[BOTM July 2007] Nomination Thread

This is the nomination thread for Board of the Month July.

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

Nominations will be accepted until the 30th of June. Also, please note, that the current voting thread for BOTM June will remain open as well until the 30th of June.

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:

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.

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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.


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Best of luck to all nominees!

[aj8690]

Site Name: PureTalkForum.com

URL: www.puretalkforum.com

Description: Talk about your interests in our forum, play arcade games, meet new people and customize your profile. And best of all -- have fun.

Reason for Nomination: Lots of hard work is finally paying off. We have always been a slow-growing community but from the beginning we have always done the right things to increase rankings and ultimately get more members and posts. It is finally paying off and things are starting to pick up the pase. It wouldn't be possible without the great people and their modifications and help at vbulletin.org.

Edit: It's also my birthday in July, so this would be a great birthday gift.

[Chadi]

Site Name: Talk Jesus Forums & Live Chat

URL: http://www.talkjesus.com

Description: Christian [non-denominational] community of nearly 8,000 members and 80,000 posts. Moderated around the clock 24/7. Family friendly, user-friendly, clean layout and simplified navigation.

Unique Features
- nearly 100 worship songs built into the flash chat
- nearly 100 arcade games
- Digg like spy feature
- online bible glossary
- hundreds of community photos
- online radio streaming
- rss feeds from Christian sites
- public / private journals
- Tag system (threads and forums)
- blog / news system to keep members updated

Protection
- spam protection filter
- advanced censor filter list
- moderated photos
- moderated registrations

Reason for Nomination:

Talk Jesus forums is a very clean Christian site in terms of its design/layout and of course, moderation. It is non-denominational, very friendly and family oriented as well. There are members from young children to the elders worldwide, currently reaching 8,000 members. There are no advertisements. It is free and full of awesome features that sets this Christian community apart from the rest. There are literally over 1,000 nicely laid out articles (per topic) in the Scriptural Answers forum and Evidence & Prophecy forum. These would be the "faq" of Bible and answers to the "why" questions of life in general. The forum rules are very basic, clear and encourages unity in how the members treat each other, how they post and what to do and not do, for sake of keeping the community clean, friendly and Christ centered.

[Nudda]

Site: The Linkin Park Projekt

URL: http://www.lpprojekt.com/forum , www.lpprojekt.com

Descritption: One of the fastest growing Linkin Park fan sites, updated daily with news!

Reason for nomination: We are constantly posting the latest (legal, ha) media, including the latest one today, their entire set from the Alive Festival in Lisbon. Great community, with awesome contests. Major modifications include arcade, wordpress bridge, and shoutbox.

[transitbus]

Site Name: shebali's Cronies

URL: www.shebaliscronies.com

Description: Social site for a tight nit community of gamers

Reason for Nomination: Spent a lot of time getting the site to be a fun place for friends to come and have a place they can caht, hang out, and share gaming experiences. I have donr a lot of sites in the past and I have to say this is my favorite layout I have used and modified. I am really proud of it and hope others like it as well.

Originally Posted by Roms

Site Name: Military Ltd
URL: http://www.militaryltd.com/

Description: Military Limited is a military website that features information, resources, events, groups, and organizations of the Armed Forces. Our online Community is filled with enthusiasts, military personnel, experts, and professionals from around the World. MilitaryLtd.Com is a leading resource for information about any subject matter relating to the Military world.

Reason for Nomination: It's a great community and resource.

Seconded

[Ohiosweetheart]

Originally Posted by chadi

Site Name: Talk Jesus Forums & Live Chat

URL: http://www.talkjesus.com

Description: Christian [non-denominational] community of nearly 8,000 members and 80,000 posts. Moderated around the clock 24/7. Family friendly, user-friendly, clean layout and simplified navigation.

I second this site.

