Suggestion: Is it time for a Feedback secton - A Meeting of Minds

GinnyStar · Sep 17 2008, 07:45 PM

On where people can post feedback, so it makes it easy to keep track replies and people can leave it with out miss up the main forumL http://forums.srellim.org/forumdisplay.php?f=46

What do call it child forum?

I was many thinking of the written works, that way if people have addtion they go over the main work then post feedback on a differnt thread?

Or if there its new a person forgot to post one create one with to make easy on all?

To me the feedback on some are get hard to keep track of when we post new threads, just an idea

**Cheryl** · Sep 17 2008, 08:41 PM

I prefer to keep exhibits and feedback within the same forum. Most of the time the feedback can go within the thread with the art/story/poem/etc. In the event that it is an ongoing story and a separate thread needs to be made, then it should have an appropriate title to make it easy to find (and use the forum search for).

Putting feedback in a separate forum does not make it easier to find the appropriate feedback thread. It makes it take a lot more clicking to find, and it means going back and forth between forums if multiple stories and their feedback are being read back to back.

GinnyStar · Sep 17 2008, 09:20 PM

Just a idea here, I was thing of it within the same forum for those who don't want feedback right in the middle of their story!

**Cheryl** · Sep 17 2008, 09:34 PM

Those posting ongoing stories should say so at the beginning of their first post (and there being more than one post from the author should also be a tipoff), so that it is clear that feedback needs to go in another thread in that forum.

GinnyStar · Oct 6 2008, 12:41 AM

By the way, I know some time people do forget to add or create a feedback thread, so I think who ever reading it the first time creates the feedback?

***Hans*** · Oct 6 2008, 03:52 AM

I think creating a feedback thread should be left to the author, Ginny. I can imagine that people sometimes do not want a feedback thread and just want to put something they created in the forum. A feedback thread is not compulsory.

If the member wants feedback I suppose he/she should say so at the end of the exhibit post, so to speak.

Point is not everything needs a feedback thread and not everyone wants one.

granath · Oct 6 2008, 12:45 PM

True, but unless the person posting the story or artwork specifically requests no feedback, someone else might post a feedback thread... I know I've done that in the past. So my suggestion is that if you really do not want any feedback, say so in your post.

***Hans*** · Oct 6 2008, 03:54 PM

It is ALWAYS smart to state want you want or not want

Lady Maelin · Oct 7 2008, 08:42 PM

After reading all of these comments...I still think that it should still be left up to the author of said writings to state whether they do or don't want a seperate feedback thread. Any one can privately PM any of the authors and ask them if they forgot it, instead of taking it upon themselves to do it for the author. After all its the author's work, not the readers, so in my opinion it should be the author who's also creating the feedback.

granath · Oct 12 2008, 05:10 AM

That's a very good point Lady Maelin. Still, it would be easier if the author or artist would say what they want.

Sep 17 2008, 07:45 PM	#1
GinnyStar Dolphineer Craftmaster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Wausau, WI USA, Central Standard Time Gender: F Fan of: Pern, other SF works Now Reading: Dragonback Bargain	Is it time for a Feedback secton On where people can post feedback, so it makes it easy to keep track replies and people can leave it with out miss up the main forumL http://forums.srellim.org/forumdisplay.php?f=46 What do call it child forum? I was many thinking of the written works, that way if people have addtion they go over the main work then post feedback on a differnt thread? Or if there its new a person forgot to post one create one with to make easy on all? To me the feedback on some are get hard to keep track of when we post new threads, just an idea __________________ Lover s s, s and friends Lover of and beads, http://www.change.org/profiles/GinnyStar Dragoncave GinnyStar2 Jellied Dragons Lair of Dragons http://dragcave.net/user/GinnyStar2 Thanks! Others: None at this time WIP http://archiveofourown.org/works/252259 http://www.daisy.org/learning-difficulties

Sep 17 2008, 08:41 PM	#2
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Paladin of Souls (Bujold)	Re: Is it time for a Feedback secton I prefer to keep exhibits and feedback within the same forum. Most of the time the feedback can go within the thread with the art/story/poem/etc. In the event that it is an ongoing story and a separate thread needs to be made, then it should have an appropriate title to make it easy to find (and use the forum search for). Putting feedback in a separate forum does not make it easier to find the appropriate feedback thread. It makes it take a lot more clicking to find, and it means going back and forth between forums if multiple stories and their feedback are being read back to back. __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

