jttheclockman
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Not sure if Brad is going to pursue any more efforts in getting this done and if so I will back off.
But if not I came up with a thought that will require no new programming, no committees, no voting (sort of speak) no hard feelings and everyone is eligible. Lets face it the main goal that is trying to be conveyed here is the preserving of the best of the best pens made by our members here. We do not care what happens on other sites or other venues. Wanted is a place to come to see these pens without all the rhetoric that went with them.
Here is the idea:
Let us take Mike's (mikespenturningz) idea from the segmenting forum and incorporate it here in the SOYP forum. We have a thread that can be pinned at the top of the page so that it does not get lost among the many pages of SOYP. Within this thread all you have is photos of pens that meet the criteria set up by us. The photos can be thumbnails or full sized but please not over-sized (some people really need to learn about sizing photos). They would include a description of the pen and or materials used. No long winded explanations of how it was made. You can include a link to the original thread for this. Each pen that gets put there will be done by the original maker (exceptions will come). To qualify all you need to do is post your pen in the SOYP forum as normal. As it gets viewed if the members like it they will hit the like button. If and only when you reach 50 likes (this number can be discussed but i think should be no less) then you can now have the agreement of the interested members that this pen was indeed a WOW type pen and should be preserved.
ONe point I forgot to mention and is important. THERE IS NO COMMENTING ABOUT A PHOTO IN THIS FORUM.
The pen itself and it original thread will always sit there and throughout the years to come it can be voted on with a like button. So if a pen does not have enough likes the first year, maybe as new members come on board they decide they like it and it gets enough likes. The maker then and only then has the right to add it to the album.
Now the problem will be in getting past pens into this system. To me the answer is, if you know of a pen that is worthy of consideration, post it here and let it runs its course like all other pens. I believe and i could be wrong here and then we need to rethink this, that pens that are shown are fair game and there would be no legal ramifications of doing this. Maybe someone can correct me on that.
This by all means should get the cream of the crop pens saved for future viewing. Along it there may be some questionable ones in some peoples mind but if they meet the requirements so be it. Yes there can be duplicates of some pens made by different artisans but again it still weeds out the plain type pens. if a pen gets 50 likes it means it does have some draw power and that can not be disputed. Now alot of this has to be done with the best intentions of the site. This can not become a stuff your ballot type thing. I think we all are mature enough to honor this. This format yes somewhat different has seemed to work in the Segmenting forum so I can not see why it would not work here.
I would like for you to post any thoughts about this here along with any titles you would like the thread to be called and also the amount of likes a photo should earn.
I have tried several times along with a couple others here to get some sort of archived album set up. Why it has met with such negativity is still beyond me. But this is my last attempt at this and if it meets opposition then I will let die. If Jeff wants to jump in here and comment it is welcomed. It has been mentioned in Brads other thread that someone come up with a plan and present it to Jeff. Well here is my plan.
As I said if Brad wants to take a different approach then all this goes away. What say you???
But if not I came up with a thought that will require no new programming, no committees, no voting (sort of speak) no hard feelings and everyone is eligible. Lets face it the main goal that is trying to be conveyed here is the preserving of the best of the best pens made by our members here. We do not care what happens on other sites or other venues. Wanted is a place to come to see these pens without all the rhetoric that went with them.
Here is the idea:
Let us take Mike's (mikespenturningz) idea from the segmenting forum and incorporate it here in the SOYP forum. We have a thread that can be pinned at the top of the page so that it does not get lost among the many pages of SOYP. Within this thread all you have is photos of pens that meet the criteria set up by us. The photos can be thumbnails or full sized but please not over-sized (some people really need to learn about sizing photos). They would include a description of the pen and or materials used. No long winded explanations of how it was made. You can include a link to the original thread for this. Each pen that gets put there will be done by the original maker (exceptions will come). To qualify all you need to do is post your pen in the SOYP forum as normal. As it gets viewed if the members like it they will hit the like button. If and only when you reach 50 likes (this number can be discussed but i think should be no less) then you can now have the agreement of the interested members that this pen was indeed a WOW type pen and should be preserved.
ONe point I forgot to mention and is important. THERE IS NO COMMENTING ABOUT A PHOTO IN THIS FORUM.
The pen itself and it original thread will always sit there and throughout the years to come it can be voted on with a like button. So if a pen does not have enough likes the first year, maybe as new members come on board they decide they like it and it gets enough likes. The maker then and only then has the right to add it to the album.
Now the problem will be in getting past pens into this system. To me the answer is, if you know of a pen that is worthy of consideration, post it here and let it runs its course like all other pens. I believe and i could be wrong here and then we need to rethink this, that pens that are shown are fair game and there would be no legal ramifications of doing this. Maybe someone can correct me on that.
This by all means should get the cream of the crop pens saved for future viewing. Along it there may be some questionable ones in some peoples mind but if they meet the requirements so be it. Yes there can be duplicates of some pens made by different artisans but again it still weeds out the plain type pens. if a pen gets 50 likes it means it does have some draw power and that can not be disputed. Now alot of this has to be done with the best intentions of the site. This can not become a stuff your ballot type thing. I think we all are mature enough to honor this. This format yes somewhat different has seemed to work in the Segmenting forum so I can not see why it would not work here.
I would like for you to post any thoughts about this here along with any titles you would like the thread to be called and also the amount of likes a photo should earn.
I have tried several times along with a couple others here to get some sort of archived album set up. Why it has met with such negativity is still beyond me. But this is my last attempt at this and if it meets opposition then I will let die. If Jeff wants to jump in here and comment it is welcomed. It has been mentioned in Brads other thread that someone come up with a plan and present it to Jeff. Well here is my plan.
As I said if Brad wants to take a different approach then all this goes away. What say you???
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