Excerpts from https://www.nairaland.com/1141678/d-explorers-official-statement-2012

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THE 2013 CONCEPTS
No 2 - We gonna be having a quarterly event tagged The Next Rated Award. The essence of this is to give the newbies a strong voice, to acknowledge their quality posts and character portrayed etc.

Alright ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls..... It's about time.....that's right people, it's about time we hit one of the most important Awards in the Romance Section - The Next Rated Award!

THE PURPOSE
* To place a premium on new members that has contributed immensely to this section via comments or threads.
* To intimate the new users with the old folks.
* To give more new members a bold face and make them relevant.
* To be aware that every little effort to make the romance section better is well noted.

THE NOMINEES - 4 Walls

No. 1 - Must be an active member of this section.
No. 2 - Must be 4 months old as a Nairaland member.
No. 3 - Must never been banned on this section.
No. 4 - Must NOT be a controversial character.

Please note that any nominee within these 4 walls will be disqualified. We shall be operating an open ballot system for the purpose of transparency.

The Next Rated Award runs 3 times in a year. If you missed the first quarter, you can brace up for the second or third quarter. This is more than FUN, it's a REWARD for a GOOD-WORK.

To every member, please note that you're entitled to nominate ONLY 2 (two) monikers. That's right! Just two monikers can be nominated by each member of this section.

Let the show begin. . . All Nominations Starts Now!!!!!!!!!!

D-Explorer:
Excerpts from https://www.nairaland.com/1141678/d-explorers-official-statement-2012




Alright ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls..... It's about time.....that's right people, it's about time we hit one of the most important Awards in the Romance Section - The Next Rated Award!

THE PURPOSE
* To place a premium on new members that has contributed immensely to this section via comments or threads.
* To intimate the new users with the old folks.
* To give more new members a bold face and make them relevant.
* To be aware that every little effort to make the romance section better is well noted.

THE NOMINEES - 4 Walls

No. 1 - Must be an active member of this section.
No. 2 - Must be 4 months old as a Nairaland member.
No. 3 - Must never been banned on this section.
No. 4 - Must NOT be a controversial character.

Please note that any nominee within these 4 walls will be disqualified. We shall be operating an open ballot system for the purpose of transparency.

The Next Rated Award runs 3 times in a year. If you missed the first quarter, you can brace up for the second or third quarter. This is more than FUN, it's a REWARD for a GOOD-WORK.

To every member, please note that you're entitled to nominate ONLY 1 (one) moniker. That's right! Just a single moniker can be nominated by each member of this section.

Let the show begin. . . All Nominations Starts Now!!!!!!!!!!

ejifranks: how does one know the newbies here.... wats the criteria ...

Yeah, please check the 4 Walls. Every nominee should fit in.

Hmmmmm...

With dis ya must nots, dis thread go dull o!

I nominate CFCfan.

Dx is back
Hw we won know if dem neva ban d person b4 na?so wat re we oldies suppose 2 do na?

ogugua88: [size=13pt]D-Explorer, can a potential nominate himself or herself?[/size]

Yes, that's allowed!

Idowuogbo: Hmmmmm...

With dis ya must nots, dis thread go dull o!

We don't want "just anyhow character" on this We got loads of time to look around for them.

Am I a newbie

I still dey laugh.

EmekaCFC: I nominate CFCfan.

It's just like nominating yourself NOTED!

cdamsel: Dx is back
Hw we won know if dem neva ban d person b4 na?so wat re we oldies suppose 2 do na?

Yeah, to know if a moniker has never been banned, i got Jaybee and SK on that.
What the oldies should do is to simply nominate the new active 'faces'

How I wan take know who them never ban? I guess only the mods will nominate.

alutacontinua: Am I a newbie

No, you can nominate right away.

D-Explorer:

No, you can nominate right away.

Are you now trying to say I can't nominate myself

I'm a newbie jor...worrisdat

D-Explorer:

Yeah, to know if a moniker has never been banned, i got Jaybee and SK on that.
What the oldies should do is to simply nominate the new active 'faces'

some of the newbies are banned products

Can we nominate more than two people

xynerise: How I wan take know who them never ban? I guess only the mods will nominate.

Answer already

Popowaa: Can we nominate more than two people

Just one my dear

Na wa ooo. This one go dull

D-Explorer:
It's just like nominating yourself NOTED!

spikes C: Na wa ooo. This one go dull

Wella

xynerise:
some of the newbies are banned products

Hahaha. That's why we want to appreciate the 'clean' few.

alutacontinua:

Are you now trying to say I can't nominate myself

I'm a newbie jor...worrisdat

You can enter for the Official Poster of the Year in Dec but now, we're celebrating newbies

LIST OF NOMINEES
1) CFCfan

D-Explorer:

Hahaha. That's why we want to appreciate the 'clean' few.

clean u say? Open the Romance page and see nonsense threads created by newbies

I nominate CFC.He is one hell of a gentleman.

D-Explorer:
LIST OF NOMINEES
1) CFCfan

is he a newbie?

D-Explorer:
LIST OF NOMINEES
1) CFCfan

if CFCfan na new member wetin I come b?newer?abeg put time frame make we 4 know wat u consider new