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* **User of the Month**

**User of the Month** is an award given to a user of Encyclopedia Quackeria who has made great contributions.

## Discussion

Policies effective April 6, 2015

* A. User of the Month

* 1. This is awarded to one user each month, who will be featured on the homepage, and contain a link to a page that highlights why they received the award and the work they have done.
* 2. Procedures

* a. These clauses outline the process of the User of the Month award.
* b. Eligibility
* i. Anyone can nominate any other user except themselves.
* ii. Anyone who requests that another user nominate them will be disqualified for six (6) months.
* iii. Anyone who complains that they have not been nominated will be disqualified for six (6) months.

* c. Nomination process

* i. The nominator will create a nomination page and list reasons why the person should be nominated.
* ii. Everyone except the user who is nominated can contribute to the discussion and show their support or oppose for the nomination.
* iii. Nomination discussions expire after (3) months. After this, a user can be renominated.
* iv. On the last day of each month the next month's User of the Month will be determined based on the following formula: (Number of Supports)-(Number of Opposed)=Nomination Rating. The current user with the highest nomination rating at the time will be awarded "User of the Month" for the following month.

### Winners

When someone is awarded with UOTM, they will be spotlighted on the main page. The following is the basic format of their spotlight:

* Their USERNAME, the DATE they first edited
* If they are a bureaucrat, adminsitrator, rollback and/or chat moderator, include that and the DATE they were promoted
* Include specific contributions, projects, etc. the user has been involved in
* Include how they interact with the community and how much involvement they have in community discussion.

## Nominate

**IMPORTANT: YOU CANNOT NOMINATE YOURSELF. ANYONE WHO NOMINATES THEMSELVES WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FOR SIX (6) MONTHS.**

To nominate someone, use the following form:

* 1. Replace USERNAME with the username of the person you wish to nominate in the box below.
* 2. If that person has already been nominated, do not create another nomination page **unless the nomination page is an archive,** then you would add a "/2" or /"3" etc. after their name. (Example: USERNAME/2 or USERNAME/3)
* 3. Click the button to create the nomination page.
* 4. On the nomination page, state your reasons for why you believe the user you nominated should be awarded User of the Month.
* 5. When you save the page, post the nomination to the EQ:Nominations page so that all nominations are listed in one place.

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prefix=EQ:User of the Month/nominations/
default=USERNAME
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</createbox>

Currently disqualified:

## Nominations

**IMPORTANT: ANYONE WHO ASKS TO BE NOMINATED OR ASKS FOR SOMEONE TO SUPPORT THEIR NOMINATION WILL BE DISQUALIFIED FOR SIX (6) MONTHS.**

## Main page template

When someone is awarded User of the Month, use this template to display the information:

```
{{UOTM-box}}

```

## Archive

The following is an archive of previous nominations, either successful or unsuccessful: