City-Data Forum's Most Informative Poster Contest discussion ($5000 grand prize)

[Administrator]

Please use this thread to discuss our Most Informative Poster Contest with the $5000 Grand Prize and two additional $500 prizes. You will be able to enter at http://www.city-data.com/forum-contest/. The rules are posted at http://www.city-data.com/forum-contest/rules.html. Our entry period will start on Nov. 1. This contest ends on Dec 31, 2011.

Please note that we already gave out over $25,000 worth of gift cards to active posters on our forum (ex. $2550 in gift cards given away (June 2009)!).

[njkate]

Very nice idea, all though sooooooooo glad I'm not a judge as I can think of at least a dozen posters off the top of my head who would qualify Would have a hard time choosing

[old_cold]

The rules all appear to revolve around submitting yourself as an entrant.
My immediate thought was to nominate someone else.
I gather that is going to be possible?
If so, I hope those very helpful people will notice that being even MORE helpful during the contest will count more

[ben86]

Why are only US residents over 18 years old allowed to enter when the minimum age on the forum is 16 and a decent proportion of the posters are non-Americans, is this a legal thing?

[SOON2BNSURPRISE]

Im in. The money would be nice, the recognition would be nicer. Would love to think that something I write actually helps someone else.

[Administrator]

Originally Posted by old_cold

The rules all appear to revolve around submitting yourself as an entrant.
My immediate thought was to nominate someone else.
I gather that is going to be possible?
If so, I hope those very helpful people will notice that being even MORE helpful during the contest will count more

The way this contest is designed, posters will have to enter themselves between Nov. 1 and Dec 31. Nothing wrong with sending a DM to a poster that you'd like to see win in order to remind him/her to enter, though.

[Administrator]

Originally Posted by ben86

Why are only US residents over 18 years old allowed to enter when the minimum age on the forum is 16 and a decent proportion of the posters are non-Americans, is this a legal thing?

Actually, only 18+ will be required. The contest is void where prohibited, though, so any residents of countries where such contests are invalid won't be eligible.

We still have a couple days to tweak the rules before the contest starts. Thanks for the catch.

Sorry, 16- and 17-year-olds.

[Charley]

Are we looking for a specific post, or a collection of posts, or an informative thread in which a member makes many contributions, or ...?

[Administrator]

Originally Posted by Charley

Are we looking for a specific post, or a collection of posts, or an informative thread in which a member makes many contributions, or ...?

A collection of posts.

[VACollegeStudent]

Thanks for making this contest!