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> Elana, you're a lucky girl.

>So many women I know in the fanfic world have
> husbands who aren't even aware of what they're doing and yours is even
> pitching a helping hand.

> spousal participation, "Every husband should no the joy of playing

> dummy for the make-out scenes."

> spousal participation, "Every husband should no the joy of playing

> dummy for the make-out scenes."

>
> In a message dated 8/1/2005 4:47:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> BLJean@a... writes:
>
>> When voting season opens, is there a way to filter stories that as
>> yet have no reviews? I'd love to concentrate my efforts on
>> those--wouldn't it be great if all the entries got at least one
>> review? Or am I being stupid?
>
> Oh man, now I feel terrible about the reviews i'm sitting on. Havent
> even entered them. How sad, poor lil fics. But I'm nervous. I
> don't want to make a mistake and blow up the world or something.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of BLJean@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 6:49 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Dumb question
>
> When does voting season start, again?
>
> I know there was someplace to look up dates, but I'm really
> rushed off my feet this week.
>
> I'm thinking it's all over September 30, isn't that right?
>
> Aargh.
>
> Just point me to where the timeline is posted and I'll try to
> stop asking stupid questions.
>
> Thanks,
> Lin
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Holder
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 6:35 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Unreviewed stories
>
> Lin,
>
> Anything is possible, but not everything *will* be done.
>
> As far as this goes, I don't know what information you all
> want. I COULD give running updates of current number of
> reviews, and even current points for stories, but I'm not
> sure how that would affect things. Would people be more
> likely to write reviews for the stories they like if they can
> see that they're behind?
>
> I can see ways that having running totals could make things better.
> It's kind of like the pennant race in baseball, where you
> check the scores every day and see whether your team won or
> lost, and root for your team. It might make it more exciting,
> or people might just ignore it.
>
> If I were going to do that, it might be good to count the
> points for tentative reviews, even though the reviews aren't
> visible yet, so you could see what's in the pipeline and not
> get surprised.
>
> There hasn't been any indication of what the group (or Ainae, for that
> matter) wants. Last year, anybody that wanted COULD have
> counted up the votes during voting season, and had an idea of
> how well the stories they liked were doing, but it was a lot
> of work, and I'm sure nobody bothered. Last year, all of the
> information was in the open. This year, some of it is hidden,
> but it doesn't have to be, especially for final reviews.
>
> I hesitate to mention this, because like I said yesterday, I
> still have quite a bit of work to do on things that are
> necessary, before I could even think about adding sums and
> filters/sorting.
>
> I'll sit back and listen, and if you all decide you want to
> have running totals, I'll see what I can do. If you want
> them, I probably won't get them done until a week or two
> after voting starts, though.
> Also, if you want them, I'll need to have a very clear idea
> of what to show, and what to hide.
>
> Later,
> Anthony
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> Okay, I think our standard size rule is going out the door next year. 
> I
> think it's stymied some creativity. I know it has made it harder for
> me to
> make banners. To date, I've only made 10 and all for one award at
> that.
> Thundera Tiger, on the other hand, has found time for hundreds of
> reviews
> and dozens of banners.  I think she's secretly getting at least 3
> more hours
> in a day than the rest of us.
>
> Anyway, we need banners! And quick.  On October 1st, we'll start
> voting on
> them.  So we need something to vote on!
>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ainaechoiriel
> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 9:28 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Banners! We need banners!
>
> Okay, I think our standard size rule is going out the door
> next year. I think it's stymied some creativity. I know it
> has made it harder for me to make banners. To date, I've only
> made 10 and all for one award at that.
> Thundera Tiger, on the other hand, has found time for
> hundreds of reviews and dozens of banners. I think she's
> secretly getting at least 3 more hours in a day than the rest of us.
>
> Anyway, we need banners! And quick. On October 1st, we'll
> start voting on them. So we need something to vote on!
>
> These categories don't have ANY banners yet:
> Hobbits
> Humor
> Romance (I've got some in mind for this one) Non-Fiction The
> Hobbit Lord of the Rings Post-Ring War
>
> These awards in other categories don't have ANY banners yet:
> Rohan: The Helm's Deep Awards (I've got somethign for this one, too)
>
> This is the break down for the categories that at least have
> some banners (1st, 2nd, 3rd):
> Men: 1,1,1
> Elves: 1,3,2
> Dwarves: 3,3,2
> Villains: 1,1,1
> Cross-Cultural: 4,3,2
> Gondor: 2,1,2
> Rohan: 1,0,1
> Adventure: 3,2,1
> Horror: 1,1,10
> Mystery: 1,1,1
> Crossovers: 1,1,2
> Alternate Universe: 1,1,2
> Movie-verse: 2,2,1
> The Silmarillion: 1,1,
> Gap-Filler: 3,1,1
>
> And so far I think we have only 2 submitters. Maybe 3. So
> please, put on your creativity hats and make some banners!
>
> You can see the current banners at:
> http://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa/awardbanners.html
>
> If you make any, put them in the appropriate folders in the
> Photos section of the YahooSite AND e-mail them to me. If you
> don't e-mail them, I may not know they are out there. And if
> I have to get them from the Yahoo site, their size will
> probably be distorted and I'll have to edit them, making them
> look even more distorted (that happened last year). So e-mail them.
> .jpg's please.
>
> See the rules for making banners:
> http://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa/ArtContest.html
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Ainaechoiriel
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On 8/3/05, BLJean@aol.com <BLJean@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 8/3/2005 12:07:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com writes:
> Anyway, I don't want to see a running list of total points per stories. Nor
> a list of how many reviews each story has. Just a list of stories with 2 or
> fewer reviews if we can manage something like that. If not, just a list of
> stories with no reviews. Some intrepid reviewers out there may pick them up
> and see if they can review them. Note, no one needs to write any reviews if
> they can't think of something good to say about a story.
> Yes, this is what I was thinking as well. I don't want to see a running list
> of total points; that would drive me up the wall! But if I've reviewed the
> stories that interest me most, and I'm looking for more to read, I'd be more
> inclined to read those with no reviews, just in the interest of including
> them, or
> not having the authors feel left out, or something of the sort.
>
> I looked at the 2004 site recently and ran across an author who had no
> reviews at all, even though that author had more than one story nominated.
> How sad!
>
> And no, I cannot bring myself to write a review if I can't think of
> something
> good to say! (Echoes of my mom: "If you can't think of anything good to say,
> don't say anything at all...")
>
> Thanks,
> Lin
>
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On 8/3/05, Anthony Holder <aaholder@swbell.net> wrote:
> Marta,
>
> There's also GIMP, an open source image editor which has a lot of
> capabilities, but might be hard to install. I haven't tried it lately,
> though, and they might have improved the install process.
>
> Later,
> Anthony

