As you may or may not know, I've run a semi-annual photography contest for VBForum members for the last 3 1/2 years and I'd like to improve it. Please help me out by completing this 5-question survey.
Your feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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As you may or may not know, I've run a semi-annual photography contest for VBForum members for the last 3 1/2 years and I'd like to improve it. Please help me out by completing this 5-question survey.
Your feedback will be greatly appreciated.
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I've split off the posts about a coding contest into a new thread in Forum Feedback.
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BTW if you want to help spread then word you could add a link to this thread in your signatures like I just did.
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Photography contest!?
I gotta get in on that!
Survey Done!
I filled your survey form first time on this forum
Who dared derail your thread in Chit Chat, Marty?Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinLiss
Btw, how about holding contests with certain themes? For e.g. nature, portraits and so on?
I am currently on a film SLR, and it would be a major pain in the a$$ to get the pics organized and scanned onto a computer. So I am going to be off this competition for a while, unfortunately.
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Where is this contest if I may so enquire?
It's declared every few months and posted in Chit Chat as a sticky thread (meaning it stays on top no matter whether anyone posts in it or in other threads).
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Here's a link to the most recent one. It says it's the 'last' but I may try it again.
what i think is that you should extend the time allowed for entries, severely extend it. It's a photography contest. You never know when something worthy of photography may pop up. I would give everyone at least 3 months to submit photos and to make your job easier perhaps you could limit the number of photos each person can submit.Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinLiss
finally, the photos should be in a forum thread, one photo per post, and we could use thread tools to vote on them (the poll). No external links required!
Did you take his survey and put all that inside it?
@Lord_Rat If you'll do that it will be a lot easier for me to find what you said.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Rat
I did. I was asking if he did. =)
I'm sorry, I got my Lords mixed up:)
If you found a photographic moment after the contest, you could always submit it in the next contest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Orwell
The idea of using the forums for the contest is really cool though, I second that. However with unlimited entrants and several photos per entrant, devising a poll would be very difficult.
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Now, THERE's a statement I didn't expect to see an American make on a programming forum!Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinLiss
Especially from an atheist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker
I'd change my name if I could. I no longer use this name for me usual online identity. In most parts I go by Dracorat.
not for a moderator. They aren't limited to the number of choices on their polls the rest of us are. It would be really easy. Each poll option would be the post number.Quote:
Originally Posted by honeybee
i did take the survey, but i could resubmit because i dont think i listed that before
So what's the survey result ? Will you be continuing this contest ? Also, you are now a retired Admin/Mod. So, does that affect the contest ? :confused:
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I got a lot of good suggestions and I thank everyone who completed the survey. I'm leaning towards doing it again (in August) but I haven't decided yet. If I do run it again I'll need help from a current moderator but hopefully that won't be a problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by akhileshbc
I just entered the survey.
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I just entered the survey.
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Two Lords-a-Leaping ...Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinLiss
Heavens to Murgatroid.
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I was wondering where I became familiar with the phrase "heavens to murgatroid" and did a search.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoo
from wikipedia
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Snagglepuss is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon character created in 1959, a pink anthropomorphic mountain lion voiced by Daws Butler. He is best known for his famous catchphrase, "Heavens to Murgatroyd!", along with phrases such as "Exit, stage left!" Snagglepuss was originally known as "Snaggletooth" (a pink lion precursor).
Snagglepuss first appeared in several episodes of The Quick Draw McGraw Show and became a regular segment on The Yogi Bear Show, starring in a total of 32 episodes
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By the way your spelling Spoo is not incorrect. They give various spellings for the word murgatroid but no matter what the spelling no version of the word murgatroid has any meaning. Apparently the phrase is an alteration of the expression "heavens to Betsy" which first appeared in the 19th century.
Murgatroyd, that's a character from The Fiery Wooing Of Mordred.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spoo
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LOL ... who knew?Quote:
Originally Posted by EntityX
http://www.toonopedia.com/snaggle.htm
I used to watch snagglepuss. Who knew he was a kellog's spokescat before tony the tiger (incidently voiced by Thurl Ravenscroft, who also sang songs in the Grinch cartoon?
Guys could you do me a favor please and stick to the topic of this thread. Thanks.
It seems that there isn't going to be another photo contest unless they are going to happen less often. Perhaps our answering the survey was a waste of effort.
I'm sorry that you feel that way. I appreciate everyone who did make the effort but I decided that there wasn't enough participation in the contest itself to make my effort worthwhile.
If you or anyone else wants to start it up again and if I can help with advice and/or technical support (like a spreadsheet I have that makes tallying the votes easy) then let me know.
I have a server(just a shared hosting with more than a dozen sites hosted :p). If you need any assistance incorporating the Photo Contest, let me know. I also do PHP(not an expert or anything :)) so that if you need to integrate or something let me.
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