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This is an award for people who do a considerable amount either (a) to promote Wikipedia beyond the site, acting as "unofficial spokesperson" for it; or (b) who do wonders in "gee-ing up the troops" either through their general motivation of Wikipedians or through assistance by way of tools, contests, and other things that actually make us 'ground troops' want to go out and write, improve, and wikify - in both cases basically people who help move Wikipedia forward.
The Cheerleader AwardCategory: Other The The Cheerleader Award is awarded to users who do a considerable amount either (a) to promote Wikipedia beyond the site or who do wonders in "gee-ing up the troops" either through their general motivation of Wikipedians or through assistance by way of tools, contests, and other things that actually make us 'ground troops' want to go out and write, improve, and wikify - in both cases basically people who help move Wikipedia forward. This award was introduced on December 20, 2004 by Grutness, and was designed by Zscout370 . |
Shall we accept this? Yes or no:
Yes
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No
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Neutral for now. The picture and name is fine, but the caption wording isn't exactly the way I'd like it to be. -- Death phoenix 4 July 2005 15:25 (UTC)
I've attempted to create a ninja barnstar image, although I'm sure others could do a better job. This would be for outstanding contributions to countering vandalism on Wikipedia. Another possibility might be a closeup of a ninja holding a star between his index and middle fingers, right in front of his face. -- brian0918 ™ 19:52, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Here's what I had in mind (the name is just something I slipped in and is not fixed or anything). One end of the barnstar is heavily vandalised, and there's a pencil erasing the vandalism. I can change the level of vandalism, the colours of the base barnstar, the position and slope of the pencil, but overall, I think it fit in quite nicely. I placed the pencil based on the position of eraser, it was a nice coincidence that the middle line of the pencil fit the image corner exactly. What do you think? -- Death phoenix 21:54, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Here's my obligatory take on it. I liked the eraser idea by DP but didn't think it made sense for it to be erasing color graffiti (maybe I just need to develop an imagination? :)). So, to make it slightly humorous, I have the pencil erasing a sketch of the barnstar. Calling it "Revert Barnstar" can thus mean "barnstar of reversion" or the act of "reverting (erasing) a barnstar" (another weak attempt at humor.....) I can reposition the pencil, eraser bits, and section that's erased. Any comments? -- BRIAN 0918 01:25, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
As you asked Zscout370. -- Riffsyphon1024 03:02, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
No deadline; boards will be closed when a clear consensus is reached. – -- Riffsyphon1024 03:02, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
1. Ninja Barnstar
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2. Rust-Gold Barnstar
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3. Barnstar of Reversion
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4. Revert Barnstar | 5. Barnstar of Reversion 2 | Combine
4. Revert Barnstar and
3. Barnstar of Reversion
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Ok, I've voted on the image I find more interesting. But I really must insist that we address the point about the scope of this award already being covered by the Editor's Barnstar. I had mentioned it above, but only ClockworkSoul commented on it (and indeed he was in doubt about this award). Regards, Redux 12:26, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Sorry that this really took a long time to finish. I'll admit I forgot about it cause I got caught in another wiki. But now is the time to wrap this section up. What do we call it? -- Riffsyphon1024 04:08, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
I thought I'd call this vote, since the time was ripe for a vote. Careful, if you don't vote, Barney-star will come and get you! Bratsche talk 5 pillars 01:49, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
Housekeeping Barnstar
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Maintenance Barnstar
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Stainless Barnstar |
Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
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Eraser Barnstar
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Insert other choices |
This vote is closed. The name chosen is the Anti-Vandalism Barnstar.
Ok, here's the final proposal.
The Anti-Vandalism BarnstarCategory: General Barnstars The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar may be given to any editor who shows great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks of vandalism on Wikipedia. This award was introduced on February 27, 2005 by brian0918, and was designed by Deathphoenix. |
Shall we accept this? Yes or no:
Yes
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No
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Is it just me, or is there a full consensus? :) Sango 123 July 5, 2005 21:08 (UTC)
Archive time!
