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amidalachick Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 6/8/08 1:07pm Subject: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	Welcome to the 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk! We have a talented group of assistants who can: - answer basic questions - walk you through the process of nominations, voting, and using the template via PM - direct you to greater assistance if necessary Please do not say names of actual stories, so we can keep nominations and the discussions of particular stories private. If your question is about a specific story, try to make your question neutral, or PM one of the overseers so we don't have to embarrass anybody by talking about them. Feel free to ask your questions to this thread, and one of our designated Help Desk personnel, a host, or one of the overseers should be around shortly to help you. If your question is of a sensitive nature or you don't want to ask it out loud, PM either amidalachick or BigFatty. We'll keep it private for you. So take a seat, get comfy, and we'll gladly help make the awards process as smooth and fun as we can for you! intro originally written by Luna_Nightshade & Jaya Solo -----signature----- "Special day? What have I forgot now? Don't panic...is it Bacon Day? No, that's crazy talk! She's getting impatient - take a stab at it! Happy...Valentine's Day?"
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Juliet316 Registered: Apr '05	Date Posted: 6/9/08 10:10am Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	Where are the nomination threads? -----signature----- Juliet RIP Eddie Guerrero Tangible Dreams: http://boards.theforce.net/The_Saga/b10476/21029022/?10 The Heart of Betrayal: http://boards.theforce.net/the_saga/b10476/23822708/p1/?17
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amidalachick Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 6/9/08 10:53am Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	The Saga one should be up already, but it will be posted soon. Beyond should be up by the end of the week, and Before should be up sometime next week. -----signature----- "Special day? What have I forgot now? Don't panic...is it Bacon Day? No, that's crazy talk! She's getting impatient - take a stab at it! Happy...Valentine's Day?"
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amidalachick Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 6/14/08 8:47am Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	Just bumping this so people can find it easier. -----signature----- "Special day? What have I forgot now? Don't panic...is it Bacon Day? No, that's crazy talk! She's getting impatient - take a stab at it! Happy...Valentine's Day?"
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Lady_Jade Registered: May '04	Date Posted: 6/15/08 10:28am Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	So here is my question: once you register your username for voting, can you just go ahead and send your noms in, or do you have to wait for some sort of conformation? -----signature----- "Do or do not. There is no try." ~Yoda, ESB 6 years of schooling + 6 months of training + 6 hours of sweat and pain = one very proud black belt
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amidalachick Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 6/15/08 10:53am Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	Once your name appears on the registered voters list, you're good to go. -----signature----- "Special day? What have I forgot now? Don't panic...is it Bacon Day? No, that's crazy talk! She's getting impatient - take a stab at it! Happy...Valentine's Day?"
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Mousie Registered: Oct '02	Date Posted: 6/15/08 3:50pm Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	I have a question. Is there a limit to the number of times we can nominate a writer, it's just that there are two writers that I admire a lot and I want to give them credit for good work but I don't want to break any rules. I am choosing other wrietrs too, but it's just that two stand out. Thankyou -----signature----- given up on canon....I buy Tahi now Anakin & Tahiri 4ever
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JadeSolo Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Sep '02	Date Posted: 6/15/08 4:04pm Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	You can nominate/vote for an author for as many categories as you want, so long as the author's story or character hasn't previously won in that cateogory. -----signature----- "If you expect a kick in the balls and you get a slap in the face, it's a victory." "May God bless you and keep you always...I mean that in a civic deist way." -Prof. Siegel "No guaranteed money, but all guaranteed fun!"
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DarthIshtar Title: Former CR Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 6/17/08 1:46pm Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	Question on excerpts: If the qualifying story are ongoing, is it required to have the material excerpted be from within the eligibility time period? For example, could I excerpt something written before or after the cutoffs? -----signature----- "GET OUT OF THE WAY." Yoink It's coming
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amidalachick Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 6/17/08 6:55pm Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	For example, could I excerpt something written before or after the cutoffs? Yes. The excerpt can come from any part of the story. From the FAQ: FAQ posted: Do excerpts have to be taken from something that was written during the eligibility period? No, it can come from any point in the story, no matter when it was posted. -----signature----- "Special day? What have I forgot now? Don't panic...is it Bacon Day? No, that's crazy talk! She's getting impatient - take a stab at it! Happy...Valentine's Day?"
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Myriad_Daydreams Registered: Jun '07	Date Posted: 6/18/08 2:04pm Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	Just curious-- what happens when nomination period is over and a category doesn't have any fics that qualify? -----signature----- The Shaak Ti icon is back Master to LittleMissNightsaber
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Idrelle_Miocovani Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 6/18/08 2:08pm Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	To add to that, what happens if there's only one qualified fic in the category? -----signature----- Nat is my Officially Official Muse Proud Member of Slytherin. The JC House Cup is controlling my life! DarthIshtar's Padawan
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Jaina_and_Jag Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 6/18/08 3:53pm Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	This is what the Awards FAQ says about those two questions: 8. If, by the close of nominations, a category has only one Qualifying nominee (or no qualifying nominees) and several Potentials, all stories in that category are taken to the voting round. But for some reason I don't think that entirely correct. I remember reading somewhere that instead of all of the stories moving on, the ones with the next most noms moves on. If someone could clarify, that would be great.
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thesporkbewithyou Registered: Feb '05	Date Posted: 6/18/08 3:58pm Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk - Date Edited: 6/18/08 4:58pm (5 edits total) Edited By: thesporkbewithyou
	I remember seeing that too J&J... I think it was in the other awards help thread. Gimme a moment to find it. Edited out on request. -----signature----- Loyal servant ... er ... Padawan of HyperionRising. E-sis/mutual adoptee/ter of Maggy for a happy almost 3 years
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amidalachick Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 6/18/08 5:16pm Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	8. If, by the close of nominations, a category has only one Qualifying nominee (or no qualifying nominees) and several Potentials, all stories in that category are taken to the voting round. Ack, looks like I need to update that. As per the results of last year's post-Awards survey, we will have a minimum of 3 stories per category in the voting round. If 2 stories or less reach the qualifying number of 4 noms, we will lower the number of noms needed by one until we reach the requisite 3 stories. -----signature----- "Special day? What have I forgot now? Don't panic...is it Bacon Day? No, that's crazy talk! She's getting impatient - take a stab at it! Happy...Valentine's Day?"
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Jaina_and_Jag Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 6/18/08 8:17pm Subject: RE: 2008 Fanfic Awards Help Desk
	I knew that the rule from the FAQ wasn't right but just couldn't quite remember what it was actualy supposed to be. Thanks for the clarification.
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