Post by Admin on Dec 21, 2015 23:34:45 GMT
Just to be clear, this is NOT THE MAIN DATABASE.
This is the only part of the island which is viewable by Guests, (but only members can post). This is where members first put their tracks which they are nominating to be voted in as a "Desert Island track."
Tracks that have received enough votes here will then be moved into the main database, which is much better organised & categorised, with full labeling allowing for much !! more flexible searching and grouping.
To become a full member you only have to make 5 posts, it can be anything interesting and then you get full access, but at least one of the 5 posts must be a track to be voted on.
So what have you got to lose ? Post up a couple of your favourites tracks, tell us a joke or something interesting and come on in. You can then tell me what you think of my nominations, I can handle it
More info
Purely as a guideline, to be considered for the database a track must at the very least !
A) Be a benchmark for its genre and for the artist/producer/label.
B) Be timeless, that is "It is still a great track today or will still be a great track 20 years from now".
C) Receive enough votes in relation to a percentage of members.
So who decides if it is good enough ?
We all do and we can open a proper poll for the more tricky to determine genres or styles
Decisions on genres are also decided here and then, if the nominated track receives enough votes or "likes", the track is then moved to the main database which is fully categorised, properly labelled and for now will only be viewable by members that have added at least 5 nominations of their own (refer to scenario above).
How Do you Vote ?
Each post or reply within any topic has a "like" button which looks like a thumbs up and when clicked, remains lit (a cream colour if you are using the proper skin).
Unclicked - Clicked -
You can post as many times as you want within a topic but we would hope that you keep to one vote or "like" as much as possible within that topic.
We accept there are times when you might not be able to chose between 2 versions of a track (most people will normally always have a soft spot for the original, as I do for instance) but any more than 2 votes within a topic becomes hard work, so please keep it down and request a poll if we can't agree just by "likes", ok
When you click the "like" button, your name is added to that post or reply, so we can tell who has voted and any member abusing the right to vote may have it revoked without warning.
For real discussions (or hopefully some heated arguments ) we can throw posts open to a poll tailored to any specific topic, please just request it through a staff member and it will be added. If I find codes or plugins that can better the ability to vote here on the board then I will see what you think, but for now the existing system is already built in to the board and doesn't take up memory and helps keep things running a bit quicker, however I'm always open to suggestions
If it is not initially clear, the staff will decide the final resting place of where any track goes within the the main database once it is moved, but all members comments within any thread or topic will be considered in the first instance. This also includes how the track is labelled but YOU! decide whether it is worthy of being included in the database or not.
If a track doesn't get over 50% in a poll or, the same amount of "likes" as a percentage of the amount of members on the Island, then it stays in the dump.
So please join up and lets hear what you have to say & play
Guests can only view & not contribute to this board. Please join the island for full access.
This is the only part of the island which is viewable by Guests, (but only members can post). This is where members first put their tracks which they are nominating to be voted in as a "Desert Island track."
Tracks that have received enough votes here will then be moved into the main database, which is much better organised & categorised, with full labeling allowing for much !! more flexible searching and grouping.
To become a full member you only have to make 5 posts, it can be anything interesting and then you get full access, but at least one of the 5 posts must be a track to be voted on.
So what have you got to lose ? Post up a couple of your favourites tracks, tell us a joke or something interesting and come on in. You can then tell me what you think of my nominations, I can handle it
More info
Purely as a guideline, to be considered for the database a track must at the very least !
A) Be a benchmark for its genre and for the artist/producer/label.
B) Be timeless, that is "It is still a great track today or will still be a great track 20 years from now".
C) Receive enough votes in relation to a percentage of members.
So who decides if it is good enough ?
We all do and we can open a proper poll for the more tricky to determine genres or styles
Decisions on genres are also decided here and then, if the nominated track receives enough votes or "likes", the track is then moved to the main database which is fully categorised, properly labelled and for now will only be viewable by members that have added at least 5 nominations of their own (refer to scenario above).
How Do you Vote ?
Each post or reply within any topic has a "like" button which looks like a thumbs up and when clicked, remains lit (a cream colour if you are using the proper skin).
Unclicked - Clicked -
You can post as many times as you want within a topic but we would hope that you keep to one vote or "like" as much as possible within that topic.
We accept there are times when you might not be able to chose between 2 versions of a track (most people will normally always have a soft spot for the original, as I do for instance) but any more than 2 votes within a topic becomes hard work, so please keep it down and request a poll if we can't agree just by "likes", ok
When you click the "like" button, your name is added to that post or reply, so we can tell who has voted and any member abusing the right to vote may have it revoked without warning.
For real discussions (or hopefully some heated arguments ) we can throw posts open to a poll tailored to any specific topic, please just request it through a staff member and it will be added. If I find codes or plugins that can better the ability to vote here on the board then I will see what you think, but for now the existing system is already built in to the board and doesn't take up memory and helps keep things running a bit quicker, however I'm always open to suggestions
If it is not initially clear, the staff will decide the final resting place of where any track goes within the the main database once it is moved, but all members comments within any thread or topic will be considered in the first instance. This also includes how the track is labelled but YOU! decide whether it is worthy of being included in the database or not.
If a track doesn't get over 50% in a poll or, the same amount of "likes" as a percentage of the amount of members on the Island, then it stays in the dump.
So please join up and lets hear what you have to say & play
Guests can only view & not contribute to this board. Please join the island for full access.