OK, let's keep this really simple...
We are working on Nominations only right now. Voting for the eventual winners will happen in polls attached to future diaries.
Below the fold is the list of the categories and instructions about making nominations.
It is up to all of us to determine the nominees in the comments.
This is already the 5th in the Daily kOscars™ diary series.
The 1st was a discussion about the idea.
The 2nd asked about what categories people would like to see.
The 3rd determined the categories.
The 4th began the Nominations process.
News!:
Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse, bless her heart, has volunteered to handle the realm of comments.
Here's the list of Ten Categories for your 2009 Daily kOSCARs™ -
1. Diary of the Year
2. Diarist of the Year
3. Front Page Editor of the Year
4. Best Good Works diary (NOTE: No Haiti diaries are eligible for this year's awards (unless they were written in 2009 before the January 12, 2010 earthquake)
5. Snark Diary of the Year
6. Best Action Diary
7. Best Visual Diary - Photo or Video
8. Best Teaching Diary
9. Best Investigative Diary
10. Hunter Award for Rant of the Year
Note:
All but 2 of the categories are for DIARIES.
The only exceptions are
2. Diarist of the Year
3. Front Page Editor of the Year
Best Diary Series was inadvertently left off the list initially last time. I think it would have behooved me to keep it that way. There is too much interest in that one topic; more suggestions were made on that on idea than all other items combined.
Hence, it will be omitted from this effort for now.
PDNC has graciously volunteered to add the series to the comments. There will also be at least 2 or 3 sub-categories with both the series & comments.
Therefore...
Please do not comment in this diary about series nominations!
It will be covered soon when PDNC begins posting her own Daily kOscars™ Nominations diary about series/comments.
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How this works:
For the next couple weeks, I'll post similar diaries (and maybe other people will too? Hint, hint) 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
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Simple, right?
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 2009 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!
If you don't know where to begin, I suggest starting here.
The search function is your friend.
sid="2009" and From : 2 Years
will be key to all searches.
I hope it's clear. There was plenty of confusion last time.
- Make a nomination in the comments
- People recommend nominations in the comments
- People vote on nominees in the poll(s)
Item 3 above happens no sooner than a week from now, more likely 2 weeks until the 1st voting diary, which will be called "VOTE: Daily kOscars™ (category name)."
In the comments, I will include short lists (sorted by category) of those nominees that were made and seconded thirded "fourthed" (3+ / 0-) in the previous diary. Re-nominating those diaries listed isn't necessary; they have already qualified for the vote in the category listed.
If a nomination was made, but people don't recommend the comment, it does not make the poll for the final vote.
OK....go!