Log In
Register
3.47pm
15 November 2018
Offline
If this is the way you would like to express your discontent with the changes to the poll, you are free to do so. I’m disappointed that that it’s come to this, but you can do whatever you want to do.
So @Little Piggy Dragonguy what’s our next step? Should we start brainstorming descriptions for poll categories and new names for “most likely to post things that make you go hmmm?” Would something along the lines of “Most Insightful Poster” be good, or is that equally vague (though less wordy)?
I’m excited to start the process of implementing changes 
Edit: haha i did a fiddy
Love one another.
- - -
(I'm Fiddy, not Walrian)
- - -
2018:
2019: 
2020:
3.54pm
1 November 2013
Offline
I think we could come up with a Beatle pun for the “most likely to post things that make you go hmmm?”
.
I’m sure the Beatles did something wacky to warrant such a thing. Maybe like “Intermission poster” based off the scene in help! Any other ideas?
The following people thank Starr Shine? for this post:
50yearslate
4.02pm
15 November 2018
Offline Starr Shine? said
I think we could come up with a Beatle pun for the “most likely to post things that make you go hmmm?”.
I’m sure the Beatles did something wacky to warrant such a thing. Maybe like “Intermission poster” based off the scene in help! Any other ideas?
“Intermission Poster” seems a big vague, but I like the direction you’re going in. Maybe there’s something in Think For Yourself ?
Love one another.
- - -
(I'm Fiddy, not Walrian)
- - -
2018: 2019: 2020:
3.34am
Reviewers
Moderators
1 May 2011
Offline Interesting results. Long live the awards – however they are designed. They are meant to be fun awards for the people by the people.
And well done @Little Piggy Dragonguy on the work you put into this. Deserves credit and acknowledgement.
The following people thank meanmistermustard for this post:
50yearslate, 50yearslate, Little Piggy Dragonguy"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
8.40am
Members
18 March 2013
Offline I was having a think about this. For the new members’ award something like ‘The Rising Starr Award’ sounds cute and can encompass a lot of things quantity of users’ posts, quality blah blah. Make it open to users who have joined on or since the 1st of December 2020.
‘Most Likely…hmm” needs to be given a description as to what it means; is it thought-provoking? Confusing? That needs to be established before it can be renamed.
The following people thank AppleScruffJunior for this post:
sigh butterfly
INTROVERTS UNITE! Separately....in your own homes!
***
Make Love, Not Wardrobes!
***
"Stop throwing jelly beans at me"- George Harrison
9.46am
Reviewers
Moderators
1 May 2011
Offline AppleScruffJunior said
I was having a think about this. For the new members’ award something like ‘The Rising Starr Award’ sounds cute and can encompass a lot of things quantity of users’ posts, quality blah blah. Make it open to users who have joined on or since the 1st of December 2021.
‘Most Likely…hmm” needs to be given a description as to what it means; is it thought-provoking? Confusing? That needs to be established before it can be renamed.
‘What Goes On In Your Mind?’
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
9.47am
11 June 2015
Offline I like your suggestion of “The Rising Starr Award” @AppleScruffJunior. It’s a nice homage to the person that has brought so much whimsy to the forum.
I always wish there was a way to formally acknowledge the member that dominates the forum each year. There always seems to be that one member who either thanks/responds to every post they read. I guess you can tell who they are by the post count list, but it would be nice to give them a little forum hug. I’m sure (for new members) in particular that those small recognitions that someone read their post provide an incentive to keep going. I could make a list of those generous people over the years, but I think you already know who you are.
You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead
10.04am
Reviewers
Moderators
1 May 2011
Offline I’ve never understood the fascination over ‘thanks’ but then I’m not on social media which is plagued by liking posts. As for responding, shouldn’t it be quality over quantity (says the person who’s submitted the most posts)? God help the forum if it was filled with folk writing “thanks, great post” after every one they read. Being a mod, I’d probably delete each and every one. And then be sacked.
The following people thank meanmistermustard for this post:
sigh butterfly"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
10.59am
11 June 2015
Offline I agree mmm, it’s an impossible quality to acknowledge in an award format. But it does exist and has meaning…
You and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead
12.01pm
Reviewers
Moderators
1 May 2011
Offline I’d hope that every poster (old or new, the expert who knows almost everything to the novice who doesn’t know which one is John) feels welcomed, valued and appreciated (excluding the spammers, they can go and annoy other people). If they don’t then the forum is doing something wrong. I agree that it should be displayed more often but that’s not really possible.
The following people thank meanmistermustard for this post:
sigh butterfly, The Hole Got Fixed, SgtPeppersBulldog, vonbontee"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
1.25pm
11 June 2015
Offline 
I think we just did!
The following people thank sigh butterfly for this post:
SgtPeppersBulldog, RubeYou and I have memories
Longer than the road that stretches out ahead
2.15am
5 November 2011
Offline @AppleScruffJunior said
I was having a think about this. For the new members’ award something like ‘The Rising Starr Award’ sounds cute and can encompass a lot of things quantity of users’ posts, quality blah blah. Make it open to users who have joined on or since the 1st of December 2020.
