# Name for Crystal programmers **URL:** \ **Category:** Community\ **Created:** [February 17, 2023, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395 "2023-02-17T10:31:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mekhla18](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/mekhla18/32/1794_2.png) [@mekhla18](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/mekhla18)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/1 "2023-02-17T10:31:35Z")
Greetings from your Community Manager! Hope you’re all doing great and keeping healthy! Here is the much awaited poll for the selection of name for the Community of Crystal Programmers. Please submit your responses on the Google form below considering the preferences carefully. We would want to ensure all members to take up the survey hence the form will remain open starting now through all next week. The form will stop collecting responses end of Eastern US time on Monday, 27th Feb 2023 and we get the poll results the last day of the month. > **[What should Crystal Programmers be called?](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrs5nK1_-GlWNiF8XJuOOmq625cGVoDoGAjDFXtp7e8m907g/viewform)** > > This survey has been created to provide an option to the community to choose a cool name of their choice for the community of Crystal programmers. The names in the list have been carefully curated taking into consideration the suggestions received... So put on your creative hats and choose your preference wisely. Remember, we are not just looking for the name that gets the highest preference, we are looking for the one that gets the highest preference maximum number of times! I look forward to your responses and thereby the Community Name:) ---
**Author:** ![jzakiya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/jzakiya/32/278_2.png) [@jzakiya](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/jzakiya)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/2 "2023-02-17T18:43:49Z")
I just submitted my ballot. I want to thank Manas for listening to the Community and hiring Mekhla. 🥳 I feel 2023 will be a banner year for Crystal, as her outreach and community organizing will turbocharge Crystal’s presence and awareness within the universe of programmers. ---
**Author:** ![mekhla18](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/mekhla18/32/1794_2.png) [@mekhla18](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/mekhla18)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/3 "2023-02-20T07:29:33Z")
Thank you @jzakiya for trusting my expertise and showing so much confidence in me. I am very much part of the community myself and I believe together we are striving towards building something amazing for Crystal language! ---
**Author:** ![mekhla18](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/mekhla18/32/1794_2.png) [@mekhla18](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/mekhla18)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/4 "2023-02-20T12:36:52Z")
We are excited to see the response to the form intended to name the community of Crystal programmers, this is truly exciting results as seen for just the beginning of the week. The form is open for the entire week, so if you haven’t voted already , please cast your entry immediately, > **[What should Crystal Programmers be called?](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfrs5nK1_-GlWNiF8XJuOOmq625cGVoDoGAjDFXtp7e8m907g/viewform)** > > This survey has been created to provide an option to the community to choose a cool name of their choice for the community of Crystal programmers. The names in the list have been carefully curated taking into consideration the suggestions received... I’m sure we’re all super curious for the results! ---
**Author:** ![crystalysta](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/crystalysta/32/1674_2.png) [@crystalysta](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/crystalysta)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/5 "2023-02-20T23:22:34Z")
Crystalystas is the catchiest and it isn’t even one of the choices 🙁 ---
**Author:** ![mekhla18](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/mekhla18/32/1794_2.png) [@mekhla18](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/mekhla18)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/6 "2023-02-21T07:12:54Z")
Hi @crystalysta , agreed Crystalysta is a really catchy name, in fact I do like it, it has a cool vibe to it. We had received over 100 recommendations for the name from various community and social channels and I have tried my level best to curate the final list with the most popular requests keeping in mind entries from all major channels.It makes me sad that “Crystalysta” didn’t make it to the final list however I trust you have cast your ballot and we will come up with the best one that suits the community of programmers by popular choice! Happy Contributing! ---
**Author:** ![mekhla18](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/mekhla18/32/1794_2.png) [@mekhla18](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/mekhla18)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/7 "2023-02-24T09:43:28Z")
Hey Community Members, Hope you had a great week! The form to name Crystal programmers was shared last week Friday and so far we have collected more than 100 responses. We bet the entire Crystal community is awaiting the results eagerly, so are we! The form is open through the weekend and will stop collecting responses on Monday 27th Feb 2023 end of day Eastern US time, so please do not miss out on the opportunity to call out the community of Crystal programmers by the choice of your name, please cast your vote if you haven’t already. Happy weekend! > [@Name for Crystal programmers](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/4): > > We are excited to see the response to the form intended to name the community of Crystal programmers, this is truly exciting results as seen for just the beginning of the week. The form is open for the entire week, so if you haven’t voted already , please cast your entry immediately, I’m sure we’re all super curious for the results! ---
