Standards

[billy]

"it will also cause the amount of poetry to decline exponentially. "
In the SERIOUS critique section of our forum, of course. But the quality and value of SC would rise, without a doubt. I'd rather produce one excellent poem than 100 mediocre ones, and I think some kick-ass criticism could help elevate the quality of all of our work.

i agree with what you say to a large point, all i can say is lead by example.

I'm looking for indications of an effort. It doesn't have to be impeccable or ingenious; it merely needs to display a solid effort. Doesn't the poet deserve that? Doesn't our site deserve that?

i try and give the best feedback i can, all i can say is lead by example again, and hopefully some will follow. as admin of the whole site i sadly don't get as much chance as i'd like to respond with feedback but i don't think i've missed more that ten poems on the whole site.

"at present we are too few to have restrictions on when and how you can post poetry. as the numbers get higher we will change the requirements. that eventual requirement will be, one poem a day in each section with feedback on at least one poem in the section you post in. but we haven't the numbers to sustain such a rule as of yet. "
I like this and fully support this. It is a great way to go about it.

i think once we get the 25 posting poets target we can set such a rule into motion.

Billy, you're correct. I've done one or two at the most, but I'm going to change all of that. I'm going to make sure that each poet gets the level of analysis that I'd like to get. I think it'd be better for all of us.
"it's meant to be a place for everyone."
A place for everyone to GROW, yes. I'm just trying to encourage that. Do not get me wrong, I LOVE this site and I'm very thankful for everyone here. You've all been so instrumental in my development. I'm just trying to do my part and raise a few points.

as long as a demarcation is made between mild and serious. i'm thankful to any ideas people raise. it's what we need more of Lawrence.

"i could go through most poems and fault them more than you can imagine and do so with valid statements. that said this place will hopefully also be a place where tolerance is allowed. where people aren't damned if they don't spend a day on a critique."
If a determined poet's poetry is heavily criticized, he will do one of two things-
One: Ignore it
Two: Find legitimacy in it so he can and use it to help the poem's growth.
I think that serious is a place people should stay away from if they don't want some fault-finding. Leave those types of people to mild.

you may be right but i'd like to think it's the job of the site to help make a new poet a determined poet. if they're not determined a treatment too harsh will certainly turn them away. serious critique and heavy critique aren't always the same thing, sometimes it takes a lighter hand to guide the skittish.

I take back my parasite comment. Sounded a bit too mean-spirited, and I hope you're not offended by anything I'm saying.

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And I also support your critic post. Not to say that I'm wrong about that type of a person, but a great critic would be valuable to this site.

no, i'm def not offended.