With just over two days left to vote on writeups entered in Lost Gems of Yesteryear, I'd like to thank everyone who has read and voted on the writeups so far. I'd also like to encourage everyone to browse the list and to vote a bit more. Here's another update on the race....

Since my last report, 99 total new votes (+92 / 7-) have been cast on the writeups submitted to the Quest. The top gainer in net reputation this week was the late entry I suggest you dance. If you need a reason, I'm sorry. Also picking up some positive rep were Run like you are six, A message from sensei, The Society for the Abolition of Privacy, and lateral fricative (yay!). 25 writeups got no new votes this week, and only one writeup lost ground from last week.

Overall gainers during the Quest are now led by lateral fricative, followed closely by Panama hat, Twenty-three good things about pickles and dirt, When life gives you lemons, grab it by the throat and demand better, and Love your enemies.

The overall change in reputation looks like this (two symbols per writeup (><) to make it look nice):

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11|><
10|
 9|><><><><><><
 8|><><><><><><
 7|><><><><><><><><><
 6|><><><
 5|><><><><><><><><><><
 4|><><><><><><><><><><><
 3|><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><
 2|><><><><><><
 1|><><><><
 0|><><><
-1|
  +----------------------------------
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
                      0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Where the Y axis is net reputation change , and the X axis is number of writeups at that value. As a table:
Δ rep		# writeups
  0		    3
  1		    4 
  2		    6
  3		   17
  4		   11
  5		   10
  6		    3
  7		    9
  8		    6
  9		    6
 10		    0
 11		    1
 12		    3
 13		    1

In the somewhat incidental race for top promoter, Junkill has taken over the lead, with myself in second and shaogo now running third.