Nominations and voting begin on December 11, 2009 and will conclude promptly at 12:00 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) on January 1, 2009, at the time of the New Year! Exceptions to this are listed below. Final winners will be announced later that day on January 11, 2010!
Voting Qualifications: Users eligible to nominate and vote must have been users for at least four weeks and have sixty or more mainspace edits in order to vote. Because of the style of this celebration, sockpuppets and sock masters are not invited, and will be promptly banned from the Wikia and barred from future voting.
Nominations:
You may only nominate articles for a category so long as it expressly fits the definition of each category. Articles that are not eligible for a category will be removed by the administration. You may request a clarification about the definition of any category from either Ajax 013 or Subtank. You may nominate a single article only for a single category. Articles that are not eligible for nomination will be removed without any notice if they are found to have "content issues""Unrealism", "Canonicity Problems", etc
You may nominate an unlimited number of articles written by any number of other authors for any number of categories. However, you are restricted to nominating only one of your articles for only one category for the whole election and no more. This is to promote professional sportsmanship. However, for categories pertaining to users (e.g. "Best Writer of the Year"), you may not nominate yourself. You may only nominate yourself for one article in the entire election, and this does not pertain to self-nominating yourself as a user.
You must nominate articles according to the proper format (listed below). Fill out all the fields when submitting a nomination, and post the completed nomination form underneath the category that you're nominating the article in question for.
Perceived breaches of good conduct and professional sportsmanship will be prosecuted by the administration to maintain the dignity of this voting system.
The author of an article may withdraw his or her own article from a nomination at any time.
Eligible categories are decided in advance by the administration.
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Because you have nominated an article, it does not mean that you have to vote for it.
Any categories with ties by 12:00 AM GMT on January 10, 2010 (24 hours before the end of the event) will be remitted from public voting and will enter private administrative ballot to decide ties. The results of the ballot will be announced afterwards. All administrators with a registered email will have twenty-four hours to decide ties.
Winning:
The article for the most votes in a given category will be formally acknowledged as the winner for the category, and the article and its author will be commended by an official award granted by the administration approximately by January 11, 2010 and the end of the ceremony.
In the event of a tie, a tiebreaker will be performed, and the winner will be decided by private administrative ballot. The ballot's content will be disclosed at the end of the ceremony.
Questions: Please address bureaucratRotaretilbo if you have any questions whatsoever.
Please fill out the following form for any nominations and file underneath the appropriate category:
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For the Most Unique Concept of the Year category, the special application to be used is as such:
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Best SPARTAN of the Year — Any character enrolled in any SPARTAN program.
Best UNSC Personnel of the Year — Any character associated with the UNSC Marine Corps/Navy/Army or any of its subordinate commands. Does not include SPARTANs.
Best Covenant Character of the Year — Any character of any of the Covenant Loyalist/Separatist species.
Best AI Character of the Year — Any AI (Artificial Intelligence) character of any species.
Best Unaffiliated Character of the Year — Any character that does not fit into any of the above character categories; includes, but is not limited to, Forerunners, Precursors, AIs, Flood, Hybrids, etc...
Best Starship of the Year — Any classification of starship or individual vessel capable of extended extra-atmospheric travel.
Best Ground / Air Vehicle of the Year — Any classification of vehicle or individual vehicle capable of planetary (atmospheric or ground) travel.
Best Weapon of the Year — Any weapon system of any allegiance and application.
Best Technology of the Year — Any physical object or knowledge paradigm used to influence an individual's interaction with the environment, including, but not limited to, defensive systems, non-weaponized combat equipment, etc... Does not include weapons.
Best Event of the Year — Any event that occurs, including a military engagement (battle, campaign, or war) between any contenders for any length of time, or a non-military event.
Best Location of the Year — Any discrete location, including, but not limited to, planets, cities, structures, buildings, etc...
Best Organization of the Year — Any organization, including, but not limited to, governments, militaries, military subdivisions, civilian corporations, etc...
Best Species of the Year — Any sentient species of beings, including both singular races and races that are members of an alliance (such as the Covenant); alliances are not covered in this category, but instead are covered in the above "Best Organization of the Year" category
Best Article of the Year — The article from any of the above categories with the most number of votes in the whole election.
Most Unique Concept of the Year - A never-before-seen concept used in Halo Fanon Wikia. Must give proper reasoning as to why this idea should be deemed "Most Unique" in the "Description" field
Best Roleplay of the Year — Any singular collaborative roleplay.
Best Novel of the Year — Best literary fiction. A nominated novel does not have to be completed but substantial progress should have been made. There is a general minimum length threshold for novels to be considered. Does not include roleplays.
Anything that manages to defy the rule of 150 without being torn to shreds by the community definetly needs a medal :P (anybody with me on a mutual agreement to use his solution to the S-II problem?) - Survivorofthe Old Guard
It's based off of my least favorite Firefly character, its canon friendliness is shaky at best, and it seems to technically belong in another category... nevertheless, this article is one of the most creative tie-ins that I've ever seen and is also very well written and designed.Actene:[Just trying to survive]
119's is of a more unique concept, but I like the care that 118's put in to the history of his ship. Give it a bit of soul.--Do not insult me. 04:04, December 16, 2009 (UTC)
Good article, really creative! Sona 'Demal 03:35, December 17, 2009 (UTC)
Description: A long-sundered branch of the Sangheili civilisation, the Kaaranese Sangheili of Ketesh are culturally, religiously, and technologically distinct, developing separately over 250,000 years until their eventual induction into the Covenant. Their links to the mysterious Labyrinth Array, and rise to prominence during the War of Vengeance, turned them into a formidable force, allying themselves with the Sangheili Separatists and becoming major players within the Sangheili hierarchy.
Description: Although predated in conception by LieutenantDavie's unfinished Great Schism expansion, the War of Vengeance shows that the Great Schism was no small thing: the Covenant fractured into many dozens of factions, large and small, and the war to reconcile this dragged on for many years with ill effects on all sides.
Description: Transmission Log Domain, in its first phase, was supposed to be an Alternate Reality Game which would lead users to Halo: ARG... but due to time constraints, I had to abandoned that concept. As of now, the Transmission Log Domain serves as a database which still holds many mysteries for a current/active project (this started back in January 11, 2009 and is currently ongoing) and is not part of the Elysium Timeline (Another ongoing project which monitors the Halo franchise and expands the universe with fanon materials).
Specops306 has been an exceptional user ever since he ~got bored of Halopedia joined Halo Fan Fiction Wiki.... :P - 5əb'7aŋk(7alk) 23:57, December 13, 2009 (UTC)
Most of the time I don't bother trying to criticize his articles, as I know I won't be able to. Excellent work. --Do not insult me. 06:35, December 14, 2009 (UTC)
Most definitely the best user when it comes to criticism. Not only does he write astoundingly impressive and original articles, but he genuinely wants to get feedback on them, and won't whine about a little nit-picking. Has my vote this time around. SPARTAN-091[Admin][Talk] 15:01, January 12, 2010 (UTC)