Coming Soon: PF Member Awards 2015

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The PF Member Awards are returning for 2015, celebrating outstanding contributions from community members over the past year. This year introduces three new categories: the Guidance Counselor Award, Insights Writer Award, and Top Insights Article Award. Public voting will take place from December 16 to December 30, with the awards ceremony scheduled for January 2. Discussions also touch on humorous traditions of campaigning for votes, including playful bribery, and the eligibility of mentors for awards. The community is encouraged to participate and make their voices heard in the upcoming polls.
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The often imitated but never duplicated PF Member Awards are coming back for 2015! The PF Member Awards have been hosted for 13 years. It's a popular vote where the community votes for their favorite nominee. These nominee's have been selected by staff for their outstanding contributions throughout the year.

This year we are excited to unveil 3 new categories:
1. Guidance Counselor Award
2. Insights Writer Award
3. Top Insights Article Award

Public polls open on December 16th and will close December 30th. Award ceremony will be held on Jan 2nd.

You have 13 days to make an impression. Go!
 
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I remind all nominees of the time honored tradition of bribing your favorite mentor with fish and christmas gifts in the back alley for more votes... I also accept visa, mastercard, and firstborns...
 
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Where's the list of the rest of the categories?
 
Strum said:
Where's the list of the rest of the categories?

They will all be shown in a thread as a poll, once the voting is openedD
 
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Drakkith said:
I remind all nominees of the time honored tradition of bribing your favorite mentor with fish and christmas gifts in the back alley for more votes... I also accept visa, mastercard, and firstborns...
Would you like the firstborns delivered by Fed X or Amazon airmail? But I'm guessing that bribing someone will make you ineligible for being nominated. Am I correct?
 
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berkeman said:
Here's a link to the 2014 winners, showing the categories... :smile:

Oh! So Mentors are eligible for the prizes this time around. That's nice. :smile:
 
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Oops, forgot the link. I edited it back in now...

And no, current Mentors are not eligible :smile:
 
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berkeman said:
And no, current Mentors are not eligible :smile:
Except for the "Banhammer 2k+ category" which we all share. :)
 
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STILL no category for grumpiest? Well, bah humbug !
 
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phinds said:
STILL no category for grumpiest? Well, bah humbug !
Would it even require a vote?
 
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Orodruin said:
Would it even require a vote?
I should hope not! That's why I want it as a category. It's damned hard staying as grumpy as I am and I think I should get an award for it.
 
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phinds said:
I should hope not! That's why I want it as a category. It's damned hard staying as grumpy as I am and I think I should get an award for it.
That's the grumpiest thing I have heard since I heard myself grumpying over the fact that being a mentor disqualified me from the newcomer award last year! :-p
 
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phinds said:
STILL no category for grumpiest? Well, bah humbug !
You may never be granted the pomp and the fanfare, but know thee that your award is duly bestowed and forever ensconced in our hearts.
 
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We should have a category on favorite crackpot. It will be the toughest category because one has to catch all the gems being posted by the crackpot before they are summarily deleted and before the crackpot was snuffed out of existence from PF.

The winner will have their screen name embossed on a picture of a cracked pot, and with the Ghostbusters slash across it. It will be prominently displayed in the PF hall of shame (oh, you didn't know that we have one?).

Zz.
 
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ZapperZ said:
PF hall of shame
Not sure what to make of this.
 
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ZapperZ said:
We should have a category on favorite crackpot. It will be the toughest category because one has to catch all the gems being posted by the crackpot before they are summarily deleted and before the crackpot was snuffed out of existence from PF.

The winner will have their screen name embossed on a picture of a cracked pot, and with the Ghostbusters slash across it. It will be prominently displayed in the PF hall of shame (oh, you didn't know that we have one?).

Zz.
You'd win that one hands down.
 
