)
Just a suggestion. When I have a bit more time, I set the filter on Wish
and review a couple of stories.
Rhapsody
Msg# 7051
Re: How do I find out how many stories are nominated in a certain... Posted by Anthony Holder May 22, 2006 - 19:48:21 Topic ID# 7043Hey all,
I intend to add some searching tools, but I haven't gotten around to it
yet.
Last year, we had some searching, but not by this sort of thing, so I
need to add new 'filters' to the browsing page.
I have a couple of things like that to do, including editing the story
lengths, but I've been wanting to play with my kids the last few days,
instead of working on this.
I might be able to do some later tonight. If so, I might have to take
the system off-line for about 15 minutes. I'll try to put up a note (in
the header bar at the top of the page) about 15 minutes before I take
it offline, telling you when it'll go offline. It'll be huge, so you
won't be able to miss it.
Anthony
I intend to add some searching tools, but I haven't gotten around to it
yet.
Last year, we had some searching, but not by this sort of thing, so I
need to add new 'filters' to the browsing page.
I have a couple of things like that to do, including editing the story
lengths, but I've been wanting to play with my kids the last few days,
instead of working on this.
I might be able to do some later tonight. If so, I might have to take
the system off-line for about 15 minutes. I'll try to put up a note (in
the header bar at the top of the page) about 15 minutes before I take
it offline, telling you when it'll go offline. It'll be huge, so you
won't be able to miss it.
Anthony
Msg# 7052
Re: How do I find out how many stories are nominated in a certain... Posted by Marta Layton May 22, 2006 - 20:29:42 Topic ID# 7043On 22/5/06 8:48 pm, "Anthony Holder" <aaholder@swbell.net> wrote:
I understand that there are RL concerns (and I'm sure everyone else would
agree!), and making time for your family is certainly very important. More
important than a fandom award like this IMO.
Thanks for working so ahrd to make site improvements.
Marta
> Hey all,Hi Anthony,
>
> I intend to add some searching tools, but I haven't gotten around to it
> yet.
>
> Last year, we had some searching, but not by this sort of thing, so I
> need to add new 'filters' to the browsing page.
>
> I have a couple of things like that to do, including editing the story
> lengths, but I've been wanting to play with my kids the last few days,
> instead of working on this.
>
> I might be able to do some later tonight. If so, I might have to take
> the system off-line for about 15 minutes. I'll try to put up a note (in
> the header bar at the top of the page) about 15 minutes before I take
> it offline, telling you when it'll go offline. It'll be huge, so you
> won't be able to miss it.
>
> Anthony
>
I understand that there are RL concerns (and I'm sure everyone else would
agree!), and making time for your family is certainly very important. More
important than a fandom award like this IMO.
Thanks for working so ahrd to make site improvements.
Marta
Msg# 7053
Re: How do I find out how many stories are nominated in a certain... Posted by Rhapsody May 23, 2006 - 9:34:49 Topic ID# 7043Anthony Holder wrote:
first, so please do so! Your work on the site is just fabulous, but I
think, with all the suggestions done so far, these filters can wait a
bit longer. But thanks for everything you did so far Anthony!
Rhapsody
> Hey all,Go and play with your kids! Marta already told me that family comes
>
> I intend to add some searching tools, but I haven't gotten around to it
> yet.
>
> Last year, we had some searching, but not by this sort of thing, so I
> need to add new 'filters' to the browsing page.
>
> I have a couple of things like that to do, including editing the story
> lengths, but I've been wanting to play with my kids the last few days,
> instead of working on this.
first, so please do so! Your work on the site is just fabulous, but I
think, with all the suggestions done so far, these filters can wait a
bit longer. But thanks for everything you did so far Anthony!
Rhapsody
Hi,
I wasn't sure whom to inform but I'm not here all of next week. Well
actually starting Saturday onwards. Sorry about this, I know I should have
kept that in mind before signing up as a liaison but a couple of things have
come up at work. I may or may not have regular internet access.
I should be back on sunday, the 4th, so I can continue on then.
acacea
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I wasn't sure whom to inform but I'm not here all of next week. Well
actually starting Saturday onwards. Sorry about this, I know I should have
kept that in mind before signing up as a liaison but a couple of things have
come up at work. I may or may not have regular internet access.
I should be back on sunday, the 4th, so I can continue on then.
acacea
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On 24/5/06 2:19 pm, "Acacea" <windswept1@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for letting us know. I'm sure things will be okay if things have to
wait an author or two.
If anyone hears from an author who has been nominated but hasn't heard from
their liaison, please send an email about it to mefasupport@gmail.com , and
I'll do what I can to help.
