Welcome to the nominating thread for the top Dummies of 2012!
This was a year of some great disappointments, discouragements, and setbacks. No primitive went ballastic as much as one hoped; many primitives threatened to leave Skins’s island but never did; and a few primitives even threatened to end it all, but alas never did.
But regardless; another year has fallen away like the leaves in autumn, and mere chronology demands awards for even a lackluster
annum.
Nominations for the Top DUmmies of 2012, along with the two special awards, will be accepted from circa supper-time Thanksgiving Eve, November 21, through supper-time December 1. All nominations must be publicly given, out in the open.
Voting for the Top DUmmies of 2012, along with the two special awards, will take place from circa supper-time December 2 through supper-time December 12. Voting may be done either publicly or by secret ballot, which will be explained in the voting thread.
Awards will be doled out beginning the afternoon of Christmas Eve, December 24, continuing through the afternoon of New Year’s Eve, December 31.
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There are twenty Top DUmmies elected, culminating in the Top DUmmie of 2012, the grand prize.
One may make as many nominations as one wishes, and such nominations may include primitives no longer on Skins‘s island, but who were around any time between late November 2011 and the present.
There are also two special awards, the William Rivers Pitt (the “Willieâ€) and the Steve Dawes (the “Steveâ€) awards, for whom the criteria are somewhat different.
Top DUmmies are usually chosen based upon their performance of the past year, and can repeat from year to year if they put out enough.
The “Willie†however is award the primitive who did the most to spread and enhance the good name and reputation of Skins’s island on both the internet and in real life, and can be any primitive from any year since the beginning, 2001.
The “Willie†is a one-time award only, previous winners not eligible.
The previous winners of the “Willie†have been TomInTib, bobbolink, WilliamPitt, and nadinbrzezinski, so don’t bother nominating any of them; they’re not eligible.
There is a list of past winners of all awards here:
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,66225.0.htmlThe “Steve†is a new award, given the primitive who did the best job of making an ass of himself all by his own self, without the help of anybody else, during the past year. Every primitive, prominent or not, does that to one extent or another, but the “Steve†is given to that primitive who did the best bang-up job of it, making an ass of himself.
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Nominations
must be accompanied with an explanatory or descriptive phrase, such as “[name of primitive] because he was such a jerk to his own family.†Mere names of primitives or vague statements such as “[name of primitive] because he’s a jerk†will not be accepted in placement on the ballot.
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If one wishes to nominate a certain primitive, but is not sure of the exact name, this nominating thread is where one should inquire; also, “campaigning†for one primitive or another is permitted here, and in fact encouraged.
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Rules for voting will be posted on the voting thread, to come up December 2; this thread is for nominations only, and if one has questions about voting, please withhold those for the voting thread.
Only members of conservativecave are allowed to nominate, although votes are accepted from any
bona fide member of any
bona fide site; how the latter is done will be explained on the voting thread.
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The Top DUmmies is an original creation of Ralph Wiggum many years ago, and is currently a joint operation of Mr. Wiggum and franksolich. franksolich determines the ballot, and Mr. Wiggum counts the votes; each separate and apart from each other so as to ensure the integrity of the entire process.
