New Forum for Competitions

KentDub · 25th October 2009, 08:26 PM

I've been reviewing all of the mini competitions and it dawned on me that it would be great to have a new forum created soley for competition threads.

There are (at this point in time) 18 mini competitions, thats 180 images. Add in the history of the monthly competition threads and you have a nice collection. Moving all of them into a new forum would make it much easier to find all of them.

I see a few benifits in doing this:
1. Easier to browse through the historym see improvements, and is almost a "CiC community albumn"
2. On the main forum index it will prevent the latest post from showing the competition threads most often, thus easier to check for recent updates to other threads.
3. Eliminates the huge stack of stickies at the top of the forum
4. The competitions are not themed, and really don't "fit" in either of the two commentary forums.

Anyways... Just an idea

Colin Southern · 25th October 2009, 10:23 PM

Thanks for the suggestion Kent

Seans away for a few more days, but I'll draw his attention to this and see what he thinks.

Doughboy · 26th October 2009, 01:27 AM

I think this would be a good idea as well

stevewe88 · 26th October 2009, 02:23 PM

I also think this would be good. As a new and curious (read also nosey),member to CiC it would be easier to find lots of images all in one place.

Dave Humphries · 26th October 2009, 02:37 PM

Agreed Steve,

We do now have the Albums under Community in the ribbon menu above too.

stevewe88 · 26th October 2009, 03:06 PM

Good point Dave, but it only seems to display recently ammended albums and I can't seem to find how to get to the rest of them. It's probably just me though.....my wife calls it "having a BOY look":-)

carregwen · 26th October 2009, 03:12 PM

Excellent idea. I think it would also be great to have the winning images posted somewhere separate. Perhaps another thread, or a gallery?

Dave Humphries · 26th October 2009, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carregwen

Excellent idea. I think it would also be great to have the winning images posted somewhere separate. Perhaps another thread, or a gallery?

Well, there is this for the monthlies;
CiC Photo Challenge HALL of FAME.

But now we have galleries, that's an idea to follow up.

McQ · 1st November 2009, 05:45 PM

Most of you here have probably already seen this, but there's now a separate forum category for challenges & competitions. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. Hope this makes the historical entries easier to browse and appreciate...

Sahil · 4th November 2009, 09:26 AM

I am a new member, so I don't know if I am doing the right thing by posting a suggestion, so soon. I feel that the competitions should be anonymous to avoid any kind of (probable) biased voting.

I mean no offence here. Sorry if not liked.

Colin Southern · 4th November 2009, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sahil4731

I am a new member, so I don't know if I am doing the right thing by posting a suggestion, so soon. I feel that the competitions should be anonymous to avoid any kind of (probable) biased voting.

I mean no offence here. Sorry if not liked.

Hi "Sahil4731",

Thanks for your suggestion.

Unfortunately, it's not possible at this time as the site software doesn't have any easy way of doing this. Also, the whole idea of the competitions is to stimulate involvement in the community and to act as an encouragement for people to "get shooting", and as such we encourage people to not take them too seriously. As I like to joke: "winning a competition here plus $5 gets you a ride on a bus" (as does $5 without winning a competition here, which kinda puts them in perspective) (well for me anyway).

25th October 2009, 08:26 PM	#1
KentDub Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: USA - California Posts: 378	New Forum for Competitions I've been reviewing all of the mini competitions and it dawned on me that it would be great to have a new forum created soley for competition threads. There are (at this point in time) 18 mini competitions, thats 180 images. Add in the history of the monthly competition threads and you have a nice collection. Moving all of them into a new forum would make it much easier to find all of them. I see a few benifits in doing this: 1. Easier to browse through the historym see improvements, and is almost a "CiC community albumn" 2. On the main forum index it will prevent the latest post from showing the competition threads most often, thus easier to check for recent updates to other threads. 3. Eliminates the huge stack of stickies at the top of the forum 4. The competitions are not themed, and really don't "fit" in either of the two commentary forums. Anyways... Just an idea

25th October 2009, 10:23 PM	#2
Colin Southern Senior Member / Administrator Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Nelson, New Zealand Posts: 3,990	Re: New Forum for Competitions Thanks for the suggestion Kent Seans away for a few more days, but I'll draw his attention to this and see what he thinks.

26th October 2009, 01:27 AM	#3
Doughboy Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 148	Re: New Forum for Competitions I think this would be a good idea as well

26th October 2009, 02:23 PM	#4
stevewe88 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Northamptonshire, UK Posts: 45	Re: New Forum for Competitions I also think this would be good. As a new and curious (read also nosey),member to CiC it would be easier to find lots of images all in one place.

26th October 2009, 02:37 PM	#5
Dave Humphries Senior Member / Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Location: Windsor, Berks, UK Posts: 2,372	Re: New Forum for Competitions Agreed Steve, We do now have the Albums under Community in the ribbon menu above too.

26th October 2009, 03:06 PM	#6
stevewe88 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Northamptonshire, UK Posts: 45	Re: New Forum for Competitions Good point Dave, but it only seems to display recently ammended albums and I can't seem to find how to get to the rest of them. It's probably just me though.....my wife calls it "having a BOY look":-)

26th October 2009, 03:12 PM	#7
carregwen Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 399	Re: New Forum for Competitions Excellent idea. I think it would also be great to have the winning images posted somewhere separate. Perhaps another thread, or a gallery?

1st November 2009, 05:45 PM	#9
McQ Senior Member / Administrator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California, USA Posts: 640	Re: New Forum for Competitions Most of you here have probably already seen this, but there's now a separate forum category for challenges & competitions. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. Hope this makes the historical entries easier to browse and appreciate... Last edited by McQ; 6th November 2009 at 07:41 PM.

4th November 2009, 09:26 AM	#10
Sahil Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 16	Re: New Forum for Competitions I am a new member, so I don't know if I am doing the right thing by posting a suggestion, so soon. I feel that the competitions should be anonymous to avoid any kind of (probable) biased voting. I mean no offence here. Sorry if not liked.

New Forum for Competitions

Site Suggestions & Feedback