Re: [h-cost] launching a new Am I Period or Not website (cross post)
On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Elizabeth Walpole wrote: > I will do what I can to stop image theft but I don't have the > resources to search the internet every time somebody submits a picture > so, I'm going to work on a presumption of innocence until proven > guilty. However I will keep a record of the name of the person who > submits a photo and if somebody brings it to my attention I will ban > any image thief from submitting more photos. Perhaps also make an explicit rule that people are to submit only photos of themselves or costumes they have made (or something similarly restrictive). Otherwise people might assume the purpose of the site is to seek comments on costumes they've seen elsewhere, e.g. "I saw someone wearing this, what do you think?" or "Look what I found, isn't this a hoot?" -- these can be valid questions but probably not what you want in your forum, and that's where the privacy and copyright violations will occur. I think asking everyone who posts pictures or comments to register first might be a good way to cut down on the viciousness that appeared on the original site, if there's some way to allow people to vote/comment without their identities being posted (but perhaps accessible to you). Then you could boot the trolls and ballot-box stuffers. You might also consider making explicit just what the question means. Is it "Please identify every possible error you can spot in this based on your personal knowledge of the period," or -- and I'm guessing this is more likely -- "If you saw this person at an event, rate your overall initial impression from 0 (wandered in by mistake) to 10 (stepped out of a time machine)." Also, consider whether you want to allow people to specify in their picture postings just what they want viewers to consider: the whole outfit or just a certain portion, the period/place/class they're aiming for, whether it's a first attempt, whether it's 95 degrees out and that's why they took off the fur-lined overdress, whether it was an informal snapshot and thus the person happened to be wearing glasses and carrying a clipboard but please comment on the outfit thankyouverymuch. --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] launching a new Am I Period or Not website (cross post)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for your reassurance. I think the premise behind the original one was - "Take any image and do a critique" which I think is questionable to say the least. The old site didn't specify that it had to be a picture of one's own work, or even if the site was trying to be serious or silly. As a result, it got fairly crazy, and some people clearly thought it was "let's be as unhelpfully critical as possible, for fun." -- Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent It stressed the "negative effects" of long hair on "human intelligence development", noting that long hair "consumes a great deal of nutrition" and could thus rob the brain of energy. -- BBC about a public-education campagin in N. Korea ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] launching a new Am I Period or Not website (cross post)
> I wish you luck with your new venture. > > However, the original website took a picture from my personal website > without my permission - a fantasy costume and so specified - and made a > critique as if it was an historical one. I do hope that this will not > happen on your new version. > > Suzi > I will do what I can to stop image theft but I don't have the resources to search the internet every time somebody submits a picture so, I'm going to work on a presumption of innocence until proven guilty. However I will keep a record of the name of the person who submits a photo and if somebody brings it to my attention I will ban any image thief from submitting more photos. Elizabeth Thank you for your reassurance. I think the premise behind the original one was - "Take any image and do a critique" which I think is questionable to say the least. If I want a critique of my work I am happy to submit it personally, but as a professional maker, I am bound by customer choice, so often it is not truly "historical". Your new version sounds much more sensible and personal, and I hope it goes well. Suzi mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] launching a new Am I Period or Not website (cross post)
> I wish you luck with your new venture. > > However, the original website took a picture from my personal website > without my permission - a fantasy costume and so specified - and made a > critique as if it was an historical one. I do hope that this will not > happen on your new version. > > Suzi > I will do what I can to stop image theft but I don't have the resources to search the internet every time somebody submits a picture so, I'm going to work on a presumption of innocence until proven guilty. However I will keep a record of the name of the person who submits a photo and if somebody brings it to my attention I will ban any image thief from submitting more photos. Elizabeth Elizabeth Walpole Canberra Australia ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au http://au.geocities.com/e_walpole/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] launching a new Am I Period or Not website (cross post)
Hello everyone, many of you may remember the original Am I Period or Not website run by Kirrily Roberts, well now myself and a team of assistants are reviving the idea at http://au.geocities.com/amiperiodornot/ If you aren't familiar with the concept here's a brief summary: People send in photos of the historical costumes they've made, the photos are loaded onto a website where people can view them, vote on how period accurate they are and leave comments. This new Am I Period Or Not website covers the fashions of any era you like, from the first civilisations to the day before yesterday. Right now the website is in it's infancy there are 5 16th century outfits but we're happy to expand (right now there are a lot of empty albums). So if you're interested in seeing other people's work or you want to see your own work critiqued (though be warned, not everyone on the internet is polite so if you're sensitive about your work you might want to re-think sending it in) come along and have a look. Fell free to pass this message on, but be warned geocities doesn't deal well with floods of people viewing the site all at once, and you may get an error message if a lot of people all turn up at once. enjoy, I wish you luck with your new venture. However, the original website took a picture from my personal website without my permission - a fantasy costume and so specified - and made a critique as if it was an historical one. I do hope that this will not happen on your new version. Suzi mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] launching a new Am I Period or Not website (cross post)
Thanks for the compliments :) There is a section for post 16th century, and one of "not-so-period" but most of our membership is focussed on pre-16th century clothing. So it doesn't get much traffic. That can of course change. we are always welcome to new members, it's a samll but active community. Cheers, Karinne 16thC Moderator for MedCos site On 7/27/05, Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you're looking for a fairly serious feedback site, try here: > > http://slumberland.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=5 > > Looks like it's only medieval and renaissance, but the folks there seem > to be pretty mature about the comments thing, and since the site > requires registration there's little or no abuse. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] launching a new Am I Period or Not website (cross post)
Cynthia Virtue wrote: Is it going to be a serious website, or a joke website, with lots of joke submissions, like the former version? If you're looking for a fairly serious feedback site, try here: http://slumberland.org/moodle/course/view.php?id=5 Looks like it's only medieval and renaissance, but the folks there seem to be pretty mature about the comments thing, and since the site requires registration there's little or no abuse. Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] launching a new Am I Period or Not website (cross post)
- Original Message - From: "Cynthia Virtue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] launching a new Am I Period or Not website (cross post) > Elizabeth Walpole wrote: > > If you aren't familiar with the concept here's a brief summary: People send > > in photos of the historical costumes they've made, the photos are loaded > > onto a website where people can view them, vote on how period accurate they > > are and leave comments. > > Is it going to be a serious website, or a joke website, with lots of > joke submissions, like the former version? > -- > Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent Well I've created a category for fantasy creations with a tenuous link to history and I'm going to cut out much of the fetish wear (as the terms of use for the site that's hosting the photos says anything they define as pornography will get the account cancelled and all the photos deleted so I'm going to err on the side of caution). I haven't decided yet what to do if I think somebody has requested the wrong category, hopefully this will be predominantly serious attempts and the jokes will be confined to the 'other' category Elizabeth Elizabeth Walpole Canberra Australia ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au http://au.geocities.com/e_walpole/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] launching a new Am I Period or Not website (cross post)
Elizabeth Walpole wrote: If you aren't familiar with the concept here's a brief summary: People send in photos of the historical costumes they've made, the photos are loaded onto a website where people can view them, vote on how period accurate they are and leave comments. Is it going to be a serious website, or a joke website, with lots of joke submissions, like the former version? -- Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent "Such virtue hath my pen" -Shakespeare, Sonnet 81 "I knew this wasn't _my_ pen!" --Cynthia Virtue ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