Sango
123 July 6, 2005 14:39 (UTC)
Name maybe needs a slight change? Maybe: The Featured Article Status Medal of Honor? Taken from Wikipedia talk:Featured articles#The_medal -- AllyUnion (talk) 02:59, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
New idea: I found this image of a star being formed, which is used for the Featured Article templates. I was wondering if something like this will work. (Note: See picture three) Zscout370 21:28, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Ok, this should be my final proposal. After this (and once a few more items are cleared from our plate, I will ask for yet another Vote or Die situation)
The Featured Article MedalCategory:
Featured Articles The Featured Article Medal may be awarded to an editor who makes great contributions to three or more articles that have a Featured Article status. This award was introduced on March 14 2005 by AllyUnion, and was designed by Ausir and Kimbar. |
New idea, once again: Ok, since I did a medal design based on US medals last time, now I will be NPOV and use one based on a Soviet template. It looks like the Hero of the Soviet Union, but this medal design is used by various Soviet medals (and Warsaw Pact). I did a sqaure version of the logo. It is getting late here, and System of a Down is making me tired/upset, so just comment and send me messages so I can see bright orange before I head off to class tomorrow morning. Zscout370 (talk) 03:34, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Okay, ladies and germs, time for another vote! Do we accept the final result of the medal as given in the above "Final proposal"? -- Death phoenix 15:20, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Yes | No
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Vote closed. I have added this to the
Other Awards section of the Barnstar page. Thanks to all who voted, whether they feel this was necessary or not. ;-) --
Death
phoenix 15:28, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The Resilient Barnstar is awarded to those who boldly but respectfully make their differing opinions heard in discussions, learn and improve from criticisms, or merely dare to make a difference for the better in the Wikipedia community. Recipients of this Barnstar never let mistakes or blunders impede their growth as Wikipedians, are always ready to contribute whenever it is fit, and have the ability to recover/finish with a smile. What do you think? ^_^
Sango
123 20:00, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
Well, I'm new to this discussion, but here's what I think: First, if I had to pick one of the images proposed thus far, I'd go with Sango123's version of the original image but without a background. But if I may suggest, maybe we could go beyond just coloring the Barnstar, maybe we could make something (in the shape of a Barnstar, of course) that evokes resilience (maybe something highly resistant but very maleable at the same time, such as aluminium). Second, and I'm in doubt about this: the adjective "resilient" is in reference to the "always finishing with a smile in one's face" or to maintaining one's opinion and making it heard, as it was put? Because if it's about one's ability to always finish graciously, even if one was wrong or had to concede to someone else, which would mean that one didn't really "maintain the previous shape", as "resilient" is described in dictionaries ("shape" here being a metaphor for "opinion"), it would be perhaps better to call it "The Enlightened Barnstar", or something, which would make reference to one's constant search of personal growth, which propels a constant openess to reviewing one's views and opinions. I got a little confused with the final part of Sango's original proposal for the scope, which makes reference to not allowing mistakes hinder growth. Maybe I'm overthinking this. Regards, Redux 05:32, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for a long-awaited response! :D The image to the right is about as cast iron-like as I can get it. But for "resilience", which metal is better suited?
Sango 123 19:34, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
Ah, thanks, Sango. I like the look of cold, hard iron. -- Death phoenix 05:41, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Changing concepts again, how about a bonsai plant, a bouncing Barnstar ball, or Barnstar-on-a-spring? ( SEWilco 05:08, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC))
No new images have been proposed for 17 days. Should we open a Vote or Die and accept one of the existing images? Sango 123 June 30, 2005 16:13 (UTC)
Okay ladies and germs, we've all done this before. I've put in the images that you seemed to prefer, but as always, if you want to vote on anything else, just enter it into a blank table cell. No real deadline; we'll just continue until we reach a clear consensus. I think we all agree on Resilient Barnstar, right? -- Death phoenix 1 July 2005 00:13 (UTC)
Image:Resilient-barnstar2.png (blue)
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Image:Resilient-green.png (green)
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Image:Resilient-orange.png (orange)
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Image:Resilient Barnstar.png (aluminium)
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Image:Resilient-iron.png (cast iron)
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The Resilient BarnstarCategory: General Barnstars The Resilient Barnstar may be given to any editor who learns and improves from criticisms, never lets mistakes or blunders impede their growth as Wikipedians, or has the ability to recover/finish with a smile. |
Shall we accept this? Sango 123 July 5, 2005 21:14 (UTC)
As discussed on the discussion page this barnstar would be awarded to a specific contribution or contributions by anonymous users ? While it would admittedly be difficult to separate those IP's, particularly from AOL, which contribute legitimate articles and those from random vandalism there are many IP addresses that use a single address. For shared IP's I would suggest specifying the article in question. I certainly look forward to any comments on the subject. 205.188.116.139 21:01, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Though many edits by IP's benefit Wikipedia, but I just think a Barnstar for them is not really a good idea at all. Zscout370 (talk) 22:14, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
The General Alexander Haig Medal of Honor is awarded to those exceptional individuals who take control.
