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#It's a tough choice this year, but in terms of how much he has gotten better as the months have gone by I'd say that Even edges out the competition for his dedication to constantly improving his work to the highest possible standard. {{B001 Sig V3}}
  
#It's a tough choice this year, but in terms of how much he has gotten better as the months have gone by I'd say that Even edges out the competition for his dedication to constantly improving his work to the highest possible standard. {{B001 Sig V3}}
 
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#The care given to Even's articles stand out. I look to myself to see all the half-assed things I've made, and I know what sort of thing I *should* be doing, and it's articles that Even puts out. And they are quite hyper-aware of what they want, and that striving for a better article is always a good thing for someone trying to be better: to be your own critic, sometimes, instead of waiting of someone to tell you what they think. In the end, there's literally countless hours if not several years worth of data on HF, and Even stands out among us as someone who rises above out riff-raff. Good work, and keep it up!
   
 
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Thirteenth Annual Halo Fanon Wikia Awards 2020
December 1st, 2020 — December 31st, 2020

Welcome one and all to the Thirteenth Annual Halo Fanon Wikia Awards for 2020. We are honoured by your attendance to this annual community awards ceremony and celebration, the thirteenth and certainly not the last of its kind. This project is coordinated by the Halo Fanon Wiki Administration, and would not be possible without the hard work of our community this year.

We look forward to your participation in this community-wide celebration, and hope that you will all participate! Now, read the regulations, nominate your favourite articles, and vote!


Regulations

  1. Nominations begin at around 12:00 AM midnight UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) on December 1st, 2020 and voting begins at the same time on December 15th. It will conclude promptly around 12:00 AM midnight UTC on December 31st, 2020! Any exceptions to this are listed below. Final winners will be announced and receive their awards on January 1st, 2021!
  2. Voting Qualifications: Users eligible to nominate and vote must have been users for at least four weeks and have sixty or more mainspace edits in order to vote. Because of the style of this ceremony, sockpuppets and sock masters are not invited, and will be promptly banned from the Wiki and barred from future voting. Newer users who spam edits just to gain the required amount to participate will also be barred from voting.
  3. Nominations:
    1. You may only nominate articles for a category so long as it expressly fits the definition of each category. Nominations that are not eligible for a category will be deleted or moved to the appropriate category by the administration. You may request a clarification about the definition of any category from Brodie-001. You may not nominate an article for more than one category, with the exception of Best Canon Expansion and Best Concept. Articles that are not eligible for nomination will be removed without any notice if they are found to have "content issues" ("Unrealistic", "Non-Canon Friendly", etc.)
    2. You may nominate an unlimited number of articles written by any number of other authors for any number of categories. However, you are restricted to nominating only one of your articles for only one category for the whole ceremony. This is to promote professional sportsmanship. For categories pertaining to users ("Best Writer of the Year", "Breakthrough User of the Year"), you may not nominate yourself.
    3. "Recycled" articles will not be accepted into the nomination process. An article that has received minor or no edits for the duration of the year is not eligible for the event. Every article's edit history will be checked when nominated, and will remain valid for nomination only if it has received moderate to major changes/improvements throughout the year.
    4. You must nominate articles according to the proper format (listed below). Fill out all the fields when submitting a nomination, and post the completed nomination form underneath the category that you're nominating the article in question for.
    5. Perceived breaches of good conduct and professional sportsmanship will be prosecuted by the administration to maintain the dignity of this voting system.
    6. The author of an article reserves the right to withdraw his or her own article from a nomination at any time, with or without given reasons. However, if a user has nominated an article that is not their own, they may not withdraw it.
    7. Eligible categories are decided in advance by the administration. If you have a suggestion for the addition or removal of a category, please discuss it with one of the administrators.
    8. Winning articles of the previous annual awards may be nominated only if it's been improved upon drastically after receiving a previous award, for a maximum of three awards in separate years. This applies only to the articles, not the authors of the articles, who may only win the Best Writer or Breakthrough User award once. This does not mean that the article can only win three awards; for example, if an article can be nominated for the Best Canon Expansion category, along with its own category, and wins in the top three awards of the year, and does so for three separate years, the article in question can theoretically win nine awards in total (this is, however, highly unlikely).
  4. You may always contest in a category even if you won an article in that same category before with a different article.
  5. Voting:
    1. Eligible users may vote for a maximum of two articles in a given category. You may vote for only one of your own articles for the entire ceremony, no matter how many articles you have in how many categories. You may not vote for yourself under a user category.
    2. Please sign your vote with a non-bubble text signature (~~~~) to verify your identity.
    3. You do not have to vote for an article you nominated.
    4. The process has two stages: nomination and voting. Users may nominate articles for the Annual Awards from December 1st, 2020 to December 15th, 2020, in order to fill out the categories with prospective AA winners. Then, from the 15th to the 30th, voting will take place across all categories.
    5. Winners of the Heroic, Legendary and Mythic Articles of the year will be decided between December 30th, 2020, and January 1st, 2021.
    6. Any categories with ties by 12:00 AM UTC on December 30th, 2020 (24 hours before the end of the vote) will be remitted from public voting and will enter private administrative ballot to decide ties. The results of the ballot will be announced afterwards. All administrators with a registered email will have twenty-four hours to decide ties.
  6. Winning:
    1. The article for the most votes in a given category will be formally acknowledged as the winner for the category, and the article and its author will be commended by an official award granted by the administration approximately by January 1st, 2021 and the end of the ceremony. Category-winning articles will be eligible for winning the Heroic, Legendary or Mythic Article of the Year awards once voting is over.
    2. In the event of a tie, a tiebreaker will be performed, and the winner will be decided by private administrative ballot. The ballot's content will be disclosed at the end of the ceremony.
    3. If an article is the only nomination in its category and receives fewer than three votes, it will be combined with another similar category after the voting process to avoid "winning by default", and votes will be counted accordingly.
    4. Only one article may win each award in the placement category. In the event of a tie at this stage, a private ballot will be held by the Administration to determine the winner. This has been done due to several years of two or more articles winning a major award due to ties.
  7. Questions: Please address Brodie-001 if you have any questions whatsoever.


