Photo Contests

[Gijs & Sabine]

I guess it will start on December 1.
Maybe Boots can start a new topic on that date.

I know a Dutch koi forum, and they have a pics contest too. But everyone who what's to join the contest has to send his pic, for example, to the admin. And he put'll put the pics in the specific topic. So you only see the pic and a number which you can vote on. Than nobody knows who the pics are from. I think this is the most fair thing to do.

Sabine

[Stefan-A]

I don't know if that's something we want to do. The admin(s?) probably don't need more work (unless they want to do it of course). I don't think there's a need to do it either, I haven't noticed any grudges here and I believe people can be objective enough not to automatically vote for their buddies' pictures.

Besides, the snakes are fairly easy to connect to their owners. Many of us have already posted pictures of our animals (not to mention terrariums) or at least described them and if somebody has a rare species or morph, it's all too easy. I think attempting to keep the contestants anonymous might not be worth the effort and Thamnophis.com is still a relatively small community.

[abcat1993]

and Thamnophis.com is still a relatively small community.

So far it is, but it is growing rapidly now and we may need to change that later.

[Stefan-A]

Absolutely.

[Cazador]

I agree with Stefan that there's probably no need for us to be anonymous. Since there isn't any prize, it really doesn't matter who wins .
Rick

[Thamnophis]

I don't care if it is anonymous or not.

[Cazador]

Okay. Here's a summary of the ideas we've covered for the photo contest, which should start tomorrow.

1) Only one entry is allowed per person each month.
2) Pictures must be related to garter snakes.
3) All pictures are eligible. They don't have to be recent.
4) At the end of the month, we'll add a poll to vote for the winning picture.
5) The winner will pick the theme, or category, for the following month's contest. This is completely at the winner's disgression, and the winner may choose not to have any theme, if desired.
6) The winner may submit photos for the following month's contest, but the same person is not allowed to win two months in a row. (This prevents the winner from choosing categories they're likely to win the following month).

Anyone can start the contest on 1 December, but I'd suggest copying these rules into the first post on the new thread. It's title should be something like "December 2006 Photo Contest," so we can distinguish between monthly contests. Best of luck ,
Rick

[abcat1993]

Cazador, I think you should start the next thread since you started it. That also gets rid of the same thread twice thing which may or may not happen. And maybe the winner should post the next thread so as not to have everybody post it again.

[Boots]

Just wanted to let everyone know I have created a sub-forum for contests and posted the guidelines Cazador posted. You can find the link here http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/thamnophis-contests/ Good luck to all, and I look forward to seeing your entries.

Jason

[abcat1993]

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The link you posted doesn't work but I got there manually
PS: that's the message I got