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Posted 2014-06-18 11:21 AM (#7971 - in reply to #7969)
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Administrator - 2014-06-18 9:23 AM

Deven Science - 2014-06-17 11:15 PM I hate to bring up a negative, when this whole thing is doing nothing but promoting reading, but I've noticed that a few of the people that are entered in the challenge are filling up there 12 book requirement with very modern books that are not on the Masterworks lists. I realize that it's ultimately a challenge for oneself, but it still... bothers me. Maybe I'm too much of a rule follower. I didn't even realize that you could select books that were not on the Masterworks list to be read for the Masterworks challenge. Is there a way to place the "2014 Masterworks Reading Challenge" only on books that are eligible?

Here are some stats to put your mind at ease

  • There are 439 selections for the2014 Masterworks Reading Challenge
  • 271 SF Masterworks selections
  • 87 Fantasy Masterworks
  • 125 Mistressworks selections
  • 15 invalid selections

There is some overlapbetween the listswhere Mistressworks books are also on either of the Masterworks lists. Fifteen invalid selections from a handful of membersis not too shabby out of 439 selections so the self-policing is working pretty well so far which is how most of the RYO challenges work.

Thishappens to be a case where we can restrict the checkbox from showing on ineligible novel pages so we're looking into that now. For the record, it bothers me a little bit too. I like things to be nice and tidy.



Oops, I see now that I left the word "box" or "checkbox" out of my last sentence. Luckily, you still understood what I was trying to say.

You're right, though, 15 out of 439 is not bad at all.

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