Sep 17 2008, 09:20 PM	#3
GinnyStar Dolphineer Craftmaster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Wausau, WI USA, Central Standard Time Gender: F Fan of: Pern, other SF works Now Reading: Dragonback Bargain	Re: Is it time for a Feedback secton Just a idea here, I was thing of it within the same forum for those who don't want feedback right in the middle of their story! __________________ Lover s s, s and friends Lover of and beads, http://www.change.org/profiles/GinnyStar Dragoncave GinnyStar2 Jellied Dragons Lair of Dragons http://dragcave.net/user/GinnyStar2 Thanks! Others: None at this time WIP http://archiveofourown.org/works/252259 http://www.daisy.org/learning-difficulties

Sep 17 2008, 09:34 PM	#4
Cheryl Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland, USA Gender: F Fan of: Pern! Now Reading: Paladin of Souls (Bujold)	Re: Is it time for a Feedback secton Those posting ongoing stories should say so at the beginning of their first post (and there being more than one post from the author should also be a tipoff), so that it is clear that feedback needs to go in another thread in that forum. __________________ Visit one of the other sites of Cheryl's Anne McCaffrey Triad: Sariel's Guide to Pern: a detailed guide to the series The Many Works of Anne McCaffrey: largest fan site about Anne and ALL of her works McCaffrey Quest: annual trivia contest.

Oct 6 2008, 12:41 AM	#5
GinnyStar Dolphineer Craftmaster Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Wausau, WI USA, Central Standard Time Gender: F Fan of: Pern, other SF works Now Reading: Dragonback Bargain	Re: Is it time for a Feedback secton By the way, I know some time people do forget to add or create a feedback thread, so I think who ever reading it the first time creates the feedback? __________________ Lover s s, s and friends Lover of and beads, http://www.change.org/profiles/GinnyStar Dragoncave GinnyStar2 Jellied Dragons Lair of Dragons http://dragcave.net/user/GinnyStar2 Thanks! Others: None at this time WIP http://archiveofourown.org/works/252259 http://www.daisy.org/learning-difficulties

Oct 6 2008, 03:52 AM	#6
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: Is it time for a Feedback secton I think creating a feedback thread should be left to the author, Ginny. I can imagine that people sometimes do not want a feedback thread and just want to put something they created in the forum. A feedback thread is not compulsory. If the member wants feedback I suppose he/she should say so at the end of the exhibit post, so to speak. Point is not everything needs a feedback thread and not everyone wants one. __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Oct 6 2008, 12:45 PM	#7
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Gender: F Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: PiF	Re: Is it time for a Feedback secton True, but unless the person posting the story or artwork specifically requests no feedback, someone else might post a feedback thread... I know I've done that in the past. So my suggestion is that if you really do not want any feedback, say so in your post. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

Oct 6 2008, 03:54 PM	#8
*Hans* Master Archivist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Netherlands Gender: M Fan of: Pern!	Re: Is it time for a Feedback secton It is ALWAYS smart to state want you want or not want __________________ Hans, also known as Elrhan, Master Archivist Visit The Pern Museum & Archives for all your Pern and Anne McCaffrey News and Resources! The Pern Museum & Archives is the home of the Pern Encyclopedia and the Pern Bloodlines.

Oct 7 2008, 08:42 PM	#9
Lady Maelin Master Artist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: California Gender: F Fan of: Pern,The Ship Who Sang Now Reading: Anne's Pern EVERYTHING !	Re: Is it time for a Feedback secton After reading all of these comments...I still think that it should still be left up to the author of said writings to state whether they do or don't want a seperate feedback thread. Any one can privately PM any of the authors and ask them if they forgot it, instead of taking it upon themselves to do it for the author. After all its the author's work, not the readers, so in my opinion it should be the author who's also creating the feedback. __________________ "To the Horsehead Nebula and back we shall make beautiful music"..."Together!" The stories of childhood leave an indelible impression,and their author always has a niche in the temple of memory from which the image is never cut out to be thrown on the rubbish heap of things that are outgrown and outlived........Howard Pyle

Oct 12 2008, 05:10 AM	#10
granath Talent Tower Prime Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Proud Mom! Gender: F Fan of: Afra Lyon Now Reading: PiF	Re: Is it time for a Feedback secton That's a very good point Lady Maelin. Still, it would be easier if the author or artist would say what they want. __________________ Decaf coffee is an oxymoron. Instant coffee is an abomination. Give me the real thing and nobody gets hurt. "Do. Or do not. There is no try" -- Yoda VP of the Afra Lyon fan club!

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