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—Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronbo76 ( talk • contribs) 16:03, 16 February 2007
-- evrik ( talk) 21:45, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
-- evrik ( talk) 03:33, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
As per evrik's suggestion - Image:WPCF.svg (Image #6) thuglas T| C 19:19, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject award
Image | What to type | Description |
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{{ subst:The California Award|message ~~~~}} |
The California Award is awarded for excellence in editing California related articles. It is also the WikiProject Award for California, WP San Francisco Bay Area, WP Southern California, WP Santa Barbara County, WP California State Highways and WP California County Routes. This award was suggested by Ronbo76; it was designed by thuglas. It was introduced on date, year. |
Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
This was proposed on Jan. 4 as a barnstar. I thought we had strong support (11 supports), but then Evrik made the only opposing !vote and archived it. I don't understand how much support is needed for this to pass, and Evrik's comment on this was not helpful. So, I'm re-proposing it. Also, could someone please tell me what degree of support we need for this to become official? I'm really not attached to whether this is a barnstar or other award, but so many of the supporting comments were for it to not be limited to being a Wikiproject award. The original proposal and comments are here, and here is my exchange with Evrik.
Tally (note: this tally includes only the current discussion. Please update the tally when you voice your support or opposition.)
Here it is again:
Image | What to type | Description |
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{{ subst:The Copyeditor's Barnstar|message ~~~~}} | The Copyeditor's Barnstar
The Copyeditor's Barnstar is awarded for excellence in Copyediting.
This award was suggested by Trusilver; it was designed by Kathryn NicDhàna with input from members of the League of Copyeditors. It was introduced on March 8, 2007. |
Alternate Images - I still prefer Image Number One, and don't think it has to be square. But here are some alternate, square takes on the concept ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦ ♫ 03:04, 23 February 2007 (UTC) :
Image Poll/Opinions This is a tally as close as I could get up to this point. If someone didn't express a specific preference, they aren't included here. Vague statements were too difficult to interpret and I stopped trying because it was driving me mad. ("One of the square images must be used." All the images are square even if they don't visually seem so.) Some people expressed an opinion on two or three that they liked; I counted those multiples on the image tallies so some people have more than one opinion represented here.
If you feel this tally isn't accurate or representative, feel free to supply your own. However, beware the madness... -- Pigman Talk to me 03:26, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
(Please, please don't move this section anywhere else. My tallies depend on knowing where I'm counting from and it's been difficult to keep track. OK?)
I suggest another vote, this time get people to sign the version they like, and we can count the sigs. Regards, Ben Aveling 06:23, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Votes for design...
#1:
#2:
#3:
#4:
#5:
#6:
#7:
#8:
#9:
#10:
NEED NEW IMAGE | The Congressional Barnstar of Honor | |
For substantal, notable, or significant work on Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress, or work of substantial interest to those members of that WikiProject.-- Dr who1975 20:36, 8 March 2007 (UTC) |
This is a proposal for the Barnstar award for
Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress. The title is a play on words of "The Congressional Medal of Honor", in this case, the word "Congressional" means dealing with Congress and not that it is actually awarded by Congress. The Award shall be given by members of the associated wikiproject. I'm open to alternate images if anyone wants to propose one.--
Dr who1975 20:36, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
No award may use or incorporate the image of any medal or commendation awarded by any nation or organization, past or present.
If this is a real medal given out in real life, you may want to think about whether this violates the above guideline or not, and if it does, change it so it doesn't.
Smomo 20:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 21:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Hope I'm doing this right, folks; please to be gentle. :)
I'm proposing an award for this project, and would like help in navigating through the hoo-ha (that is the technical term, I believe *g*) required. Since I started the project in October of last year, there's been a lot of wonderful work done that needs recognition, so I thought an award of some sort was in order. If it helps, the members are from all over. I dunno about it being an award vs. a barnstar or something else, which is why I'm asking for y'all's expert advice.
