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Originally Posted by andy153
I sometimes wonder if some members are intimidated by the standard of some others. Or think, I could never do that or take a picture like that. That is why in my Photography club days we always had a beginners section and a separate beginners competition. Once you had won a round in that - you had to join the seniors. Beginners could enter either competition, but seniors could only enter the senior one. We already have a group of Seniors who have won either the weekly comp, monthly comp and POTW. Just an idea and I'm very aware of the extra work this may place on our unsung heroes, the moderators and admin staff so the decision has to be theirs. Perhaps a couple of Competition only Mods could be found to help?
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Having dual competitions running simultaneously sounds like a recipe for confusion. We get enough confused new members as it is not knowing where to post things.
The decision as to what gets done with the competition is very much down the membership, not the mods or admin. The infrastructure is all there, it's up to the members to use it as they wish. The moderators job is to do just that, to moderate, not to generate all the content on the site.
Any member wishing to start a competition run on whatever lines they want to is free to do so, they can be a self appointed competition mod by doing so.
Here's my take on things, note, this suggestion has no more influence than anybody else's suggestion(s), it's just an idea, feel free to adapt as you see fit.
1st to 21st of the month is the period to enter pictures
entries have to be taken during that period
person who set the theme judges during period 22nd to 27th
person who set the theme offers short critique, awarding places for 1st, 2nd, 3rd
winner chooses theme for following week and announces it before the 1st of the following month
person who set the theme cannot enter their own competition
This basic idea is used by many other photography fora. A few points to note from experience of this sort of thing....
People are sometimes put off entering from fear they may win and then have to critique/judge, 2nd place is much coveted.
People sometimes get the huff because the judge's opinion did not match their own. That's life, get used to it.
A winner takes all approach can result in parochial judging where the same couple of people ping-pong the win between themselves for several months before one feels guilty and gives it to another. By forcing the judge to give reason/critique, this is effect hopefully reduced.
Different judges use different criteria to judge, this can lead to some very odd results, but that's life.... see above.
The point I'm trying to make is that whatever scheme someone comes up with will not be perfect. Whatever you guys want to do, the forum structure is there for you to do it. The competition format will be whatever the person who sets it up wants it to be.