Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals/New Proposals
Portal:Harry Potter Barnstar
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Proposal A
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Proposal B
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Proposal C
I have found several other portal barnstars such as Portal:Star Wars, Portal:World of Warcraft, Portal:Pokemon, therefore the creation of a Portal:Harry Potter Barnstar, should be made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hpfan9374 (talk • contribs)
- Support as a PUA. I was all for this as a WikiProject award but the designing seriously needs work. Michaelas10 (Talk) 09:45, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
- That's fine, I just didn't have any idea.. or what could represent Harry Potter, a wizard hat, a scar, a wand, a time turner. But, sure, what do you propose the Portal:Harry Potter Barnstar include, as I am very interested with these barnstars..? - 19:32, December 22, 2006 - — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hpfan9374 (talk • contribs)
- Would there be any way to use just the lightning-bolt scar image, maybe by placing it down the center of the barnstar? Badbilltucker 19:05, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Good Idea. We could simply use the original barnstar, and place a lightning bolt scar in the centre.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hpfan9374 (talk • contribs)
- How about something like Barnstar B?--theblueflamingoSpeak 08:58, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
- Well I like Barnstar B, though I don't think it follows the 'barnstar design.' I think we need a barnstar for this WikiProject, although I am uncertain of the creation of a graphic. The Original Barnstar, with a lightning-bolt scar..? Hpfan9374 10:49, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose The images here need a lot of work. --evrik (talk) 20:38, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Neutral Designs need a lot of work, but I support this as a WikiProject award. ← ANAS Talk? 12:27, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment - I agree with both, evrik and Anas Salloum, they do need work, so we should discuss the colors, should it be the same color as The Original Barnstar award? And, then I can simply lay a lightning-bolt scar in the center of the new-color barnstar? - What are you thoughts on the design, they are now simply there as a promotional image, we need to create other designs, colors and variations of the barnstar. Hpfan9374 (utcwagcscr - sguwwtwssuq)
Purple Barnstar -> Purple Heart Barnstar?
The image at the left is the current version, the one to the right my proposed change. This is an existing award, albeit only a personal user award at this time. This is called the "Purple Barnstar" and is located at Wikipedia:Personal user awards#WikiProject Kindness Campaign and Dispute Resolution, where it is described as "The Purple Star given to Wikipedians who have been hurt by others, for example by having their user pages vandalised, being mistakenly blocked (for too long, or affected by range blocks), being personally attacked, etc.".
I have given this award three times myself, once to a good editor who was blocked, and twice to good editors who just felt poorly used, related to the quick changeover to the new, more stringent, fair use policy for images.
I don't know why it is called the "Purple Barnstar", but I assume it is related to the American military decorated commonly called the "Purple Heart', which is awarded to all servicemen who are wounded. (It may be related to the color of a bruise, but I don't think so). But this is not clear enough, hence I have placed the decoration at the center of the star and also suggest a name change
True, this is somewhat USA-centric, but I don't see this as insuperable. Just as most educated people in the English-speaking world know what a Victoria Cross is etc., I'll bet that lots of non-Americans know what a Purple Heart is. And anyway, it's already USA-centric, and even less clear, in its present state.
So I would ask for input on these three questions:
- ) Should the current graphic be replaced with the one with the decoration at the center.
- ) Should it be renamed from "Purple Barnstar" (of which the meaning is rather obscure) to "Purple Heart Barnstar", "Wounded in Action Barnstar", or some other name (suggestions welcome).
- ) Should it be promoted from being just a personal user award to being a barnstar. I think that it should.Herostratus 18:39, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
- 1) I prefer the one with the decoration, as it is slightly more obvious in its meaning.
- 2) I like the Purple Heart Barnstar as a name, even if it is US-centric, because of the clarity of the name. WiA is I think less appealing. Maybe other name could include the Personal Sacrifice Barnstar or something similar.
- 3) I'd like a really well-defined set of criteria before going with a regular barnstar, as it might be too easy for someone to say "I'm a victim" and be awarded this otherwise. Badbilltucker 19:10, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
OK, well, changed the image and left everything else as is. Herostratus 17:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- Would still opt for some more specific parameters. Just about everybody has had their userpage vandalized, for instance, and I don't think we would want all people who have had vandalized pages get the award. Several other individuals qualify as having been "personally attacked" at least once who might not specifically deserve specific recognition for having been attacked. Maybe if it were something to be given out by the mediation or arbitration groups to encourage those who have been victims of attacks, or to somehow honor editors who have endured after repeated attacks of one sort or another? Badbilltucker 17:51, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment where is the new image? --evrik (talk) 20:36, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Barnstar of Hong Kong
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The Barnstar of Hong Kong (Version 1.0)
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The Barnstar of Hong Kong (Version 1.1, the version in between 2.0 and 1.0)
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The Barnstar of Hong Kong (Version 2.0)
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The Barnstar of Hong Kong (Version 3.0)
This Barnstar of Hong Kong is for Wikipedians who is really working very hard to improve artices related to Hong Kong. Any ideas? --Jacklau96 09:51, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
- Type: {{subst:Barnstar of Hong Kong|message ~~~~}}
Vote
Version 1.0 | Version 1.5 | Version 2.0 | Version 3.0 |
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Badbilltucker |
Note: The first version to get to 10 votes "wins". You can move your username if you want to change your vote.
Comments
- I like the 2.0 version the best. Also, could you be a bit more specific regarding the intended scope of the award. Is it intended for Hong Kong articles in general, or is it perhaps intended as the project award for Wikipedia:WikiProject Hong Kong? Badbilltucker 19:02, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
- Good question, Badbilltuker. It is intended for Hong Kong articles, for all wikipedians Jacklau96 8:01, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Personally split vote in half between 1.5 and 2.0. 21:53, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
- Other design(s) of the barnstar are welcome. --Jacklau96 04:22, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose as a barnstar. Would be more open to a WikiProject Award. --evrik (talk) 20:34, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- I agree, it being a WikiProject award is more suitable. ← ANAS Talk? 12:29, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
College football WikiProject Award
This is an award for users who make outstanding contributions to articles covered by the college football wikiproject. See Template:College football barnstar.
Original image:
The College football Barnstar | ||
message BigDT 23:56, 3 January 2007 (UTC) |
Alternate image:
The College football Barnstar | ||
Image created by CJC47 |
If there is anyone out there who is more artistic than I, please feel free to be bold and improve the image. --BigDT 23:56, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - This is a good idea since our Wikiproject is pretty active. VegaDark 00:03, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - active WikiProject deserving of a registered award. Johntex\talk 03:17, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support Strongly. I know some people who deserve it. I think there could be a better image though. — Arjun 04:11, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - It's a good way to reward the tireless effort of the WP:CFB General125 04:24, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - Very good barnstar for the niche CJC47 15:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment - I have added an alternate image that was proposed at the WP:CFB talk page. Please consider it as well. --BigDT 05:13, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support award, prefer alternate image. Badbilltucker 16:25, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose both due to designing issues. I would support the alternative version as a WikiProject award but just in case the football would be color-corrected. Michaelas10 (Talk) 11:37, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
- Neutral Support the concept as a WikiProject Award, don't like the design. --evrik (talk) 20:32, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Neutral per evrik. ← ANAS Talk? 12:30, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - I like it Corpx 14:18, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Copyeditor's Barnstar
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{{subst:The Copyeditor's Barnstar|message ~~~~}} | The Copyeditor's Barnstar
The Copyeditor's Barnstar is awarded for excellence in Copyediting.
