Benno wrote:The non-members are those who don't have an account here and might want to be informed about when a competition starts so they can watch. Perhaps they want to register after a while to take part in the voting.
Understood
Benno wrote:The signature messages won't work for those who don't visit the forum that often. When somebody who doesn't come here that often logs in almost everything will be flagged up so they don't know where to look first. Most might only look in Galleries, Work in Progress, Miniatures News and then leave. It already takes a lot of time to go through those categories alone if you haven't been here for a while. People will see an e-mail in their inbox more quickly than a PM/post/signature on a forum which they don't visit that often.
Then all I can say is.....not the fault of the forum.
They should either;
Visit a bit more regularily...I know the arguments about that not possible etc
Make the flagged up posts "disappear" after a couple of weeks...it can be a pain for instance, when suddenly you log on and there´s tons of stuff (sometimes pages) that has been dredged up and answered...(this has also been discussed elsewhere) I then can understand the point of not wanting to trawl through it all. In cases like that I mark EVERYTHING as read, so sometimes miss out cos of irregulars.
Benno wrote:Besides that, not everybody who logs in will read all the flagged up posts. They might not be interested in them and just want to see the galleries for instance. An e-mail works better because most members who don't log in/visit the forum do check their e-mail regularly and you can direct/inform them directly to/about the Painting Competitions.
If all they are interested in is looking at one section or other then it comes back to "why bother to register?" I can do that without registering...voting not.
and anyway...the Duels / comps could theoretically keep going as they are...it 0nly needs 3 votes to have a winner in any section....
Maybe the best way is something along the lines of;
try the e-mailing...see if it alters the vote this time around
and Flag the duels /comps up so they are
very noticable. Maybe make the "flag" at these sections a different colour that winks?? If that´s possible??