Vote for breaking weekly ties
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sibyllene
14 years agoHere is the place where people can cast votes for how they would like 3rd place ties in the weekly contest to be broken. Please reply with either "Computer" or "Substitute," and leave the rest blank. The other thread can be used for discussion - we'll just use this one to clearly tally. Let me know in the other thread if there's anything I should add to the descriptions. We can leave this up for... two days? Or until it seems that everyone has stopped voting.
Computer
In this choice we will continue to let the computer automatically choose between multiple poems with the same number of judges' points. A pro is that the computer is naturally unbiased. A con is that it chooses its winner based on number of nominations or ratings*, rather than other value.
Substitute
In this choice, a substitute (probably a mod, but perhaps an extra judge) would step in after the rest of judging is complete, and break any third place tie with a vote of 4 points. A pro is that it is another critical eye ranking the two poems, as we expect the judges to do, and it's not based on number of nominations. A con is that humans may have some inherent bias.
Please cast your vote below with a one-word post! "Computer" or "Substitute."
*I added the "ratings" part, because I'm actually not sure which value is considered. We never heard back form Janis for a definitive answer, so if anyone knows, please speak up! If you already voted and this fact would change your vote, let me know and I can edit it.
Let's leave this up for one more day. Say, 12 AM PnQ time, Tuesday Jan 3. -
Britt
14 years agoSubstitute
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Yakari Gabriel
14 years agoSubstitute
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Larry Chamberlin
14 years agoSubstitute
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Courageous Dreamer
14 years agoSubstitute
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Decayed
14 years agoComputer
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L
14 years agoSubstitute
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BlueJay
14 years agoSubstitute
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RSJ
14 years agoComputer
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Daisy if you do
14 years agoSubstitute
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Tara Kay
14 years agoSubstitute
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Lostlove1
14 years agoComputer
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Poet on the Piano
14 years agoSubstitute
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Narphangu
14 years agoSubstitute. But I don't think the substitute should be the same person every time. If the mods could rotate such a vote among them, that would make sense.
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SiLeNtLy ScReAmInG
14 years agoSubstitute
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Jordan
14 years agoYou have to record a video of that and send it out.
Substitute. -
PinkyPrincess
14 years agoComputer
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Hellon
14 years agoSubstitute
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CuteThingsGoneWrong
14 years agoSubstitute
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Michael D Nalley
14 years agoSubstitute
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Sherry Lynn
14 years agoSub
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A lonely soul
14 years agoA rotating substitute from the mods should suffice for now.
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Anna Stephens
14 years agoSubstitute
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abracadabra
14 years agoSubstitute. It's a no-brainer (actually that would be the computer, haaa).
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Hellon
14 years agoHas this been resolved or is it still being discussed in the mod room perhaps?
