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    Default [Award] Abdülmecid I for Novus




    Awarded for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.

    Abdülmecid I for Novus I've had this pending for so long, that I almost forgot. You'll pardon me but I was busy with my own trials. However, it seems yesterday that we introduced this silly Turkish Janissary in the ranks of the Greatest Leaders of the World (aka the Corrupted Seven) and look at him now.. everybody lie down in front on him, praising the great Overlord and begging his mercy, hoping for him to spare their life and not impale them, as they surely deserve.

    I don't remember exactly the day he entered the Moderators' Sauna for the first time, it was long ago and you know, the steam and all that.. but since then he quickly became a fixed host and he often entertained us with his stories of how he infracted the bones, with his mace, of those puny commoners who dared to break the Terms of Sultan (aka ToS). His deeds are legendary and no one ever managed to match the brutality of his repression, ever. He sometimes lied in the course of his duty, but hey, this is what great leaders do!

    Unfortunately, most of his crudest actions are covered by the Sultan non Disclosure (aka SnD), since they involve beheading, impaling and other funny activities, however, the signs of his glory are there for everybody to see:


    Because only amethyst is strong enough to withstand his powerful harm!


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    Default Re: [AWARD] Abdülmecid I for Novus

    Truely deserved.
    Cause tomorrow is a brand-new day
    And tomorrow you'll be on your way
    Don't give a damn about what other people say
    Because tomorrow is a brand-new day


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    Default Re: [AWARD] Abdülmecid I for Novus

    Quote Originally Posted by Morticia Iunia Bruti View Post
    Truely deserved.
    Ah silly me, I forgot we had another powerful ally!



    ps sorry Querida for comparing you with Big Angela, please don't hate me
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    Default Re: [AWARD] Abdülmecid I for Novus

    This is one of the nominations that really deserves serious treatment and not the comical approach you have chosen here. Perhaps a more factual accounting of days served in each position, links to some of his more notable posts (he has quite a few in both the MudPit and Vestigia for example), and a more realistic appreciation of his impact on the board administration and activity as a staff member.

    As you have it here now it appears you are relying on his moderation history? but Novus is much more than that.

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    Default Re: [AWARD] Abdülmecid I for Novus

    Ah Querido, i never could hate you. And Angela even if she is not from my party is one of our better chancellors.

    I don't know, Abdul has a fine sense of humour, i guess he likes a not too serious laudatio.

    And even if you don't visit daily the dungeons and deeper dungeons, his posts especially in the pit and VV are the more well researched ones. Lightowers of wisedom in the darkness of party policy and hurray patriotism. I mean the man has a POTF Bronze medal.

    If i could vote, he would have my voice.
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    Edit: In the end it doesn't matter how much evidence you do deliver here, people will vote out of sympathy or not, as recent cases have shown.
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    Default Re: [AWARD] Abdülmecid I for Novus

    Quote Originally Posted by Gaius Baltar View Post
    This is one of the nominations that really deserves serious treatment and not the comical approach you have chosen here. Perhaps a more factual accounting of days served in each position, links to some of his more notable posts (he has quite a few in both the MudPit and Vestigia for example), and a more realistic appreciation of his impact on the board administration and activity as a staff member.

    As you have it here now it appears you are relying on his moderation history? but Novus is much more than that.
    I think there is room for both comedy and seriousness but I agree that it would be nice to see more here than just his awards and a promise that he has many other accomplishments that are unable to be shared.

    I believe Abdul to be worthy of this award, but I find this award proposal to be lacking in it's current state.

    I will be abstaining.

    p.s post is quite funny though

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    Default Re: [AWARD] Abdülmecid I for Novus

    Support. An oversight from senior staff that he hasn't got one already.

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    Support, quite deserved from what I can tell.
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    Default Re: [AWARD] Abdülmecid I for Novus

    Quote Originally Posted by Gaius Baltar View Post
    This is one of the nominations that really deserves serious treatment and not the comical approach you have chosen here. Perhaps a more factual accounting of days served in each position, links to some of his more notable posts (he has quite a few in both the MudPit and Vestigia for example), and a more realistic appreciation of his impact on the board administration and activity as a staff member.

