Mahalo Black Belt Test for @mithrandir ... PASS 3/3?

Wow, almost missed my own party! Is it that time already? Seems like I got my Brown Belt only yesterday... Luckily @coreymac and @Robbrown pointed me to this thread, so I can actually show up :) (Remember: "A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins, nor is he early.

He arrives precisely when he means to. ") Thanks for the praise, I try to do my best at being a good mahalo citizen, although I know even I am faulty at times. I definitely feel I'm still not entirely worthy of the Black Belt awarded to me, I still have so much to learn, and feel like I can do so much better!

If only there were more hours in a day (or, I could do with less sleep at night! ) One thing I am very glad of, is that I beat @gno! She beat me to the brown belt, but here's my revenge :) Gno, I'll see you at the first dan!

I'll gladly take this opportunity to thank Mahalo Staff, who have been very patient with me at times, I know I can be a 'positive critic' at times, and need a push in the right direction at times, but you guys have really helped me along, I really love working with all of you. I really value the trust you put in people to 'do the right thing', and hope I can wear that black belt with pride. Now, time for a little plug.. If you're into funny videos and the latest buzz news, check out my twitter account, on which I post all new Mahalo Pages I create.

Some will feature on the Mahalo front page, but not all! So, check out www.twitter.com/boersc, and follow me! "Do not take me for some conjurer of cheap tricks!

I am NOT trying to rob you... I'm trying to help you. " -Mithrandir, The Fellowship of the Ring.

I am so proud of you Sir Mithrandir! You and Monk Hai-Tank both have super human skills with the index finger. I'm sure you could show him a thing or two about using a mouse and mastering Mahalo!

All I can say is "Wow"... and "It's about time! " youtube.com/watch?v=sqQx1hgh--w.

Congratulations and great job @mithrandir This belt level and test is long time overdue. I know how hard you work to help out here and the overall quality of all of your contributions here on Mahalo Answers or Mahalo Tasks or in managed Mahalo pages is beyond reproach.. I forget who is winning with the race between you and Mrs. @gno..? It doesn't matter really I am just happy you are here and always look forward to reading your contributions. Great job!

Congrats-to-soon-be, Chris! I really appreciate all that mith does around here. Especially shortly after the Haiti earthquake, and mith was trying to figure out how our Mahalo community could be most effective in helping!

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You'll have the black belt no problem! You're a true asset to the Mahalo community. I enjoy your answers and all your hard work!

Congrats!

Mithrandir is easily one of the most contentious, interesting and well rounded members of Mahalo. He's always willing to lend a hand in tasks, on the buzz team, on the how to team, etc. Better yet, when Mithrandir lends a hand, his work is always exceptional. On Mahalo Answers, Mith is a community member second to none.

He's always willing to help new users and is consistently kind and level headed even when questions heat up. I have a lot of respect for Mithrandir.Rob.

I only ever float in and out of Mahalo Answers because I've so much studying to do. But mithrandir is always here, he has been a constant presence on the site and his answers are always exemplary. No better man for it :).

What can I say... @mithrandir is a Mahaloian through and through. A great answerer, a great page manager, supportive, generous, engaged... a shoo-in for black. If anyone could go directly from brown to second degree black (without the points) mith would be the one.

Oh, how strange I was just reading his Mahaloain of the week and it was very insightful. Entertaining, amusing and all round good guy! Read it here: mahalo.com/answers/Mahaloian/meet-the-ma... Mithrandir Mahaloian of the Week Oct 07 2009 Go Chris, its in the bag!

Considering his dedication to the Mahalo Answers Community and all his quality pages as well as the tasks, he doesn't need a test to enter the Black Belt club. Mahalo choosing you as the URL1 Mahaloian of the Week shows how much the community respects you. Well Done my Friend!

Best of Luck for you to rock in your real life like in Mahalo!

Awesome work all the time and always helpful - the black belt is well deserved! From answers to pages...hmmm....I will have to get some tricks on how to do this! Hehehe.

