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Originally posted by Dan Hocker View PostI'm not 100% sure on this, but I think quoting anything is legal as long as you site the reference in your work. Don't quote me on that though.
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Originally posted by JJ Holden View PostI notice the story 'Sticky Rules' by Dan Hocker appears to have the most views so far.CD Email: [email protected]
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In regards to quoting, most places I have found prefer to stay away from it. There is a very fine line there. While I believe quoting is accepted when referenced, the light in which it is conveyed also determines its legality I believe. So most don't mind a mention, say of an Author and the title of their book, but when it comes to quoting--it gets very sticky, so I would avoid such things. I'm no pro on the subject, but that is my two cents. Hope it helps.
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I've just thought of another voting issue. If everyone gets to vote for only one story and they vote for their own story, there might be a huge tie for the lead. If there were a way to create the poll with each voter getting to vote for 3 stories, it would become much more balanced. I'm sure there will be more voters than writers, but I don't expect it to be a huge number more.
Now, it wouldn't be fair for this contest, since rules have already been established, but maybe a future contest could have the field cut down by the staff of CD, like the "name the chapbook" contest."Dance until your feet hurt. Sing until your lungs hurt. Act until you're William Hurt." - Phil Dunphy ("Modern Family"), from Phil's-osophy.
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Originally posted by TerryE View PostNow, it wouldn't be fair for this contest, since rules have already been established, but maybe a future contest could have the field cut down by the staff of CD, like the "name the chapbook" contest.
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I've just thought of another voting issue. If everyone gets to vote for only one story and they vote for their own story, there might be a huge tie for the lead. If there were a way to create the poll with each voter getting to vote for 3 stories, it would become much more balanced. I'm sure there will be more voters than writers, but I don't expect it to be a huge number more."Phnglui mglw nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah nagl fhtagn!"
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Originally posted by the_last_gunslinger View PostThis would be ideal, but is there any way to enforce this? I doubt the Honor System would work here.
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Originally posted by TerryE View PostI've just thought of another voting issue. If everyone gets to vote for only one story and they vote for their own story, there might be a huge tie for the lead. If there were a way to create the poll with each voter getting to vote for 3 stories, it would become much more balanced. I'm sure there will be more voters than writers, but I don't expect it to be a huge number more.
Now, it wouldn't be fair for this contest, since rules have already been established, but maybe a future contest could have the field cut down by the staff of CD, like the "name the chapbook" contest.
It'll be interesting to see how the voting works since there will be so many entries.
One idea I just had is to split them into different polls. Could be just 3 and the winners of each are the winners, though that could be bad depending on how they are split up. What could work in splitting the stories up and taking the top few from each poll and then doing a new poll with just those and the top 3 from there could be the overall winners. Depending on the number of stories, could split the polls into like 3-5 and then take the top 3-5 from each and have those be the final ones to vote on. Splitting them up could be done by the number of views each has, so that stories only viewed a small number of times are up again those with more views, and then provide links to each story in the final poll so people are more likely to read them.
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Originally posted by Draven Ames View PostOr just have people vote publicly, not allowing them to vote on their own story. No poll, just a post saying who you vote for."Dance until your feet hurt. Sing until your lungs hurt. Act until you're William Hurt." - Phil Dunphy ("Modern Family"), from Phil's-osophy.
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