Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-1824169-20161202053229

Alright everybody it's time for the Annual Salt Machine, AKA voting for Featured Series of the Year! This year, however, it's joined by two new companions: Featured Alien of the Year and Featured Character of the Year! The admin team all agreed that we've gotten some great material out of these categories over the year, and having one lucky candidate from each of them featured on the front page was too good an opportunity to pass up!

I'm going by the current versions of each these pages and the current rules for Featured pages in order to determine which ones still qualify for being Featured. Without any further ado, here are your nominees!

Series
Mack 10 is disqualified since the version of it that won no longer exists, and Age of the Unitrix and Reflection (Series) are disqualified for not meeting the four-episode rule.
 * Ben 10 Theory
 * Mig X
 * Tech 10: Star Spirit
 * CaT Reviews!
 * Death of Ben 10
 * Mutant Drake
 * Tech 10: Ultimatrix Unleashed
 * Cisco 10: Vibeverse

Aliens

 * Vaccine (Earth-32)/Dimension 1
 * Dimvapour
 * All☆Star
 * Bomb 2 Hell
 * Shroud (Earth-32)/Dimension 1
 * Magidisk
 * Façade (Earth-32)/Dimension 1
 * Kugelblitz
 * MindMatter
 * Silver Mt. Zion
 * Planetesimal
 * Bomb 2 Hell Requiem
 * Vertebrain
 * FlashBack
 * Frostbyt

Characters
Mack has been disqualified since his page has been deleted. Ryan Felton is disqualified since his page no longer meets the page information requirements.
 * Nova Eldridge
 * Anti-Life Entity
 * Drake (MD)
 * Aeron
 * Terox
 * Theodore Logical
 * Ann Declanson (Earth-775775)
 * Testa Herba

Voting
Like last year, the voting will work on a two-stage, tournament-esque system. Everybody votes in this thread for two series they would want featured, two aliens they would want featured, and two characters they would want featured using the following template: Series: Aliens: Characters: If you vote, you must cast both votes, or your single vote will be considered invalid. Obviously, you cannot cast both votes for the same series. Voting for the first round will end on December 14th at 11:59 PM EST.

The second round will begin in a second voting thread created on the 15th (this keeps the threads from getting too clogged up). The top 4 vote earners (including ties) will be nominated in round two. Vote counts reset, and each user is allowed only one new vote. Whichever pages have the most votes at 11:59 PM EST on December 31st will be crowned Featured (Thing) of the Year for 2017.

Please clearly indicate which two series you are voting for, and do not use the voting templates. If you change your vote, please edit the message with the vote and strike out the old vote using. Place the new vote, if you are making one, in the same reply. Do not make new replies with your changed vote. If it is unclear which nominees you are voting for, your vote will be invalid.

Note #1: Self-voting is allowed in both rounds.

Note #2: In the event of a tie in the second round, the winner will be determined by adding the the number of votes from the first round to the total vote count. If it is still a tie, then there will be a one-day only third round where votes counts reset and each user once again gets one vote. At this point, if it is still a tie, then we'll have to come up with something else. The bottom-line is that only one thing from each category can become Featured (Thing) of the Year.

Happy Voting! 