Dear Gerardo,

your explanation is, of course, what I already guessed.

Nevertheless, I'm quite (let's say: very) surprised that anyone wanted to
hide the creators' name, as it seems to me like a rather crude "military
act of force", an imposition that I don't think has any equal in any of the
votes, that I can think of, in any artistic or creative world I know out
there.

Have you ever seen an artistic competition where you, voters, didn't know
anything about the author?
I never have.

And, I'm sorry to say, but if you assume that those who vote in your
competition can do it in a "mischievous" way, well then you explicitly
doubt the good faith of the same people you invite them to vote (WTF!), and
for me (no ifs, ands or buts) you are the least suited person to organize
anything aimed at the community.

I will never vote for a work whose author I don't know, especially when the
hiding of the name is due to the fact that it is believed that I may be
conditioned.
This offends and disgusts me.

In my life I have learned never to lose faith in people, and the day people
learn to have sincere and heartfelt faith in others will be a better day.
If you don't trust people, don't expect they will trust you.

Greetings.


On Sun, 20 Aug 2023 at 16:52, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Lorenzo is asking why don't the names of the nominated creators and
> folders appear on the award entries webpage. This page
> https://cfcorigami.com/award-entries-2023
>
> I'm not a part of the awards' organizers or anything like that. I am just
> an origamist that is very interested in this project as well as other
> projects related to the origami community. Now, I can tell you that the
> awards try to exclude the names of the people nominated, during the
> voting and judging phase, in order to reduce the related bias during the
> process. Conscious or unconsciously, some participants might vote for a
> nominated work because it was made by an origamist they admire, or not vote
> for another because it was made by someone they don't like so much or
> someone they just don't know. That wouldn't be OK.
>
> Here's a quote from the awards related with that:
>
>
> "Rules and Definitions
>
> (...)All nominations must include (...)
>
> 3. Images should not convey who the creator is, as well as the descriptive
> text! The voting is anonymous!!"
>
>
> Source: https://cfcorigami.com/joisel-awards-2023
>
>
> The names of the creators and folders can become a hidrance during the
> voting and judging phase, but I do hope they become public after that phase
> is over. I hope that answers your question.
>
> --
>
> *Gerardo G.*
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>
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>
>
>

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