This award was introduced by Xiong on 2005 May 7.
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I moved it from the main Barnstar pages, since this has been added without any debate. I have no vote now, but I seriously think this award will be rejected. Zscout370 (talk) 16:54, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
Well, sorry. I didn't know we had a formal process for award creation. {sigh} Kinda takes the fun out of it.
No, this award has nothing to do with anything related to me personally. This is not a barnstar at all, but a humorous award, similar to the Atlas Award For Raking the Sandbox Clean. (No insult intended to recipients, but Sandbot does, after all, obliterate even the worst Sandbox content.) This being a humorous award, it contains humorous references; and once you explain a joke, I think it is no longer funny. {sigh} Often, this community seems very gray and stolid. We really need more funny stuff. I'm not talking about sawing the legs off chairs, but yes, Laughter is the Best Medicine©.
Anyway, there is an explicit rule against incorporating real awards into WP-sanctioned awards -- not a rule I would endorse, but I'm not going to slug it out here. For the record, the photo was taken by Stars and Stripes during Al Haig's tour of duty as top man at NATO. The medal is the original 1862 design of the Army Medal of Honor. The medal has gone through several versions since that time. If you want to understand this award's significance anyway, you may want to research Haig, the history of the Medal of Honor, and for good measure, see the Talk page of the user to whom I awarded it.
Sorry for any bother. I assume I may still be permitted to make the award; just not allowed to list it here. — Xiong 熊 talk * 11:01, 2005 May 8 (UTC)
There's no process to complete. A specific restriction is violated and I certainly am not going to debate that restriction or claim an exemption. Dieser award ist kaput.
If anybody cares about my opinion, it is that two distinct classes of awards exist -- those created by a single user, and those endorsed by the community. The former should be reduced in number, not increased. Multiple variant barnstars contribute to barnstar inflation. I would not desire to add to the former class. I carelessly put this Frankenstein's Monster on Wikipedia:Barnstars on Wikipedia#Other awards because I thought that, by definition, such other awards were not barnstars, therefore not to be taken seriously at all. If the Atlas Award is to be taken seriously as a quasi-barnstar, then perhaps barnstar inflation has passed the point of no return. — Xiong 熊 talk * 01:30, 2005 May 9 (UTC)
Template:1337: "This user has been awarded the crown of 1337 by {{{1}}}". I found this one created by 69.221.65.186. Let's see if people find it useful. If not → WP:TFD. Although Leet can be seen as a dialect of English, I think it generally should be avoided on this Wikipedia. Or is the crown of 1337 the crown of Duke (see 1337) ?-) Wipe 10:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Since I'm not a regular on the Barnstar project I was just hoping someone else would do it (if appropriate). I'd vote for deleting. Wipe 20:38, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Done - See WP:TFD#Template:1337 Sango 123 15:22, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
Heh, I guess it was good to post this here first for review, because the TFD deletionists jumped on it and speedied the deletion. Wipe 03:31, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
For users who have been attacked by vandals who didn't lose their cool. Click it and see who it's been awarded to. Example: I got one when a user surfaced called Redwolf24isgay who would blank my page or just write OMG YOURE GAY for example. Redwolf24 11:53, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
In my opinion, this should not qualify as an official award. The actions covered by this award fall under both the Resilient Barnstar and the Anti-Vandalism barnstar. Tell you what: I'm going to create a page that can contain a whole bunch of user awards. You can place the award there. Bratsche talk 5 pillars 13:15, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
I agree. This can, of course, be an unofficial award (just like many others out there), but as an official award, this is already covered under the freshly-minted Resilient and Anti-Vandalism Barnstars, not to mention the Wiki Wiffle Bat and the Barnstar of Good Humour. I know it may wrong for a Barnstar contributor to say this, but we're getting pretty close to award/barnstar creep here. :-) -- Death phoenix 14:03, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
Perhaps I can make an award for instruction creep. However, I'll need a ten point criteria and six steps to giving the award. -- Death phoenix 14:52, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
