With the polls now closed, I am pleased to announce the winners of our 'Best of 2016' Contest here on /r/AskHistorians.
Taking First Place is /u/sunagainstgold, who answered /u/LukeInTheSkyWith's question "Would a crew of a ship departing from Venice in the 14th century towards Middle East have any plans ready in case they encounter a leviathan on their route?".
In Second Place is /u/robbyslaughter, for their response to /u/Skippy_McFitz's "Why is Liechtenstein?".
Rounding out Third is /u/commiespaceinvader 's answer for /u/kenrot, to "Why is historical revisionism a crime in certain countries?".
I'd like to be the first to congratulate the winners, the nominees, and extend a hearty thank you to everyone who contributed to /r/AskHistorians this past year!
For previous 'Best Ofs', please check out our Wiki.
Aw sheesh. You people. Thank you. I am so glad you liked it, and I can't believe I have the privilege and honor to write for a forum on reddit that supports the amazing company of nominees from the individual months and from the year-end.
Thank you! I am honored, people chose my post.
And congratulations to all winners and nominees! Keep being great and thus making the sub great as everyone of our askers and respondees!
"I'd like to thank the academy..."
But seriously, I've been a long-time listener, first time poster, and it went great! I may have to do this some more.
Thanks everyone!
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees for being awesome and mega congrats to /u/sunagainstgold for consistently providing excellent answers to questions which seem on surface almost impossible to tackle. Like a question of someone who is super afraid od the ocean and wonders how the hell did people hundreds of years ago get on wooden ships and sailed away when there are totally monsters out there. If there is one place I can say this, it's here: 2016 was a great year! You're all AH-mazing.
Truly well-deserved! Congratulations all three.
Highly rewarding posts last year not only whetted my appetite for some obscure historical fields, and warranted delightful exploration into further fields. Especially Liechtenstein, given a love of Austrian history. Thank you all!
/u/Skippy_McFitz, this has been killing me: was the phrasing of your award-winning question inspired by a Brüno sketch on the Ali G show?
I've tried to go back and find the post, but I think it must be several, several pages back, but do you have a link to the post of those nominated?
I was slowly working my way through them, and really enjoying it.
So the most recent win.