I'm pretty new, and even I know that @mithrandir deserves his belt. Congrats @mithrandir! :).

At one point I will get to this. I already was answering friends questions with useful links.... it's just a matter of time.

Girlieq3000 is an enthusiastic and dedicated member. She details the Mahalo answers and often provides feedback in her comments to the answers. When she did that to my answers, I expanded them thoroughly.

She is active basically everywhere: Answers, Pages, Teams. A helping hand when you need it, she'll ferret out the information needed. Computer science is an area of expertise.

There's a lot of info in her bio. Congrats.

This is a day to celebrate! Congratulations Girlieq! You have been such a great contributor and influence on Mahalo, and I know you'll continue in your greatness!

*Please note that having a Ferret and/or Chihuahua enhances your chances of knowing the secret kung fu moves that are needed in getting the coveted Black Belt! youtube.com/watch?v=Jal43VYPeR0.

You're a great member, girlieq. Congrats in advance. :) P.S.You look a lot like my sister-in-law.

:).

Congratulations. I really appreciate your helping tendency to vote other user answers. Keep up the good work.

Good luck.. though I know you won't need it... and congratulations @girlieq3000 welcome to the club :).

GQ is a one of the most active person I have seen here on Mahalo Answers. Congratulations GQ on your Black Belt.

This is great! I am really thrilled for you, and you have been such a great and supportive Mahaloian. I am going to say "congratulations" instead of "hope you make it."

There can be no doubt! Your communications, at least with me, make me feel like we're cyber buds, even though we never really said that. Your personality shines through.

I'll let others cite your sterling stats. Good for you!

GQ is a great all around contributor here on Mahalo. It seems like just yesterday she was being tested for the brown belt. I think she is well deserving of a black belt.

Good luck GirlieQ!

Well deserved for a wonderful person, and a true contributor to Mahalo in every way! Cheers and beers!

With her excellent stats and better attitude, @Girlieq3000 is surely deserving! Congrats!

Way to go! ,I'd like to be you when I grow up.

Yay! Rachel you are 100% deserving of this belt and then some! You have been ready for this for awhile now and I'm excited that it's finally that time.

All your tipping paid off eh? Now remember to keep your new black belt protected by this....

This is a no brainer. Nina is a true asset to Mahalo. She write pages prodigiously, and is a conscientious and thorough QC-er.

Congratulations, Nina!

Congratulations Nina! You definitely deserve it! As one of Mahalo's top earners, your outstanding contributions to Mahalo have single-handedly altered the course of this company's future.

I don't think it's possible to overstate this. Thanks for everything you do!

Congratulations Nina! With your style, expertise and helpful attitude, you made it easy for the Mahalo staff to confirm your Black Belt. I've enjoyed working with you on the QC team and I always appreciate your comments.

Great job!

My tasks I sent her were sparse and few Here in Answers, she is now rarely seen She's busy in QC, working fast and mean! And though she has answered questions few Her enthusiasm in 'answers' is mahalo.com/answers/society-and-culture/i... tried and true Although she cannot be in all places at one time I hope she enjoys her victory black belt rhyme! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would also like to make you the honorary Vocational Guidance Counselor of Mahalo, since you have done such great how-to occupational pages.

Your purple dress is long over due for a cute sparkly black belt!

Great job! I'm nearing the black belt level and hope I do as well!

Congratulations ninakat! The only surprise is that Mahalo didn't make you honorary black belt when you hit 10,000 points ;). Your support and constructive criticism are always appreciated.

Way to go.

Ninacat deserves this stylish Mahalo fashion accessory! It matches with everything, darling!

Yea! Nina! You know I think a lot of people will be saying, "What?

You mean she wasn't already? " =D You work hard. You deserve to be a black belt!

Nina is what I consider to be a "professional". I don't say this lightly and believe that Mahalo only has a handful of these people here. Nina is contentious, smart, active and constantly strives to improve her work and in turn her earnings.