I just kinda threw the image together, so if there's better ideas, I'd love to hear. I was going for an aged look (thus the crackly effect), and with the color a sort of old copper effect. I've got some doodling for the award in this sandbox. Also, for any Hitchhiker's Guide fans, all the settings I used to make the image (depth, light angle, etc.), except the actual color itself, were 42! Who knew?
Thanks in advance for the help, doncha know. :) -- Ebyabe 17:14, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Im not too sure about the idea, but as for the image... i think you should use the original barn-star image and set the opacity to around 80% and the blend mode to screen (if your map has white lines) or multiply/darken (if your map has black lines) and then up the contrast on the map (if you use your current star as a layer use darken/multiply after you desaturate it) This would make it closer to current awards. If the concept gets support and you do not know how to do this, perhaps i could do it (with equal credit of course). I would also suggest removing the bevel. thuglas T| C 01:55, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Oookay so its not a map my appology. I could still help if you wish. thuglas T| C 01:57, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
I like this one too, but i have concern for rescaling. The barnstar looks great in its current size and is proportional to the original barnstar but will become small when rescaled due to the large background. if you can stretch the barnstar out to the edges of the background (the metal part), or alternatively (probably a better idea because the resolution wont have to be rescaled) shrink the background to the size of a normal barnstar and keep the current barnstars size i think it will be perfect. thuglas T| C 22:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Funnily enough, I was wanting something that looked like the plaques. It's like you read my mind or something! I'll wait 'til the scaly thing is figured out, but I think we've pretty much got a winner. Thanks all, I'm feelin' the WikiLove. :) - Ebyabe 02:05, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Looks good to me! thuglas T| C 19:41, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
This is an award given to users who have made Significant contributions to the Wikiproject:Artix Entertainment. This could include the DragonFable Article, the AdventureQuest Article, the genral Artix Entertainment Article, or any number of minigame articles. This is a Wikiproject award. I noticed that bieng a relitively new group we don't have an award to give our members for large, significant contributions, or to those who support us or help us with a particular problem.
--Be Well and Battle On:
Leon Alistair 01:10, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
what exactly is a PUA?
--Be Well and Battle On:
Leon Alistair 19:06, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
one thing about the watchlist, or patrolling recent changes, is that an Awesome Edit Summary is really a time-saver. i wish more editors would use the edit summary, and use it more often. i think this award should go to people who use a thorough and informative summary of his or her edits. i have also seen great humor when diffusing a situation or reverting one's own edit in these summaries. i would definitely give them this award. everyone has their little 'hotbutton' issue, and for me, it's when people make changes and leave the summary blank. i know it's optional, but it is REALLY helpful.
thanks
The undertow 22:54, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I just created the Barnstar of National Merit for Australia. Not sure if this needs a special approval process, as national variants are widespread already, and I added the (missing) Australian version. Hope this receives no objections, since i handed out the first award already before finding this page. -- Chris 73 | Talk 08:54, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Just thought I'd suggest this as a UK BoNM, as I can't find one anywhere. Hope people like it! Sam 1123 11:21, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
-- Dr who1975 21:02, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
I was thinking maybe there should be a Barnstar for people who regularly help other users by volunteering there, I know several users who are regulars there and always polite, I volunteer my self but I am new to volunteering there but not to Wikipedia. Maybe it could look something like this:
The Helpdesk volunteer Barnstar | ||
{{{1}}} |
Any thoughts? Regards -
Telly
addict 15:42, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
File:Helpdesk barnstar.jpg Pengwiin 19:28, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
