Brown Belt Test: Buddawiggi - Pass 4/4?

Good luck @buddawiggi! I have always noticed @buddawiggi's excellent answers always winning and seemed to feel second to his greatness. Looks like he is going to be even greater when he shines his brown belt (well, it might be a shiny brown belt - who knows?).

@cjd's aim: To beat @buddawiggi by getting a brown belt.

Betty Boop Glitter Time to rejoice. Keep up the good work.

Way to go Bud, just keep up with those stellar and perfect questions, and you'll soon be on my imaginary enemy list. Don't worry, being an imaginary enemy is fun! (shaking fist in air!).

Thank you everyone. Thinking of the big picture, each of us is a part of making something great here at Mahalo and we get to have a great time doing it. I'm learning so much here and my thirst for more grows daily.So again, Thank you to all of you uber-helpful staff members and fellow Mahalonians.

This place is great.

Happy to see this. Well deserved. Aloha and Mahalo, buddawiggi!

Below; A popular politician hears the news about buddawiggi's Brown Belt Test. Shaka!

Congratulations @BBrookin I trust that you feel the love from the Mahalo Answers community.

I have seen a number of @bbrookin's answers and have always found them to be insightful and thorough. She certainly gets my vote...

Congrats! And may I say that Rottweilers are great dogs!

Good luck - and thanks for the votes for MY answers. :).

Wooo Whooo! I'm always interested in @bbrookin's answers. I don't know if her unique view on interesting topics comes from her "off the grid" lifestyle or if she's just simply an interesting person.

Welcome to the club!

Answers are always well thought out and she seems very supportive of new members.

BBrookin, you've got my vote! Well thought out answers.

You get MY invisible vote bbrookin! Congrats n'... stuff!

Good Luck @bbrookin! I've already given you my vote many times in the past.

As my good buddy Snoop Dogg would say, "fa shizzle, my mahizzles. " (as an aside, I think the correct term for a Mahalo user should be "mahizzle) Her answers are always on topic and useful. I'll throw an aye vote out there.

She's got my vote (not that it counts). I've found that she likes to answer a lot of the older questions that nobody wants to touch so props to her for that.

One of the top members here at MA who provide great answers, guidance, and sets an example for those of us who might be looking for one to follow as we 'work our way up the belt ranks'. Congrats to a well deserved Brown Belt @bbrookin!

Congratulations @bbrookin! A well-deserved brown belt for one of the friendliest and best members of the community. You must have been going some too, I think we got to Purple about the same time, and here you are Brown already!

Way to go @Bbrookin! You've been doing an AMAZING JOB! The Brown Belt ranks are starting to fill up.... Brown is the new purple!

:-).

Congratulations! I've read many of your answers and thought they were excellent. You really deserve the belt!

Bunny always seems to bring a sense of humor to any question or answer. When I see the pink bunny (brown now I guess) or a funny bunny image, I look forward to reading the answer and having a little chuckle. I'm sure it takes a lot of work to think of funny and related jokes sometimes and I for one appreciate them.

Yeay Bunny! Can't wait to see what else Bunny will bring to the table.

Congrats Phu! I know you were worried about it, but have no fear! You are a great Mahaloan and do a great job here... @Philipy- I have it on good advice that she joined Mahalo March 24 thats pretty quick, kind of makes the rest of us look bad... Here's a pic of Phu anxiously awaiting the decision of the judges.. hurry...

YEA, BPP! No one deserves it more, so I'm going to assume you pass. After all, you've made bunnies omnipresent here not just because they're cute and funny, but because we see SO DARN MANY of them!

Where there are good answers, there's a bunny - I can count on it. That's one smart bunny! How cool that we got new belts on consecutive days!

I look forward to when I'm congratulating you on your black belt.

Congratulations Bunny on your achievement. I am a fan of your answers. Your approach towards any question is different and interesting.

Keep up the good work. Regards.

That must be one of the fastest brown belts ever! Welcome to the Brown Belt club @bunnyphuphu! We've lost some good members who've deserted us for the Black Belt Society lately, so I'm glad you're joining us.