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dlgoff said:
You'd win that one hands down.
Uh, did you just call Zz a crackpot? :))
 
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Evo said:
Uh, did you just call Zz a crackpot? :))
NOOOO! From my experience here at PF, Zz is the crackpot and troll detector. :oldbiggrin:

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dlgoff said:
NOOOO! From my experience here at PF, Zz is the crackpot and troll detector. :oldbiggrin:

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Lol, I know.
 
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ZapperZ said:
We should have a category on favorite crackpot. It will be the toughest category because one has to catch all the gems being posted by the crackpot before they are summarily deleted and before the crackpot was snuffed out of existence from PF.

The winner will have their screen name embossed on a picture of a cracked pot, and with the Ghostbusters slash across it. It will be prominently displayed in the PF hall of shame (oh, you didn't know that we have one?).

Zz.
There is a secret crackpot fan club. Some of us have been archiving them before they get deleted. :oldtongue:
 
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You could NEVER keep a secret! :rolleyes:
 
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berkeman said:
You could NEVER keep a secret! :rolleyes:
Just the ones that matter. :wink:
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
You have 13 days to make an impression.
If someone didn't catch the attention of others in a year, I doubt some last minute campaigning would do them any good :biggrin:
 
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PWiz said:
If someone didn't catch the attention of others in a year, I doubt some last minute campaigning would do them any good :biggrin:
pfft! Always worked for me. :devil: :oldbiggrin: :angel:
 
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PWiz said:
If someone didn't catch the attention of others in a year, I doubt some last minute campaigning would do them any good :biggrin:
Well, I don't know. I'm thinking about being PARTICULARLY grumpy for the next 2 weeks.
 
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OmCheeto said:
pfft! Always worked for me. :devil: :oldbiggrin: :angel:

Though, I'm having a bit of mind-fog at the moment, trying to determine the polar notation for a spheroid, where x = y.
Perhaps I should find myself a helpful mathematician, and vote for them.

I hear that Einstein once had to go to the lengths of marrying one.

But, as Meatloaf once alluded to; "I'll do anything for science, but I won't do that".
 
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OmCheeto said:
Perhaps I should find myself a helpful mathematician, and vote for them
Hmmm, @micromass is the first one to come to my mind... but he has most probably won a dozen PF awards already :-p
 
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PWiz said:
Hmmm, @micromass is the first one to come to my mind... but he has most probably won a dozen PF awards already :-p

It now a moot matter. I engaged my brain for a few seconds, and figured it out myself.

polar.form.ellipse.r2c.jpg

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Well, ok. Wiki gave me the answer. But now I can go figure out something. Maybe next year, I'll have another maths problem.
 
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Tomorrow the polls open. Last chance to browse last year's polls
https://www.physicsforums.com/forums/pf-member-awards-2014.243/
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Tomorrow the polls open. Last chance to browse last year's polls
https://www.physicsforums.com/forums/pf-member-awards-2014.243/
Aren't these things archived?
 
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PWiz said:
Aren't these things archived?
Only the past year
 
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0 days! I can't wait!
 
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dlgoff said:
0 days! I can't wait!
Polls are opening in a matter of minutes!
 
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We're live, polls are open!
https://www.physicsforums.com/forums/2015-pf-member-award-voting.249/
 
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With so many choices of outstanding contributors to decide from, I need more than two weeks. :oldconfused:
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
Just a few more days to get your votes in!

Yes... and then the tar and the feathers and the dancing begins!
 
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Is there a list of all the members I can vote for?
 
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Strum said:
Is there a list of all the members I can vote for?
https://www.physicsforums.com/forums/2015-pf-member-award-voting.249/
 
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I thought maybe there was a list of all members nominated? I want to see if it possible to vote for pasmith in any category.
 
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Will there be cake? I like cake.
 
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How many awards did I win this year? It was a lot was it not? :biggrin:
 
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Orodruin said:
How many awards did I win this year? It was a lot was it not? :biggrin:

Congratulation! You got level up!
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
Will there be cake? I like cake.

specially chocolate cake :smile: yummy

here you go V50 ...

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Warm-chocolate-cakesm.jpg

Dave
 
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