Nomination Process

Please fill out the following form for any nominations and file underneath the appropriate category: 

====[[ARTICLENAME]] ({{Name|NAMEOFAUTHOR}})====
*'''Name''': [[ARTICLENAME]]
*'''Author''': {{Name|NAMEOFAUTHOR}}
*'''Nominator''': {{Name|NAMEOFNOMINATOR}}

=====Voting (NUMBEROFVOTES)=====
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For the Best Canon Expansion of the Year category, the special application to be used is as such: 

====[[ARTICLENAME]] ({{Name|NAMEOFAUTHOR}})====
*'''Name''': [[ARTICLENAME]]
*'''Original Article''': {{Halopedia|ARTICLE_NAME|ARTICLE NAME}}
*'''Author''': {{Name|NAMEOFAUTHOR}}
*'''Nominator''': {{Name|NAMEOFNOMINATOR}}

=====Voting (NUMBEROFVOTES)=====
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For the Best Writer or Breakthrough User of the Year category, the special application to be used is as such: 

===={{Name|NAMEOFNOMINEE}}====
*'''Name''': {{Name|NAMEOFNOMINEE}}
*'''Nominator''': {{Name|NAMEOFNOMINATOR}}

=====Voting (NUMBEROFVOTES)=====
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Category Definitions

Characters

  • Best SPARTAN of the Year — Any character enrolled in any SPARTAN program.
  • Best UNSC Personnel of the Year — Any character associated with the UNSC Marine Corps/Navy/Army/Air Force or any of its subordinate commands. Does not include SPARTANs.
  • Best Covenant Character of the Year — Any character belonging to one of the former member races of the Covenant (Unggoy, Sangheili, Jiralhanae, Kig-Yar, San'Shyuum, Yanme'e, Lekgolo).
  • Best Third-Party Faction Character — Any character who is affiliated with a non-UNSC or non-Covenant organization; includes, but is not limited to: AI, Insurrectionists, organized criminals, Forerunners, Precursors, etc.

Technologies

  • Best Vehicle of the Year — Any classification of vehicle or individual vehicle capable of spaceflight, extra-atmospheric, or ground travel.
  • Best Technology of the Year — Any physical object or knowledge paradigm used to influence an individual's interaction with the environment, including, but not limited to, defensive systems, weapons, equipment, etc...

Societal

  • Best Event of the Year — Any event that occurs, including a military engagement (battle, campaign, or war) between any contenders for any length of time, or a non-military event.
  • Best Location of the Year — Anything involving planets, cities, space stations etc. If it's on a map, it can be nominated here.
  • Best Organization of the Year — Any organization, including, but not limited to, governments, militaries, military subdivisions, units, civilian corporations, etc...

Stories

  • Best Novel of the Year — Best long literary fiction. A nominated novel does not have to be completed but substantial progress should have been made. There is a general minimum length threshold for novels to be considered. Does not include roleplays.
  • Best Short Fiction of the Year — Best short literary fiction. Short fictions can be nominated in groups or collections. It is recommended that the nominated fiction is completed.

Users

  • Best Writer of the Year — For literary excellence in writing articles, fictions, roleplays, and/or productions.
  • Breakthrough User of the Year — For newfound outstanding participation and contribution on the wiki and friendly interaction with the community.

Miscellaneous

  • Best Concept of the Year — A sort of 'other' category for quality articles that do not fit into any other category or are not seen enough on the site to warrant their own section; species, games etc.
  • Best Canon Expansion of the Year — A well-written article based off a canon element or article that has strong connections to canon as well as the author's own creativity.
  • Best Collaboration of the Year — Any singular collaborative work, including but not limited to, roleplays, expanded universe, alternate universe, or other type of article written by two or more people that does not qualify for any of the above categories.

Placement

  • Heroic Article of the Year — The article with the third most number of votes in the "placement" stage.
  • Legendary Article of the Year — The article with the second most number of votes in the "placement" stage.
  • Mythic Article of the Year — The article with the most number of votes in the "placement" stage.

Nomination Process

WARNING
VOTING HAS BEGUN! YOU HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 30TH TO VOTE ON YOUR FAVOURITE ARTICLES!

Please fill out the following form for any nominations and file underneath the appropriate category:

Characters

Annual Award Best Spartan Best SPARTAN of the Year

Amber-G330 (Ahalosniper)

Voting (2)
  1. Sniper has been putting in work to bring up Amber. She's included in a number of personal and site writing projects. There's a healthy mix of site lore and canon work to easily make this one of the most enjoyable Spartans to read on site. I also find it to be one of the best written articles on the site. Has my vote. ThePeteFiles (talk) 13:54, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. Ah yes, this... bitch? Merlin would certainly agree with me, despite being my OC or not. Amber has earned a decent reputation as Fanon's second 'evil' Gamma in the last few years through contributions to Amber by dedicated friends to Sniper while he had other life circumstances to get a brace on. Still, Sniper's been able to comeback and drop the edit or two or many in these last months of 2020 to really get the ball rolling for her again. She's been put up for the AAs several years in a row but always shuffling in the background - that circumstance may remain the case with this year's strong competition. But for me, Amber has always been a striking character and living-breathing one in a way that is complicated and tangible, told through short stories, novels, and roleplay despite often just being the snarky henchwoman of sorts. As the Created rise in the galaxy, now she has a chance towards the spotlight. I think on her history, the challenges and the hardships she's had to face that no other Spartan really has - especially being a daughter that ultimately can't be remembered by a mother as even wanted and living with a cursed shadow set before her that she could never had set herself up for. Some outside our community if exposed to Amber would probably write her off as a Mary Sue or another edgelord Gamma, but she's fundamentally more than that. Given Ilsa Zane's reputation in the lore and community as a whole, I don't think outsiders won't mind ignoring Amber's existence and merits. But for our community, she represents something far more. She has one of my votes for this year. I really do hope she gets the victory of Best Spartan that Amber has been put forward for but lost on multiple occasions on. She and Sniper deserve it. - Distant Tide: Hunter - Killer

