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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Hearty good wishes to you and your fine team Anthony!
Worldwide recognition of your unwavering policies and determined hard work is richly deserved.
Thank you for the wealth of information that you have provided, a lot of which is over my head!
Encore!
Chris A
Well done, congratulations, Anthony!
Congratulations, and thanks, Anthony.
And to the moderators, contributors and those who comment here (particularly those of many disciplines who share and argue their professional knowledge and experience).
Gratulerar å det varmaste för en suveränt välförtjänt utmärkelse! Och stort tack för all möda Du & team lägger ner.
Bästa hälsningar från svenska Bästkusten!
//TJ
Congratulations Anthony. You deserve it! And so do all your valuable contributors.
Of course, you realize, elections have consequences… all good in this case.
A Google of dittos to all the previous comments and my congratulations and very special thanks to you Anthony and all who have helped make this site what it is, a beacon of sanity in an increasingly insane world. Though we’ve never met and probably never will, in my mind I think of you as a dear friend and I really don’t have words to properly express how greatly I appreciate the time and personal sacrifices you have invested to keep this site going and build it into the exceptional thing that it has become. It is entirely gratifying to see you receive some small part of the recognition that you so richly deserve. It’s a shame it couldn’t be accompanied by a nice fat check, like Algore’s dubious Nobel, but WTH we can all fall back on our stipends from ExxonMobil.
And before anyone jumps on my case for that last line, I’ll quote a childhood hero, Foghorn Leghorn….” It’s a joke, son!”
David Fincher and The Social Network were robbed today but it’s good to see one award was given to the right person.
Congratulations, Anthony!
What kind of warped world is this? Straight shooters are not supposed to receive awards. The final stage of any successful project is supposed to be “punishment of the innocent and awards and accolades for the guilty”. This recognition of Anthony and Team is very disturbing!
Skuze the “Andrew”, Antonio. I’m still dyslexic.
Anthony,
Congratulations!
You are too modest.
True that you had great moderators, meaningful posters & a great set of commenters who came from a very broad spectrum backgrounds.
True that timing is everything; you were the right man at the right time with right frame of mind.
But, we all know the reason WUWT is so exceptional is because you are a wonderful leader. Given that then everything else naturally happened.
There is an old saying in the business world, “you can tell if someone is a great leader by seeing who is following that person”
John
Congratulations! A well deserved win for an outstanding webpage. As Thomas J said, in swedish, thank you for all the hard work you put into WUWT.
Congrats and thank you for your time!
Your hard work and diligence has paid off. You post an amazing amount of material and this is just a part time endeavor. Thanks and congratulations!
Ed
Congrats to all who contribute.
Curious to know who has given the 1 thumbs down for every comment.
I want to say something that starts with con…. ummmm..
constipation!
😀
Congrats, Anthony! You and your guest posters/moderators deserve this award.
Good science and good commentary, well moderated. A winning formula.
Congratulations. You deserve it.
Congratulations and thanks to all moderators and contributors as well as to you.
“The voting system rejects ballots with less than 3 voting categories checked to prevent ballot stuffing. I left out this one important piece of info in their rules in my announcement, …”
Not that it matters a great deal but my guess is that you must have won by a very large margin as, according to the above quote, my vote [and I suspect many others] would not have counted since I only voted for the one category.
Congrats. You guys have helped prevent the imposition of the insane policies that the Elite are intent on imposing.
Fantastic! Thanks for what you do. It makes it much easier for me to go out to battle.
Also: 1) I love the curved lines (perspective) on the thermometer. Let’s have fun reading temperatures, kids! 2) There IS something way better than Velveeta in Chico. (That’s a reference to another old joke, but unless you used to read Herb Caen, you wouldn’t get it.)
Congratulations Anthony for having the best science blog. I’m not sure how you do it as I have trouble just keeping up with reading the new topics and comments every day. The commentary for each posting is of high quality and I’ve learned a huge amount about climatology since stumbling onto WUWT through climateaudit. WUWT is a blog I’ve recommended to many people and hopefully those people have also passed on the URL.
The voting procedure was certainly non-trivial with my vote only finally getting counted when I gave it my office email address. No response to any of the throw-away email addresses that I tried. What would be interesting to see is how many votes the other nominees received.
Fantastic and congratulations to Anthony and the team. Hope the champers is popping!
Thank you for your long hours of dedication, sourcing of excellent information and guests, the science and the great humour. And bringing it to the WUWT web-site.
Congrats Anthony and crew!
… and you did it without my vote being counted since I only voted for two blogs on the award site (I honestly don’t regularly read any of the other blogs they had nominated so I didn’t feel qualified to vote on those categories).
Like there was ever any doubt? This is the best and most informative science blog ever and the award must be making a certain mere shadow of a “science” blog livid. Long may you continue to do so.
Congratulations Anthony! 😀
Congratulations Anthony, your blog is really worth it.
Alex
Congratulations. Well deserved.