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Important Note - Top Ten RequirementGood morning all. Beginning from Sunday 5th Feb, we're introducing a requirement (oh, yes, we're so very strict) that members of the Top Ten must attach a minimum of one Reading Credit to their chapters for each week in order to remain in the Top Ten. The purpose of this is to get a representative amount of reviews and ratings for each book, and also to get writers more feedback to assist in helping to recognise strengths and what may be improved. As many members are also pointing out, the process of reviewing other members’ books also helps them to consider the writing process in relation to their own work. Member 2548196 – James - succinctly made a point about this: ‘The feedback is helping me enormously. When more than one reader hits on the same weakness, bingo - do something. Reviewing the work of others is a lesson in itself. Somebody writes an atmospheric description and you wonder why you can't do as well yourself. Somebody else misses a plot opportunity and you realise you have done that too.’In the early stages, we’ll be updating the chart throughout the week and putting it on automated rollover at a later point. Note* If a member drops out of the Top Ten because they don’t have a Reading Credit attached during any given week, then the next highest rated member’s chapters with a Reading Credit attached and 5 reviews will enter the Top Ten. The 5 review rule will also be implemented into the automated process. If you regain a credit following a week you drop from the Top Ten because of not meeting the 1 Reading Credit requirement, then, should your rating be high enough, you will re-enter the Top Ten. The rating system takes into account different factors, including, but not limited to, reviews and ratings based on the system that the site’s professional authors have devised, a statistical analysis of results, and a consideration of the overall amount of reviews and feedback.
This post was last edited by YouWriteOn, 21 Feb 2007, 17:08
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ethelredthebrave
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 Sounds fair to me, the more feedback the better as James points out. Also think it's fairer for a book with a lot of representative reviews to qualify as by that point they're getting a more valid assessment from a range of readers. That's my serious bit for the day, now I'm off to the Nice Characters thread to see what other cute animals have been posted 
This post was last edited by ethelredthebrave, 04 Feb 2006, 11:25
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Quote: YouWriteOn, Saturday, 4 Feb 2006 11:04Important Note - Top Ten RequirementGood morning all. Beginning from Sunday 5th Feb, we're introducing a requirement (oh, yes, we're so very strict) that members of the Top Ten must attach a minimum of one Reading Credit to their chapters for each week in order to remain in the Top Ten. Seems pretty fair to me - ensures that people remain active on the site and don't just get in to the top ten and then sod off!
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I think everything about the Top Ten fair is fair, mainly because I'm in it. Probably because of the number of reviews required to feature though as I think there's a lot better books on here from what I've been reading but they're still working their way up to getting the qualifying amount of reviews. Keep at it I say, makes it all more lively and gets everyone to up their games.
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janetuda
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Yep, it's fair. Above all it will keep us reviewing others' work. Wouldn't want to see top spaces hijacked by some flybynight, swoop in, nab five ace reviews, swoop out cowboy-writer however brilliant they were! There is such a thing as website manners . . . .
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I'm not in the Top Ten, nor am I likely to be from my reviews so far. (I've had to console myself by eating the slab of steak that HJW passed out, which turned out to be covered with dog saliva and the footprints of several other members). I reckon though that as I like reading I'd much rather see books in Top Ten that have a good number of reviews, rather than just a few and then the writer decides to stop getting reviewed. To me if they continue to get more reviews and merit good scores then they more deserve to do there. Also gives others the chance to get in as more reviews puts them to the test and the best will hopefully climb to the top. It's about feedback here, and saves a lot of time writing something that may be going in the wrong direction, or see the odd thing that might be working, like the odd part of my writing that people liked (odd being the right word!) Reckon more that will sort out the wheat from the chaff a bit more and be like the real book world, where more reviews equal more understanding of what the crowd thinks and likes.
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Quote: murrayhurray, Saturday, 4 Feb 2006 18:48I'm not in the Top Ten, nor am I likely to be from my reviews so far. (I've had to console myself by eating the slab of steak that HJW passed out, which turned out to be covered with dog saliva and the footprints of several other members). I reckon though that as I like reading I'd much rather see books in Top Ten that have a good number of reviews, rather than just a few and then the writer decides to stop getting reviewed. To me if they continue to get more reviews and merit good scores then they more deserve to do there. Also gives others the chance to get in as more reviews puts them to the test and the best will hopefully climb to the top. It's about feedback here, and saves a lot of time writing something that may be going in the wrong direction, or see the odd thing that might be working, like the odd part of my writing that people liked (odd being the right word!) Reckon more that will sort out the wheat from the chaff a bit more and be like the real book world, where more reviews equal more understanding of what the crowd thinks and likes. I agree Murray. A couple of weeks in and I think the top 10 will look very different (chaff like me will soon be booted out!)  It's a good incentive to post new and improved chapters on here, and maybe other work people have done as well!
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Quote: YouWriteOn, Saturday, 4 Feb 2006 11:04members of the Top Ten must attach a minimum of one Reading Credit to their chapters for each week in order to remain in the Top Ten. I understand this, there's just a hitch... what about our gorgeous holidays coming up this summer? There's no way that I can dial in to review and attach credits from a sailboat in the middle of the Atlantic... Not that I am in the top ten or anything, but I do live in hope...
Santa Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier. Barbara Kingsolver
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YouWriteOn
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Hi Santa Thanks for your query. I'm glad to see your chapters are well rated and hope the feedback is proving useful. Thanks also for the constructive reviewing, we do notice and appreciate these on behalf of the writers who receive constructive reviews from other members. Re the rules, if for any reason a member can't participate during a month there's always the month after. The 7 day rule is to help get a spread of reviews across the month for writers so that, as far as is possible, each has a representative amount/good number of reviews. All very best Ted
This post was last edited by YouWriteOn, 27 Apr 2006, 14:14
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lorrie porter
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I have a question too. Do you arrive at the top five as an average over the month, or is it just as things stand on the last day? Just curious. 
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Quote: lorrie porter, Thursday, 27 Apr 2006 18:55I have a question too. Do you arrive at the top five as an average over the month, or is it just as things stand on the last day? Just curious. There was a thread discussing this a while ago... http://www.youwriteon.com/forum/A-thought-about-the-Top-Ten-Topic-984-1.aspx
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Important Note - Top Ten Requirement
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