1. Er... sorry, I guess my question was unclear. I was asking which of those three were what you meant by "an announcement" -- (a) a separate post to UA warning people before the deadline that placings might be reduced because of low participation, (b) a recurring note present on contest writeups, or (c) a note present on the voting post after the contest has been closed up. Or (d) all of the above?

2. Okay. It's just... as a mod, I don't really want people pulling their entries from a contest at all, least of all from a low-participation one. I'd rather address anonymity concerns or whatever other concerns people have that would make them WANT to retract their entry from a contest in the first place.