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Hey, I think that having a Barnstar for Rail-related articles is a great idea. But if it's going to be on the Barnstar page, as opposed to a project page, it should at least bear some resemblance to a star, instead of just having a photo of a train. There's probably hundreds of images on commons of trains, what makes this one special? Let's get a star-ish image, okay? |{{ subst:Rail Barnstar|message ~~~~}} |The Railways Barnstar The The Railways Barnstar is awarded to contributors who have expanded and improved railways related articles, projects, templates and other related subjects.
I'm removing this star from WP:BS to get us focused on doing this idea right. Un sch ool 02:45, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Will someone explain to me the difference between the "Rescue Barnstar" and the "Barnstar of Recovery"? They seem to recognize the same thing (i.e. saving articles from deletion that did not require a deletion). -- Delta1989 ( talk) 15:28, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
I don't think either needs to be deleted or fundamentally changed. I think the solution is to keep one on the Barnstar page, and move the other to the Personal User Award page, this way we aren't deleting an image from people who have earned the Barnstar, and it can still be awarded by those who prefer the one to the other. It's simply a question of which to keep here and which to move. There is one other option, if there is a desire to keep both or if we are unable to pick. Make one of them (probably the one with the life preserver) the "official" barnstar of the Article Rescue Squadron, to be awarded to editors who rescue an article under the auspices of that project, and move it to the Wikipedia:Awards by WikiProject page. Retain the other as a general use Barnstar for people who rescue an article or multiple articles on their own, without having the support or being under the auspices of the Wikiproject. Nutiketaiel ( talk) 19:11, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
There is a new barnstar: Recent changes barnstar. - Porchcrop ( talk| contributions) 04:10, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Currently the order is by date, which was okay when we had a dozen barnstars, now there are near 50.
At first I was thinking of organizing these by name, then I thought maybe by popularity (by number of editors who have added the image to their page) but then I thought a few categories would be best. Alphabetized within those categories, all in one large template, as it currently is. The categories can be disguished as pastel backgrounds also.
I see roughly four category of barnstars now. More categories could be created:
Creation | Attitude and help | Clean up | Generic |
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Articles for Creation
Audio Citation Barnstar Cleanup Content Creativity Barnstar Curator da Vinci Graphic Designer's MotivationAward Photographer's Press Real Life Recovery Rescue Rosetta Writer's |
Admin's
Amazingaward Anti-Flame Barnstarofpeace CivilityAward Diligence Good Humor Guidance Home-made Integrity InvisibleBarnstar Left Half of the Half Minor Modest Random Acts of Kindness Resilient Right Half of the Half Socratic Surreal Teamwork Tireless Contributor What a Brilliant Idea Working Man's Your Opinion is More Important than You Think |
Anti-Spam
Anti-Vandalism Copyeditor's Copyright Cleanup Defender of the Wiki Editor's Biographies of living persons Red Link Removal Redirect Wikilink |
Original
Special |
Ikip ( talk) 17:02, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
How about making the who created, who proposed, and who modified into one colomn, and the date created in a column by itself. Like such:
Image | What to type | Title and description | Date created | Editors |
---|---|---|---|---|
{{ subst:Barn|message ~~~~}} | Original Barnstar
This barnstar, the first on Wikipedia, is given to recognize particularly fine contributions to Wikipedia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated. |
2003 12 19 | Created by:
Martin Harper
Modified by: 2004 02 17 Silsor |
As Kingpin13 pointed out, adding a date column allows editors to see the current chronologial format, even if the order were to change.
Ikip ( talk) 15:31, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
This looks horrid. K.I.S.S. looks much better. And I do not think the short forms should be used in the code example, they are very distracting. – xeno talk 15:13, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
-- Epeefleche ( talk) 02:55, 20 October 2009 (UTC)===Shortcut name columns orginization===
Image | What to type | Title and description | Date created and editors |
---|---|---|---|
{{ subst:Barn|message ~~~~}} | Original Barnstar
This barnstar, the first on Wikipedia, is given to recognize particularly fine contributions to Wikipedia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated. |
2003 12 19 Created by:
Martin Harper
Modified by: 2004 02 17 Silsor |
I just reduced the number of columns to 5 (as explained above), and can lower it to 4 (combining date created and editors who were involved into one column). Basically just adding one colomn extra for date.
I think the shortcut makes sense. No one types: Wikipedia:No Personal Attacks they type WP:NPA. I created easy to remember shortcuts for the 60+ barnstars on the list.
