{"id":2197,"date":"2012-12-10T23:30:13","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T23:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/?p=2197"},"modified":"2012-12-10T23:30:13","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T23:30:13","slug":"2012-bragging-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2012\/12\/10\/2012-bragging-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"2012 Bragging Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HURRAH!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s that time of year when I start going through the Bragging Rights Central archives of my favourite comment(s) from this blog and post(s) from other blogs &#8211; see the sidebar for details &#8211; trying to pick my favourite comments for the annual reader vote. Expect the list of finalists and the reader poll some time in the next few days&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;but for now, I present to you: the<strong>\u00a0Third Annual VWXYNot? Awards for the Most Comments and Posts Listed in Bragging Rights Central!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As always, the winner of each category gets a $20 (Canadian) Amazon gift certificate, as well as 2012 Bragging Rights (Quantitative)!<\/p>\n<p>NB the most recent comments and posts that are currently in the sidebar do count towards this year&#8217;s totals.<\/p>\n<p>First, the comments:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"2012 Comments by VWXYNot, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/89085608@N05\/8262850562\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8218\/8262850562_3f9d0477bd_z.jpg\" alt=\"2012 Comments\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s another runaway victory for the defending champion in this category, Richard Wintle \/ Ricardipus!\u00a0Many congratulations to Richard, and please email me to let me know which email address I should use to send you your well-deserved Amazon gift certificate!<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t include the following contributors in the chart without making it look ridiculous, but I&#8217;d also like to acknowledge the following commenters:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two BRC mentions<\/strong>: EcoGeoFemme, Elizabeth, Frank Norman, Heather, Jenny Rohn, Laurence Cox, Nico, SB<\/p>\n<p><strong>One BRC mention:<\/strong>\u00a0Casey, Catherine, Crystal Voodoo, David Kent, Gerty-Z, Ian, Megan Cully, Michael McCarthy, Michelle, ModScientist, Prof-like Substance, Robyn, Science Girl, Silver Fox, Stephen Curry, Stephen Moss, Sylvia McLain, Zen Faulkes<\/p>\n<p><strong>A HUGE thank you to EVERYONE who commented on my blog this year! You&#8217;re all winners!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And now, the posts! Last year we had a four-way tie between Massimo, Beth Snow, Nina, and CromerCrox, so I&#8217;m glad to report that we have a clear winner this time:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"2012 posts by VWXYNot, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/89085608@N05\/8262850528\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8218\/8262850528_35167e3086_z.jpg\" alt=\"2012 posts\" width=\"600\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCongratulations to Steve Caplan! Please let me know which email address I should use for your prize.<\/p>\n<p>As with the comments, I couldn&#8217;t include all this year&#8217;s winners in the same graph, so kudos to the following bloggers:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two BRC mentions<\/strong>: Alyssa, Biochem Belle, Captain Awkward, Erika Cule, Kimli, Masks of Eris, Ruchi, Sylvia McLain<\/p>\n<p><strong>One BRC mention:<\/strong>\u00a0Anthony Fejes, Ask A Manager, Austin Elliott, Benoit Bruneau, Charles Pelkey, Don Davies, EcoGeoFemme, Excitable Scientist, Gerty-Z, Grant Jacobs, Heather, JaneB, Letters of Note, Nik Papageorgiou, Pharma Strategy Blog, Rachel Slatyer, Richard Wintle, Scott Wagers, Silver Fox, T Ryan Gregory, TOC ROFL, Unbalanced Reaction, VanEast Beer Blog, Viktor Poor, xkcd,<\/p>\n<p><strong>A HUGE thank you to ALL the bloggers I read! Keep up the great work in 2012!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right, now I just have to choose my favourite comments&#8230; watch this space!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HURRAH! 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