[Maryann Corbett]

Many, many thanks--to Alan and Tim first of all concerning these poems, and to the rest of you for all the forms of your support on these boards.

Maryann

[Robert Luis Rodriguez]

Hi Maryann,

So I finally posted my first comment. Is there some way of finding out if it qualifies as one of my 15 in order to be elibigle to post something of my own? I navigated around the site, and am just not seeing it.

Most appreciatively,



Robert Luis Rodriguez

[Julie Steiner]

Welcome, Robert!

Use the link in the top left corner of any screen on Eratosphere (above the logo) to access the guidelines, then click through to read all the pages there. The bit you're looking for is:

As a new Member, you have to undergo a small apprenticeship before posting your own works for critique on the Metrical, Non-Metrical, and Fiction Forums: you must wait at least one week following your Membership approval and offer a minimum number of substantive critiques before starting a thread of your own. The minimum number of critiques for poetry is fifteen on the Metrical, Deep End, and Non-Metrical Forums combined. For the Fiction Forum, the minimum is three. Note, however, that the new-post privileges are no longer enabled automatically. Thus, as a new member, once you think you've achieved the required fifteen critiques, you'll need to contact the moderator of the forum where you intend to post to, and s/he will verify that you've indeed made fifteen substantive critiques, and if so, your new-post privileges will be enabled.

Basically, comments that are substantive critiques of others' work count toward earning posting privileges. Posts elsewhere (like here, for example), or perfunctory "Nice, I like this! Thanks for sharing" comments, don't count.

When you feel you have enough substantive critiques and want your ability to start new threads reassessed, use a personal message (PM) to contact the moderator of the forum to which you want to post, or contact Administrator (and Fairy Godmother) Jayne Osborn.

To be fair, it looks like you tried to do something like that and posted publicly by mistake. But Maryann Corbett is not currently a moderator or administrator. The far right column of the index page (https://www.ablemuse.com/erato/) tells you who's who.

I'm not a moderator anymore, either, but I thought your comment was definitely substantive and well-supported by evidence in the poem, and I look forward to reading more of them. In my unofficial opinion, you'll be a valuable addition to the Sphere.

By the way, although I'm pretty certain you didn't mean to do this, I'll mention that bumping up a thread whose last previous post was in 2006 (!), especially with a post that has absolutely nothing to do with the subject of that thread, tends to annoy people. My first thought on seeing this subject line, even though it was in The Accomplished Members forum, was, "Oh, no, Maryann Corbett died!"

Cheers,
Julie

[Maryann Corbett]

Originally Posted by Julie Steiner

My first thought on seeing this subject line, even though it was in The Accomplished Members forum, was, "Oh, no, Maryann Corbett died!"

Hah! Fortunately, I am still kicking. But I bungled my login several times in a row, and for the past fifteen minutes I was locked out and couldn't reply. Thanks, Julie, for answering the question above. By now, Robert may have figured out that I am no longer on staff and not the person to consult about questions like this.