[February / March 2009] BOTM Nomination Thread

This is the nomination thread for Board of the Month of December 2008 / January 2009.

Please note the BOTM Rules here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/info.php?do=botm

Nominations will be accepted until the 30th of November 2008.

When nominating please post the site name, URL to the forum, a short description what makes your board stand out from default vBulletin, and a reason for nomination that will motivate others to second the nomination. If the staff feels that a nomination post is too promotional it will be edited accordingly.

Any sites without a name, URL, description and reason for nomination will NOT be entered into the poll. Please ensure that your nomination is in the format:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sample Nomination
Site Name: vBulletin.org
URL: www.vbulletin.org - this must be clickable
Description: Official vBulletin Modifications Site
Reason for Nomination: Not Nominated. This is an example nomination.

When seconding sites, please ensure that you use the same post for the maximum of 3 allowed seconds. Any seconds not located in your first seconding post will not be counted. Please also ensure that you quote the nomination post you are seconding in your post (Use Multi-Quote Option if you are nomination multiple boards). If there is no name or URL provided then the post will be ignored when the nominations are counted.

Also, please make sure that you are seconding a forum that has already been nominated by its forum owner. Any seconds for a forum that has not been nominated yet will be counted as null and void.

Please posts only nominations or seconds, no "Thank you" posts are needed, they clutter the thread and will be deleted.

Any queries regarding the BOTM Contests should be sent via PM to Danny.VBT.

Best of luck to all nominees!

[MrEyes]

Site Name: The Rev Counter - The Motorbike Community
URL: http://www.therevcounter.com

Description
TRC is a community for people who share a common interest in motorbikes. TRC provides forums, blogs, classified listings, games, streaming media and above all an active and busy community.

Reason for Nomination
If goes without saying that one of the main reasons for nominating TRC is that I would like to have a go at winning BOTM. However to be in with a chance there should be good reasons why TRC stands out. For me as site administrator my "mission statement" (pardon the jargon) is to strive to keep every community member happy all of the time, the details below show how I am working towards this.

The Setup

• My Forum - This is a great feature that allows members to view the forums in the way they want (I have published this mod here)
• vBAdvanced - This is used as the sites primary homepage and displays a summary of everything that is happening on the site (i.e. latest posts, random albums, social group information, site statistics etc).
• VBClassifieds - Allows all registered members to sell their stuff
• GARS - Geek Article & Review System - Allows all registered members to create reviews relevant to Motorbikes. This will shortly be extended to include articles.
• TRC Games - Here members can play games via ibProArcade (over 300) and VB Casino, member statistics are displayed in postbit.
• TRC Media - Members here can listen to and watch streamed media. This is regularly used by members to watch motorbike races while discussing them on the forums. Why watch at home on your own when you can watch and discuss with 100's of other people!
• Social Forums - If a social group reaches 10 or more members the group starter is given the opportunity to start a forum for their group. This has prooved to be a well excepted addition to the site as it allows group members to discuss their interests without others, who are not interested in the subject,
• All Albums - Displays a sortable list of all public albums.
• Post Thanks - Everybody likes to be appreciated, through this addon community members can thank each other for useful posts.
• Google Search Integration - In addition to the standard vBulletin search features both registered and guest visitors can search the site, via fully integrated pages, with Google.
• Blogs - Member blogs powered by vBulletin Blog.
• Styles - In addition to the changes to the default style (some might say that this is bland however it has been specifically designed to be work friendly), there are also a series of other styles added to the site. In addition to this a mobile device style can be accessed via http://mobile.therevcounter.com
• Enhanced RSS - Using the inbuilt VB RSS system site related news items are pulled down into a dedicated forum. If a member posts a comment on an RSS thread then this is automatically moved to the main discussion forum. This means that RSS posts don't get in the way of normal day to day discussion.
• SEO - Optimises the site for search engines, which attracts more people to the community. This is also used to submit site-maps to all major search engines. I have spent a considerable amount of time optimising TRC for SEO, this time investment is really starting to pay dividends.

