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There were a few (thankfully only a few) stories that did not get comments.
Do I put them on the web site, with no comments under them? Would that make
an authors feel bad--like I'm drawing unwanted attention to them? Or would
it be best to have the titles there so the authors see they weren't
forgotten but that they just didn't get comments, for whatever reason?

Shall I make a poll?

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

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Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
Blog: <http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com/>
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--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...>
wrote:

>
> There were a few (thankfully only a few) stories that did not get

comments.

> Do I put them on the web site, with no comments under them? Would

that make an authors feel bad--like I'm drawing unwanted attention to
them? Or would it be best to have the titles there so the authors
see they weren't forgotten but that they just didn't get comments,
for whatever reason?

>
> Shall I make a poll?
>
> --Ainaechoiriel

Greetings all ~

I've been pondering this a while from an author's standpoint, and I
kind of doubt there is any one, fool-proof way to please everyone on
that issue. My own thought is, however, to post the stories, even
without the comments. While I as an author might sort of feel left
out if I found no comments under my story ... I think I'd feel even
more neglected if there wasn't even mention of my story's name.

So perhaps just list ALL the stories, and where there are no
comments, either leave that spot blank, or put some sort of note
like "Reviewer declined comment" or something? Unless you think that
would be worse ... But anyhow, I do think I'd feel worse if my story
were overlooked even without mention, even if there was no
comment/feedback.

That's just my tuppence, though. You might try the poll idea, if you
really feel uncomfortable about it. :-)
Cheers ~

Erin

Well, upon further reflection (aka somewhat obsessive/compulsive doings), I
ran somemore stats. Only 13 of those authors had no other stories with
comments AND are not members. I'm pretty sure that people who are members
(25 of these 40 authors) would know how things go around here. They've seen
all the posts flooding their inboxes. Some of them even commented
themselves. 11 of the 15 who...okay, somewhere along the way, my tally
marks didn't work out as I have more than 40 tally marks. Anyway, I had
more purple (members and have other stories with comments) and red (stories
with other comments) than there were no color at all (excel spreadsheet
cells--neither member and no comments at all). There were 4 blue (members
but no other comments).

So, I'm not feeling so bad about listing the stories with no comments.
Thank you for giving it sincere consideration. I appreciate it.

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

http://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com



-----Original Message-----
From: erin_hobbit_ofbt [mailto:tgatwater@gbis.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 12:12 AM
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Here's a question...re: comments on the web site



--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...>
wrote:

>
> There were a few (thankfully only a few) stories that did not get

comments.

> Do I put them on the web site, with no comments under them? Would

that make an authors feel bad--like I'm drawing unwanted attention to them?
Or would it be best to have the titles there so the authors see they weren't
forgotten but that they just didn't get comments, for whatever reason?

>
> Shall I make a poll?
>
> --Ainaechoiriel

Greetings all ~

I've been pondering this a while from an author's standpoint, and I
kind of doubt there is any one, fool-proof way to please everyone on
that issue. My own thought is, however, to post the stories, even
without the comments. While I as an author might sort of feel left
out if I found no comments under my story ... I think I'd feel even
more neglected if there wasn't even mention of my story's name.

So perhaps just list ALL the stories, and where there are no
comments, either leave that spot blank, or put some sort of note
like "Reviewer declined comment" or something? Unless you think that
would be worse ... But anyhow, I do think I'd feel worse if my story
were overlooked even without mention, even if there was no
comment/feedback.

That's just my tuppence, though. You might try the poll idea, if you
really feel uncomfortable about it. :-)
Cheers ~

Erin









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Would it be possible for readers to submit comments after the fact
if they went to the website? That would be nice for those of us who
could not possibly read ALL the stories, but would like to as the
year progresses. I have NO idea whatsoever how much work that might
entail, so if it is not a possibility, then never mind the
suggestion.

Legorfilinde

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...>
wrote:

> Well, upon further reflection (aka somewhat obsessive/compulsive

doings), I

> ran somemore stats. Only 13 of those authors had no other stories

with

> comments AND are not members. I'm pretty sure that people who are

members

> (25 of these 40 authors) would know how things go around here.

They've seen

> all the posts flooding their inboxes. Some of them even commented
> themselves. 11 of the 15 who...okay, somewhere along the way, my

tally

> marks didn't work out as I have more than 40 tally marks. Anyway,

I had

> more purple (members and have other stories with comments) and red

(stories

> with other comments) than there were no color at all (excel

spreadsheet

> cells--neither member and no comments at all). There were 4 blue

(members

> but no other comments).
>
> So, I'm not feeling so bad about listing the stories with no

comments.

