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« Reply #21 on: November 25, 2007, 03:40:01 PM » |
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Didn't we have one last year.. or have I totally lost the plot??
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« Reply #22 on: November 25, 2007, 03:41:56 PM » |
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Are you thinking of the greatest folk track ever?
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« Reply #23 on: November 25, 2007, 05:33:50 PM » |
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Have you checked the Hancocks 2007 board?
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« Reply #24 on: November 25, 2007, 07:11:04 PM » |
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Duh... no I didn't.. guilty as charged.. it's been a 'funny' day!!
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« Reply #25 on: December 15, 2007, 03:22:46 AM » |
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Is it me or is there a lot less chatter and nominations this year?
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« Reply #26 on: December 15, 2007, 09:18:33 AM » |
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Is it me or is there a lot less chatter and nominations this year?
Actually there have been far more posts. It's just that we've been more active in removing the 'me too' posts and encouraging reasoned nominations. If you read through all of the posts, you will see that people are really making an effort. |
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« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2007, 11:56:28 PM » |
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Is it me or is there a lot less chatter and nominations this year?
Actually there have been far more posts. It's just that we've been more active in removing the 'me too' posts and encouraging reasoned nominations. If you read through all of the posts, you will see that people are really making an effort. Sorry YaBb a clumsy attempt to get others to respond and get involved. There just seemed to have been less posts than in previous years. Glad its my memory thats going then  And yes I can see that people are really making an effort, I was just trying to get others to get involved    Edit: At this point, the nominations were closed and the voting began |
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« Reply #28 on: January 10, 2008, 02:49:21 PM » |
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Hello, I was just wondering if anyone knows if there's any way to see how many votes have been cast so far for the nominees in each category - or do we have to wait until the vote closes?   Naomi |
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« Reply #29 on: January 10, 2008, 04:01:16 PM » |
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You have to wait until the voting closes - that way there cannot be "tactical voting".
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« Reply #30 on: January 10, 2008, 07:07:54 PM » |
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« Reply #31 on: January 10, 2008, 07:13:19 PM » |
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You can change your vote, Martin.
Click 'remove vote' and then vote again.
Hopefully, people will do this in response to some good points or persuasive arguments.
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« Reply #32 on: January 10, 2008, 07:55:34 PM » |
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I wonder if I'll be alone in voting for only one nominee in each category. I doubt it Martin. There are a couple of categories where I don't feel able to vote for more than one, and at least one where I will have to find out more about the artists before I cast a vote. |
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« Reply #33 on: January 10, 2008, 08:54:56 PM » |
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Can anyone please tell me, to save me wading through,  was it ever discussed about Chris While with her stunning voice and performance at Cropredy with the Liege and Lief set? I think she so deserves an award, is this all too late or did she get one last year? I want to vote for her you see.....sheer class! Sorrry...I know, too many questions but some clever clogs will know! J |
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« Reply #34 on: January 10, 2008, 11:13:47 PM » |
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Unfortunately Chris While was not nominated by anyone this time around. It's often the case that it's too late before you remember who you wanted to propose...
Mind you, she won a Hancock together with Julie in 2006 and this year St Agnes are in the running for Best Live Act so she has not entirely missed out.
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« Reply #35 on: January 11, 2008, 02:55:46 AM » |
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Picking up on Goatboy's comment - why not allow people to cast two of their votes for one candidate in two vote polls if they so choose? It would allow one to personally differentiate between "like this one, don't know the others" (1 vote only) and "like this one far more than the rest" (2 votes).
(OTOH, any software change request, no matter how impossible, is "simply a matter of programming" to the requestor.)
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« Reply #36 on: January 11, 2008, 08:26:39 AM » |
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I've had a look and there are several problems.
The first is that the software is written so that if you edit your vote, you have to enter all of them again and you can't tick the same box twice. This would be a major change.
It would also mean changing the main code, rather than a template and it would be overwritten when there's an update.
It would also lead to more tactical voting.
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« Reply #37 on: January 11, 2008, 11:35:45 AM » |
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I've heard a related comment: "Why not allow us to indicate 'First Preference' and 'Second Preference' in the vote?"
This too would require a re-write of the board software, first to let a priority to be set by the voter and then to allow the counting system to understand what the priorities mean. Tricky stuff, unfortunately.
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« Reply #38 on: January 11, 2008, 12:10:22 PM » |
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I'm disappointed that Benjamin Zephaniah didn't qualify for consideration in the Best Traditional Track. My impression was there was plenty of support (and dissent) for his nomination.
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« Reply #39 on: January 11, 2008, 12:16:22 PM » |
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I don't know about others here, but I thought the BZ track was not so much a traditional song as a very original one.
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