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Silver Pilot

This forum could use a good dose of honesty when it comes to people posting pictures of their work and expecting praise to be heaped upon them no matter how good or how bad it really is or getting offended when someone says they don't like what they did.

IF the point is to tell the poster what CAN be IMPROVED then fine, do the critiquing then. But if it is just to whine---"Oh it's so UGLY" then this is honesty? YUCK. I'm not going to hear from a person who just is there to complain---If you can help the person then do so--use your own brain to explain why the thing sucks-to you.

Give me a break. I posted sometime back a streaky E7 thinking that I did--for a first timer--a somewhat good job at weathering and got some good solid suggestions of what to do. And no bashing.

There are ways of criticizing someone's work without clobbering the person. This does come across like rocket science to some I know, but sheeesh, just learn to seperate the person from the object done---and that also may be applied the other way as well. The thing you did is not you either

[Railphotog]

 

 

 

[Driline]

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There are ways of criticizing someone's work without clobbering the person.

 

And therein lies the crux of the problem. My view and your view of "clobbering" may be continents apart. Feelings get hurt, people whine, and the original poster learns nothing and continues his bad habits.

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Driline

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There are ways of criticizing someone's work without clobbering the person.

 

And therein lies the crux of the problem. My view and your view of "clobbering" may be continents apart. Feelings get hurt, people whine, and the original poster learns nothing and continues his bad habits.

Exactly--no one really learns much in that kind of thing---

And that could very well be that all the person got was the "It's so UGLY" line---when it gets to the point that someone can't even find the helpful points for all the heated flame sessions surrounding  those hints then----

If one sticks to the object at hand--ie the weathered boxcar etc--and leaves the person out of it then we might start to get there. This also goes for the recipient of those pointers--separate your own self from the object--it sure saves on the nerves--

In my work performance reviews are done. We always remind people that these reviews are not to be seen as personal attacks. We ALSO remind those doing these reviews that they are NOT to use these reviews as a means of attacking the person. These reviews only indicate what has worked and what needs be improved. It certainly keeps us focused on the job at hand and not elsewhere

BTW--there are no "Atta Boys" or "You Suck"-isms allowed herein. Professional to the core.

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loathar

wm3798

 Here's my suggestion...

1:  Stuff I like.

2:  Stuff I don't like but really need to know (wiring for signals, for instance)

3:  Stuff that's useless to me.

4:  All the other stuff.

There... That simplifies it!

 

Lee

You forgot worthless stuff that generates 7 pages of wasted bandwidth.

 

 

Going on 8 !!!! 

Oh Frank btw , GREAT MODELING DUDE!!!! AWSOME!!!!!  

 

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Yup, it's really bad when the engine circles around and passes its own caboose.

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