JOTM thread.

[doug boardley]

I agree with Captain, altho opening it up into the main forum may well get more posts I think that the kudos of being voted for by your peers and fellow pro-tilers that are in the Arms is more appreciated by the eventual winner.

 

[Daz]

Fair comment mate but sometimes pointers can help to improve

I argued for constructive advice to be offered, but it has been decided that we can do that in every thread except JOTM .

 

[Thespanishtiler]

the arms members who vote in the jotm are either well established profesional tilers with a wealth of knowledge and experiance that gives them a valid appreciation of the enteries or new keen semi pro tilers who are learning the trade and can aspire to one day have the oppotuninity and knowledge to complete a similar job (this forum will help them get there) and i am happy to have my work judged as such.

personally i would rather keep it closed to the arms so we know every vote is a considerd professional opinion.

 

[tfs]

guys in the forums arms are more likely to vote based on skill required to finnish the job rather than the appearance alone. I think it may be worthwile for general public to see job of the month but perhaps only after the winner has been chosen by those in the arms who will be in a better position to appreciate the skill and craftmanship that is required to complete the whole job rather than basing purely on how it looks to the untrained eye.

An educated tiler/ tradesperson will notice good prep, good setting out, intricate cuts such as mitred edges, bullnoses and cutting acuracy etc etc

I can say from my own experience that when I have voted I havent voted purely on the best looking/ fanciest pictures but also base my vote on the skill and efforts that would need to have been applied to the job. I think general public may lack this ability.

so i guess what I am saying is that I think they should see the winner and all entrants after voting has been done.

 

[DHTiling]

I argued for constructive advice to be offered, but it has been decided that we can do that in every thread except JOTM .

DAZ..

You seem to forget the drift of what the thread in elite was about..

Do we have to bring this up again in the arms..?

The JOTM thread in the elite was supposed to be sorted..?

what do you need clarifying..?

What will make you happy..? do we need to close JOTM full stop.?

 

[tfs]

Sometimes Democracy doesn't work! Just tell us all to shut up and keep things the way they are:lol:

Job of the month is great already!

 

[Daz]

DAZ..

You seem to forget the drift of what the thread in elite was about..

Do we have to bring this up again in the arms..?

The JOTM thread in the elite was supposed to be sorted..?

what do you need clarifying..?

What will make you happy..? do we need to close JOTM full stop.?

Dave, I'm clear on matters and I was only replying to Mark. My comments regarding this thread are quite clear, I believe, that it should be kept in the arms but have no objection to displaying the quality of work in the general forum. I understand the technical issues that this presents and I bow to the Forum peers to decide and advise accordingly.

 

[DHTiling]

C,mon mate.. i want your feedback..

Not old arguments brought back up..?

I see the JOTM ok as it is.. but some members think lack of entries is no good , so a suggestion by me was made to show the jotm thread to all , so all can enter.

All i ask is, is this worth while doing and if not why.. lets not drag old history up..

ok mate..?

 

[user123]

guys in the forums arms are more likely to vote based on skill required to finnish the job rather than the appearance alone. I think it may be worthwile for general public to see job of the month but perhaps only after the winner has been chosen by those in the arms who will be in a better position to appreciate the skill and craftmanship that is required to complete the whole job rather than basing purely on how it looks to the untrained eye.

An educated tiler/ tradesperson will notice good prep, good setting out, intricate cuts such as mitred edges, bullnoses and cutting acuracy etc etc

I can say from my own experience that when I have voted I havent voted purely on the best looking/ fanciest pictures but also base my vote on the skill and efforts that would need to have been applied to the job. I think general public may lack this ability.

so i guess what I am saying is that I think they should see the winner and all entrants after voting has been done.

I think that's a really good point, we can have a really inspiring pictures of tiling that is well set out and looks great but if is dot and dabbed, we wouldn't know. If one of those jobs make it into JOBM, and then can be shown as such as advertising, in a sense a bad job is validated as a good one, so from that point of view entries from people who at least know what they are doing are just that bit safer.
New tiling does look good right at the start, we don't know if those tiles are going to fall off again, and how easy it would be then for some cowboy to say to some poor customer "It's alright love, I know what I'm doing, look I even got entered for the JOTM on tilers forums, only pros get that!"

Albums or no albums, can't the top three entrances be shown by Dan on a separate thread for everyone to see as I suggested earlier, after voting has finished?

 

[DHTiling]

Not if the entrants are by attachments G,,

If th e entries are in the arms then how can we transfer this to both forums in one go without access..?

 

[user123]

I just thought that as mods you or Dan can copy the pictures and showcase the winners with their photos? More work for you, I admit, but surely the top three would be happy about that? Could be a bit of excitement for the public, if every months there is something special to look at,... they can see some albums now on the main page, can't they? I just thought that would be really easy... I'm not a computer techy though.. :smilewinkgrin:

 

[DHTiling]

we can only copy pics if they can be viewed by members of the same forum with access.


So if a member posts pics via the attachments within the tiling forum etc then no probs but if pics are used via attachments in the tilers arms then we cannot as then this needs a viewer to have permission to the arms to view..

Is this me or do i need to speak in Swahili to get this across..:lol::lol:

 

[user123]

Ok, obviously some weird technical limitations here to copy attachment pics separately and start afresh with them, but please, I would like to hear you speak Swahili... :lol:
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I'm waiting.... !!!! :lol:

 

[DHTiling]

Ok here goes.

Hello mts G.

Nadhani wewe ni mwanamke akili

 

[user123]

Oh-oh, what does that mean? Honestly? :smilewinkgrin: