Hmm, how does one value a person's contribution? By # of post counts - good grief, we've got plenty of folk who have a ton of posts but a # of fters would question the 'value' of some of those posts - and that's true of both old-timers as well as newbies.

Now in fairness I'm not going to be a big contributor to the wiki, but that's cuz I just don't get the thing (sigh), vs stopping by for 30 seconds or making some artificial count. Kinda like chat - there have been newbies & old-timers who have stopped by recently for the token 30 seconds due to the contest but didn't add much - maybe they didn't get it, maybe they just wanted to hit a # or criteria in this case.

BTW - I know I frequently take the 'get over it' view but I'm gonna do that again. I view this drawing kinda like an idine thing - unexpected but nice points if I get them. Well I should say my view of idine - I know others go out of their way on it.

I already had posted reviews, have been on chat, & am a Premium whatever that thing is, so wiki is the only extra step I went through (and it was so frustrating I almost didn't finish it, but that's me). Would I like to be chosen? Yes, hence the going through the steps. Do I expect to be chosen? Absolutely not. But hoping is part of the fun.

And I truly don't understand all the bent out of shape & I'm 'entitled' cuz I've posted a lot thought process. It's a fun contest - no more than that - that 12 Days is willing to fund to get folk to some parts of FT that may not normally get traffic (and like any good marketer is willing to put a carrot which us mileage-craving folk will go after).

But a few things...

First, it's 12Days (presumably Randy)'s playbox - he gets to make the rules & for this year, these were the rules - and it didn't require posts. So I guess my thought is why grumble - but if you're gonna grumble grumble against Randy (and preferably via PM), not the folk who had their handles chosen.

Second, if you all are actually checking people who have been chosen for their 'post count' you have too much time on your hands . It would never occur to me to actually do a search to find someone's post count who won something.

Finally gang, I know a lot of you & like you, but it's the holiday season. Don't be Scrooges! Just enjoy it all. If you win, consider it an op-upgrade - unexpected but delightful if it happens.

Cheers.

It takes less that 10 seconds to see if the user chosen is active or not.

The way the contest is structured is fine, as the "milepost winners" are drawn from the active user pool. I just think it would be more fun if every name chosen was active, but it is fine either way.

Last edited by Mikel at Webflyer : Today at 2:03 pm

At least MrLimo is an active , and old time Flyertalker. He even gave me a Long Beach reality tour a couple of years ago.

Someone get a hold of him!

I just sent him a PM.

@:-)

See also http://www.flyertalk.com/twelve_days.php (pop-up)

That must be a vBulletin bug. I know Mikel and there is no way he's working on the weekend.

Way 2 go Mrlimo! He definitely deserves a Flyertalk prize.

Very cool to see MRLIMO win! He was active on FT when I joined 5 years ago. I remember a lot of posts about hospitality in various airline club lounges, before 9-11 made most of that impossible.

gjriley - another 0 count poster. More miles for me to win tomorrow. ^

Hmm... I wonder if we should take bets on today's.

I've noticed some system problems with FlyerTalk access. That's one way to keep out the newbies!

I have a question about the extra bonus miles from the Wiki, Chat, Premium and Reviews for a total of 20,000 miles. So far there has been only three winners and none have been able to pick up the bonus miles.

If the 12th name is not eligible for the bonus miles then they were to go to the latest eligible winner. If there was no eligible winner that qualified for the bonus miles, how will you give them away? This looks like it will be a real possibility. dawn

Any leftover miles will be awarded to the Flyertalk handle with the least amount of time spent online.