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Just out of curiosity, I looked upsoem of the stories people said were
missing from the database Marta is making. This is what I found:

Swords Returned is completed, but strangely not on the list generated when I
go to post the nominations. So it was never in my posts.

The Black Ribbon was listed, so it should have been in the digest.
Strangely, it was not.

Naresha has 3 stories on the list. None of them are in my digests. Hmmm...
I know no one would want me to post all the Completed stories every day.
That would presently take 26 posts!

But I will do that today and we'll see if we keep missing stories after
this.

Prepare your inboxes!

--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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Scratch that, I won't be sending out a big bunch of digests until we can
figure out why Swords Returned is complete and nto on th list.

--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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> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ainaechoiriel
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 11:14 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Stories missing from the digests
>
>
> Just out of curiosity, I looked upsoem of the stories people
> said were missing from the database Marta is making. This is
> what I found:
>
> Swords Returned is completed, but strangely not on the list
> generated when I go to post the nominations. So it was never
> in my posts.
>
> The Black Ribbon was listed, so it should have been in the digest.
> Strangely, it was not.
>
> Naresha has 3 stories on the list. None of them are in my
> digests. Hmmm...
> I know no one would want me to post all the Completed stories
> every day.
> That would presently take 26 posts!
>
> But I will do that today and we'll see if we keep missing
> stories after this.
>
> Prepare your inboxes!
>
> --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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Thank you. Of my 7 nominated and completed stories, only two ever
showed up on the digest list. They were all 'completed' at the same
time so I was a bit surprised not to see them on the same digest.
What it looks like from the outside is that the line of code that
calls up the 'viable' stories is not returning all the right records.

Ariel

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

> Just out of curiosity, I looked upsoem of the stories people said

were

> missing from the database Marta is making. This is what I found:
>
> Swords Returned is completed, but strangely not on the list

generated when I

> go to post the nominations. So it was never in my posts.
>
> The Black Ribbon was listed, so it should have been in the digest.
> Strangely, it was not.
>
> Naresha has 3 stories on the list. None of them are in my

digests. Hmmm...

> I know no one would want me to post all the Completed stories every

day.

> That would presently take 26 posts!
>
> But I will do that today and we'll see if we keep missing stories

after

> this.
>
> Prepare your inboxes!
>
> --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> http://gabrielle.sytes.net/mefa

The

> Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
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> Blog: <http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com/>
> http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com
>
>
>
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Ainae,

I'm assuming that so long as my story is now in Marta'a database of
finalized nominations, it doesn't matter that it never appeared in
one of your digests, is that correct? She added it at my request,
but I never have seen it in a digest although it was finalized some
time ago. (Story # 687, The Terror of Buckland.)

thanks,
Kathy

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

> Just out of curiosity, I looked upsoem of the stories people said

were

> missing from the database Marta is making. This is what I found:
>
> Swords Returned is completed, but strangely not on the list

generated when I

> go to post the nominations. So it was never in my posts.
>
> The Black Ribbon was listed, so it should have been in the digest.
> Strangely, it was not.
>
> Naresha has 3 stories on the list. None of them are in my

digests. Hmmm...

> I know no one would want me to post all the Completed stories every

day.

> That would presently take 26 posts!
>
> But I will do that today and we'll see if we keep missing stories

after

> this.
>
> Prepare your inboxes!
>
> --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> 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]

On 22 Apr 2005, at 14:23, Kathy wrote:

>
> Ainae,
>
> I'm assuming that so long as my story is now in Marta'a database of
> finalized nominations, it doesn't matter that it never appeared in
> one of your digests, is that correct?  She added it at my request,
> but I never have seen it in a digest although it was finalized some
> time ago. (Story # 687, The Terror of Buckland.)
>
> thanks,
> Kathy
>

Hi Kathy,

The database is an "unofficial" record, as are the email digests.
They're for information purposes only. The only place that really
*needs* to be correct is the website - if it's marked as complete
there, it will be included in this year's award, even if it never shows
up in the digest or the database.

Of course we want to get both the digest and the database as correct as
possible. So if you notice something missing, do let me and Ainae know.
:-)

Marta
*****
On the other hand, you have different fingers.


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See why I gave her the title of Very Useful Answerer of Questions?

