Forum:CT:7th Wiki Awards Host Selection

Ladies, gentlemen, everything in between and outside, and assorted alien species and artificial lifeforms, welcome! It's come to that time of the year where we put aside everything but our vanity and attempt to hawk our creations as superior, most beloved, most creative, or otherwise most special in their respective categories.

That's right, as the turn of the year, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Life Day, and any other holidays which I'm forgetting, all approach, the annual rigmarole known as the wiki awards does as well. This upcoming cycle, we're on the seventh iteration of this event.

Any old-timers here want to comment on how many people wondered if this wiki would even last seven years? Well, it has, and that's something to be celebrated&hellip;in another thread. Can't let anything detract from our vanity fair, right?

So, to whet your appetites for the actual contest and nominations of your favorite articles, entities, organizations, Mary Sues, and whatnot, as part of this hallowed tradition, it is customary to select two suckers volunteers to host the annual ritual. A long and storied group of users has filled this role in years past. Words to properly describe this role fail me, so I'll just quote our beloved Brandon Rhea.

"In all honesty, the hosts are just a symbolic position. Their work is done before the contest starts; they’ll finalize the schedule of the Wiki Awards and decide the categories that are presented. They are NOT the judges; the community ultimately decides who the winners are (of course the hosts can vote, though). It's still a fun position to have, though!"

- Brandon Rhea

Right, so vote for the nominee(s). A few quick notes before you vote, though.
 * There's no oppose vote. If you have a good reason to oppose someone, leave a (civil) comment in the discussion section below.
 * You may vote a total of two times, but each vote you cast must be for a different nominee. Thank the Free Man for that.
 * If you nominate somebody, make sure you have their approval. I assume you'd approve if you were going to nominate yourself, but might as well have that check anyway.
 * This contest typically runs through late February. If you're going to be taking longer than a 1 week absence from SWF between 1 January and say 25 February, don't offer to host. Especially if your absence is in the 10-25 February timeframe. One would think that would be obvious.
 * As usual, the voting policy and civility policy apply.
 * Vote for yourself if you like, but no more than once.
 * This CT will last two weeks until 16 December 2011.

Atarumaster88

 * 1) Anyone who's been in #swfanon (our IRC channel) with me in the room when the topic of the Wiki Awards has popped up knows that I generally have nothing but disdain for the Wiki Awards. In fact, in the last Wiki Awards, I deliberately set out to cause as many ties with my vote, regardless of article quality. So why would I (or you) want me to host? Because I think I can set up the Wiki Awards in a less dysfunctional manner. Now, it's unlikely I can keep it from being a glorified popularity contest, but I'm willing to do what I can to make it better after having done nothing but complain about it until now. Think of it like Jon Stewart hosting the Oscars. Much better than James Franco and Anne Hathaway in drag. I'm also willing to work with whoever the co-host is to make this a smoother, easier, and more enjoyable wiki awards that will set a benchmark for future contests. Atarumaster88  Jedi_Order.svg ( Talk page ) 22:06, December 1, 2011 (UTC)