On 3 Aug 2005, at 21:19, chathollinn wrote:

> First, many thanks for all the efforts to make this MEFA 2005 so
> successful.  - I was wondering how to read reviews that have been
> finalized. Please excuse such a dumb question. Regards - Chathol-linn
>

Finalised reviews still aren't visible. They will be visible from the
beginning of voting season (August 15, I think?)

Tentative reviews will be made visible at the end of voting season, and
draft reviews will never be visible.

I'm sure Anthony or Ainae will post more detailed instructions when the
time comes, but my understanding is there will be a link to see the
reviews beside each story listing, under the "Browse Stories" option.
But that will only appear when the time comes.

Marta
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On 3 Aug 2005, at 20:33, Elena Tiriel wrote:

> I have installed GIMP on a Windows PC recently, and it wasn't hard.
> My friend (a GIMP geek)  thinks that the installation has become
> easier overall, but he doesn't use a Mac either.
>
> According to the website at www.gimp.org/macintosh/ the Mac version
> runs on OS/X and requires Apple's X11.app (I'm not a Mac person, so
> I'm not familiar with the details).
>
> GIMP is a very full-featured graphics package, which is Open Source --
> it's free for non-commercial use, which was its major attraction for
> me.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> - Barbara
>
> On 8/3/05, Anthony Holder <aaholder@swbell.net> wrote:
> > Marta,
> >
> > There's also GIMP, an open source image editor which has a lot of
> > capabilities, but might be hard to install. I haven't tried it
> lately,
> > though, and they might have improved the install process.
> >
> > Later,
> > Anthony
>

