Format for POEM OF THE MONTH?

66.67% • 14 votes • A. One winner in a given month, that poet cannot win again in the calendar, and should not be nominated until the next year.
19.05% • 4 votes • B. Any poet can win in the given month, and poets can multiple times per year.
14.29% • 3 votes • C. Choice A or B with the addendum that least three competitions set aside for new poets and or those with less than 10 wins
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Format for POEM OF THE MONTH?

Layla
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by the way...i just strolled to poem of the month to vote, and i see one poem is nominated twice and its shown as voting option, shouldn't one of the posts be removed since its the same poem??
the poem in question starts with lines...

Edit:  i just saw this same poem for the 3rd time on page 2 lol.
"________

   
'is      
an      
overdose      
of one’s own      
marrow'       "

butters
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Layla said:by the way...i just strolled to poem of the month to vote, and i see one poem is nominated twice and its shown as voting option, shouldn't one of the posts be removed since its the same poem??
the poem in question starts with lines...

Edit:  i just saw this same poem for the 3rd time on page 2 lol.
"________

   
'is      
an      
overdose      
of one’s own      
marrow'       "

ha, gonna go check that out. the poem i really wanted to vote for is the only one that doesn't show (on my screen) a vote-for-this-entry button! i contacted lobo about it and it's showing on his computer. wonder if i need to shut my pc down and reboot to effect a change? gonna go look now and maybe do that, see if it makes a difference?

the poem i can't find the vote for button is Innocence returning

Layla
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butters said:
ha, gonna go check that out. the poem i really wanted to vote for is the only one that doesn't show (on my screen) a vote-for-this-entry button! i contacted lobo about it and it's showing on his computer. wonder if i need to shut my pc down and reboot to effect a change? gonna go look now and maybe do that, see if it makes a difference?

the poem i can't find the vote for button is Innocence returning


I just checked, Innocence returning is there, i can see it, its on the 1st page.
Its right after the poem 'A cold Bastard"

butters
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Layla said:

I just checked, Innocence returning is there, i can see it, its one the 1st page.
Its right after the poem 'Bastard.."
yeah, i can see the poem but i have no vote button under it

and, yep, that same poem you mention is up 3 times and ALL have a vote button under it!

Ahavati
Tams
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Layla said:by the way...i just strolled to poem of the month to vote, and i see one poem is nominated twice and its shown as voting option, shouldn't one of the posts be removed since its the same poem??
the poem in question starts with lines...

Edit:  i just saw this same poem for the 3rd time on page 2 lol.
"________

   
'is      
an      
overdose      
of one’s own      
marrow'       "


It's actually the one Missy already pointed out having been posted three times. Nominators need to check to see if what they're nominating has already been nominated. It's clearly in the rules no duplicate nominations allowed.

poet Anonymous

Ahavati said:I'm for a separate "Discovery of the Month" myself.  The Poem of the Month should not be complicated. The more rules that are changed and/or added transforms something historically pleasant and fun into a total nightmare. Let's just return to the way it was ( sans the anonymity aspect unless it can be feasibly addressed ) and let it be.

There is so MUCH room for more, e.g. - Discovery of the Month, Spoken Word of the Month, Whatever of the Month. This would also be more members and content to feature across the networks.  Why stuff so much into one which has always been pleasant and drama-free ( until now ), when there is so much room for more?

Just my two cents.



This.

I already mentioned early that simple is best and won't be a nightmare for whoever is managing the comp.

Other new comps can be managed by other people and more people will benefit by more refined exposure.

Layla
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Ahavati said:

It's actually the one Missy already pointed out having been posted three times. Nominators need to check to see if what they're nominating has already been nominated. It's clearly in the rules no duplicate nominations allowed.


ah, okay.  I haven't been around for over a week so I overlooked some of the discussion.

butters
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okay, so i logged out, shut down and restarted my pc, and the situation's not changed. could it be a cookies issue?

Ahavati
Tams
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JohnnyBlaze said:

This.

I already mentioned early that simple is best and won't be a nightmare for whoever is managing the comp.

Other new comps can be managed by other people and more people will benefit by more refined exposure.


The more the merrier!

poet Anonymous

Honestly, three nominations or not, Missy no longer cares.

https://youtu.be/vsa1ZvzFgvU


poet Anonymous

Ahavati said:

The more the merrier!



Layla
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I am opting out from voting in this month's poem of the month.  It seems too much of a mess with missing poems, one poem shown 3 times and new rules were implemented without prior notice.  

poet Anonymous

Layla said:I am opting out from voting in this month's poem of the month.  It seems too much of a mess with missing poems, one poem shown 3 times and new rules were implemented without prior notice.  

At last. Ethics. Exactly my reasoning for stepping out.

Layla
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butters said:
ha, gonna go check that out. the poem i really wanted to vote for is the only one that doesn't show (on my screen) a vote-for-this-entry button! i contacted lobo about it and it's showing on his computer. wonder if i need to shut my pc down and reboot to effect a change? gonna go look now and maybe do that, see if it makes a difference?

the poem i can't find the vote for button is Innocence returning


Ms. Butters, did you nominate the poem "innocence returning'?
If you nominated it, then its like voting for 'yourself' thats why perhaps you're not seeing the option to vote underneath it

Layla
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Upon looking again, i nominated Souladareteases poem which was not technically a spoken word, it was a video of music only and I don't see it as part of voting options??  How was this nomination excluded???  He has never won poem of the month ever.  So he's not a repeated 'offender' lol.
And his video was only music not spoken word.  
What the hell is going on, now I'm truly annoyed.

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