OOPS!
Boy did we have a big boo boo there!
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SERIES OF THE YEAR CATEGORY.
Below are the various series categories listed, for which any series can be nominated by its participants. Hopefully there is not much difficulty in agreeing which is the best cat.
Each series can be nominated only once, in only one category.
To avoid any further confusion, it seemed like the only way to undo the damage was to delete the previous diary and start over.
I personally take all blame for the communication shortfall, and any angst people will have about the decision to start again fresh.
• NOTE:
This year's nominations will end in early 2011..
Voting should begin shortly thereafter.
This years Categories::
Comment Categories:
Commenters: Adapted or Original Artwork
Commenters: Snark
Commenters: Political
Comment of the Year
Diary Categories:
Best Non-political Diary
Rant of the Year
Best Investigative Diary
Best Teaching Diary
Best Visual Diary
Best Action Diary
Diary of the Year
Diarist of the Year
Snark of the Year
Series Categories:
Community Forum
Nonpolitical
Educational
Community Service (h/t Dallasdoc)
Political or News
Environmental
Miniseries* (h/t RLMiller)
Note: The Miniseries idea was proposed after discussion about short-term vs. long-term series in the previous diary. It seemed like a very simple fix to a complex issue. Although adding any cats in anathema to the goal of streamlining this process, avoiding possible conflict is another important goal.
With the prospect of these items having a chance to go against other unrelated topics in other cats, it actually might provide some more drama. Too many of last year's winners were freaking landslides. More competition, especially after the 1st round of runoffs, will make this more of a nail-biter, and less of a shnooze, don't ya think?
Nominations
• How this works:
For the next week or so, our team of volunteers, LaughingPlanet, 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
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(Please include links [permalink preferred] to all nominations)
Simple enough?
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!