Trevor can you explain to me how any system could possibly suit all of your requirements.
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Originally Posted by trevor
I've noticed some really good pictures by Australian contributers who have been long time members being by passed for images from relative newcomers
In fact I've ssen some regular contributers apparently being ignored completely
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So are you saying that only regular contributors should get IOTW? How is that not biased?
There's 52 weeks in a year, that's a maximum of 52 images in a year.
Yet literally hundreds or possibly thousands of images get posted each year, by likely hundreds of contributors.
If I tried to ensure every regular contributor was selected for IOTW at least once it could take months if not years to get through everyone.
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Originally Posted by trevor
or picked by a group of moderators which would then remove any biases
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How would that help? If it was selected by a panel, which images go into the selection criteria? All images posted that week? Some weeks it'll be more than others (full moon, new moon).
And there'll still be biases, because a panel is more likely to vote a superstar image - people like Mike, Jase, Tom, Peter, Marcus, Greg etc would always be IOTW because their images are generally better than everyone else's.
The way I select it now, I ensure I don't always select the same person every week and do try and spread it around a bit. But I've already stated my "criteria" in the other thread.
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Originally Posted by iceman
The IOTW image is chosen by me and me alone. I go through all the deep space and solar system threads each week and choose the image that stands out to me the most. I do take some other factors into consideration and I do try and spread it around so it's not the same "elite level" photographers getting chosen each week.
I try to choose an image that's been posted in the past week - sometimes that means there's an overwhelming choice, and at other times (especially during full moon week), the selection isn't as great.
I certainly don't choose an image based on the type of equipment that is used. I also don't factor in length of time as a member, number of posts. That makes no difference to me.
Don't forget the IOTW is to showcase the great work the astrophotographers on IIS do. So of course I choose an image that's going to look great on the IIS home page.
At times I'll choose something that's more unusual, or sometimes more topical/current, and at times I just choose a beautiful image that grabs me when I first see it.
The majority of "beautiful" images are usually deep space images so I also try and choose a solar system image every now and then to try and provide some balance.
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So if by flogging a dead horse, you mean, will IOTW be chosen by a panel? Then the answer is yes - I don't see any pressing need to change the way IOTW is chosen right now.
There are other changes coming up this year which will give other opportunities to showcase great work by IceInSpace Astrophotographers. So as a general "idea", it's already on the list so there's no need to bring it up.
It's Mikes privilege to choose the image of the week.
we should all vote for the pic of the week 
