Message-Id: <199810051449.KAA02149@xkey.com>
Subject: Re: minstrel: Nature of Bardic Competitions
To: cley@juno.com (cynthia j ley)
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:49:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Greg Lindahl" <lindahl@pbm.com>
Cc: minstrel@pbm.com
In-Reply-To: <19981004.163317.4791.2.cley@juno.com> from "cynthia j ley" at Oct 4, 98 08:46:18 pm
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> To some extent, I agree with you. However, this assumes that the judge
> has the time to make such a critical analysis in the process of also
> judging the entrant.

That's right. And if the entrant has not documented in a competition
where authenticity is important, I'll mark them down for the
documentation score. If an entrant hands me an entire book or a
300-page paper *with no summary*, there's usually no way I can quickly
evaluate it, so they'll get marked down.

If, on the other hand, if the competition is about entertainment and
also has a "entries should be authentic" requirement, but doesn't judge
on authenticity, I'll usually have a rather relaxed attitude when it
comes to authenticity.

> Most of the bardic competitions 
> in the U.S. part of An Tir expect that the entrants will have written up
> a short (usually a page or so) bit about their work and their sources.

Summaries are a great thing.

- gb

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