The URLtrek Awards

Nominations will open on March 11th. May the best Star Trek URLs win! [ID: Avatar: The URLtrek symbol - a rosette with the vulcan salute emoji in the middle. Header: A row of sparkling trophies. End ID.] 

[urltrek]

Welcome! Live Long and Prosper! Nuq'nuh! Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra!

The Star Trek URL Award Blog is officially up and running!

What is it?

An event that celebrates the fact that Star Trek URLs are the best URLs.

How does it work?

People can nominate their favorite URLs in specific categories. After a period of nomination, voting will begin. At the end of the event, winners in each category will be announced.

What are the categories?

The official categories are listed here.

When will it start?

Nominations are open as of March 11th and they will stay open until March 22nd. Here are the instructions for nomination!

When will it end?

As of now, the nomination period will continue until March 22nd. Voting will begin on March 26th and end on April 4th. Winners will be announced on April 5th. Unless there are ties, in which case... I don't know man. We're still figuring it out.

What are the rules?

Here are the rules.

How will the nomination and voting process work?

Both voting and nominating will happen through googleforms.

Who's running this thing?

This is project is currently being spearheaded by Émile @protectspock, but they depend on community input and involvement because this event is meant to be for the entire trek-tumblr community. If you have any suggestions or would like to take on an active role in the event, reach out to either Émile or to this blog.

[urltrek]

GUESS WHAT TODAY IS MY LAST DAY OF EXAMS YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS

[urltrek]

Is this still going on?

Yep! Just honestly trying to get through exams so I can finish processing noms and set up voting! I didn't plan for this much lag time between nominations and voting, but I'm a simple human with bad executive functioning skills 🤗 If anyone is annoyed enough to want to help me it would both be a lot less overwhelming and go much faster though 👉👈

[urltrek]

hey just wanted to ask about an update/rough timeline on voting for this

also how are you doing today?

Thanks! The semester is chewing me up right now. I keep saying "as soon as I catch back up I can get back to processing nominations" but I have yet to catch up 😓 Don't worry, I haven't abandoned this, it's literally on my to-do list every single day, but I'm slammed right now. If anyone wants to volunteer to help though I'm all about it!

[urltrek]

[id: an announcement on a light blue background. It is titled “Nominations are CLOSED”, and reads “Please remain patient as the nominations are processed and announced before voting begins.” Underneath that is a photo of the DS9 main cast around a table, each looking at the camera and holding a card that reads “(sad)”. In the top two corners are the URL Trek symbol, a blue ribbon with the vulcan salute emoji. In the bottom left is a gold star, and in the bottom right there is a gold wax seal. End id]

We had a total of 89 nominations for 63 URLS! Thank you everyone for participating and stay tuned for an announcement about voting.

[urltrek]

Various Announcements

Hi! So some messages for confirmation etc got sucked into the abyss when I added a mod to help w/ image descriptions :') But everything's okay, I'm just going to send messages from @protectspock. So if you get a repeat message it's just because I can no longer access previous message chains.

We currently have 89 nominations for 63 URLS (yay!) and the nomination form will close on the 22nd-23rd (I don't have a specific time... whenever I remember to make the form private, sorry!) I'll then work on finishing up confirmation messages and making all those sweet, sweet announcement posts :)

The PLAN is to open voting on March 26th, but if we (read, me) need more time to finish processing nominations, I may push that to a later date.

Thank you to everyone participating!

[urltrek]

We have received 80 nominations! Thanks for your patience as I go through them all. I'm working on getting confirmations and consent as quickly as I can so I can concentrate on making announcement posts :) I've also had someone agree to be a mod and add image descriptions in the announcement posts so that should help things be more accessible without slowing down the process. If anyone else would like to be a mod or help out in any way, just send a message! The more the merrier! Thank you so much for your ongoing participation in this event :)

[urltrek]

@dilfquark has been nominated to win in the IDENTITY-CHARACTER category by @ds9official because “he’s a dilf what more can i say.”

[urltrek]

[ID: First image: The URLtrek symbol (a rosette with the vulcan salute emoji in the middle) with a star on either side.

Second image: Quark from DS9 smiling at the camera, leaning casually to one side. A wax seal with a star is in the lower right corner.

Third image: Text reads “dilfquark” with the wax seal to the left and a star to the right. End ID.]

