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The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was rename the Anti-Vandalism Barnstar as the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar.
I know that we already have both a Defender of the Wiki and an Anti-Vandalism barnstar, but I would like to suggest an additional, senior award for those tireless, long-serving Wikipedians who have defended us for a long time, have withstood countless vandal attacks upon their own users pages for doing their jobs, and who neverless continue to persevere.
Optionally, (and no doubt controversially), I would also like to suggest that it be named in RickK's honor.
As a senior award, I would like to further suggest that the Wikipedians who award it might want to consider the following criterion:
Other criteria might be considered as well: for instance, I have no idea how long CryptoDerk has been here, how many edits he has made or whether or not he is on rc patrol alot, but having created CDVF would certainly make him a Senior Guardian. :)
func (talk) 02:17, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was proposal rejected.
Uwe Kils 20:48, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
How's this image? Sango 123 14:57, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was reject proposal.
After my 3-week experience in barnstar-awarding, I find that there is quite a need to divide the awarding area for the E=MC2 barnstar into 2: natural (hard) science and theoretical/microscopic (soft) science. Therefore, I propose the use of another new barnstar for natural science. If my proposal is supported, the designs for the new Barnstar will be posted up shortly. Deryck C. 11:53, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Deryc k C. 03:41, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
Nice to have you back Bratsche. About the Barnstar image: you're right Deryck, it is a Barnstar. My bad. As for the creation of the new award and the new scope for the E=MC one, Bratsche is right. We need more input from various users before going ahead with it. I, for one, am not entirely convinced that breaking the present award in two would be the best move, for the reason I've stated above. At this point, we don't even have enough discussion going on to start a vote. It would be best not to promote any changes in the Barnstar page for now. Sometimes it takes us a little while to get some things done here, but this is the only way to ensure that the awards will not get disputed once they get instated. Regards, Redux 18:08, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was reject proposal.
How about a barnstar awarding a user for contributing a lot to Space Exploration related articles?-- Exir Kamalabadi Criticism is welcomed! 13:43, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was not to create the Barnstar Robot - inconclusive about the Binary Barnstar.
I would like to propose the creation of a Bot Barnstar, to award an individual for creating or running bots that assist the Wikipedia in some matter, whether it is maintenance related, uploading information, etc. -- AllyUnion (talk) 05:11, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
Now the question is... what kind of image someone will make up... BTW, thanks Zscout for the note of appreciate for the Sandbot. -- AllyUnion (talk) 03:10, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
I like Zscout's Intel is going to find me and sue me Barnstar. ^_^ Here's a 3-D version without a background (see 4th image). (I moved the images to the top for convenience.) Sango 123 21:44, May 16, 2005 (UTC)
I really dislike all of them... they don't seem to embody what a bot is... It'd be cute if someone could make a BSD Daemon crossed with a barnstar. -- AllyUnion (talk) 03:44, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
6th image: How about a state diagram with some document flavoring? ( SEWilco 05:47, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC))
I left a note on AllyUnion's talk page since he hasn't typed a response to his suggested BSD Daemon design (5th image). I think the 6th image has some potential, just make it a bit more 3-D and "Barnstarry". :) Sango 123 03:44, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
I added my two versions, but I think they can stand a lot of improvement. -- AllyUnion (talk) 11:15, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
11 & 12: I uploaded two barnstars I whipped up. The first is the binary barnstar. The second is the robot barnstar, which is trying to mimic an old wind-up robot toy. Suggestions? -- Norvy (talk) 28 June 2005 15:14 (UTC)
Hmm... SEWilco's barnstar gave me an interesting idea. What if you used the five star points to represent "computer nodes" and they all point to the middle to where the empty hole is for the barnstar? This is on the concept of a networking star configuration, and that bots are multiple systems connecting to the Wikipedia. -- AllyUnion (talk) 1 July 2005 10:59 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was no follow up on proposal. Abandoned.
Hi all - back after a gap (forgot to update my watch list when this page was spun off, so forgot what was going on here)... I have three thoughts for you, two possible barnstars and (IMHO) a great name for one of them. I've been working quite a bit around the tfd, cfd, and vfd pages (and hopefully will be around sfd if that ever takes off), and that's prompted a couple of thoughts. What I suggest are:
Any takers? Grutness... wha? 13:43, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was discussion abandoned without conclusion.