:).

Congratulations on your success. You have been very helpful and welcoming to me. I hope to follow in you footsteps.

Congrats! I am new to the community, but already a big fan. Your answers always brighten my day, and I have a lot of respect for the time and dedication you out in.

Wonderful. We all knew it would happen sooner rather than later.

Wow. That was super quick. Has anyone ever reached a Brown Belt in that amount of time before?

From @cp24: "Cp24 joined Mahalo on March 5, 2009" That's 70 days. Looking at this might expose his secret: mahalo.com/member/cp24?tab=6 He's done a great job of picking up all of the low value, low interest questions and won most of his answers on votes rather then clear "best answers". He has a great (outstanding) best answer ratio to support that.

I haven't really been paying attention. I've seen him up in the top weekly list pretty consistently but never really thought about it. We're lucky that CP24 is around to pick up those low end questions!

Great job!

I'm pretty sure @cp24 will make it - can't think of anything that stands in the way. As @robbrown pointed out, CP is doing a great job, and doing Mahalo a great service, by "clearing off" many questions that would otherwise remain all but completely forgotten. It's only fair that he gets rewarded for his efforts.

Wow, super job @cp24, hats off to you (nice hat by the way). Congratulations on your Brown Belt.

Watching you move so fast through mahalo has made me dizzy! Way to go!

I've seen a lot of great answers coming from cp24! Congrats, because you've really earned it!

Cp24 has reached the brown belt hurdle in a dominant manner; a regular shooting star. The Mahalo Answers users and member community are better because of his presence. Now go ahead and give 'em the brown belt!

Congrats cp24! I am so impressed at how quickly you achieved Brown Belt. We got there at almost the same time, and you joined way after me.

Great job!

It seems everywhere I turn on Mahalo Answers lately, I find dcanswerer, and the answers I've seen are generally of very good quality, with sources and original thought. I vote yes! Congrats, dcanswerer!

Couple of very positive points here from my very cursory overview of DCAnswerers work (and memory of his participation): 1. DCAnswerer has answered 967 in only 60 days (ranked #9). 2.

That's 16 answers per day, every day. 3. DCAnswerer has best answer on 43% of this questions.(ranked #5) 4.In the 10 or so answer I've looked at before writing this DCAnswerer seemed to do a good job citing sources.

Things that DCAnswerer could work on for their Black Belt test: ====== ====== ====== ====== 1. Some answers that I've read are very short. Might I suggest adding a little extra content for good measure.

If the question is very short in its nature you can always add some insights and give some additional facts and resources that help the user.2. DCAnswerer has only given M$1 in tips (rank #1,006). In order to reach upper belt levels (brown and black) we would expect giving back to the community a lot more than .2% (10-20% at a minimum in my mind--pay it forward!

). Amazing job and good luck as a brown belt!

Congrats DCAnswerer! Hope you enjoyed the cherry blossoms this year!

I cast my vote (although tomorrow is technically election day) for dcanswerer! What an amazing amount of quality participation - I enjoy the answers and other feedback dcanswerer gives. Best of luck!

I'm amazed @dcanswerer got to Brown Belt so quickly. I've been here since Jan, I've been very active, and yet I'm still some way off! Then again, I've read so many great answers from him (I assume he's a him!) that it makes perfect sense.

I esp like his(?) thoughtful and balanced answers to what could be contentious questions about politics and current affairs. Which makes me wonder what exactly it is that he does in DC. :) Given that he(?) doesn't say a word in his profile, may it's very hush hush!

Or possibly he like his privacy even more than I do. Anyway, great job, and congratulations!

Good luck. I'm happy that you've been answering all those questions I've missed due to the busy season at work. :).

Good luck! And well done for changing your display picture...it makes you easier to recognize and is nicer to look at than the Mahalo "avatar". (Not saying it is bad...).

There are a few reasons why @demanda is deserving of the brown belt status. (1) She has a cool avatar.