> Thank you for giving it sincere consideration. I appreciate it.
>
> --Ainaechoiriel
> MEFA Admin and Founder
>
> "This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond

said, "for

> it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.
>
> http://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
> Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: erin_hobbit_ofbt [mailto:tgatwater@g...]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 12:12 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Here's a question...re: comments on the

web site

>
>
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...>
> wrote:
> >
> > There were a few (thankfully only a few) stories that did not get
> comments.
> > Do I put them on the web site, with no comments under them?

Would

> that make an authors feel bad--like I'm drawing unwanted attention

to them?

> Or would it be best to have the titles there so the authors see

they weren't

> forgotten but that they just didn't get comments, for whatever

reason?

> >
> > Shall I make a poll?
> >
> > --Ainaechoiriel
>
>
>
> Greetings all ~
>
> I've been pondering this a while from an author's standpoint, and

I

> kind of doubt there is any one, fool-proof way to please everyone

on

> that issue. My own thought is, however, to post the stories, even
> without the comments. While I as an author might sort of feel

left

> out if I found no comments under my story ... I think I'd feel

even

> more neglected if there wasn't even mention of my story's name.
>
> So perhaps just list ALL the stories, and where there are no
> comments, either leave that spot blank, or put some sort of note
> like "Reviewer declined comment" or something? Unless you think

that

> would be worse ... But anyhow, I do think I'd feel worse if my

story

> were overlooked even without mention, even if there was no
> comment/feedback.
>
> That's just my tuppence, though. You might try the poll idea, if

you

> really feel uncomfortable about it. :-)
> Cheers ~
>
> Erin
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links

Since most of the stories are at websites with review functions or at least
email addresses for the authors, I'd say that's possible. They just wouldn't be
included as part of the competition, but I'm sure none of the authors would
mind getting feedback or reviews anyway...*grin*


--- legorfilinde2 <Legorfilinde@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Would it be possible for readers to submit comments after the fact
> if they went to the website? That would be nice for those of us who
> could not possibly read ALL the stories, but would like to as the
> year progresses. I have NO idea whatsoever how much work that might
> entail, so if it is not a possibility, then never mind the
> suggestion.
>
> Legorfilinde

=====
Larian
larian_elensar@yahoo.com
Keeper of the OEAM archive http://www.ofelvesandmen.com
Archive addy archive@ofelvesandmen.com

Absolutely. I'm just concerned about putting e-mail addresses up on the site
because spiders can troll websites and pick up all those e-mail addresses
and then those e-mail addresses get spammed. But, there are links to the
stories where they are archived, and there are review functions on most of
those, or somehow a way for a reader to contact the author.

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

http://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Larian Elensar [mailto:larian_elensar@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 12:56 PM
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Re: Here's a question...re: comments on the web
site


Since most of the stories are at websites with review functions or at least
email addresses for the authors, I'd say that's possible. They just wouldn't
be included as part of the competition, but I'm sure none of the authors
would mind getting feedback or reviews anyway...*grin*


--- legorfilinde2 <Legorfilinde@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> Would it be possible for readers to submit comments after the fact if
> they went to the website? That would be nice for those of us who
> could not possibly read ALL the stories, but would like to as the year
> progresses. I have NO idea whatsoever how much work that might
> entail, so if it is not a possibility, then never mind the suggestion.
>
> Legorfilinde

=====
Larian
larian_elensar@yahoo.com
Keeper of the OEAM archive http://www.ofelvesandmen.com Archive addy
archive@ofelvesandmen.com


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I've been happy to have had a boon of reviews these past few days. All the fault of the MEFA's I'm sure.

Thank you!

~Lady Aranel~

----
"Men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it.
You remain responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery [The Little Prince]

----- Original Message -----
From: Ainaechoiriel
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 1:26 PM
Subject: RE: [MEFAwards] Re: Here's a question...re: comments on the web site


Absolutely. I'm just concerned about putting e-mail addresses up on the site
because spiders can troll websites and pick up all those e-mail addresses
and then those e-mail addresses get spammed. But, there are links to the
stories where they are archived, and there are review functions on most of
those, or somehow a way for a reader to contact the author.


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Not sure if I'm too late to chime in, but I'd say at least list them. Might
encourage more people to participate next year too...if they nominate someone
and then don't comment, seeing that a story didn't get anything might work in a
good way then...


--- Ainaechoiriel <mefaadmin@earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> There were a few (thankfully only a few) stories that did not get comments.
> Do I put them on the web site, with no comments under them? Would that make
> an authors feel bad--like I'm drawing unwanted attention to them? Or would
> it be best to have the titles there so the authors see they weren't
> forgotten but that they just didn't get comments, for whatever reason?
>
> Shall I make a poll?
>
> --Ainaechoiriel
> MEFA Admin and Founder
>
> "This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
> it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.
>
> <http://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa> http://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa The
> Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
> Blog: <http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com/>
> http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>