anywhere here in Madison,Wisconsin...
ok,now what???
>From: Jon <jon@dakota-truck.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: Dakota Mailing List <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: DML: Important DML Calendar question
>Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 15:22:02 -0400 (EDT)
>
>
> So I'm sitting here scanning in pics for the DML calendar voting,
>and a question occurred to me...
>
> First, a little background...
>
> The way its set up now, the pics are placed on a page, and people vote
>for their favorite pics. The 12 most popular pics make it into the
>calendar.
>There is already a stipulation that the same truck can't make it into the
>calendar twice (so for example, if someone submitted two pictures, and
>they ended up being #2 and #10 in the voting, the #2 pic would make it in
>the calendar, #10 would be dropped, and #13 would become #12.)
>
> ANYWAY, some people do send in multiple pics, but the way it is currently
>set up, lets say that half of the voters liked picture #1 and half liked
>picure #2. It is conceivable that neither of the pictures would make it
>into the calendar, even though 100% of the people voted for that truck.
>(because the votes were split between them, like Bush and Perot...)
>
> So, my question is, should I just do it on a "picture by picture" basis
>or on a "truck by truck" basis where I would add up all the votes for
>one truck, and the most popular picture of that truck gets all of the
>votes?
>
> The reason I ask is that several people (this year and last year)
>have sent in multiple pictures of their truck where the pictures are
>extremely similar. (i.e. same angle, same surroundings, just a small
>differences) It seems to me that it would be a shame to have the votes
>for a particular truck spread out over a few (essentially identical)
>pictures and thus bump a truck out of the calendar.
>
>
> Probing further,
>
> If you favor the "truck by truck" basis, do you think it should be
>"truck by truck" no matter what, or only "truck by truck" for similar
>pictures?
>
> Is this making sense to anyone? :-) Its a bit hard to explain...
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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