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WallStreetOasis.com Certified Users

REMINDER:WallStreetOasis.com will now be tagging certain users with Certified Status. A Certified Member will have a star next to his/her username every time they post a comment so that users new to the site will know that the comment is being made from a reputable source.

The criteria to gain Certified User status is as follows:

  1. The user has proven he/she works in the specified field in their profile through e-mail verification to Ivy@wallstreetoasis.com. Please send your username AND password.
  2. The user has demonstrated superior knowledge in that specified field and given helpful advice to other users
  3. The user has displayed maturity, patience and a willingness to help other prospective monkeys with limited or no experience
  4. The user continues to display maturity and does not get into meaningless debates on school or company rankings (certification can be revoked)

Note: Under rare circumstances, users that demonstrate superior knowledge and a desire to help can gain Certified User status very quickly, while other members will have to improve their reputation with the site administrators & moderators to become certified.

If you believe you deserve to be certified and have not been yet, you can always e-mail Ivy@WallStreetOasis.com to make your case or just have us review your account.

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VCmonkey's picture

Awesome, I just send you an

VC
 
Points)
  on 12/15/07 at 7:02pm

Awesome, I just sent you an email

CaptK's picture

Cool, emailed as well.

PE
(Neanderthal, 2,374
 
Points)
  on 12/15/07 at 6:58pm

Cool, emailed as well.

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CompBanker's picture

This should be interesting.

PE
(Almost Human, 7,797
 
Points)
  on 12/15/07 at 9:18pm

This should be interesting. Some people may not see eye to eye on number 3. Thanks for implementing this WSO.

CompBanker

PowerMonkey's picture

Sounds like an interesting idea

ER
 
Points)
  on 12/16/07 at 1:51pm

Hope that it turns out that way.

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Endgame's picture

All monkeys are equal ...

O
(Baboon, 108
 
Points)
  on 12/16/07 at 10:45pm

http://www.tiepvoud.nl/archief/pigs_walking.jpg

I jest, I jest. Good idea WSO.

ideating's picture

I don't know how I feel

O
(King Kong, 1,600
 
Points)
  on 12/17/07 at 4:55am

I don't know how I feel about giving my work address out there...

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WallStreetOasis.com's picture

ideating

EN
(Human, 10,284
 
Points)
  on 12/17/07 at 9:59am

ideating...you are already certified based on your post history and quality.

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Frank Slaughtery's picture

i am somewhat iffy on giving

EN
(King Kong, 1,130
 
Points)
  on 12/18/07 at 8:46am

i am somewhat iffy on giving out my work email as well but am an analyst at a top 5 BB in s&T. i think this is a great concept as i know when i was going through the process it was helpful to know who really knew their stuff vs college sophomores giving out bad advice.

keep up the good work.

HerSerendipity's picture

Agreed

PE
(King Kong, 1,014
 
Points)
  on 12/18/07 at 11:13am

Analyst at top 5 BB in IBD. Good idea, but still a little hesitant about giving out work email.

nystateofmind's picture

Am in the same boat as the

IB
 
Points)
  on 12/18/07 at 12:02pm

Am in the same boat as the above two posters, top BB in IBD. WSO, do you have any ideas about certifying those unwilling to give out the work email or do we just wait until you deem our posts worthy?

WallStreetOasis.com's picture

the email

EN
(Human, 10,284
 
Points)
  on 12/18/07 at 5:08pm

providing an email with your username will make it 100x easier on me but i understand.
i will delete the email you send to me from your work account as soon as i tag you as certified if that makes you feel any better.

if not, it just might take me a while to go through a lot of the threads and be able to truly deduce whether the person is a pretender or really in the industry. I also will not just be certifying you if you can prove you work in the industry. If you are immature and your posts are not helpful / constructive then you will also not receive certification. If you haven't gotten it yet, don't think that means that I don't value your contributions. Odds are, I haven't had a chance to read your posts yet (and you haven't provided me an email).

Also, if you have a job for next year or are a summer analyst, I cannot certify you. I will only be certifying members that have been in the industry for a at least 1 year, show a good understanding of that industry and are willing to share their knowledge with maturity.

Thank you for your patience.

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tropos's picture

I sent you an email as

IB
 
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  on 12/18/07 at 7:36pm

I sent you an email as well.

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SpiderMan99's picture

Wanted to check...

IB
 
Points)
  on 12/20/07 at 3:45am

...if I have a star now :-)

squirtle's picture

Great system. I'm in no

IB
(Orangutan, 258
 
Points)
  on 12/27/07 at 7:34pm

Great system. I'm in no position to get that magic star, but it'll help me know whose advice I can rely on.

numi's picture

do users in other fields

HF
(Gorilla, 565
 
Points)
  on 2/24/08 at 4:47am

do users in other fields besides banking, such as equity research, get certified as well, or is this tag exclusively for bankers? i had several years' experience in BB research before recently moving to private equity.

also, i'm not sure if your website tracks IP's and domain names, but if it does, isn't it pretty easy to see what firms people work at? this would make it a lot easier to verify the credibility of users without requiring them to divulge their contact information.

ginNtonic's picture

Worried about privacy. So if

(Gorilla, 518
 
Points)
  on 8/21/08 at 10:14am

Worried about privacy. So if I can get certified w/o a work email, that would be great.

Thanks

Drama's picture

what if ur an independent

PE
(Baboon, 146
 
Points)
  on 10/11/08 at 4:03pm

what if ur an independent trader?

WallStreetOasis.com's picture

If

EN
(Human, 10,284
 
Points)
  on 10/11/08 at 5:05pm

If you're an independent trader you're going to have to get certified through your post quality, maturity and helpfulness to others.

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MMBinNC's picture

Excuse me...hahaha Drama aka

ST
(Neanderthal, 2,159
 
Points)
  on 10/20/08 at 11:59pm

Excuse me...hahaha Drama aka untitled123 aka bapebanker let's look at his former posts and his history...

First he said he went to Princeton and was trading at a BB in FICC and up 24%.
and then in another post, he said he was a first year analyst
he also said he had a amex black card
he also works in private equity
he also is not a day trader and went to Ivey

Obviously the most qualified person on WSO
------------------------------------------------------------
So what do you do?
-I work for an investment banking firm.
Oh okay; you are like my brother, he works for Edward Jones.
-No, a college degree is required in my profession

Reality hits you hard, bro...

suchislife's picture

Thanks

(Baboon, 136
 
Points)
  on 4/14/09 at 6:33pm

This helps us new guys a lot

RiskyBizness's picture

Just sent an e-mail

AM
 
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  on 9/12/10 at 12:37am

Just sent an e-mail

dublin's picture

would it be possible to send

IB
(Gorilla, 655
 
Points)
  on 10/13/10 at 2:37pm

would it be possible to send an email from my work address to somewhere not on the wallstreetoasis.com domain?

GutShot's picture

sent an email

ST
(King Kong, 1,329
 
Points)
  on 10/20/10 at 9:51am

sent an email

WallStreetOasis.com's picture

Thanks

EN
(Human, 10,284
 
Points)
  on 10/20/10 at 11:45am

Thanks GutShot...you (and GoodBread just sent an email from his work account as well) are now Certified.

Thank you for your contributions,
Patrick

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International Pymp's picture

a bit weary, but

PE
(King Kong, 1,883
 
Points)
  on 10/21/10 at 2:18am

i just sent you an email anyways. Please be a good man and delete the email as you mentioned you would.

nice work on the site, BTW

WallStreetOasis.com's picture

anyone else?

EN
(Human, 10,284
 
Points)
  on 10/21/10 at 12:59pm

anyone else...?

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kbluearmor7's picture

I would like to be

IB
(Orangutan, 299
 
Points)
  on 10/21/10 at 1:36pm

I would like to be certified.
Sent you an email from my work email

Virginia Tech 4ever's picture

Yeah, just sent an email from

EN
(King Kong, 1,959
 
Points)
  on 11/2/10 at 4:33pm

Yeah, just sent an email from work email. I know this is an IB-focused site, but Wall Street does include commercial real estate finance. So if that counts, I sent you my info.

WallStreetOasis.com's picture

Thanks guys

EN
(Human, 10,284
 
Points)
  on 11/3/10 at 10:27pm

Thanks for the e-mail guys...you're now certified.

I'll try to be more active policing the Silver Banana leaderboard for users that should be certified but please also reach out to me if I missed you. We've had a good group of new users just get certified.

Thanks,
Patrick

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marcellus_wallace's picture

I sent you an email as well.

ST
(King Kong, 1,354
 
Points)
  on 11/4/10 at 9:01pm

I sent you an email as well.