This award was suggested by Trusilver; it was designed by Kathryn NicDhàna with input from members of the League of Copyeditors. It was introduced on date, year. |
This is my first proposal, so bear with me. Members of the League of Copyeditors agreed there should be an award specifically for copyediting, and we have worked together to come up with this design. If consensus is that copyediting is not specific enough for its own barnstar, and already covered under general editing (ie, if this proposal fails), we'll instead propose this as a WikiProject award. However, enough people seemed to think that this might be worthy of a barnstar, so we're starting at the top :-) ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 00:08, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support Copyediting is different from editing. The barnstar, however, shouldn't be limited to WikiProject members. By the way, I copyedited your "Spelling, grammer and punctuation are important." phrase; see if you can find the difference (comma after grammer) :-) | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 00:34, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support as another WikiProject member. :) Gzkn 00:43, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - Copyeditters must be awarded for their skills in copyediting, project members or not. I totally support this! --Tohru Honda13Sign here! 00:45, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support Copyediting is definitely different from normal editing. It is important. BTW, I'm fairly sure Kathryn didn't intend this barnstar to be solely awarded to members of the League of Copyeditors. I think she meant she was speaking generally for the League's agreement about wanting such an award available. --Pigmantalk • contribs 01:17, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Strong Support I could name a dozen of users who deserve this! Of course it shouldn't be limited to just project members. — Arjun 01:21, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment - The intention, as far as I am aware, has always been to have this as a barnstar for use by the entire Wikipedia community. What I meant is that, if for any reason there was not sufficient support for it to be a barnstar, that we could then re-propose it as a WikiProject award. As so far we're getting good support for it as a barnstar, I'll rephrase a bit above to clarify this :-) ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 01:26, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Oh, ok. It's clear to me now. :-) | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 01:36, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support, although somewhat redundant with the standard editor's barnstar. Still worthwhile though, as copyediting is important and deserves a method for recognition. Herostratus 12:58, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support spelling is very important. Grammar is too. Badbilltucker 16:26, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support as an other related award. Excellent designing but I don't feel it falls under any of the categories in Wikipedia:Barnstars. The other parts of the award are also too distracting for it to become a so-called pure barnstar. Michaelas10 (Talk) 12:00, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
- Strong Support copyeditors are indeed an often overlooked but vital part of Wikipedia and do deserve some form of more recognition. I'm not so sure about the proposed barnstar design however, it would be nice to see some alternatives; regardless of design though I would really like to see this award's creation come to fruition.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 00:25, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support, with the disclaimer that I am a member of this WikiProject. :o) Galena11 07:44, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose Redundant to exisiting barnstars, image not well done. -evrik (talk) 20:28, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Linguist's Barnstar
I believe that linguists need a separate honour for their work on Wikipedia, because their field of work is of interest, as they add pronunciations to obscure terms or names, like myself, amongst other things. Their interest and pursuits must be rewarded appropriately so this is why I introduce the Linguist's Barnstar proposal. RJL 23:38, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment - Sounds like a good proposal. I think this award could also apply to people who have responded well and consistently to calls to help editors with articles that include terms from other languages. This comes up a lot on some of the articles I've worked on, often when not only pronunciation is needed but, for example, when the term is needed in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic, and the proper plurals in both languages need to be checked.
But is there something wrong with me that I keep picturing a big tongue with a star on it? (or a big star with a tongue on it?) ;-)~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 02:53, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Well, I had a Barnstar with several symbols from obscure languages, like Cherokee and suchlike, in mind. Any other comments?
- The only objection to Kathryn's proposal I see is that it sounds from her phrasing almost like The Rolling Stones logo, which I don't think would necessarily be appropriate here. I do like the lower proposal, as long as the characters aren't so obscure that they aren't recognizable as written characters. Maybe including some of the characters from some of the better known languages not used in English might work as well. Badbilltucker 19:24, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
