The 2017 Survey: "If I take it off, will you scream?"

[brightknightie]

May 5 will be the 25^th anniversary of "Dark Knight," the Forever Knight series premiere. May 18 will be the 21^st anniversary of "Last Knight," the Forever Knight series finale. If you want to play, 2017 will be our 8^th FKFicFest!

Should we play this year? If so, when? And how?

This poll is for community members. (Join us!) This poll will close at 11:59 PM (Pacific Time) on Friday, February 3, 2017. (Final decisions remain with the moderator.)

Please speak up! Share your ideas and insights! Thank you!

Poll #17927 2017 FKFicFest Community Planning Survey

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 8

1. Should we play FKFicFest in 2017?

Yes, play in 2017
8 (100.0%)

No, skip a year
0 (0.0%)

2. Would you *write* in FKFicFest 2017?

Definitely yes
5 (62.5%)

Probably yes
2 (25.0%)

No
1 (12.5%)

3. Would you *read* in FKFicFest 2017?

Definitely yes
8 (100.0%)

Probably yes
0 (0.0%)

No
0 (0.0%)

4. Should we play an *exchange* or a *challenge*? (In an exchange, writers and requests get matched 1-to-1. In a challenge, all writers differently interpret one community prompt. If we played a challenge, we'd elect our prompt.)

I'd write only for an exchange
0 (0.0%)

I'd prefer an exchange, but don't mind a challenge
6 (85.7%)

I'd prefer a challenge, but don't mind an exchange
1 (14.3%)

I'd write only for a challenge
0 (0.0%)

5. When should stories be due in 2017? Pick up to 2.

April 22
0 (0.0%)

April 29
1 (14.3%)

May 6
3 (42.9%)

May 13
0 (0.0%)

May 20
1 (14.3%)

May 27
0 (0.0%)

June 3
2 (28.6%)

June 10
4 (57.1%)

6. We're going to focus on DW, and minimize cross-posting to LJ. Is that okay?

I'm okay with it
8 (100.0%)

I'm concerned about it
0 (0.0%)

7. Sadly, we need to discourage recipients from ignoring their authors in exchange games. What should count as the minimum acceptable acknowledgment of an exchange author's work?

A "Kudos" button click
2 (25.0%)

A comment of at least 1 sentence in length
6 (75.0%)

Something else
0 (0.0%)

8. How long should exchange authors have to wait to be acknowledged before a penalty applies to their recipients?

1 week
0 (0.0%)

2 weeks
5 (62.5%)

3 weeks
0 (0.0%)

4 weeks
3 (37.5%)

Longer
0 (0.0%)

9. If a recipient ignores his/her author beyond the period without a really good reason, what penalty should apply?

Ban for 2 games
0 (0.0%)

Ban for 1 game
4 (50.0%)

Ban until s/he comments on the ignored story + 1 more (any) by the ignored author for each month of the ignoring
3 (37.5%)

Ban until s/he comments on all stories the ignored author has written for all years of FKFicFest
0 (0.0%)

Ban until s/he comments on every story in that year's FKFicFest
1 (12.5%)

Something else
0 (0.0%)

10. Will you help spread the word about this year's FKFicFest?

Yes, I'll promote the game where I'm fannishly active!
8 (100.0%)

No
0 (0.0%)

Addendum: Please do feel free to comment, discuss, and suggest with comments here!

Comments

[havocthecat]

I mean, I'm fine with making a recipient comment on their story or sit out the next round, but I don't really think making a recipient comment on extra stories (and a WHOLE LOT OF extra stories) before being allowed in is going to actually encourage anyone to suck it up and take the punishment. I think that kind of visible shaming is going to either encourage perfunctory, copy/paste commentary, or it's going to drive people off. I didn't say that before, because, if it was suggested, I didn't notice it. (Even if I was reading the comments, I somehow missed it.) I hope it's OK to mention my feelings on it here instead of wherever it was initially suggested.

[greerwatson]

I didn't check any of the due dates for fkficfest since I'm okay with whatever is decided.