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The Gay Youth Corner Website Awards





Celebrating Commitment to Excellence
The criteria below must be met in order for an award to be won. The table below is the score sheet used when judging each website. Judges also use a comments and criticisms sheet to assess each site alongside the criteria.

Explanation of the score sheet

A website gaining disqualification points will not be awarded. Websites fulfilling the general criteria as well as collecting at least 6 marks from the other sections will be given a ‘recognition of potential’. Where full marks are gained in each category an award will be given. If full marks are gained in two categories but not all three, a website will be awarded in their strongest category only.



 
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DISQUALIFICATION POINTS – NO RECOGNITION IF 1+
Adult Website/Illegal/Corrupt


Under Construction/In Part

No Clear Navigation Style

No Purpose for presence

TOTAL

DISQUALIFIED?


GENERAL CRITERIA (MUST ACHIEVE 10/10)
Good Navigation


Consistent Brand Image

Good Content flow/Readability

Good Accessibility/Search Engine

Download Time

ICRA if necessary

No broken links (margin of err: 5)

Contact Information Available

Evidence of Panning AND Consistency

Good Uptime (98.9%)

TOTAL

QUALIFY?


CONTENT AWARD (MUST ACHIEVE 10/10 FOR C/AWARD)
Clear purpose with set goals


Links Available

Well categorized content

Well argued points/Clear structure

Good English (ESU Standard)

ICRA if necessary, Appropriate Lang.

Good use of images with content

Updated Content

Value adding?

Top of class – chair please advice

TOTAL

QUALIFY?


DESIGN AWARD (MUST ACHIEVE 10/10 FOR C/AWARD)
Effective colour scheme


Excellent use of typography

Very effective navigation

Nav’ reduces content redundancy

New media elements where possible

Excellent use of javascript/css

Design suites purpose well

Good use of white space

Virtually faultless image quality

Mature design & Brand Image

TOTAL

QUALIFY?


COMMUNITY AWARD (MUST ACHIEVE 10/10 FOR C/AWARD)
Online community presence


Security in place

Management active in community

Fast Registration with Terms & Privacy

Updated and interesting stimulus

Links & Evidence of Networking

Functional technology for interaction

Value Added Experience

Fast interaction

Evidence of planning community

TOTAL

QUALIFY?


TOP AWARD (MUST ACHIEVE 2/2 FOR C/AWARD)
Unanimous Judge Approval


Meets all criteria

TOTAL

QUALIFY?



If you have any questions about these critera please contact us.
Last Updated ( Monday, 16 May 2005 )
 
 

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