Entry of the Month
Created | Updated Jul 8, 2009
Thank you to everyone voting in last month's competition.
Yet again, the number of entries continues to rise, but this was helped in no small part by Alex Ashman's amazing set of entries on Mental Health topics. The traditional summer lull will soon be upon us, so please help to keep the Front Page ticking over by writing and reviewing if you can. Speaking of which: the Post Team and Writers will have their well deserved Summer Break soon, which means that EotM will only be back in September, but we'll catch up on July's and August's entries then.
The Winners
As is customary, we have a new winner to announce:
Entry of the Month, May 2009 is A51822902 - Purple.
This Entry, written by Gnomon (and many others) and sub-edited by myself describes the fascinating history of this colour, first produced in ancient times by crushing water snails. Congratulations to everyone involved!
Gnomon chose to make this a collaborative entry, and acknowledged the contributions of 17 other Researchers. Many of the best-loved Entries from the early days of h2g2 were compiled collaboratively – you'll find a number of them here – and I hope that we will see many more in the future. If you're interested in compiling a collaborative entry, then you might find inspiration in any of a number of places, including Askh2g2 conversations, forums like The QI Society and Science Explained, or the Talking Points on the h2g2 Front Page.
June Competition
These are a few which caught my eye this month, and which hopefully illustrate the variety of entries in this month's competition. It's not the full list, of course - there are a total of 43 Entries which you can vote for, and the last item in this list links to the Front Page Archive, where you will find all the others. As always, please look through the Entries and cast a vote for your favourite. Not only that, but please ask your h2g2 friends to take part, too.
Icy's Suggestions
Alice B Toklas and Gertrude Stein - All about those literary ladies and that cookbook.
Bernd das Brot, German Icon - Championing the right to be in a bad mood.
Football Widows - The sacrifices made by the non-WaG.
London Cabbies' Shelters - So that's what those little green huts are for!
'Strange Fruit' - The Billie Holiday Song - Bowdlerised, sadly, but still a powerful story.
The Last Act of Cannibalism in Fiji - When did you last have the Reverend for tea?
To Bee-keep or Not to Bee-keep? - The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune...
And Many More .... from the Front Page Archive for June 2009.
Can I Vote?
Of course you can! Entry of The Month is all about popular opinion. So whether you're an old-hand in Peer Review or you just signed up yesterday, you are more than welcome to post your vote to the forum below.
IMPORTANT: Please post only once to the voting forum. Votes can then be quickly counted without having to double-check. Please do not try to vote anywhere else. Voting for your own Entry is politely discouraged. This system is reliant on your goodwill and honesty.
But I don't like any of your suggestions!
That's fine. My list is just a few which caught my eye. If you've seen something you prefer, please vote for that Entry instead. It would help if you could include an A-Number by way of a link.
All an Entry needs to qualify is to have been put on the Front Page for the first time in the last month. Please check the date on the Entry you are nominating. It happens that old Entries are sometimes put back on the Front Page for a 'second spell' – you can identify these on the Front Page Archive as they have a little ® beside them. The Entry Of The Month must be first published in the month in question.
The competition will be closed at a judicious point towards the end of the calendar month in which the competition is published according to the following Post deadline, when voting activity has been quiet for a period of time. Either Icy North or the Post Team will announce closure by posting to the voting thread. The votes will be tallied and any ties will be resolved by the Post Team. The Post Team's decision on any matter relating to the competition will be final.