How freakin' awesome is that? If you want a "precise" response, you will receive it from this math specialist. (3) She is willing to call-out other people when they provide a sloppy answer.(4) She has worked hard enough at Mahalo Answers to get to the 8,000 point hurdle.(5) She has a 100 percent helpful answer rate.

Wow!(6) She has a 44 percent best answer rate. Wow (again)!(7) She's ranked #3 for tips received at over $530, proving she's not just providing a bunch of quick and sloppy responses to artificially pad her point count (as others are obviously doing).(8) She's a self-proclaimed nerd. Many of us can associate with that description!

There you have it, eight good reasons. Good luck @demanda!

Every time I see Demanda's icon I dart right to her answer because I know it will be well written, truly helpful and filled with good cheer. One very important statistic to look at is that she has a whopping 44% best answers percentage (stunning! ), and she is currently ranked #5 overall in Best Answers with 377 of them.

Best Answers are the most important statistic in the system as far as I'm concerned (second only to money earned probably), and Demanda is ROCKING when it comes to BAs! My highest recommendation on her Brown Belt!

Demanda has learned the essential needs of a consistently great answerer. She offers accurate and unique answers and, sometimes even more important, gives feedback and comments on other answers if they are either good or bad (noting inaccuracies). While some people just don't have the heart to tell other people when they are wrong, I think people like that are essential for a community based on accuracy.

She's a brown belt-er in my book.

Great job, @Demanda! I always look forward to reading your answers.

That's a lot of hard work Demanda. I'm amazed to see you have a 100% helpful answers record. Keep it going, gives others like myself lagging behind, something to look forward to!

I highly recommend @demanda, this member has done a great job at answering questions. This member has been the only one I've tipped extra for answering questions, as this member goes the extra mile when answering. The only thing I don't like about @demanda is in the past when I've answered first, @demanda strives to top my answer, which is a good quality.

Good luck @demanda! You definitely pass in flying colors!

Demanda is a great Mahalo Answers contributor. Her answers are consistently helpful, insightful and thought provoking. She tackles a wide range of subjects with aplomb and I appreciate her commitment to the site!

Great job @demanda.

Congratulations on your new black belt, @demanda!

" (sigh) (bunny work hard and always use spellchex)

When it comes time to vote for answers, it is quite apparent where @demanda has provided an answer. You can always count on the complete, helpful, and interesting answer to be hers. Keep it up!

You definitely deserve your brown belt!

Whoohoo! Congratulations Demanda! The Brown Belt club is lucky to have you.

I really enjoy reading Demanda's answers. They're always well thought out, clearly supported and top shelf.

I DO NOT think that Dr. Matt deserves to receive the Brown Belt. I believe that he is hiding his true identity. I do not believe that he is a Doctor nor named Matt.

I would like you to consider that Dr. Matt is IN FACT, the true to life Magnum P.I. I'll let you decide for yourself:

Oh God! Help me... Man! Is my ego flaring up...

Dr. Matt definitely deserves this. Especially since we have the same first name! S answers are almost always very helpful and thoughtful.

He's a great member of the community. Congratulations!

Good luck man! I've only been here a week, but every answer of yours that I've read has always been spot on.

Dr. Matt has my vote, any comment I've seen from him has been on the up and up big time!

Give it to him! Do-eeeeet! Do-eeeeet now!

:).

Go, Dr. Matt! He's never been anything but helpful, pleasant, and kind - if anyone deserves it, he does.

Dr. Matt is a great asset here. You've offered me your belt, but you really deserve it! Yes, you deserve a belt.

Right on the... But no. You really do deserve this. You have a deft touch on some sensitive questions, and you can be funny with the best of them.(Should we tell them about our friendly rivalry, or do you think it's evident?

It's certainly more friendly than rivalrous! ).

Matt deserves to be Brown Belt because he is apparently always online, has great answers, and reminds me of Mario (albeit a skinny Mario). And that, good sir, is reason enough.

