A couple of people have posted drafts of articles for this contest to the n.g.

I think that's great!

But since this is a contest, I hope everyone will understand that I think it would be inappropriate of me to comment on the content of them until the contest is over.

Except keep the articles coming!

In the rules there is no mention that the article should try to promote the D programming language rather than, say, criticize it because of its current state.  One could write an article that portrays D negatively and receive majority of the votes.  Would the author of that article still receive the prize?

On 4/7/2011 7:39 PM, Caligo wrote:
> In the rules there is no mention that the article should try to
> promote the D programming language rather than, say, criticize it
> because of its current state.  One could write an article that
> portrays D negatively and receive majority of the votes.  Would the
> author of that article still receive the prize?

Yes.

I don't see why is it inappropriate of you to comment on them.
Shouldn't the winner be picked by the most votes?
In that case, you have a vote like everyone else, and should also be
allowed to comment.

On 4/8/2011 12:05 AM, simendsjo wrote:
> I don't see why is it inappropriate of you to comment on them.
> Shouldn't the winner be picked by the most votes?
> In that case, you have a vote like everyone else, and should also be
> allowed to comment.

While technically you are correct, I still think it is unseemly for me to appear to try and influence the vote.

On 30/03/2011 06:40, Walter Bright wrote:
> D Article Contest!
>
> Voting Rules
>
> 1. You must have used your handle to post to the digitalmars.D newsgroup
> prior to this announcement
> 2. One vote per handle
> 3. Voting will be done on the digitalmars.D newsgroup

Question: Are votes per-article or per-author? If it's per-article it could lead to a situation where an author has the most votes but someone else's article has the most votes, per-author this isn't a problem. Of course if it's per author, it could lead to an author monopolizing the contest...

--
Robert
http://octarineparrot.com/

On 4/8/11 10:35 AM, Robert Clipsham wrote:
> On 30/03/2011 06:40, Walter Bright wrote:
>> D Article Contest!
>  >
>> Voting Rules
>>
>> 1. You must have used your handle to post to the digitalmars.D newsgroup
>> prior to this announcement
>> 2. One vote per handle
>> 3. Voting will be done on the digitalmars.D newsgroup
>
> Question: Are votes per-article or per-author? If it's per-article it
> could lead to a situation where an author has the most votes but someone
> else's article has the most votes, per-author this isn't a problem. Of
> course if it's per author, it could lead to an author monopolizing the
> contest...
>
> --
> Robert
> http://octarineparrot.com/

If you're an author prolific enough to produce two or more quality articles within the time frame, I'd say you deserve to accumulate the votes. This is not a supermarket sale with "one per family please". The more articles, the better for everybody. Of course Walter decides.

Andrei

On 4/8/2011 8:41 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 4/8/11 10:35 AM, Robert Clipsham wrote:
>> On 30/03/2011 06:40, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> D Article Contest!
>> >
>>> Voting Rules
>>>
>>> 1. You must have used your handle to post to the digitalmars.D newsgroup
>>> prior to this announcement
>>> 2. One vote per handle
>>> 3. Voting will be done on the digitalmars.D newsgroup
>>
>> Question: Are votes per-article or per-author? If it's per-article it
>> could lead to a situation where an author has the most votes but someone
>> else's article has the most votes, per-author this isn't a problem. Of
>> course if it's per author, it could lead to an author monopolizing the
>> contest...
>>
>> --
>> Robert
>> http://octarineparrot.com/
>
> If you're an author prolific enough to produce two or more quality articles
> within the time frame, I'd say you deserve to accumulate the votes. This is not
> a supermarket sale with "one per family please". The more articles, the better
> for everybody. Of course Walter decides.

As it's an article contest, the votes would be for articles.

While Andrei's thoughts are sensible, I don't want to try and change things midstream.

Very Interesting!