    As you have it here now it appears you are relying on his moderation history? but Novus is much more than that.
    Lol I wonder if you actually read the reasoning of the award, I'll repeat it down here for your comfort, in case you missed it.

    Awarded for exceptional contributions to the site in the capacity of a staff member.
    Therefore his posts in the Mudpit or the VV have nothing to do with this award. As a matter of fact those are important towards the Phalera award, which, low and behold, I proposed Abdul for about one year and a half ago. Also, administration has nothing to do with this award, since that is covered by the Divus.
    Next time please take care of properly distinguishing between awards, if you really want to make a point.
    And it's rather ironic that you pretend to tell me what a Novus is, since I'm a holder myself and I've proposed another 3 or 4 recipients in the past few years.

    Anyways, each to his own I guess

    Quote Originally Posted by Akar View Post
    I think there is room for both comedy and seriousness but I agree that it would be nice to see more here than just his awards and a promise that he has many other accomplishments that are unable to be shared.

    I believe Abdul to be worthy of this award, but I find this award proposal to be lacking in it's current state.

    I will be abstaining.

    p.s post is quite funny though
    Well this quite funny, honestly

    However, as I said in the proposal itself, it is difficult to show the concrete contribution of a Moderator, since most of their deeds are covered by the SnD; you can link to an article or to a workshop or whatever, but you can't link to a report or an infraction or a PM conversation, for obvious reasons, therefore it becomes impossible to show publicly how his daily work of a Moderator could be considered excellent. I trust that more support will come from the other Moderators (and retired ones as well), who have witnessed his amazing contribution with their own eyes.

    If more factual data is really needed, then please be my guest:

    - Amethyst mace is usually given after over 3 years of continuous and distinguished service as a Moderator, which is quite a lot already. Abdul has served for another year and a half and is now close to 5 years of continuous and distinguished service, which is exceptional by itself, I'd say.

    - As far as I can tell personally he's been the most active Moderator, in terms of number of total moderation actions per month, for almost every month he served (and often with a very large gap compared to the second), with very few exceptions.

    - He's been a Mentor for long (for those who do not know, Mentores are a sort of Senior Moderators who, among the other things, accept the responsibility to train new moderators. i.e. lolI was my Mentor when I was a rookie long ago).

    - The TWC Moderation award is of course self explanatory. Being voted for three years in a row by the site as a whole as the best Moderator is a clear evidence of the quality of his work in that position and how that is easily perceived by the membership as a whole. If more numbers are needed, I can tell you that in both 2019 and 2020 awards he was voted the best Moderator with over 50% of the total votes (54% and 64% respectively).

    - While not mandatory per se, it is implied that anyone who is promoted into Hex because of their Staff work has already contributed exceptionally in their duties; this is what lolI is referring to with his comment.

    I hope this will be enough to convince even the most skeptic Citizen.
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    And for the sake of formality: support
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    Default Re: [AWARD] Abdülmecid I for Novus

    this is what lolI is referring to with his comment.
    I think he's just calling them out for being lazy and not nominating him themselves, leaving it to an old retired curmudgeon like yourself .

    Anyway, you've convinced me.

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    Default Re: [AWARD] Abdülmecid I for Novus

    I had the privilege of witnessing first hand the wielding of the mace by this master - truly deserving of this award indeed.










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    One of my brightest students in my times as Moderation Mentor. The pupil has long surpassed the master, of course.
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    ^^ That's just because you're getting old Iskar

    I've been working with the Pacha (Abdülmecid I) in Moderation during several years. He has showed a tireless commitment and a great dedication in a task that can be ungrateful sometimes. A well deserved recognition
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    Default Re: [AWARD] Abdülmecid I for Novus

    damn I'm getting old too, I forgot to ask this to be moved to vote when possible

    thanks
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    Default Re: [AWARD] Abdülmecid I for Novus

    Moved to vote .

    Vote here.

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    Default Re: [Award] Abdülmecid I for Novus

    Vote passed, congrats to Abdul for his Novus!
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