About this desk and the history of this domain

New owner, and a clear break with the past

This site is operated by a new owner since November 2026. It has no relationship with whoever used the domain name before, no shared staff, no shared company and no shared records.

Between 2001 and 2005 the domain isidor-awards.com hosted a software prize under the name "Isidor". That prize was run by a different organisation, its entry system and its results belonged that organisation, and it has not existed for about two decades. Nothing here continues it: there is no prize, no trophy, no entry process, no entry fee and no ranking that anyone can win.

The earlier site identified itself with a name we do not claim. If you arrived here expecting the old award, or looking for a partner page, a price list or a 2005 result, this is not it. The old addresses on this domain have been withdrawn and return an explicit "gone" response rather than a redirect into new content.

What is actually published here

• Six criteria, fixed in advance. Rule clarity, solvability, difficulty curve, accessibility, craft of presentation and honest listing, each with a published weight. Weights do not change after a game has been read.
• Records, not reviews in the shopping sense. A record explains how one criterion applies and cites the material it relied on. It does not tell you whether to buy anything.
• No numeric scores. The table on the home page shows the rubric, not a result. A weight is a statement about the rubric, not a grade for a game.
• A correction route. Anyone named in a record can write in. We correct the record, or take it off the site while it is being fixed.

Why publish the rubric before the results

A rubric written after the judging is a justification, not a method. Writing the criteria down first, with explicit weights and explicit evidence requirements, means the desk can be checked for consistency: a reader can take any record and ask whether the same rule was applied the same way. It also makes the desk's limits visible, because a criterion that cannot be assessed from public material has to say so.

What this desk does not do

• It does not accept payment, sponsorship or review copies in exchange for coverage.
• It does not run a competition, receive entries or announce winners.
• It does not publish sales figures, team sizes or development budgets it cannot verify.
• It does not run advertising networks, affiliate links or third-party tracking.

How records are published

Records are drafted with generative AI. The site owner reads each record and approves its scope and sources before it is published; records are not edited line by line. The full procedure, including how AI is used and how errors are handled, is on the editorial policy page.

Contact

Corrections, criteria objections and questions about the domain history go to contact@isidor-awards.com. That address reaches the site owner. Email is the only channel; there is no form, portal or newsletter.