Please Vote
Strangeways_Rob said:Can I make a suggestion? How about all hosts have to judge their own competitions? For me, that would be more impactful and worthy.
That's my own preference too, and I agree with Missy on the exception being the ones where we nominate poems & authors.
We do need the vote option , regardless though, primarily for the comps that get abandoned, host goes MIA. People gave their time & effort to write an entry, so there has to be a way to assign a winner if the host bails, and the vote is it.
That's my own preference too, and I agree with Missy on the exception being the ones where we nominate poems & authors.
We do need the vote option , regardless though, primarily for the comps that get abandoned, host goes MIA. People gave their time & effort to write an entry, so there has to be a way to assign a winner if the host bails, and the vote is it.
I find the judging much more objective on the "All poetry" site together with personal credits and critique from Kevin the principal. All the contests are judged by the setters. A refreshing change from the institutional rules of the DU. Sad to say I is now my preferred platform

@Rob
Can you just delete the poem on your account? It normally removes it from the contest if it’s linked, but I might be wrong 🤷♀️
Can you just delete the poem on your account? It normally removes it from the contest if it’s linked, but I might be wrong 🤷♀️
^ Quite happy for the scribble to remain amongst my tatty poems NS. Just don't want it to be considered as an entry in the comp. It would be a good compromise if the host had to stipulate whether they would be judging themselves.
Strangeways_Rob said:^ Quite happy for the scribble to remain amongst my tatty poems NS. Just don't want it to be considered as an entry in the comp. It would be a good compromise if the host had to stipulate whether they would be judging themselves.
I Can't delete it now that the Comp is in vote status-- can't see which one is yours .
If you haven't deleted it yet from your page , might be best to leave it, in case there were votes for it already-- not sure what it does to the rest of the entries as far as vote tally, when something is removed.
I Can't delete it now that the Comp is in vote status-- can't see which one is yours .
If you haven't deleted it yet from your page , might be best to leave it, in case there were votes for it already-- not sure what it does to the rest of the entries as far as vote tally, when something is removed.
Gotta bump this thread-- we need voters!
There's 5 comps in the voting process, and we have at least 2 more that need to go to vote.
If you have time and haven't voted yet, please cast your ballot in the vote comps. If you've requested a public vote on your comp and don't see it listed yet, please be patient while we try to clear space for more-- can only fit 5 comps at a time in vote status .
Thanks a bunch!
There's 5 comps in the voting process, and we have at least 2 more that need to go to vote.
If you have time and haven't voted yet, please cast your ballot in the vote comps. If you've requested a public vote on your comp and don't see it listed yet, please be patient while we try to clear space for more-- can only fit 5 comps at a time in vote status .
Thanks a bunch!