2016 Report

This month's highlight is the annual Flea Market report. Here we take a quick look at the Flea Market in 2016.

Entries rescued this year Include:

• Doctor Who Enemies: Raston Warrior Robot by Bluebottle, based on Doctor Who Enemies: Raston Warrior Robot by CYBERHUMAN & Spook

• Doctor Who: The Theme Music by Bluebottle, based on Doctor Who - The Theme Music by CYBERHUMAN

• Operation Black Buck, rescued by SashaQ, based on Operation Black Buck by the jon m.

• The Peak District in the UK - a Walk from Glossop to Hadfield via Bleaklow by SashaQ based on Walk from Glossop to Hadfield via Bleaklow by the_jon_m - bluesman of the parish

• Rover - the Rise and Fall of a Car Manufacturer rescued by SashaQ, based on Rover - the Rise and Fall by Rains.

• Towel Day, rescued by SashaQ, based on Towel Day by Rebecca

• What is Linear Algebra? by SashaQ, based on Linear Algebra by GTBacchus.

The Big 200

One milestone reached this year is that the 19 Researchers who have earned Scavenger badges have exactly 200 rescues between them! Let's hope that we can get the entire number of Flea Market rescues to 300 by the end of 2017.

Interview

I persuaded Sasha, the proficient Flea Market Rescuer of 2016, to say a few words in a short interview. In this interview my questions are in normal text with Sasha's replies in italics.

Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?
Mind? Not at all

I'd like to ask you about your experience with the Flea Market.
Thank you - I'm always happy to talk about that.

Really? That's great to hear. So, when did you first get involved?
It was about three years ago that I first rescued an Entry



So what is your favourite Flea Market rescue?
My favourite has to be the Plato Entry, which is now a University Project too.

Explain how much you had to change for that entry?
Liberal changes were required, to the structure as well as the text.

Lots of entries require more work than others, I take it?
So true - in contrast my recipe rescues were quite straightforward.



Obviously you are still looking for new entries to rescue?
Flea Market browsing is indeed something I enjoy doing.



Great to hear that. Is there anything you'd like to ask me?
Are there any Entries you're particularly proud of rescuing?

Really difficult to choose just one, maybe the Schlieffen Plan as I learnt lots doing it.
Learning something new is a good reason to rescue something, yes

I learned most from researching the Guy Morin Case Entry

Cheers for sharing that with us – thank you for the short interview!

Flea Market Rescues on the Front Page

This month two Flea Market Rescues have made the front page!

• Doctor Who: The Theme Music by Bluebottle, based on Doctor Who - The Theme Music by CYBERHUMAN

• Doctor Who Enemies: Raston Warrior Robot by Bluebottle, based on Doctor Who Enemies: Raston Warrior Robot by CYBERHUMAN & Spook

Recommended Rescues

Meanwhile, entries in the Flea Market have been recommended.

• Babylon 5 Characters: G'Kar by Bluebottle, a rescue of Babylon-5 - G'Kar by TowelMaster
• Apple Bobbing by Bluebottle, a rescue of Bobbing for Apples by vogonpoet

We look forward to these reaching the Front Page!

Featured Rescue

This month's Featured Flea Market Rescue is How to Star Gaze, rescued by Florida Sailor from the original entry How to Star Gaze by JadedGoddess. It reminds us to make the most of the long dark nights!

New Entries in the Flea Market

More entries are now in the Flea Market, waiting for someone to come along and rescue them. If you know anything about the topics, or think you would find learning about them interesting, why not see if you can help these entries get to the Front Page where they deserve?

• British Action Heroes by fancyjean
• Guide to Artistic Terms by Emily
• How to erect a patrol tent by Crazy Mike
• Apple Day by The_Apple_Woman
• Doom by TimJ
• Sub-genres Of The Metal Scene by Turn Loose The Swans

Remember, if you see an entry that qualifies for inclusion in the Flea Market, let me know!

How does an Entry qualify for Flea Market submission?

How do you know if an entry can be added to the Flea Market? The guidelines below show how we know:

• If the entry's author is still active on h2g2, it is up to the author to decide what to do with the entry and should not be put in the Flea Market without their consent.
• If the entry became Edited, it cannot go in the Flea Market.
• If the entry has not previously been in a Review Forum¹, it cannot go in the Flea Market.
• If the entry has been Hidden or Deleted, or the author has indicated that they do not want their article to be part of the Edited Guide such as by ticking 'Not For Review', it cannot go in the Flea Market.
• If the topic is an opinion piece, rant, poem or work of fiction, it should not go in the Flea Market.
• If it is an entry that was intended to be part of the Edited Guide² that has not been Edited/Approved and is not a work of fiction, it may indeed be suitable for the Flea Market!

Flea Market Rescues in Peer Review

We still have a number Rescue Attempts in Peer Review for you to read through:

And Remember...

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