Thanks,
Marta
> Hi,Hi Acacea,
>
> I wasn't sure whom to inform but I'm not here all of next week. Well
> actually starting Saturday onwards. Sorry about this, I know I should have
> kept that in mind before signing up as a liaison but a couple of things have
> come up at work. I may or may not have regular internet access.
>
> I should be back on sunday, the 4th, so I can continue on then.
>
> acacea
>
Thanks for letting us know. I'm sure things will be okay if things have to
wait an author or two.
If anyone hears from an author who has been nominated but hasn't heard from
their liaison, please send an email about it to mefasupport@gmail.com , and
I'll do what I can to help.
Thanks,
Marta
Hey all,
I'm taking the site down in at about 11:00 CDT (04:00 GMT) to do some
maintenance.
Marta has asked me to change the story lengths somewhat, and that's
what I'm doing.
Ficlets are being split into two groups.
All stories listed as 'Ficlet' will be changed to 'Other Fixed-Length
Ficlet'
A new 'Ficlet' length is being created that will be all stories less
than 1000 words that are not 'Fixed-Length Ficlets'.
'Drabble Series' is becoming 'Fixed-Length Ficlet Series' to include
all sorts of series of fixed-length ficlets.
I have assumed that most of the Ficlets are actually 'Other
Fixed-Length Ficlets' so I have moved all of them over to that
designation. Authors or Author Liaisons will need to change any
non-fixed-length ficlet to 'Ficlet'.
If you're editing a story, finish editing and don't start a new one.
Don't try to keep an edit window open until I'm finished, especially if
it is a Ficlet or Drabble Series, as the data will become somewhat
corrupted.
Anthony
I'm taking the site down in at about 11:00 CDT (04:00 GMT) to do some
maintenance.
Marta has asked me to change the story lengths somewhat, and that's
what I'm doing.
Ficlets are being split into two groups.
All stories listed as 'Ficlet' will be changed to 'Other Fixed-Length
Ficlet'
A new 'Ficlet' length is being created that will be all stories less
than 1000 words that are not 'Fixed-Length Ficlets'.
'Drabble Series' is becoming 'Fixed-Length Ficlet Series' to include
all sorts of series of fixed-length ficlets.
I have assumed that most of the Ficlets are actually 'Other
Fixed-Length Ficlets' so I have moved all of them over to that
designation. Authors or Author Liaisons will need to change any
non-fixed-length ficlet to 'Ficlet'.
If you're editing a story, finish editing and don't start a new one.
Don't try to keep an edit window open until I'm finished, especially if
it is a Ficlet or Drabble Series, as the data will become somewhat
corrupted.
Anthony
The maintenance is done.
Anthony
Anthony
Hi!
I'm new to this group and I haven't managed to sort out everything
about the MEFAs yet, but I'm working on it. Two of my stories have
been nominated, but I have not received word about this from anyone in
the MEFA staff. I know about the nomination from the preson who was
kind enough to nominate those stories. Should I have received an e-
mail requesting my approval for the nominations? Or should I send an e-
mail expressing this?
Also, who must I contact about the fact that my yahoo ID and my pen
name are not the same?
Thanks and I hope my beginners questions are't too silly.
Alina.
I'm new to this group and I haven't managed to sort out everything
about the MEFAs yet, but I'm working on it. Two of my stories have
been nominated, but I have not received word about this from anyone in
the MEFA staff. I know about the nomination from the preson who was
kind enough to nominate those stories. Should I have received an e-
mail requesting my approval for the nominations? Or should I send an e-
mail expressing this?
Also, who must I contact about the fact that my yahoo ID and my pen
name are not the same?
Thanks and I hope my beginners questions are't too silly.
Alina.
Hi alina!
I see the two stories that you have nominated and I see that
NancyBrooke is your assigned Author Liaison. Author Liaisons will
send you an 'official' email informing you of your nominations,
asking you to confirm your acceptance and explaining to you how to
complete the nomination. I can see in the database that NancyBrooke
has marked your nominations "No response from the author in 1 week."
That means she has tried to contact you with the email. We have
found that some of these emails have gone to people's spam filters,
so you might check yours. The email was sent to your yahoo account.
Alternately, you can email NancyBrooke at: nb @ nancybrooke.com
(without the spaces) and she will respond with any info you need.
As far as your yahoo id/penname--I have noted that in the notes on
your user. Thanks for letting us know. If your username on the MEFA
site does not show as you would like it, you can just login and
click "Name/Password" to change it as you like.
If you have not yet received information about how to login to the
MEFA site, then just email me at elliska67 @ yahoo.com and I will
send that info to you.
Congrats on your nominations and have fun with the MEFAs!!
I see the two stories that you have nominated and I see that
NancyBrooke is your assigned Author Liaison. Author Liaisons will
send you an 'official' email informing you of your nominations,
asking you to confirm your acceptance and explaining to you how to
complete the nomination. I can see in the database that NancyBrooke
has marked your nominations "No response from the author in 1 week."
That means she has tried to contact you with the email. We have
found that some of these emails have gone to people's spam filters,
so you might check yours. The email was sent to your yahoo account.
Alternately, you can email NancyBrooke at: nb @ nancybrooke.com
(without the spaces) and she will respond with any info you need.
As far as your yahoo id/penname--I have noted that in the notes on
your user. Thanks for letting us know. If your username on the MEFA
site does not show as you would like it, you can just login and
click "Name/Password" to change it as you like.
If you have not yet received information about how to login to the
MEFA site, then just email me at elliska67 @ yahoo.com and I will
send that info to you.
Congrats on your nominations and have fun with the MEFAs!!
--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Alina" <alina_moi2004@...> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm new to this group and I haven't managed to sort out everything
> about the MEFAs yet, but I'm working on it. Two of my stories have
> been nominated, but I have not received word about this from
anyone in
> the MEFA staff. I know about the nomination from the preson who
was
> kind enough to nominate those stories. Should I have received an e-
> mail requesting my approval for the nominations? Or should I send
an e-
> mail expressing this?
>
> Also, who must I contact about the fact that my yahoo ID and my
pen
> name are not the same?
>
> Thanks and I hope my beginners questions are't too silly.
>
> Alina.
>
Alina wrote:
one). I forwarded this message to the staff list so that your liaison
will see it :)
Rhapsody
> Hi!I think yahoo ate your nom-email (don't worry, you are not the only
>
> I'm new to this group and I haven't managed to sort out everything
> about the MEFAs yet, but I'm working on it. Two of my stories have
> been nominated, but I have not received word about this from anyone in
> the MEFA staff. I know about the nomination from the preson who was
> kind enough to nominate those stories. Should I have received an e-
> mail requesting my approval for the nominations? Or should I send an e-
> mail expressing this?
one). I forwarded this message to the staff list so that your liaison
will see it :)
> Also, who must I contact about the fact that my yahoo ID and my penI think someone of the admin will look at this.
> name are not the same?
> Thanks and I hope my beginners questions are't too silly.Not to me. :c) Just ask, I think we will always have an answer.
Rhapsody
Msg# 7061
Confirmation troubles Posted by aelfwina@cableone.net May 29, 2006 - 20:12:27 Topic ID# 7061I've been trying to complete three of my nominations, and I keep getting the message that I haven't filled in fields that I actually have filled in. Emails to my liaison bounced. Help!
Dreamflower
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Dreamflower
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Hi Dreamflower,
Sorry about the frustration! What are the stories? I'll look into it and get
back to you offlist.
Marta
Sorry about the frustration! What are the stories? I'll look into it and get
back to you offlist.
Marta
> I've been trying to complete three of my nominations, and I keep getting the
> message that I haven't filled in fields that I actually have filled in.
> Emails to my liaison bounced. Help!
>
> Dreamflower
>
Msg# 7063
Re: Confirmation troubles Posted by aelfwina@cableone.net May 30, 2006 - 9:48:12 Topic ID# 7061----- Original Message -----
From: "Marta Layton" <melayton@gmail.com>
To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Confirmation troubles
Hi Dreamflower,
Sorry about the frustration! What are the stories? I'll look into it and get
back to you offlist.
"Consequences of a Fall", "At Crickhollow" and "A Sight to Remember".
Thanks
Dreamflower
Marta
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Dreamflower, so sorry about the trouble and I don't understand why
your email to me bounced! Thank you to Marta for helping because
I'm still new at this and I didn't realize anything was wrong.
Cathleen
In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@...> wrote:
Dreamflower, so sorry about the trouble and I don't understand why
your email to me bounced! Thank you to Marta for helping because
I'm still new at this and I didn't realize anything was wrong.
Cathleen
In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@...> wrote:
>it and get
> Hi Dreamflower,
>
> Sorry about the frustration! What are the stories? I'll look into
> back to you offlist.getting the
>
> Marta
>
> > I've been trying to complete three of my nominations, and I keep
> > message that I haven't filled in fields that I actually havefilled in.
> > Emails to my liaison bounced. Help!
> >
> > Dreamflower
> >
>
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