FAQ: Polls for 2019 Academy Awards

Kyle Perez,Go ahead.Oscars 2019 — Best Motion Picture- Kyle Perez Oscars 2019 — Best Visual Effects- Kyle Perez

Go ahead.

Added: Oscars 2019 — Best Live Action Short Film- Ed Jones (XLIX) - Poll Suggestion: Oscars 2019 — Best Live Action Short Film Oscars 2019 — Best Documentary Short Subject- Ed Jones (XLIX)- Poll Suggestion: Oscars 2019 — Best Documentary Short SubjectOscars 2019 — Best Animated Short Film- Ed Jones (XLIX)- Poll Suggestion: Oscars 2019 — Short Film (Animated)

Go ahead.Oscars 2019 — Best Director- leavey-2Oscars 2019 — Best Costume Design- leavey-2

leavey, since Sonu has posted a Best Director suggestion, perhaps you could consider doing one of the other remaining suggestions?

Sorry, but I was first.

leavey-2Actually, Sonu claimed it three days before you on the Polls for the 2019 Academy Awards thread. The issue is neither of you followed the instructions to "Please refrain from suggesting polls for any of the 2019 Oscar categories until the nominations are announced." at 8:30 AM PST on 22 January 2019. Hence, the confusion and duplicate poll suggestions in a number of categories. To be fair, both of you weren't the only ones who jumped the gun.

The nominations will be announced on Tuesday, 22 January, 2019, at which time a discussion thread with more information will be posted. For me (and I think for most of the poll board members) Dan's message on Tuesday 22 January (the exact hour was never mentioned) triggered the opening of the Oscar polls, after which I as well as all the others including yourself reserved their polls. By 8:30 AM PST on that day, all major categories were already taken.

Go ahead.Oscars 2019 — Best Original Screenplay- HoekkieOscars 2019 — Best Cinematography- Hoekkie

Go ahead.Oscars 2019 — Best Animated Feature Film- PS: Oscars 2019 — Best Animated Feature Movie- urbanemovies

Go ahead.Oscars 2019 — Best Leading Actor- Paok-KilkisOscars 2019 — Best Foreign Language Film- Paok-Kilkis

Go ahead.Oscars 2019 — Best Leading Actress- Eagles90Oscars 2019 — Best Original Song- Eagles90

Go ahead.Oscars 2019 — Best Supporting Actor- SeventhAr7Oscars 2019 — Best Original Score- SeventhAr7

Added:Oscars 2019 — Best Supporting Actor- SeventhAr7- Poll Suggestion: Oscars 2019 — Best Supporting ActorOscars 2019 — Best Original Score- SeventhAr7- Poll Suggestion: Oscars 2019 — Best Original Score

Best Supporting Actress Best Adapted Screenplay It's still available and main categories

I've already taken Best Leading Actress.

Go ahead Ruby.Oscars 2019 — Best Supporting Actress- rubyfruit76Oscars 2019 — Best Documentary Feature- rubyfruit76

I don't know what Dan intends with major and minor, but I guess major would include at least Best Picture, Director, Actor/Actress, Screenplay x 2 (=Big Five) and probably Supporting Actor/Actress (ie. the first 8 categories that Dan lists).

Yes Peter. These are the main categories

Oh, sorry, Eagles; I didn't see that you chose Best Actress. I think when I started my post, you hadn't posted yet but it took me so long to finish my post because my cat kept jumping on my laptop, lol, that by the time that I actually submitted my post, you had posted your choices. I'm glad you're doing Best Actress. I was hoping someone besides those of us old-timers with a gazillion polls and votes, lol, would get the chance to do one of the really big categories.

That category is not part of the Oscars this year.

FYI: https://www.indiewire.com/2018/09/academy-delays-best-popular-film-oscar-1202001265/ Academy Delays Best Popular Film Oscar, Says Category Will Not Be Included at 2019 Oscars The Academy caused a wave of backlash after it announced August 8 the creation of a category honoring "popular film." Now, it's on hold. ...

