845390|The Hall of Scavengers
Created | Updated Sep 28, 2011
There was a thought, a rather clever thought, that the 'Hall of Scavengers' should come into being in order to not only show off the writing talents of various h2g2 Researchers, but also to see how the Flea Market has been used in the past. It may also help to inspire others into becoming a Scavenger themselves, and help lost and lonely little Entries into the Edited Guide. In fact, Scavengers scour the whole of h2g2 on the look out for any Entry that looks like it needs to be nurtured, and are encouraged to submit them into the Flea Market too, so one day it might appear in all its glory on the h2g2 Front Page as a part of the Edited Guide.
So, welcome to the Hall of Scavengers - or to be more officious, the h2g2 Scavengers' Home Page. Scavengers is just the name given to Researchers on h2g2 who rescue Entries from the Flea Market (or the wider Guide), and then give them a bit of a spruce up (either with just a little bit of editing, or a massive rewriting) so that the said Entries can then be included in the Edited Guide.
And those Scavengers with five or more to their name get to join the list of Top Scavengers,
and the honoured Official Scavenger badge on their Personal Space too!
For details of all our volunteer schemes, check out the volunteers page.
The Roll of Honour
A752401 by U182089
Original: A625871 by U182712
The original high quality Entry was submitted to the Writing Workshop, and the author subsequently left h2g2. The scavenged version includes all of the original, but also talks about many other aspects of Tintin, so it's very comprehensive.A698538 by U126945
Original: A394607 by U46132
The original clearly had a lot of potential. It was changed to GuideML and tidied up around the edges. These small changes, along with a nice little graphic, make it very elegant.A821107 by U166086
Original: A763779 by U195902
Here's an Entry that took almost nothing from the original, save inspiration. That's part of the Flea Market's purpose too, don't forget.A782516 by U180841
Original: A492293 by U163667
Another case where the original Entry served an inspirational role rather than providing actual content.A823420 by U187148
Original: A441145 by U154066
From a very brief discography and timeline, to a song by song account of this 'concept album'. You won't recognise the finished product.A787872 by U292
Original: A487154 by U116149
Twelve times larger than the original, but written with the same sense of affection. And an old Italic did the scavenging...A810316 by U53353
Original: A427538 by U150434
Also expanded in size, the Edited version contains most of the content from the original, but goes into much more detail.A1080145 by U190397
Original: A298613 by U109491
"I technically did not rescue it out of the Flea Market because I bagsied it before they'd even got round to chucking it out of PR
..."A901054 by U190397
Original: A532496 by U170992
Quite expanded from original.A1047917 by U204088
Original: A842311 by U205034
"Had to polish up bits already written and expand on areas which were barely covered in original."A2207279 by U189636
Original: A1282114 by U243455
"Style tidied up (the original was too chatty, IMO), separated into sections, and more on the man's early work and his acting style added. Made Editor's Choice."A1093420 by U189636
Original: A557507 by U132645
Spelling and grammar tidied up, plus new sections added.A1132129 by U223973
Original: A859313 by U207334
First person references removed, and general re-developing.A1093484 by U223973
Original: A497937 by U158207
Basically re-written, but a lot of the original material used.A1325242 by U201647
Original: A1067636 by U229798
"A massive re-write. To be honest, the two entries bear little resemblence except the subject matter. I've been following Warren's work for quite a while (just over 10 years, I guess) so I had a lot of history to draw on. I did use some of Flatscan's work though, see if you can spot where!"A1905211 by U201647
Original: A1117658 by U233867
"The original Entry only covered Googlewhacking, but I expanded it to include other games that can be played on Google, and I got blobbed for the effort!"A622568 by U150533
Original: A449877 by U151640
Nice little bio, fleshed out and deserves more than an honourable mention - do read it.A1161235 by U150533
Original: A345115 by U130828
Short but sweet, just needed some basic formatting and some GuideML tweaking to become a useful little Entry.A1093312 by U202814
Original: A717239 by U173328
"Didn't need to much doing, I trimmed some bits, added sections and odd bits suggested by other Researchers."A2451421 by U204689
Original: A511507 by U167256
A whole new Entry really.A2451430 by U204689
Original: A952599 by U214411
Just a bit of a touch up on the original - a group effort really.A3213019 by U931109
Original: A3113047 by U185843 and U189658
Tidied up with hardly any complaints!