I would like to see an award for those people who promote the world of academia. Be it by creating up to date pages based on the latest work, or by creating detailed biographies of academics both past and present. I think that those people in academia who work ceasely to come up with new ideas and apply ideas in novel ways would appreciate this. These people do not get much in the way of fans and so it would help get the idea that academics are doing really cool new things to the general public. This would hopefully prompt people to respect them more. I would like the award to look like a bit of chalk on a pedestal. - Curious Gregor - Synthesis for all 18:35, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Comment, mild support I think it's a good idea, but there might be other barnstars for this -- Sam 1123 20:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Here's a mockup for you! -- Sam 1123 20:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)Comment Maybe for Wikipedia:WikiProject Education and/or Wikipedia:WikiProject Academics.-- Dr who1975 23:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Analogous to the Photographer's Barnstar, this would be a 'General' barnstar for excellence in musical recordings. Something similar was proposed earlier, but never adopted for some reason, though a number of images were created, including the one by Alkivar I have up now. WikiProject Music has been using this image (another of the alternates in the original proposal) as an award, apparently outside of the barnstar system, and mostly for topical contributions to music, except that given to User:Dysprosia, which was for musical recordings. I'm not sure how to deal with this, particularly the pre-existing effort, so I'll leave it up to the regulars here.-- Pharos 08:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
What was lacking was a clear consensus about an image for a barnstar. If you're proposing an WPA, then the threshold is much lower. -- evrik ( talk) 14:00, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
FIRST IMAGE:
AKAVIR: Smomo 19:59, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
PURPLE ONE:
The Imperium Barnstar | ||
Message goes here. ~ Step trip Make me fall 23:47, 23 March 2007 (UTC) |
...And what is it for? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:48, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Its a nice design, but whats it for Pengwiin 00:01, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
It's for any user who enforces policy or ruling of the ArbCom/Jimbo Wales, although it does not have to be awarded to only admins, it can be awarded to users who report users who seriously violate a big policy to admins; report users who evade rulings of the ArbCom/Jimbo Wales to admins, etc ... ~ Step trip Make me fall 00:06, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
If you could get a few more people from the project to come over here and support this award then it can be passed soon. Smomo 17:10, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
This page is an archive. Do not edit the contents of this page. Please direct any additional comments to the current main page. |
Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronbo76 ( talk • contribs) 16:03, 16 February 2007
-- evrik ( talk) 21:45, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
-- evrik ( talk) 03:33, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
As per evrik's suggestion - Image:WPCF.svg (Image #6) thuglas T| C 19:19, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject award
Image | What to type | Description |
---|---|---|
{{ subst:The California Award|message ~~~~}} |
The California Award is awarded for excellence in editing California related articles. It is also the WikiProject Award for California, WP San Francisco Bay Area, WP Southern California, WP Santa Barbara County, WP California State Highways and WP California County Routes. This award was suggested by Ronbo76; it was designed by thuglas. It was introduced on date, year. |
Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.
This was proposed on Jan. 4 as a barnstar. I thought we had strong support (11 supports), but then Evrik made the only opposing !vote and archived it. I don't understand how much support is needed for this to pass, and Evrik's comment on this was not helpful. So, I'm re-proposing it. Also, could someone please tell me what degree of support we need for this to become official? I'm really not attached to whether this is a barnstar or other award, but so many of the supporting comments were for it to not be limited to being a Wikiproject award. The original proposal and comments are here, and here is my exchange with Evrik.
Tally (note: this tally includes only the current discussion. Please update the tally when you voice your support or opposition.)
Here it is again:
Image | What to type | Description |
---|---|---|
{{ subst:The Copyeditor's Barnstar|message ~~~~}} | The Copyeditor's Barnstar
The Copyeditor's Barnstar is awarded for excellence in Copyediting.
This award was suggested by Trusilver; it was designed by Kathryn NicDhàna with input from members of the League of Copyeditors. It was introduced on March 8, 2007. |
Alternate Images - I still prefer Image Number One, and don't think it has to be square. But here are some alternate, square takes on the concept ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦ ♫ 03:04, 23 February 2007 (UTC) :
Image Poll/Opinions This is a tally as close as I could get up to this point. If someone didn't express a specific preference, they aren't included here. Vague statements were too difficult to interpret and I stopped trying because it was driving me mad. ("One of the square images must be used." All the images are square even if they don't visually seem so.) Some people expressed an opinion on two or three that they liked; I counted those multiples on the image tallies so some people have more than one opinion represented here.