Bodark-B076 (EvenManatee887)

Voting (1)
  1. Consistently working to better the character, Even has spent the year crafting a great Beta S-III. A monolith of an article, Bodark is a troubled Spartan and a well-rounded character, troubled but still loyal to the UNSC and hardened by years of suffering and fighting. I've seen Even spend a great deal of time trying to hone the character, and for that he has earned my vote. --LOMI Speaketh 02:21, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Johan Helnwein (LowBudgetKnight)

Voting (1)
  1. UnggoyZealot

Annalee-B220 (Kobold Lich)

Voting (1)
  1. Every year, there are articles that end up catching me by surprise, and this year it was Annalee. It hasn't had the most expansion of this year's nominees, but the personal story the biography tells caught my attention most. The character's born in the 22nd century, which is normally a weird enough inclusion for me to write something off, but KL's done it with specific intention and made use of other articles he's put well-spent effort towards to explain the how and why of the character's odyssey from last cryo-frozen survivor of a pre-slipspace colony ship to Spartan candidate. If the next phase of the article is going to use KL's Diamond Initiative to the same effect as the Early Life involved aspects of the Enzmann-type Starships, I look forward to reading on. That Damn Sniper 20:01, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Samuel-B256 (TPF) (ThePeteFiles)

Voting (3)
  1. This year's a tough field to narrow down for the Spartan category. Multiple characters whose authors might consider them their flagship articles, more than one that's undergone significant rewrites in the year, and all with pretty hefty amounts of content. Of the list, however, I think I have to throw my vote behind Samuel for checking the most boxes as far as all the considerations I took. It's got a well-fleshed-out character biography, the story it tells has some personal stakes in addition to the retelling of operations, it's had significant addition to its byte length this year (and that's even with a hefty cut of content from TPF to prepare for Infinite), had edits throughout the year, and his Traits/Equipment/Relationships sections are built up. Every article up for Spartan this year hits at least half those boxes, but Samuel was the one that seemed most well-rounded to me when accounting for them all. In particular, I like the use of a Relationships section; it's not all too common anymore, but articles that inspired me like Riker-012 back in the day had them, and it makes for an easy, concise way of mapping out the character's relationship to others, potentially including those of other writers in the future. Hope to see some collabs with it soon. That Damn Sniper 20:01, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. UnggoyZealot
  3. I have a lot of good things to say about the Spartans in competition this year, keeping an eye on many and their development progress through 2020 and before. Amber is a sad familiar face, one that keeps getting nominated but unrecognized. Bodark is certainly one I would describe as 'most improved' in a way that makes her a real challenger for more established Spartans in this list. Johan, surprised to see a complete rewrite for him but the new additions are unique. Annalee is very much 'most unique' in terms of origin for any Spartan OC I've ever seen. Joseph is the iceberg tip to a grander and more ambitious Spartan tale than any that has been pursued by any writer on the site I think, with the gritty consistency proven to make it work. Riz is a surprise but an excellent one from a total black sheep in this community - still don't think Underlord has made a formal introduction to the community now that I think on it. I have no nice things to say on Andra. But despite all that, I have to give my vote to Samuel for being the 'most complete' and 'most polished' after watching Pete put him through multiple iterations of Good Article applications and driving forward with rewrite after rewrite for Sam and to be honest, many of his accomplices. I've seen a growing number of newer users that have come through since 2019 also looking to Sam as a example on how to write Spartan articles and I think if there ever was a litmus test for Best Spartan, it would be that. Sam has my vote, I only wish I was surrounded by as many femme fatales as he is. - Distant Tide: Hunter - Killer

Joseph-122 (Falkeno)

Voting (0)

Riz-028 (Underlord1271)

Voting (0)

Andra-D054 (Distant Tide)

Voting (1)
  1. The meme, the myth, the legend, Andra Ivory Darkness Kearsage Onegin -D054, Tide's preeminent Spartan thanks to all the site stories mentioning her this year. Usually regarded hand in hand with her compatriot Merlin, this year Tide has made strides to distinguish the two from one another, in no small part due to the aforementioned stories. Undergoing a complete rewrite over the course of the year, Tide built his Delta Spartan from the ashes and forged a very well crafted character article from it, and has earned my vote, spider free --LOMI Speaketh 02:24, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Annual Award Best UNSC Personnel Best UNSC Personnel of the Year

Emma Sówka (LoyalHaloFan)