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>2. You'll be able to click on that review count to read all the

> In a message dated 8/5/2005 2:16:57 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com writes:
> noticed a lot of people have asked when certain seasons start this
> year.
> Bless you, Marta. I love easy reference. It makes me feel so much
> less stupid.
>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dwimmer_laik
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 9:41 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Server problem?
>
> I was just booted off the MEFA server with the following
> error messages. Reloading does nothing. Going to the main
> page gets the same set of error messages.
>
> Dwim
>
>
> Warning:
> ct_load_class(/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/CTSess
> ion.ctcls):
> failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
> c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 41
>
> Warning: ct_load_class(): Failed opening
> '/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/CTSession.ctcls'
> for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc') in c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 41
>
> Warning:
> ct_load_class(/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/CTForm.ctcls):
> failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
> c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 41
>
> Warning: ct_load_class(): Failed opening
> '/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/CTForm.ctcls' for
> inclusion (include_path='.;c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc') in c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 41
>
> Warning:
> ct_load_class(/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/CTPers
> on.ctcls):
> failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
> c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 41
>
> Warning: ct_load_class(): Failed opening
> '/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/CTPerson.ctcls'
> for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc') in c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 41
>
> Warning:
> ct_load_lib(/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/phases.lib):
> failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
> c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 33
>
> Warning: ct_load_lib(): Failed opening
> '/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/phases.lib' for
> inclusion (include_path='.;c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc') in c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 33
>
> Warning:
> ct_load_lib(/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/person.lib):
> failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
> c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 33
>
> Warning: ct_load_lib(): Failed opening
> '/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/person.lib' for
> inclusion (include_path='.;c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc') in c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 33
>
> Warning:
> ct_load_class(/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/CTStor
> y.ctcls):
> failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
> c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 41
>
> Warning: ct_load_class(): Failed opening
> '/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/CTStory.ctcls' for
> inclusion (include_path='.;c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc') in c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 41
>
> Warning:
> ct_load_class(/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/CTRevi
> ew.ctcls):
> failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
> c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 41
>
> Warning: ct_load_class(): Failed opening
> '/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/CTReview.ctcls'
> for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc') in c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 41
>
> Warning:
> ct_load_class(/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/CTAuth
> orReview.ctcls):
> failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
> c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 41
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> Warning: ct_load_class(): Failed opening
> '/Library/WebServer/Documents/MEFA2005/lib/CTAuthorReview.ctcl
> s' for inclusion (include_path='.;c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc') in c:\Program Files\Apache
> Group\Apache\mefa\MEFA2005\etc\conftool.inc on line 41
>
> Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: ctsession
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--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Marta" <melayton@g...> wrote:
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> C. Reading Season: June 1st through August 15th
> (Ten weeks for reading all these lovely stories. Members may enter
> both story and author votes, but no votes are visible to other
> members.)
>
> D. Voting Season: August 16th through September 30th
> (Finish entering your votes. Final reviews are visible to other
> members during this season and cannot be changed after August 16.
> You may change tentative votes until the end of the voting season,
> at the end of which they will be displayed and counted. Draft
> reviews must be changed to final or tentative status by the end of
> this season to count. Also, make sure to hae all your submissions
> for the banner contest to Ainae by the end of this season.)

OK, I am confused now (and a bit late with catching up). Until what
date can you write your reviews. The way I read it now, until the end
at the end of reading season. Maybe it is the word votes, in which you
actually mean reviews..

With voting you mean actually: write a review, that is your vote... or
not? I've seen the words and links tentative reviews on the site, but
not the option tentative votes...

Just forgive my muddled brain, but if I can still write my reviews
until the end of September, then I can take it a bit more easy.