**Author:** ![mekhla18](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/mekhla18/32/1794_2.png) [@mekhla18](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/mekhla18)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/8 "2023-02-28T09:46:08Z")
The community of Crystal programmers gets a name by popular choice! We will be called, “ **Crystalists** ”! Ranked Choice Voting(RCV) system with Google forms and Google sheets was used to derive onto the final results of the vote. PFB the reference link used for calculations(the name that got 1st preference highest number of times was chosen from the response sheet to the shared form) > **[How to Calculate Ranked-Choice Voting with Google Forms and Google Sheets](https://www.rankedvote.co/guides/applying-ranked-choice-voting/how-to-calculate-ranked-choice-voting-with-google-forms-and-google-sheets)** > > Understand everything required to calculate ranked-choice voting results using Google Forms and Google Sheets. Create a ranked-choice ballot, perform eliminations and vote redistributions, and determine the ranked-choice winner. I would like to thank everyone who participated in the voting process to give the community this cool name. We hope the community is super excited to finally get its name, cherish it and proudly call yourselves, " **Crystalists**". I believe its super relatable and most importantly have been selected by the community, for the community:) Happy contributing Crystalists! ---
**Author:** ![HertzDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/hertzdevil/32/1023_2.png) [@HertzDevil](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/HertzDevil)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/9 "2023-02-28T14:44:07Z")
It is one `l`, not two, right? ---
**Author:** ![descholar-ceo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/descholar-ceo/32/1589_2.png) [@descholar-ceo](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/descholar-ceo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/10 "2023-02-28T14:49:39Z")
So excited to be called a **Crystalist** I love this name, it sounds so so so cool and I like how it is so intuitive. ---
**Author:** ![zw963](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/zw963/32/1623_2.png) [@zw963](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/zw963)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/11 "2023-02-28T15:02:31Z")
Yeah, i vote for this name too! ---
**Author:** ![beta-ziliani](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/beta-ziliani/32/1821_2.png) [@beta-ziliani](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/beta-ziliani)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/12 "2023-02-28T15:18:57Z")
Right, one `l`. ---
**Author:** ![jzakiya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/jzakiya/32/278_2.png) [@jzakiya](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/jzakiya)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/13 "2023-02-28T17:06:57Z")
And so it shall begin, _ **The Rise of The Crystalists!** _ > [@What are Crystal programmers called?](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/what-are-crystal-programmers-called/4115/37): > > Lord Vader these Crystalists are a pesky bunch! And we C their numbers growing. We must act Swiftly to supress them. If not, they’ll become a Haskell to contend with. Shall we unleash the demon Python upon them? Or is there another way we must Go? No, let’s get down to the Basics of what we must do. We must call the Assembly together to decide. Madam Ada will not save us now, neither Lord Pascal. We should have crushed them as Rubyist when we had the chance. Or even when they were mer… ---
**Author:** ![mekhla18](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/mekhla18/32/1794_2.png) [@mekhla18](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/mekhla18)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/name-for-crystal-programmers/5395/14 "2023-03-06T12:16:46Z")
We are thankful to everyone who took the time to vote for the community name selection, we do understand that many of you might want to have a debrief of how we derived on the name “Crystalists” among all other options. As communicated earlier, we used Ranked Choice Voting(RCV) system with Google forms and Google sheets to perform our analysis which uses an elimination and redistribution process for as many rounds as necessary until a winner is found. For a detailed and clear understanding of how we used this process in our analysis, please refer to the below sheet, > **[Ranked-Choice Voting for Crystal Community Name](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kmpRktIK4zJHFal_SBn3i3zN2XOJ8JajS8uu0Sat1as/edit?usp=sharing)** > > Round\_1 > > Timestamp,\[Crystalers\],\[Crystaliers\],\[Crystaleans\],\[Crystalites\],\[Crystalists\],\[Crystalisers\],\[Crystal Hats\],\[Crystal Smiths\],\[Crystaliths\],\[Crystars\] > 22,1,5,25,38,4,5,3,4,15 > 2/17/2023 16:07:24,3rd preference,Last preference,8th... (You can find the majority vote listings for each round and the final tab summarises the justification for selecting the winner) Please do not hesitate to reach us in case of any doubts/questions wrt the analysis. Happy Contributing, Crystalists!