Every once in awhile we are all reminded that it's a vein world. This time, it was my job. ;)
Jack --- AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And so has Dario and Bong, and probably others too. I just mentioned > the first names that dropped into my head. :-) > > Jostein > > 2007/11/19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Bruce Dayton has more than 30 as well. > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Okay, I'll share what I've found out. > > > > > > Data as of a couple of days ago. > > > > > > Number of published photographers: 500 (exactly!) > > > Total no. of pictures: 3377 > > > Average no. of pics per photographer: 6.75 > > > > > > To the statistically minded, it might also be interesting to know > that > > > the median is 3. > > > > > > There are 89 photographers with more than 10 images. Those 89 > people > > > contribute 62 % of the total number of pictures. > > > > > > 139 photographers have 1 pic each. 23 have more than 30. The > latter > > > group contains prominent PDML'ers like Mark Roberts, Mark > Cassino, Ken > > > Waller and Paul Stenquist. > > > > > > Okay, that's it for the number crunching. > > > > > > Then to the claim of 40 votes per image. Below is a quoted mail > from > > > Cathy Tarter at Pentax. It says "currently 40 or more". Jack > Davis and > > > I have discussed this off-list before, and I got the impression > that > > > his info referred to the number of "nay"s needed to produce a > reject. > > > His number was 20 votes. > > > > > > Sometimes there are very fast rejects, usually after around 4-5 > days. > > > I therefore believe that there is a threshold number of nays that > > > trigger an automatic reject, and that this number is precisely 20 > > > based on Jack's info. Another observation is that if my photos > stays > > > in the "awaiting review" pool for more than a week, they seem to > have > > > significantly more than 50% likelihood of acceptance. > > > > > > So who exactly do the voting? Just can't help my curiosity. :-) > > > > > > Jostein > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: photogallery___PAIC_MKT > > > To: =[My email removed] > > > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:51 PM > > > Subject: RE: PENTAX Photogallery Contact Us Form > > > > > > > > > Hello Jostein, > > > > > > > > > > > > We are using the voting process to help limit the number of > images we > > > have to review. As for a timeframe, it's difficult to say. > Pentax > > > looks to the artists to vote on images - we take this tallied > vote > > > (currently 40 or more votes per image) into consideration when we > > > accept or decline an image: > > > > > > [screendump of voting criteria skipped] > > > > > > Cathy Tarter > > > > > > Pentax Imaging Company > > > > > > 600 12th Street, Suite 300 > > > > > > Golden, CO 80401 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > > > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > [email protected] > > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow > > > the directions. > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
