[daveharty]

Due to limitations on the number of poll questions, I have split the categories into two threads. Don't forget to vote in part #2!

After considering cherdano's request to include a "none of the above" option in each category, I ultimately decided not to do so. It's important to me that this is a recognition of positive contributions to these forums; I am hopeful that everyone will find at least one worthy choice for each award. I hope this omission doesn't prevent anyone from participation, and as this is a work in progress, I will revisit this issue (along with other things such as the number of awards and specific categories) next year.

I have removed two categories from the poll: "Individual Post of the Year" and "Best Signature". Neither garnered sufficient nominations before the deadline. I don't really care about the latter, since it was a non-serious award anyway, but I really hope that there are lots of nominations for "Individual Post" next year. I realize that a lot of great posts from earlier in the year get lost/forgotten, and it's a lot of work to track them down later even if they are remembered; so, with that in mind, I will create a "2012 nomination thread" that can serve as a place to record nominations throughout the year while they are still fresh in the mind. When next December rolls around, I will start to sort the nominations so people can revisit outstanding posts/threads that they may have overlooked or forgotten.

EDIT: Links to the threads listed above are here.

FURTHER EDIT: Part 2 of the voting thread is here. Voting will remain open until FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, at 12:00 midnight EST.

[Antrax]

I'd prefer if there was an option for "no vote". I don't want to vote for myself and I do want to vote on the other two questions

[cherdano]

Yeah, please give us a "none of the above" option.

[Phil]

Can we pin / file posts nominated throughout the year?

I guess Dave can just use the search function and query 'nominate' too...

[gnasher]

Antrax, on 2012-January-24, 12:06, said:

I don't want to vote for myself

Vote for somebody else then.

[daveharty]

Phil, on 2012-January-24, 13:18, said:

Can we pin / file posts nominated throughout the year?

I guess Dave can just use the search function and query 'nominate' too...

Thanks for reminding me. Nominations for the 2012 awards can be posted here.

[daveharty]

cherdano, on 2012-January-24, 12:41, said:

Yeah, please give us a "none of the above" option.

Okay, okay...several people have asked for this, so I have added a "no opinion" option (if you DO have an opinion about who should be winning an award, I'm hoping that you nominated accordingly). I hope it is used sparingly.

[JLOGIC]

Went with Antrax/none/inquiry. I kind of wanted to vote for the chudecek thread even though I'd be trolling but inquiry put a lot of work into his so in case it mattered I voted for his thread.

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Vote for somebody else then.

Meh, I understand his feeling, I didn't want to vote for myself since it'd feel weird but if I did vote I'd want to vote for myself. I voted for you in the best poster thread though since I thought you were more deserving than me. Maybe it's a cop out to not vote but whatever.

[nigel_k]

I'm sure we can afford a separate thread for each vote. After all, we are printing the ballot papers using recycled electrons.

[aguahombre]

I see nothing wrong with Antrax or Justin or anyone else voting for themselves. They are merely evaluating and choosing, just like everyone else.

[Statto]

I'd like to vote for S2000Magic as best newcomer. Was something or somebody missed in the nomination phase?

[daveharty]

Statto, on 2012-January-25, 21:48, said:

I'd like to vote for S2000Magic as best newcomer. Was something or somebody missed in the nomination phase?

I looked back over the nomination thread to make sure I didn't miss anything, and S2000magic was not in fact nominated; he only appeared in JLOGIC's list of members who joined after December 31 2010 and had at least 100 posts. I didn't consider that list a "blanket nomination", and therefore didn't include S2000magic in the poll. He would obviously have been a strong contender.

[Free]

I can't vote because I do have an opinion but it's not in the list. For example lurpoa deserves to be in the list of newcomers imo. He/she definitely became famous on the forums.

[daveharty]

Free, on 2012-January-26, 12:08, said:

I can't vote because I do have an opinion but it's not in the list. For example lurpoa deserves to be in the list of newcomers imo. He/she definitely became famous on the forums.

I agree, I would have liked to see Lurpoa on the list, and s/he was nominated. Unfortunately s/he joined in November 2010. I suppose I could have grandfathered in some close cases like this, but rather than try and deal with my own potential biases I decided just to stick with the calendar year.

[daveharty]

Don't forget to vote if you haven't done so already. Voting ends Friday, February 3 at midnight.

[nige1]

Phil, on 2012-January-24, 13:18, said:

Can we pin / file posts nominated throughout the year? I guess Dave can just use the search function and query 'nominate' too...

daveharty, on 2012-January-24, 15:01, said:

Thanks for reminding me. Nominations for the 2012 awards can be posted here.

Alternatively: collect posts with the most upvotes