A3682343 by U931109
Original: A563780 by U174938
Snappy Entry that just needed a little focussing and brief exposure in PR.A23502999 by U931109 & U1775547
Original: A12984717 by U4782584
A pastiche of ideas that just needed arranging and gluing into place.A12939654 by U2192551
Original: A982613 by U220589
A single recipe brings about a monster of an Entry that covers everything imaginable about the humble crepe suzette!A21206350 by U2192551
Original: A580781 by U32826
A brief little gastronomic delight experienced by a Researcher is turned into a very entertaining read about pie - who'd have thought it!A42253922 by U3386111
Original: A391763 by U136122
The original was left by an elvised Researcher, and the end result is what rescuing is all about. A comprehensive but casual read about one of the sci-fi greats.A42130199 by U3386111
Original: A39105056 by U956597
Again, another sci-fi great is brought to life when reading. The original Entry was good, but with some tweaking and a personal touch, a polished rescue.A28768233 by U3386111
Original: A25531300 by U9276493
An Entry that needed to be put into the Edited Guide, and done with aplomb.A12511955 by U551837
Original: A441136 by U154066
The first in two Entries on a racing legend, the rescuer developed the two from the Flea Market for their first ever Edited Entries!A12511991 by U551837
Original: A441136 by U154066
Part Two of the Ayrton Senna Entries.A20559341 by U225620
Original: A1302201 by U186694
A start that had promise, and the rescue became an interesting little insight into accountancy - a difficult thing to do some would say!A43600286 by U225620
Original: A994836 by U220129
Tanks for the memories...A45561882 by U225620
Original: A3433402 by U45662
A long time waiting, but got there in the end!A35471667 by U185992
Original: A27230168 by U9746383
With a more up to date feel to it, the finished Edited Entry added some much needed meat to the original.A41427371 by U10642803 (and others)
Original: A473753 by U43536 (and others)
A very collaborative rescue that ended up with a great Entry, and Editor's Choice.A4044881 by U566116
Original: A844418 by U205454
A short paragraph becomes a comprehensive Entry on, uh, frags?!A4122811 by U566116
Original: A1024787 by U225123
Again, four short sentences become a great little guide to driving the wrong way up the right street.A7078827 by U566116
Original: A2638488 by U197115
A rather technical Entry becomes an easier read.A15847509 by U566116
Original: A6135176 by U1241322
A good Entry that needed some TLC to become part of the Edited Guide.A681707 by U173978
Original: A39944 by U34730
A very short start, taken and given a proper hootoo over by the rescuer.A790021 by U173998
Original: A539462 by U162817
The original author left it for the Flea Market, and with a little work it went into the Edited Guide.A1150363 by U162817
Original: A598331 by U181145
An interesting Entry on a vaguely unheard of instrument, taken from the Flea Market and given the hootoo treatment.A20562158 by U190758
Original: A1132282 by U230002
Not just used for picking, the original was a good start but the rescuer has perhaps given us all we need to know!A20363267 by U190758
Original: A404588 by U145245
The amusing original was expanded, and it kept its flavour with an apt pic!A15711301 by U190758
Original: A2016028 by U239708
Fans worked together to bring the Sharpe books into the Edited Guide.A4292264 by U929375
Original: A1303381 by U225119
Musical little start, the rescue made Editor's Choice with a lovely 'blob'.A4429064 by U929375
Original: A2504684 by U109577
A great essay on a great subject, the rescuer cleaned it up to be 'EG ready', and is a fine read.A11464742 by U519437
Original: A3921347 by U1505341
Buttered both sides...
To see the many other Scavenged Entries, have a browse through those done by the Top Scavengers.
If you know of any Entries that have been missed, just post the Edited Entry A-number with the author's U-number - along with the original Entry A-number and the original author's U-number (yes, all that please!) to a conversation thread below, and they'll be added forthwith1. If you're the Scavenger in question, feel free to give a brief synopsis of your rescue, and that will be added too.
(P.S: KerrAvon will shortly take over maintenance of this page, pending Mina's transfer of editing rights. But even when it's Kerr's page, it'll still have been my genius that conceived the idea. Mine, ya hear! - from Martin)
(P.P.S: I have now taken over, and while it may have been Martin's - ahem - genius that came up with the idea, it's my hard graft that keeps the damn thing running, now he's got bored of it, okay? - from KerrAvon)
(P.S.S.T: I've taken over the Hall of Scavengers in an attempt to revitalise it. The group has become Official, with the Scavengers listed amongst the h2g2 volunteers. - from Matt)
