Voting Guidelines (this is for my community, I need to be able to link it)
Voting for Dummies: A Reference for the Rest of Us
1. When you vote, you aren't choosing friends to be on your friend's list but rather you are choosing people that would fit this community and shape the feel of the community with their imput and presence. Consider, not how much you AGREE with the person, but how much the person embodies admirable traits: intellegence, expressiveness, distinction, compassion, maturity, and so on.
2. I hope I don't have to say this but in case, I will say it. I expect critiques to be
mature, and politely worded. The inablity to be polite and accurate isn't called
honesty: it's called immaturity. At this point, applications are not private. I
will discuss making them unviewable to those applying unless they are accepted
and I will do so the first time we have an issue with voting.
3. Please
take the time to list your list. I personally like the [-] or [+] formate but
choose your own.
4. Find something nice to say. There is always
something.
5. Voting isn't based on agreement but on well presented
ideas. Feel free to ask questions on anything you do not understand. If
something appears to be read one way, give them a chance to explain. For
example, by " a phase of cutting" you may mean a portion of your life (the anal
phase used by freud: a period in which you remind until something is resolved)
and I may take that "a casual trend" as in "I went through my candi kid phase").
Don't assume they are minimizing the topic; clearify. I can argue well both
sides of many subjects even though I have a passionate opinion on one. I LIKE
debate and contraversary. If those threads bother you, please avoid
them.
6. Topics our votes will not have:
~ "Your bands suck" We're
looking at what they like about things.
~ "You are ugly" It's
unnecessary.
~ "Your application is boring". If it is, it's not necessary to
say so.
~ Discrination on race or sexuality or religion or appearance
~ So
on and so forth
If someone doesn't come across well that is NOT
discriminating on appearance. Think "does this work for them?" Some people are
very different from me but interesting and unique. Nor does someone have to have
great clothing to BE interesting (think of the factors involved: money, strict
parents, private schools or work limiting things).
More may be added
:)
1. When you vote, you aren't choosing friends to be on your friend's list but rather you are choosing people that would fit this community and shape the feel of the community with their imput and presence. Consider, not how much you AGREE with the person, but how much the person embodies admirable traits: intellegence, expressiveness, distinction, compassion, maturity, and so on.
2. I hope I don't have to say this but in case, I will say it. I expect critiques to be
mature, and politely worded. The inablity to be polite and accurate isn't called
honesty: it's called immaturity. At this point, applications are not private. I
will discuss making them unviewable to those applying unless they are accepted
and I will do so the first time we have an issue with voting.
3. Please
take the time to list your list. I personally like the [-] or [+] formate but
choose your own.
4. Find something nice to say. There is always
something.
5. Voting isn't based on agreement but on well presented
ideas. Feel free to ask questions on anything you do not understand. If
something appears to be read one way, give them a chance to explain. For
example, by " a phase of cutting" you may mean a portion of your life (the anal
phase used by freud: a period in which you remind until something is resolved)
and I may take that "a casual trend" as in "I went through my candi kid phase").
Don't assume they are minimizing the topic; clearify. I can argue well both
sides of many subjects even though I have a passionate opinion on one. I LIKE
debate and contraversary. If those threads bother you, please avoid
them.
6. Topics our votes will not have:
~ "Your bands suck" We're
looking at what they like about things.
~ "You are ugly" It's
unnecessary.
~ "Your application is boring". If it is, it's not necessary to
say so.
~ Discrination on race or sexuality or religion or appearance
~ So
on and so forth
If someone doesn't come across well that is NOT
discriminating on appearance. Think "does this work for them?" Some people are
very different from me but interesting and unique. Nor does someone have to have
great clothing to BE interesting (think of the factors involved: money, strict
parents, private schools or work limiting things).
More may be added
:)