Messageboard Merit

Each month, EggHeadCafe pays out $750 in bonus rewards to member forum posters like you. Posting credits are awarded by the forum moderators based on participation. Anyone can participate -- the only requirement is to sign up as an eggheadcafe.com member, which is free. All you need to do is post or answer questions on any of our forum topics!

The following statistics show which members have the most messageboard posts considered by our moderators to add value to the web site. Your individual ranking will always be displayed whether you are in the top 10 or not (as long as you have at least one qualified post). Details on what types of posts would likely not qualify as valuable can be found below in the rules section.

This Month's Statistics - Updated Every 5 Minutes
		Qual.	%	Current
Rank	Member	Posts	Top 10	Award
1.	[)ia6l0 iii	533	29%	$217
2.	Jonathan VH	519	28%	$211
3.	F Cali	166	9%	$68
4.	Nasa Ares I-X	147	8%	$60
5.	Web star	134	7%	$55
6.	mv ark	119	6%	$48
7.	Bill Look	95	5%	$39
8.	web mavin	53	3%	$22
9.	egg egg	41	2%	$17
10.	Venkata K	36	2%	$15
	Totals Top 10 Members	1843		$750
	Totals All Members	2209

Rules

Programs or promotions that include a financial payout will be paid to the winners via PayPal.com. Any winner who cannot accept payment via paypal forfeits their award. In order to receive payout, we will contact you at the end of the month to obtain your paypal email address (preferably the same email address you use here but it is not required).

The basic premise of what our moderators deem valuable revolves around overall value to the EggHeadCafe.com web site. This could be as simple as a post providing a direct answer or reasonable alternative to consider or additional content the moderators feel would be useful to others at a future date. So, the moderators are granted wide latitude in making their decision. Typically, a moderator assumes the post has value and looks for reasons to deny. Posts that provide an actual code solution, rather than just providing links to something offsite generally take precedence.

	Indicates that this is the initial post in the thread and most likely will not qualify as having value.
	Indicates the post has not yet been read by a moderator.
	Indicates the post has been read by the moderators and found to have value.
	This blank icon indicates the post has been read by the moderators and no value was found.

Member statistics are updated within 5 minutes of a post being granted or denied merit by a moderator. Moderators review posts frequently throughout the day.

Although there are exceptions to the following rules, these types of posts typically would not qualify:

	Original posts in a thread. If it is clear that the post is related to a previous thread or perhaps the content of the post contains useful information not readily available elsewhere, it may be considered.
	Posts by the original owner or other member that ask an additional question but contains no additional insight into answering the original question at hand. Posts of this nature that also contain useful information may be considered valuable.
	Posts that contain duplication of previous information with no additional value especially if it is a part of the same thread.
	Posts that are largely small talk.
	Posts or series of posts that appear purposely broken up in order to increase member ranking
	Obvious abuse in an attempt to increase member ranking.
	Posts that contain no insight on the issue at hand other than a series of links to resources. In most cases, these posts will not be granted merit. A brief and accurate description of the solution the original poster will find when visiting links must be included. Simply pasting the original poster's question in google and grabbing the first few links you find does not add value to eggheadcafe.
	The following members are excluded from participation: Peter Bromberg, Robbe Morris and Dr. Dotnetsky.

Last Month's Statistics
		Qual.	%	Current
Rank	Member	Posts	Top 10	Award
1.	[)ia6l0 iii	771	30%	$226
2.	Jonathan VH	584	23%	$171
3.	Bill Look	241	9%	$71
4.	mv ark	225	9%	$66
5.	Deepak Sonawane	167	7%	$49
6.	Vasanthakumar D	145	6%	$42
7.	web mavin	131	5%	$38
8.	Venkata K	103	4%	$30
9.	Sujit Patil	102	4%	$30
10.	Web star	94	4%	$28
	Totals Top 10 Members	2563		$750
	Totals All Members	3163