Praise WE WON PF has been nominated for physics.org award

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Physics Forums (PF) has been nominated for the physics.org award in both the "Best revision site" and "Best Q&A site" categories, with nominations closing on October 10th. The discussion highlights the site's strengths in providing homework help and revision resources, though some participants question the appropriateness of the revision category. Members express excitement and pride over the nomination, emphasizing the community's quality and contributions. Voting for the awards will take place from October 22nd to November 7th, and participants are encouraged to vote for PF. The community is hopeful for recognition and success in the awards process.
  • #51


What if you vote more than once?
First, is it possible?
2. Would that cancel your original vote if it's not allowed?
3. And if it does cancel the vote, are you still able to vote again? :biggrin:
 
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  • #52


Borek said:
Did my best, I will ask Marzena to do the same. But I have no idea whether I really voted for something or not

Also, no idea if I have not voted more than once... Is it possible they have left Manhattan sized hole in the middle of the voting procedure?
I know. It left me feeling empty and so full of unaswered questions. :frown:
 
  • #53


drizzle said:
What if you vote more than once?
First, is it possible?
2. Would that cancel your original vote if it's not allowed?
3. And if it does cancel the vote, are you still able to vote again? :biggrin:

Since you have to be logged-in to cast your vote, I'm assuming they keep track of which accounts have already voted.
 
  • #54


Dembadon said:
Since you have to be logged-in to cast your vote, I'm assuming they keep track of which accounts have already voted.

Sure, but would they cancel my vote if I vote again, or they'd only dismiss the other votes I'd do?
 
  • #55


drizzle said:
Sure, but would they cancel my vote if I vote again, or they'd only dismiss the other votes I'd do?

Not sure. :frown:

I really don't like star rating systems. I want to see numbers, dangit!
 
  • #56


Okay, so, did I understand this correctly? We click the link, click on the PF thumbnail, which then brings us back to PF and we click on the five orange stars to give it five stars?

I hope that's how it works. I'd also like to know if we can vote twice.

While logged into their site, I searched "Physics Forums". Two of the results were for PF. One said that PF had 1,655 "hits" and the other said that PF had 507 "hits". And I couldn't figure out if PF had been nominated in two categories or what.

http://www.physics.org/explore-results-all.asp?q=Physics+Forum&x=0&y=0"

I have no clue if that link is going to work.

Okay, now, granted, I'm not a PhD, but shouldn't this be a little more straightforward? Anyhow, if anyone else figures out more, please share. :smile:
 
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  • #57


hmmm, i don't think so. what's the address for Physics in Action? :cool:
 
  • #58


PF's leading as I see, the others are behind by 2 votes or 3 votes! :smile:
 
  • #59


drizzle said:
Sure, but would they cancel my vote if I vote again, or they'd only dismiss the other votes I'd do?
From what I understand of the rules, you can only vote once for a particular site (though you can put in votes for more than one site in a category). My best guess is that repeat votes for a site are ignored (only the first vote counts) - second guessing is not allowed.
 
  • #60


GeorginaS said:
Okay, so, did I understand this correctly? We click the link, click on the PF thumbnail, which then brings us back to PF and we click on the five orange stars to give it five stars?
Correct.

I hope that's how it works. I'd also like to know if we can vote twice.
One vote per site per person.

While logged into their site, I searched "Physics Forums". Two of the results were for PF. One said that PF had 1,655 "hits" and the other said that PF had 507 "hits". And I couldn't figure out if PF had been nominated in two categories or what.

http://www.physics.org/explore-results-all.asp?q=Physics+Forum&x=0&y=0"

I have no clue if that link is going to work.
The two results were due to a redundancy in PHYSICS.ORG's own 'links database'. Their database contains two links to PF, one titled 'Physics Forums' and the second titled 'Physics Forum'. Presumably different people independently submitted links to PF with different descriptions and slightly different titles. This is unrelated to the present competition.
 
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  • #61


Gokul43201 said:
From what I understand of the rules, you can only vote once for a particular site (though you can put in votes for more than one site in a category). My best guess is that repeat votes for a site are ignored (only the first vote counts) - second guessing is not allowed.

Soooo, what if I vote for other sites and give'm a rank of ONE star! Would that increase their chances of having more stars or decrease their current ranks? :devil:
 
  • #62


Gokul43201 said:
One vote per site per person.


You mean one vote per site per user name!... [use your other e-mails people! :biggrin:]

To be honest I haven't done that, but it's possible I guess.
 
  • #63


Gokul43201 said:
The two results were due to a redundancy in PHYSICS.ORG's own 'links database'. Their database contains two links to PF, one titled 'Physics Forums' and the second titled 'Physics Forum'. Presumably different people independently submitted links to PF with different descriptions and slightly different titles. This is unrelated to the present competition.

Good thing no one submitted 'Physics Fora' - that would just add to the confusion.
 
  • #64


drizzle said:
You mean one vote per site per user name!... [use your other e-mails people! :biggrin:]

Other emails? What for, system doesn't send a confirmation email when you register, so probably you can just enter anything that LOOKS like an email and vote.
 
  • #65


Now now, we want to be beyond reproach.
 
  • #66


Borek said:
Other emails? What for, system doesn't send a confirmation email when you register, so probably you can just enter anything that LOOKS like an email and vote.

They don't send a confirmation email because, I think, they want to ease the voting system, I personally, hate the many steps I have to go through to get whatever I want from any site, it's just way frustrating, and people probably won't vote for this long reason.
 
