Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikipedia Awards

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MRPICKLE1234

I have made many minor edits before making huge articles on Wikipedia. Can I please keep my "The Minor Barnstar"? --MRPICKLE1234 (talk) 18:15, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

There are no rules or laws regarding Barnstars. You can give them to whoever you want for whatever reason you want. Nobody is gonna complain if you give a barnstar to someone for the wrong reason.

However, as they are supposed to be awards given in recognition of a specific task or serie of tasks. They are usually given to a user A by another user B who noticed that A made something great for wikipedia or for another user. They are not supposed to be self-attributed.

Therefore, nobody cares if you gave yourself a barnstar and you can do whatever you want with it, but you should know it's not the way it's supposed to be used Ksempac (talk) 22:06, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar of Good Humor

The picture on the barnstar is not attractive at all. A better image needed --Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 16:42, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

I think it's ok the way it is; however, if you insist on a better image, an emoticon might do. Kayau Voting IS evil 01:58, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

These three. --Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 08:44, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

And this:

Yes, File:Face-grin.svg is better. Any other suggestions. --Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 11:07, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

How about this one? ~NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ message • changes) 14:03, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Looks nice to me, but a thorough consensus should be reached first. Kayau Voting IS evil 14:26, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

On the other hand, candidate 2 looks good too, but I believe there's a kind of consensus over the fact that it shouldnt be used...

By the way, the barnstar I proposed was put together by me. ~NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ message • changes) 14:58, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

I think, a red or purple background would be better for File:Barnstar of Humour4.png instead of original brown. For all above, We must now conduct a consensus, which icon is better. --Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 15:22, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

I think you should remove the shadow from the grinning face first. You can do that before you copy it onto the barnstar. Kayau Voting IS evil 23:56, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

No shadows are there. --Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 09:05, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Yes, I'm quite sure it's there. :) Kayau Voting IS evil 10:56, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

You may be thinking of Humour2.png (it has) but I was talking about Humour4.png, and I find it better. --Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 15:24, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

There was a shadow on my design. I have removed it. ~NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ message • changes) 15:33, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

I'm jumping in on the conversation a little late, but I actually like the original iteration of the barnstar because it is more jovial; although, the it does look a little pale. —Eustress ^talk 15:37, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Empty spaces, black and white. --Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 16:00, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

I think we should stick with the original one. There's nothing wrong with it, and it looks better than any of these suggestions. Nutiketaiel (talk) 11:42, 19 April 2010 (UTC)

Barnstar requiring some discussion

Is Template:Kosovo je Srbija this really the type of award we want to be giving out? It's appears to be a reward for editing in a way that espouses a particular political viewpoint. This sort of award could be misinterpreted and appears divisive for the same grounds that we caution users of political userboxes that they may be seen as polemical; see Wikipedia:Userboxes/Politics. Any thoughts? Knepflerle (talk) 18:50, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Compare with our entry on "Kosovo je Srbija" ("Kosovo is Serbia"). This thing could serve as a textbook example of creating the wrong editing atmosphere and even a "battleground" mentality. Balkan-related articles have enough problems with behaviour, attitudes & approaches already; and such barnstars would only add more fuel to the mix by exacerbating perceptions of biased approaches to article content. Its use immediately generated an all-too-predictable response (link), and apparently led to an editor being blocked (diff.). — I would gladly ignore all rules and delete it myself right now, if I had the time to reply to any subsequent concerns. - Ev (talk) 17:51, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Now at TfD. Knepflerle (talk) 18:42, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

I think ir must be deleted —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vinie007 (talk • contribs) 19:15, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Correct. --Extra999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 05:42, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Mills barnstar

It's been discussed at WT:MILLS, but so far no action. We need a barnstar.

Something based on File:Molen-ster.svg but with five sails, minus the star, and revolving (anti-clockwise, like most windmills) in a style similar to File:Tireless Contributor Barnstar.gif. Anyone want a go at making one? Mjroots (talk) 18:42, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

I would love to make one, but I don't know how to work with animated gifs. Sounds like a neat idea though. ~NerdyScienceDude (✉ message • changes) 12:51, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

OK, let's take this a step at a time then. Get the basic five sailed mill design done. Maybe then another editor could tackle the animation. Mjroots (talk) 11:28, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Disambiguation barnstar

Is there really no barnstar or equivalent award for prolific disambiguators? They deserve recognition too. I'm surprised at this. -- œ^™ 23:03, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

and would make a good combination. --Extra 999 (Contact ^me + _contribs) 05:43, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

113.253.206.38 (talk) 11:13, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Heh, is User:Josh Parris and his WildBot eligible if it occurs?? (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 11:18, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

... and I'm not much of an artist, but I picture only the left half of the star being used (or the right half "grayed out"), the "anchor" of the disambig symbol falling right at the centre of the barnstar, and the disambig forks becoming the "rest of the star". Does that make sense? (talk→ BWilkins ←track) 11:23, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Virtual drinks?

How about a beer mug, to show that you'd like to buy the editor a drink? Another version could be made with several mugs, to recognize good work by a group. Maurreen (talk) 07:14, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Awards

How about making a barn star for people who tag pages with the wikiproject of there subject like what I do. Also how about more barn stars for different countries for people who help in other wikiproject countries —Preceding unsigned comment added by Spongie555 (talk • contribs) 04:06, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Excellent idea. - ☩Damërung ☩. -- 08:20, 28 May 2010 (UTC)