I have been voting on Animagus applications under five different sets of mods (Ing and Fox, Fox and Sil, Sil and Peyton, Curtis and Liz; Olga and Sonja) - yes... back from the days when mods used thre letter names - and they all have had different requirements about voting.
That said, the current definition of an elaborated vote (requiring 3 substantive reasons with explanations) has given me my template on how to give a vote that earns the full ten points and hopefully sways both the mods and the applicant.
I usually begin by looking through the application for a few key words and phrases that I feel define the applicant (what they're drawn to - maybe - or what they stress particularly much). With that, I usually know what general type of animal fits those traits (if I don't, I look it up). Armed with that knowledge, I then choose a species of animal (or subspecies, in the case of housecats, or genus in certain cases) that perfectly fits the rest of the application by looking up the broad type of animal (Google or Wikipedia) for the specific type of animal that exactly fits the traits I'm looking for. Once there, I'm almost done; all that's left is to find three specific things that the application has in common with this application, and then write out a sentence or two about each of them!
An example of such a sentence:
First of all, it lives in the desert, ensuring you're as far away from water, sharks, and myself – the only 'desert' I like is spelled with TWO s's as possible.
One last thing to point out: ever since I was stamped as a tiger shark, I have been looking for a great white shark to join me in the ocean; however, in order to vote someone as that, I would need them to both have a personality like mine (ambitious, loving to be on top of the food chain) AND love being in the water. The fact that I haven't found one other such soul in over a year is slightly depressing...
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Date: 2010-12-12 07:05 am (UTC)That said, the current definition of an elaborated vote (requiring 3 substantive reasons with explanations) has given me my template on how to give a vote that earns the full ten points and hopefully sways both the mods and the applicant.
I usually begin by looking through the application for a few key words and phrases that I feel define the applicant (what they're drawn to - maybe - or what they stress particularly much). With that, I usually know what general type of animal fits those traits (if I don't, I look it up). Armed with that knowledge, I then choose a species of animal (or subspecies, in the case of housecats, or genus in certain cases) that perfectly fits the rest of the application by looking up the broad type of animal (Google or Wikipedia) for the specific type of animal that exactly fits the traits I'm looking for. Once there, I'm almost done; all that's left is to find three specific things that the application has in common with this application, and then write out a sentence or two about each of them!
An example of such a sentence:
First of all, it lives in the desert, ensuring you're as far away from water, sharks,
and myself – the only 'desert' I like is spelled with TWO s'sas possible.One last thing to point out: ever since I was stamped as a tiger shark, I have been looking for a great white shark to join me in the ocean; however, in order to vote someone as that, I would need them to both have a personality like mine (ambitious, loving to be on top of the food chain) AND love being in the water. The fact that I haven't found one other such soul in over a year is slightly depressing...
William//Slytherin//Tiger Shark//358 words