Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

what's an aspie rube?

The exact opposite of someone wanting to throw a spontaneous Madonna poll...

i thought it was some sort of asperger's related slur :(

Oh, it is.

:)

Aspie
An aspie is one who has Asperger's Syndrome, which is believed to be part of the autism spectrum. Aspies, while being quite gifted verbally, have social, emotional, and sensory integration difficulties, among others. Aspie is an affectionate term, and is not meant as a put down.
My son is an aspie, so he's not so great at making idle chit chat at parties, or even at being in crowds, but he can get us home from anywhere. He says he just consults the map in his brain.

That's the best balls has got? Practically a compliment!

So what's the 'rube' bit about then?

1. pet shop boys - billy dods (results coming later today)
2. Beatles - Mark G (voting in progress)

Voting in progress on your Beatles poll? i didn't see that! better go find it...

Official ILX Artist Tracks Poll : The Beatles (Next up: Prince)

thanks

I feel bad for balls. Seemed legitimately unaware of this thread as well as whether it was an actual authority over people being allowed to start a ballot poll. He didn't take Karen seriously off the bat and his thread gets locked pretty quick. Sucks if he truly was innocently trying to start the ballot for fun. Just giving the guy(?) a little sympathy is all. :)

yeah, righto.

He didn't seem legitimately unaware. Since the opening posts of the locked madonna poll thread it seemed pretty clear he didn't give a fuck and that he was only doing it to mock this sort of polls (?) Also he reposted the thread twice or thrice after it got locked but they got deleted by an admin.

Wtf would anyone do that for? That's a bit sad.

With Moka on that this was totally a trolling operation.

He didn't seem legitimately unaware. Since the opening posts of the locked madonna poll thread it seemed pretty clear he didn't give a fuck and that he was only doing it to mock this sort of polls (?)

what? this did not "seem pretty clear" to me at all. balls started an 80s ballot poll years ago (tho infamously never posted the results), he's not mocking them.

like, Evan 100% otm and you are 100% offtm

he might not have known that this thread existed but FFS the whole 'i have a real life and am spontaneous and you are sexist aspie rubes' bullshit is old and tired and unpleasant - good intentions ab initio don't excuse being a dick.

wasn't Karen down for doing this after the prince poll or has the schedule changed?

― prolego, lunes 4 de julio de 2011 14:59

it's happening now

― balls, lunes 4 de julio de 2011 15:02

ya rlly, this guy can go suck himself

Ah, I've just twigged who balls is.

balls started an 80s ballot poll years ago (tho infamously never posted the results), he's not mocking them.

and this is evidence for the defense?

the whole 'i have a real life and am spontaneous and you are sexist aspie rubes' bullshit is old and tired and true

ugh sorry but one dude who wants to run a ballot poll claiming he is less of an aspie rube than other people who want to run ballot polls (and have successfully socialised with others to work out an order) = haha fuck off

xp It's rendered less true by being posted on a message board tbh

wasn't Karen down for doing this after the prince poll or has the schedule changed?
― prolego, lunes 4 de julio de 2011 14:59

it's happening now

― balls, lunes 4 de julio de 2011 15:02

― ◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝◦ ⃝ (Moka), Tuesday, July 5, 2011 5:20 AM (3 hours ago)

I took this as "schedule? what? anyway..." but I just tend to give the benefit of the doubt to people.

But I don't know anything about the deleted threads either, so I don't have all the info.

just a bit of fun, so let's be cool

^^

can i be put down for joni mitchell at the end of the current list?

I guess that read as upset? It isn't meant to sound comeback-y or anything, just in case anyone thought so.

also, is there a Guide to Running These Polls somewhere? like the best way to tabulate votes, etc?

Does Joni Mitchell have a big enough songbook to do a successful poll? I'm not arguing, just asking.

Yay, Joni! I'd LOVE to see her work polled. And she has quite a few (7-8?) albums, doesn't she? I am sure we could pick 20 songs from that and not end up with the album 'Hits'..

Mordy: this might help!
Alright, I made an excel file that should be useful, hopefully.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZQBPGXI6

Basically it's got a sheet where you dump in the songs and their ranks, and a formula that compares rank to point value which is listed on a separate sheet. Then there are suggestions and examples for making a pivot table to corral the data, or a suggestion for doing it manually.

I hope it's useful! /nerd

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― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, June 22, 2011 3:11 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

1. pet shop boys - billy dods (results coming later today)
2. Beatles - Mark G (voting in progress)
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP
4. Madonna - Karen D Tregaskin
5. Led Zeppelin - WmC
6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever
7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre
8. Aphex Twin - Karen D Tregaskin
9. beach boys - iatee
10. Pulp - Finefinemusic
11. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier
12. Joni Mitchell - Mordy

Does Joni Mitchell have a big enough songbook to do a successful poll? I'm not arguing, just asking.

Yes, absolutely.

(she has about 20 albums)

Mordy - just put the deadline in the title, make the initial post clear and short so people don't have to work hard to find out what to do, and bump it a lot.

Yeah, they've all had fairly standard intros, with a bit of advice where things can be regarded as 'different' (e.g. Remixes, different versions, 'productions' with different artist credits but same 'production' ethic, etc..)

Does Joni Mitchell have a big enough songbook to do a successful poll? I'm not arguing, just asking.

1. COYOTE
2. COYOTE
3. COYOTE
4. HELP ME
5. YOU TURN ME ON (I'M A RADIO)
6. COYOTE
7. COYOTE
8. HELP ME
9. THE SONG PINHEAD GUNPOWDER COVERED
10. COYOTE

KDT has requested that she be taken off the list as the coordinator of the Madonna and Aphex Twin polls. If anyone wants to do either of those in their current spots in the order, please step up.

Note: this thread is for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls. No meta, please.

I'd love to do the Aphex poll, but like I say, I'd probably get sacked from work if I did.

What a baby.

I don't want to do either of those artists, but if noone else does either I could fill in week 4 to keep the schedule on track.

What artist would you want to run the poll for? I'm happy to move Zep up to the spot after Prince.

I'll do U2. I've been giving them some play recently, best take advantage before I'm sick of them.

Also, Beatles-Prince-Zep is quite a run of elite-of-the-elite acts, U2 would break that up a bit in a way that Bowie or Fleetwood Mac wouldn't. (slight intended, but it's only a slight slight)

As much as I'd like to jump Zeppelin to #4, I kind of agree with you.

1. pet shop boys - billy dods (results rollout in progress)
2. Beatles - Mark G (voting in progress)
3. Prince - Jamie_ATP
4. U2 - Ismael Klata
5. Led Zeppelin - WmC
6. Guided By Voices - Johnny Fever
7. Kate Bush - Le Bateau Ivre
8. beach boys - iatee
9. Pulp - Finefinemusic
10. "Producers" - Shakey Mo Collier
11. Joni Mitchell - Mordy

any objections?

Yeah, everyone voting every week is too much.

I'll be glad when Zep and GBV roll around and I can take a break from working out ballots.

FFS - that's yeah as in 'we are of one mind', not as in 'I have an objection'. I'll shut up now.

by the time my turn rolls around I assume I will have completely forgotten about this