Golden Basilisks - Rules

Much as we might all like it to be different, contests like this need rules.  Most of these rules are simple common sense, and very few of them will come as a surprise to anyone who has entered website awards before.  Submitting a nomination for the awards will be taken as an agreement to abide by these rules, and anyone found to be breaking them will be disciplined as the TBC Crew deems appropriate.  (This may mean a deduction of votes, or disqualification from some or all of your categories.)

If there are any questions, please feel free to contact us, using the link at the top of the left-hand link bar.  If there is enough demand, an Awards FAQ page may appear later.

Nomination Rules
1. Nominations for the Golden Basilisks are open until 11.59pm (Central US Time) on 23rd July 2007.  Any nominations received later than this will be disregarded.
2. All sites entering the awards must be Harry Potter related, although multi-fandom sites may also submit HP-specific sections for nomination.
3. All awards entrants must post a 'Golden Basilisk Awards' link button somewhere on their site - obviously this should be as prominent as possible, so that your members will notice the link and come to vote for you!
4. Only a webmaster or co-webmaster may nominate their site, as we would not wish for a site to be nominated without their consent.
5. Sites are free to be nominated for as many categories as they wish, with the following restrictions - 
 i. A site can only be entered as a Domain or a Subdomain.
 ii. A site can only be entered as either a Slytherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff Site, or a House-Neutral one.
 iii. Any site that is obviously not equipped to compete in a category should not be entered in it. (ie. The 'Best RPG' category is only open to sites that actually run an RPG.)
6. The TBC Crew reserve the right to edit category nominations if the restrictions above are not abided by.  We also reserve the right to disqualify sites from some or all categories in the event that other rules are breached.
7. The decisions of the TBC Crew are final.

Voting Rules
1. Voting will commence on the 24th July 2007, and will continue until 11.59pm (Central US Time) on 19th August 2007.  Again, any votes received after this time will be disregarded.
2. Votes will be cast using a contact form on the website, where visitors can select their preferred site in each category, and send their completed voting form to the TBC Crew.  Membership of TBC's forums or archive is not required to place a vote.
3. To prevent users voting more than once, anyone placing a vote will be asked for their email address.  This will not be used to contact you, and will not be passed on to anyone - it is only required to try and minimise people trying to place multiple votes.  All email addresses collected will be deleted once the awards are complete.
4. If anyone is found to have voted more than once, their duplicate votes will be cancelled.
5. When the votes are tallied, an award will be granted to the top 10% in each category - so, if we get 10 or less entries in a particular category, then there will be a single winner.  11-20 means there will be a First and Second Place award, 21-30 entries will grant an award for places 1-3, and so on.  
6. The TBC Crew will adjudicate in the event of a tie - there will be no shared awards.
7. As with nominations, the TBC Crew's decisions are final.