Mystery Delete

[kevin_standlee]

In what has become the most-replied-to message on my LJ to date, I have a mystery. A pair of comments, one of which I think was mine, have been deleted. The two deleted posts appear to be here -- not their text, of course, just the (deleted post) flag. I didn't delete them, and the person who made one of them claims he didn't delete them, either. So what could have caused them to vanish like that?

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[marahsk.livejournal.com]

It's my understanding that only the person who posted a comment, and the person whose journal it is (or the moderator(s) of a community) can delete a comment.

It could be an LJ glitch.

[nwl.livejournal.com]

It looks like the post about 'how we old fans should read new authors who weren't asked by the committee to attend Worldcon even though a bunch of their fans asked them to' was deleted. Seems to me there was also something about people coming in at the door not being able to vote.

Darn. And I was going to point out that SF cons generally invite only the GoHs and other authors just show up to be on the program. It's good publicity and many authors are fans.

While it was a good discussion - could you clarify something for me? Was the voting that was discussed just for the Hugos? I thought at one point it was about site selection as well. Or have I confused that post with another? I can see people coming in at the door being able to vote for site selection but not Hugos. Time element and all.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

They most definitely wanted to be able to vote on the Hugo Awards at the convention. Presumably right up until the afternoon before the event. After all, with a computer, it can't take long to count the ballots, could it? *rolls eyes*

In response to the "you need to get the trophies engraved" argument, the responses are: (1) Create every possible plaque and attach them as soon as you know the winner. (2) Don't engrave the trophies pre-con, but do what the Oscars do and present blank trophies and engrave them post-con and send them to the winners later. Neither of these is impossible, but both have additional costs and hazards.

I asked John Lorentz, who administered this year's election, about shortening the cut-off from about four weeks to about two weeks, and he suggested it might be (barely) possible, but difficult. As far as at-the-door Hugo voting goes, he said, more or less, "It certainly would be easier for me, because I'd never take the job."