toddlajoie
Member
I was just finishing up my final rules and came up with a hypothetical situation that I wasn't sure how to handle it. I'm thinking this may come up in other contests also, so we probably should have a standard method of handling it...
With the preliminary polls of 10 entries each, members can vote on as many entries as they would like (we can suggest they vote for their favorite (##) entries), and the final poll would be the top 10 entries from all the preliminary polls with the most votes.
What should we do in the event that several pens tie for any of the lower place, i.e. 2 or 3 pens all tie for 10th place, or even 6th place in preliminary voting is tied by 8 entries. Would we include more than 10 entries in the final poll, which could mean that it had significantly more than 10 entries, or should we cut it off so that there are no more than 10 in the final poll, which could mean significantly less than 10 entries in the final poll?
I don't remember this coming up in previous discussions, so forgive me if it was...
With the preliminary polls of 10 entries each, members can vote on as many entries as they would like (we can suggest they vote for their favorite (##) entries), and the final poll would be the top 10 entries from all the preliminary polls with the most votes.
What should we do in the event that several pens tie for any of the lower place, i.e. 2 or 3 pens all tie for 10th place, or even 6th place in preliminary voting is tied by 8 entries. Would we include more than 10 entries in the final poll, which could mean that it had significantly more than 10 entries, or should we cut it off so that there are no more than 10 in the final poll, which could mean significantly less than 10 entries in the final poll?
I don't remember this coming up in previous discussions, so forgive me if it was...