SFN Awards 2011

[rktpro]

We all enjoy being at SFN. Most of you might have seen extraordinary people or really intelligent people here.

Let us award them this year by recognizing their contribution to their respective fields and how well they have helped beginners excel.

 

Let's have nominations for

PHYSICS

CHEMISTRY

BIOLOGY

MEDICAL SCIENCES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since I am no administrator or moderator this thread may be terminated.

[Brainteaserfan]

We all enjoy being at SFN. Most of you might have seen extraordinary people or really intelligent people here.

Let us award them this year by recognizing their contribution to their respective fields and how well they have helped beginners excel.

 

Let's have nominations for

PHYSICS

CHEMISTRY

BIOLOGY

MEDICAL SCIENCES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since I am no administrator or moderator this thread may be terminated.

Most helpful:

1st Capt panic

2nd CharonY

3rd DrRocket

 

Interesting opinions:

1st iNow

2nd JohnB

 

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I know there are lots more, that is what came to my mind.

[rktpro]

No one else got any options?

[ajb]

DrRocket get my vote for his no nonsense and direct approach.

[mississippichem]

Mathematics: Dr. Rocket

Physics: Schroedinger's Hat

Chemistry: hypervalent iodine

Biology: CharonY

 

I'm also going to create two new categories.

 

Politics: JohnB

Generally high quality posting: imfataal

[zapatos]

I learned the most because of lemur and catalysts like him.

 

They know enough to ask a lot of questions and speculate, but are frequently off the mark and therefore generate a lot of discussion (often entertaining, always educational) and nuanced explanations by the experts.

[rktpro]

 

Chemistry: hypervalent iodine

 

 

 

You can name yourself too, if you want.

[mississippichem]

You can name yourself too, if you want.

 

There are too many other great folks to nominate. I would only nominate myself if there were a cash prize

[rktpro]

There are too many other great folks to nominate. I would only nominate myself if there were a cash prize

 

Haha! The moderators and admins already earn a little out of it!

[Brainteaserfan]

Haha! The moderators and admins already earn a little out of it!

I'm a little slow... What do you mean?

[rktpro]

I'm a little slow... What do you mean?

 

They get money for their such important and useful services.

[iNow]

They get money for their such important and useful services.

No, they do not. On pretty much every forum you will ever visit, Admins and Mods are members just like you, except they simply have a few extra account permissions and have agreed to try doing their part to help the site run smoothly. There is no payment involved, despite the mountains of headache and frustration.

[Phi for All]

They get money for their such important and useful services.

Only indirectly, through speaking tours, autographs and product endorsements.

 

And apparently our services aren't even that useful. We don't even get to run our own awards anymore.

[CaptainPanic]

And apparently our services aren't even that useful. We don't even get to run our own awards anymore.

Tremble in fear, the revolution is here.

[Phi for All]

Here's the proper format: (and it's OK that rktpro took the initiative; it shows that you guys care )

 

 

Please read the list below carefully, and re-read your post before posting it.

 

In this thread, you are allowed to nominate one member for each of the following six categories:

 

Most Helpful Member: who gives the best answers in the nicest way?

Most Knowledgeable Member: who displays the most consistent knowledge in any (or many) fields?

Most Interesting Member: who's posts are a must read for their diverse content?

Best Debater: the member who you think uses the best debating techniques on the forums.

Most Enjoyable Member: this is a fun category; who makes you laugh the most?

Most Improved Member: who has improved their quality of posts the most in the past twelve months?

 

 

 

The Rules

 

You are allowed to nominate one, and only one person for each category. Your last post on this thread will be counted as your nominations; any previous posts will be deleted. Even so, please try and get it right the first time.

Please do not nominate any members of staff or resident experts. If you do so, then these will be deleted. This is all about you guys in the community. Here is the Staff List - To clarify, this is Administrators, Super Moderators, and Resident Experts.

Please, reply to this post with the following format:

 

Quote

1. Member name

2. Member name

3. Member name

4. Member name

5. Member name

6. Member name

 

Each member name corresponds to the appropriate category. Be careful not to mix them up, because we won't know and don't have the time to check! If you don't know how to format your post like this, then look at the BBCode Guide before you post.

 

Any posts not of this form will be deleted. The mods will hopefully show no mercy on this point, since I have to go through all of these posts at the end of the day.

You are allowed to nominate one person for up to two different categories.

You are not allowed to nominate yourself.

If, for whatever reason, you do not wish to nominate somebody for a particular category, then please leave that name blank. However, you must submit a nomination for at least one category.

This thread will remain open until the 2nd November 2011. After that, no more nominations will be accepted.