This category is under evaluation because of the numerous people who protested.

Peter, Thanks for pointing out my mistakes and for your suggestions. I believe I addressed your concerns.

Last year urbanemovies made a list with all the Oscar 2018 related polls.See here: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls021216429/Maybe it's better to linking to a list then to a thread...? I believe it's better.I can make a list if you want...

And maybe it's good to make a format for linking to the Oscars 2019 list and to the Oscar Show page. So we don't have to think about a line and everybody can use the same format.

I think a thread is sufficient. We link to threads anyway. This of course presumes that this thread is updated with poll links.

This of course presumes that this thread is updated with poll links. That is my intent.

Also good!

suggested format unified discussion hyperlink and master poll list hyperlink (placed on bottom of poll list)After voting, Discuss the topic here. or Take other Oscars 2019 polls here.exampleAfter voting, [link=https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/ps-oscars-2019-best-animated-feature-movie?/] Discuss the topic here.[/link] or [link=https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/faq-polls-for-2019-academy-awards?/] Take other Oscars 2019 polls here.[/link]

And also last year all polls linked got hacked with vote stuffing for the first option ruining all of them :(

urbanemovies,Thanks. I updated the instructions based on your suggestion.Pencho15,And also last year all polls linked got hacked with vote stuffing for the first option ruining all of them :(Sadly, that is true. There were other polls affected besides the 2018 Oscar related polls.

Dan, Here are two possible ways to cleanly link to The Oscars (2019) show page, thus letting polls appear on that page and letting them take advantage of high award season traffic on The Oscars (2019) page, award season cross-promotion and possibly increase overall vote totals (with your approval).option #1 - The Oscars (2019) page poll link as an IMDb promo sentence exampleA unified The Oscars (2019) show hyperlink and IMDb's Award Central Oscars Guide. hyperlink sentence (placed below award specific question and above discussion/poll list hyperlink)Get complete The Oscars (2019) coverage on IMDb's Award Central Oscars Guide.example: Oscars 2018 — Best Original Song[b]Get complete [link=tt9168816] coverage on IMDb's Award Central [link=https://www.imdb.com/oscars/] Oscars Guide.[/link][/b]option#2 - The Oscars (2019) page poll link integrated into question exampleWhich of The Oscars (2019) nominees for the 'Academy Award for Best Animated Feature' do you think should win?example: Oscars 2019 — Best Animated Feature Film[b]Which of [link=tt9168816] nominees for the [link=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/2019/1/] 'Academy Award for Best Animated Feature'[/link] do you think should win?[/b]Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Official Award Category Titles.

Please use a lowercase d/t and remove the period in this sentence: After voting, discuss the topic here or take other Oscars 2019 polls here

Peter, Thanks for the copy edit. I believe I made the changes in the original post that you recommended.

I think either of Urb's ideas would work well. Also, I'd suggest changing "Which of the nominees of the 2019 Academy Award for [Name of the Category] do you think should win?" to the following:Which of the nominees for the 2019 Academy Award for [Name of the Category] do you think should win? (An award can't nominate anyone and people don't receive nominations of an award so, grammatically, "for" is the better word, I think.) Thank you, Dan, for organizing all of this and posting the great FAQ. : )

I think either of Urb's ideas would work well. Also, I'd suggest changing "Which of the nominees of the 2019 Academy Award for [Name of the Category] do you think should win?" to the following:Which of the nominees for the 2019 Academy Award for [Name of the Category] do you think should win? (An award can't nominate anyone and people don't receive nominations of an award so, grammatically, "for" is the better word, I think.) Thank you, Dan, for organizing all of this and posting the great FAQ. : )

Hahaha, I just noticed that. :)

Also, please check for duplicate or later made PS of my primary PS made by someone else. It hurts when a later made PS gets published over mine, because it takes time and effort to create those PS.

Congrats DC, What company are you joining? iirc you were preparing for UPSC,right? Anyway,good luck for it.