[urltrek]

@maxworm has been nominated to win in the IDENTITY-CHARACTER, MINIMALIST, and I JUST THINK IT'S NEAT categories by @marlinspirkhall because it's “Simple, easy to remember, and friend shaped.”

[urltrek]

[ID: First image: The URLtrek symbol (a rosette with the vulcan salute emoji in the middle) with a star on either side.

Second image: A worm emoji and two hearts emoji on top of an image of the symbiont pools in the caves of Mak'ala. A wax seal with a star is in the lower right corner.

Third image: Text reads “maxworm” with the wax seal to the left and a star to the right. End ID.]

[urltrek]

@bitribbles has been nominated to win in the IDENTITY-CHARACTER, MINIMALIST, and APOCRYPHA categories by @milf-leeta, @trillgendermetaphor, and @uhuraborealis because “they sure are bi,” "These tribbles... it seems they’re bisexual” and “tribbles are indeed bisexual”

[urltrek]

[ID: First image: The URLtrek symbol (a rosette with the vulcan salute emoji in the middle) with a star on either side.

Second image: Three tribbles from TOS on a gradient of the bi flag. A wax seal with a star is in the lower right corner.

Third image: Text reads “bitribbles” with the wax seal to the left and a star to the right. End ID.]

[urltrek]

@weyounbathwater has been nominated to win in the I JUST THINK IT’S NEAT and NSFV categories by @milf-lwaxana and @pedantic-savantic because, in the words of @pedantic-savantic “the idea of weyoun selling his bathwater or just someone selling weyoun bathwater makes me cackle.”

[urltrek]

[ID: First image: The URLtrek symbol (a rosette with the vulcan salute emoji in the middle) with a star on either side.

Second image: Weyoun from DS9 drinking from a glass. A wax seal with a star is in the lower right corner.

Third image: Text reads “weyounbathwater” with the wax seal to the left and a star to the right. End ID.]

[urltrek]

On this day in 1964, Gene Roddenberry drafted the original Star Trek pitch. Now, 57 years later, you can finally nominate the best star trek URLs that tumblr has to offer! Read the nomination instructions here, or if you're in a rush, head on over to the googleform. I can't wait to watch the nominations roll in!

[urltrek]

[ID: At the top of the image, text reads: “Nominations are OPEN! The URLtrek event has officially started! Submit your favorite URLs today.” Underneath the text is an image from a 1960s era fan convention. Five Spock cosplayers stand in a row, awaiting judgement. The URLtrek symbol (a rosette with the vulcan salute emoji in the middle) is in the two upper corners. In the lower left corner there is a star and in the lower right corner there is a wax seal with a star. End ID.]

[urltrek]

On March 11th, 1964, Gene Roddenberry drafted the first Star Trek pitch. On that same day, 57 years later, URLtrek will be open for nominations! You can look at the pinned post for more info. Live long and prosper :)

[urltrek]

[ID: At the top of the image, text reads: “It’s official… URLtrek will begin accepting nominations on March 11th! Underneath the text is an image from Star Trek: TNG. The crew is standing around data, smiling and clapping. The caption on the image reads “(all cheering).” The URLtrek symbol (a rosette with the vulcan salute emoji in the middle) is in the two upper corners. In the lower left corner there is a star and in the lower right corner there is a wax seal with a star. End ID.]

[urltrek]

Can I heartily suggest you start adding image descriptions to the posts?

YES thank you for the reminder! I would really like this event to be as accessible as possible. I’m going to go reblog the posts w/ images I’ve already posted w/ descriptions. 

While I’m here ha HA would anyone like to help with any aspect of this event please? As a mod or otherwise? :’) 

[urltrek]

@dilfquark has been nominated to win in the IDENTITY-CHARACTER category by @ds9official because “he’s a dilf what more can i say.”

[urltrek]

@maxworm has been nominated to win in the IDENTITY-CHARACTER, MINIMALIST, and I JUST THINK IT'S NEAT categories by @marlinspirkhall because it's “Simple, easy to remember, and friend shaped.”

[urltrek]

@bitribbles has been nominated to win in the IDENTITY-CHARACTER, MINIMALIST, and APOCRYPHA categories by @milf-leeta, @trillgendermetaphor, and @uhuraborealis because “they sure are bi,” "These tribbles... it seems they’re bisexual” and “tribbles are indeed bisexual”