Voting about category contraction is CLOSED.
You can view the results here, as well as below the fold.
We are still accepting your submissions.
Don't miss the boat.
Come below to nominate your favorites in the following categories ONLY:
• Best Action Diary
• Best Visual Diary
• Best Non-political Diary
• Rant of the Year
• Snark of the Year
• Diary of the Year
• Best Investigative Diary
• Best Teaching Diary
• Comment of the Year
• Commenters: Adapted or Original Artwork (new!)
• Commenters: Snark (new!)
• Commenters: Political (new!)
Good evening! "Editor-in-chief" LaughingPlanet here.
We are very close to having ALL Categories open for nominations.
Lets go a couple more days before opening up the last few cats.
If we open up the last few remaining cats around Dec 23rd, that will allow about 2 weeks for the "one word answer man" type-cats.
So, again, we are doing diary and comment cats now.
Series cats will open in 4 days.
Previous nomination diaries:
kOscars: Just say NOM NOM NOM! by Kitsap River
kOscars™ 2010: More Nom-Nom-Nominations! by weatherdude
kOscars™ 2010: Bring on the Noms! by rb127
kOscars™ 2010: Nomination Time! by smileycreek
kOscars™ 2010: Let the nominations begin by LaughingPlanet
• It is up to all of us to determine the nominees in the comments.
If nothing else, please read the Rules for Nominating section below before posting comments about your nominees and/or confusion. There are only 4 rules; it's very simple, honest.
Your participation matters:
The reason this concept was successful last year was the groundswell of grassroots support. People saw these nomination diaries despite naught but one making the rec list. With that said, I truly hope that this year, participation will be an even more collaborative effort than last year's series.
This concept was stated more succinctly by exmearden
(The kOscar awards are) an excellent idea and one that I hope continues each year. Hopefully with a lot of collaboration so that just a few aren't carrying the major load...
Old business:
(from LaughingPlanet)
The results show a clear winner, as it had nearly as many votes as the next 4 choices combined. With that said, I feel that allowing the top 3 choices to endure. It is somewhat arbitrary, but also fair. The 3-way tie for 5th made this option especially easy.
We simply HAD TO reduce/combine the # cats to make voting easier for people. This poll helped do that, but with the new additions, we have a net reduction of only 2.
I find it especially funny how many people voted for "All categories (except front page) SHOULD REMAIN. I will volunteer to help with the labor associated with this choice." Considering that at most 9 people voluteered, this choice is summarily rejected and invalid.
Nice try, whoever voted for that without offering to help. You fail.
NEW business:
(from LaughingPlanet)
As suggested in the previous diary by Seneca Doane, we should open up all comment cats ASAP, and they require time and effort for people as well. As of today, consider ALL COMMENT AND DIARY CATS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS.
"Diarist of the Year" and series noms will open last, as they require the least effort (Read: NONE) to nominate.
PLEASE take a few minutes to research something you may vaguely recall.
Some useful searches.
• From jotter's daily HID diary-
Cleaned comments from 2010 by rec
• By commenter. (Substitute name)
• Search "Comment of the Year".
Nominations
• How this works:
For the next week or so, our team of volunteers, LaughingPlanet, rb137, weatherdude, spedwybabs, boran2, GlowNZ, smileycreek, racheltracks & Kitsap River (all of whom were welcomed on a 1st-come basis in the earlier diaries this year), will post similar diaries soliciting submissions. In the comments, you leave your ideas for nominations for various categories.
The comments should look like this:
Best Visual Diary: (3+ / 0-)
My Graveside Encounter with President Obama by Al Rodgers
by Situational Lefty on Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 03:13:18 PM PST
[ Reply to This | Recommend Hide ]
(Please include links to all nominations)
Simple enough?
ALSO, USE THE PERMALINK ("STORYONLY") LINK TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO LOAD THE DIARY YOU NOMINATE.
Please, please, use only that format for your nomination(s).
One nomination per comment.
Rules for Nominating
• Don't nominate yourself. It was already done 1st by Trix. It was funny the 1st time. If you mean it for real, well, that's kinda sad, don'tcha think? Find a friend or at least a sockpuppet to nominate yourself if you must.
• Focus squarely on dkos items from 2010 only. No exceptions.
• Make the category the title of your comment and limit yourself to just one nominee per comment. The "voting" (comment recommends) will be easier if we all stick to that formula.
• Have fun. This is not life or death stuff. Never forget Rule #62: Don't take yourself too damn seriously!
When you see a nomination in the comments that you like, uprate the comment. If the comment gets enough recs, it will automatically qualify for the 1st round of voting.
If you don't like the nomination, it's likely best to do nothing. Comments such as "That guy sucks" might earn HRs. We are here to praise good work, not criticize or tear each other down.
N.B.:
The search function is your friend.
sid="2010"
From : 1 Year
To: now
will be key to all searches.
If you don't know where to begin, you may want to start here.
Ask questions you may have below as well.
And now, your previous nominations:
All nominations are listed in order by number of Comment Recommends
Special Memorial Section:
Celebrating the life of Kris Froland (exmearden); 1958-2010 by Sara R
The starlight formerly known as exmearden by occams hatchet.
