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I thought you might like to know that the Awards Center page has been deleted, along with its newsletter. :( So, where do we go from here? To new and even more interesting projects, of course! I've been preparing to co-coordinate a large collaboration/competition called Around the World. It was going to be run at the Awards Center, but since that no longer exists, the collaboration will be hosted somewhere else. Around the World will begin July 15th as planned - it's location will be announced soon. It'll be a blast. In the competition, participants will be helping to develop over 200 pages (drafts, which will be moved to article space once they are ready), using advanced tools to edit every single one of them! This is going to be interesting. And the event shall have awards which are being created specifically for it as we speak! If you would like me to keep you informed of this and other interesting collaborations I'll be working on and/or organizing in the future, please drop me a note here on my talk page, and I'll be happy to keep you in the know. I look forward to your replies. Sincerely, The Transhumanist 21:50, 26 June 2008 (UTC) If you are stuck on a place to put the your contest, it would be cool to put it on a subpage. I'd love to help you with it, in fact, if you want, we can host it at User:IMatthew/Around the World. =] Anyway, leave me a note if you'd like any help with it. -- iMatthew T. C. 21:55, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
I see, I think that maybe I can get the page started. I can format the page, add all of the info, and getting the page ready. I don't really want to work on the barnstars, but I'm willing to do anything else. -- iMatthew T. C. 22:51, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Seems like you have a good hold on this! So can you explain to me, just how this is going to work? -- iMatthew T. C. 22:59, 26 June 2008 (UTC) First of all, I'd like to issue my......uh..... something that involves being sorry for AWC to be deleted. I was about to contribute to the MFD but it was closed. Oh well. I'm glad that Around the World is still alive though. I'm just asking what kind of topics would be covered by it. I hope it doesn't get killed by MfD</sarcasm>. =) Anyways, it seems really interesting and...I NEED DETAILS...please! Anyways, I congratulate you on continuing your contributions on Wikipedia despite the fact the AWC was deleted, and hope you continue to make good edits. Around the World will be very fun, and Good luck!(on organizing it, I mean)
Yeah, I'd like that. (Sorry for buggering with AWB xD) weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 22:20, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Good day, I've taken a look at your Around the World project and I'm quite concerned that some aspects of the "contest" are fostering the same problems the Awards Center had. I know you are acting in good faith—I have never doubted that—but I implore you to abandon your focus on deadlines and awards. By setting and pressing deadlines, you are encouraging your participants (many of whom are children and will view this as "cramming" like they do in school) to focus on volume and speed instead of quality. Don't you see that was part of the Awards Center problem? I'm putting the ball in your court. I encourage you to act to remedy the issue. -- Laser brain (talk) 14:30, 27 June 2008 (UTC) One other thing: Can you direct me to a central location where all this is being planned and coordinated? Transparency is badly needed here so the community can see what's going on. I'm afraid if you suddenly unleash this on WP, you're going to wind up with a lot more problems than an AN/I post complaining about mass page moves. -- Laser brain (talk) 15:36, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Sure! I'd be happy to join. Is there something I need to install for it? I'm completely new to this, so I will be asking a couple of questions. I'm also sending this in response to the Around the World happenings thing. I'd like to get that, too, whatever that is. I'll be offline for a little bit, but will be back on later today, and hopefully starting the graphics process. -- LAA Fan 16:04, 27 June 2008 (UTC) Hey, I'd like to be kept in the know. If you need any help setting this up, I'd be happy to oblige. -- Gimme danger ( talk) 20:44, 27 June 2008 (UTC) I was sad to see the Awards Center go, please keep me informed of your Around the World Competition. -- Captain-tucker ( talk) 21:20, 27 June 2008 (UTC) Well when you have the chance then can you? Demon Hunter Rules( —) 23:57, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
It was a pity it had to be deleted :( , I was not even aware of the problem as I was on wikibreak!! Anyway, Ill sign up for the Around the World thing. Sounds intresting! Fattyjwoods Push my button 00:44, 28 June 2008 (UTC) view my talk. -- penubag ( talk) 01:24, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey there Transhumanist! I saw your post over at the awards talk page requesting a graphics designer for a new barnstar. Do you still need it done? I'm not sure if I would consider myself skilled, but I've done a little graphic design, and the barnstar you want looks like an interesting challenge :) - Samuel Tan ( talk) 10:21, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi. As I am (regretfully) no longer likely to be highly active, I probably won't be able to help with the awards. Best wishes, ~ A H 1( T C U) 21:30, 28 June 2008 (UTC) I am willing to help out with the project, although I probably won't be able to do as much work for it as I would like (but isn't that the way it is with everything?). I, unfortunately, will not be able to do any GIMP work for you. Anything as far as managing the competition... that looks good. -- Sharkface T/ C 21:34, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Okay. I can do that. How do you upload the photo, though? I wish WikiZorro was still here, he would be able to help me with this, but since he's gone, I'm asking you. -- LAA Fan 16:15, 29 June 2008 (UTC) I found these photos while Google searching. I didn't upload them; they're actually on Wikipedia Commons, except for the last one; which is off another wiki. I'll try to find more-- LAA Fan 16:33, 29 June 2008 (UTC) I know this doesn't meet the requirements yet, but how's atlas' general appearance so far? Is this what you had in mind?