Dibyayan, you will be missed, I hope you can be around from time to time. While I never do Oscar categories suggestions unless its necessary, I agree with your one poll per person suggestion to let more people participate, and only if there is not enough people then allowing for a second one. It may be late for that, but in any case.

DC,Best of luck with your new job. We will miss your contributions and carry on. Please be sure to stop by periodically as time permits.We probably should have limited the Oscar polls to one per person. However, the genie is out of the bottle.I will take control of the "Home Page Poll" FAQ.

DC,Good luck with all your future endeavours - it was a pleasure getting to know you through IMDb and I hope you find great success with this opportunity.And as Dan said, don't be a stranger! Here's looking at you, kid

Dibby, of course we'll consider your suggested polls. The poll page wouldn't be the same poll page without your polls. Many congratulations (and bravo!) on your new job but whenever you have a free moment, please stop by and see us. I'll miss you! Oh, and I didn't see your post about one poll suggestion per person but I agree that's a great idea and I was hoping to see more new poll authors get some Oscar polls, as well. On that note, I included a note on my GS post for my Oscar poll that if a relatively new author, or an author whose polls haven't received a whole lot of votes, want to do one of the Oscar categories that I have to let me know. If you know any such author, you can let him or her know.

By the way, for selfish and nostalgic reasons, lol, I hope you're able to make the "Favorite Oscar Winner" poll. As we've talked about, I like staying up late on Oscar night with you and a few other pollsters, making polls and talking about the ceremony. If you absolutely can't, I nominate the idea that you choose to whom to bequeath it (and I take myself out of the running because, for the sake of nostalgia, I'll probably be busy making my annual "Most Earned Standing Ovation" or "Memorable Moment" poll, lol). :)

There are at least three users who have tried to post categories that other authors have claimed in this thread. You can see them linked in Dan's list. If you wish, you could suggest to one of them that they do Best Doc.

Kirk Piku, I joined at Graphite India Limited. The plant is at Durgapur. I am currently staying there.

Ed, Dan, Pencho, Peru, Thank you. I vote on the polls regularly. But don't get time to see GS posts or make new PS.

Suzy, Thank you for such kind words. Please keep your Oscar PS. It has been a long since your last poll was published. At this moment, I am not sure if I can make "Fav Winner" poll. If I can't, I would like to refer that to Chandra Bhanu Solanki, who made GG 2019 Fav Winner poll. I'll let you know my final decision that day.

Dibby, If I could cook, I would take a photo of something really good to celebrate your new job. A microwaved baked potato just doesn't seem very festive, lol. 'Nothing like the food photos you post. :)

Ruby, despite your scruples I shamelessly took a photo from Google to insert it here. :)My mother makes always makes these things for New Year's Day. She puts an almond in exactly one of them. Each family member choses his "New Year's roll", and the one with the almond is expected to have a lucky year. Looking back at the years it actually seems to work, lol.DC - Long story short, may you have as much as luck in your new job as if you found a magic almond!

Ahh...ice cream with cherries. I love ice cream. Thank you Alby!!

Dibyayan Chakravorty, congrats on the new position!

It's not strictly ice cream but I'll ask to refine the recipe :)

Go ahead.Oscars 2019 — Best Makeup and Hairstyling- Simo98Oscars 2019 — Best Film Editing- Simo98

and Production Design

Go ahead.Oscars 2019 — Best Adapted Screenplay- Kirk-PicardOscars 2019 — Best Production Design- Kirk-Picard

Kirk, please post your suggestions.

https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/poll-suggestion-oscars-2019-best-adapted-screenplay- Best Adapted Screenplayhttps://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/poll-suggestion-oscars-2019-best-production-design - Best Production Design

Go ahead.Oscars 2019 — Best Sound Editing- Ibrahim AkhtarOscars 2019 — Best Sound Mixing- Ibrahim Akhtar

Added:Oscars 2019 — Best Sound Editing- Ibrahim Akhtar- PS: Oscars 2019 — Best Achievement in Sound EditingOscars 2019 — Best Sound Mixing - Ibrahim Akhtar- PS: Oscars 2019 — Best Achievement in Sound Mixing