Nominations must have made at least 5 posts in the time since the last nominations closed.

[hypervalent_iodine]

1. Schrodinger's hat

2. insane_alien

3. DrRocket

4. CaptainPanic

5. timo

6. lemur

 

 

 

 

(I chose lemur for the last category based on the assumption that since he's last posted here, he's started writing in paragraphs. I had a look at a few of his most recent posts and saw that they were either two paragraphs or two sentences, which I guess is indication of progress )

[mooeypoo]

rktpro, thanks for taking this on, it seems we missed it this year!

 

Just one thing -- usually when we do it, we have a set of basic rules just to make things fair. Here's last year's thread (by ydoaPs):

http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/49983-user-awards-2010/

 

So the rules for the previous years are listed below. rktpro, if you're up to it, please take the lead on this one, as you've started the thread and seem to be active! Thanks for that.

 

Here's last year's rules, which should mostly be observed this year too:

It looks like Klaynos forgot again, so I'll just leave this here.

 

They're the same basic format as the last four years (just a little later again!), with nominations (this thread) for all the awards and then threads for the final votes.

 

Please read the below carefully, and re-read your post before posting it.

 

In this thread, you are allowed to nominate one member for each of the following six categories:

 

1. Most Helpful Member: who gives the best answers in the nicest way?
2. Most Knowledgeable Member: who displays the most consistent knowledge in any (or many) fields?
3. Most Interesting Member: who's posts are a must read for their diverse content?
4. Best Debater: the member who you think uses the best debating techniques on the forums.
5. Most Enjoyable Member: this is a fun category; who makes you laugh the most?
6. Most Improved Member: who has improved their quality of posts the most in the past twelve months?

 

The Rules

 

• You are allowed to nominate one, and only one person for each category. Your last post on this thread will be counted as your nominations; any previous posts will be deleted. Even so, please try and get it right the first time.
• Please do not nominate any members of staff or resident experts. If you do so, then these will be deleted. This is all about you guys in the community. Here is the Staff List - To clarify, this is Administrators, Super Moderators, and Resident Experts.
• Please, reply to this post with the following format:
   
  Each member name corresponds to the appropriate category. Be careful not to mix them up, because we won't know and don't have the time to check! If you don't know how to format your post like this, then look at the BBCode Guide before you post.
• Any posts not of this form will be deleted. The mods will hopefully show no mercy on this point, since I have to go through all of these posts at the end of the day.
• You are allowed to nominate one person for up to two different categories.
• You are not allowed to nominate yourself.
• If, for whatever reason, you do not wish to nominate somebody for a particular category, then please leave that name blank. However, you must submit a nomination for at least one category.
• This thread will remain open until the 2nd July 2010. After that, no more nominations will be accepted.
• Nominations must have made at least 5 posts in the time since the last nominations closed.

 

rktpro, contact me if you want anything else done this year, but i think this can be fairest and easiest for counting later. We could publish your winners at the end.

Good luck y'all,

~mooey

[timo]

I think the rule "this thread will remain open until the 2nd July 2010. After that, no more nominations will be accepted" needs to be changed.

[mooeypoo]

Nah. We'll keep it as is.

 

Alright, alright... One week is enough, or two?

[Klaynos]

I hope to remember to do this one of these years... I am enjoying how it is getting later and later in the year every year though...

 

Thanks

[CaptainPanic]

There's no fun in being "the best of the rest". Why can't we vote for staff and resident experts?

[Klaynos]

There's no fun in being "the best of the rest". Why can't we vote for staff and resident experts?

 

Because then phi would win everything, clearly.

[CaptainPanic]

Because then phi would win everything, clearly.

So? If Phi is the best, let's give all the prizes to Phi. I'm serious, why can't the best win?

[StringJunky]

So? If Phi is the best, let's give all the prizes to Phi. I'm serious, why can't the best win?

 

I concur, Mods and Experts are all members and I don't think an unfair advantage is conferred upon them in a poll because they are so...at the end of the day, we have ordinary members that are every bit as knowledgeable and expert as the staff. It's just that the staff are the nominated referees but they work at it just like the rest of us and exceptional <insert quality> should be recognised regardless of forum status. Let it be a level playing-field for everyone is my opinion.

Edited October 19, 2011 by StringJunky

[CaptainPanic]

It's just that the staff are the nominated referees [...]

This is a good point. Staff voting, staff receiving votes, and staff playing the referee may seem like a conflict of interests... but I trust them enough to ask them to fully participate.

 

But regardless of that previous remark, I cannot understand why we (the plebs) shouldn't be allowed to vote for them - there can be no conflict of interests.