I think the current organization should be changed, (thus making the dates created sortable makes sense) as editors explained above. It was okay to have the list chronological when there were less than 20 barnstars, now there are over 60, I think they should be reorganized, or at the least, maybe have 5 columns, with a category column added:
Image | What to type | Title and description | Date created and editors | Category |
---|---|---|---|---|
{{ subst:Barn|message ~~~~}} | Original Barnstar
This barnstar, the first on Wikipedia, is given to recognize particularly fine contributions to Wikipedia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated. |
2003 12 19 Created by:
Martin Harper
Modified by: 2004 02 17 Silsor |
Help |
There's a peace barnstar in the general section, and another in the topical section. The two are different, but share the same name. SHould this be changed?
I suggest changing the general one form "Peace Barnstar" to "Diplomacy Barnstar", because:
1) The award is for resolving conflicts on Wikipedia 2) The barnstar itself is based off of the United Nations logo.
-- Delta1989 ( talk) 19:37, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
How about changing the much fluorescence of the master editor stars (service awards) for a halo of light. The stars could be like the platinum star or a white star, but with a more elegant halo of light instead of the sunshine. - ☩ Damërung ☩ . -- 19:01, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
What you really need is a barnstar for chess. 231 91 Pa ( talk) 13:26, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
... Jakkinx ( talk · contribs) seems to be awarding himself Barnstars and undeserved service awards. Check his awards page, apparently unregistered users have signed their names on the Barnstars. I can find no evidence of people giving him them in his talk page. Well, Mr. Oddball ( talk · contribs) and Thrillerx ( talk · contribs) have. But that's only two. He also has almost every service award, and recently gave me a plutonium one, Lord Spongefrog , (I am the Czar of all Russias!) 10:10, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Just checking. Abce2| This is not a test 20:29, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
I propose to introduce an Architecture Barnstar and a Virology Barnstar, for personal observance of lack of having these two barnstars. Please correct me if they exist and I do not notice them. Я£ΙИӺΘЯСΣĐᴙᶕᵻᴎᵮᴓᴚᴐᶒᵯɘᴎᴛᶊ ( talk) 21:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Is it OK to put barnstar templates into sub-categories of Category:Barnstar award templates instead of the main category? SharkD ( talk) 07:31, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I thought I'd raise the issue of my Cool Cat Bstar for community perspective. It was recently removed on account of having a few other similar Bstars, [4] and several of them do work. However, I'm not sure it is a reason to remove mine and, personally, I'm not sure the cucumber award is quite as appealing (no offense to its maker). Thoughts? Jaakobou Chalk Talk 15:41, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
I would be very grateful if some of the denizens of this abode were to create three awards for Wikipedia:Newbie treatment at CSD I was thinking of a sockthemed barnstar for participants, a barnstar for those who treat our participants well and perhaps a newt themed non barnstar award for those who've been caught up in the process but tried to make amends. Ϣere SpielChequers 19:22, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
My little kitty Sockcat pulled open a drawer and nestled into a warm bed of socks. As soon as I sort them out you may have material for that barnstar. Hamlet, Prince of Trollmark bugs and goblins 15:56, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Done. :)_ Hamlet, Prince of Trollmark bugs and goblins 16:20, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
I think one or more of the above would suffice for the NEWT award for speedy tagging that has come to the attention of Wikipedia:Newbie treatment at CSD. Ϣere SpielChequers 18:20, 5 November 2009 (UTC) I've turned Hamlet's image into a barnstar {{subst:The Righteous Sock Barnstar|your message here ~~~~}}
The Righteous Sock Barnstar | ||
Awarded to WikiProject Wikipedia Awards for meritorious socking at WP:Newbie treatment at CSD :) Ϣere SpielChequers 19:33, 5 November 2009 (UTC) |
Would one of you, who are better able to do such things, be interested in creating a barnstar for the use of Wikipedia:WikiProject Uganda? I would assume the choice for the ribbon would be either the colors of the flag or the crane from the Flag of Uganda. John Carter ( talk) 19:21, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I think this awards thing is a great idea, and I'd like to be able to give a few deserving editors some awards. Unfortunately, I'm not seeing any instructions on how to actually place an award onto another user's page. Some simple instructions would be very helpful to techno-boobs like me...Oh, I see Wikipedia:Other awards has What to type boxes. That's great, but there are a variety of awards pages, and they don't all have that.-- CurtisSwain ( talk) 21:05, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
What happened to this barnstar? I can´t find it here, and I thought it was here... perhaps..... - ☩ Damërung ☩ . -- 04:27, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
If we want to give someone a barnstar what do we do? I want to give one to the user who helped me whn i started. Talon Foot ( talk) 03:00, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
{{
subst:The Helping Hand Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
" for the helping hand). Replacing "message" with your message for the user, and copy and paste to the user's talkpage. Make sure you use preview. Hope that help, if not feel free to ask again :) -
Kingpin
13 (
talk)
07:52, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
Greetings. Would one of you be able to create a barnstar for Wiki Project Wales? A first attempt is posted here. Many thanks. ~ Geaugagrrl talk 03:58, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
There is apparently already a Halloween barnstar, which is nice, but can really only be used on Halloween. There does not seem to be any sort of general "holiday" barnstar, or any sort of award for any other particular holidays. Considering that we do like to have relevant DYKs and other main page material on the holidays available on the days in question, it struck me that it might be a good idea to have an award available to be given out to editors who help produce such material. Of course, this could take the form of specific barnstars for individual days, and maybe for a few that would be useful as well, but some sort of generic holiday award would also probably be very welcome. I imagine Wikipedia:WikiProject Holidays could use it as well. John Carter ( talk) 18:26, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to recommend that some could create ribbons for the following:
ISD ( talk) 17:56, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
There is a barnstar, "Outspoken", that encompasses several political philosophies, however, there is not one for those who defend articles that relate to Conservative politics. Perhaps this should be remedied? -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 02:04, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Dear Barnstar Commitee, I am Belugaboy535136, and I have a great idea for a new barnstar!! How about this: The WikiProject Barnstar! If somebody joins many WikiProjects and helps out a bundle on them, they should be eligable for the WikiProject Barnstar! Tell me what you think on my talk page of the idea!! Warm regards, Belugaboy535136 ( talk) 16:35, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello, thank you for your time. I am Belugaboy535136, author of four articles. I was wondering what barnstars there are. I want to give somebody on WikiPedia a barnstar because they've been a very good editor, and are very kind. So, if you could point me in the direction of the page that has the barnstars, I would be much grateful. Thank you again for your time, Belugaboy535136 ( talk) 16:42, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
I would like to add a new barnstar to the list. ->
template:The Struck Through Barnstar It's a reward for retracting (generally by striking through) statements for the right reasons. For example, if a user posts an uncivil remark and strikes through it and apologizes... or anything of that sort where they show good judgment by retracting a statement.--
Stinging Swarm
talk
05:09, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Does this one already exist? Because I am sure I've seen it. If not, it is a suggestion for a new one. Paper fork ♠ 19:25, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
I am RichardOwen97 and i got an idea! Friendship Barnstar? For being friendly to a user(s), helping the user(s) in tough times, and cheering the user(s) up when they are down etc. Just tell me about my idea on my talk page thanks a lot. -- RichardOwen97 ( talk) 21:34, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
do you mean that the 'freindship barnstar' doesnt have anything to do with helping or working on wikipedia? if so, ill try and think of a better one, -- RichardOwen97 ( talk) 22:46, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
fair enough, cheers -- RichardOwen97 ( talk) 21:03, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Well it seems like anybody who has been on wikipedia for over a year has a barnstar and it is tending a bit pro-barnstar. So to let it be neutral, productive and valued, may I suggest a Department of Barnstar similar to Commons POTY and with page listings of editors. I think this will be helpful for Wikimedia Foundation in a lot of way, coordination aspect and pace up content contribution. (e.g. essay review, expert-attention, resolving COI, initiates can be launch faster since the need for the criteria/manifesto of people are clearer and i am sure it will give Wikimedia Foundation a lot of opportunity to collaborate with university, colleges, vocational school globally). I mean Wikimedia Outreach, Google Summer of Code and Conference is becoming too much of a burden than being productive. People rely on it too much, there is potential for wikipedia to become way better.
I think Wikimedia Foundation really want this and desperately need this, note that this is a wiki-encyclopedia (aka Quick-Encyclopedia) and let's try and make this back to the manifesto it was meant to be before and become less stratifying than it needs to be. I think you guys already know better for the reason of why people vandalize wikipedia and with the muss and fuss of afd, npov etcetera. Just accept that fact. Everybody who contributed know its sucks, but all of still get through it one way or another. So enough said of overstretch people perspective, opinion, ethnic wars...etc interpersonal matters. let help wiki reduce the culting of soapbox.
Besides a lot of backbone projects are created by users such as WikiStats and hosted through Wikimedia Foundation.
Note:
i think u guys are familar with the POTD, WOTD etcetera -- 173.183.102.184 ( talk) 07:44, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
I was thinking of introducing a new award: the Wikipedian extraordinaire. The award image would look like a crown with 3 points, of which the upper side is colored blue on the sides, showing a W. The award could be given to any wikipedian that has generated the most (and or the most useful) contributions to Wikipedia. The award would thus be more difficult to obtain than a barnstar, but hold more prestige. KVDP — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.64.63.183 ( talk • contribs)
There would be too much dispute over who is better than who, and wikipedians will be put down if someone gets more credit and attention, and barnstars are to basically say 'thanks' or 'well done', where anyone can give them; this is more of an award where only administrators can give them monthly or anually. Richard 21:26, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
I for one would like to see a ranking of the best wikipedians, ranked, of course, by number of barnstars. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.221.141.1 ( talk) 23:57, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
This is a bit of a shot in the dark, but a Veteran Barnstar? For trying your hardest on a particular article, or perhaps just in general, for being on wikipedia for a long time, and doing your hardest on everything. Or is it to similar to the service awards. Cheers, Richard 21:31, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Is there any action to be taken against users who display an award they have not earned? I don't personally like the idea of a penalty (and I doubt there is one in effect), but I find it very irksome that User:Bigtop displays {{ The Barnstar of Integrity}} (ironically enough), {{ SA-vanguardeditor}}, and {{ SA-kipzock}}, all of which he has not earned, and all of which are highly flattering. Presumably he is only one of many. — the Man in Question (in question) 07:04, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
He's just a teenager.. unless they're being malicious or disruptive I don't see anything to raise a big stink over.. just ignore it.. and afaik there's nothing in policy that says you can't award yourself barnstars. -- œ ™ 10:23, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
FYI, User:Moore Physics, who posted a strange message at Bigtop's talk, also self-awarded a Barnstar. Kayau Odyssey HUCK FINN to the lighthouse BACK FROM EXAMS 13:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC) P.S. I'm not even a teenager yet. One more year to go.:) And the reason for doing it is nonsense. Kayau Odyssey HUCK FINN to the lighthouse BACK FROM EXAMS 13:03, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
For historical places, how about the Soviet Union? For showing outstanding effort and dedication to articles related to WikiProject: Soviet Union? I think its great personally. Richard 20:55, 21 January 2010 (UTC).
Ok, i just thought of it because its not on the 'country awards' project page for 'historical places'. cheers, Richard 19:56, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
Prussia? How about that then as an historical country, for work in WikiProject: Prussia and other related articles? Richard 20:44, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
Does this exist I don't think it does. While editing I've noticed alot of the same usernames on there with mine.
Fly it 'till the last piece stops moving - somebody, User:Sumsum2010 02:39, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
I was thinking like a propeller with the Wikipedia Logo in the middle. But ok Fly it 'till the last piece stops moving - somebody, User:Sumsum2010 04:49, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
i think bots deserve there own catagory for barnstars, so many bots i have seen "tireless contributor" barnstars whell here is my rendition of that for robots located at User:Koman90/bot-barnstar
File:Robot Barnstar.svg | The Robot Programmer's Barnstar | |
In Honor of the great sucess of your robot Robot Name Here i present you with this Robot Programmer's Barnstar Koman90 ( talk), A+ ( Verify) 03:15, 5 February 2010 (UTC) |
Please Feel Fee to comment on this and vote as to weather this should be adopted, thanks -- Koman90 ( talk), A+ ( Verify) 03:13, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
OK, i think this sounds better and might i mention that tis not only could be awarded to a robot's programmer, but also to one who discovers a major programming flaw, or to one who inspired an idea for a robot respectively please see the award above -- Koman90 ( talk), A+ ( Verify) 23:39, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
I like it Richard 16:05, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
As a user who runs a bot, I know that I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside every time someone thanks my bot for it's work . We already have the Da Vinci and Bot Builders awards for programmers, so I don't think we need another variation there. Because of this I prefer the original design (the one for bots), my only qualm about that award is that it seems a little bit like an award given simply for being a bot, but maybe that's just me. - Kingpin 13 ( talk) 11:25, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Something I found on
WP:*:
{{
subst:The Vladimir Horowitz Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
The Vladimir Horowitz Barnstar
The Vladimir Horowitz Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes particularly fine contributions to
Vladimir Horowitz-related articles.
Created and introduced on January 28th, 2010 by
Etincelles.
I've never even heard of him. And even so, a single person shouldn't deserve a barnstar of his/her own, unless that person is Adolf Hitler or Albert Einstein. Besides, (let's face it) the barnstar looks a bit weird. Delete it? Kayau Odyssey HUCK FINN to the lighthouse 02:16, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
I agree with Kayau. he is a brilliant pianist, but not famous enough. Richard 10:43, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
This suggestion is a joke, right? Nutiketaiel ( talk) 12:43, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Temporarily removed from WP:*. Will not be restored unless some miracle rescues it, haha! Kayau Odyssey HUCK FINN to the lighthouse 14:14, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
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Hey, I think that having a Barnstar for Rail-related articles is a great idea. But if it's going to be on the Barnstar page, as opposed to a project page, it should at least bear some resemblance to a star, instead of just having a photo of a train. There's probably hundreds of images on commons of trains, what makes this one special? Let's get a star-ish image, okay? |{{ subst:Rail Barnstar|message ~~~~}} |The Railways Barnstar The The Railways Barnstar is awarded to contributors who have expanded and improved railways related articles, projects, templates and other related subjects.
I'm removing this star from WP:BS to get us focused on doing this idea right. Un sch ool 02:45, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Will someone explain to me the difference between the "Rescue Barnstar" and the "Barnstar of Recovery"? They seem to recognize the same thing (i.e. saving articles from deletion that did not require a deletion). -- Delta1989 ( talk) 15:28, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
I don't think either needs to be deleted or fundamentally changed. I think the solution is to keep one on the Barnstar page, and move the other to the Personal User Award page, this way we aren't deleting an image from people who have earned the Barnstar, and it can still be awarded by those who prefer the one to the other. It's simply a question of which to keep here and which to move. There is one other option, if there is a desire to keep both or if we are unable to pick. Make one of them (probably the one with the life preserver) the "official" barnstar of the Article Rescue Squadron, to be awarded to editors who rescue an article under the auspices of that project, and move it to the Wikipedia:Awards by WikiProject page. Retain the other as a general use Barnstar for people who rescue an article or multiple articles on their own, without having the support or being under the auspices of the Wikiproject. Nutiketaiel ( talk) 19:11, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
There is a new barnstar: Recent changes barnstar. - Porchcrop ( talk| contributions) 04:10, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Currently the order is by date, which was okay when we had a dozen barnstars, now there are near 50.
At first I was thinking of organizing these by name, then I thought maybe by popularity (by number of editors who have added the image to their page) but then I thought a few categories would be best. Alphabetized within those categories, all in one large template, as it currently is. The categories can be disguished as pastel backgrounds also.
I see roughly four category of barnstars now. More categories could be created:
Creation | Attitude and help | Clean up | Generic |
---|---|---|---|
Articles for Creation
Audio Citation Barnstar Cleanup Content Creativity Barnstar Curator da Vinci Graphic Designer's MotivationAward Photographer's Press Real Life Recovery Rescue Rosetta Writer's |
Admin's
Amazingaward Anti-Flame Barnstarofpeace CivilityAward Diligence Good Humor Guidance Home-made Integrity InvisibleBarnstar Left Half of the Half Minor Modest Random Acts of Kindness Resilient Right Half of the Half Socratic Surreal Teamwork Tireless Contributor What a Brilliant Idea Working Man's Your Opinion is More Important than You Think |
Anti-Spam
Anti-Vandalism Copyeditor's Copyright Cleanup Defender of the Wiki Editor's Biographies of living persons Red Link Removal Redirect Wikilink |
Original
Special |
Ikip ( talk) 17:02, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
How about making the who created, who proposed, and who modified into one colomn, and the date created in a column by itself. Like such:
Image | What to type | Title and description | Date created | Editors |
---|---|---|---|---|
{{ subst:Barn|message ~~~~}} | Original Barnstar
This barnstar, the first on Wikipedia, is given to recognize particularly fine contributions to Wikipedia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated. |
2003 12 19 | Created by:
Martin Harper
Modified by: 2004 02 17 Silsor |
As Kingpin13 pointed out, adding a date column allows editors to see the current chronologial format, even if the order were to change.
Ikip ( talk) 15:31, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
This looks horrid. K.I.S.S. looks much better. And I do not think the short forms should be used in the code example, they are very distracting. – xeno talk 15:13, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
-- Epeefleche ( talk) 02:55, 20 October 2009 (UTC)===Shortcut name columns orginization===
Image | What to type | Title and description | Date created and editors |
---|---|---|---|
{{ subst:Barn|message ~~~~}} | Original Barnstar
This barnstar, the first on Wikipedia, is given to recognize particularly fine contributions to Wikipedia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated. |
2003 12 19 Created by:
Martin Harper
Modified by: 2004 02 17 Silsor |
I just reduced the number of columns to 5 (as explained above), and can lower it to 4 (combining date created and editors who were involved into one column). Basically just adding one colomn extra for date.
I think the shortcut makes sense. No one types: Wikipedia:No Personal Attacks they type WP:NPA. I created easy to remember shortcuts for the 60+ barnstars on the list.
I think the current organization should be changed, (thus making the dates created sortable makes sense) as editors explained above. It was okay to have the list chronological when there were less than 20 barnstars, now there are over 60, I think they should be reorganized, or at the least, maybe have 5 columns, with a category column added:
Image | What to type | Title and description | Date created and editors | Category |
---|---|---|---|---|
{{ subst:Barn|message ~~~~}} | Original Barnstar
This barnstar, the first on Wikipedia, is given to recognize particularly fine contributions to Wikipedia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated. |
2003 12 19 Created by:
Martin Harper
Modified by: 2004 02 17 Silsor |
Help |
There's a peace barnstar in the general section, and another in the topical section. The two are different, but share the same name. SHould this be changed?
I suggest changing the general one form "Peace Barnstar" to "Diplomacy Barnstar", because:
1) The award is for resolving conflicts on Wikipedia 2) The barnstar itself is based off of the United Nations logo.
-- Delta1989 ( talk) 19:37, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
How about changing the much fluorescence of the master editor stars (service awards) for a halo of light. The stars could be like the platinum star or a white star, but with a more elegant halo of light instead of the sunshine. - ☩ Damërung ☩ . -- 19:01, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
What you really need is a barnstar for chess. 231 91 Pa ( talk) 13:26, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
... Jakkinx ( talk · contribs) seems to be awarding himself Barnstars and undeserved service awards. Check his awards page, apparently unregistered users have signed their names on the Barnstars. I can find no evidence of people giving him them in his talk page. Well, Mr. Oddball ( talk · contribs) and Thrillerx ( talk · contribs) have. But that's only two. He also has almost every service award, and recently gave me a plutonium one, Lord Spongefrog , (I am the Czar of all Russias!) 10:10, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Just checking. Abce2| This is not a test 20:29, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
I propose to introduce an Architecture Barnstar and a Virology Barnstar, for personal observance of lack of having these two barnstars. Please correct me if they exist and I do not notice them. Я£ΙИӺΘЯСΣĐᴙᶕᵻᴎᵮᴓᴚᴐᶒᵯɘᴎᴛᶊ ( talk) 21:38, 1 November 2009 (UTC)
Is it OK to put barnstar templates into sub-categories of Category:Barnstar award templates instead of the main category? SharkD ( talk) 07:31, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I thought I'd raise the issue of my Cool Cat Bstar for community perspective. It was recently removed on account of having a few other similar Bstars, [4] and several of them do work. However, I'm not sure it is a reason to remove mine and, personally, I'm not sure the cucumber award is quite as appealing (no offense to its maker). Thoughts? Jaakobou Chalk Talk 15:41, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
I would be very grateful if some of the denizens of this abode were to create three awards for Wikipedia:Newbie treatment at CSD I was thinking of a sockthemed barnstar for participants, a barnstar for those who treat our participants well and perhaps a newt themed non barnstar award for those who've been caught up in the process but tried to make amends. Ϣere SpielChequers 19:22, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
My little kitty Sockcat pulled open a drawer and nestled into a warm bed of socks. As soon as I sort them out you may have material for that barnstar. Hamlet, Prince of Trollmark bugs and goblins 15:56, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Done. :)_ Hamlet, Prince of Trollmark bugs and goblins 16:20, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
I think one or more of the above would suffice for the NEWT award for speedy tagging that has come to the attention of Wikipedia:Newbie treatment at CSD. Ϣere SpielChequers 18:20, 5 November 2009 (UTC) I've turned Hamlet's image into a barnstar {{subst:The Righteous Sock Barnstar|your message here ~~~~}}
The Righteous Sock Barnstar | ||
Awarded to WikiProject Wikipedia Awards for meritorious socking at WP:Newbie treatment at CSD :) Ϣere SpielChequers 19:33, 5 November 2009 (UTC) |
Would one of you, who are better able to do such things, be interested in creating a barnstar for the use of Wikipedia:WikiProject Uganda? I would assume the choice for the ribbon would be either the colors of the flag or the crane from the Flag of Uganda. John Carter ( talk) 19:21, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
I think this awards thing is a great idea, and I'd like to be able to give a few deserving editors some awards. Unfortunately, I'm not seeing any instructions on how to actually place an award onto another user's page. Some simple instructions would be very helpful to techno-boobs like me...Oh, I see Wikipedia:Other awards has What to type boxes. That's great, but there are a variety of awards pages, and they don't all have that.-- CurtisSwain ( talk) 21:05, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
What happened to this barnstar? I can´t find it here, and I thought it was here... perhaps..... - ☩ Damërung ☩ . -- 04:27, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
If we want to give someone a barnstar what do we do? I want to give one to the user who helped me whn i started. Talon Foot ( talk) 03:00, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
{{
subst:The Helping Hand Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
" for the helping hand). Replacing "message" with your message for the user, and copy and paste to the user's talkpage. Make sure you use preview. Hope that help, if not feel free to ask again :) -
Kingpin
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07:52, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
Greetings. Would one of you be able to create a barnstar for Wiki Project Wales? A first attempt is posted here. Many thanks. ~ Geaugagrrl talk 03:58, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
There is apparently already a Halloween barnstar, which is nice, but can really only be used on Halloween. There does not seem to be any sort of general "holiday" barnstar, or any sort of award for any other particular holidays. Considering that we do like to have relevant DYKs and other main page material on the holidays available on the days in question, it struck me that it might be a good idea to have an award available to be given out to editors who help produce such material. Of course, this could take the form of specific barnstars for individual days, and maybe for a few that would be useful as well, but some sort of generic holiday award would also probably be very welcome. I imagine Wikipedia:WikiProject Holidays could use it as well. John Carter ( talk) 18:26, 12 December 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to recommend that some could create ribbons for the following:
ISD ( talk) 17:56, 16 December 2009 (UTC)
There is a barnstar, "Outspoken", that encompasses several political philosophies, however, there is not one for those who defend articles that relate to Conservative politics. Perhaps this should be remedied? -- RightCowLeftCoast ( talk) 02:04, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
Dear Barnstar Commitee, I am Belugaboy535136, and I have a great idea for a new barnstar!! How about this: The WikiProject Barnstar! If somebody joins many WikiProjects and helps out a bundle on them, they should be eligable for the WikiProject Barnstar! Tell me what you think on my talk page of the idea!! Warm regards, Belugaboy535136 ( talk) 16:35, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
Hello, thank you for your time. I am Belugaboy535136, author of four articles. I was wondering what barnstars there are. I want to give somebody on WikiPedia a barnstar because they've been a very good editor, and are very kind. So, if you could point me in the direction of the page that has the barnstars, I would be much grateful. Thank you again for your time, Belugaboy535136 ( talk) 16:42, 28 December 2009 (UTC)
I would like to add a new barnstar to the list. ->
template:The Struck Through Barnstar It's a reward for retracting (generally by striking through) statements for the right reasons. For example, if a user posts an uncivil remark and strikes through it and apologizes... or anything of that sort where they show good judgment by retracting a statement.--
Stinging Swarm
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05:09, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Does this one already exist? Because I am sure I've seen it. If not, it is a suggestion for a new one. Paper fork ♠ 19:25, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
I am RichardOwen97 and i got an idea! Friendship Barnstar? For being friendly to a user(s), helping the user(s) in tough times, and cheering the user(s) up when they are down etc. Just tell me about my idea on my talk page thanks a lot. -- RichardOwen97 ( talk) 21:34, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
do you mean that the 'freindship barnstar' doesnt have anything to do with helping or working on wikipedia? if so, ill try and think of a better one, -- RichardOwen97 ( talk) 22:46, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
fair enough, cheers -- RichardOwen97 ( talk) 21:03, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Well it seems like anybody who has been on wikipedia for over a year has a barnstar and it is tending a bit pro-barnstar. So to let it be neutral, productive and valued, may I suggest a Department of Barnstar similar to Commons POTY and with page listings of editors. I think this will be helpful for Wikimedia Foundation in a lot of way, coordination aspect and pace up content contribution. (e.g. essay review, expert-attention, resolving COI, initiates can be launch faster since the need for the criteria/manifesto of people are clearer and i am sure it will give Wikimedia Foundation a lot of opportunity to collaborate with university, colleges, vocational school globally). I mean Wikimedia Outreach, Google Summer of Code and Conference is becoming too much of a burden than being productive. People rely on it too much, there is potential for wikipedia to become way better.
I think Wikimedia Foundation really want this and desperately need this, note that this is a wiki-encyclopedia (aka Quick-Encyclopedia) and let's try and make this back to the manifesto it was meant to be before and become less stratifying than it needs to be. I think you guys already know better for the reason of why people vandalize wikipedia and with the muss and fuss of afd, npov etcetera. Just accept that fact. Everybody who contributed know its sucks, but all of still get through it one way or another. So enough said of overstretch people perspective, opinion, ethnic wars...etc interpersonal matters. let help wiki reduce the culting of soapbox.
Besides a lot of backbone projects are created by users such as WikiStats and hosted through Wikimedia Foundation.
Note:
i think u guys are familar with the POTD, WOTD etcetera -- 173.183.102.184 ( talk) 07:44, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
I was thinking of introducing a new award: the Wikipedian extraordinaire. The award image would look like a crown with 3 points, of which the upper side is colored blue on the sides, showing a W. The award could be given to any wikipedian that has generated the most (and or the most useful) contributions to Wikipedia. The award would thus be more difficult to obtain than a barnstar, but hold more prestige. KVDP — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.64.63.183 ( talk • contribs)
There would be too much dispute over who is better than who, and wikipedians will be put down if someone gets more credit and attention, and barnstars are to basically say 'thanks' or 'well done', where anyone can give them; this is more of an award where only administrators can give them monthly or anually. Richard 21:26, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
I for one would like to see a ranking of the best wikipedians, ranked, of course, by number of barnstars. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.221.141.1 ( talk) 23:57, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
This is a bit of a shot in the dark, but a Veteran Barnstar? For trying your hardest on a particular article, or perhaps just in general, for being on wikipedia for a long time, and doing your hardest on everything. Or is it to similar to the service awards. Cheers, Richard 21:31, 20 January 2010 (UTC)
Is there any action to be taken against users who display an award they have not earned? I don't personally like the idea of a penalty (and I doubt there is one in effect), but I find it very irksome that User:Bigtop displays {{ The Barnstar of Integrity}} (ironically enough), {{ SA-vanguardeditor}}, and {{ SA-kipzock}}, all of which he has not earned, and all of which are highly flattering. Presumably he is only one of many. — the Man in Question (in question) 07:04, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
He's just a teenager.. unless they're being malicious or disruptive I don't see anything to raise a big stink over.. just ignore it.. and afaik there's nothing in policy that says you can't award yourself barnstars. -- œ ™ 10:23, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
FYI, User:Moore Physics, who posted a strange message at Bigtop's talk, also self-awarded a Barnstar. Kayau Odyssey HUCK FINN to the lighthouse BACK FROM EXAMS 13:00, 29 January 2010 (UTC) P.S. I'm not even a teenager yet. One more year to go.:) And the reason for doing it is nonsense. Kayau Odyssey HUCK FINN to the lighthouse BACK FROM EXAMS 13:03, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
For historical places, how about the Soviet Union? For showing outstanding effort and dedication to articles related to WikiProject: Soviet Union? I think its great personally. Richard 20:55, 21 January 2010 (UTC).
Ok, i just thought of it because its not on the 'country awards' project page for 'historical places'. cheers, Richard 19:56, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
Prussia? How about that then as an historical country, for work in WikiProject: Prussia and other related articles? Richard 20:44, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
Does this exist I don't think it does. While editing I've noticed alot of the same usernames on there with mine.
Fly it 'till the last piece stops moving - somebody, User:Sumsum2010 02:39, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
I was thinking like a propeller with the Wikipedia Logo in the middle. But ok Fly it 'till the last piece stops moving - somebody, User:Sumsum2010 04:49, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
i think bots deserve there own catagory for barnstars, so many bots i have seen "tireless contributor" barnstars whell here is my rendition of that for robots located at User:Koman90/bot-barnstar
File:Robot Barnstar.svg | The Robot Programmer's Barnstar | |
In Honor of the great sucess of your robot Robot Name Here i present you with this Robot Programmer's Barnstar Koman90 ( talk), A+ ( Verify) 03:15, 5 February 2010 (UTC) |
Please Feel Fee to comment on this and vote as to weather this should be adopted, thanks -- Koman90 ( talk), A+ ( Verify) 03:13, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
OK, i think this sounds better and might i mention that tis not only could be awarded to a robot's programmer, but also to one who discovers a major programming flaw, or to one who inspired an idea for a robot respectively please see the award above -- Koman90 ( talk), A+ ( Verify) 23:39, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
I like it Richard 16:05, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
As a user who runs a bot, I know that I get a warm fuzzy feeling inside every time someone thanks my bot for it's work . We already have the Da Vinci and Bot Builders awards for programmers, so I don't think we need another variation there. Because of this I prefer the original design (the one for bots), my only qualm about that award is that it seems a little bit like an award given simply for being a bot, but maybe that's just me. - Kingpin 13 ( talk) 11:25, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Something I found on
WP:*:
{{
subst:The Vladimir Horowitz Barnstar|message ~~~~}}
The Vladimir Horowitz Barnstar
The Vladimir Horowitz Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes particularly fine contributions to
Vladimir Horowitz-related articles.
Created and introduced on January 28th, 2010 by
Etincelles.
I've never even heard of him. And even so, a single person shouldn't deserve a barnstar of his/her own, unless that person is Adolf Hitler or Albert Einstein. Besides, (let's face it) the barnstar looks a bit weird. Delete it? Kayau Odyssey HUCK FINN to the lighthouse 02:16, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
I agree with Kayau. he is a brilliant pianist, but not famous enough. Richard 10:43, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
This suggestion is a joke, right? Nutiketaiel ( talk) 12:43, 8 February 2010 (UTC)
Temporarily removed from WP:*. Will not be restored unless some miracle rescues it, haha! Kayau Odyssey HUCK FINN to the lighthouse 14:14, 10 February 2010 (UTC)