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Posts : 2102 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 53 Location : North London
Subject: BEST post of the Month/ Year Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:07 am
Hi All I see Admin has started a thread for top poster of the month. Whilst not disputing the quality of Pascal's posts which I at least have found both amusing and incisive, this awards Quantity, not Quality. Admin, members. Could members nominate a best, or most important post of the month, which we could then vote for? I am thinking of one that advances knowledge, cultural importance and understanding, new research etc etc. If members agree, I would nominate 3 posts: 1. Rodley Stainlen's post (OK, I know it was November) informing the world that his father/family was donating his/their ancestor's medal (Lt Edgar Anstey) to the regimental museum in Brecon. 2. Julian Whybra's previously unreleased research on the nationalities of the "21 unknown" nationalities mentioned by Norman Holme. 3. And, my own post about Chelmsford being a psychopath. Tasker
barry
Posts : 921 Join date : 2011-10-21 Location : Algoa Bay
Subject: Kroomen in the Royal Navy Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:43 pm
Hi All, Based on Tasker's criteria I would nominate PO Tom's essay on "Kroomen" in the Royal Navy, for the months best.
barry
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Subject: BEST post of the Month/ Year Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:48 pm
I vote for Tasker 224, because it is a psychopath as Chelmsford
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7507 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 73 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: BEST post of the Month/ Year Wed Dec 28, 2011 3:50 pm
Without a doubt
Admin for................... in answer to CTSG. Spent a long time laughing.
Subject: BEST post of the Month/Year Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:08 pm
Yes Springbok, I second that, it was so funny I was laughing and chuckling for ages afterwards.
Brilliant use of the
tasker224
Posts : 2102 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 53 Location : North London
Subject: Re: BEST post of the Month/ Year Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:44 pm
barry wrote:
Hi All, Based on Tasker's criteria I would nominate PO Tom's essay on "Kroomen" in the Royal Navy, for the months best.
barry
Thanks Barry, just read POT's post quoting that essay by Hyde. Very interesting indeed. I have seen odd sounding nick names to these African auxilliaries named on Africa General Service campaign medals. One I remember was "Beer bottle" or something to that effect.
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Posts : 3923 Join date : 2008-11-01 Age : 61 Location : KENT
Subject: Re: BEST post of the Month/ Year Wed Dec 28, 2011 10:43 pm
Good idea. I can post the question at the end of each month.
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Subject: BEST post of the Month/ Year Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:43 am
In one view, the nominee should be the one who started a topic in the year, had the most views in the year and not necessarily answers, that's what brought new people on the forum .. .
Many will be interested and read a topic without answering, simply because it looks just information about a subject he does not know.
This is the number of views that you can see what interests people the most.
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in answer to CTSG. Spent a long time laughing.
