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Originally Posted by Yoda
This has actually been proposed by many members over the years. And I've told them the same thing I'm about to tell you: it's a good idea, I'd like to do something similar to it, but it'd be a little difficult, logistically, and it'd probably hurt a few feelings.
It'd probably only work if the categories were highly specific. Things like "Best Poster" would end up including votes for people who are the most informative, easiest to get along with, most active, etc. Better to make each of those factors their own category.
So, if there's a strong consensus in favor of this, and we avoid overly broad categories, I suppose we could give it a shot. We'd definitely need standards, though (IE: a set number of days during which each poll will be open), and I'd suggest that the "Make votes public" option NOT be checked, to at least cut down on any mild animosity that might result.
It'd probably only work if the categories were highly specific. Things like "Best Poster" would end up including votes for people who are the most informative, easiest to get along with, most active, etc. Better to make each of those factors their own category.
So, if there's a strong consensus in favor of this, and we avoid overly broad categories, I suppose we could give it a shot. We'd definitely need standards, though (IE: a set number of days during which each poll will be open), and I'd suggest that the "Make votes public" option NOT be checked, to at least cut down on any mild animosity that might result.
I still think it would be a good idea, provided that no-one complains to much about the result. For the first try, we will only make the awards positive, or not sugestive (ei: most anoying poster, worst poster). This would help to get this awrd system off the fround...
This site has just the right amount of users for the awards. Not to much so that it's hard to choose the candidates, and not to little that it's not worth it.
It's all up to Yoda, and the forums...
