Today is the last day of the month of January. This is the first issue of The Best Posts of the Month. This is an idea that we start today and hope to continue doing troughout the whole year. It will be going on here in the Out There forum during the first 5 days of each month.
The objectives of this idea are:
1) To recognize those solutions/tutorials/tips/tricks, etc., that in your opinion were the most helpful, interesting, etc., during the month that just ended. To recognize and praise good posting, good attitude, and good forum spirit.
2) To stimulate all those users who seldom or never post, who have a lot to contribute but just haven´t broken the ice yet, to start contributing to the community, and hopefully have their posts recognized on the honor list the next time.
3) To collect all the best solutions on a "sticky" thread with a list with links, which will serve as a summary for all of us to quickly and easily review and find all those posts that were the most interesting and helpful during that month.
How does it work?
1. On the last day of each month, like today, we are going to announce that elections for the Best Posts of the Month are open. Nomination time will close at the end of the 3rd day of each month.
2. How do you make the nominations? Basically you post a reply to this message saying something like this:
My nominees for the best 3 posts of the month are:
a) post # 15 in thread "How to do..." (a text with link would be even better), by "Username". "I think it was an excellent solution".
b) ...similar...
c) ...similar...
How are the best 3 posts finally elected?
After the 3rd day, the nominations will be counted manually, and the administrators will create a post with a poll, for users to vote for the best 3 posts. The poll will be open from day 4th and day 5th of each month, and then the results will be announced and posted on the list of Best Posts of the Month the day after. The list will show the best 3 posts and all the nominees as well, sorted by their number of votes.
Rules for nominating a post
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to post them here. This is the first time we do this, so any ideas are welcome.
Elections for The Best Posts of the Month of January are now open until February 3rd. On Feb 4th and Feb 5th we will run a poll to define the winners.
The objectives of this idea are:
1) To recognize those solutions/tutorials/tips/tricks, etc., that in your opinion were the most helpful, interesting, etc., during the month that just ended. To recognize and praise good posting, good attitude, and good forum spirit.
2) To stimulate all those users who seldom or never post, who have a lot to contribute but just haven´t broken the ice yet, to start contributing to the community, and hopefully have their posts recognized on the honor list the next time.
3) To collect all the best solutions on a "sticky" thread with a list with links, which will serve as a summary for all of us to quickly and easily review and find all those posts that were the most interesting and helpful during that month.
How does it work?
1. On the last day of each month, like today, we are going to announce that elections for the Best Posts of the Month are open. Nomination time will close at the end of the 3rd day of each month.
2. How do you make the nominations? Basically you post a reply to this message saying something like this:
My nominees for the best 3 posts of the month are:
a) post # 15 in thread "How to do..." (a text with link would be even better), by "Username". "I think it was an excellent solution".
b) ...similar...
c) ...similar...
How are the best 3 posts finally elected?
After the 3rd day, the nominations will be counted manually, and the administrators will create a post with a poll, for users to vote for the best 3 posts. The poll will be open from day 4th and day 5th of each month, and then the results will be announced and posted on the list of Best Posts of the Month the day after. The list will show the best 3 posts and all the nominees as well, sorted by their number of votes.
Rules for nominating a post
- You must include the reply # of the post that you want to nominate, and the name and or name/link of the thread. Comments are optional.
- The post that you nominate must have been posted during the month being reviewed. Each post has a date. The post that originated the thread may have been dated in a previous month, but not the reply being nominated.
(Note: as an exception to the above rule, and for this time only, posts dated in the previous month (December) are eligible, since this is the first time we do this.) - You cannot nominate your own post(s).
- Ït is OK to nominate more than one post from the same author.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to post them here. This is the first time we do this, so any ideas are welcome.
Elections for The Best Posts of the Month of January are now open until February 3rd. On Feb 4th and Feb 5th we will run a poll to define the winners.
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