Rhapsody

On 13 Aug 2005, at 04:38, rhapsody_the_bard wrote:

> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Marta" <melayton@g...> wrote:
> <snip>
>
> > C. Reading Season: June 1st through August 15th
> > (Ten weeks for reading all these lovely stories. Members may enter
> > both story and author votes, but no votes are visible to other
> > members.)
> >
> > D. Voting Season: August 16th through September 30th
> > (Finish entering your votes. Final reviews are visible to other
> > members during this season and cannot be changed after August 16.
> > You may change tentative votes until the end of the voting season,
> > at the end of which they will be displayed and counted. Draft
> > reviews must be changed to final or tentative status by the end of
> > this season to count. Also, make sure to hae all your submissions
> > for the banner contest to Ainae by the end of this season.)
>
> OK, I am confused now (and a bit late with catching up). Until what
> date can you write your reviews. The way I read it now, until the end
> at the end of reading season. Maybe it is the word votes, in which you
> actually mean reviews..
>
> With voting you mean actually: write a review, that is your vote... or
> not? I've seen the words and links tentative reviews on the site, but
> not the option tentative votes...
>

At the end of reading season, any reviews you have already entered with
the status "final" are set in stone. You can't change those at this
point, and they become visible to everyone.

But you can still change reviews that are tentative or draft, and you
can still enter new reviews. You can even give them the status final
(but if you do that they become set in stone immediately, and you can't
change them later).

And don't forget if you want your draft reviews to be counted, you have
to change them to tentative or final status by the end of voting
season.

I hope that's clearer. How can I make it clearer in the file?

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> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dwimmer_laik
> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:40 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Site time outs?
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> I've been getting site time outs since this afternoon. Is
> anyone else having trouble accessing the MEFA site?
>
> Dwim
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> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:40 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Site time outs?
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> I've been getting site time outs since this afternoon. Is
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> Dwim
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> Dwim,
>
> I just tested, and noticed a 'maximum execution time' error on the
> browse stories page.
>
> I just raised the time limit for all the pages to 180 sec, which
> should take care of it, unless the database size increases
> dramatically.

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From: rhapsody_the_bard
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 4:24 PM
Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: MEFA 2005 Site timeouts


--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Holder <aaholder@s...> wrote:
> Dwim,
>
> I just tested, and noticed a 'maximum execution time' error on the
> browse stories page.
>
> I just raised the time limit for all the pages to 180 sec, which
> should take care of it, unless the database size increases
> dramatically.

I don't know if this happened, but I keep on getting timeouts or that
he can't find the server at all for a couple of days. I was reviewing,
saved the one I was typing, then I wanted to browse for another story
and ever since it got the time out messages. The story I was reviewing
was one of the stories I nominated myself. In IE explorer I can't
approach the site at all.

I have no clue why, only that it happens in both IE explorer and
Firefox (in case this matters). I don't know what happened, but it's
weird.

Rhapsody





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> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Leaward
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:47 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Author Reviews
>
> I notice that some people have entered author reviews that
> appear under a single story, while others have entered them
> for each of the author's stories. What should be happening?
> And what will they be used for? is there an 'author's' award?
>
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--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...> wrote:
> Yes, there are Author Awards but not for each story. Say you wrote
three
> short stories all in the Elf General category. You'd only be
elligible once
> for the Elf General Author Award.
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> > -----Original Message-----

> >
> > I notice that some people have entered author reviews that
> > appear under a single story, while others have entered them
> > for each of the author's stories. What should be happening?
> > And what will they be used for? is there an 'author's' award?
> >
> > Lea
> >

On 8/16/05, Leaward <leaward_l@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> So is it per main category, or for each sub category ?
>
> So if an author has a story in "BT The Hobbit" and another in "BT The
> Hobbit/Vignette ... you could leave two author reviews? One in the
> main category and one in the subcategory? Or would you only need one
> in BT The Hobbit?
>
> Just trying to figure out how many I need to write ...
>
> Lea
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...> wrote:
> > Yes, there are Author Awards but not for each story. Say you wrote
> three
> > short stories all in the Elf General category. You'd only be
> elligible once
> > for the Elf General Author Award.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
>
> > >
> > > I notice that some people have entered author reviews that
> > > appear under a single story, while others have entered them
> > > for each of the author's stories. What should be happening?
> > > And what will they be used for? is there an 'author's' award?
> > >
> > > Lea
> > >
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> Is this why some authors have duplicate entries in the author

