The key to a good nomination is choosing the most appropriate ribbon and then describing the feats of the nominee. Personal opinion such as, "I think he deserves..." is not a swaying argument.

Originally Posted by Ribbons

When a nomination is received, it's posted in the appropriate admin forum with a poll attached. Admins read the nomination and then vote Yes, No, or Not Enough Information. While an admin's personal familiarity with a player may be used to form an opinion, most of the decision is based upon the nomination itself. So, when you're writing your nomination, please be sure to include as many details about why you think that player deserves a ribbon. If there are any examples of what "distinguishes" them from the crowd, please be sure to include that.

Basically, avoid giving the admin's your conclusions on the nominees qualifications - instead, provide some details/examples on which the admins can make their own conclusions. Here are two nominations that would NOT win either nominee a ribbon (In both cases, the PM was sent back with a request for more info):

What Not To Do:

I would like to nominate ****** for the "Anti-Tank Specialist" ribbon. He truly exemplifies what the role is all about. Thank you,******

I'm nominating ****** as a Distinguished Commander. He is good a giving information to squads and is especially known for his sat-trac weather update.

I nominate ****** for Distinguished Squad Leader in the internal PR scrim.

On the other hand, here are two decent examples of nominations that give the admin-team enough information to evaluate the nominee and decide whether or not they deserve the ribbon.

Example Nominations:

Who?
******

What?
Distinguished Sniper

Where?
TG vs =US= Scrim

When?
September 15, 2006

How?
During the attack on Dragon Valley, the Temple CP remained firmly in enemy hands. We had accomplished taking all the surrounding CP's, yet I wanted to eliminate the enemy from spawning inside of our lines. SL5 informed me that our armor could not support the attack due to the numerous enemy AT's located there. I glanced at his squad layout from the CO screen and told him to have ------ switch to sniper and eliminate those AT's so the armor can come in. ------ proceeded to snipe and eliminated enough enemy troops from a distance to weaken the enemy's defense, allowing the Temple to fall into our hands. On Clean Sweep, ------ was instrumental in spotting the enemy for our team, especially when I lost my scanner and UAV. I wish to nominate him for his performance and mastery of the sniper kit.

AAR:
http://www.tacticalgamer.com/battlef...-us-scrim.html

Award Recommendation: Air Calvary

Game: ArmA

Nominee: ******

Period Covered: 1 January- 1 May 2007

****** has consistently demonstrated his expertise while providing close air support on countless occasions. He has the uncanny ability to fly a helicopter that far surpasses any other TG member on the server. He has on numerous missions provided air cover that directly contributed to the mission success of the overall team. His intimate knowledge of aviation is real life has forwarded his gaming skills and has led the instruction of several other TG members.

Finally, be sure you're nominating for the correct ribbon. The full list of ribbons and games for which they're supported can be found here.

For BF2142 nominations, be sure to select the award according to the action, not the in-game kit. For example, while the Assault kit can be configured for heavy assault duty (body armor, rockets, shotgun, etc.), it can also be configured for pure medic duty (no body armor, smoke grenades, defibs, etc). The choice between Distinguished Medic and Distinguished Assault depends on how the nominee was playing. (If a player is somewhere in the middle, consider the Combat Action ribbon which is for players with exceptional battlefield awareness and general infantry skills)

http://www.tacticalgamer.com/tactica...omination.html