January 2018 Community Content Awards

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It’s awards season, everybody! This January was one for the books in terms of both the high volume and quality of content created by members of this community, for members of this community. We hit some record high traffic and engagement metrics and wanted to acknowledge and honor the folks who helped us hit those marks. 

Below, you can find the list of our January winners matched with their special awards. To make things fair, we have two categories: Champion and Rising Star. The Champion category is meant to honor our tried and true contributors who are part of the official Champion program. (If you’re interested in becoming an Atlassian Champion or in learning more about the program, click here). The Rising Star category is meant to identify and encourage the up-and-comers keep the participation coming. 

Without further ado, the winners of the January 2018 Atlassian Community Awards are as follows:

Pied Piper Award (most influential) 

• Champion: @Thomas Schlegel
• Rising Star: @Dzmitry Hryb [Deviniti]

Congeniality (most liked content)

• Champion: @Steffen Opel [Utoolity]
• Rising Star: @Krisz [Adaptavist]

Loyalist (most sign-ins) 

• Champion: @Alexey Matveev
• Rising Star: @Germain Vincent

MVP Award (most accepted solutions AND most posts written)

• Champion: @Nic Brough [Adaptavist]
• Rising Star: @Thomas Deiler

Can't get enough (most time spent on site)

• Champion: @Stephen Deutsch
• Rising Star: @Leena Bakshi

Gold Standard (highest quality answers)

• Champion: @Scott Harwood
• Rising Star: @Pedro Felgueiras

Reading Rainbow (most content read)

• Champion: @Fadoua M. Boualem
• Rising Star: @Tarun Sapra

Think Positive Award (highest overall sentiment)

• Champion: @Andy Brook
• Rising Star: @Evan Golden

Boundless Positivity Award (most positive comments)

• Champion: @Micky Caritte
• Rising Star: @Billy Poggi (AUG NOVA, DC)

Fluffy Unicorn Award (tag cleanup crew)

• @Thomas Schlegel, @Nic Brough [Adaptavist], @Susan Hauth, @Jack Brickey, @Mikael Sandberg, @Daniel Eads, @Carolyn French

Winners: please email communitymanagers@atlassian.com with your preferred shipping address––we’ve got something special to send to you! You will also receive a exclusive Community badge for your achievement. 

Please join the Atlassian Community team in congratulating the winners in the comment section below. You can also learn more about the types of content these users create by clicking their hyperlinked names to view their recent content activity.

[Bridget Sauer]

Congrats to all the winners as well as to all the folks who were close runner-ups. :)! I'm astounded on a daily basis by your thorough, thoughtful, and helpful contributions. This year is off to a great start! 

[Bianca Encinas]

Way to go, winners!

[Fadoua M. Boualem]

It is rewarding to be part of the Champion Community and the Atlassian Community in general! You guys are making it even more enjoyable by your non-stop recognition!

[Carolyn French]

These are fun awards (and creative award names)! Congratulations to the winners for helping make Community an awesome place :)

[Danny Zuccaro]

Congrats to all the winners!

[Micky Caritte]

Congrats all and thanks to the Community Team for their positive a d rewarding support, glad to be part of the Champions program!

[Erica Moss]

Such an awesome group of humans — thanks again for all that you do! 😊

[Billy Poggi]

This is fantastic!  Thanks for all this! :)

[Monique van den Berg]

@Billy Poggi, see, all those exclamation points are part of the reason you won the Boundless Positivity Award! 😃

You are all great and I'm glad you like the names, @Carolyn French -- I came up with some!

[Fadoua M. Boualem]

@Billy PoggiI am not surprised you received the Boundless Positivity Award, it is exactly what I feel everytime I attend our NOVA AUG! Congrats Billy!

[Mikael Sandberg]

My youngest daughter says she wants a fluffy unicorn award too...

Congrats to all the winners, and everyone else who contributes to this community of awesomeness!

[Nic Brough [Adaptavist]]

No chance I'll ever get a positivity award, I'm told my cynicism runs deep.  And I have this dreadful pain in all the diodes down my left side.  Or "loyalist".  I signed in around 2004, and haven't left.

Seriously though, well done everyone who got named.  You've all encouraged people to engage more, come up with some innovative and clever answers, taught other "experts" new things (ok, that might be just me learning from you, and then stealing all your answerz, but I'd like to think we learn from each other), and, most importantly, helped people.

Now, about that "most referred to penguins/kittens" category?

[Brien Matthys]

Congrats and thank you!

[Mahesh S]

Many congrats to all winners!! :)

How often do we have this Community awards.. annually?

[Scott Grieder]

Congrats to all the winners and thank you for all of your efforts!

[Sebastien Jacques]

Congratulations to all the winners!

Looking forward to join the list one day :-)

[LeKisha Boswell]

This is certainly inspiration to rock 2018! 

[Erica Moss]

@LeKisha Boswell We believe in you! 😄

[Paulo Alves]

Congratulations! 😀

[Nabeel Nawaz]

Congratulations to all - love the rising star category - really motivates people who are getting to grips with stuff - and recognising their efforts!!! KUDOS to the Community Management team!!! (Whistles)