Voting (4)
  1. Recently won FOTM and it's another character from LHF with an interesting history. A young Army soldier who is a Spartan 1.1 and becomes a Pathfinder. LHF takes a completely different path and road to explore areas of the site we don't see much often. Has my vote. ThePeteFiles (talk) 13:57, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. LHF has done some neat work here cross-expanding his own Army Airborne expansion article through Emma, down to detailing the Airborne's training program week-to-week. When I see a tech article or similar that has precise numbers in every available slot, what I'm really hoping for is something like this, where the tech/organization/other background lore informs the character and their history. That Damn Sniper 23:22, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  3. LHF always brings solid storytelling to bear with his projects, Emma is no exception and is the visual basis for some of the most prolific expansion on the UNSC Army in some years on Halo Fanon. She was increasingly an inspiration for some of the realizations I had for Viktoria Bradford in my own right and as Pete has noted, the history for Emma is indeed varied and touches a wide variety of integrated lore for the Halo franchise and Halo Fanon creations. One thing my fellow voters have yet to discuss is the visual presentation however, I think Emma has some of the most visually consistent but also increasingly dynamic accompanying material for the article and its nice seeing a variety that's also non-traditional from the bygone era of simply pulling screenshots out of Halo Reach. Emma Sówka is without a doubt a culmination of a site veteran's contributions polished to a fine shine. I don't just consider Emma as a AA worthy hopeful, I think she may have my vote for the final three AA awards if she manages to make it there - I certainly believe the character and LHF deserve it, for effort and circumstanace alike. Even so, I have to hand it to Delta Pistol's Daniel Conteras and my own Viktoria Bradford, that even if well-polished and solidly written, Emma has a level of completionism that just can't be matched at this time. Distant Tide: Hunter - Killer
  4. Just a well rounded article on top of expanding in areas that always needs some more expanding. To repeat what I said in this years FOTM: I think it's an example of what a really well laid out character sheet/history can look like with enough work. I'm always a fan of filling in the blanks, and Emma fills some interesting speculative points, and I particularly am interested in LHF's Pathfinder premise. I think this sort of expansion pairs with a well cared for character article. Also, something I always appreciate in a fanon article, is the mixture of different media among the article itself — and especially when the mixture works, creating a lot of different glances at the story while still feeling related. Though it's only been around for less than a year, this is a great UNSC personnel article, and one I think deserves a nod for the work LHF has put into it. User:Kobold Lich

Daniel Contreras (Delta Pistol)

Voting (1)
  1. ORION and Marine characters who cover the Insurrection era are pretty uncommon, leaving a lot of rich opportunities unused, and rarely have I seen a character article that dedicates so much effort to that era. The long stack of headers waiting for content speaks to Delta Pistol's ambitions for the article, and given the quality of what's been put in place so far, I'll look forward to them being filled out. That Damn Sniper 23:22, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Viktoria K. Bradford (Distant Tide)

Voting (0)

Annual Award Best Covenant Character Best Covenant Character of the Year

Zil 'Kanayee (Ado 'Ulamee)

Voting (1)
  1. Despite my reservations on picking between the work of UnggoyZealot and Ado 'Ulamee as solid Covenant writers, I tried to encourage competition in a low year for alien characters on Halo Fanon. With a notably lower quality and underdeveloped work, I decided to throw my vote into account of uniqueness over pure quality. UZ's Kelvaaro 'Shrykaree is a stellar, continuing example of his pension for quality and standards on Halo Fanon but still is undercooked by his own measure in the past year. A Sangheili who found their way into the Banished is certainly a unique and praise-worthy addition to the long cast of Halo Fanon legends, but I've decided to give my vote to the imperfect but unique character space that is Zil - a newcomer and era tourist for Halo Fanon due to existing almost as if on a composition island and existing rather in ancient times of the Halo series. It's a unique time frame and a unique cultural period that Halo Fanon doesn't nearly have enough of. I want to see and encourage more of that. Zil still needs many of the basic polish founded on Halo Fanon articles like attention-grabbing images and a clean up of spelling and grammar, but there is a diamond in the rough here that I think deserves my vote. It might be that I helped polish Ado's Journey of our Time short novel this year but I'm certainly intrigued by the future that Zil may represents: I would love to see more ancient Halo cultures. I hope Zil is the harbinger for their own renaissance . - Distant Tide: Hunter - Killer

Kelvaaro 'Shrykaree (UnggoyZealot)

Voting (2)
  1. This one was close. I found both Covenant characters to have an extremely interesting history. UZ edges out this time with a mixture of formatting and content produced thus far. Both articles are in development and it's clear to see UZ has more work to come. I do hope UZ develops this article in time to come. Looking forward to seeing what it has to offer. ThePeteFiles (talk) 14:03, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. Some of the most interesting stuff for Covenant characters, to me, is what happens furthest from the plots of games and books. Diving into the unusual restrictions of Sangheili honor-bound society and the challenges in overcoming them breaks us out of the military sci-fi mold, and while both articles up this year take full advantage of that, I think UZ's comes closer to the balance between specific detail and overview of events I like to see in an article. That Damn Sniper 01:24, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Annual Award Best Third-Party Character Best Third-Party Faction Character of the Year

Yuki (UNSC AI) (Navisiul97)

Voting (1)
  1. I am admittingly responsible for trying to fill the Third-Party space this year due to a large lack of appropriate characters to fill the role, even after Zoey Hunsinger and Lydia Gott were dashed hopefuls after their writers were unable to contribute more work into getting them up to snuff (Yes, I referenced my own article - sue me.). Despite all that, instead we have a trifecta of UNSC Smart AIs to examine this year instead. I'm throwing my vote behind Yuki due to careful examination of the contenders and no interest in giving my own dear Althea a self-vote. Freyja is a solidly written AI article but one I would describe as "safe" in the context of being the traditional role of 'Smart AI partnered with Spartan to go kill things' model we've seen time after time. It's solidly written, lacks any grammar issues, but it is short and I also have a bit of a disagreement on the portrayal of events in Freyja's depiction. Yuki for me is more unique as a medical administration AI and one that treads the line between military and civilian service. On top of the amount of time I spent collaborating and getting to know the newcomer Navi and his interest in giving Puerto Rico a glow up for the twenty-sixth century, seeing Yuki and getting to experience Navi's imagination and in-jokes make me very inclined to to vote for this character. Yes, it's a neko-girl character, for some that's an inhibition, for others that's a plus. I make no remarks on the matter. I think Yuki maybe among the few or even the first of the Halo Fanon AI articles to outright, in writing, establish an allegiance to the Created, despite the character's motivations to do so are less than aligned with the Created agenda. Coersion is a manner of recruitment too, despite being a negatively-inclined tactic. For that reason and the unique profile of the character overall, I've looked beyond some grammar and lack of polish and I have given it my vote. Good work Navi, you and your AI have become a staple in our community's collective memory, that's a hard position to get into so good work! - Distant Tide: Hunter - Killer

Freyja (AI) (TemplarusII)

Voting (0)

Althea (Distant Tide)

Voting (4)
  1. Iaso, Thea, Althea. I'm glad Althea has stuck. Anyways, I found Althea to be an interesting character due to Tide's usage of his own created content such as the 117 Institute. The lore of Project: LOKIBORN and how it ties into his work is one of the most interestin AI articles to come about this year. Looking forward to seeing this AI in more of Tide's writing. ThePeteFiles (talk) 14:09, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. Sure we don't want to turn the category into Best AI this year? Anyway, of the contenders, not only has Althea been given the most content this year, but I think it's the best laid-out of the three. Beyond the technical, however, Distant's character has been involved in the two big ongoing collaborations this year of Imperium and H&E, which even with the article's bio not up to that point yet, has got some content reflected in the Relationships section. Those tilt the scales in Althea's favor for me. That Damn Sniper 19:23, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
  3. I concur with Sniper's vote. Content-wise all of the contenders in this category are a bit thin for my liking, but Althea certainly has excellent formatting to match Tide's other articles. Actene: Heaven and Earth
  4. Compared to the other contenders in this category, I feel as though Althea is certainly the best. The in-depth story and explanation easily surpass the other two contenders. I look forward to seeing more of Tide's work and how Althea will be part of it. Navisiul97 10:16, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Technological

Annual Award Best Vehicle Best Vehicle of the Year

M874 Armored Troop Transport (EvenManatee887)

Voting (3)
  1. This one was hard. I feel the Pangolin edges everything out. Even has put in an incredible amount of time to get the right information about the Warthog. He has gone above and beyond to craft a vehicle the UNSC needed. It has loads of content I can easily get lost in. Suddenly, I now have motivations to write a Warthog variant. Has my vote. ThePeteFiles (talk) 14:14, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. Typically my eyes start glazing over with tech-category articles, but this year not only was I engaged by one, but I found myself struggling to decide which to support. Then I realized I didn't have to choose just one. The Pangolin makes sense enough as a concept--armored Warthogs to protect occupants from IEDs and small arms fire you might expect the Insurrection to have. But the Development History here in particular really engaged me. The small catches that call for entire redesigns are really neat, and reminded me of how I went about the Chancer V's production history. Thanks to this, I might consider trying another tech article some time, and when I do, I'll be looking back at the Pangolin. That Damn Sniper 01:55, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
  3. Although initially split between the Pangolin for its adaptable usage against the Jabber being a beautiful tank (Both looks and weapon compliment), I have to give my vote to the Pangolin. Although both Ground Vehicle articles are certainly well-done, the Pangolin's role of armored troop transport feels it has more potential to be seen in many more stories and articles compared to the Jabber that is mainly used by the Sironan Militia. I can't wait to see both in more stories and articles. Navisiul97 12:17, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

KSM1 Jabber (Timothy Emeigh)

Voting (2)
  1. Typically my eyes start glazing over with tech-category articles, but this year not only was I engaged by one, but I found myself struggling to decide which to support. Then I realized I didn't have to choose just one. Like the Pangolin, the Jabber caught me out of my usual sleeping on tech articles with the Development History, setting itself up as a local product of the already well-expanded-on Sirona. The obstacles its development hits and overcomes are a fun read, and while I think it could acquire a bit more personal touch by introducing individuals involved in the development, it then goes on to outline a fantastic little battle where just one of these tanks deprived of support is the tip of the spear in holding off a superior Covenant force. What's more, it reaches out for collaboration by including Pangolins in that battle. Now to wait and see when Misriah tries to force a hostile takeover of the manufacturer. That Damn Sniper 01:55, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. Not often we get a third-party vehicle that is well-crafted, well-written, and generally makes sense for it to exist. Tim has put in a lot of work here in crafting something unique and memorable in a group where things usually tend to blend together to the point of blandness or silliness, and more power to him for that --LOMI Speaketh 02:28, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Svalinn-class Assault Carrier (EvenManatee887)

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Annual Award Best Technology Best Technology of the Year

COSSACK-class Mjolnir Powered Assault Armor (EvenManatee887)

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  1. COSSACK won GA and Even clearly put the work into this article. He turns technobabble phrases into understandable phrases throughout the article. The trials and history of the armor gives us an idea of what GEN2 production and testing can look like. I enjoy the usage of photos and quotes as inserts to give the armor more history. Has my vote. ThePeteFiles (talk) 14:19, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. Since its nomination last year, the COSSACK article has seen extensive addition to its development and use history, including short blurbs about individual users and the operations they took part in using the gear. I'll probably start sounding like a broken record, but those are the parts about Tech articles that really grab me, and I think it's what secures my vote. That Damn Sniper 18:54, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
  3. Armor seems to be the flavor of the year, or years at this point. Halo Infinite's armor reveal this month got a lot of fans going in one direction, and the port over of the Halo Online's armor to MCC in the other direction. Halo Fanon is not safe or unique from that tapped fan frequency and after ENTERPRISE came out ahead last year, I'm glad to see Even took some of the well-fought advice and extrapolations to make another attempt at the Annual Awards once more. Without a doubt, it has the content and clear ideas that put it ahead of this year's competitors in both weight and depth - I don't think it's a doubt on what is the best technology in 2020. At least to me, I say it's COSSACK. Having personally helped among many others in shaping it's improvements and refinements through reader feedback. I think Even has really outdone himself this year, not just for this article but the entire AAs as well. Good work pal! - Distant Tide: Hunter - Killer
  4. As 343 does their work in shotgun blasting us with more and more variants with sentences of lore, COSSACK does what we wish they did: just tell us way more than we need. Though the stand out feature is the helmet, the article is what we're judging here. From pictures, exhaustive description, and sci-fi mumbo jumbo: this article touches on it all. I think with some more pictures focusing on different things such as gauntlets and sabatons might bring this together a bit better in the visual aspect, but it's knocked it out of the park with the writing. Well done! User:Kobold Lich

