Nominations:
Anyone can nominate an individual, question, or answer for a WAmmy! Users can nominate themselves and their own work as well:
Voting:
The nominees are then narrowed down by a committee, and voted on by Supervisors and Contributors. Any registered user is permitted to vote!
The votes are then tallied from each category with the finalists, and the winners are announced in March.
Ages of WAmmy award winners are not tracked so it is not known which WAmmy award winner is the youngest.
In the weeks before voting for the WAmmy Awards gets underway, nominations will be solicited on the forums. You are not able to nominate yourself. Then WikiAnswers supervisors will vote for the finalists to determine the award winner for that year.
Any registered contributor on Answers may win a WAmmy award, considering that someone has nominated one of their Q&A contributions (or they have nominated their own contribution) and the nomination makes it to the final voting. Nominations for each category can be posted by non-supervisors on the Community Forum in the WAmmys' thread throughout the year. Supervisors may post nominations on the Supervisor's Forum in the WAmmy threads throughout the year.
WAmmy Award 'Answer of the Year' 2009JoyceP's answer to "What are the signs of child abuse and how can you help the abused child to overcome the harm it has caused?" won her the WAmmy Award for Answer of the Year in 2009. (See Related links for the actual answer.)
The answer that won the WAmmy Award in 2007 for 'Answer of the Year' was "How do you know when a man is serious about you?" which was answered by Joe Hepperle.
Words of Acceptance by the WAmmy Award WinnersFor the acceptance speeches of the WAmmy Award winners per year - 2007; 2008; 2009, and 2010 - see the Related links below.
To earn a WAmmy Badge, you need to win a WikiAnswers WAmmy Award. See the links below for the past winners and winning contributions.
Check out the 2012 WAmmy page for the complete list of winners! Linked below.
Two contributors, JoyceP and Quirkyquantummechanic, shared the WAmmy Award for "Answer of the Year" in 2008.JoyceP wrote an answer to "What precautions should be taken before a hurricane hits?" and Quirkyquantummechanic wrote an answer to "How is a cyclotron constructed and how does it work?"(See the Related questions for the pertinent WAmmy-winning answers.)
The WAmmy Awards are given to those who have been nominated by Supervisors and Contributors. Users can nominate themselves and their own work as well:Nominations for each category can be posted by non-supervisors on the Community Forum in the WAmmys' thread throughout the year.Supervisors may post nominations on the Supervisor's Forum in the WAmmy threads throughout the year.The nominees are then voted on by Supervisors and Contributors. The votes are then tallied from each category with the finalists, and the winners are announced in March.You could possibly be nominated and become a WAmmy winner if you make every effort possible to do good quality work on all your contributions.
You must win a WAmmy award.
The 2009 WAmmy Award Winners will be announced in late January or early February, 2010.