- Clarification - Eeek! I wasn't serious about the tongue thing. All apologies. I was in a weird mood and probably being too informal for this page. I think the actual proposal ;-) of symbols from a variety of languages, is very good. Perhaps it could be a star on a field of diverse symbols and characters? Maybe with something in IPA in the center? Maybe symbols for the same sound in many languages, with the IPA version of it central? Or maybe we could write "Wikipedia" in a variety of languages and put it in IPA in the center? Or, as there's no word for "Wikipedia" in many languages, perhaps the word "linguist"? ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 21:24, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment - Would this be intended for spoken languages, writing systems, work on translations, or... all of the above? I'd prefer an inclusive version as there is alot of overlap in these areas. The different symbols works for writing systems, having them all represent the same thing works for translation, and thus what they refer to might be chosen to cover spoken languages/linguistics in general. Using 'linguist' makes sense except that it is fairly long (even moreso in some languages) and thus would be difficult to show in multiple scripts/languages. Something like 'word' or 'speak' might be more compact in most systems... or we could just use a single sound (though that leaves out ideograms). Alternatively, the tower of Babel is a common motif in linguistics... something like a tower being built with bricks labeled in different symbols might be viable. --CBD 12:12, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- Though... suddenly it occurs to me that my 'incomplete tower of babel bricks' idea would look an awful lot like the Wikipedia logo. Just in tower rather than sphere form. --CBD 12:14, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment don't the existing awards already cover this? --evrik (talk) 20:20, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Middle-earth WikiProject Award
The Middle-earth WikiProject Award, a.k.a. "Barnstar of the Dúnedain" (or Tolkien Barnstar - see below), may be awarded to any user for his or her contributions regarding Tolkien-related articles and/or to the WikiProject itself. Designed by User:Uthanc (using graphics by User:Aranel which were released to the public domain). Uthanc 09:01, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - nice simple design. Will help encourage contributions. Can we award retrospectively? I'd like to go back and award something like this to those involved early on in this WikiProject. Carcharoth 11:52, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - Very nice and thematically relevant. No copyright issues. By way of more info for other reviewers; the symbols in the middle are Tolkien's Tengwar characters and spell out the word Arda, which in the stories was a name for the world and surrounding skies... thus implying that the barnstar is for work on articles related to Tolkien's world. --CBD 14:02, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support Great image, very relevant yet no CopyVios as said above. --WillMak050389 22:17, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - Lovely award! ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 23:04, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment. The black background is very distracting, mind switching to white? Michaelas10 (Talk) 12:44, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- Says the guy with a black background for his sig. :] --CBD 13:40, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- I like the black background, since its a white and grey star. Gives the effect of light shining out from the darkness, or a star in the night sky - both apt Tolkein images. ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 21:30, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, how about this? I only changed the background with Microsoft Paint, so the border looks a bit messy, though. The black background is, as has been said, for contrast (otherwise the edges would be disappearing), and besides, Tolkien himself used silver/white-on black imagery. I think the original is more apt. For the record, I did the original with Microsoft PowerPoint, Print Screen, and Paint. Uthanc 00:44, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
- Nah, the original is much better :-) ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 20:58, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, how about this? I only changed the background with Microsoft Paint, so the border looks a bit messy, though. The black background is, as has been said, for contrast (otherwise the edges would be disappearing), and besides, Tolkien himself used silver/white-on black imagery. I think the original is more apt. For the record, I did the original with Microsoft PowerPoint, Print Screen, and Paint. Uthanc 00:44, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
- Lovely! I love this award (the one currently displayed here - black background) The Barnstar of the Dúnedain is a wonderful idea. :) --Tim4christ17 talk 08:53, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- Weak Support Okay by me as a WP Award. --evrik (talk) 20:19, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - as WikiProject award. Badbilltucker 20:22, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support, but could we change the name to "The Barnstar of Eärendil"? Irongargoyle 22:31, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment:That I didn't think of... How about just calling it the "Tolkien Barnstar"? Then we'd be free to identify them with any name-associated star we prefer. Uthanc 08:57, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Australia Award
For Australian related work. -- Punk Boi 8 10:05, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- Suggest just creating an Australian Barnstar of National Merit. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- That seems like a good idea. --evrik (talk) 20:06, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Mixed Drinks Barnstar
The Mixed Drinks Barnstar | ||
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The WPMIXBarnstar is an award to be presented to WikiProject Mixed Drinks Participants or any other editors who have made significant improvements to articles within the scope of the WikiProject and to those who have made meaningful contributions to the WikiProject. It may also be awarded by one Participant to another as a thank you for going above and beyond the call of duty on behalf of the WikiProject.
