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Criteria for Freedom Fighter Awards

Site must be in English - no translations, please, since grammar counts and translators are unreliable in that regard.

I will view your site with Internet Explorer 5.1, maximized, unless you specify otherwise.

You may nominate your own site.

You must be 18 or older to play.

Sites must promote freedom and individual liberty as outlined in the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. Treating the Bill of Rights as an ala carte menu (accepting some parts, denying others) will be cause for disqualification.

Sites may not contain racist, hateful, or obscene material (as a Supreme Court Justice once said, I'll know it when I see it), nor may they promote violence. Religious sites will not be considered. Sites do not have to be child friendly.

RABBLE ROUSER AWARD CRITERIA - in recognition that not every patriot is also a graphic designer

• Award will be based primarily on content rather than design. Design will only be considered if load time is excessive (more than a minute on a DSL connection), which will result in a disqualification. The exception for design consideration will be exceptionally poor color combinations or monster collections of unrelated graphics on display, either of which will result in negative impressions.
• Sites that are only collections of links, regardless of how helpful, will not be considered.
• There should be a minimum of broken links, no more than 2 per page for internal links.
• Repeated examples of improper grammar and/or spelling will disqualify the site (more than 5 examples of either per page).
• Site should be a minimum of 5 pages, not including splash page (if used).

REVOLUTIONARY AWARD CRITERIA - to acknowledge good content in tandem with good design

• Award will be based on both content and design. Excessive load time, excessive animations (more than 5 per page, not including advertising), or excessive banner advertising (on any page), and excessive webring displays (on the home page) will result in disqualification, as will any color combination(s) that makes my eyeballs vibrate. Use of Flash for no reason whatsoever other than to use Flash will result in negative impressions.
• Sites that are only collections of links, regardless of how helpful, will not be considered.
• Continuity of design from page to page is expected.
• Ease of navigation will be considered and will weigh heavily toward final determinations.
• A few typos will be excused; bad grammar will not be, nor will significant numbers of misspellings (more than 3 per page).
• There should be a minimum of broken links, with no broken internal linnks.
• Frequency of updates and freshness of material will be considered.
• Site should be a minimum of 10 pages, not including splash page (if used).

PATRIOT AWARD CRITERIA - for truly exceptional content and design, and NOT an easy award to get

• Award will be based on both content and design.
• Criteria will be much as for the REVOLUTIONARY AWARD, but tolerances will be much narrower, and standards generally higher.
• Use of Flash or Java will count as pluses provided they neither crash my browser nor require excessive load times, both of which will disqualify the site.

For additional reference, see previous winners of this award.

Lady Liberty's Freedom Fighter Award Program is currently rated:

          

          

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Site webmaster(s) must agree, if selected as an award winner, to display the "Lady Liberty's Freedom Fighter Award" graphic on the site's main page and/or awards page (link to awards page must be on main page), and link the graphic back to http://www.ladylibrty.com. Award will be e-mailed to winners. Award may not be altered.(To view the graphic, visit the Freedom Fighter Awards page, or click to see the Rabble Rouser Award; the Revolutionary Award; or the Patriot Award.) Effective immediately, sites which do not display the award graphic appropriately will have their information and link(s) removed from the archives.

Site review will be performed as soon as possible; it may be 5-6 weeks, however, until winners are notified. Unqualified sites will not receive any notice. Non-winners may reapply after significant site changes and following at least 60 days from the previous application.

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Criteria for Awards of Recognition

Site must be in English - no translations, please, since grammar counts and translators are unreliable in that regard.

I will view your site with Internet Explorer 5.0, maximized, unless you specify otherwise.

You may nominate your own site.

You must be 18 or older to play.

Sites may not contain racist, hateful, or obscene material (as a Supreme Court Justice once said, I'll know it when I see it), nor may they promote violence. Sites of organized religious groups will not be considered. Sites do not have to be child friendly. Typical site topics qualifying for these awards would be:

• Designers & artists
• Writers & poets
• Stage & screen
• News & Editorial Sites
• Those who attempt to educate others on a topic of interest to them, such as a philosophy or hobby

• Sites defending or assisting victims of any kind
• Education and prevention of any kind of animal cruelty
• Education and assistance regarding the law, whether on a local municipal scale or much larger

BRONZE AWARD CRITERIA - Both Awards

• Content will be more important than design, but serious design flaws (clashing colors, flashing text, extensive animations per page) will result in negative impressions.
• Sites that are only collections of links, regardless of how helpful, will not be considered.
• Repeated examples of improper grammar and/or spelling will disqualify the site (more than 5 examples of either per page).
• There should be a minimum of broken links, no more than two per page for internal links.
• Site should be a minimum of 5 pages, not including splash page (if used).

SILVER AWARD CRITERIA - Both Awards

• Award will be based on both content and design. Excessive load time, excessive animations (more than 5 per page, not including advertising), or excessive banner advertising (on any page), and excessive webring displays (on the home page) will result in disqualification, as will clashing or particularly unattractive color combinations. Use of Flash for no reason whatsoever other than to use Flash will result in negative impressions.
• Sites that are only collections of links, regardless of how helpful, will not be considered.
• Continuity of design from page to page is expected.
• Ease of navigation will be considered and will weigh heavily toward final determinations.
• A few typos will be excused; bad grammar will not be, nor will significant numbers of misspellings (more than 3 per page).
• There should be a minimum of broken links, and no broken internal links.
• Frequency of updates and freshness of material will be considered.
• Site should be a minimum of 10 pages, not including splash page (if used).

GOLD AWARD CRITERIA - Both Awards - NOT an easy award to get

• Award will be based on both content and design.
• Criteria will be much as for the SILVER, but tolerances will be much narrower, and standards generally higher.
• Use of Flash or Java will count as pluses provided they neither crash my browser nor require excessive load times, both of which will disqualify the site.

For additional reference, see previous winners of this award.

Lady Liberty's Awards Programs are currently rated:

            

     

Click here for more memberships and affiliations.

Site webmaster(s) must agree, if selected as an award winner, to display the "Lady Liberty's Freedom Fighter Award" graphic on the site's main page and/or awards page (link to awards page must be on main page), and link the graphic back to http://www.ladylibrty.com. Award will be e-mailed to winners. Award may not be altered. (To view the graphic, visit the Win an Award page, or click to see the Gold Free Expression or Gold Promotion of Justice Awards.) Effective immediately, sites which do not display the award graphic appropriately will have their information and link(s) removed from the archives.

Site review will be performed as soon as possible; it may be 2-3 weeks, however, until winners are notified. Unqualified sites will not receive any notice. Non-winners may reapply after significant site changes and following at least 60 days from the previous application.

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