Hey everyone...
I made a small mistake on a contribution today. I am human... these things do happen. And I am more then happy to fix my mistakes as long as I know about them. That brings me to the reason for this thread. I appreciate that people see voting no to a very small problem a bad thing.  But I would ask at least for my contributions to do so... as I seldomly ever look at vote notes when I get all yes votes. Because of this I am very unlikely to see it so I can fix these small mistakes.

Not that today's mistake was very small in my opinion I made 1 change... added a group divider to cast list... and I screwed the pooch on it by forgetting the end divider. 1 change... 1 mistake. I would have definitely voted no. 

Thankfully Kathy seen a yes vote with comment... and knowing I seldomly look when I get all yes votes PMed me.. BTW that will work too if you really don't want to vote no on small things.

Believe me people... I do not take no votes as an insult. On the contrary... I really appreciate them as I know I am not perfect and it does no more then give me the chance to make my contribution better for all of us.

I have said this many times in different threads but I imagine that many people don't see them as threads here do tend to go on for whatever reason.  So I thought I would start this thread in hopes to have most people see this... and know I will not take a no vote personal. If you want me to see a small problem it is one of the best ways to do so. But voting yes with comment will not work for me most the time.

I of course did fix it... I just want people to know that yes votes with comments (at least only) does no good... that is something I will never see.

Think of it as a Public Service Announcement. 

Brava, Pete.

Rory

Unless I get a no vote it is highly unlikely. Maybe if I am really bored sitting at the computer sometimes I will click on them just for the heck of it... but that is a seldom thing. Other then that I just go to the page every so often skimming the yes and no numbers to be sure there isn't any no votes.

  Yup... you got it Blair... that was it! 

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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Unless I get a no vote it is highly unlikely. Maybe if I am really bored sitting at the computer sometimes I will click on them just for the heck of it... but that is a seldom thing. Other then that I just go to the page every so often skimming the yes and no numbers to be sure there isn't any no votes.

In that case I'm going to vote no to all your contributions from now on - just so you'll read the bloody comment!   

I think this relates to the fact that Ken has said that a contribution doesn't have to be perfect in order to be accepted. If it adds significant value, but has a small mistake, it can be accepted, and the mistake can be rectified later (by the same contributor or by someone else).

Given this statement it's understandable that some voters feel that a No vote may not be appropriate, and they would rather vote Yes with a comment.

I don't think it's reasonable to expect the community to keep track of which users agree with this, and which users would prefer No votes for all mistakes.

The bottom line - while I appreciate the time you spend making contributions, I think that if you are concerned with minor mistakes you really should read all comments.

Quoting Addicted2DVD:

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It is not like it was mostly right... it was closer to all wrong. And I got all yes votes... one yes vote with a comment?

This can happen if you're trustworthy ... just ruin your credibility and you'll get "No"-votes for incorrect contributions again.