I would be happy with a just 2 options. Keep and No. I am just happy to get any kind of rating. It is kind of a drag when a contest is getting close to ending and your entries have not been rated at all. I have some more good ideas but can not present them till I can make room for them by withdrawing what the client does not like.
May something could be written by SH where contest holders sign up to the effect that nahing everything stiffles creativity.You are more likely to get better names by telling people they are on the right path in some way, rather than the ubiquitous nah .
A little encouragment goes a long way - I tend to give names more thought if I receive a bit of hope
@Chasity2ku, If you think that not following the brief is the major faux pas a namer can commit, you might want to reconsider by refreshing the memory of the rating guidelines that not so long ago steered us:
1 Star: If contestant didnāt follow the rules as outlined in the contest brief
2 Stars: If contestant followed the brief, but the submission is not a good fit at all
3 Stars: Contestant is on the right track but I neither love nor hate this entry
4 Stars: Could be what Iām looking for. Overall, a very good entry
5 Stars: Love this entry and it could be one of the winners.
From the above is your interpretation of 3, 4, or 5 star-rated entries such that it presupposes the brief was followed (itās implied the need be followed, but the implication as an expectation to follow the brief is a default condition) ?
ā¦and many times completely ignoring the brief gets you a win lol
That may be the rating guidelines, but CHās are not using the guidelines when rating names almost all of the time.
@Jose, this is a good suggestion. I will be adding a āWIKIā shortly about what tips to give a CH when they are launching a contest, or after they have launched a contest. Please add this and any other idea to that topic.
Or else the guidelines could have been written by a programmer, though in a natural language format (Sorry, @Dan, itās a joke on all of us !)
@dan Can you recommend a good book on how to make a contest? Let us all read it first, then weāll get back to you.
If Iām understanding you correctly I donāt feel a need to strictly follow the brief, and when I choose not to, itās hard to tell if they didnāt lIke it because itās just too off base, or because they didnāt like the words I picked or whatever.
For example, if I stray from the brief because I think Iāve come up with something stellar and the CH thinks itās okay but not fond of the wording, they may rate it āno, thank youā or āon the right trackā thereās no real distinction between the two.
Now, in the same scenario, the CH is most likely going to pick āon the right trackā because reading the label āplease consult the briefā doesnāt feel right as thatās not the issue. āOn the right trackā I think would be the natural selection in this scenario, which gives the creative a thumbs up to explore that direction more. Rating it a āno, thank youā could lead the creative to think thereās no promise in that direction.
In regards to the stars, thatās exactly how I want the ratings to be perceived, but it didnāt work well with the stars and mumbo jumbo explaining them. Most people grasp a 5 star rating and prob didnāt read each stars intended purpose.
I like the smiley/frowning faces with short and sweet guiding labels that are naturally read as theyāre rating, such as whatās in place other than the sweet but useless āno, thank youā
Thatās per the star rule, not what I suggested. When I said I like the star method I meant I like how each star had a particular meaning. This didnāt work well tho because Iād assume most CH didnāt understand the SH meaning of the star ratings. They had their own default understanding of I like it this much so Iāll give it this many stars.
What I suggested would still have grey area but I feel it would cut down on the confusion and offer more guidance to the creatives, and further define the meaning of the rating.
maybe we need two no thanks yous
No thank you its ā ā ā ā
No thank you its not a bad name but I cant use it
LOL 20ā¦geez how many does it take
Hmmā¦ I think we should just go back to 5-star without negative points.
Use a sophisticated Quick-Comment feature to help CHs say things quickly and easily.
Quick Entry Tags
- Great, thanks.
- Good, more please
- Good, but too long
- Good, but too many syllables
- Good, but too short (lol)
- Has negative connotations
- Please explain more
- Does not roll off the tongue
- Already a name of competitor
- Overly serious
- Overly funny
- Overly generic
- Cliche
- Lacking professionalism
- ā¦ etc
- [_________________________]
- [_________________________]
- [_________________________]
CHs can edit, add their own tags and reuse multiple times. Quick point and click targeted at individual entries. Each entry can have multiple tags.
Are the points used for anything now since the āMark as Best Entryā for abandoned contest isnāt applicable anymore? I guess we could still star our entries while the contest is still active. Does that get the attention of the CH? Is there a limit to how many can be starred per contest?
@dan announced here Abandoned Contests - Updated Rules - #10 by Dan
2. There are no more best entries for Abandoned Contests. Only if a CH asks us to gather Best Entries so they can focus on a smaller list to pick a winner, would we send out Best Entry invitations.
I think itās still limited to 2 best entries per contestant.
Looking at that itās not clear if we can still star best entries while a contest is running.
1.No thank you but I will use it
2 No thank you its not the worst name Ive seen,but not the best
3 No thank you its terrible
4.No thank you - you have no talent for this