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EAE Award Winners 2008

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Chakoteya's Transcripts Site (January 2008)
"This is your one-stop site for who said what and when on Star Trek." Sure, other than that Chakoteya's Transcripts Site is a rather inconspicuous place. Still it is a site that all Trek fans with more than a passing interest will find very valuable, because it is much faster and easier to look for Trek quotes in this online database than on DVDs or even video tapes. Coded in clean HTML without unnecessary gadgetry, searching or browsing the site is straightforward. The meticulous work comprises the transcripts of all TOS, Voyager and Enterprise episodes, and TNG as a work in progress with frequent updates. This makes the site a deserving recipient of the EAE Award and a place that I keep bookmarked for frequent reference. Congratulations!

Trekdnes.cz and Star Trek Sickbay (February 2008)
In my list of EAE Award candidates I found two sites with a similar theme and both in Czech language, Star Trek Sickbay and Trekdnes.cz. Both sites act as portals to the world of Trek and they feature extensive episode guides to all Trek series with many screen captures. Trekdnes.cz focuses on news and background reports on the franchise, including interviews with the production crew. Star Trek Sickbay excels with databases such as on starships or alien species. Both sites are easy to navigate and overall pleasantly designed. The decision between the perhaps more stylish Trekdnes.cz interface and the more colorful look of Star Trek Sickbay is just a matter of taste. I don't know which site I should prefer, so I decided to give an award to both of them.

The Phoenixium (March 2008)
Reading through my previous appraisals of EAE Award recipients, one tendency is that I usually prefer simplistic user interfaces over convoluted graphical site designs. But there are exceptions. The Phoenixium, the personal 3D portfolio of Dak Phoenix, has great artwork of Trek, other science fiction, real-world stuff and anime. Also included are a small number of 3D video sequences. It is not a Trek site in the narrow sense, as also indicated by its original "Phoenix" theme. The tastefully animated and flawlessly working Flash design clearly stands out among the 3D art sites. It is interesting to follow the design evolution from the colorful version of 1998 to today's "steel" look V 7.5 in the site's archive. While it is certainly not the largest web portfolio, the steady work on design and content for almost ten years makes The Phoenixium a deserving winner of the EAE Award.

Memory Beta (April 2008)
This month's EAE Award goes to Memory Beta - a wiki site that is nothing less than the most comprehensive database on licensed Star Trek content, such as comics, novels, reference books, computer games, card games or RPGs. The focus on non-canon data does not mean at all that Memory Beta is a second-rate resource. It may have appeared like a stepchild of Memory Alpha when it was launched in 2005. However, the site has grown to as much as 21,000 pages today, and the level of activity is nearly as high as on Memory Alpha. There is almost no need to mention that Memory Beta, like every good online encyclopedia, offers various possibilities to find content through textual searches, categories and indices. Finally, it is noteworthy that a set of quality criteria regulate the presentation of content, which is important in the light of the very different types of media that Memory Beta covers. Congratulations to all the people who have been building this terrific site!

Star Trek Starship Handbooks (May 2008)
Mark Gill has created something for all fans who always wanted more comprehensive information on starship classes than in official publications, and who would like to print it out. The result is a collection of so far four PDF files about the canon vessels of Starfleet and about the most notable alien powers. His work is well-crafted and thoroughly researched, limiting the amount of conjecture to a necessary minimum. The PDF format is ideal to be printed out, and it ensures maximum accessibility as well as long durability. I am looking forward to Volume 5, perhaps dealing with the ships of the 22nd century. Anyway, thanks to Mark for providing what EAS visitors have been asking me to create for years but what I never got round to do!

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