I nominate <FSR> as Best Historian

How can tolengoy be nominated for best avatar when he doesn't have one, best game collection when he doesn't have one, best profile when he doesn't have one, or best analysis when he has never analyzed a game?

That, of course, is the sort of reason FICS and many other sites and servers absolutely forbid creating duplicate accounts, and enforce that rule with zeal and vigilance.

If not, a poster in this forum reminds me why there should be.>

Amen to that. btw, CG.com doesn't forbid duplicate accounts. It <does> forbid using such accounts to vote more than once:

As this forum continues to grow in length, it becomes increasingly difficult to scan all of its contents to ensure that one is *not* repeating someone else's nomination. I think it's unreasonable to demand that anyone attempt to do so.

I've too often seen people remembering that they would have liked to vote for more candidates during the voting stage, but by then they can't, because these members had not been nominated. So now is the time to look around and fill in those names, and that is the purpose of the recap.

Nobody actually expects duplicate nominations to be eliminated entirely. :)

(*discounting the obvious sockpuppets, and ignoring possible humorous intent)

<Best Avatar>

achieve, Annie K., bobwhoosta, Crawfb5, Eyal, jimfromprovidence, kwid, MarkFinan, Marmot PFL, Octavia, OhioChessFan, parmetd, peyote, Phony Benoni, queenfortwopawns, Sneaky, stunningmove, technical draw, The Caissars, TheFocus, Travis Bickle, whiteshark, wordfunph

<Best Username>

Agent Bouncy, Alien Math, Blunderdome, checkmateyourmove, crafty, LoveThatJoker, Mrs. Alekhine, notyetagm, Phony Benoni, scrooge, spinal pat, SwitchingQuylthulg

<Most Helpful>

?, Alien Math, Annie K., CG Librarian, chancho, Crawfb5, hms123, morfishine,notyetagm, OhioChessFan, Phony Benoni, Shams, SwitchingQuylthulg, Thanh Phan, TheFocus, tpstar, twinlark, WannaBe

<Best Post>

chessgames.com - Biographer Bistro

Domdaniel

karpkasp - Team White vs Team Black, 2012

Once - D Hansson vs R Akesson, 1998

Parbrahman - Wesley So

Softpaw

tpstar - Anand-Gelfand World Chess Championship (2012)

tpstar - Tal Memorial (2012)

<Funniest Poster>

andrewjsacks, Annie K., chrisowen, crawfb5, diceman, frogbert, hms123, jessicafischerqueen, Jim Bartle, mahmoudkubba, OhioChessFan, Once, Phony Benoni, Sneaky, technical draw, TheFocus, WannaBe

<Most Constructive>

All Bistro Biographers collectively, Annie K., AylerKupp, brankat, CG Librarian, chesstoplay, crawfb5, fm Avari Viraf, hms123, jepflast, kutztown46, morfishine, notyetagm, Once, RandomVisitor, SwitchingQuylthulg, tpstar, Travis Bickle, twinlark, WannaBe, wordfunph

<Best Profile>

Benzol, brankat, Bridgeburner, Domdaniel, jessicafischerqueen, morfishine, RandomVisitor, Tal7777777

<Best Analysis>

Abdel Irada, agb2002, Ajile, blue wave, Ceri, chrisowen, cro777, DanLanglois, DcGentle, Eyal, Ezzy, frogbert, Golden Executive, Gypsy, Honza Cervenka, Iskubadayb, jimfromprovidence, karpkasp, lost in space, LoveThatJoker, RandomVisitor, Tabanus, truefriends, Ulhumbrus, whiteshark, WinKing, YouRang

<Best Game Collection>

Benzol

Crawfb5

kevin86 - Game Collection: polygamy or what's an extra Q among friends?

Phony Benoni - Game Collection: Game of the Day Pun Index (A-C)

suenteus po 147

SwitchingQuylthulg - Game Collection: Uneventful, everyday, dull draws

TheAlchemist - Game Collection: The Game Of The Year (1851 - )

TheFocus

whiteshark

<Most Informed>

Annie K., Everyone, frogbert, hms123, jessicafischerqueen, OhioChessFan, perfidious, Phony Benoni, Softpaw, SwitchingQuylthulg, Travis Bickle, twinlark, WannaBe

<Best Historian>

All Bistro Biographers collectively, Benzol, crawfb5, FSR, Graham Clayton, jessicafischerqueen, perfidious, Phony Benoni, TheFocus, twinlark

<Best/Worst Pun of the Year>

Can I Buy a Vowel?, Connect Four, Control-Ault-Delete, Gata Catch 'em All, The Hanging Pieces of Baburin, In Soviet Russia Bishop Takes Pawn, Leko Suave, Like a Hot Knife Through Baadur, A Little Bird Told Me, Mira Mira on the Wall, Houska Fairest of Them All, The Parent Trap, The $10,000 Game, Tenacious D, The Tightrope Game, Vas Right Wing Conspiracy, Zapoleon Blown Apart

<Player of the Year>

Best Avatar - <bobwhoosta>

Best Username - <phony benoni>

Most Helpful- <notyetagm>, <tpstar>, <wannabe>

Funniest Poster - <technical draw>

Best Analysis - <Eyal>

Best Game Collection - <suenteus po 147> (his compilations are the best ever IMHO and we need to keep doing on old tourneys

Most Informed - <frogbert>

Best Historian- <jfq> , <thefocus>

Player of the Year - <Maguns Carlsen>>

I found this which sort of reflects my view and which does not appear to apply here:

<A nomination process provides an electorate with the assurance that an implied level of support exists for a candidate before consideration by the entire electorate. This allows the voter to limit his consideration to the serious candidates who are guaranteed to garnish support from at least some members of the electorate. A candidate who receives a strong nomination commands an increased likelihood of success in the final balloting>

Read more: What Is the Purpose of a Nomination Process? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/info_8652395_pu...

Perhaps the nomination process is for the purpose of making a lot of people feel good by providing recognition to many without wasting a vote on them?