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sulriel
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:35 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Author Reviews
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, C Dodd <rabidsamfan@v...> wrote:
> > Is this why some authors have duplicate entries in the author
> reviews?
>
> I think that the author awards are only for the main cates, not the
> subs.
>
> and that you can paste the same author review in different cates as
> long as it's appropriate. (IOW, if you write specifically about how
> well the author writes hobbits, you wouldn't want to paste it in that
> author's men's entry without modifying it)
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> Yes, there are Author Awards but not for each story. Say you wrote

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> for the Elf General Author Award.

----- Original Message -----
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To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:03 PM
Subject: [MEFAwards] Can't enter reviews


Okay, I've been at it off and on all day. I will do a batch of reviews, or go to finalize a tentative review--everything will go fine for a few minutes, and then I get "page not available" when I hit "save review". It doesn't happen every time--but it's happening more and more. It's very frustrating. Am I doing something wrong?

Dreamflower
(Barbara)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of dwimmer_laik
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 5:26 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Author Reviews
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel"
> <mefaadmin@e...> wrote:
> > Yes, there are Author Awards but not for each story. Say you wrote
> three
> > short stories all in the Elf General category. You'd only be
> elligible once
> > for the Elf General Author Award.
>
> So if I wrote an author review and entered it under each
> story (modifying it a little each time), how would that be
> scored? I'd been thinking if I ever managed to do author
> reviews, I'd pick write a giant one according to category,
> and paste it into a randomly selected fic by the appropriate
> author in the appropriate category.
>
> But it seems as if I could paste that author review in
> multiple times within a category and up the character count
> significantly, or use a minimally different one each time
> within a category and end up with the same result.
>
> Is there a filter for this or will volunteers have to read
> all these author reviews and recognize which author reviews
> by a single reviewer are the same within a category, which
> ones by a single reviewer are problematically similar within
> categories, and which ones are ok because they cross categories?
>
> I hope I'm making sense, here.
>
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> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of aelfwina@cableone.net
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:05 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Can't enter reviews
>
> And *now* I'm getting that when I try to log back onto the
> site! Grrr...
> B.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: aelfwina@cableone.net
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:03 PM
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Can't enter reviews
>
>
> Okay, I've been at it off and on all day. I will do a
> batch of reviews, or go to finalize a tentative
> review--everything will go fine for a few minutes, and then I
> get "page not available" when I hit "save review". It
> doesn't happen every time--but it's happening more and more.
> It's very frustrating. Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Dreamflower
> (Barbara)
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Holder
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:31 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Duplicate Author Reviews
>
> Duplicate Author Reviews:
>
> People have been noticing duplicate author reviews. Here's what's up.
>
> Each story has a link to an author review.
>
> For all stories that are part of the same main category
> (e.g., BT: The Hobbit), but are not one of the required
> subcategories (i.e., drabble, poem, incomplete), that link
> points to the same review. On the author review reading page,
> you'll see that listed as BT: The Hobbit: General.
>
> Drabble author reviews would come out as BT: The Hobbit: Drabble.
>
> That said, the policy statement is that you can, if you
> choose, use the same text for multiple author reviews, rather
> than writing a new author review for each category/required
> subcategory. Thus, some folks have decided to copy/paste
> their author review into multiple places.
>
> There is not a 'use this text for all author reviews of this author'
> option.
>
> AFAIK, last year Author Reviews had to be more or less
> independent (with maybe a bit of duplication being allowed,
> but not wholesale duplication).
>
> So Anthony the programmer says:
> Author Reviews work exactly as I was told to make them work.
>
> Anthony the person who hasn't, but could, use the site to
> read/vote on stories/authors says:
> I don't really like the way Author Reviews are set up, but
> that's the way people wanted it, and it's really too late now
> to change it for this year.
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--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, <aelfwina@c...> wrote:
> Is the MEFA site *down* or is it just me again? I keep
getting "Page not available."
>
> Dreamflower
> (Barbara)
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of sulriel
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:04 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] author reviews?
>
>
> I'm not sure if we're supposed to report problems or wait on
> fixes already in progress.
>
> most of mine seem to be working fine.
>
> I understand that some have been filtered out because of
> being duplicates, but there are two that seem to have an error.
>
> that is my author review for Minuialeth, story id#978.
> I have saved a review there for her, but the menu still says
> 'enter new...' - but when I click on it, I get a message "
> You are not authorized to view detailed information on the
> stories you selected."
>
> also on Leawards story in the romance category. #181
>
> the others seem to be fine, except one I saved for Marnie
> appears to be blank - ?? can that be fixed? $245
>
> Thanks, Sulriel.
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of elliska67
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:35 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Site down?
>
> I was on a roll doing reviews and then I started getting that
> too about an hours ago. I just checked back now and I am
> still getting it so it must be down for a power/internet
> outage. Oh well, my eyes were crossing anyway. I will go back
> to reviewing again later.
>
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, <aelfwina@c...> wrote:
> > Is the MEFA site *down* or is it just me again? I keep
> getting "Page not available."
> >
> > Dreamflower
> > (Barbara)
> >
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Elena Tiriel
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:59 PM
> To: MEFA Awards
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Daw's story is complete....
>
> HI everyone,
>
> I just noticed that Daw the Minstrel's story, "A Spring of Joy" (#
> 1320) is still in the Incomplete:Novella group. It is
> complete (and probably has been since shortly after I
> nominated it.... sorry that I didn't notice before!)
>
> - Barbara
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> . Races/Places: Elves: Mirkwood . ID: 294