This is my first proposal, and I hope it will be added to the Wikipedia:WikiProject awards list quickly. I plan to start using it right away for someone who has been doing a great job for the WikiProject. I almost didn't even see this area or that we had to have awards approved before giving them out. Thanks. --Willscrlt (Talk|Cntrb) 15:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- SUPPORT - As per nomination of course. :-) --Willscrlt (Talk|Cntrb) 15:05, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support as WikiProject Award. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 16:33, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- Neutral Is there a lot of support for the award? --evrik (talk) 20:17, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Response - Support for it? I don't know. Need, definitely. This WikiProject is growing. Since December, we grew from only one recently active member to several. People are getting involved by taking on specific projects, participating in decision-making discussions, and working on article improvement. As our membership numbers increase, the quality of articles within our Project's scope is greatly improving. It would be nice to award both Project participants and the other editors who regularly contribute in them this for their efforts and recognize their contributions. A generic award could be used instead, but since it would be given for work specific to the WikiProject and its scope, it make senses to have an award just for that purpose. I originally created this within our WikiProject space (not in template space), but when I discovered other Projects have similar awards, this seemed the better way to go. It makes the award a little more special. --Willscrlt (Talk·Cntrb) 02:30, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- There are seven members to this group. Perhaps the award should wait a bit ... --evrik (talk) 04:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Seven members who became active so far in only one month, and still growing. :-) I'm sorry, but am I missing something here? Is there a policy or guideline about creating new awards that I missed? I happened upon the WikiProject Awards Page, thought "Oh cool! I should list our new award here." Then I saw the note to announce and discuss it here before adding it to the page. I'm not sure what the fuss is all about. This is really just intended as a thank you award to members or from members for work done to improve Wikipedia and/or the WikiProject. To me, it makes sense that it should be listed on the WikiProject Awards Page based on that definition. I know that Wikipedia prefers wait for large-scale consensus to build-up before taking any actions, but unless there are some policies about not showing Wiki-love to others who deserve it within your WikiProject, I'm confused about the "wait a while" attitude. There are people who deserve recognition now, including non-Project editors who do great work on related articles. This award should also help encourage others to become more active. That would help the Project grow and improve, and that only helps Wikipedia. If it's a huge deal, I can withdraw the request to place it on the WikiProject Awards page, move the template out of main template space and back into our WikiProject space if there is a concern about it not being up to snuff for the mainspace. I'd rather have it listed with the rest of the WikiProject Awards, but it's not a requirement. I just think it would be a nice extra touch. Thanks. --a confused Willscrlt (Talk·Cntrb) 13:44, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- There are seven members to this group. Perhaps the award should wait a bit ... --evrik (talk) 04:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Response - Support for it? I don't know. Need, definitely. This WikiProject is growing. Since December, we grew from only one recently active member to several. People are getting involved by taking on specific projects, participating in decision-making discussions, and working on article improvement. As our membership numbers increase, the quality of articles within our Project's scope is greatly improving. It would be nice to award both Project participants and the other editors who regularly contribute in them this for their efforts and recognize their contributions. A generic award could be used instead, but since it would be given for work specific to the WikiProject and its scope, it make senses to have an award just for that purpose. I originally created this within our WikiProject space (not in template space), but when I discovered other Projects have similar awards, this seemed the better way to go. It makes the award a little more special. --Willscrlt (Talk·Cntrb) 02:30, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment Anyone can creat any award. The vetting porcess here is to see what awards get placed on these pages. For example, you could post anything on the PUA page, and then later come back to get the award listed on the other pages. --evrik (talk) 17:09, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Barnstar Idea(taken?)
