|
The Compleat Heretic's Trophy Case:
Award Sites! Rating 3.5
This page was last modified on 22 August 2014.
Please note: Award Sites! is an online organization which sets standards for website award programs so that interested parties can know the relative quality of the award based on strict criteria and rules.
As of 24 March 2014, the venerable Award Sites! awards rating system (1997-2014) had ceased operations, and its website had been converted to an archive of its highest rated programs. Award programs will continue to be acknowledged by their last Award Sites! rating if such is known.
Contents
Lupe's Award: Silver
Pelaqita Persians Award: Gold (Reaward)
Pelaqita Persians Award: Gold
Michael's Award of Excellence (Reaward)
Gadzillion Award
Chameleon's Eye Award
hugs R us Peace Award
Pelaqita Persians Award: Bronze
Lupe's Award: Bronze
Michael's Award of Excellence
Lupe's Award
|
Description: Lupércio Mundim, a Brazilian lawyer and webmaster, offers Lupe's Awards "to reward good sites creators." Sites are evaluated on content, design, and navigation.
Citation: "It is with great joy that Lupe's Awards grant its Silver Award for your website, Matt Wallace's The Compleat Heretic, receive our sincere greetings."
Awarded: 25 July 2013 as an upgrade from Lupe's Award: Bronze
|
Return to Contents
Pelaqita Persians Award
|
Description: Susan MacArthur, a Persian cat fancier and breeder from Pleasantville, Ohio, operates the Pelaqita Persians Award Program to recognize others for their contributions to the Internet. Sites are evaluated on content, purpose, design, layout, navigation, and impression.
Citation: "Congratulations. Attached to this email is our "Gold" award.
. . .
Thank you very much for applying for our award and giving us the honor of evaluating your site.
Laudation: This site is the personal site of a former soldier, and self-described "economic and social conservative, Republican, Teamsters union member, moral traditionalist, pro-life, NRA Benefactor Life Member, Secular Humanist atheist" and the site explains/outlines his position on many of these areas and how he got there. While some may not agree with his views, he does have a right to them, freedom of speech, and the right to express them on a personal site. Through his prose, grammar, etc. this site reflects that the web master is highly educated and has arrived at his opinions through self-revelation, observing his surroundings (and mankind) and his own unique experiences. The site itself is easy to navigate, and while it is somewhat basic in design it is pleasing to the eye. The site meets all the criteria of our web program to be upgraded to a "Gold" award. Congratulations!"
Reawarded: 25 May 2012 as a consequence of upgrades resulting from rating level increases for other recognized rating programs having been previously awarded 11 March 2011
|
Return to Contents
Pelaqita Persians Award
|
Description: Susan MacArthur, a Persian cat fancier and breeder from Pleasantville, Ohio, operates the Pelaqita Persians Award Program to recognize others for their contributions to the Internet. Sites are evaluated on content, purpose, design, layout, navigation, and impression.
Citation: "Congratulations. Attached to this email is our "Gold" award.
. . .
Thank you very much for applying for our award and giving us the honor of evaluating your site.
Laudation: This site is the personal site of a former soldier, and self-described "economic and social conservative, Republican, Teamsters union member, moral traditionalist, pro-life, NRA Benefactor Life Member, Secular Humanist atheist" and the site explains/outlines his position on many of these areas and how he got there. While some may not agree with his views, he does have a right to them, freedom of speech, and the right to express them on a personal site. Through his prose, grammar, etc. this site reflects that the web master is highly educated and has arrived at his opinions through self-revelation, observing his surroundings (and mankind) and his own unique experiences. The site itself is easy to navigate, and while it is somewhat basic in design it is pleasing to the eye. The site meets all the criteria of our web program to be upgraded to a "Gold" award. Congratulations!"
Awarded: 11 March 2011 as an upgrade from Pelaqita Persians Award: Bronze
Superseded: 25 May 2012 by Pelaqita Persians Award: Gold (Reaward)
|
Return to Contents
Michael's Award of Excellence
|
Description: Michael Starz, a German webmaster from Baden-Wuerttemberg, offers his awards "to act as a motivation for homepages with high quality and good content" and "to promote private, non-professional, personal homepages which represent a high standard or which try to reach this standard." Sites are evaluated on personality, content, design, quality, functionality, value, originality, and subjectivity.
Citation: "Thanks again for your kind application for my humble award. In the meantime I revisited your site and checked it out several times - and again, I enjoyed it very much. Now the ranking for your site is fixed. Congratulations: score 90 at the first shot - this means Silver!!!
Personality (30%) 25, Content (20%) 18, Design (30%) 20, Quality/Function (10%) 10, Added Value (10%) 8, Originality (10%) 7, Subjectivity (±10%) 2, Total 90
I've seen some improvements and more content which leads to an increase of points, however it's still in the range of Silver. The Compleat Heretic is an interesting website with many insights into autobiography, publications, affiliations, gratifications, irritations, photo album and much more. Just come on in, it's worth a visit and a stay! Keep on with your good work and enjoy the award!"
Reawarded: 13 July 2009 having been previously awarded 2 July 2005
|
Return to Contents
Gadzillion Award
|
Description: A Gadzillion Things To Think About offers this award "to recognize websites that not only provide its viewers with content that is entertaining or informing, but more importantly, inspire creative thought." Sites are evaluated on content, presentation, design, and inspiration of creative thought.
Citation: "Congratulations! I enjoyed visiting your site. It is truly a plus for the Internet and consequently I would like to reward your efforts with the Gadzillion Award For Creative Thought on the Internet."
Awarded: 22 March 2009
|
Return to Contents
Chameleon's Eye Award
|
Description: Chamowners Web, a site devoted to Old World chameleons operated by David Pickering, offers awards "to recognize sites that present information in a manner that educates as well as entertains." Sites are evaluated on purpose, entertainment and educational value, content, page layout and design, ease of navigation, and graphic quality.
Citation: "Thank you for your interest in the "Chameleon's Eye Award". I have reviewed your site and I am pleased to announce your score has earned your site the Bronze Chameleon's Eye Award. You certainly have some fascinating opinions. Your site is clean and easily navigated."
Awarded: 22 June 2008 as an upgrade from Chameleon's Eye Award [Unrated]
|
Return to Contents
hugs R us Peace Award
|
Description: hugs R us, a site devoted to mental health issues by Lin Smith, rewards webmasters for the "dedication, time, and a lot of hard work" required for their "contribution[s] to make the web a safer, better place to surf" and "to applaud all efforts the webmasters have gone to, to bring these sites to 'life' and reminding us that there is good in this world of ours." Sites are evaluated on content, design, navigation, and creativity.
Citation: "Thank you for your interest in our awards programs. I really enjoyed visiting your site again. You have made some really good changes, enough to push you into range for our top awards. Please refer to our assessment sheet for details. Please note that these awards are from 2 different sites and carry different ratings. [hugs R us Peace Award; Penmarric's Rexellent Page Award]"
Awarded: 28 March 2008
|
Return to Contents
Pelaqita Persians Award
|
Description: Susan MacArthur, a Persian cat fancier and breeder from Pleasantville, Ohio, operates the Pelaqita Persians Award Program to recognize others for their contributions to the Internet. Sites are evaluated on content, purpose, design, layout, navigation, and impression.
Citation: "Congratulations. Attached to this email is our "Bronze" award.
. . .
Thank you very much for applying for our award and giving us the honor of evaluating your site.
Laudation: This site is a personal site that reflects the owner's personal journey of self-discovery and expressing his own opinions about being an economic and social conservative, Republican, Teamsters union member, moral traditionalist, pro-life, U.S. Army veteran, NRA Benefactor Life Member, and Secular Humanist atheist. His background in the military and as an obviously educated person is reflected through his writing, grammar and spelling. The site design is pleasing to the eye with an ease of navigation."
Awarded: 26 March 2008
Superseded: 11 March 2011 by Pelaqita Persians Award: Gold
|
Return to Contents
Lupe's Award
|
Description: Lupércio Mundim, a Brazilian lawyer and webmaster, offers Lupe's Awards "to reward good sites creators." Sites are evaluated on content, design, and navigation.
Citation: "The Lupe's Awards had the honor of grant to your website "Matt Wallace's The Compleat Heretic" the Bronze Award for a nice design and an interesting content, congratulations!"
Awarded: 13 February 2008
Superseded: 25 July 2013 by Lupe's Award: Silver
|
Return to Contents
Michael's Award of Excellence
|
|
Description: Michael Starz, a German webmaster from Baden-Wuerttemberg, offers his awards "to act as a motivation for homepages with high quality and good content" and "to promote private, non-professional, personal homepages which represent a high standard or which try to reach this standard." Sites are evaluated on personality, content, design, quality, functionality, value, originality, and subjectivity.
Citation: "Congratulations: score 82 at the first shot - this means Silver!!!
Personality (30%) 24, Content (20%) 16, Design (30%) 20, Quality/Function (10%) 8, Added Value (10%) 7, Originality (10%) 7, Subjectivity (±10%) 0, Total 82
I like your site very much, I could feel a lot of head and heart. You spent a lot of effort in creating this site, lot's of interesting content to be detected. The design is very good - no discussion about it; the creativity and the ideas are just great. Keep on with your good work and enjoy the award!"
Awarded: 2 July 2005
Superseded: 13 July 2009 by Michael's Award of Excellence (Reaward)
|
Return to Contents
To view additional awards, proceed to:
Trophy Case: Award Sites! Rating 3.0 #2
or
Trophy Case: Award Sites! Rating 4.0
|