Nina (and the few other pros) are the reason why Mahalo is succeeding. Nina makes Mahalo a better place for me. Thank-you, Nina.

I'm 1000% sure she will pass. XD @ninakat's one of the nice people on tasks. I like her a lot because she always gives me stuffs I could do for my content to get better.

^^ So I think there's no need for wishing you luck for the black belt test. You'll pass! I'm sooooo sure of it!

Congratulations!

Ninakat is a great member of the Mahalo community and is well deserving of a black belt. She is one of the top page managers and has always been friendly and helpful. I'm am glad she is part of the team.

Good luck Nina!

Congrats Nina! She is kind, friendly and hard working. Being one of the top page managers, earners and QC controllers, @Nikakat surely deserve the black belt.

Way to go...

I haven't been a Mahalo member very long, but Ninakat QC-ed some of my tasks and she has given me great feedback and advice so that my pages go from just good to great! Judging by all the other responses, she deserves the black belt. Good luck Ninakat.

Congratulations @ninakat. Are you going to be a vertical manager? I would like to see you as a VM.

Good luck, Great lob and Congratulations @ninakat That was one fast sneak attack black belt! I look forward to learning more about you and seeing more of you in the future.

With the stats @pellrider has accumulated, and the great attitude always displayed (including tipping back about 15% of tips received! ), this should be a shoo-in. Among the stats: #10 in number of pages managed (185) # 24 in questions asked (179) #10 in answers given (1433) #35 in best answers (311) Go @pellrider!

Black will shortly be yours, and deservedly so.

Good luck! I'm about ready for my black belt test too.

Pellrider! You made it to the golden land of black belt! Congratulations!

Of course it is no surprise that you passed with flying colors! You're a stellar contributor who make Mahalo a better place for being here. Not to mention that you kick serious behind as a Page Manager for Parenting pages!

I hope you wear that black belt proudly and admire yourself in the mirror often. Hooray for you, Pellrider!

You have made it @pellrider We have learned a lot form each other in the past few months and I hope you continue to be a big part of all the Mahalo will become in the future. A page manager, how to team member and all around superb contributor I am sure Congratulations will be in short order here. I wish you luck although I do not think you will need it.

Great job.

I haven't interacted much with @pellrider, but I know he'll pass with flying colors, like I did. I'd be happy to have him on my black belt dream team.

Cool! @pellrider has been a prominent and valued member of the community ever since I arrived. Answers are always beautifully written with thought and eloquence.

I believe @pellrider is always at the tutorials, which really aids in the sense of camaraderie here at Mahalo. I'm unsure of the other requisites, but looks like an excellent choice to me. Has anyone told @pellrider?

Pellrider is very cool, interesting and fun. She will ace this.

I'm also confident that pellrider will ace the black belt test. Welcome to the club! I baked a cake, but someone it got tagged to go to Austin (and they didn't even spell it right!)

Wow... that was a fast trip from brown to black! Congratulations! Wear your black belt with pride.

You deserve it!

Opher is a flaming legend. Poets have gushed about him. He has slain many dragons.

S collection of rescued damsels is beginning to become a storage nightmare. And his enemies fear him. Folklore suggests that the earliest stories about modern "superheroes" may have actually been inspired by the amazing feats performed by Opher - such as leaping tall orders in a single bound, and answering a difficult question faster than a speeding.... thing that goes really fast.

He has his own gravitational field. (Ok... Sorry Opher, that last one came out a bit more "You're Fat" or something, than "You're Significant. " Unintentional, and not meant that way, and I'm sure totally untrue.) But seriously, very early in my Mahaloism I noticed that Opher sure is a helpful and clever and nice fellow... So congrats in advance, because aren't those things the three "criteria" for a Mahalo black belt test?.... Well, I'm sure it's along those lines, anyway.

:).

I'm going to try to give an @opher answer here! "With an amazing Best Answer percentage of 63% and towering stack of Best Answers that are teetering on 1,000.... I'd say this award is long overdue! " Congratulations @opher!

*I usually feel like Eddie Gossling when I read your 'rocket scientist' answers... youtube.com/watch?v=UmybfBfj_iw.

Woohoo @opher! It's about time, you are DEFINITELY deserving of this belt. You're answers are always above and beyond and I had fun racing you to the coupon questions!

There is no doubt in my mind that you will get this belt....sooo...CONGRATS! :-D.

Friendly and knowledgeable, Opher is one of those users that draws people to Mahalo.

Congratualtions @opher well done and thank you for making Mahalo a better place. With statistics in every area that are as tall as they come and answers that really have everything needed and so much more... I can surely say your Black belt test is a pass, pass, pass. Thank you my friend.

In honor of your great accomplishments here at mahalo... I'll sing you a happy, warm tune proper for an extremely smart guy! @opher --quote-- Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr --end quote-- -Sheldon Cooper Hope you liked it!

youtube.com/watch?v=lMLnDuzgkjo Has nothing to do with the black belt you are so fixing to get.. but.. good song. Bambalam! Congrats you deserve it.

:).

Congratulations @opher! Who else has a reputation such that it generates its own gravitational field? :D However in the interests of health and safety, I believe Mahalo should issue some warnings and disclaimers: -- Quote WARNING: This product warps space and time in its vicinity.

WARNING: This product attracts every other piece of matter in the universe, including the products of other manufacturers, with a force proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the distance between them. CAUTION: The mass of this product contains the energy equivalent of 85 million tons of TNT per net ounce of weight. HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE: This product contains minute electrically charged particles moving at velocities in excess of five hundred million miles per hour.

-- /Quote komplexify.com/epsilon/2009/05/13/a-call....

Congrats, Opher! You definitely deserve this.

Opher has knowledge in various domains such as science, tech, finance and others. S insights about Mahalo Answers Community are useful and interesting. @opher is a constant voter and commenter.

He has a positive helpful attitude My first DQ was to him, from which he taught me how to answer to homework questions. Congrats!

Opher, in my opinion, has been one helpful homie! Congrats, you deserve it!

Opher is a wonderful Mahaloian! Always helpful, always polite and even if I don't always understand the answer I know the work and committment is top notch every single day! Black belt pass for sure!

And I leave a small reminder of how entirely strange our world really is......see @opher, you are not *that* weird :)

Opher 1. How many pages do you manage? 2.Do you think that page management should be required to receive black belt?

3. Do you have the ability to promote me to Brown Belt? On the lighter note: Do you study, "Iron Palm"?

Can you break a slab of ice with a slap?

Congratulations, Opher! There's no one else that deserve it more than you!

Congratulations! I always feel more comfortable with a 'numbers guy' around! You never know when we'll need you.

Sounds like a worthy addition to the Black Belt roster to me!

Good luck, even though I really don't think you'll need it :) Its a question of skill and committment and you show both day in day out! By the way, I've learned more math reading your answers than I have for YEARS!

I was looking for your black belt test. With Rank 24 in best answers and 61 pages under the belt, you are a great Mahalonian. And I see that you made almost M$60 from your Erin Andrews page.61 well managed pages is a great achievement.

Congrats! Hope to see you around more. I really appreciate your presence in Mahalo.

Hope you enjoy the music.

As observed by @chriswingate, @kerryk has the stats to prove his Mahalo mettle and well deserves his black belt. I'm sure Mahalo staff's assessments will not disappoint. Good luck and congratulations!

Yay! This is it! :) I told you it’s going to be very soon.

^^ Good luck though I know you will pass this one so I should say congratulations instead! :).

Good luck and Congratulations @kerryk! As one of the original builders of Mahalo from back in the time of Mahalo Greenhouse I feel your contributions are long overdue for the recognition and belt level they deserve. Thank you and I wish you well.