[Killsparer]

Site Name: Projekt Star Wars

URL: www.projektstarwars.de/forum

Description: The largest german-speaking Star Wars fan-community with more than 1 Million Posts. Offers many features like (of course) the forum, blogs, chat-rooms and a gallery.

Reason for Nomination: It uses a self-made design and a custom portal-page. Beside being a popular platform for the german-speaking Star Wars community since 2001.

[ayoko555]

Site Name: LovingWii
URL: http://forums.lovingwii.com
Description: This is a forum for all the Wii lovers. The great thing about it is that you can download/share your wii game saves.
Reason for Nomination: NO Ads!!! A lot of hard work on the design and we ALL love Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii~

[christian8a]

Site Name: MyLs1.com

Site URL: http://www.myls1.com

Description: A site made for LSX car enthusiast. We Offer heck of alot more than other LSX or GM boards out there
We have only 3 weeks, almost a month and we are almost done with the subpages. However the site is running and we have some very good flash designs on it.

Reason for Nomination: Alot of hrs of work, but the site turned out beautifull so I wanted to share it with people from vbulletin forums.
No other LSX site has the stuff that we have and will have. The looking of the site is Unique also

[Smash World]

Site Name: Smash World Forums
URL: http://www.smashboards.com
Description: A gigantic community of Super Smash Bros. players from around the world. Find Smash Bros. tournaments and tons of tips and strategies for all the smash brothers games, including the upcoming Smash Bros. Brawl for Nintendo Wii.

Reason for Nomination:
The depth of the Super Smash Bros. video games has led to the development of a large, devoted tournament community. Smash World Forums has grown into a home for these competitive Smash Bros. players. In 2002 and 2003, the first tournaments began appearing on Smash World Forums. Many of these tournaments were held in a member's basement, and open invitations were placed on the website. Early on, some people would drive 5-6 hours to get to a location where there might only be 10 players. Now players use Smash World Forums to organize and to find tournaments from all over the country. And thanks to companies like MLGPro, which soon after began hosting large tournaments with cash prizes, there are many gamers that are now considered "professional" Smash Bros. players.

Tournaments are now held regularly all over the world, with large communities centered in the United States and Canada; north and western Europe, including The Netherlands, Sweden, and France; Australia; and Japan. Almost every tournament is organized through Smash World Forums, using our calendar and tournament rooms. Big tournaments like Melee FC6 have seen over 200 participants!

Nintendo recognized the uniqueness and importance of this community and interviewed Smash World Forums, discussing the great scope of the competitive community that Smash World helped to start. This interview appeared in Nintendo Power Issue 195 (September 2005).

Now, with the release of Nintendo Wii, a third Super Smash Bros. game called Smash Bros. Brawl is scheduled to be released in the near future. Smash World Forums is dedicated to continuing to provide a central location for Smash Bros. players all around the world. With the upcoming release of Smash Bros. Brawl, our forums are bustling with more member activity than ever before. We cannot even guess how the tournament scene will change when the new game comes out, but we are optimistic!

Smash World Forums was created in Aug. of 2001, and we hope to continue providing the services of the site to all fans for many years to come.

[RedTyger]

Originally Posted by vertigo jones

Site Name: Stirrdup
URL: http://www.stirrdup.com

Description: Social news site similiar to Digg and Reddit, but built upon the idea that the content that is the most interesting isn't necessarily the same as what everyone agrees with. Stories gain points through users doing what they would normally do while using a site (clicking links and leaving comments) and the ones that gain the most interest are promoted to the main page. If they continue to hold interest, they will stay higher on the page until the time weighted system slowly moves them down to allow more fresh content in. This fixes the "bury brigade" censorship that plagues Digg and Reddit.

Reason for Nomination: The entire site is implemented using vbulletin plugins. Not a single file change. Really shows the flexibility of the system.

Wonderful stuff, I love the concept behind independent ratings and a very different use of the vBulletin engine too. Can't believe nobody else has seconded this.

Seconded and good luck to you.