Duke Stars Program - How it Works

Getting Started
The Duke Stars program is Sun's way of thanking our developers who actively participate in the forums and help facilitate the exchange of technical knowledge in the community. Forum users can earn Duke Stars by answering questions from fellow developers.

How Does Duke Stars Work?
Duke Stars are typically offered on a forum thread when the original author of the thread wants to encourage active participation and solicit timely answers to their questions. Not every forum posting or thread will offer the opportunity to earn Duke Stars.

When a user starts a new thread, he has the option to offer up to 10 Duke Stars to respondents. Forums users earn Duke Stars for their own account by responding to threads that offer Duke Stars as rewards. The thread author determines which response merits the reward, and has full discretion over which respondent is awarded the Duke Stars. The thread author can split the Duke Stars amongst the posters whose answers he found most helpful, but cannot award himself.

The forums user that earns the most Duke Stars each month receives a gift from Sun Developer Network. Gifts include one of the following: t-shirts, technology books, clocks, watches, and more.

How Does Duke Stars Work?
Duke Stars are typically offered on a forum thread when the original author of the thread wants to encourage active participation and solicit timely answers to their questions.

• Not every forum posting or thread will offer the opportunity to earn Duke Stars.
• When a user starts a new thread, he has the option to offer up to 10 Duke Stars to respondents.
• Forums users earn Duke Stars for their own account by responding to threads that offer Duke Stars as rewards.
• The thread author determines which response merits the reward, and has full discretion over which respondent is awarded the Duke Stars.
• The thread author can split the Duke Stars amongst the posters whose answers he found most helpful, but cannot award himself.
• The forums user that earns the most Duke Stars each month receives a gift from Sun Developer Network.

How Do I Assign Duke Stars to a Question?

1. In the forum you want to post a question, click on "Post New Topic".
2. Type in the question and click on "Post".
3. Assign Duke Stars to the question by clicking on the "Assign Duke Stars" link.
4. Choose the Duke Stars amount you want to award between 1 and 10.
5. Your question has now been posted with a Duke icon next to it.

How Do I Award Duke Stars to a User?
Once your question has an answer you have the option to award the user by clicking on the Duke icon .

1. Choose the Duke Stars amount you want to reward.
2. You can either award the full amount to one user or award multiple users who replied to your question.
3. Follow steps 1 and 2 to award to multiple users.
4. After all the Duke Stars you assigned to the question have been awarded, the question will no longer have a Duke icon next to it.