Diary by Kossack on TV:
Black Power's Gonna Get You Sucka: Right-Wing Paranoia and the Rhetoric of Modern Racism by tim wise (+4)
Ted Koppel And The Real Death Of "Real News" by Keith Olbermann (+4)
Best Teaching Diary
History for Kossacks: The Imperialist Era's BP by Unitary Moonbat (+14)
Low Light Photography by stevej (+12)
Archaeology in Egypt: the Night Bus to Dakhleh (photos) by blue jersey mom (+10)
Classical Music Blogging OPUS 1. Sonata-allegro form (pt 1) by Dumbo (+9)
Not Breaking: Gov't contractor charged with spying by Casual Wednesday (+6)
Global Drying: World's 4th-largest lake 90% gone by LaughingPlanet (+6)
Criminal Injustice Kos: Incarcerated Veterans by DaNang65 (+6)
To kill a mockingbird is a sin . . . by teacherken (+4)
Living Well with Type 2 Diabetes by Kitsap River (+2)
Best Investigative Diary
Soldiers Sickened by Contaminated Water Cover-Up? by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse (+8)
Exploratory oil drilling rig explosion & fire in the Gulf of Mexico by Magnifico (+7)
Criminal InJustice Kos: Prison Health Care as Punishment Part I by RadioGirl (+5)
Best Action Diary
DADT: What Was Accomplished A Week Ago by clarknt67 (+36)
Daily Kos Demographics: White. Over 50. Well-Off. Male. by Soothsayer99. (+22)
Eight Letters on Climate Change by WarrenS (+19)
Daily Kos GOTV Blogathon: Al Franken Up First! by Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse. (+12)
Emergency: Ice Storms Devastate Pine Ridge Reservation and Others by navajo (+12)
ALL HANDS: The Battle for Reconciliation begins now by nyceve (+11)
Haiti ShelterBox 124 - $575 toward box 125 by TexMex (+9)
Help Turn Off Fox by ColorOfChange (+8)
Best Visual Diary
Photos and Stories from the Labor March on Wall St. by Eddie C (+15)
Netroots Nation Days 2 and 3 – Photo HiLights UPDATE by Ed in Montana (+12)
Hiking at The 1000 Islands Environmental Center by blueyedace2 (+11)
Cinque-Terre: An Enchanted Photo Journey by citisven (+11)
Signs of the Times by Land of Enchantment (+8)
Archaeology in Egypt: the Night Bus to Dakhleh by blue jersey mom (+6)
A Woman of Courage: Jestina Mukoko was abducted, beaten, tortured and forced to confess by BlueJessamine (+5)
In The Forest Of The Giants (photos) by Richard Lyon (+4)
Medvedev: President Obama is a thinker - unlike other people... by blackwaterdog (+3)
Best Non-political Diary
The bravest person I've ever known: Kitsap River by Charles CurtisStanley (+14)
Christmas with the Cat - Good cheer for Our Community by Pluto (+7)
Some news about me . . . (update at end) by teacherken (+4)
Remembering The Greatest Storyteller In The World by WarrenS (+4)
Hero Dearming land mines with a pocket knife and stick Update w film by vc2 (+4)
Rant of the Year
Updated: F*ck you, you f*cking f*cks! by Colorado is the Shiznit (+12)
** F**k Republicans ** Rant Warning In Force by LaFeminista (+10)
Fishgrease: DKos Booming School by Fishgrease (+9)
To All the Nice White Progressives by adept2u (5+)
Why I Get Upset: Non-Violence and DailyKos by geomoo (+5)
How to Insult a Fellow Kossack and Make it Stick! by nyseer (+4)
Snark of the Year
Assistance needed regarding current medical crisis by JeffLieber (+14)
EtiKos: Dear Miss Mayta ... Answering Your Blogging Etiquette Questions by Miss Mayta (14+)
In the Second Year of The One by Unitary Moonbat (+13)
Breaking! Pooties Threaten Strike Over Daily Kos Discriminatory Practices! by Ekatarin (+12)
Want a raise? Wash your vagina. by dhonig (+8)
I have begun to suspect my wife. by mostevilangel (+7)
2ND Annual "Diaries You've Never Seen" by Julie Gulden (+5)
I just got hired as commandant of one of Obama's new secret FEMA detention centers! by Bob Johnson (+4)
What Kind of Liberal Are You? by TheBlaz (+4)
Greetings from a parallel universe where Gore beat Bush by Seneca Doane (+3)
Out-dick Jim Bunning! by droogie6655321(3+)
Diary of the Year
Southern History Repeating Itself: Descent into madness by Old Redneck (+27)
***I Apologise*** by LaFeminista (+14)
SCREWED! Forty Years of Corruption and 'Conservatism' Come Home to Roost by One Pissed Off Liberal (13+)
The GOP has identified the number one threat to our "Fredoms" Renzo Gasolini (+12)
Obama Eats Republicans' Lunch! by Blackwaterdog (+11)
Criminal Injustice Kos: With Justice Aforethought : BEFORE there's a crime by Aji (+10)
And then he kicked the chair out from underneath his feet by debbieleft (+9)
The Melancholy Deconstruction of a Once Great Society by Pluto (8+)
"The Other Tibet" ------Xinjiang, China------- DKos Travel Board #24 by Laughing Planet (+7)
Fishgrease: DKos Booming School by Fishgrease (+6)
Walk This Way by blueness (+5)
Oh no! There's gays in the military! by Clarknt67 (+5)
On 9/11 : Palin And Beck Bash America, Praise Fox News by KingOneEye (+5)
Visualization, Framing, and that War of Words by jamess (+4)
Dream Deferred: Racism of the "Color-blind" Kind by soothsayer99 (+4)
Giving Up by BoiseBlue (+4)
The far-right in Dallas in November 1963 by devtob (+3)
"This is sedition in slow motion" by Troutfishing (+3)
Comment of the Year
I want to leave this note for her daughters by Noor B (9+)
"Jeffers Yes" by john keats (+2)
"The Invisible Depression" by YucatanMan (+2)