Yeah @masontx! Since I know you have a soft spot for all things cute, I'll include the cutest picture I could find! Congrats!

MasonTx is another quality Mahaloian! She gives good, thoughtful, researched answers. A real pleasure to read, especially some of her answers on relationships and "life" questions.

Congratulations to you @masontx. Always enjoy your answers, thanks for your contribution to the Mahalo world.

Good luck @masontx. I hope that you pass the scrutiny.

Congratulations on your new Brown Belt @masontx!

Whoohoo! Wow, this Brown Belt club is starting to gain some ground! I have a question for you, Mastonx.... can you explain your Avatar?

I like it, but I get the impression that there might be a meaning or story behind it. Am I right?

Good Job. Answer some of my questions, I pay well.

Woohooooooooooooooo congrats and gl to you.

I think he's an excellent candidate for the brown belt! Even as a newer member, I've immediately noticed his outstanding contribution to this community. Personally, I'm a BIG fan of his presidential series of questions and friendly commentary.

I know I can always count on morriss003 for great questions and quality answers. Happy Brown Belt, morriss003!

Well Morriss003, I'm very happy for you. Every time I see your avatar, I giggle. I feel honored that you picked my avatar.

I've only been here a few months, but I do look forward to the presidential questions. See you along the mahalo highway!

Congratulations @Morriss003! You're a shoe-in. Welcome to the Brown Belt Club!

Morriss003 is a true asset to Mahalo Answers, and totally deserving of the Brown Belt. Congrats!

Way to go @morriss003 and congrats! Like the new avatar, too!

I think that if this guy has managed to get that many points, it proves that he is dedicated to answering Mahalo questions. I think that it is safe to say that he is a valued user and has a lot that he could possibly use, to help others on Mahalo. I know that I personally, wouldn't mind getting a few pointers from this member.

I look forward to finding out if he will be awarded the Brown belt and I will be keeping track. Hope he gets it.

No doubt about it, Morriss003 has earned the brown belt and how. S answers always mix accuracy with a bit of eccentric humor, which I love. S extended involvement with the community is reason enough.

Keep up the amazing work, Morriss003!

I can't think of anyone more deserving of the brown belt! Morriss gives high-quality answers, and his comments & questions contribute to the structure and goodwill inherent to the Mahalo Answers community. Congratulations!

Morriss003... congratulations! It's only right Mahalo should have a brown belt from Maui. The fact that he's a quirky time-traveller who may possibly be his own ancestor is even better!

Tell me, do you ask all these questions about former Presidents because you do in fact interview them?

Welcome to the club my man! You have some impressive stats along with some interesting questions and answers to back those up. I'm always interested into read what you have to say.

I think it's cool that you've given back $73 into the community but more then that, you seem like a knowledgeable, interesting and nice person. I could go on-and-on, but I'll just say congratulations on reaching the Brown Belt hurdle!

Congratz on making the 8000 point mark! Hope you get your belt! Good Luck!

Until he adopted the cool avatar I wasn't so sure, but the bold "M" has convinced me that @morriss003 is worthy of wearing the coveted brown belt! God speed @morriss003! =.

Awesome! Morriss deserves this. I enjoy his answers and the thought he puts into them.

Give him the belt already................................great job Morriss.

LOVE the new avatar, and a well deserved brown belt to boot! Congrats!

Congrats! I have to say I also like your new icon/avatar.

Congratulations! That belt looks more taupe than brown, however. :0).

Congratulations @morriss003 ...I always look forward to reading your answers. Keep it up.

CONGRATULATIONS Morris! I thought that's another M?

I have noticed a lot of very good answers from @morriss003. He has some interesting viewpoints, and is always friendly and open-minded. And living on a farm in Maui is too cool, to boot.

And I was really surprised to see the new avatar! Seems to be almost a requirement for upper-level belts, although figuring it out could be a challenge for people who did not grow up with computers. Those very people, though, are the people who have had lots of different life experience to draw from in answering questions.So now askers can push the @morriss003 button for a good answer!

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.