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Competition 2009 voting support thread
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:06 am Last edited by Maxim on Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:18 pm; edited 7 times in total
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Voting is now closed
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:50 am
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When I tried to register it said my name was already taken. Is this only for new members?
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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:01 am
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Your forum login allows you to reply in this forum and to download the files.
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:53 pm
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Question. Are people supposed to vote only, not to influence later voters, or is discussion encouraged? I mean, should I just vote "9" or can I also post "I voted 9 because it's awesome"?
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:59 pm
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Am I allowed to vote for my own entry? :)
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:32 pm
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It is traditional not to vote for your own entry.
When voting (for example on my entry) you should vote any number you like (for example 9) and then leave any comment you like (for example "this is awesome"), but it's probably best to avoid saying your exact vote. Discussion of the entry is good, discussing your precise voting is not. But you are free to do as you like.
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:39 pm
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Good. I had assumed it was not even allowed.
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:34 pm
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Maxim wrote It is traditional not to vote for your own entry. Should you want to enforce that, you can check for that by looking at the phpbb_vote_voters table. That table contains a list of the users who voted on each poll. However, note that there is no way to know what the vote was, since that's not stored at all in the database (only the totals are stored) unless you altered some forum routines.
I wouldn't mind an auto-disqualify for self votes, to be honest. On the other hand, if everyone voted 9 on his own entry they should balance themselves.
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:45 pm
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We can trust each other, I hope.
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Seeing your own votes
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:31 am
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We chose to remove the ability to see the current votes before you vote yourself. This allows people to vote based on their own mind instead of being influenced by others.
However, this means that entrants can't see the voting on their own entry (unless they make effort to bypass what we did). I think this isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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Re: Seeing your own votes
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:40 am
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Maxim wrote (unless they make effort to bypass what we did) Easy enough :p
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:14 am
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Is there any way to see the votes without voting (I do not want to vote on my own entry) ? On some forums I visit there's See votes (and lose your vote) option...
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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:43 pm
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Like I said, I don't want to make it easy for people to see the votes before they vote themselves.
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Last chance to vote
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:15 pm
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Voting will close tomorrow. So please vote soon if you haven't already finished.
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