VK78 tactical rifle (Distant Tide)

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DURENDAL (Brandon Willi)

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Societal

Annual Award Best Event Best Event of the Year

Colonial transportation safety board-Case B-00134321 (Misirah productions)

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  1. It may not be quite as polished as some of the nominees in this category, but Case B-00134321 takes my vote by virtue of its unique subject matter and interesting technical layout. Actene: Heaven and Earth


Siege of Sirona (Timothy Emeigh)

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  1. On its own, Siege of Sirona has been greatly expanded upon this year to set itself up as the longest single conflict of the Human-Covenant War, but beyond is a large facet of Tim's ongoing shorts and other articles about the Battle. The KSM1 Jabber plays a significant role, and three new short stories have joined the more than half-dozen pre-existing. It's central to a web of related works, and that's what elevates a good article to an awards contender to me. That Damn Sniper 22:19, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Asphodel Meadows Raid (Distant Tide)

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  1. Weebs attack the Syndicate. This is quite an interesting article. It's early enough in the Created Crisis to help with understanding what we can do. Tide does an excellent job of creating a story about the battle and how it has a ton of site lore tide to it. It's a simple raid on a station with a lot of previous worked tied into it. Has my vote. ThePeteFiles (talk) 14:27, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. In contrast to Battle event articles, the Raid article takes advantage of a smaller scale to highlight the involvement of individuals, made all the better by including so many recognizable character names and how they fare against one another. Thus, following the action becomes that much easier to get invested in. I wonder about applying the same logic to commanders in a larger conflict. May need to experiment with that. That Damn Sniper 22:19, 20 December 2020 (UTC)
  3. UnggoyZealot

Battle of Grannus (EvenManatee887)

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  1. There are several solidly written event articles in 2020, and much thanks to LegendOfElTopo for promoting such a showdown earlier in the year with his Weekly challenge to make such an article. I've chosen Battle of Grannus as my article of choice in this line up because of the extensive detail that was put forth in the article about the battle and my honest preference for its visual appeal in its order-of-battle and battle timeline sections. I will have to remark that the article's contents feel choppy due to overabundance of detail and not enough details in others, however, I also feel that the article approaches the most sense of completeness while also having a greater wealth of detail than say my own Asphodel Meadows Raid which covers a much smaller event with even less detail. The Siege of Sirona is another great article that comes a close second for me, however, I feel that Grannus inches out ahead because the main beef of the article, the history of events within the two battles is more written out than in Sirona, though I do note that Sirona seems to be more complete in other aspects like its timeline section. The black sheep of the event articles, Colonial transportation... is actually another well-written article with a very unique appeal and clear depth of research on display but much to its own demise due to overuse of technical terms and acronyms and a somewhat unbalanced grammar quality that requires some improvement. All the event articles have their shining marks in my eyes, but for the nature of competition - I'm going with the Battle of Grannus. - Distant Tide: Hunter - Killer

Annual Award Best Location Best Location of the Year

Installation 06 (Underlord1271)

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  1. Reminds me of Sev40's Installation 02, a wayward or distant ringworld that is less likely to be addressed than the previous ones in the canon. Despite that, what Installation 06 does right is in its polish, keeping to history beyond the current wartime era with the Created so that it can exist in its own bubble, and still managing to add notes like flora and fauna to keep it unique. The meat of Installation 06 is its recount of contemporary events in the Hal universe followed by a big enough brief that could provide the basis for a future story or a roleplay. Even though Underlord remains an enigma in the Halo Fanon community, he was among a few standout showings from our new site contributors. Glad to see some of his work can stand among the greats. - Distant Tide: Hunter - Killer

Meridian (Distant Tide)

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Puerto Rico (Distant Tide and Navisiul97)

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  1. This article came outta nowhere for me, as I was vaguely aware of some collaboration between Distant and someone I'd only heard of through the Discord, so I was quite surprised to find a fully-expanded history had been written completely below my radar. And I enjoyed reading through, particularly seeing how you handled the 21st century; typically, with articles that bridge the present to Halo's far future, we have a blank header if anything at all, but Puerto Rico's article handily incorporates canon detail with enough vagueness concerning dates and events to get the point across without stepping under the Damocles sword of either future canon or future real world events rendering it NCF (I suppose we have to accept history up through current year as canon in Halo, don't we?). What's more, it includes links to other pages expanding the same subject. There's a distinct creative drive to the project, and I'll be looking back more often at the page as its building continues into the 2500s. That Damn Sniper 04:40, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. I think my vote had to come down to this or New Alexandria Federal Conservatory, and while the Conservatory was good, Puerto Rico was a nice little expansion that clearly had a lot of work and heart put into it by Tide and Navi. I saw the development going on in the discord, and much like Sniper, I was surprised by how good the actual page ended up being! I didn't notice it much while it was in development, but I definitely noticed it now. Timothy Emeigh 17:30, 2020-12-22

New Alexandria Federal Conservatory (Kobold Lich)

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  1. Time to throw something in for my favorite Spartan-III program recruitment place. I enjoy the NFAC on a number of reasons. Simply because it gives a place where people can place orphans during the Human-Covenant War. It's an interesting and well executed idea we don't see often. I hope we see more articles like the NFAC in the future. ThePeteFiles (talk) 14:29, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. Despite its short length compared to other location articles this year, an entire article dedicated to a orphanage is unique and stands out among a long list of user articles focused on countries, colonies, and Forerunner artifacts. And while it's an origin point for my Gamma because, I'll be honest, I was lazy, what Kobold did is novel in that he filled and created a niche for other users like Pete and I to start our SPARTAN-IIIs off somewhere. I feel like some of the content is rushed and I notice places that could use some mid-sentence punctuation and/or randomly capitalized. Despite this, I like the ideas and brief history leveled by the article and expect great things for it in the future. - Distant Tide: Hunter - Killer