I know this seems a bit excessive... but um, I made this for fun, and awarded 23skidoo for his hard work efforts in Star Trek articles. I'd hate for it to be solely be the barnstar just for the WikiProject Star Trek, so I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions for the use of this particular barnstar. -- AllyUnion (talk) 11:15, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Just for formality sakes, I will create a special user award. It is called the ODM Article award. ODM is short for Orders, Medals and Decorations. The criteria is that the user needs to either create or contribute greatly to three or more articles in the above category. Titles, like Hero of the Soviet Union, qualify for this award. I do not wish for it to be listed on the main awards page. I created the medal design myself, so if you have any comments, let me know. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:23, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I had a request to make it a Wikipedia award. Would anyone object to it? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 29 June 2005 21:40 (UTC)
The Orders, Decorations, and Medals BarnstarCategory: Topical Barnstars The Orders, Decorations, and Medals Barnstar may be given to any editor who makes significant contributions to articles related to Orders, Decorations and Medals. This award was introduced and designed on June 27, 2005 by Zscout370. |
I think this award might be a bit too specific. We created the category barnstars partly to avoid a rush of topic-specific stars. Wouldn't ODM articles fall under either historical articles, or articles dealing with society matters? Please don't take offense at this, Zscout (it's well designed and intentioned), but I don't think this should be a standard 'star. Bratsche talk 5 pillars July 6, 2005 19:49 (UTC)
Not really an award, just a peace offering to somebody you've gotten into a fight with recently Borisblue 8 July 2005 23:35 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this qualifies as a Wikipedia award. It would most likely be a great asset to Wikipedia:WikiProject Kindness Campaign though. Sango 123 03:01, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
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This is an award for people who do a considerable amount either (a) to promote Wikipedia beyond the site, acting as "unofficial spokesperson" for it; or (b) who do wonders in "gee-ing up the troops" either through their general motivation of Wikipedians or through assistance by way of tools, contests, and other things that actually make us 'ground troops' want to go out and write, improve, and wikify - in both cases basically people who help move Wikipedia forward.
The Cheerleader AwardCategory: Other The The Cheerleader Award is awarded to users who do a considerable amount either (a) to promote Wikipedia beyond the site or who do wonders in "gee-ing up the troops" either through their general motivation of Wikipedians or through assistance by way of tools, contests, and other things that actually make us 'ground troops' want to go out and write, improve, and wikify - in both cases basically people who help move Wikipedia forward. This award was introduced on December 20, 2004 by Grutness, and was designed by Zscout370 . |
Shall we accept this? Yes or no:
Yes
|
No
|
Neutral for now. The picture and name is fine, but the caption wording isn't exactly the way I'd like it to be. -- Death phoenix 4 July 2005 15:25 (UTC)
I've attempted to create a ninja barnstar image, although I'm sure others could do a better job. This would be for outstanding contributions to countering vandalism on Wikipedia. Another possibility might be a closeup of a ninja holding a star between his index and middle fingers, right in front of his face. -- brian0918 ™ 19:52, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Here's what I had in mind (the name is just something I slipped in and is not fixed or anything). One end of the barnstar is heavily vandalised, and there's a pencil erasing the vandalism. I can change the level of vandalism, the colours of the base barnstar, the position and slope of the pencil, but overall, I think it fit in quite nicely. I placed the pencil based on the position of eraser, it was a nice coincidence that the middle line of the pencil fit the image corner exactly. What do you think? -- Death phoenix 21:54, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Here's my obligatory take on it. I liked the eraser idea by DP but didn't think it made sense for it to be erasing color graffiti (maybe I just need to develop an imagination? :)). So, to make it slightly humorous, I have the pencil erasing a sketch of the barnstar. Calling it "Revert Barnstar" can thus mean "barnstar of reversion" or the act of "reverting (erasing) a barnstar" (another weak attempt at humor.....) I can reposition the pencil, eraser bits, and section that's erased. Any comments? -- BRIAN 0918 01:25, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
As you asked Zscout370. -- Riffsyphon1024 03:02, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
No deadline; boards will be closed when a clear consensus is reached. – -- Riffsyphon1024 03:02, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)
1. Ninja Barnstar
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2. Rust-Gold Barnstar
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3. Barnstar of Reversion
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4. Revert Barnstar | 5. Barnstar of Reversion 2 | Combine
4. Revert Barnstar and
3. Barnstar of Reversion
|
Ok, I've voted on the image I find more interesting. But I really must insist that we address the point about the scope of this award already being covered by the Editor's Barnstar. I had mentioned it above, but only ClockworkSoul commented on it (and indeed he was in doubt about this award). Regards, Redux 12:26, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Sorry that this really took a long time to finish. I'll admit I forgot about it cause I got caught in another wiki. But now is the time to wrap this section up. What do we call it? -- Riffsyphon1024 04:08, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
