UPDATE: It is official now, here’s a screencap from the Bloggies page:
I really like the fact that they used a thermometer in the design.
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This was truly surprising. According to the Bloggies Facebook page, WUWT has been named the first ever winner of the Best Science Blog category (new this year for the Bloggies), beating Wired and Boing Boing, both of whom have way more reach and traffic than we do. I suppose it demonstrates the loyalty of our readers.
I have no idea as to the votes or margins, all that remains hidden, and probably for good measure. No voting wars broke out with this contest like we saw with Climate Audit and Bad Astronomy in 2007, and that’s a good thing.
I’ll make no speeches like Sally Field’s famous 1984 Oscar speech: “You like me, you really like me!” which is actually a misquote, and a popular parody.
I’ll simply say “thank you dear readers”, and leave it at that. I also owe thanks to the many moderators and guest bloggers that make WUWT what it is. You are winners too.
I have a temporary badge up, a permanent one follows when they have it all completed. The main page here http://2011.bloggi.es should have the announcement soon – Anthony
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Congratulations, Mr. Watts, and to all the folks who helped make it happen.
Well done Anthony and all the mods and contributors, a very well deserved achievement
Well done!
Well deserved.
It’s hardly a surprising outcome when you court one area of a “political” science, orchestrate one of the true Group Think sites on the Net and then ask on your blog for the tribe to vote for you, even giving a detailed, step- by-step description of how to do it. Embarrassing.
If this is science, then I’m Al Gore.
REPLY: Given the traffic that Wired and Boing Boing have compared to WUWT, it was in fact a complete surprise.
Stats from Alexa.com
If you want group think, you should visit Real Climate or Climate progress, where they have elevated groupthink beyond science, all the way to religion. 😉
Just curious, did you complain to ClimateProgress for offering a similar guide to readers for their “best of green” award? – Anthony
Real Climate now says,
Climate skeptics are on top!
What is up with that?
Congratulations!!
More good stuff, more of the time. Better comments than most. It is a shame that Judith Curry doesn’t come here more often.
[judithcurry.com is her baby]
Congrat’s Anthony and helpers – richly deserved. With much of the MSM’s credibility at rock-bottom on contentious scientific issues, it’s great to know we can rely on WUWT to provide an unfettered forum for exposition and discussion.
Well deserved, Anthony and mods!
anthony –
congratulations. u cannot imagine how important your blog is for those like myself, without a scientific education.
you, your guest writers and those who comment have taught me more than any teacher probably could or would.
thanx also to the mods whose time is given so selflessly.
wishing you and yours health and prosperity, so that you may continue the good fight.
This has always been one of the best sites for intelligent debate, discussion, and are brilliant getaways for rationale and clear thinking. ( Both which seem to be lacking from a lot of people these days.)
A hearty congrats to Anthony, all the seemingly invincible mods, and the excellent array of guests posters this site displays. You deserve no less.
COngratulations and thank you for making such a great blog
Congrats Anthony, moderators, guest contributors AND commenters.
It came just in time so that I was able to include the news into an email I was writing to my member of parliament.
Congratulations Anthony. The work that you and your tireless moderators do here is an inspiration to those of us who would very much like to get Science back to where it belongs. I don’t know how you keep up with all of it and live your life to boot, but I’m very glad that you do.
/dr.bill
This was truly surprising. According to the Bloggies Facebook page, WUWT has been named the first ever winner of the Best Science Blog category (new this year for the Bloggies)…
As it says right across from the image announcing how WUWT won for “Best Science Blog” in 2008. Surprising indeed.
So many replies so soon after this was posted? Didn’t you people have the Academy Awards to watch?
Oh well, it was well deserved, for putting up with us throughout the past year if nothing else.
Enjoy!
Got to get my 2¢ in — congrats Anthony et al. You have left open the way for exchange however hard it can sometimes seem, even here. I go on some other sites (we all know who they are) and can see just how valuable your site is in today’s science environment.
A well deserved award. Of course, I knew all along WUWT was the best. Congrats, Anthony!!!
Congrats to you Anthony, the moderators and all the contributor – Ira, Willis, David Archibald and many others. And thanx to WordPress for not melting down under the weight of bytes and flames.
Congratulations and thank you Anthony, the mods and all the contributors for all the work you do.
Time for a party!
R. Gates says:
February 27, 2011 at 8:54 pm
Congratulations! Very well deserved to a very enlightening and thought provoking site…even though I’m often considered a pain in the a#@ur momisugly and fly in the ointment here, I rarely miss a day to check in and see Watts Up With That!?
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No. You are not a pain in the a#@ur momisugly and especially not a fly in the ointment.
To be a fly in the ointment you have to have a credible argument in the first place.
But I am very VERY glad that you are giving credit where credit is due [this site]. You are not a fly in anybody’s ointment.
Everyone on this site is used to red herrings, straw men, and arguments from authority and emotion.
So NO HARM DONE….definitely no fly in anybody’s ointment here. Just a distraction. Glad to hear that you are conceding the gravity of this site.
Could not agree more.
[Wow…I am agreeing with R Gates…call the press]
Chris
Norfolk, VA, USA
Congrats, but two notes:
1) We already knew this is the best science blog. So there.
2) Are you sure that’s a thermometer in the design graphic at the top?
It might be a graduated cylinder.
REPLY: It looks like a centigrade thermometer, and lab quality thermometers are well known for having a yellow backing to make the numbers more readable. But I suppose it could be a graduated cylinder too. – Anthony
‘This was truly surprising. According to the Bloggies Facebook page, WUWT has been named the first ever winner of the Best Science Blog category (new this year for the Bloggies), beating Wired and Boing Boing, both of whom have way more traffic than we do. I suppose it demonstrates the loyalty of our readers.’
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You are too modest Anthony. I had no doubt that you would win, cos your site IS the best. Congratulations to you, your moderators and your guest writers – you simply desrved it.
Douglas
Congrats! You earned it.
Congratulations Antony and moderators.
You say : beating Wired and Boing Boing, both of whom have way more traffic than we do.
It maybe proves that the followers of many other blogs are reading for their weather science info here, and can judge.
Congratulations! I’ve been following the blog for a couple years now, and it seriously deserves this award. Thanks to all who contribute including the people who comment here. I learn a lot from them too. I like the focus on good solid science where data and methods are open to inspection and critique.
Well done!
Congratulations – very well deserved.