Hiya Tyger
I read your post about your family history. It's fascinating and stands as an interesting piece in and of itself. I really enjoyed reading it and looking at the pictures.
About the competition and @eaglespirit. I've known Eagle for a few months now. I've never known her to act in an unfair or dishonest way. She is supportive of other Steemians and gives up a lot of her free time to encourage others to produce quality content. I'm sure, if you discuss this with her she will explain that she was just trying to keep to the rules of the competition and not deliberately trying to upset you. I know she is incredibly busy and could have given you the link on how to reference to save time. It looks like there has been a big misunderstanding. I hope you can resolve this peaceably. I'm sure if you both have a chat you'll see there was no malicious intent.
I think your 7 hours of work has been well spent. You've shared a fabulous piece of your history. Even if it doesn't ultimately qualify for the competition it stands as a good piece of work in its own right. It has value.
Hopefully, you won't give up on the platform or on other people. Sometimes it's hard to see when we're frustrated or upset about things.
Best wishes
Anj
Again for the 30th time I did not need a link on how to reference there were references valid ones that she thought did not exist because she did not read the post itself she misunderstood this.and now everybody else is repeating the same thing. I tried to explain it to her multiple times she did not listen I am aware of that for some reason she got confused but it was not my fault . At this point I will no longer post in any competition I am done with it all .I don't wish anyone ill will , where is becoming increasingly clear that nobody wants to listen and I'm done trying ....
I had no idea I was repeating what other people had said. This is my first exposure to it all.
Maybe she didn't already know about your background in journalism or just didn't have time to read it fully in the moment. We all have days where we're busy and have a 'stock' response. I run a competition every week and it's almost impossible to keep up with all the queries, answering immediately.
We are both trying really hard to listen. Please know we are trying even if it doesnt seem that way. Its your choice. I hope you choose to not give up.