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View Poll Results: Do we want to keep the same categories as 2013/2014 for 2015? | |||
Yes, they are good as-is. | 10 | 50.00% | |
No, let's vote on the current categories to get rid of our least favorite ones. | 2 | 10.00% | |
No, let's get more non-fiction. | 0 | 0% | |
No, let's use JSWolf's list. | 8 | 40.00% | |
No, let's have a new vote (Dazrin's suggestion). | 3 | 15.00% | |
No, let's use sun surfer's list. | 6 | 30.00% | |
No, let's have a new vote (sun surfer's suggestion). | 9 | 45.00% | |
No, let's get rid of three low voter turnout categories | 1 | 5.00% | |
No, let's do something else. Explain your response in the comments, be specific. | 0 | 0% | |
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08-16-2014, 08:21 PM | #1 |
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2015 Categories Poll
2015 MobileRead Book Club Category Selection Options Vote
We need to decide on the categories for 2015. WT Sharpe has asked for someone else to lead this charge, so I thought I would at least get us started. First up, do we want to keep the same categories as 2013/2014 for 2015? We had several suggestions in the MR 2015 Categories Discussion thread which I have summarized for the poll, more details are in the spoilers and there are links to the most descriptive post for each as well. This poll is and open to anyone who wants to participate in the book clubs. This is a visible poll; others can see how you voted. This poll will be open until August 26th. Everyone who wants to participate in the book club should feel free to vote. Tie-breaker will the tied category with the most moderator votes. If there is still a tie WT Sharpe, in his role as benevolent (and neutral) dictator will choose and we will move on from there. Do we want to keep the same categories as 2013/2014 for 2015? What's next you ask? We won't know for sure until the poll is over since several of the options require additional voting; but here is what should happen: I will take the lead if item B, E, or G is chosen; items A, D and F are pretty much decided so don't require additional follow-up; and someone else will be asked to take the lead if C, H or I is chosen.For item I specifically... the reason this poll is visible is so that if the last item wins we can out whoever votes for it and one of them can take the lead.
Note for option D, the version with "historical fiction" in place of "not modern fiction (year 1999 and earlier)" had much more support and was intended to be the poll, I missed that when posting the poll originally. The spoiler shows the as-intended version now. Last edited by Dazrin; 08-18-2014 at 12:03 PM. Reason: Updated option D to the version w/ more support, see spoiler. |
08-17-2014, 10:49 AM | #2 |
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Just posting to keep the poll visible. Hope we have good participation.
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08-17-2014, 02:04 PM | #3 |
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I voted for B, D, E and G, but my vote for D is contingent on "Not Modern Fiction" being replaced with "Historical Fiction".
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Historical fiction can have been written any time and is a specific genre. Not modern fiction is a specific year on back and can be any type of book. Big difference there.
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08-17-2014, 04:02 PM | #5 |
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Historical fiction is a genre that I would like to see as an option for the book club. That's why I have only voted for selection options that allow it to be potentially selected.
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If you want historical fiction, another category has to be swapped. You cannot sawp not modern fiction as they would spoil modern fiction. If we have science fiction, we also need fantasy. Classic is wanted by a lot so that has to stay. A lot like romance so it stays too. Mystery is liked as well. Anything goes is a fun category so it stays. Second chance is well liked so it stays. Humor is liked as well. The only one possibly to be swapped is Suspense/Thriller, but since you wanted it in place of MR Library, it stays. There isn't any place for specifically historical fiction. But, what you can do is in the categories where some sort of historical fiction will fit, nominate it. There is a lot of months it fits. There is at least 5 months it could fit in and in second chance if historical fiction comes in second, then it gets another chance. Oh and nonfiction is liked too much to be swapped as well.
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I'm the one who wanted thriller/suspense instead of mr library. I wouldn't object to having historical fiction in place of <1999. Might make the list more attractve to a larger group. Mims |
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Isn't there an error in the description for choice D? Post 67 should be removed from the reference posts.
I'm assuming since Post 46 is the last referenced post, this will be the list and the controversy of "Not modern fiction" vs. "Historical Fiction" will be determined by the normal nomination/voting. Although I wish the ambiguities were worked out before this poll was posted, I'm most likely going to vote for D. Last edited by John F; 08-18-2014 at 07:35 AM. |
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1) The linked post should be the last post in the discussion thread that discussed that particular option. The error that I see in it is that it should reference post 72, not post 67 (post 67 is for option H and is linked there.) I had a copy/paste error when I linked to post 67, the link is correct but the text is incorrect. 2) It does appear that the list changed between post 46 and post 72 though. What several people wanted was "historical fiction" not "not modern fiction". That was the list that had consensus. I thought that post 72 was just a cleaned up list, not a different one, and missed the change. I should have either made it a separate item or asked for clarification. Because the list in post 46 had agreement from multiple people (posts 46, 49, 50, 51, 59) whereas only one person wanted "not modern fiction" (posts 37 and 72). I have updated the first post to use the earlier list, not the one in post 72 and made the change clear in the OP. Quote:
Again, I am sorry for any confusion. Last edited by Dazrin; 08-18-2014 at 12:09 PM. Reason: I have, not will have, updated... |
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Thank you for doing the poll.
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Now I 100% give my approval for remove classic or romance for "historical fiction". But good luck getting that by the majority. Besides, there's no reason to nominate something that is "historical fiction" in a number of other categories where it would fit fine. There would be 6 months where you could fit in something that's "historical fiction" just like I could put in SF in eight months not including the SF month. The problem with changing the list is that it's now not how we voted for it. We didn't vote on a list that has "historical fiction" My vote has been violated. So please put it back to the way we voted. If it wins, we can discuss if there's a good month to drop in place of "historical fiction". But "not modern fiction" is not it because it has to be there to go with "modern fiction". Last edited by JSWolf; 08-18-2014 at 05:00 PM. |
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