Wear it with pride. Great job.

Kerry has been a long standing member of Mahalo since the greenhouse days. He single handedly built out many of our science, animals, and athlete pages. At one point he researched and suggested a list of golfers, and then methodically completed the pages.

S black belt is long overdue!

Congratulations and good luck with all of your future endeavors.

Kerryk best of luck, tho I do not think you'll need it. I'm sure we'll see you back in black by tomorrow!

Hearty congrats @kerryk and all the very best. See you soon with the belt.

WOW I PASSED! And I was worried. I do want to thank the Mahalo staff members here, especially @coreymac, @lon, and Jason C for their encouragement, passing ideas back and forth and letting me speak my mind.

On the other side I do want to again thank @bunnyphuphu and @buddawiggi for their encouragement and friendship since I joined. Along with everyone else I became friends with here.

Hopefully @chriswingate .... you will be wearing one of these very soon. You certainly have put in the effort. I would say pass all the way.

I vote pass - Chris has been a great help to me here and I know he deserves the new bright and shiny belt of d.a.r.k.n.e.s. S I also vote WTF? If you don't!

We'll attack HQ with one of these eh!

Reasons why I think @chriswingate Will pass the black belt test. 1. He is rated #12 in questions with 343 questions 2.

He is rated #13 in answers with 1,390 3. Of those answers 590 or (42%) Which makes him good enough for #7 4. He has given back 11.13% of his earnings, which is a total of M$42.76 5.

Has a very nice Voting history… voting ALMOST everyday I am sure there are tons more reasons.... I think he will get a pass. Good Luck (^_^)V.

Chris, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU! :D :D :D I don't know what else to say... WOOHOOOO! :D :D :D x x x.

Congrats! It represents a lot of hard work and helpfulness!

Best of Luck @chriswingate! With all your rankings for questions, answers and best answers, as well as the Tips given, I am sure you will be awarded with a Black Belt! :).

Down here in Alabama... we know what it takes to be a Black Belt. Chris has more than satisfied all the necessary requirements to attain this honor. Congratulations to the 'super hero' of Mahalo!

Hooray, CONGRATULATIONS, Chris! There are very few users that deserve this as much as you do. You're always an amazing answerer, grrr-eat Page Manager, and an overall swell guy.

What a way to ring in the New Year, eh? Three cheers for Chris!

Go Chris, I love your ability to speak your mind, and I appreciate your honesty, integrity and stamina in the number of questions you are able to ask and respond to. I VOTE PASS.......ALL THE WAY.

I say yes to @chriswingate getting the black belt for all reasons mentioned above, plus, he's in the top 125 in page management earnings since June 1, and 74th in the past week, so he's moving up the ranks in that aspect as well, managing 30 pages. Perhaps more importantly, Chris always speaks out passionately for his position on what he thinks will or will not work for Mahalo members, which in the final analysis are who power the site (though obviously the staff, headed by Jason, steer it).

Get down with your Black Belt self! That is beyond awesome and couldn't happen to a better candidate. Grateful for your friendship, support and candor!

I've had the privilege of working with chris on two pages that I VM with him and found him to be conscientious and easy to work with - I'm sure hell be sporting a black belt in no time!

I know I don't nearly have as much stamina for answering questions as chris. However I vote pass! , chriss is certainly extremely passionate and always interesting answers.

Kind Regards, @XDS.

Chris I am so proud of you. Keep up the good work. One good day I will be promoted to a black belt.

Way to go, Chris! It is good to see that many here expressed their appreciation for your willingness to express opposing viewpoints - a sign of your strength and of the strength of our Mahalo community!

Chris is active, friendly, knowledgeable, and easy to talk to. A true asset to Mahalo.

Well done old friend! I think you'll do just fine!

I vote "pass"! Every time I've seen his answers, they've always been helpful, and concise. Good luck!

Congratulations on passing your black belt test Chris! Welcome to the club :).

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.