The main reason for not having a more structured feedback post with say a comment containing the name of each fic so people can leave feedback in reply to it is that the writer of that story might not want more feedback.
I think this is especially the case if the writer's story was the one voted off. The really might not want have an open thread with everybody discussing it.
So I've left the post so if writers wish to ask for extra feedback they can.
Cutting out really bad feedback such 'This sucked, my cat could write better' or 'you wrote Jack/Gwen yuck yuck yuck' that's obviously not constructive isn't too difficult. And even without a filtering system in place I would not be counting them.
Then there's feedback like 'I really liked all the stories including this one, the only reason I'm giving this one a negative vote is because I felt the rest of the entries used the prompts in a more imaginative ways than this one'
This isn't constructive either, but I'd probably let something like this through currently (although under a strict constructive criticism only it wouldn't) because while not that helpful in telling the writer how they could have improved it, as it's not rude, and they did let them know they did also find things they liked about it.
Under the only constructive criticism rule the biggest problems would be types of feedback that are subjective.
Such as feedback where the voter they thought the characters in the story were acting out of character.
This could be down to the writer and reviewer having different views of the character. (Like the idea that Ianto became vegetarian after Countrycide so having him eat a pepperoni pizza in a series 2 setting fic is OOC. (I don't see this one really any more - but it was a big thing at one time - and the only basis for it was one of the extra on the BBC S1 website of an IM conversation between Ianto and Tosh where she asks him if he wants a sandwich, Tosh tend suggests a salad, he says okay and asks for prawn cocktail flavour crisps as well - this is apparently proof of Ianto and Tosh being vegetarian. I could see argument for either, but neither is definite canon.)
Or if the criticism is that the story ignores canon? Say it's set directly after Cyberwoman, but Ianto isn't on suspension? That's down to whether you consider the extras on BBCAmerica's website canon.
Or that something isn't realistic? (I've actually had that one when I took part in WIAD - I got a negative vote for writing that the survivors of Torchwood One had an unofficial memorial service on the anniversary of it - the review was basically 'nobody, not even Ianto would be so miserable as to have a memorial on the anniversary of something like that - they'd all want to forget it.) (Although was still better than some feedbacks I've had on multifandom LASs - writing over 40's spanking will get some weird feedback - not exactly bad just deeply weird.)
They might honestly believe that, but does it count as constructive?
I think perhaps better guidelines on what sort of thing is okay to have in a negative vote might be the way to go. (certainly for the current round as any new voting system wouldn't be introduced until the next one - unless it's what everyone wants.)
With example like this.
Good example: 'I liked the concept behind the story, but because of the frequently changing tenses and points of view I found it hard to follow.'
rather than
'Okay story ruined by awful grammar. Next time find a tense and stick to it.'
These express the same thoughts about the story, and while a writer might not want to end up receiving either, the first example is easier to deal with.
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I think this is especially the case if the writer's story was the one voted off. The really might not want have an open thread with everybody discussing it.
So I've left the post so if writers wish to ask for extra feedback they can.
Cutting out really bad feedback such 'This sucked, my cat could write better' or 'you wrote Jack/Gwen yuck yuck yuck' that's obviously not constructive isn't too difficult. And even without a filtering system in place I would not be counting them.
Then there's feedback like 'I really liked all the stories including this one, the only reason I'm giving this one a negative vote is because I felt the rest of the entries used the prompts in a more imaginative ways than this one'
This isn't constructive either, but I'd probably let something like this through currently (although under a strict constructive criticism only it wouldn't) because while not that helpful in telling the writer how they could have improved it, as it's not rude, and they did let them know they did also find things they liked about it.
Under the only constructive criticism rule the biggest problems would be types of feedback that are subjective.
Such as feedback where the voter they thought the characters in the story were acting out of character.
This could be down to the writer and reviewer having different views of the character. (Like the idea that Ianto became vegetarian after Countrycide so having him eat a pepperoni pizza in a series 2 setting fic is OOC. (I don't see this one really any more - but it was a big thing at one time - and the only basis for it was one of the extra on the BBC S1 website of an IM conversation between Ianto and Tosh where she asks him if he wants a sandwich, Tosh tend suggests a salad, he says okay and asks for prawn cocktail flavour crisps as well - this is apparently proof of Ianto and Tosh being vegetarian. I could see argument for either, but neither is definite canon.)
Or if the criticism is that the story ignores canon? Say it's set directly after Cyberwoman, but Ianto isn't on suspension? That's down to whether you consider the extras on BBCAmerica's website canon.
Or that something isn't realistic? (I've actually had that one when I took part in WIAD - I got a negative vote for writing that the survivors of Torchwood One had an unofficial memorial service on the anniversary of it - the review was basically 'nobody, not even Ianto would be so miserable as to have a memorial on the anniversary of something like that - they'd all want to forget it.) (Although was still better than some feedbacks I've had on multifandom LASs - writing over 40's spanking will get some weird feedback - not exactly bad just deeply weird.)
They might honestly believe that, but does it count as constructive?
I think perhaps better guidelines on what sort of thing is okay to have in a negative vote might be the way to go. (certainly for the current round as any new voting system wouldn't be introduced until the next one - unless it's what everyone wants.)
With example like this.
Good example: 'I liked the concept behind the story, but because of the frequently changing tenses and points of view I found it hard to follow.'
rather than
'Okay story ruined by awful grammar. Next time find a tense and stick to it.'
These express the same thoughts about the story, and while a writer might not want to end up receiving either, the first example is easier to deal with.