WallStreetOasis.com's picture

about to hit 100

EN
(Human, 10,284
 
Points)
  on 11/5/10 at 3:32pm

next Certified User will take us to 100

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ihatebanking's picture

Is it possible to compile a list of Cert Users?

IB
(King Kong, 1,591
 
Points)
  on 11/16/10 at 3:54pm

Is it possible to compile a list of Cert Users?

Plus, not sure if you've gotten to it Patrick, but seems like the glitch is still there as my star has disappeared :(

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lolercoasterrr's picture

I emailed for a cert user

PE
(Orangutan, 338
 
Points)
  on 11/19/10 at 11:49am

I emailed for a cert user status earlier this week and haven't heard back. I guess I was not granted it?

Bravo's picture

?????

HF
(Orangutan, 270
 
Points)
  on 12/30/10 at 12:53pm

Are you guys still doing this?

I sent an email asking a question and received no responce.

Please don't make me talk to you like an asshole...

WallStreetOasis.com's picture

...

EN
(Human, 10,284
 
Points)
  on 12/30/10 at 1:18pm

Bravo, must have missed it...what email did you send it to and how long ago?

Thanks

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Bravo's picture

@ WallStreetOasis.com I sent

HF
(Orangutan, 270
 
Points)
  on 12/30/10 at 3:18pm

@ WallStreetOasis.com

I sent it to Ivy@wallstreetoasis.com . I didn't use my work addy tho (email says why i didn't). I can resend if needed.

Please don't make me talk to you like an asshole...

In The Flesh's picture

Email sent! Looking forward

HF
(King Kong, 1,291
 
Points)
  on 5/30/11 at 9:57am

Email sent! Looking forward to joining the party!

turtles's picture

Sent my info

(King Kong, 1,671
 
Points)
  on 7/13/11 at 1:53pm

Sent my info

JimmyDormandy's picture

Patrick - Do I send the email

VC
(Gorilla, 651
 
Points)
  on 7/19/11 at 4:17pm

Patrick - Do I send the email to you? Are you still preserving your promise to immediately delete the email?

"Jesus, he's like a gremlin; comes with instructions and shit"

alexpasch's picture

http://www.google.com/imgres?

(King Kong, 1,951
 
Points)
  on 7/28/11 at 4:39pm

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=terrell+owens+on+the+cowboys+star+midfiel...

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blastoise's picture

can you make a blue star for

O
(Neanderthal, 3,700
 
Points)
  on 7/28/11 at 5:44pm

can you make a blue star for people have over 80% correctness in calling trades

ColumbiaKid123's picture

I really think this is an

 
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  on 7/28/11 at 7:39pm

I really think this is an awesome idea by administrators.

Reality's picture

I won't be communicating with

HF
(Monkey, 63
 
Points)
  on 7/29/11 at 5:55am

I won't be communicating with WSO via my work address, but would be willing to mention the firm to an admin, albeit it should be fairly easy to narrow it down to around 5 funds based on my posts.

WallStreetOasis.com's picture

status

EN
(Human, 10,284
 
Points)
  on 7/29/11 at 5:39pm

Reality, if you're not comfortable sharing your work e-mail, as long as you build up some Silver Bananas and give good advice (which makes it obvious that you know what you are talking about), you will eventually get Certified.

I would say after you have 10 Silver Bananas to check back in and we will likely review your account and post history.

Thanks,
Patrick

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leveRAGE.'s picture

just sent you an email.

ST
(King Kong, 1,214
 
Points)
  on 8/1/11 at 8:17pm

just sent you an email.

Flake's picture

Don't think I meet the 2, 3,

ER
(Neanderthal, 3,468
 
Points)
  on 8/4/11 at 6:01pm

Don't think I meet the 2, 3, and 4 requirements.

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WallStreetOasis.com's picture

keep them coming

EN
(Human, 10,284
 
Points)
  on 10/5/11 at 3:48am

keep the applications coming guys...the Certified User group is growing strong.

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Angelus99's picture

just sent u an email

AM
(Orangutan, 364
 
Points)
  on 10/6/11 at 6:58pm

just sent u an email

Beast

Human's picture

just got certified. winning.

(King Kong, 1,020
 
Points)
  on 3/23/12 at 11:00am

just got certified. winning. :-)

Flake's picture

Wahh

ER
(Neanderthal, 3,468
 
Points)
  on 3/23/12 at 11:30am

Wahh

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