The point of the pyramid should rest directly upon the bottom edge of the image. For the globe we need to build it from the ground up.
Someone worked up a rough-draft from the rough-draft I made:
The continents look pretty cool raised up like that, but they don't stand out because the oceans aren't a different shade. The marble texuture doesn't work, because this is supposed to be a shiny gold metal trophy, not gold-colored rock. Stone texture could be used on our pedestal to great effect, though (not gold-colored though). The puzzle layer should be on top rather than covered up by the continents. I'd like the world puzzle-ized, without the black symbols. To do that you'd generally stack the puzzle globe layer on top, with its opacity reduced. Here's the puzzle globe with the symbols removed:
Once the puzzle pattern is overlayed, Then the part of the sphere and continents that fill in the missing part of the puzzle globe need to be erased, to complete the puzzleglobe effect.
![]() We can't use the above pic because it has the wrong lighting/shading on the globe, unwanted symbols, no layer data, etc. Not having layer data is the biggest problem, because we need to be able to swap these pics back and forth while retaining optimum manipulability. When the layers are merged, it makes the pics much harder to work with.
Some things that need to be cleaned up on Atlas are the water marks. (On his right shoulder and chest). It looks like you figured out how to remove those on your rough-draft above. You're also on the right track on making him look like shiny gold. The oversaturation needs to be corrected though. You're definitely better at this than I am. I look forward to seeing what you come up with next. The Transhumanist 20:35, 30 June 2008 (UTC) P.S.: For the globe, I think the most crucial part is the golden sphere that needs to be created to place the continents on. Be sure to keep each of its elements in their own layers, so that we can adjust them as needed. Here's an example in Inkscape's documentation. |
(please provide a subject/headline and remember to sign your post with four tildes: ~~~~ ) RfA tracker:
I thought you might like to know that the Awards Center page has been deleted, along with its newsletter. :( So, where do we go from here? To new and even more interesting projects, of course! I've been preparing to co-coordinate a large collaboration/competition called Around the World. It was going to be run at the Awards Center, but since that no longer exists, the collaboration will be hosted somewhere else. Around the World will begin July 15th as planned - it's location will be announced soon. It'll be a blast. In the competition, participants will be helping to develop over 200 pages (drafts, which will be moved to article space once they are ready), using advanced tools to edit every single one of them! This is going to be interesting. And the event shall have awards which are being created specifically for it as we speak! If you would like me to keep you informed of this and other interesting collaborations I'll be working on and/or organizing in the future, please drop me a note here on my talk page, and I'll be happy to keep you in the know. I look forward to your replies. Sincerely, The Transhumanist 21:50, 26 June 2008 (UTC) If you are stuck on a place to put the your contest, it would be cool to put it on a subpage. I'd love to help you with it, in fact, if you want, we can host it at User:IMatthew/Around the World. =] Anyway, leave me a note if you'd like any help with it. -- iMatthew T. C. 21:55, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
I see, I think that maybe I can get the page started. I can format the page, add all of the info, and getting the page ready. I don't really want to work on the barnstars, but I'm willing to do anything else. -- iMatthew T. C. 22:51, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Seems like you have a good hold on this! So can you explain to me, just how this is going to work? -- iMatthew T. C. 22:59, 26 June 2008 (UTC) First of all, I'd like to issue my......uh..... something that involves being sorry for AWC to be deleted. I was about to contribute to the MFD but it was closed. Oh well. I'm glad that Around the World is still alive though. I'm just asking what kind of topics would be covered by it. I hope it doesn't get killed by MfD</sarcasm>. =) Anyways, it seems really interesting and...I NEED DETAILS...please! Anyways, I congratulate you on continuing your contributions on Wikipedia despite the fact the AWC was deleted, and hope you continue to make good edits. Around the World will be very fun, and Good luck!(on organizing it, I mean)
Yeah, I'd like that. (Sorry for buggering with AWB xD) weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 22:20, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