I hereby propose a barnstar for people who help the various language versions of Wikipedia by translating articles into other languages / getting native speakers to do so and providing them with information, in order to make articles present on all language versions. This not only greatly helps in creating complete Wikipedias in the smaller Wikipedias, with fewer members who only know about a few subjects, but also allows people to read articles about the more common subjects in their own language, where it may have been previously impossible. I don't have any image to submit yet, but I think it should feature a barnstar (of course) and a globe, or a selection of glyphs / flags denoting "smaller" languages. This to emphasize the multilingual character of the award. Harðor 14:48, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
How about...
--
AllyUnion
(talk) 04:13, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'd prefer a barnstar over a globe, not flags, not political signs. (I'm a catalan user and I'm deligthed to see the idea of barnstars, I didn't know what they were)-Comment by 62.175.93.20
Other possible concepts: Barnstar resting on bed of multicolored Wiki globes. Fish in ear and multiple barnstars coming from mouth. Barnstar with multicolored Wiki globes hanging down from each tip. Rain of barnstars falling mainly on a plain in Spain. Barnstar on background saying "Barnstar" in several languages. ...saying "translation". ...saying names of several languages. Array of barnstars, each wearing hats from various locations. ( SEWilco 03:46, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC))
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was proposal rejected.
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was proposal rejected.
I propose that we remove two awards from the official award page. The
Surreal Barnstar has only been awarded to three eight people since its introduction on
August 14,
2005
2004, and doesn't seem to have a specific criterium or purpose for one to award it. The
Cool as a Cucumber Award has only been awarded to two people since
September 15,
2005
2004. While these awards could still be used as personal user awards, along the same lines as the Star Trek Barnstar, General Haig Medal, etc, I think to avoid "barnstar creep," these should be removed. Your thoughts, please.
Bratsche
talk
5 pillars 20:27, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
I know I'm a little late in this discussion, but I'd like, if I might, to take the opportunity to make a suggestion: I rather like the Cool as a Cocumber award, but the fact that there are gender variations is perhaps not ideal, since we aren't always sure of the gender of a user. A screen name isn't always — in fact, it's hardly ever — revealing in that aspect. Having one general award would make awarding it much more simple. Regards, Redux 15:44, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was user's concerns were addressed.
Why did you let the Silver Herring Award die? There was no clear vote against it. It was a nice creation for oceanography only. Why not have both? Uwe Kils 16:31, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
First, notice that about 80% of the existing awards, which are numerous, are scarcely awarded, if ever. There are just a handful of awards that become more popular. Unchecked proliferation of Barnstars (and other awards) only aggravates this scenario. Not long ago, people used to create and instate awards as they pleased. That allowed for awards that were given out two or three times and then completely forgotten, not to mention awards with unclear, or even unsuited, themes. We started this discussion section, and subjected the creation of new awards to a previous discussion and approval by the community, as a means to deal with those problems. Please notice that no one here is looking to undermine, or "kill", anyone's ideas, but we do have a process by which people contribute to improve the general quality of wiki awards. We have discussions, we take votes, it doesn't get more democratic than this. Finally, it is key to notice that all this I've just said applies only to wiki awards. As I had mentioned, internal (in this case, Oceanography-specific) awards are left to each user's or segments of the community's discretion. We only work on wiki awards, for the Barnstars on Wikipedia (which also includes other community awards) project page, here.
It is possible, however, that in this particular case we pulled the plug on this award too soon. I don't know, I wasn't there. The process certainly isn't perfect, but we are here to strive towards that, or as close as possible, anyways. Regards,
Redux
04:53, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was move the Abusive Admin Barnstar to PUA.
I've noticed two newly added awards ( The Abusive Admin Barnstar and The Oldest Cricket Bat) to Wikipedia:Barnstars on Wikipedia. Have they been discussed and voted through, and if not, could we move them to WP:PUA or open them to discussion on this page? Sango 123 14:23, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks - I've moved both to WP:PUA and added The Oldest Cricket Bat to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket. It turns out they even have their own Barnstar! Sango 123 22:00, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was add Stargate Barnstar to PUA.
I propose this award for good work in adding Stargate article summaries, etc. -- Zxcvbnm 23:27, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was add The Barnstar Eaten By A Bear to PUA.
I got the idea from The Talk Page of Daislite, apparently his welcome message was "Eaten by a Bear", to which I laughed about for several days.
I propose this award for any Wikipedian who says something very humorous and or random, thus cheering up fellow Wikipedians who read it. It's my first Barnstar proposal, let me know what you think. Karmafist 06:21, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
If you don't mind, I'd like to resubmit this with another slant. Call it selfish, but i'd really like to make this into something more than a user award. It's not a big deal though. Karmafist 22:52, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was create the Current Events Barnstar.
From the
7 July 2005 London bombings
"Well done
Our coverage is running well ahead of the BBC website. Another triumph for the webosphere. Adam 7 July 2005 10:46 (UTC)
We're also producing erroneous reports- only 6 explosions have been confirmed according to BBC News, but the site has stated 10. Confirm your sources, guys. --Psyk0 7 July 2005 10:48 (UTC) please someone fix the duplicate sections -- user:miguel
They have been fixed. Y'know what would make a nice gesture? A new form of barnstar or other form of WikiThanks, either for help on this particular incident or on this and other similar ones in the future (*shudder*). -- Kizor 7 July 2005 11:14 (UTC)"
Want to take up the challenge to create a Wikinews award? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 7 July 2005 17:56 (UTC)
Like this? (See right.) Sango 123 July 7, 2005 21:29 (UTC)
I wholeheartedly endorse this proposal, and I've created an image candidate. It's a slightly different implementation of Zscout370's idea (derived from the Original Barnstar and the Wikinews logo). It's very similar to Sango123's version, but with even centering and greater color contrast between the two elements. I incorporated the same (or nearly the same) 90° drop shadow.
I haven't uploaded the image to this site yet, because the Wikinews logo is copyrighted. I usually release image files into the public domain (as Sango123 did in this case), but that doesn't appear to be legally appropriate. (I'm no expert, however.) — Lifeisunfair 8 July 2005 17:09 (UTC)
This one shouldn't be a problem, though we could expand on it. Sango 123 July 9, 2005 14:05 (UTC)
So... what happens now? -- Kizor 10:33, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
"I can't grant you permission since I'm not the copyright holder. If you want to be on the safe side, e-mail board AT wikimedia DOT org. But I think it should be fine as long as you use commons:Template:Copyright by Wikimedia on the image description page, and use it only within Wikimedia projects.-- Eloquence * 03:12, July 12, 2005 (UTC)"
Is there going to be a vote, or has this proposal been dropped? If that's the case, we can archive it. Regards, Redux 20:13, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
I've gone through the discussion, and there may not be a need for a vote, since there appears to have been agreement on the outline of the award, it would seem to be the following:
The Current Events Barnstar may be awarded to editors who make substantial contributions to current events, helping accurate information get through when it is most needed.
This barnstar was introduced by
Kizor on
July 7
2005 and designed by
Zscout370 and
Sango123.
And we'd have to remember to use the template in the award's page. Does everybody agrees with this format above? Regards, Redux 12:37, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
The Current Events Barnstar may be awarded to editors who make substantial contributions to current events articles, helping accurate information get through when it is most needed.
This barnstar was introduced by
Kizor on
July 7
2005 and designed by
Zscout370 and
Lifeisunfair.
From the original discussion, it seems that Sango deserves the credit as well. It appears that she was the first person to come up with the actual design for the Barnstar with the Wikinews logo superposed. Quite simple: let's just have the final sentence read: (...)designed by Sango123, Zscout370 and Lifeisunfair. Splitting the credit three ways seems to be the right thing to do here. Sorry for overlooking this in my original suggestion for the template format. Regards, Redux 22:42, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
Well, it appears that the final draft for this award would be:
The Current Events Barnstar may be awarded to editors who make substantial contributions to current events articles, helping accurate information get through when it is most needed.
This barnstar was introduced by
Kizor on
July 7
2005 and designed by
Zscout370,
Lifeisunfair and
Sango123.
Can everybody agree to this? This discussion has been dragging for almost two months now. I'd like to see if we could wrap this over this upcoming weekend. Regards, Redux 04:21, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current main page. |
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was rename the Anti-Vandalism Barnstar as the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar.
I know that we already have both a Defender of the Wiki and an Anti-Vandalism barnstar, but I would like to suggest an additional, senior award for those tireless, long-serving Wikipedians who have defended us for a long time, have withstood countless vandal attacks upon their own users pages for doing their jobs, and who neverless continue to persevere.
Optionally, (and no doubt controversially), I would also like to suggest that it be named in RickK's honor.
As a senior award, I would like to further suggest that the Wikipedians who award it might want to consider the following criterion:
Other criteria might be considered as well: for instance, I have no idea how long CryptoDerk has been here, how many edits he has made or whether or not he is on rc patrol alot, but having created CDVF would certainly make him a Senior Guardian. :)
func (talk) 02:17, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was proposal rejected.
Uwe Kils 20:48, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
How's this image? Sango 123 14:57, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was reject proposal.
After my 3-week experience in barnstar-awarding, I find that there is quite a need to divide the awarding area for the E=MC2 barnstar into 2: natural (hard) science and theoretical/microscopic (soft) science. Therefore, I propose the use of another new barnstar for natural science. If my proposal is supported, the designs for the new Barnstar will be posted up shortly. Deryck C. 11:53, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Deryc k C. 03:41, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
Nice to have you back Bratsche. About the Barnstar image: you're right Deryck, it is a Barnstar. My bad. As for the creation of the new award and the new scope for the E=MC one, Bratsche is right. We need more input from various users before going ahead with it. I, for one, am not entirely convinced that breaking the present award in two would be the best move, for the reason I've stated above. At this point, we don't even have enough discussion going on to start a vote. It would be best not to promote any changes in the Barnstar page for now. Sometimes it takes us a little while to get some things done here, but this is the only way to ensure that the awards will not get disputed once they get instated. Regards, Redux 18:08, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was reject proposal.
How about a barnstar awarding a user for contributing a lot to Space Exploration related articles?-- Exir Kamalabadi Criticism is welcomed! 13:43, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was not to create the Barnstar Robot - inconclusive about the Binary Barnstar.
I would like to propose the creation of a Bot Barnstar, to award an individual for creating or running bots that assist the Wikipedia in some matter, whether it is maintenance related, uploading information, etc. -- AllyUnion (talk) 05:11, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
Now the question is... what kind of image someone will make up... BTW, thanks Zscout for the note of appreciate for the Sandbot. -- AllyUnion (talk) 03:10, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
I like Zscout's Intel is going to find me and sue me Barnstar. ^_^ Here's a 3-D version without a background (see 4th image). (I moved the images to the top for convenience.) Sango 123 21:44, May 16, 2005 (UTC)
I really dislike all of them... they don't seem to embody what a bot is... It'd be cute if someone could make a BSD Daemon crossed with a barnstar. -- AllyUnion (talk) 03:44, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
6th image: How about a state diagram with some document flavoring? ( SEWilco 05:47, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC))
I left a note on AllyUnion's talk page since he hasn't typed a response to his suggested BSD Daemon design (5th image). I think the 6th image has some potential, just make it a bit more 3-D and "Barnstarry". :) Sango 123 03:44, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
I added my two versions, but I think they can stand a lot of improvement. -- AllyUnion (talk) 11:15, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
11 & 12: I uploaded two barnstars I whipped up. The first is the binary barnstar. The second is the robot barnstar, which is trying to mimic an old wind-up robot toy. Suggestions? -- Norvy (talk) 28 June 2005 15:14 (UTC)
Hmm... SEWilco's barnstar gave me an interesting idea. What if you used the five star points to represent "computer nodes" and they all point to the middle to where the empty hole is for the barnstar? This is on the concept of a networking star configuration, and that bots are multiple systems connecting to the Wikipedia. -- AllyUnion (talk) 1 July 2005 10:59 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was no follow up on proposal. Abandoned.
Hi all - back after a gap (forgot to update my watch list when this page was spun off, so forgot what was going on here)... I have three thoughts for you, two possible barnstars and (IMHO) a great name for one of them. I've been working quite a bit around the tfd, cfd, and vfd pages (and hopefully will be around sfd if that ever takes off), and that's prompted a couple of thoughts. What I suggest are:
Any takers? Grutness... wha? 13:43, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was discussion abandoned without conclusion.
I hereby propose a barnstar for people who help the various language versions of Wikipedia by translating articles into other languages / getting native speakers to do so and providing them with information, in order to make articles present on all language versions. This not only greatly helps in creating complete Wikipedias in the smaller Wikipedias, with fewer members who only know about a few subjects, but also allows people to read articles about the more common subjects in their own language, where it may have been previously impossible. I don't have any image to submit yet, but I think it should feature a barnstar (of course) and a globe, or a selection of glyphs / flags denoting "smaller" languages. This to emphasize the multilingual character of the award. Harðor 14:48, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
How about...
--
AllyUnion
(talk) 04:13, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I'd prefer a barnstar over a globe, not flags, not political signs. (I'm a catalan user and I'm deligthed to see the idea of barnstars, I didn't know what they were)-Comment by 62.175.93.20
Other possible concepts: Barnstar resting on bed of multicolored Wiki globes. Fish in ear and multiple barnstars coming from mouth. Barnstar with multicolored Wiki globes hanging down from each tip. Rain of barnstars falling mainly on a plain in Spain. Barnstar on background saying "Barnstar" in several languages. ...saying "translation". ...saying names of several languages. Array of barnstars, each wearing hats from various locations. ( SEWilco 03:46, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC))
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was proposal rejected.
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was proposal rejected.
I propose that we remove two awards from the official award page. The
Surreal Barnstar has only been awarded to three eight people since its introduction on
August 14,
2005
2004, and doesn't seem to have a specific criterium or purpose for one to award it. The
Cool as a Cucumber Award has only been awarded to two people since
September 15,
2005
2004. While these awards could still be used as personal user awards, along the same lines as the Star Trek Barnstar, General Haig Medal, etc, I think to avoid "barnstar creep," these should be removed. Your thoughts, please.
Bratsche
talk
5 pillars 20:27, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
I know I'm a little late in this discussion, but I'd like, if I might, to take the opportunity to make a suggestion: I rather like the Cool as a Cocumber award, but the fact that there are gender variations is perhaps not ideal, since we aren't always sure of the gender of a user. A screen name isn't always — in fact, it's hardly ever — revealing in that aspect. Having one general award would make awarding it much more simple. Regards, Redux 15:44, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was user's concerns were addressed.
Why did you let the Silver Herring Award die? There was no clear vote against it. It was a nice creation for oceanography only. Why not have both? Uwe Kils 16:31, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
First, notice that about 80% of the existing awards, which are numerous, are scarcely awarded, if ever. There are just a handful of awards that become more popular. Unchecked proliferation of Barnstars (and other awards) only aggravates this scenario. Not long ago, people used to create and instate awards as they pleased. That allowed for awards that were given out two or three times and then completely forgotten, not to mention awards with unclear, or even unsuited, themes. We started this discussion section, and subjected the creation of new awards to a previous discussion and approval by the community, as a means to deal with those problems. Please notice that no one here is looking to undermine, or "kill", anyone's ideas, but we do have a process by which people contribute to improve the general quality of wiki awards. We have discussions, we take votes, it doesn't get more democratic than this. Finally, it is key to notice that all this I've just said applies only to wiki awards. As I had mentioned, internal (in this case, Oceanography-specific) awards are left to each user's or segments of the community's discretion. We only work on wiki awards, for the Barnstars on Wikipedia (which also includes other community awards) project page, here.
It is possible, however, that in this particular case we pulled the plug on this award too soon. I don't know, I wasn't there. The process certainly isn't perfect, but we are here to strive towards that, or as close as possible, anyways. Regards,
Redux
04:53, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was move the Abusive Admin Barnstar to PUA.
I've noticed two newly added awards ( The Abusive Admin Barnstar and The Oldest Cricket Bat) to Wikipedia:Barnstars on Wikipedia. Have they been discussed and voted through, and if not, could we move them to WP:PUA or open them to discussion on this page? Sango 123 14:23, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks - I've moved both to WP:PUA and added The Oldest Cricket Bat to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket. It turns out they even have their own Barnstar! Sango 123 22:00, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was add Stargate Barnstar to PUA.
I propose this award for good work in adding Stargate article summaries, etc. -- Zxcvbnm 23:27, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was add The Barnstar Eaten By A Bear to PUA.
I got the idea from The Talk Page of Daislite, apparently his welcome message was "Eaten by a Bear", to which I laughed about for several days.
I propose this award for any Wikipedian who says something very humorous and or random, thus cheering up fellow Wikipedians who read it. It's my first Barnstar proposal, let me know what you think. Karmafist 06:21, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
If you don't mind, I'd like to resubmit this with another slant. Call it selfish, but i'd really like to make this into something more than a user award. It's not a big deal though. Karmafist 22:52, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
The following is the archive of an ended discussion. Please don't edit the contents. The result of the discussion was create the Current Events Barnstar.
From the
7 July 2005 London bombings
"Well done
Our coverage is running well ahead of the BBC website. Another triumph for the webosphere. Adam 7 July 2005 10:46 (UTC)
We're also producing erroneous reports- only 6 explosions have been confirmed according to BBC News, but the site has stated 10. Confirm your sources, guys. --Psyk0 7 July 2005 10:48 (UTC) please someone fix the duplicate sections -- user:miguel
They have been fixed. Y'know what would make a nice gesture? A new form of barnstar or other form of WikiThanks, either for help on this particular incident or on this and other similar ones in the future (*shudder*). -- Kizor 7 July 2005 11:14 (UTC)"
Want to take up the challenge to create a Wikinews award? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 7 July 2005 17:56 (UTC)
Like this? (See right.) Sango 123 July 7, 2005 21:29 (UTC)
I wholeheartedly endorse this proposal, and I've created an image candidate. It's a slightly different implementation of Zscout370's idea (derived from the Original Barnstar and the Wikinews logo). It's very similar to Sango123's version, but with even centering and greater color contrast between the two elements. I incorporated the same (or nearly the same) 90° drop shadow.
I haven't uploaded the image to this site yet, because the Wikinews logo is copyrighted. I usually release image files into the public domain (as Sango123 did in this case), but that doesn't appear to be legally appropriate. (I'm no expert, however.) — Lifeisunfair 8 July 2005 17:09 (UTC)
This one shouldn't be a problem, though we could expand on it. Sango 123 July 9, 2005 14:05 (UTC)
So... what happens now? -- Kizor 10:33, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
"I can't grant you permission since I'm not the copyright holder. If you want to be on the safe side, e-mail board AT wikimedia DOT org. But I think it should be fine as long as you use commons:Template:Copyright by Wikimedia on the image description page, and use it only within Wikimedia projects.-- Eloquence * 03:12, July 12, 2005 (UTC)"
Is there going to be a vote, or has this proposal been dropped? If that's the case, we can archive it. Regards, Redux 20:13, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
I've gone through the discussion, and there may not be a need for a vote, since there appears to have been agreement on the outline of the award, it would seem to be the following:
The Current Events Barnstar may be awarded to editors who make substantial contributions to current events, helping accurate information get through when it is most needed.
This barnstar was introduced by
Kizor on
July 7
2005 and designed by
Zscout370 and
Sango123.
And we'd have to remember to use the template in the award's page. Does everybody agrees with this format above? Regards, Redux 12:37, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
The Current Events Barnstar may be awarded to editors who make substantial contributions to current events articles, helping accurate information get through when it is most needed.
This barnstar was introduced by
Kizor on
July 7
2005 and designed by
Zscout370 and
Lifeisunfair.
From the original discussion, it seems that Sango deserves the credit as well. It appears that she was the first person to come up with the actual design for the Barnstar with the Wikinews logo superposed. Quite simple: let's just have the final sentence read: (...)designed by Sango123, Zscout370 and Lifeisunfair. Splitting the credit three ways seems to be the right thing to do here. Sorry for overlooking this in my original suggestion for the template format. Regards, Redux 22:42, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
Well, it appears that the final draft for this award would be:
The Current Events Barnstar may be awarded to editors who make substantial contributions to current events articles, helping accurate information get through when it is most needed.
This barnstar was introduced by
Kizor on
July 7
2005 and designed by
Zscout370,
Lifeisunfair and
Sango123.
Can everybody agree to this? This discussion has been dragging for almost two months now. I'd like to see if we could wrap this over this upcoming weekend. Regards, Redux 04:21, 26 August 2005 (UTC)