If you feel this tally isn't accurate or representative, feel free to supply your own. However, beware the madness... -- Pigman Talk to me 03:26, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
(Please, please don't move this section anywhere else. My tallies depend on knowing where I'm counting from and it's been difficult to keep track. OK?)
I suggest another vote, this time get people to sign the version they like, and we can count the sigs. Regards, Ben Aveling 06:23, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Votes for design...
#1:
#2:
#3:
#4:
#5:
#6:
#7:
#8:
#9:
#10:
NEED NEW IMAGE | The Congressional Barnstar of Honor | |
For substantal, notable, or significant work on Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress, or work of substantial interest to those members of that WikiProject.-- Dr who1975 20:36, 8 March 2007 (UTC) |
This is a proposal for the Barnstar award for
Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress. The title is a play on words of "The Congressional Medal of Honor", in this case, the word "Congressional" means dealing with Congress and not that it is actually awarded by Congress. The Award shall be given by members of the associated wikiproject. I'm open to alternate images if anyone wants to propose one.--
Dr who1975 20:36, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
No award may use or incorporate the image of any medal or commendation awarded by any nation or organization, past or present.
If this is a real medal given out in real life, you may want to think about whether this violates the above guideline or not, and if it does, change it so it doesn't.
Smomo 20:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 21:47, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Hope I'm doing this right, folks; please to be gentle. :)
I'm proposing an award for this project, and would like help in navigating through the hoo-ha (that is the technical term, I believe *g*) required. Since I started the project in October of last year, there's been a lot of wonderful work done that needs recognition, so I thought an award of some sort was in order. If it helps, the members are from all over. I dunno about it being an award vs. a barnstar or something else, which is why I'm asking for y'all's expert advice.
I just kinda threw the image together, so if there's better ideas, I'd love to hear. I was going for an aged look (thus the crackly effect), and with the color a sort of old copper effect. I've got some doodling for the award in this sandbox. Also, for any Hitchhiker's Guide fans, all the settings I used to make the image (depth, light angle, etc.), except the actual color itself, were 42! Who knew?
Thanks in advance for the help, doncha know. :) -- Ebyabe 17:14, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Im not too sure about the idea, but as for the image... i think you should use the original barn-star image and set the opacity to around 80% and the blend mode to screen (if your map has white lines) or multiply/darken (if your map has black lines) and then up the contrast on the map (if you use your current star as a layer use darken/multiply after you desaturate it) This would make it closer to current awards. If the concept gets support and you do not know how to do this, perhaps i could do it (with equal credit of course). I would also suggest removing the bevel. thuglas T| C 01:55, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Oookay so its not a map my appology. I could still help if you wish. thuglas T| C 01:57, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
I like this one too, but i have concern for rescaling. The barnstar looks great in its current size and is proportional to the original barnstar but will become small when rescaled due to the large background. if you can stretch the barnstar out to the edges of the background (the metal part), or alternatively (probably a better idea because the resolution wont have to be rescaled) shrink the background to the size of a normal barnstar and keep the current barnstars size i think it will be perfect. thuglas T| C 22:40, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Funnily enough, I was wanting something that looked like the plaques. It's like you read my mind or something! I'll wait 'til the scaly thing is figured out, but I think we've pretty much got a winner. Thanks all, I'm feelin' the WikiLove. :) - Ebyabe 02:05, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
Looks good to me! thuglas T| C 19:41, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
This is an award given to users who have made Significant contributions to the Wikiproject:Artix Entertainment. This could include the DragonFable Article, the AdventureQuest Article, the genral Artix Entertainment Article, or any number of minigame articles. This is a Wikiproject award. I noticed that bieng a relitively new group we don't have an award to give our members for large, significant contributions, or to those who support us or help us with a particular problem.
