Thread for coordinating the order and timing of ILM ballot polls

A little update on The Neptunes poll: the deadline was supposed to be this midnight, but since I'm not really able to start the results thread until around Wednesday, I'm pushing it down to the end of the weekend. Can I have the thread's title corrected? Also, what whas the average ballot count for previous polls? I've received 10 ballots, seems kind of low.

Somewhere in the high twenties is about average I'd guess. Neptunes' demographic is largely a non-voting demographic though - iirc there was a hiphop poll that really struggled - so I guess you'll probably have to make do with fewer. Just shorten the countdown, nbd.

That's a shame, but unfortunately I its not something I could vote on. Perhaps you could post on a few relevant threads and ask people to vote?

just don't try it on twitter

i'm not gonna be able to do the madonna poll i'm afraid, work stuff is gonna get in the way. apologies. can anyone help a brother out and take it up for me? it remains a poll i'd like to vote in.

That's a shame, but unfortunately I its not something I could vote on. Perhaps you could post on a few relevant threads and ask people to vote?

Fixed.

Put me down for Madonna then, I guess. I was originally going to do that before I switched to Guided By Voices.

I've been thinking about a modern r&b poll. like post-soul/disco. what do people think? i was thinking if i do it next year and start it from 1983+ then it could be a best r&b albums of the past 30 years or something.

how many did the timbo poll get? neptunes should get similar. it is way more of a pop/r&b poll than the overall hiphop one.

I'd love it, but I reckon it'd need, if not the full nominations process, then at least to clear the decks while it runs. It's the most significant genre poll you could run for the recent era imo and shouldn't risk getting lost in the crowd.

I've posted a link to the The Official ILM THE NEPTUNES Poll (#27 In Series) - Voting & Campaigning Thread (Voting Deadline - October 19th) poll asking people to vote in my 1970-1979 WTF - The Hard 'n' Heavy 'n' Loud + Krautrock, Arty, Noisy, Weird, Funky, Punky Shit - Albums Poll!- VOTING THREAD!- Closes Nov 8th 11.59 PM UK Time - All ILXORS/LURKERS WELCOME poll. Hope it helps.

i got 36 ballots for the Timbo poll

I'm surprised it was so high, that's really good.

Two tips for improving turnout:
- make it as easy as possible to vote. Ballots of twenty can be done without having to go away and write things down; ballots of thirty-plus probably can't
- bump the voting thread a lot, make it an interesting discussion. I don't think long deadlines draw many more people in, but getting engaged with the process might

Other than that, I'm guessing that easily-defined catalogues/themes will more easily attract voters. To my mind Neptunes are (still) pretty nebulous, so it's natural that they'll be on the low side.

But twenty ballots is certainly enough to make for a decent top twenty or thirty countdown (Manics got by with 16 iirc); Neptunes should end up pretty close to that.

So what's currently happening here.

Good question. Unfortunately I missed the request to change the deadline in the Neptunes thread title before I quit modding, but I don't know that it would have changed the number of ballots anyway. I'll bump the Neptunes thread and try to roust V79.

Of all times to turn in your badge.

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You should stay mod for this thread only

The deadline extension did get a few people to vote. I'm way behind on my regional thug/r&b rolling thread listenings and don't want to lose my bookmarks - maybe a good place for someone to kerr about votes?

Could we get away with a Mountain Goats poll? They are a band ilx loves and have a massive back catalogue but otoh

Put me down for Madonna then, I guess. I was originally going to do that before I switched to Guided By Voices.

― Bout to go Jethro TULL on that ass (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 20 October 2012 03:19 (4 days ago) Permalink

cheers johnny.

I'm actually kinda excited about it, but it's still a while before it happens.

You should stay mod for this thread only
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, October 24, 2012 11:23 AM

WmC's been doing a great job keeping these polls coordinated.

Thanks! The only real mod-advantage is being able to delete old versions of the ongoing list so the thread stays more easily scrollable. I might sneak into my mod account every few months to clean this thread up if stet doesn't delete it.

a hoy hoy, I think the "but otoh" would take precedence re: a MtGoats poll, enthusiasm and catalogue size notwithstanding. It would feel a little weird, I think.

yeah. I think a MGs poll would be a little awkward.

I hear their drummer hates ballot polls.

the drummer for gay goats?

'guy who hates ballot polls' was just a character wurster played on wmfu iirc

Yeah I knew that would be the answer. Shame, it would have been a fun group to do this with.

Billy Dods, are you ready to go with Saint Etienne? It would be great to get either that one or Husker Du going as soon as possible... neither one will interfere with the Neptunes wrapup, imo. We can at least get #28 and #29 done before everybody starts thinking about their best of '12 ballots.

I haven't talked to J0rdan and seandalai about getting the EOY polls rolling yet, but we usually open nominations in the middle of December and the rollout starts around the third week of January.

I'm watching this thread for the go ahead on H.D.

JOIN OUR CLUB: The Official Saint Etienne poll (#28 in a series) - Deadline 12th November.

Hooray for forward movement! Thanks, Billy, and thanks PP for being ready to roll as well. We may even get Bryce Springstine in before the break.

Now I will always have the Dü and Thanksgiving linked in my mind.

I haven't talked to J0rdan and seandalai about getting the EOY polls rolling yet, but we usually open nominations in the middle of December and the rollout starts around the third week of January.

Yeah this sounds right to me.

Now I will always have the Dü and Thanksgiving linked in my mind.

Gravyty.

i dont know if there will be a metal eoy poll this year as Glenn doesnt have the software now and doesnt know if he will have something by then.

If it's just software that's the barrier to Metal EOY I can offer the standard package. Not as fancy as Glenn's but maybe better than nothing?

well, thats very kind of you! If glenn is unable I will accept that offer (as long as the metal thread people still want a poll)
thanks!

At Vegemite Grrl's request, I'd like to reactivate this previously uncompleted poll and add it to the bottom of the master list.

"If only more strippers voted." - the Hard Rock and Hair Metal tracks poll nominations thread (Closes September 3rd)

MAKE IT RAIN

:D

lol

more like, make it RAIN SOME SUGAR ON MEEEE

$2 beer and wings from 4-7pm

At some point I would very much like to do an Extreme Metal poll. No hard rock, no NWOBHM, no false shit. tru cvlt, grind, death metal and heavy thrash/thrashcore only. Can we put that in the calendar somewhere?

what is NWOBHM?

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (Iron Maiden, Priest, Diamondhead etc.)

is there a mod for this thread now?

really hope this continues.

I haven't gone anywhere.

can i be a terrible person and withdraw my entry (Wire)? I'm just acknowledging that almost all the votes would go to songs from the first 3 albums (which we polled once). wouldn't be that interesting. and i only when i dedicate my own time and energy to doing a poll that i'm totally stoked about.

i knew there have been some changes with you William but happy that you are still able to keep this thread organized and running smoothly.

i have both New Order and Steely Dan coming up and feel pressure to get it right, will go very big in each poll that i do.

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