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Ok new idea - to limit uploads or not.... that is the real question!
Okay, let�s
see if I can put my thoughts into order since some really good ideas,
suggestions and ideas have been pointed out.
First of
all, Liberty�s view on the matter �people are purposely splitting up worksheets to gain points which is not
fair. It�s like saying that if you want the answers you need to pay extra! Or buy the car but the wheels aren �t included!
Second
point: Trelly�s idea was a very GOOD reason to limit how many worksheets we
upload a day. If you know that you can only upload one or two, you are going to take
extra care in what you upload � make sure it�s the best it can be because you
will receive more points that way.
Also, I�d
like to say that the quality of some work is simply marvellous (and I am not referring to the outside look of a sheet but the contents!) but also a lot of
not so great stuff is going up too to just gain points quickly since if a person puts up ten so-so worksheets, or images, or flashcards and receives 3 points for each one then he has his thirty points and no real effort has gone into it!
Furthermore,
it might actually be a little bit of a deterrent to those who are uploading colouring
sheets, images or flashcards on 40 different sheets and so on because it would
mean that either they put up one beauty of a colouring sheet, flashcard set or
they put up something useful, their choice... points or no points � that is the
question!
Thirdly and a bit off topic... if
old worksheets are rotated � and I was thinking it could be just one side bar off to one
side of the screen .. and even if they were not free (or we get 1 free point
to spend a day on old work) then people would be less apt to copy or download a
worksheet that they have already seen...cause let�s face it - there are over a 150, 000 worksheets and who can remember if
they have or haven�t been copied! So maybe this way, we could spot the �stolen� stuff easier, we �d be advertising old work at the same time AND if you feel like spending your points on them, you can!
I think you �ve got it covered. More activities on one download. (there are lots programs to help lighten the burden) Only one (perhaps two) uploads a day. Rotation of the older materials to bring them back into the limelight.
I totally agree with you, Zora. I �ll answer to the points you raised in detail:
1) yes, I �ve noticed some people DO upload separately different pages of the same ws to gain more points and I do agre with you that this is not fair. I don �t know how we can solve the problem, though. Apart from telling people to stop doing so, I honestly don �t know what else we can do.
2) I do agree to limit the uploads to one or two per day. This will help us uploading more accurate ws, avoiding sloppiness (I have to eat humble pie on the matter, I did notice that some of my work WAS sloppy. Probably if I had taken more care and if I had had more time to proofread it, that wouldn �t have happened. My bad).
3) I agree. One point to spend on "old stuff" would be very convenient but since we have more than 150,000 ws on the database, I think it would be very difficult to spot stolen stuff anyway, free points or not free points :(
In a nutshell: I �m all for it. thanks for bringing it up!
I �ve just read everything and I must say I can �t agree more. It is such a nuisance to read through the uploads and find out that there �s only one word or there are a lot of mistakes. We have to aim for quality on this site. So... go for it!
Great idea Linda! I guess that rotation will also help to improve the quality of new worksheets! (As I said before, there are tons of excellent old worksheets here and it would be great everyone could see them!)