--Be Well and Battle On:
Leon Alistair 01:10, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
what exactly is a PUA?
--Be Well and Battle On:
Leon Alistair 19:06, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
one thing about the watchlist, or patrolling recent changes, is that an Awesome Edit Summary is really a time-saver. i wish more editors would use the edit summary, and use it more often. i think this award should go to people who use a thorough and informative summary of his or her edits. i have also seen great humor when diffusing a situation or reverting one's own edit in these summaries. i would definitely give them this award. everyone has their little 'hotbutton' issue, and for me, it's when people make changes and leave the summary blank. i know it's optional, but it is REALLY helpful.
thanks
The undertow 22:54, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I just created the Barnstar of National Merit for Australia. Not sure if this needs a special approval process, as national variants are widespread already, and I added the (missing) Australian version. Hope this receives no objections, since i handed out the first award already before finding this page. -- Chris 73 | Talk 08:54, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Just thought I'd suggest this as a UK BoNM, as I can't find one anywhere. Hope people like it! Sam 1123 11:21, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
-- Dr who1975 21:02, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
I was thinking maybe there should be a Barnstar for people who regularly help other users by volunteering there, I know several users who are regulars there and always polite, I volunteer my self but I am new to volunteering there but not to Wikipedia. Maybe it could look something like this:
The Helpdesk volunteer Barnstar | ||
{{{1}}} |
Any thoughts? Regards -
Telly
addict 15:42, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
File:Helpdesk barnstar.jpg Pengwiin 19:28, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
I would like to see an award for those people who promote the world of academia. Be it by creating up to date pages based on the latest work, or by creating detailed biographies of academics both past and present. I think that those people in academia who work ceasely to come up with new ideas and apply ideas in novel ways would appreciate this. These people do not get much in the way of fans and so it would help get the idea that academics are doing really cool new things to the general public. This would hopefully prompt people to respect them more. I would like the award to look like a bit of chalk on a pedestal. - Curious Gregor - Synthesis for all 18:35, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Comment, mild support I think it's a good idea, but there might be other barnstars for this -- Sam 1123 20:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Here's a mockup for you! -- Sam 1123 20:34, 21 March 2007 (UTC)Comment Maybe for Wikipedia:WikiProject Education and/or Wikipedia:WikiProject Academics.-- Dr who1975 23:26, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Analogous to the Photographer's Barnstar, this would be a 'General' barnstar for excellence in musical recordings. Something similar was proposed earlier, but never adopted for some reason, though a number of images were created, including the one by Alkivar I have up now. WikiProject Music has been using this image (another of the alternates in the original proposal) as an award, apparently outside of the barnstar system, and mostly for topical contributions to music, except that given to User:Dysprosia, which was for musical recordings. I'm not sure how to deal with this, particularly the pre-existing effort, so I'll leave it up to the regulars here.-- Pharos 08:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
What was lacking was a clear consensus about an image for a barnstar. If you're proposing an WPA, then the threshold is much lower. -- evrik ( talk) 14:00, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
FIRST IMAGE:
AKAVIR: Smomo 19:59, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
PURPLE ONE:
The Imperium Barnstar | ||
Message goes here. ~ Step trip Make me fall 23:47, 23 March 2007 (UTC) |
...And what is it for? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:48, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
Its a nice design, but whats it for Pengwiin 00:01, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
It's for any user who enforces policy or ruling of the ArbCom/Jimbo Wales, although it does not have to be awarded to only admins, it can be awarded to users who report users who seriously violate a big policy to admins; report users who evade rulings of the ArbCom/Jimbo Wales to admins, etc ... ~ Step trip Make me fall 00:06, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
If you could get a few more people from the project to come over here and support this award then it can be passed soon. Smomo 17:10, 7 April 2007 (UTC)