Our staff member Hersch normally handles these duties, but it is well into January without a word, so I thought I would kick off the initial nominating process for our annual awards pageant.
For those unfamiliar with our awards, here are links to some previous year's winners:
The 2007 WP:DICK of Distinction AwardsPoll: The 2008 WP:DICK of Distinction® Awards PageantPoll: The 2010 Wikipedia Review "WP:DICK of Distinction"Traditionally, our categories have been:
For the bad guys ...WP:DICK of Distinction -- for all-around rottenness by an admin
The Tag-Team Event -- for group evil-doing, usually in support of some bias
Miss Incongeniality -- for the worst (non-gender-specific) biter of gentler Wiki souls
Most Vexatious Litigant -- a new award in 2011, honoring DICKs who run too often or loudly to the various "enforcement" schemes that Wikipedia offers, or those within those schemes who encourage them through bombastic and/or hubris.
and for the good guys...The Straight Shooter -- an award for honest admins
The Cojones de latón -- for the non-admin who has distinguished himself (or herself) in combat with the cabal
There have also been new award categories proposed, including
The TL;DR Award -- self-descriptive. This was also suggested as the
Impotent ArbCom Logorrheaic or
Tedious Windbag award, but we determined that this would sway it too narrowly toward one individual.
Let the games begin!
The 6th Annual WP:DICK of Distinction Awards, Nominations close Tuesday, January 17
