OP adapted from others posted
by Django, kokoloko, and Raseri
Welcome NU community members!
The moderation team has decided that it's high time some incentive for posting in this fine forum was brought back. We want to recognize all of our excellent posters, and the constant efforts they put into our forum. As such, we are re-introducing the Sweet Potato Award. If you were around for BW NU, you’ve likely seen this thread pop up once or twice. The idea is that every one to two weeks the NU Moderation team will select one user who has been a particularly good poster in the sub forum. If you win this award, your name will be featured in this thread for all to see, along with links to several of your exemplary posts. Winning this award multiple times can lead to some other future awards, and maybe even some pretty pixels in your post bit.
What defines a good poster, you may ask? Well, I'll try to break down a list of criteria. Please note that this list is by no means exhaustive, but it should give you a good idea on how to succeed:
by Django, kokoloko, and Raseri
Welcome NU community members!
The moderation team has decided that it's high time some incentive for posting in this fine forum was brought back. We want to recognize all of our excellent posters, and the constant efforts they put into our forum. As such, we are re-introducing the Sweet Potato Award. If you were around for BW NU, you’ve likely seen this thread pop up once or twice. The idea is that every one to two weeks the NU Moderation team will select one user who has been a particularly good poster in the sub forum. If you win this award, your name will be featured in this thread for all to see, along with links to several of your exemplary posts. Winning this award multiple times can lead to some other future awards, and maybe even some pretty pixels in your post bit.
What defines a good poster, you may ask? Well, I'll try to break down a list of criteria. Please note that this list is by no means exhaustive, but it should give you a good idea on how to succeed:
- Quality of posts. Overall, your posts should be worth reading. Readers of your posts will gain insight about the topic at hand or the metagame in general. You participate in projects and help out in the Simple Questions / Answers thread. Your posts are coherent and to the point. Your posts are mature. I'm not saying you're a statue and you have to be stoic, but there is a place for humor. You need to know how to use it in moderation.
- Know and follow the rules. You can't create new threads just to ask a question. You can't disrespect other users. You can't whine about banning or unbanning things. You can’t post one-liners in threads, unless those threads specifically call for it (i.e. voting for battle of the week, nominating something for teambuilding workshop). You can't necro bump threads. Things of that nature, if you have any questions please ask a moderator.
- Keep out of trouble. With this, I mean mostly in the NU forum, but it can also be applied to other forums, PS, and IRC. This especially applies if you win multiple times and get nominated for a badge. Being an excellent NU poster but a shitty person will get your potential badge nomination denied almost every time.
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