‘Most Likely…hmm” needs to be given a description as to what it means; is it thought-provoking? Confusing? That needs to be established before it can be renamed.
I like the Rising Starr Award too. Maybe for the hmmm one we can make a list of every possible thing that award could mean and then give each one a title.
All living things must abide by the laws of the shape they inhabit
4.06am
Members
18 March 2013
Offline ^ That might be a bit much. If we could poll, we’d see what people consider it to be but alas 
INTROVERTS UNITE! Separately....in your own homes!
***
Make Love, Not Wardrobes!
***
"Stop throwing jelly beans at me"- George Harrison
11.57am
1 November 2013
Offline It is almost end of the year award time. Any thoughts before it is run?
12.39pm
1 November 2013
Offline Oh me! I got one Starr Shine?
rename the hmm to “Post Most Inspired By LSD” Cause the Beatles were wacky on the stuff. Though drugs r scary..
The following people thank Starr Shine? for this post:
sir walter raleigh1.13pm
Members
18 March 2013
Offline Starr Shine? said
It is almost end of the year award time. Any thoughts before it is run?
Indeed, is this being run this year?
INTROVERTS UNITE! Separately....in your own homes!
***
Make Love, Not Wardrobes!
***
"Stop throwing jelly beans at me"- George Harrison
4.43pm
Reviewers
Moderators
1 May 2011
Offline AppleScruffJunior said
Starr Shine? said
It is almost end of the year award time. Any thoughts before it is run?
Indeed, is this being run this year?
If no one else wants or has the time, and folk want to contribute/vote, I’m willing to run it this year. If someone else does, like @Starr Shine?, then it is theirs. I’m only offering as a back-up step-in.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
5.27pm
Moderators
27 November 2016
Offline Likewise, I’m happy to step in as back-up if required.
Be a shame to not continue a years-long tradition…
#AppleHoley2024: Make America Great For The First Time
2016 awards: 
2017 awards: 
2018 awards:
2019 awards: 
2020 awards:
2021 awards:
6.55am
Reviewers
Moderators
1 May 2011
Offline Right.
As Santa spends all his waking and sleeping moments wondering how he is going to deliver presents all around the world whilst abiding by all the covid restrictions and rules in place, it is best to get this up and running.
@The Hole Got Fixed and I will take this on for now but if anyone wishes to take it over I am sure something can be arranged, but please note, after voting is open no changes can be made to any of the categories. It is to stop anyone taking control so to alter that which they don’t like. If changes are made, we will change them back and see what else needs to be done to keep the Awards going.
Within the next day or so, The Hole Got Fixed will post the categories and details on how to vote. Anyone is allowed to vote, whether you have been here for one minute or all year and there is no requirement to post in all categories. Obviously, the more people voting in more categories results in a more accurate reflection of how life on the forum has been over the last 12 months, so please try if you can – tho seeing as I haven’t for the last few years I have zero right to say that.
"I told you everything I could about me, Told you everything I could" ('Before Believing' - Emmylou Harris)
9.14am
Reviewers
17 December 2012
Offline I just want to restate that, due to the removal of Beatles News as a category earlier this year in a manner I found questionable, I will not be taking any part in this year’s poll. I will not be voting and request that nobody wastes a vote on me in any category as, should any category go my way, I will be rejecting the award with a restatement of my opinion that the awards were devalued by its removal.
The removal of Beatles News as a category should not have been done at the beginning of the year but should, instead, have been closer to the launch of this year’s poll – reflecting the opinion of those currently active on the forum rather than a group of people who are now rare visitors to the forum because they prefer keep in touch with each other using Discord than being active members of this place.
The removal of Beatles News was planned by the group of Forumpudlians active on Discord, at a time not many would be looking at the poll thread, and with many of those who voted for its removal rarely seen here anymore.
I consider Beatles History and Beatles News as equally valid categories, disagreeing totally with the argument made that they are essentially the same. I consider the move was made to try and make the poll more about the social aspects of the forum rather than respecting that it’s a Beatles forum.
So, assuming those running the poll this year follow through with the removal of Beatles News as a category as “voted for” last January, when most were looking the other way, I’m afraid I’m keeping the position I held in January and will not be taking part in the poll while hoping people don’t waste votes on me.
Not sour grapes on my part, just a huge disagreement with the removal of a category that has been a part of the poll since its creation, and a category I consider an essential part of what’s important to a poll on a Beatles forum.
I regret that this will be the first poll I will not be taking part in since they were restarted but it would be hypocritical of me not to stand by my earlier objections to what was done, and more importantly how it was done.
"I only said we were bigger than Rod... and now there's all this!" Ron Nasty
To @ Ron Nasty it's @ mja6758
The Beatles Bible 2020 non-Canon Poll Part One: 1958-1963 and Part Two: 1964-August 1966
