[Medal] elfdude for Phalera
Proposers: Lysimachus and Viking Prince
CdeC Support: Major Darling
Supporters: Mega Tortas, LoZz, Strelok, Phier, Tankbuster
We would like to nominate elfdude for Phalera based upon his extraordinary contributions to Personal Help and Advice . He is respectful of others even if their views are opposing to his. Many members will note that these posts do indeed start shortly before his rise to citizenship. I would submit that the body of his posts within Personal Help and Advice had they all occurred prior to ctizenship could have meant this nomination rather than a patronization thread.
elfdude has been a member of TWC since joining in September 15, 2006. This makes him officially an old timer in internet years. He has not a single warning with points to his moderation record which shows a dedication to posting within the rules. The records show nearly 2400 posts to his credit and has posted nearly 300 times in over 180 Personal Help and Advice threads as of Christmas.
His contributions to Personal Help and Advice begin more recently though on March 8 of this year with this post: Re: Losing weight and there are a total of 8 posts in the losing weight thread. He brings a good understanding of biology to the thread. As somebody with kidney problems caused by hypertension, I know his advice is spot on. Others did indeed disagree with him, but he handled the critical comments well. This was indeed a great start to his contributions to the Personal Help and Advice subforum.
This one is less science and more of a "Dear Abby" type of thread: Ex Girlfriend Interfering? It is never easy to have the ex and the current girlfirend in the same room, but to set them together at the same table means sparks may soon fly. elfdude handled this quite well with his 5 posts to the thread.
Sticking with the relationship theme, here is a more recent thread: "High school" problem that only matters to me. Our nominee posts 4 times to this thread and gets to the very core of the problem rather than the superficial problem first stated by the member. Well done.
We often see the same threads repeat. I mean how often do we ask ourselves how to get the girl? Well a good start is to flirt. So elfdude steps in with some advice in: The Same Ol' Same Ol' Rather than repeat advice which does get a bit repetitious he has simply inserted at the end of the thread some related threads. Nothing like being concise. No need to repeat sound advice when you can also remind the member that no matter how perplxing the problem is -- he / she is not alone.
btw -- here is the referred link to make it easy for all of you:
All-Out Preparation and Strategic Planning for Operation: Getting the Girl!
(btw this thread also refers to other threads in one of his posts. Talk about efficiency!)
Now I can continue, but to be honest, it is also fun to simply search for a bit on your own. I am not suggesting that you read every post that elfdude has made within the Personal Help and Advice, but I have not found a single post to be lacking.
And for some ironic humor -- here is a recent thread post. The title and perhaps even some of the content probably should have been read prior to Lysi's and my struggle to rework this nomination post: Leaving it to the last minute
This completes the rewrite of the first post to this nomination thread. I hope you enjoy poking about and discovering the joy of elfdude as much as we have enjoyed bringing him to your attention.
Some PH&A postings that may be of interest that remain from the prior version of this nomination:
Have trouble sleeping at night, could this be a good way of sleeping?
Need some advice
Initiating flirting
Girl troubles
Again, we wish to remind all citizens that there are far more posts of extraordinary quality. His posts are always thought provoking, further the conversation, friendly, and respectful.
a short post script by Viking Prince
Originally Posted by Simon Cashmere
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