She got this one exactly right. Website is what matters. The digest is just
that a digest for everyone to see what has been nominated. We'll do this
with votes too at Voting Season, just send a digest to the list. And Marta
just does the database to make looking up a story to see if it's already
been nominated a little easier. And because she has too much time on her
hands and too much kindness in her heart, I think. ;-)

--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: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Marta Layton
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 1:44 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Re: Stories missing from the digests
>
>
>
> On 22 Apr 2005, at 14:23, Kathy wrote:
>
> >
> > Ainae,
> >
> > I'm assuming that so long as my story is now in Marta'a
> database of
> > finalized nominations, it doesn't matter that it never appeared in
> > one of your digests, is that correct?  She added it at my request,
> > but I never have seen it in a digest although it was
> finalized some
> > time ago. (Story # 687, The Terror of Buckland.)
> >
> > thanks,
> > Kathy
> >
>
> Hi Kathy,
>
> The database is an "unofficial" record, as are the email digests.
> They're for information purposes only. The only place that really
> *needs* to be correct is the website - if it's marked as
> complete there, it will be included in this year's award,
> even if it never shows up in the digest or the database.
>
> Of course we want to get both the digest and the database as
> correct as possible. So if you notice something missing, do
> let me and Ainae know.
> :-)
>
> Marta
> *****
> On the other hand, you have different fingers.
>
>
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Oh OK, thanks for explaining, Marta.

Kathy

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Marta Layton <melayton@g...> wrote:
>
> On 22 Apr 2005, at 14:23, Kathy wrote:
>
> >
> > Ainae,
> >
> > I'm assuming that so long as my story is now in Marta'a database
of
> > finalized nominations, it doesn't matter that it never appeared
in
> > one of your digests, is that correct?  She added it at my
request,
> > but I never have seen it in a digest although it was finalized
some
> > time ago. (Story # 687, The Terror of Buckland.)
> >
> > thanks,
> > Kathy
> >
>
> Hi Kathy,
>
> The database is an "unofficial" record, as are the email digests.
> They're for information purposes only. The only place that really
> *needs* to be correct is the website - if it's marked as complete
> there, it will be included in this year's award, even if it never
shows
> up in the digest or the database.
>
> Of course we want to get both the digest and the database as
correct as
> possible. So if you notice something missing, do let me and Ainae
know.
> :-)
>
> Marta
> *****
> On the other hand, you have different fingers.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

> And because she has too much time on her
> hands and too much kindness in her heart, I think. ;-)

Indeed she does! (Well, I don't know about the time, but certainly
the kindness...) Thanks again to both of you for all your work (and
patience with our endless questions!)

Kathy


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

> See why I gave her the title of Very Useful Answerer of Questions?
>
> She got this one exactly right. Website is what matters. The

digest is just

> that a digest for everyone to see what has been nominated. We'll

do this

> with votes too at Voting Season, just send a digest to the list.

And Marta

> just does the database to make looking up a story to see if it's

already

> been nominated a little easier. And because she has too much time

on her

> hands and too much kindness in her heart, I think. ;-)
>
> --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: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Marta Layton
> > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 1:44 PM
> > To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Re: Stories missing from the digests
> >
> >
> >
> > On 22 Apr 2005, at 14:23, Kathy wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Ainae,
> > >
> > > I'm assuming that so long as my story is now in Marta'a
> > database of
> > > finalized nominations, it doesn't matter that it never appeared

in

> > > one of your digests, is that correct?  She added it at my

request,

> > > but I never have seen it in a digest although it was
> > finalized some
> > > time ago. (Story # 687, The Terror of Buckland.)
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > Kathy
> > >
> >
> > Hi Kathy,
> >
> > The database is an "unofficial" record, as are the email digests.
> > They're for information purposes only. The only place that really
> > *needs* to be correct is the website - if it's marked as
> > complete there, it will be included in this year's award,
> > even if it never shows up in the digest or the database.
> >
> > Of course we want to get both the digest and the database as
> > correct as possible. So if you notice something missing, do
> > let me and Ainae know.
> > :-)
> >
> > Marta
> > *****
> > On the other hand, you have different fingers.
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
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> >
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> >
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> >
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