Lets fulfill Someone's Wishes - Vote for the BATOM

Voting gets over at 22:00 hrs (IST) on Jul 18, 2010. Remember, that means time stamp of your comment can be at most 21:59 and not 22:00.

Let us welcome the new Blog-a-Tonics before proceeding further

• Michelle
• D2
• Anurag (Please provide a bloglink to be blogrolled)
• Guddu
• Braj
• RoH
• Yamini Ram (Please provide a bloglink to be blogrolled)
• Meher
• Satyam Gambhir
• Digital Marketing (Please provide a personal bloglink to be blogrolled)
• Parul (Please provide a bloglink to be blogrolled)
• Maddie
• Shreyas Kulkarni

You all will be blogrolled after the completion of this edition of Blog-a-Ton!

Click here to check the fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton along with the direct links to their posts.

In this edition,  70 entries came in from  65 blog-a-tonics within the stipulated time. 

Please recheck the links you have provided. Some of them do not have correct path. So please repost your links.

Please follow the following rules while voting.

1. You can cast upto 3 votes or cheers as we call them, and of course you can not vote for yourself.

In short, you are allowed to vote for one, two or three entries. All your votes will carry the same weightage.

2. FROM NOW ON, REVERTING TO OUR EARLIER TRADITION,  ONLY THOSE BLOG-A-TONICS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VOTING WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT.

We have flaunted with the idea of voting by non-participants but it has shown no results, only leading to favoritism in some cases. These are the number of votes casted by non-partcipants in previous BATs going chronologically backwards - 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 6, 3.
In short, rather than making the counting cumbersome for me, I've decided to drop this rule.

3.  Your Voting Comment should start as follows:

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I participated - http://vipulgrover.blogspot.com/2010/07/wish.html

I vote for - 
1. XYZ; his/her post = http://ABC/xyz.html
2. DEF; his/her post = http://LMN/def.html
3. PQR; his/her post = http://RST/pqr.html

Code:

I participated - <a href="YOUR POST LINK">YOUR POST LINK</a>

I vote for -
1. NAME OF THE FIRST BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
2. NAME OF THE SECOND BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>
3. NAME OF THE THIRD BLOGATONIC YOU VOTE FOR; his/her postlink = <a href="HIS/HER POST LINK">HIS/HER POST LINK</a>

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Replace the parameters highlighted in red with their actual values.

Remove the extra code in case you are voting for less than three entries.

3. While voting for a Blog-a-Tonic, use his/her name as provided by him/her in his/her participation entry.
Moreover, in case of multiple entries by that blog-a-tonic, don't forget to number his post as mentioned by him/her while commenting.

 4. All your votes should be posted in a single comment. So, take your time - go through all posts - only then decide your one or two or three favourites.
In case you vote separately, only the first comment will be taken into consideration.

5.  Post your vote in the comments section of this post.

Now coming to the other rules:

• Voting ends at  2200 hrs (IST) on  Jul 18, 2010.
• I have started moderating the comments and won’t display the voting comments till the end of this process to keep the result secret till its conclusion.
• After the voting code mentioned above, you may also add the reason, why you voted for a particular post to help others know what you expect as a reader. Moreover, you may also mention the other posts that you liked though you can vote for just one of them. 
• In case of multiple entries by any blog-a-tonic, all his/her entries will be evaluated individually while deciding BATOM, i.e., the award will go to a post rather than the blogger.

The Votes will be discarded without any prior warning in case they are not sufficiently compatible with the rules.

So, if there is any query about voting or you do not find yourself blogrolled, feel free to drop in a mail. I'll try to get back to you asap.

NOW COMING TO THE NEW AWARDING SYSTEM - 

On popular demand and requests received and discussions done with some individual Blog-a-Tonics, we will be having 3 BATOM (Blog-a-Tonic of the Month) awards this time.

• GOLD BATOM
• SILVER BATOM
• BRONZE BATOM

Some (highly complex) rules for rewarding -

• Awards will be given to maximum (and not necessarily) three individuals only.
• For example if two individuals win the Gold and Silver and there is tie for Bronze, the Bronze badge award will stand canceled rather than giving it to all the tied ones.
• Similarly, if there are more than two contenders for Silver, both Silver and Bronze shall be canceled.
• In case of ties at higher levels, the lower rewards might be cancelled.
• For example, if there is a tie for silver between two, both will be awarded it, and the Bronze will be canceled.
• In case of certain ties, Marshal's vote shall decide the winner (as otherwise, I do not vote)
• For example, if there are more than three contenders for Gold, then inevitably, Marshal's vote will decide the three winners who all will be given gold and there will be no Silver and Bronze.
• These rules are to ensure that we don't end up awarding non-competitive posts.
• As this is a new feature, I'll have the sole discretion to adapt it as required. So kindly, bear with me.
• As time progresses, we'll be substantiating the rules.

Remember, the time stamp of your comment can be at most 21:59 and not 22:00 on Jul 18.

Hoping to see similar participation in voting too

Blog-a-Tonically Yours

Vipul Grover