Editing Deskthority Awards (section)

==Award categories==
The categories have varied (and much debated) throughout the years, but common categories (more than 4 of 8 times) have been:

;The Deskthority Award
:The most prestigious award. Awarded the Golden Wingnut prize for a significant achievement that had shadowed all others this year.

;Best regular keyboard
:A few years divided into "vintage" and "modern" or "regular" and "compact"

;Best ergonomic keyboard, "alternative" or "other" input device
:Most years one category, but a few years two separate.

;Best company or brand
:Awarded to a commercial entity, although the community-organised project behind the [[Phantom]] did win this in 2012.

;Best new project or innovation
:Awarded to something exciting that has brought the state of the art forward

;Best keycaps
:Has some times been split into two categories: for key sets and individual [[Artisan keycap|artisans]].

;Best keyboard switch
:Often debated on forums, and has varied with user tastes. 

;Best Deskthority contributor
:Was in 2012 and 2013 divided into "forum" and "wiki" contributors. 

;Best vintage keyboard or relic/discovery
:Has been one or several categories throughout the years.

... and
;The *Ping* Award
:For something related to keyboards that happened in the last year that the active users find worthy of scorn. It is named for the "Summer of Ping" debacle on [[Geekhack]] in 2011.