Soon after we lost editing access, angela45
came up with a marvellous idea to help pass the time in a constructive and
entertaining way. She invented A
Best Website Scavenger Contest where people were invited to find good
sites on a nominated topic, the poster of the best entry being allowed to
choose and judge the next round. "Extra points" were awarded for
sites not yet listed in the Directory, and it soon emerged that "Secret
extra points" were being awarded by some judges for sites suitable
for listing in Kids_and_Teens.
It was sometimes easy to find good sites on a topic, such as
Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Devon/Dartmoor/,
Arts/Television/Programs/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy/S/Star_Trek_Series/Next_Generation,_The/,
and
Arts/Literature/World_Literature/Australian/Authors.
But other topics proved much more challenging:
Society/Issues/Science_and_Technology/Biotechnology/Stem_Cell_Research/,
Science/Earth_Sciences/Paleontology/Extinction/Cretaceous-Tertiary/Impact_Theory/,
and
Science/Math/Differential_Equations/
!
Judging from the number of participants, the most popular topics were those
about natural history in general, and cute furry animals in particular.
However I think most of the participants learned something they didn't know
from the competition. For example I was not previously aware of the wonderful
world of Science/Biology/Flora_and_Fauna/Animalia/Tardigrades/,
but in turn, others were introduced to stromatolites and brumbies. 
Now that editing has resumed, all participants will be busy adding the new sites from challenges they set!
- makrhod
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