BYC Recognition Awards - Educator, Friend, Spirit, & Greeter

[casportpony]

Quote: I think it's probably still best to start a new thread... Example - one with a sick pea should start a new thread, then the people that frequent the pea forum can tag those they think might be able to help and maybe someone else will be able to help. Meanwhile, the person with the sick pea can read through the various threads. Same is true for the other forums...

-Kathy
X2 It is important to get the knowledge out there. PM's are behind the scenes and while you might help someone save the life of one bird, threads can save thousands of birds. I am not saying that a person should never PM someone, but a thread is WAY more valuable to ALL of us than a private conversation.
A little too behind the scenes, lol. There is one PM I think about a lot, and it would have been far more beneficial to fellow bird owners had it been discussed in a thread.

-Kathy

 

[WVduckchick]

I didn't mean to open a can of worms

But I guess it's all good justification for why such a list doesn't exist.

 

[TwoCrows]

Quote: I think it's probably still best to start a new thread... Example - one with a sick pea should start a new thread, then the people that frequent the pea forum can tag those they think might be able to help and maybe someone else will be able to help. Meanwhile, the person with the sick pea can read through the various threads. Same is true for the other forums...

-Kathy
X2 It is important to get the knowledge out there. PM's are behind the scenes and while you might help someone save the life of one bird, threads can save thousands of birds. I am not saying that a person should never PM someone, but a thread is WAY more valuable to ALL of us than a private conversation.
A little too behind the scenes, lol. There is one PM I think about a lot, and it would have been far more beneficial to fellow bird owners had it been discussed in a thread.

-Kathy
Yes, I can get flooded with PMs. Takes me all day to get through them! LOL And yes, I know for myself, I keep learning every day. So I look back on some PMs that should have been made into threads that I didn't know enough at the time. We ALL learn from each other, so it is very beneficial to have threads started!

 

[rIrs roost]

I agree I think you guys should do a comedian category. That would be so great for all of the comedian members!

The problem that I see with this is that no one person can be an expert in all areas of even the category or forum that they know most things in. So if a person has an issue with something, say medical, and they contact someone from the list of members with Educators badges in the Emergency section, the member they contact might not know ALL there is to know about the condition needed to fully help this person. There are SO many members out there with a lot of knowledge and expertise that may not be on BYC all that much or have been on BYC long enough to be recognized and do not have any badges at all!  So this person that is seeking knowledge might be missing out on precious information that might save a birds life. It is by far BETTER, in my opinion, if a person has an issue to start a thread in that area so that more opinions and possibly more experience with this issue is brought up. No one person can know it all. BYC is large enough that MANY people have so much to offer, getting more opinions on an issue is always a better idea than the opinion of just one person. This is the foundation of BYC....LOTS of members helping out that one member that needs help. 

Very true Two Crows, and I agree with you.
My original thinking came to mind mainly because so many people use mobile now, and badges aren't visible on mobile. So I just thought a reference list would be helpful.

-Kathy

Another reason to start a thread about an issue is that contacting someone with an issue helps ONLY the person with the problem. Where as if a person starts a thread, others with the exact same issue can find, read and participate in a thread and in turn help them as well.

As for finding people in the different forums with the knowledge, again, badges don't always mean anything. Plenty of people with great knowledge that do not have badges. And by posting in an area with these members WITH badges, if they know the answer, they WILL answer the question too. Its a win win situation.

We all have our areas of expertise and if you KNOW someone knows something about an issue, of course it never hurts to shoot them out a PM. But your chances of getting multiple answers is greater when starting a thread.

Also, lots of us have ways to treat or work with something. BUT...what works for me may NOT work for you for a multitude of reasons. So when others jump in to help someone, many times the right answer for that person becomes apparent. Again, it helps many people instead of one. 

all of these are great points. There's so many knowledgeable people on here thank God. I'm just so glad that y'all are all willing to share that knowledge.

 

[casportpony]

I do like the awards/badges, but really do appreciate well written posts from people without them. Time to go nominate a few more.

-Kathy

 

[rIrs roost]

@casportpony I accidentally forgot to put my correct username on one of votes. What can I do.? I only wrote rirs and forgot to put roost afterwards.

 

[casportpony]

@casportpony I accidentally forgot to put my correct username on one of votes. What can I do.? I only wrote rirs and forgot to put roost afterwards.

Probably a question for one of the mods? Maybe vote again, but add a comment explaining the typo?

-Kathy

 

[rIrs roost]

Probably a question for one of the mods? Maybe vote again, but add a comment explaining the typo?

-Kathy

Ok thank you.

 

[DuckLady]

Probably a question for one of the mods? Maybe vote again, but add a comment explaining the typo?

-Kathy

Actually we don't really look at the nominator, just the nominee.

 

[ChickenLover200]

Wow! You guys talk a lot!