alsih2o said:
Please, when putting word in my mouth, be able to cite the quote.
It's called paraphrasing.
The full quote is:
Also said:
If you think judging takes significantly less time than writing you are sorely mistaken, and probably not ready to judge. Judging is doen after multiple reads of each story AND requires writing in and of itself. Writing about every story, which is twice as many finished pieces. 8,12 or 16 contestants in the opening round and the judges have to write a judgement on every one. No CDM author writes as much as a judge.
Sorry, but explaining the judging process - including the fact that I might need to read the entries multiple times! - is implying that I do not know what is involved. I read through the archives. I have a pretty good idea what is required of judging; I noticed the change in tenor of the judging from the earliest rounds to the most recent contest.
The point of my earlier post - which, yes, I should have more explicitly stated - is that you should not judge the qualifications of a person to judge based on a single post. Would you allow someone whose comments equated to
your initial judging to judge now? Probably not. However, I daresay you think you're a pretty good judge - and, from reading the archives, I'd agree with that.
I understand your desire to keep this contest great. I volunteered, BSF turned me down, and that should have been the end of things. It wasn't, because you felt the need to discuss my qualifications
apart from observable fact.
Now, maybe it's just me, but if somone volunteers to help me with something, and I don't want or need their help, then my answer is "No, thank you." Possibly, I might go so far as to say, "No, thanks, I got it," or maybe, "Nah - you need to be able to read Bocchi to handle this. Do you know Bocchi?"
That's what I call common courtesy.
And, now, back to your regularly scheduled trash talking.
EDIT: And that's all I have to say about that.