  • #67


drizzle said:
They don't send a confirmation email because, I think, they want to ease the voting system, I personally, hate the many steps I have to go through to get whatever I want from any site, it's just way frustrating, and people probably won't vote for this long reason.
I think it's a good idea to make the process a little more than trivial, so that people that really give a damn are likely to be the ones that vote.

And please (to everyone that wants this to be meaningful), let's not offer any ideas for cheating ... even as a joke.
 
  • #68


Gokul43201 said:
I think it's a good idea to make the process a little more than trivial, so that people that really give a damn are likely to be the ones that vote.

And please (to everyone that wants this to be meaningful), let's not offer any ideas for cheating ... even as a joke.

:biggrin: Those were my evil moments, couldn't resist.

But I'm sure PF will take the lead without any cheats, it's a great site. o:)
 
  • #69


GeorginaS said:
Okay, so, did I understand this correctly? We click the link, click on the PF thumbnail, which then brings us back to PF and we click on the five orange stars to give it five stars?

I hope that's how it works.

Me too. After I gave PF 5 stars I didn't see any "enter" button. There seems to be nothing else to do, so you just go away. Psychologically this is not good. It leaves you wondering if you actually voted or have overlooked some step.

PF is a beehive of interactive science journalism and tutoring. It is well designed to promote that, and obviously merits some kind of recognition, but the community itself is the primary reward.
 
  • #70


So, so, so? How's this going? Did PF win yet? :biggrin:
 
  • #71


Gokul43201 said:
The two results were due to a redundancy in PHYSICS.ORG's own 'links database'. Their database contains two links to PF, one titled 'Physics Forums' and the second titled 'Physics Forum'. Presumably different people independently submitted links to PF with different descriptions and slightly different titles. This is unrelated to the present competition.

I forgot to respond to this comment when I really, really meant to.

Thank you, Gokul!
 
  • #72


Hey, cool. Physics Van is on there too. I was with them for a year or two back at UIUC.
 
  • #73


If PF doesn't win, I will be very disappointed.
 
  • #74


Char. Limit said:
If PF doesn't win, I will be very disappointed.


Same here. PF is best among all of the 5 shortlisted.
 
  • #75


So far others don't stand a chance.
 
  • #76


Borek said:
So far others don't stand a chance.
That's only in the popular choice award. We don't know how PF will fare with the judges.
 
  • #77


I'd say... excellently.

Everyone be at top form!
 
  • #78


Gokul43201 said:
That's only in the popular choice award. We don't know how PF will fare with the judges.

Send in the Sisterhood!
 
  • #79


Greg Bernhardt said:
Send in the Sisterhood!

We can be very ...

persuasive. :devil:
 
  • #80


Math Is Hard said:
We can be very ...

persuasive. :devil:
Ooh, the CA spokes-model shows up for the cause!
 
  • #82


Greg Bernhardt said:
Only three more days!
And then PF turns back into a pumpkin? O Noes!
 
  • #83


Nothing yet.
 
  • #84


Borek said:
Nothing yet.

Winners will be announced on 15th November.
 
  • #85


Yeah, they posted the information somewhere between my post and yours.
 
  • #87


Perhaps they are trying to contact you so that you can collect a fat check.
 
  • #88


Yarrrrg I hate waiting!
 
  • #89


Borek said:
Perhaps they are trying to contact you so that you can collect a fat check.
Or hold his feet to the fire to drive PF business to physics.org. :devil: Greg has a LOT of traffic!
 
  • #90


Quote from physics.org

The winners will be announced on Monday 15th November.

http://www.physics.org/featuredetail.asp?id=52"

Acck! Seriously, seriously, seriously dislike waiting.

Edit: Oh, sorry, I missed reading Cristo's post.

Edited again: I *still* don't like it.
 
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  • #91


Apparently, PF is the best Question and Answer, QA, sight. Well, it had five stars. It didn't seem to be a contender in the 'revision' thing that other posters mentioned. I couldn't figure out how to vote. Maybe it's too late. The benefit for me as an inquisitive individual is getting turned on to other websites.
 
  • #92


Now and then I still see "Vote for Physics Forums in the physics.org Best Q&A site category! " notice, even if voting has already ended on Monday.
 
  • #93


Tomorrow...
 
  • #94


Nothing yet...
 
  • #95


People's choice winner: Physics Forums!

But to find it you have to be patient and scroll down, down, down...

Edit:

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  • #96


We already knew that right, how about the judges? :smile:
 
  • #97


When I browse the last word it is very difficult to find answers, most questions don't even have an answer over there?

I think PF is a lot better :biggrin:
 
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  • #98


I have a feeling some of the older/professional audience perceives forums as places run by anarchistic teenagers, not a place for a serious discussion, so I am not surprised by the judges verdict.

I am present at chemical forums and at the same time I am a member of a discussion list for chemistry educators. More than once I have read at CHEMED-L that forums are place where people solve HW for others and where the drug makers share recipes. CF rules are not as stringent as PF rules, but they are very similar in the spirit, so such opinion is unjust - but it exists and my efforts to explain it is wrong didn't work. I guess something similar can be at work here.
 
  • #99


But the last word is a forum as well, only in a different layout. I guess it was selected because it is a spin-off from the New Scientist. I do like their arty orange/blue background, it gives the site its own identity.

*Cheers that we have the people's choice award*
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  • #100


I think what matters is the people's choice, don't you think... Heh, judges!


WAY TO GO PF!
HURRAY!
 

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