02-21-2006, 01:19 PM
Well when you look at the BIG picture, which by the way is sort of morbid, is that a minority, which is less then 50 percent, of authors on this site are still active. Meaning they didn't fall into a black hole and come out in another dimension thus having no access to a computer with internet access. I made the figure up, pretty much like a ball park figure judging by how many of the authors on the site submitted something in the past 6 months. Many haven't even given something in, in over a year.
The site has gotten new authors since the new administration stepped in but not enough to fill the void between active and inactive. Basically I thought that the poll vote should obviously be only for active authors. First people should make a topic, in any forum, maybe even author's of who should be nominated. Then have the 10 nominees in the polls, limit the time on the poll and then whoever gets the most votes would be declared the author of the month. This can be redone every month so everyone gets a chance.
It doesn't really affect me very much since I'm probably not eligible although I would definietly start reading the nominees works and cast a vote. There could also be prerequsites for being a nominee like having a certain length, number of stories written, length of being an author, etc. The remaining question though is how many people on this board even read lemons? After reading thousands of posts I've come to realize many just come here to chat about digimon-related fandom and not to read the site's material. As for the art thing I'm not so sure that would work seeing how artists aren't nearly as active as the authors are, no offense whatsoever to all artists out there.
I always thought its because a lot of people don't own scanners to upload their work with, I'm one of them. Anyway, please comment on my thoughts. I'm sure working together we can all work something out in the end and make a friendly contest that will hopefully boost morale in authors on this site and have them increase the quality of their work.
The site has gotten new authors since the new administration stepped in but not enough to fill the void between active and inactive. Basically I thought that the poll vote should obviously be only for active authors. First people should make a topic, in any forum, maybe even author's of who should be nominated. Then have the 10 nominees in the polls, limit the time on the poll and then whoever gets the most votes would be declared the author of the month. This can be redone every month so everyone gets a chance.
It doesn't really affect me very much since I'm probably not eligible although I would definietly start reading the nominees works and cast a vote. There could also be prerequsites for being a nominee like having a certain length, number of stories written, length of being an author, etc. The remaining question though is how many people on this board even read lemons? After reading thousands of posts I've come to realize many just come here to chat about digimon-related fandom and not to read the site's material. As for the art thing I'm not so sure that would work seeing how artists aren't nearly as active as the authors are, no offense whatsoever to all artists out there.
I always thought its because a lot of people don't own scanners to upload their work with, I'm one of them. Anyway, please comment on my thoughts. I'm sure working together we can all work something out in the end and make a friendly contest that will hopefully boost morale in authors on this site and have them increase the quality of their work.