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This is the most unfair action I have ever seen done to an individual. I could care less for these types of competitions because they are nothing more than popularity contests. I do have to comment on this.
There are several things wrong with what was done.
First staff decides to disqualify a nominee for breaking a rule. The problem is the rule is not a written rule, but, is an implied rule that everyone should know since staff knows of it.
The person that broke the rule didn't know they were breaking it yet staff decided they did and removed them from nomination.
What really makes this a traversty is the removal was done after the voting started. If anything the whole contest should have been started over.
As a result what you now have is the community upset with what happened and a few of the staff members defending the decision and doing damage control.
In all fairness this months contest should be closed and no further contests should be started until a set of rules is defined and posted for all to see. I also agree with staff that the no spam rule for the site was broken, however, no where is it stated that this rule applies to this contest. What staff should have done is reprimand the user for using the PM system to spam by either a warning or a temp ban.
Now that the damage is done and staff is making itself look bad in their responses to this thead the only logical thing for them to do to save face is close this contest, set up specific rules that leave little to misinterpretation and admit that they might have made a hasty decision.
As I said I could care less for these types of contests, but, what was done here is an injustice and needs to be rectified.