Annual Award Best Organization Best Organization of the Year

Fireteam Caliber (UnggoyZealot)

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  1. The Organization category's a broad category, as we've seen this year with everything from interstellar states down to five-man military units. Caliber sets itself apart to me for how UZ's had to handle an article with the challenge of a player-made character being integral to its story, and I think he's succeeded in it. That Damn Sniper 01:52, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Ballista Programme (EvenManatee887)

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  1. Just an all-around great article by Even. A unique concept, good formatting, and decent content progress. I feel this one is the best put together article of those nominated. Timothy Emeigh 17:30, 2020-12-22

Rungeau Archstate (Reluctant.Shard)

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UNSC Maritime Commission (Distant Tide)

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Far Harvest Legion (Distant Tide)

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  1. One thought that'd occurred to me about the whole Created Crisis' uncertainty was how the UEG might try to reestablish itself after, and whether it'd actually be able to. And what would that mean if it didn't? We end up with a far more fantasy-feeling galaxy with several competing human powers, rather than a singular Earth-based government? Well, lo and behold, Distant's beaten me to it again with a full article about just such a post-UEG state. Balkanized is the word used to describe the galaxy herein, and that's exactly what I think we should expect to see in Halo's future (even if the games want to insist on the UNSC continuing for brand recognition). That Damn Sniper 01:52, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

Imperium of Clarity (Brodie-001)

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Glabetovan Security Service (Minuteman 2492)

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  1. GSS, I find it to be an interesting article and concept. Minuteman has done an excellent job of creating another idea and concept within the site. His usage of previous lore around the colony world and how GSS plays into the history is intriguing. I've enjoyed watching this article develop and I hope there's more to come. ThePeteFiles (talk) 14:35, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Gold Team (Falkeno)

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Miscellaneous

Annual Award Unique Concept Best Concept of the Year

Colonial transportation safety board-Case B-00134321 (Misirah productions)

Voting (1)
  1. While I think others surpass it in the Event category, this article certainly has to take my vote in the Concept category. The author's been exhaustively thorough in formatting the article as an in-universe report, from indexes to external links to reference documents. I kept thinking as I read through that I'd find hints at a conspiracy of some kind, but if they're there I think I missed them. Lacking that, I can only read the article as a cautionary tale of small failures at every level contributing to the sum of a massive, preventable disaster. That's a satisfactory takeaway in my book. That Damn Sniper 21:12, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Skandien language (DarthNicky)

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Covenant Ship Classifications (Ajax 013 and Sev40)

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  1. UnggoyZealot

Sironan (Language) (Timothy Emeigh)

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  1. Tim has a lot planned for this article. He's spent a great deal of time looking into the creation of a language. While the tables are still being processed and created, I can't help but think this is one of the best articles he's produced this year. It's obvious there's more to come and I'm looking forward to see what Tim has in store. ThePeteFiles (talk) 14:42, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. As per Pete. This was a hard category to choose my vote for, but overall I feel that Tim has put the most effort into this article. Actene: Heaven and Earth
  3. Coming from a background where I had to study language for school at this level, I appreicate the *technical* effort put into this. It's the sort of world building that helps the writer, maybe, but might otherwise not get the attention it deserves. I'm happy to see, though, other HF readers feel the same as me. Great job Tim!

Blam! music (Distant Tide)

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  1. UnggoyZealot
  2. I could be wrong, but I think it's been literally 10 years since a music article was even in the AAs, the last I know of being Human Nature. In-universe media articles are few and far between, but as I found out when writing a short story just this month, sometimes it's really handy to have something on-hand to provide you with a whole fleshed out genre or media piece you can point to and say "this is what my character's into" or "this is what the venue happens to be playing". Blam! sets itself up perfectly for this need as an entire genre, leaving a writer who might borrow it free to determine the type of song to fit a story's mood. Even better to that effect, Tide's introduced half a dozen sub-genres to get even more particular with. I may be linking to it again soon. That Damn Sniper 21:12, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

UNSC (Great War faction) (Samdoo)

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Annual Award Best Canon Expansion Best Canon Expansion of the Year

Joseph-122 (Falkeno)

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  1. Falk's done a good job developing this article and pursuing a different Spartan-II path. I enjoy reading about the escape and the repercussions it has on the character. Utilizing a canon character, I find it interesting how we're able to see a fluid mixture of canon and site lore fused together to create this character and its history. Has my vote. ThePeteFiles (talk) 14:48, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. UnggoyZealot
  3. I've probably said this in my GA votes for the article, but I think one of the top things in this article's favor is what it does with the specific canon events we know about the character (something which, unfortunately, I feel holds its contenders back as their canon counterparts have little known, currently). Falkeno's taken the defining moments from canon relating to Joseph and turned them into a character, looking at his perspective on known events. I hoped for a reconcile with Daisy while reading, and as much as I did, having him never get that before Daisy's gone can lend quite a bit for the character to reflect on. Good on you. That Damn Sniper 21:45, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Riz-028 (Underlord1271)

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VK78 tactical rifle (Distant Tide)

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Annual Award Best Collaboration Best Collaboration of the Year

Covenant Ship Classifications (Ajax 013 and Sev40)

Voting (1)
  1. The two ship gurus got back together to create another article on how to understand the Covenant ship classifications. The Covenant doesn't have a lot of information and the two contributors took the time to figure out where everything went. It's a great article to give people an idea of what ships in the Covenant are classified as. I enjoyed learning about the various classes and the ships they fall under. ThePeteFiles (talk) 14:57, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Halo: Assassination Games (UnggoyZealot and Andromeda Vadum)

