A suggestion for an alternative to the current AC system which would involve members and would still aid the image mods in a final selection but maybe make it less cumbersome and time consuming.
Would it be possible to cut out the voting by AC members completely ?
Let the image nominations speak for themselves as a guide. An image with a substantial number of nominations would indicate to the selectors its popularity and they would still have the final say. Lesser numbers of nominations on works would still be brought to their attention and after that they also have the ability to peruse other non nominated images.
OR specify a certain number of nominations to be required for promotion if there is no intervention by image mods.
That is my suggestion - the rest is just thoughts . . . . _________________________________________________________
It would become apparent quite quickly to the selectors if members (as has been suggested elsewhere may be the case) are nominating wily nily and also show those who maybe are not as discerning as could be expected in their choices.
If it were to work I believe an adjustment would need to be made regarding the number of allowable nominations within a specified time. I am not a prolific nominator and usually do not fill my allocation but I do find it frustrating if I select two images in a short space of time and then in the following days see others I consider worthy but have to wait a week to be able to participate again. Keeping a note of images favoured and then finding them again, often to discover they are already nominated, is time consuming. Being allocated a specified number for a period of perhaps a month may make things easier.
It is possible that new members are not as aware of what is required to showcase the site and a probationary period before being able to nominate could be an advantage. I do know that when I first became a member I would have cheerfully nominated almost every image I saw, given the chance, such was my awe at the talent I saw. Crooked horizons did not register and noise was something I did not see :) Perhaps the current AC could become the 'Nominating Council' with other members qualifying as seen fit.
Although I (think) I have read all that has been said on the subject I am still unsure whether the Praetor Assembly members (image mods) have the final say. I think I understand that at present any image voted in by the AC gets in to the Main Galleries, (?) which is a change from what it was in recent times, when images were labeled as promoted but were declined by the image mods for various reasons, one of which was their belief that friends lists favouritism played a part, and another to prevent multiple similar images clogging the Main Galleries.
Quote from another discussion - by =Samatar "A rather lengthy list of images promoted this morning. Most of them were very nice, one or two a bit ordinary... the problem I see though is that at this rate the main galleries will soon double, triple and quadruple in size... and then keep going." I totally agree, and think most other members also would. That is why I favour intervention in the final stage by image mods and filtering nominated images by the number of nominations each one attracted would help them, and save the rest of us the time taken to vote on a bunch of images some of which it has to be said, are not worthy of nomination. I realize and accept that is just my personal opinion but even with the most generous imagination there are some that do not qualify for cream of the crop.
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Would it be possible to cut out the voting by AC members completely ?
Let the image nominations speak for themselves as a guide. An image with a substantial number of nominations would indicate to the selectors its popularity and they would still have the final say. Lesser numbers of nominations on works would still be brought to their attention and after that they also have the ability to peruse other non nominated images.
OR specify a certain number of nominations to be required for promotion if there is no intervention by image mods.
That is my suggestion - the rest is just thoughts . . . .
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It would become apparent quite quickly to the selectors if members (as has been suggested elsewhere may be the case) are nominating wily nily and also show those who maybe are not as discerning as could be expected in their choices.
If it were to work I believe an adjustment would need to be made regarding the number of allowable nominations within a specified time. I am not a prolific nominator and usually do not fill my allocation but I do find it frustrating if I select two images in a short space of time and then in the following days see others I consider worthy but have to wait a week to be able to participate again. Keeping a note of images favoured and then finding them again, often to discover they are already nominated, is time consuming. Being allocated a specified number for a period of perhaps a month may make things easier.
It is possible that new members are not as aware of what is required to showcase the site and a probationary period before being able to nominate could be an advantage. I do know that when I first became a member I would have cheerfully nominated almost every image I saw, given the chance, such was my awe at the talent I saw. Crooked horizons did not register and noise was something I did not see :) Perhaps the current AC could become the 'Nominating Council' with other members qualifying as seen fit.
Although I (think) I have read all that has been said on the subject I am still unsure whether the Praetor Assembly members (image mods) have the final say. I think I understand that at present any image voted in by the AC gets in to the Main Galleries, (?) which is a change from what it was in recent times, when images were labeled as promoted but were declined by the image mods for various reasons, one of which was their belief that friends lists favouritism played a part, and another to prevent multiple similar images clogging the Main Galleries.
Quote from another discussion - by =Samatar
"A rather lengthy list of images promoted this morning. Most of them were very nice, one or two a bit ordinary... the problem I see though is that at this rate the main galleries will soon double, triple and quadruple in size... and then keep going."
I totally agree, and think most other members also would. That is why I favour intervention in the final stage by image mods and filtering nominated images by the number of nominations each one attracted would help them, and save the rest of us the time taken to vote on a bunch of images some of which it has to be said, are not worthy of nomination. I realize and accept that is just my personal opinion but even with the most generous imagination there are some that do not qualify for cream of the crop.