"now I did not ask for a majoritory of the 17000 members to do this "

Thankfully not as with our genuine active membership (meaning people who bother to post something on any regular basis) on the boards ranging from around 150-250 that would have been even more absurd.

"but I think with all the viewes in this section ---100 is not to many to ask for----"

Considering there aren't according to your own forum's counter 100 diffrent people reading this thread or the poetry subforum (or indeed, 100 different people reading most of the threads here in general, as obvioulsy many of the hits on long threads are repeat viewers), I'd like to see how you work out the math on that.

Judging from your forums own counters, most threads (even the most popular ones on this forum) are being viewed by somewhere between 45-60 different people, tops. With on top of that a sprinkling of the "casual forumers".

You also totally ignored my suggestion of placing a poll (the code for which can be found for free in one google search) on the main story page, and asking a much broader spectrum of your readership what they think. Which, to this point, is the only valid suggestion for gauging interest I have seen offered.

"Yes I set the rules about showing intrest before changing things"

And you've yet to provide a valid alternative method of showing me how we are supposed to drum up/properly judge interest without the work being seen by the vast majority of your viewership. I offered you a simple and effective one, which you've totally refused to even acknowedge.

"like it or not that is the way it is"

Well, that certainly speaks volumes.