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> . 2005-04-12 08:49:52 Score: 10

> . 2005-04-12 10:34:57 Score: 6

> . Books/Time: Post-Ring War: Gondor . ID: 14

> . 2005-04-12 11:33:39 Score: 5

> . Genres: Romance: Rivendell . ID: 15

> . 2005-04-12 13:52:37 Score: 9

> . Genres: Drama (includes Angst): Drabble . ID: 16

> . 2005-04-12 14:04:21 Score: 3

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> . 2005-04-12 14:48:44 Score: 2

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> . 2005-04-13 12:39:38 Score: 3

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> Me and Despair . Author: EdorasLass

> . Races/Places: Gondor: Pre-Quest Drabbles . ID: 549

> . Races/Places: Gondor: Pre-Quest Drabbles . ID: 551

> . 2005-04-16 08:48:04 Score: 7

> . 2005-04-17 07:12:08 Score: 7

> . 2005-04-17 07:15:05 Score: 4

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> . 2005-04-17 08:26:00 Score: 6

> . Books/Time: Post-Ring War: Vignette . ID: 357

> . 2005-04-17 09:15:10 Score: 2

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> . 2005-04-18 21:19:54 Score: 3

> . 2005-04-19 09:37:08 Score: 9

> . 2005-04-19 16:14:07 Score: 1

> of Roses . Author: Vistula

> . 2005-04-20 22:33:58 Score: 3

> . 2005-04-20 23:01:16 Score: 3

> Me and Despair . Author: EdorasLass

> . Books/Time: The Lord of The Rings: Drabble . ID: 19

> . Books/Time: Post-Ring War: Ithilien Drabble . ID: 20

> . Books/Time: Post-Ring War: General Drabble . ID: 23

> . Genres: Drama (includes Angst): Gondor Drabble . ID: 21

> . Genres: Humor: Drabble . ID: 24

> . 2005-04-26 20:19:25 Score: 4

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> . Genres: Adventure . ID: 8

> . Genres: Humor: Children . ID: 216

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> . 2005-05-01 03:03:08 Score: 3

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> · 2005-05-07 16:57:42 Score: 6

> · 2005-05-08 19:23:38 Score: 2

> · 2005-05-09 18:44:06 Score: 10

> · 2005-05-09 20:20:42 Score: 5

> · 2005-05-09 20:52:33 Score: 4

> · 2005-05-09 21:28:43 Score: 4

> · 2005-05-09 23:11:55 Score: 7

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> · 2005-05-09 23:46:29 Score: 6

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