Good day, I've taken a look at your Around the World project and I'm quite concerned that some aspects of the "contest" are fostering the same problems the Awards Center had. I know you are acting in good faith—I have never doubted that—but I implore you to abandon your focus on deadlines and awards. By setting and pressing deadlines, you are encouraging your participants (many of whom are children and will view this as "cramming" like they do in school) to focus on volume and speed instead of quality. Don't you see that was part of the Awards Center problem? I'm putting the ball in your court. I encourage you to act to remedy the issue. -- Laser brain (talk) 14:30, 27 June 2008 (UTC) One other thing: Can you direct me to a central location where all this is being planned and coordinated? Transparency is badly needed here so the community can see what's going on. I'm afraid if you suddenly unleash this on WP, you're going to wind up with a lot more problems than an AN/I post complaining about mass page moves. -- Laser brain (talk) 15:36, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Sure! I'd be happy to join. Is there something I need to install for it? I'm completely new to this, so I will be asking a couple of questions. I'm also sending this in response to the Around the World happenings thing. I'd like to get that, too, whatever that is. I'll be offline for a little bit, but will be back on later today, and hopefully starting the graphics process. -- LAA Fan 16:04, 27 June 2008 (UTC) Hey, I'd like to be kept in the know. If you need any help setting this up, I'd be happy to oblige. -- Gimme danger ( talk) 20:44, 27 June 2008 (UTC) I was sad to see the Awards Center go, please keep me informed of your Around the World Competition. -- Captain-tucker ( talk) 21:20, 27 June 2008 (UTC) Well when you have the chance then can you? Demon Hunter Rules( —) 23:57, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
It was a pity it had to be deleted :( , I was not even aware of the problem as I was on wikibreak!! Anyway, Ill sign up for the Around the World thing. Sounds intresting! Fattyjwoods Push my button 00:44, 28 June 2008 (UTC) view my talk. -- penubag ( talk) 01:24, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hey there Transhumanist! I saw your post over at the awards talk page requesting a graphics designer for a new barnstar. Do you still need it done? I'm not sure if I would consider myself skilled, but I've done a little graphic design, and the barnstar you want looks like an interesting challenge :) - Samuel Tan ( talk) 10:21, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Hi. As I am (regretfully) no longer likely to be highly active, I probably won't be able to help with the awards. Best wishes, ~ A H 1( T C U) 21:30, 28 June 2008 (UTC) I am willing to help out with the project, although I probably won't be able to do as much work for it as I would like (but isn't that the way it is with everything?). I, unfortunately, will not be able to do any GIMP work for you. Anything as far as managing the competition... that looks good. -- Sharkface T/ C 21:34, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
Okay. I can do that. How do you upload the photo, though? I wish WikiZorro was still here, he would be able to help me with this, but since he's gone, I'm asking you. -- LAA Fan 16:15, 29 June 2008 (UTC) I found these photos while Google searching. I didn't upload them; they're actually on Wikipedia Commons, except for the last one; which is off another wiki. I'll try to find more-- LAA Fan 16:33, 29 June 2008 (UTC) I know this doesn't meet the requirements yet, but how's atlas' general appearance so far? Is this what you had in mind?
The point of the pyramid should rest directly upon the bottom edge of the image. For the globe we need to build it from the ground up.
Someone worked up a rough-draft from the rough-draft I made:
The continents look pretty cool raised up like that, but they don't stand out because the oceans aren't a different shade. The marble texuture doesn't work, because this is supposed to be a shiny gold metal trophy, not gold-colored rock. Stone texture could be used on our pedestal to great effect, though (not gold-colored though). The puzzle layer should be on top rather than covered up by the continents. I'd like the world puzzle-ized, without the black symbols. To do that you'd generally stack the puzzle globe layer on top, with its opacity reduced. Here's the puzzle globe with the symbols removed:
Once the puzzle pattern is overlayed, Then the part of the sphere and continents that fill in the missing part of the puzzle globe need to be erased, to complete the puzzleglobe effect.
![]() We can't use the above pic because it has the wrong lighting/shading on the globe, unwanted symbols, no layer data, etc. Not having layer data is the biggest problem, because we need to be able to swap these pics back and forth while retaining optimum manipulability. When the layers are merged, it makes the pics much harder to work with.
Some things that need to be cleaned up on Atlas are the water marks. (On his right shoulder and chest). It looks like you figured out how to remove those on your rough-draft above. You're also on the right track on making him look like shiny gold. The oversaturation needs to be corrected though. You're definitely better at this than I am. I look forward to seeing what you come up with next. The Transhumanist 20:35, 30 June 2008 (UTC) P.S.: For the globe, I think the most crucial part is the golden sphere that needs to be created to place the continents on. Be sure to keep each of its elements in their own layers, so that we can adjust them as needed. Here's an example in Inkscape's documentation. |