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  1. UZ and Andromeda's collaboration doubled in size this year from 150 to 300 thousand bytes, with significant contributions from both authors. With everything through an epilogue completed, the dedication the authors have put into the story have allowed them to see through the ideas they had when deciding to collaborate in the first place, and can take those into their individual character articles. They brought in ideas, had them responded to, and shaped how they worked out with that feedback in mind. That's what makes a successful collaboration to my mind! That Damn Sniper 22:01, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Stories

Annual Award Best Novel Best Novel of the Year

Halo: Safewind (LoyalHaloFan)

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  1. Out of all of the stories I've read, Safewind has always stuck with me. LHF has done an excellent job of creating a story with his characters during the HCW. The character chemistry works well and I enjoy reading how each character interacts throughout the scene. Has my vote. ThePeteFiles (talk) 15:03, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Halo: Unknown Trackers (UnggoyZealot and ThePeteFiles)

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Halo: Assassination Games (UnggoyZealot and Andromeda Vadum)

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Halo: Fault Lines (TPF) (ThePeteFiles)

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Centroid (Kobold Lich)

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Halo: Heaven and Earth/Book Two: New Earth (Actene)

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Annual Award Best Short Fiction Best Short Fiction of the Year

Insubordinate (Ahalosniper)

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  1. This was a difficult choice, there were many good ones. When it comes to Insubordinate, Sniper does an excellent job of utilizing his word economy through each area. Nothing seems too long or too short, everything has a specific purpose. The one scene to seal this vote was the talk with Parangosky. How Sniper wrote the scene brings in a series of clashing motives, managing them in an excellent way and, providing the reader an uneasy feeling. Nice work Sniper. ThePeteFiles (talk) 21:57, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. Insubordinate caught me out of left field--an excellent reminder that Ahalosniper has a wealth of character drama left largely unexplored and unappreciated by the larger community. It's stayed with me since he published it and is hands down my pick for best short story of the year. Actene: Heaven and Earth
  3. UnggoyZealot

DT 2020: Other Homeworld Theory (Distant Tide)

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  1. UnggoyZealot
  2. I may not be judge for the Weekly anymore, but I'm making sure to sift through each year for this category in particular, and of all DT's entries, this one stuck out to me the most. Amid battles, tragedies, conspiracies, and introspection, it's refreshing to just get a casual conversation once in a while, in this case about an absurd topic. Before I knew Flat-Earthers existed, I might've written this off as a ridiculous belief no one could have, but now I can't help but see how a conversation like this could come about. It sounds like the kind of philosophical conversations one might rarely have with a buddy--there's a bit of dialogue in The Good Place that talks about exactly the conversations this makes me think of. Reads like a natural conversation, in a tone that's realistic, thrown into a sci-fi universe's setting. It's a day in the life of a Halo universe denizen and I'm for it on that count. That Damn Sniper 22:14, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Still In The Woods (LegendOfElTopo)

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  1. While formatting's not everything, especially in a story article, I like how ElTopo's gone through the work of making format work here (frustrating a task as I know that can be) with intent, blocking out flashbacks as separate from the present action. Beyond a neat formatting trick, though, I appreciate the quiet moment this represents which sets up the dynamic for two of the author's characters while showing us why it came to be. The feelings they have towards one another and the causes for them. Good stuff! That Damn Sniper 22:14, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Tick. Tick. Tick. (Timothy Emeigh)

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Decision (TPF) (ThePeteFiles)

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Here There Be Monsters (EvenManatee887)

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Halo: Invisibles - "Fear What You Know" (Distant Tide)

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  1. I enjoy a good horror story. From classical tales to Steven King. "Fear What You Know," reminded me somewhat of a few King short stories I had read before. That unease of seeing something you think shouldn't exist, and it rightly could, or could not. Tide works the narrative well enough to never confirm or deny if the threat the spartan sees is real, or simply all in his head. I look forward to any future stories from him of similar nature. Ado 'Ulamee (talk) 02:38, December 22, 2020 (UTC)

Banshee Wave (Actene)

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Users

Annual Award Best Writer Best Writer of the Year

ThePeteFiles

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  1. After a superb showing on the site last year, Pete has continued to produce and edit high quality work throughout 2020 and has quickly become a valued member of our community. 「 Brodie-001: Finished the fight」
  2. KOY-1150-5
  3. UnggoyZealot
  4. ~ LHF [Talk] [Father] [Mother] [Warrior] [Stranger]

Timothy Emeigh

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Annual Award Breakthrough User Breakthrough User of the Year

Ado 'Ulamee

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EvenManatee887

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  1. All the contestants have a great reason to be Breakthrough, but I feel Even deserves it this year. I've watched Even develop his articles utilizing the writing-feedback discord channel, winning Weekly contests, conversing with other members of the site, and bringing a lot of content to the site. Even is willing to put his work out for people to critique and give feedback to become a better writer. He has a lot of interesting ideas, a cursed site profile picture, and an exceptional ability for getting into detail. Nice year you've had, keep up the work. ThePeteFiles (talk) 22:06, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
  2. It's a tough choice this year, but in terms of how much he has gotten better as the months have gone by I'd say that Even edges out the competition for his dedication to constantly improving his work to the highest possible standard. 「 Brodie-001: Finished the fight」
  3. UnggoyZealot
  4. The care given to Even's articles stand out. I look to myself to see all the half-assed things I've made, and I know what sort of thing I *should* be doing, and it's articles that Even puts out. And they are quite hyper-aware of what they want, and that striving for a better article is always a good thing for someone trying to be better: to be your own critic, sometimes, instead of waiting of someone to tell you what they think. In the end, there's literally countless hours if not several years worth of data on HF, and Even stands out among us as someone who rises above out riff-raff. Good work, and keep it up!

Falkeno

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LowBudgetKnight

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