Nieminen Mika wrote:

>   I have noticed, that some people name their entry file names so that their
> image will be at the top of the viewing page. For example some filenames
> from this round: 001.jpg, 00pfboat.jpg, 13youth.jpg, 1j_canal.jpg, 2000l2.jpg,
> etc. It seems clear that at least some people deliberately name their files
> so that they get at the top of the page (of course I'm not saying _all_ the
> people at the top are doing this, but I suppose that at least a few of them).
>
>   Wouldn't it be a good idea to build the viewing page so that the entries
> are not in alfabetical order, but in random order? This way nobody can get
> advantage by naming his/her files with leading 0's.
>   Of course this makes it harder to find your own entry, but I think that's
> a minimal disadvantage... :)
>
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>                                                            - Warp. -

  Personaly I think it's all a bunch of paranoid hogwash. Either the
submission contains the artisctic quality to win or it doesn't. To
presume that people will favor a certain entry due to it's relitive
position on a list is putting the judging staff in a less than
intelligent light. I would be insulted to think that you think that
such a trivial matter would in any way cloud my judgment when voting.
I base my judgment soley on artstic merit and nothing else. If others
are not then they should re-evaluate whether they should participate
in the judging process at all.

Ken Tyler

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