I suggest a award for those willing to help newcommers/anyone in need. I've gotten a lot of great help when i've needed it on Wikipedia, and after failing to notice any recognition in the barnstar area for the people that spend there time helping those like me, I came here - to say, well, there should be - unless I missed something.--Danielfolsom 04:20, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
- There are existing variations. --evrik (talk) 18:44, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
WikiProject Films Award
The Film Barnstar has been in use since November 22, 2006. I intended to include it in the Project Awards table, when I noticed that we should have had it approved first, so this is a very belated request for approval. Hoverfish Talk 22:59, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - WikiProject Television Barnstar exsists, therefore I would agree that a WikiProject Films Barnstar exsist. Hpfan9374 23:05, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
- Neutral I would support it as a wikiproject award, but not as a barnstar --evrik (talk) 18:44, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support as creator. (though, not of the image :-P, Pegship did that) Cbrown1023 22:34, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support Certainly a large enough and a significant enough project to merit its own barnstar.--Supernumerary 22:42, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support as per nomination. Hoverfish Talk 23:05, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support Since several of us have already received the award, I'm sure it would be better if it was official. --Nehrams2020 01:19, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support This barnstar is unique enough to exist as an official barnstar. --PhantomS 07:12, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- I disagree. This would be a good fit on the WikiProject Award page. --evrik (talk) 17:11, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- After looking over current barnstars and awards, I agree with Evrik. However, since this is an WP award nomination anyway, I'm still in support. --PhantomS 20:36, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- I disagree. This would be a good fit on the WikiProject Award page. --evrik (talk) 17:11, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support per the above comments. ← ANAS Talk? 12:48, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support. WikiProject award only. Michaelas10 (Talk) 20:26, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support Looks nice, good job guys/gals! -- UKPhoenix79 22:28, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Clarification: We named it "WP Films Barnstar" (if we may), but I nominated it for a WP Award, not a Wikipedia Barnstar. Hoverfish Talk 23:08, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - I like it! Corpx 14:19, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Railroad, railway & rolling stock topical barnstar
Railroad – Railroad, railway & rolling stock
{{subst:The Railway Barnstar|message ~~~~}} The Railway Barnstar The Railway Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes particularly fine railroad-related contributions. This award was introduced on January 142007 by VVVN.
- Oppose --evrik (talk) this award [ inspired by the stop position target sign] is redundant. We already have The Railroad Star on the PUA page. 18:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment: I am finding it hard to understand how the above image relates to railways. Simply south 19:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment: Sorry, I do not know it. Does this award in Japanese Wikipedia need to be replaced? -- VVVN 12:59, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
- No, this is simply what gets listed on the wiki pages. You could always list this as a PUA. --evrik (talk) 17:18, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Barnstar of national merit
I would like to propose that this barnstar be listed under Barnstars of National Merit, so that I can formally list it in WikiProject Turkey so that people who have particularly contributed to Project related pages can be awarded. For such a large country, we still have to master the basics in many articles, and this stems from a relative lack of editors involved. We have over 30+ active editors, but it is still not enough considering the depth of the subject matter. So, what do people think of this:
The Barnstar of National Merit | ||
I, ..., award you the Barnstar of National Merit for your efforts ... |
The image is from the Commons.. Baristarim 14:38, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
- If it exists ... you don't need our approval to give it out. --evrik (talk) 05:46, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- Ok, just wanted to make sure. Can I list in the barnstar directory? Baristarim 11:32, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
- Don't know. --evrik (talk) 22:52, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
WikiGnome award
The WikiGnome award may be a general personal user award. It may be awarded to a wiki user who makes small (but still useful!) edits without clamoring for attention or otherwise falls into the criteria listed at wikignome. Please note, there is a Template:Wikignoming that has been awarded to one person. Also, people may identify themselves as WikiGnome's using :{{User wikipedia/WikiGnome}}, but that is not the same as another person awarding the Wikignome award. -- Jreferee 01:34, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support as an "Other Award." --evrik (talk) 02:12, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment - Thank you for the support. Although I nominated it as a personal award, I would be happy if this award were an "Other Award" such as to honor specific actions or events. -- Jreferee 19:29, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- Oppose. We already have the minor barnstar. The designing also doesn't resemble anything close to a barnstar or an award, and was originally created as a fair-use image replacement. Michaelas10 (Talk) 19:33, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- Comment - Of the four types of awards (Barnstars, WikiProject awards, Other Related Awards, and Personal User Awards), I am seeking approval have this award be used as a Personal User Award, not a Barnstar award. I believe the design resembles a Personal User Award but would be happy to entertain any changes to the award. The image is from Wikimedia Commons and this use does not violate any of the existing guidelines governing the use of images in Wikipedia. The Minor Barnstar is awarded for making minor edits of the utmost quality. This award would be for making minor edits that are useful without clamoring for attention. As a personal user award, it would have less status than The Minor Barnstar. Approving this award as a personal user award would create more opportunity to encourage WikiLove and WikiCivility. In view of this, would you support this award as a Personal User Award? Thanks. -- Jreferee 20:22, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Doctor Who WikiProject Award
I'm proposing one of these as a WikiProject Award for the Doctor Who WikiProject:
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TARDISbarnstar1.jpg, a proposed design for the Doctor Who WikiProject Award.
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TARDISbarnstar2.gif, an alternate design for the Doctor Who WikiProject Award.
Both of these were created by Smomo (talk · contribs). My preference is for #1. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 07:39, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- I Support a Doctor Who WikiProject Award, but the designs aren't that good. For now I'd go with Design 2. The image of the police box is a free one, right? ← ANAS Talk? 15:01, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- Ooh, I'd assumed so, but forgot to confirm with the creator. I'll do so now. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 17:51, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Text Barnstar
Moved from Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)
I'd like to propose a new Barnstar, called the text Barnstar. It is usually given to people who have who have been writing many articles, finishing other people's work, or expanding stub-like articles to encyclopedia standards. Here's where I originated the idea. Tra is given the credit for creating the ASCII version of the star; all I did was change its colour and save it as a picture. Here is some more information.
And that's about it. So should we make this Barnstar? --AAA! (AAAA) 14:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- Seconded, I think it's a great idea for a different Barnstar! Timclare (talk) (sign here) 09:04 (UTC) 13 January 2025
- You should consider moving this proposal to Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals. PTO 23:46, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- Done. --AAA! (AAAA) 00:09, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- Could a more "star-like" shape be generated? Perhaps by using a full Shift-JIS character set? --tjstrf talk 23:47, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- Done., but I'm not so sure about the Shift-JIS thing. I suggest you contact Tra, who did most of the work. Oh, and I made it brown to reflect the original Barnstar. --AAA! (AAAA) 00:05, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- Support - I have created a different version of the barnstar, which reflects the original barnstar. Hpfan9374 02:00, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- I prefer the original, as it is more clearer and has the hole in the middle. Good version, though... --AAA! (AAAA) 03:15, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- You should consider moving this proposal to Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals. PTO 23:46, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Neuro-science?
I tried. I'm not too sure if i like it. if anyone wants me to modify it (colours, etc.) let me know - i couldn't find any. If there is already a neuroscience barnstar someone let me know. Looks better when its smaller, but im too tired to change it. thuglastalk|edits 06:46, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- Barnstar looks good, but what do you have to do to receive one? --AAA! (AAAA) 07:43, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Contribute to neuroscience or psychology/neuroscience articles. thuglastalk|edits 14:04, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
- Hmm... my advice is to photoshop the original Barnstar and add the other effects on it aswell to give it that special look (As you can see with the other barnstars). --AAA! (AAAA) 22:04, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Actually I was thinking the exact same thing this morning, when i took a look at the purple heart barn star. I'll do that right away. thuglastalk|edits 01:20, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
I changed it to the original barn star, made it the proper size, made the dendrites and axons much more clear by adding some stroke stroke. Thanks for the feedback AAA, I would have given up on it, and now i really like it. thuglastalk|edits 02:30, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
- Your welcome! Another piece of advice is you should upload it to Commons, so it can be used all around Wikimedia. And maybe make those sparks around the star blue like on the original one (I find that easier to see). Oh, and one more thing, Support. --AAA! (AAAA) 06:26, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
The Steel Wheel Barnstar
"To be awarded for continued drive and injection into automotive-related topics. The Steel Wheel Barnstar thanks those users who exhibit Valiant effort in assembling or restoring such articles!"
I didn't see a barnstar specifically dealing with automotive articles - that is - articles encompassing subjects specific to automotive design, history, vehicles, media, popular culture, etc.
If you've looked at any articles specifically dealing with cars and the like, you may notice that a lot of them are in disrepair; You may also notice that there are a great many dedicated Wikipedians whom have taken it upon themselves to invest the time and effort to create and restore said pages. How about it Wikipedia? Hows'about a Barnstar for us Gear, Machine, Motor and Petrolheads?! (unless one already exists! ^_^/*)
Your ideas/suggestions about this concept (alright! enough with the auto-puns!) and the attached image will be greatly appreciated! Hnatiw 06:09, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
- This award was introduced on January 24, 2007 and was designed by Hnatiwtalk
- On closer inspection, this award appears to exist under the monicker "Automotive Star", good stuff! Hnatiw 06:35, 25 January 2007 (UTC)