User:Wetman/West Dakota Prizes September 2005

The West Dakota Prize Knowing that all legend has a context, that authentic legend arises out of some specific history and is often exemplified in a quotable text, and at the same time noticing that the phrase "legend states..." is virtually always followed by vague inaccuracies and even invented nonsense, I elected in August 2004 to award the West Dakota Prizes. A quick search revealed twenty entries that were all awarded the Prize.

In September 2005 the bi-annual West Dakota Prize was once more awarded, with the following notice on their talk page:

A Winner of the September 2005 West Dakota Prize This entry, one of an unprecedented 52, has won the September 2005 West Dakota Prize, awarded for successfully employing the expression "legend states''" in a complete sentence.

(Two of the 52 entries were judged ineligible, since their subject was legend.)


 * Talk:Yinglong
 * Talk:Bartek (oak)
 * Talk:Pawapuri
 * Talk:Even-more Irish rootbeer float
 * Talk:Vervain
 * Talk:Saint Enda of Aran
 * Talk:Derro
 * Talk:Tanzhe Temple
 * Talk:White flag
 * Talk:Arnold of Soissons
 * Talk:Marcin Kazanowski
 * Talk:Wahoos
 * Talk:Areopagus
 * Talk:Zongzi
 * Talk:Mars_Bar_party
 * Talk:Kipper
 * Talk:Swains Island
 * Talk:Romedius
 * Talk:Cathedral of the Assumption, Smolensk
 * Talk:Battle of Kulikovo
 * Talk:Flushing, Netherlands
 * Talk:Montmin
 * Talk:Canandaigua Lake
 * Talk:Antique province
 * Talk:High Park
 * Talk:Tien Gow
 * Talk:Agrippina th
 * Talk:Kahless
 * Talk:Peachtree Street
 * Talk:Llanddewi Brefi
 * Talk:Brigid_of_Ireland
 * Talk:Syon Abbey
 * Talk:Kukri
 * Talk:Alligatoridae
 * Talk:Cranwell
 * Talk:Silbury Hill
 * Talk:Michael Scot
 * Talk:Indian rope trick
 * Talk:Sacromonte
 * Talk:The Pentagon
 * Talk:Fan death
 * Talk:Coat_of_Arms_of_Canada
 * Talk:The Man in the Iron Mask
 * Talk:Culture of Nepal
 * Talk:Lady Mary Boleyn
 * Talk:Hashshashin
 * Talk:Cathedral of Learning
 * Talk:Mount Juliet, Tennessee
 * Talk:Neturei Karta/Archive
 * Talk:I Ching
 * Talk:List of backronyms

Sometimes satire wounds those who don't deserve to be wounded:
 * I'm really confused, does the wording in Swains Island need changing? The article isn't great now but I didn't think it was that bad. Falphin 00:33, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
 * No serious harm intended. The prizes are won by every article employing the phrase, willy-nilly. --00:57, 10 September 2005 (UTC)