Editing Webby Awards (section)

== Ceremony ==
Between 2005 and 2019, the Webby Awards were presented in New York City.<ref>{{cite press release| publisher= Webby Awards | date= April 5, 2005| url= http://www.webbyawards.com/press/press-release.php?id=60 | title= For First Time Ever, Webby Awards will take place in New York City| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100102070924/http://webbyawards.com/press/press-release.php?id=60 |archivedate=January 2, 2010 | accessdate= April 2, 2010}}</ref> Many of the ceremony hosts are comedians and comedic actors. Comedian [[Rob Corddry]] hosted the ceremony from 2005 to 2007. [[Seth Meyers]] of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' hosted in 2008 and 2009, [[B.J. Novak]] of the sitcom ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'' in 2010, and [[Lisa Kudrow]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://webbyawards.com/|title=Home| website= webbyawards.com| access-date= August 9, 2010|archive-date=April 23, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170423204001/http://webbyawards.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Comedian, actor, and writer [[Patton Oswalt]] hosted from 2012 to 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bacle|first1=Ariana|title=Patton Oswalt to host Webby Awards for third time|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2014/03/25/patton-oswalt-webby-awards-host|publisher= | magazine= Entertainment Weekly |access-date=May 5, 2015|archive-date=September 6, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150906115637/http://www.ew.com/article/2014/03/25/patton-oswalt-webby-awards-host|url-status=live}}</ref> Comedian [[Hannibal Buress]] hosted in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Vitto|first1=Laura|title=Comedian Hannibal Buress to host the 2015 Webby Awards|date=March 31, 2015 |url= http://mashable.com/2015/03/31/hannibal-buress-webby-awards/|publisher=| website= [[Mashable]].com |access-date=May 5, 2015|archive-date=May 6, 2015| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150506205844/http://mashable.com/2015/03/31/hannibal-buress-webby-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Webbys are famous for limiting recipients to five-word speeches, which are often humorous, although some exceed the limit. In 2005 when accepting his Lifetime Achievement Award, former Vice President [[Al Gore]]'s speech was "Please don't [[Florida election recount|recount]] this vote." He was introduced by [[Vint Cerf]] who used the same format to state, "We all invented the Internet."<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/arts/08webb.html |title=Accepting a Webby? Brevity, Please |access-date=June 15, 2008 |last=Carr |first=David |author-link=David Carr (journalist) |date=June 8, 2005 |publisher= | work= The New York Times |archive-date=May 13, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110513033608/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/arts/08webb.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2013, the creator of the [[GIF|Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)]], [[Steve Wilhite]], accepted his Webby and delivered his now famous five-word speech, "It's pronounced 'Jif' not 'Gif'."<ref>{{cite news| last1=Gross| first1=Doug|title=It's settled! Creator tells us how to pronounce 'GIF'| url= https://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif/|publisher=[[CNN]]| access-date=May 5, 2015|archive-date=June 27, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150627003110/http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/22/tech/web/pronounce-gif|url-status=live}}</ref>