So there you have it!

As per the nomination guidelines I have done my best to keep this short and sweet while still showcasing the best features TRC has to offer, I hope you believe it is worth your second.

Originally Posted by Lizard King

Site Name: LacivertSarı

URL: www.lacivertsari.com

i understand nothing of the site content, but i like it... (call me stupid)

i second this entry!

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Originally Posted by Shazz

Site name: Sound District

URL: http://www.sounddistrict.com

oh, and i second this one... i was a solid fight ... GRRR

[Taragon]

Originally Posted by chadi

Site Name: Talk Jesus
URL: www.talkjesus.com

Originally Posted by Lizard King

Site Name: LacivertSarı
URL: www.lacivertsari.com

I second both entries.

[Ciderhelm]

Site Name: TankSpot
URL: http://www.tankspot.com/

Description: TankSpot is a World of Warcraft niche fansite which covers MMO tanking and guild management.

Reason for Nomination: Clean, unique design and navigation; integration of a variety of popular modifications.

[kallelm]

Originally Posted by Ciderhelm

Site Name: TankSpot
URL: http://www.tankspot.com/

Description: TankSpot is a World of Warcraft niche fansite which covers MMO tanking and guild management.

Reason for Nomination: Clean, unique design and navigation; integration of a variety of popular modifications.

Seconded

[Zate]

Originally Posted by Ciderhelm

Site Name: TankSpot
URL: http://www.tankspot.com/

Description: TankSpot is a World of Warcraft niche fansite which covers MMO tanking and guild management.

Reason for Nomination: Clean, unique design and navigation; integration of a variety of popular modifications.

Seconded. Run by great people, fantastic userbase and the most comprehensive collection of tanking theory craft anywhere for any game.

[dkikuchi]

Originally Posted by Ciderhelm

Site Name: TankSpot
URL: http://www.tankspot.com/

Description: TankSpot is a World of Warcraft niche fansite which covers MMO tanking and guild management.

Reason for Nomination: Clean, unique design and navigation; integration of a variety of popular modifications.

Seconded. This site is in my bookmarks because I find its content to be great but it has a great design to go with the content as well. There have even been a number of very recent updates that have made it all the better.

[viper357]

Site Name: Marine Aquariums SA
URL: http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/

Description: The site is filled with resources and photo's about the marine aquarium hobby. The site has been running for 16 months. It's main function is to help people to successfully maintain a marine aquarium in their home.

Reason for Nomination:Clean, simple layout, easy to navigate. I have about 60 hacks installed.

[NightOne]

Originally Posted by Ciderhelm

Site Name: TankSpot
URL: http://www.tankspot.com/

Description: TankSpot is a World of Warcraft niche fansite which covers MMO tanking and guild management.

Reason for Nomination: Clean, unique design and navigation; integration of a variety of popular modifications.

Seconded.

Tankspot is nice.

[Greek76]

Originally Posted by ArnyVee

Site Name: Walt Disney Boards

URL: www.WaltDisneyBoards.com

Description: Forum discussing the genius of Walter Elias Disney. We discuss everything from Pixar to the Parks and everything in between!

Reason for Nomination: Although we are only in our 5th month of operation, the community is already very active (25K posts). We have many features on the site which add to our member's online experience. Some of the features include....

• WDB Radio - mp3 Player with Disney themed playlists
• WDB Podcast - Connecting with Disney fans around the world
• WDB Quizzes - Test your knowledge of Walt Disney and more
• WDB Tube - Watch Disney related videos or search for your own
• WDB Chat - Featured chats and LIVE trivia challenges for Disney fans
• Disney Tic Tac Toe - Challenge yourself to win or make it easy

....and much more!

The Walt Disney Boards also have 24-hour moderation along with various multi-level guards against SPAM. The WDB family of sites also include our newest social networking site, Walt Disney Buddies: Where Disney Fans Become Disney Fans and soon to come Walt Disney Blogs. But, the anchor of the 'family' is definitely our forums...the Walt Disney Boards.

I second this.