I thought I'd call this vote, since the time was ripe for a vote. Careful, if you don't vote, Barney-star will come and get you! Bratsche talk 5 pillars 01:49, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
Housekeeping Barnstar
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Maintenance Barnstar
|
Stainless Barnstar |
Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
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Eraser Barnstar
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Insert other choices |
This vote is closed. The name chosen is the Anti-Vandalism Barnstar.
Ok, here's the final proposal.
The Anti-Vandalism BarnstarCategory: General Barnstars The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar may be given to any editor who shows great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks of vandalism on Wikipedia. This award was introduced on February 27, 2005 by brian0918, and was designed by Deathphoenix. |
Shall we accept this? Yes or no:
Yes
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No
|
Is it just me, or is there a full consensus? :) Sango 123 July 5, 2005 21:08 (UTC)
Archive time!
Sango
123 July 6, 2005 14:39 (UTC)
Name maybe needs a slight change? Maybe: The Featured Article Status Medal of Honor? Taken from Wikipedia talk:Featured articles#The_medal -- AllyUnion (talk) 02:59, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
New idea: I found this image of a star being formed, which is used for the Featured Article templates. I was wondering if something like this will work. (Note: See picture three) Zscout370 21:28, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Ok, this should be my final proposal. After this (and once a few more items are cleared from our plate, I will ask for yet another Vote or Die situation)
The Featured Article MedalCategory:
Featured Articles The Featured Article Medal may be awarded to an editor who makes great contributions to three or more articles that have a Featured Article status. This award was introduced on March 14 2005 by AllyUnion, and was designed by Ausir and Kimbar. |
New idea, once again: Ok, since I did a medal design based on US medals last time, now I will be NPOV and use one based on a Soviet template. It looks like the Hero of the Soviet Union, but this medal design is used by various Soviet medals (and Warsaw Pact). I did a sqaure version of the logo. It is getting late here, and System of a Down is making me tired/upset, so just comment and send me messages so I can see bright orange before I head off to class tomorrow morning. Zscout370 (talk) 03:34, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Okay, ladies and germs, time for another vote! Do we accept the final result of the medal as given in the above "Final proposal"? -- Death phoenix 15:20, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Yes | No
|
Vote closed. I have added this to the
Other Awards section of the Barnstar page. Thanks to all who voted, whether they feel this was necessary or not. ;-) --
Death
phoenix 15:28, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The Resilient Barnstar is awarded to those who boldly but respectfully make their differing opinions heard in discussions, learn and improve from criticisms, or merely dare to make a difference for the better in the Wikipedia community. Recipients of this Barnstar never let mistakes or blunders impede their growth as Wikipedians, are always ready to contribute whenever it is fit, and have the ability to recover/finish with a smile. What do you think? ^_^
Sango
123 20:00, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
Well, I'm new to this discussion, but here's what I think: First, if I had to pick one of the images proposed thus far, I'd go with Sango123's version of the original image but without a background. But if I may suggest, maybe we could go beyond just coloring the Barnstar, maybe we could make something (in the shape of a Barnstar, of course) that evokes resilience (maybe something highly resistant but very maleable at the same time, such as aluminium). Second, and I'm in doubt about this: the adjective "resilient" is in reference to the "always finishing with a smile in one's face" or to maintaining one's opinion and making it heard, as it was put? Because if it's about one's ability to always finish graciously, even if one was wrong or had to concede to someone else, which would mean that one didn't really "maintain the previous shape", as "resilient" is described in dictionaries ("shape" here being a metaphor for "opinion"), it would be perhaps better to call it "The Enlightened Barnstar", or something, which would make reference to one's constant search of personal growth, which propels a constant openess to reviewing one's views and opinions. I got a little confused with the final part of Sango's original proposal for the scope, which makes reference to not allowing mistakes hinder growth. Maybe I'm overthinking this. Regards, Redux 05:32, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for a long-awaited response! :D The image to the right is about as cast iron-like as I can get it. But for "resilience", which metal is better suited?
Sango 123 19:34, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
Ah, thanks, Sango. I like the look of cold, hard iron. -- Death phoenix 05:41, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Changing concepts again, how about a bonsai plant, a bouncing Barnstar ball, or Barnstar-on-a-spring? ( SEWilco 05:08, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC))
No new images have been proposed for 17 days. Should we open a Vote or Die and accept one of the existing images? Sango 123 June 30, 2005 16:13 (UTC)
Okay ladies and germs, we've all done this before. I've put in the images that you seemed to prefer, but as always, if you want to vote on anything else, just enter it into a blank table cell. No real deadline; we'll just continue until we reach a clear consensus. I think we all agree on Resilient Barnstar, right? -- Death phoenix 1 July 2005 00:13 (UTC)
Image:Resilient-barnstar2.png (blue)
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Image:Resilient-green.png (green)
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Image:Resilient-orange.png (orange)
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Image:Resilient Barnstar.png (aluminium)
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Image:Resilient-iron.png (cast iron)
|
The Resilient BarnstarCategory: General Barnstars The Resilient Barnstar may be given to any editor who learns and improves from criticisms, never lets mistakes or blunders impede their growth as Wikipedians, or has the ability to recover/finish with a smile. |
Shall we accept this? Sango 123 July 5, 2005 21:14 (UTC)
As discussed on the discussion page this barnstar would be awarded to a specific contribution or contributions by anonymous users ? While it would admittedly be difficult to separate those IP's, particularly from AOL, which contribute legitimate articles and those from random vandalism there are many IP addresses that use a single address. For shared IP's I would suggest specifying the article in question. I certainly look forward to any comments on the subject. 205.188.116.139 21:01, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Though many edits by IP's benefit Wikipedia, but I just think a Barnstar for them is not really a good idea at all. Zscout370 (talk) 22:14, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
The General Alexander Haig Medal of Honor is awarded to those exceptional individuals who take control.
This award was introduced by Xiong on 2005 May 7.
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I moved it from the main Barnstar pages, since this has been added without any debate. I have no vote now, but I seriously think this award will be rejected. Zscout370 (talk) 16:54, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
Well, sorry. I didn't know we had a formal process for award creation. {sigh} Kinda takes the fun out of it.
No, this award has nothing to do with anything related to me personally. This is not a barnstar at all, but a humorous award, similar to the Atlas Award For Raking the Sandbox Clean. (No insult intended to recipients, but Sandbot does, after all, obliterate even the worst Sandbox content.) This being a humorous award, it contains humorous references; and once you explain a joke, I think it is no longer funny. {sigh} Often, this community seems very gray and stolid. We really need more funny stuff. I'm not talking about sawing the legs off chairs, but yes, Laughter is the Best Medicine©.
Anyway, there is an explicit rule against incorporating real awards into WP-sanctioned awards -- not a rule I would endorse, but I'm not going to slug it out here. For the record, the photo was taken by Stars and Stripes during Al Haig's tour of duty as top man at NATO. The medal is the original 1862 design of the Army Medal of Honor. The medal has gone through several versions since that time. If you want to understand this award's significance anyway, you may want to research Haig, the history of the Medal of Honor, and for good measure, see the Talk page of the user to whom I awarded it.
Sorry for any bother. I assume I may still be permitted to make the award; just not allowed to list it here. — Xiong 熊 talk * 11:01, 2005 May 8 (UTC)
There's no process to complete. A specific restriction is violated and I certainly am not going to debate that restriction or claim an exemption. Dieser award ist kaput.
If anybody cares about my opinion, it is that two distinct classes of awards exist -- those created by a single user, and those endorsed by the community. The former should be reduced in number, not increased. Multiple variant barnstars contribute to barnstar inflation. I would not desire to add to the former class. I carelessly put this Frankenstein's Monster on Wikipedia:Barnstars on Wikipedia#Other awards because I thought that, by definition, such other awards were not barnstars, therefore not to be taken seriously at all. If the Atlas Award is to be taken seriously as a quasi-barnstar, then perhaps barnstar inflation has passed the point of no return. — Xiong 熊 talk * 01:30, 2005 May 9 (UTC)
Template:1337: "This user has been awarded the crown of 1337 by {{{1}}}". I found this one created by 69.221.65.186. Let's see if people find it useful. If not → WP:TFD. Although Leet can be seen as a dialect of English, I think it generally should be avoided on this Wikipedia. Or is the crown of 1337 the crown of Duke (see 1337) ?-) Wipe 10:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Since I'm not a regular on the Barnstar project I was just hoping someone else would do it (if appropriate). I'd vote for deleting. Wipe 20:38, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Done - See WP:TFD#Template:1337 Sango 123 15:22, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
Heh, I guess it was good to post this here first for review, because the TFD deletionists jumped on it and speedied the deletion. Wipe 03:31, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
For users who have been attacked by vandals who didn't lose their cool. Click it and see who it's been awarded to. Example: I got one when a user surfaced called Redwolf24isgay who would blank my page or just write OMG YOURE GAY for example. Redwolf24 11:53, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
In my opinion, this should not qualify as an official award. The actions covered by this award fall under both the Resilient Barnstar and the Anti-Vandalism barnstar. Tell you what: I'm going to create a page that can contain a whole bunch of user awards. You can place the award there. Bratsche talk 5 pillars 13:15, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
I agree. This can, of course, be an unofficial award (just like many others out there), but as an official award, this is already covered under the freshly-minted Resilient and Anti-Vandalism Barnstars, not to mention the Wiki Wiffle Bat and the Barnstar of Good Humour. I know it may wrong for a Barnstar contributor to say this, but we're getting pretty close to award/barnstar creep here. :-) -- Death phoenix 14:03, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
Perhaps I can make an award for instruction creep. However, I'll need a ten point criteria and six steps to giving the award. -- Death phoenix 14:52, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
I know this seems a bit excessive... but um, I made this for fun, and awarded 23skidoo for his hard work efforts in Star Trek articles. I'd hate for it to be solely be the barnstar just for the WikiProject Star Trek, so I was wondering if anyone had any other suggestions for the use of this particular barnstar. -- AllyUnion (talk) 11:15, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Just for formality sakes, I will create a special user award. It is called the ODM Article award. ODM is short for Orders, Medals and Decorations. The criteria is that the user needs to either create or contribute greatly to three or more articles in the above category. Titles, like Hero of the Soviet Union, qualify for this award. I do not wish for it to be listed on the main awards page. I created the medal design myself, so if you have any comments, let me know. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 01:23, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I had a request to make it a Wikipedia award. Would anyone object to it? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 29 June 2005 21:40 (UTC)
The Orders, Decorations, and Medals BarnstarCategory: Topical Barnstars The Orders, Decorations, and Medals Barnstar may be given to any editor who makes significant contributions to articles related to Orders, Decorations and Medals. This award was introduced and designed on June 27, 2005 by Zscout370. |
I think this award might be a bit too specific. We created the category barnstars partly to avoid a rush of topic-specific stars. Wouldn't ODM articles fall under either historical articles, or articles dealing with society matters? Please don't take offense at this, Zscout (it's well designed and intentioned), but I don't think this should be a standard 'star. Bratsche talk 5 pillars July 6, 2005 19:49 (UTC)
Not really an award, just a peace offering to somebody you've gotten into a fight with recently Borisblue 8 July 2005 23:35 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this qualifies as a Wikipedia award. It would most likely be a great asset to Wikipedia:WikiProject Kindness Campaign though. Sango 123 03:01, July 10, 2005 (UTC)