Entry of the Month: January Voting
Created | Updated Feb 14, 2010
Thank you to everyone voting in the December competition. The result was very close - only decided by the h2g2 Post Editor's casting vote.
The Winners
As is customary, we have a new winner to announce:
Entry of the Month, December 2009 is Sirius – The Dog-Star.
This Entry, written by Gnomon and sub-edited by Galaxy Babe describes everything you ever wanted to know about our brightest star, or rather, 'stars' - as Sirius is actually a binary system.
This is another in h2g2's growing library of amazing astronomical entries. Having completed the 88 constellations a while ago, Gnomon, Galaxy Babe and others are now producing regular articles on the other fascinating stellar objects.
January Competition
These are a few which caught my eye, 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 12 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
Tips For Cold Mornings - Wise advice from the whole h2g2 community.
The Galilean Moons of Jupiter - Another astronomical epic from Galaxy Babe.
Yellow Mountain (Mt Huangshan), China - Researchers don't have to travel around the other side of the world and shoot a movie, but we're very grateful that Beatrice did just that.
Feluda Films - A comprehensive and lovingly-constructed portrait of the Indian answer to Sherlock Holmes.
And Many More .... from the Front Page Archive for January 2010.
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.
