Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals/The Wikimedal of Contribution/Featured Article Barnstar

The Wikimedal of Contribution/Featured Article Barnstar
Name maybe needs a slight change? Maybe: The Featured Article Status Medal of Honor? Taken from Wikipedia talk:Featured articles -- AllyUnion (talk) 02:59, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * It is a good idea, however, I think we need to see how this medal is used in the other Wikipedia's and also the name of the medal. Zscout370 19:53, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not very sure about replacing the barnstar with this new medal, though. The barnstar has something of a tradition that I would hate to lose. Aside from that, I have no doubt that we could find an excellent place for this. – ClockworkSoul 23:05, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I seen this used on featured articles, and generally, Barnstars are awarded for personal effort. Clockwork, your right, we could find a place for this, but just how it will be done, I am not certain yet. Zscout370 00:06, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe this could be a medal awarded to people that have contributed to, say, three or more featured articles? – ClockworkSoul 15:43, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I have posted my idea. A 10-point barnstar which kinda looks like a Medal of Honor. Comments? -- Riffsyphon1024 01:15, Mar 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * I hate to break it to you that this idea does not resemble the American Medal of Honor at all. The Medal of Honor has the five pointed star upside down.  I personally think we can use the Wikimedal for specific articles and use the Barnstars for individual efforts. Zscout370 01:37, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I was just saying, it "kinda" did, but then I haven't seen one in a while. Guess that means I outta look it up. But can a 10-pointer be something else. -- Riffsyphon1024 03:58, Mar 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps, but I would prefer to have a reason for a barnstar followed by the creation of a barnstar, rather than have the creation of a barnstar followed by a reason... – ClockworkSoul 04:51, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I like the name, actually... like I said up above (and probably buried up there): Maybe this could be a medal awarded to people that have contributed to, say, three or more featured articles? Its a great idea for something that's a medal, but not a barnstar, and I'm very glad that we're also thinking along those lines. – ClockworkSoul 04:33, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I think we should call it the Featured Article Award and just like ClockworkSoul said, give it to Wikipedians who had a major role in making articles becoming Featured Articles. About 3 should be the min. amount, but we can always use the Barnstar for those who made a contribution to one or two.  I think the medal design should be used, since it is something Wikipedia uses already and this is a very special award for a very special group of articles. Zscout370 15:05, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Incorporate it with below item maybe? Like that star being the Elite Rank? --Cool Cat My Talk 04:49, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * While medal of honor is a very distinguished US military award I dont think we are supposed to use things that refer to a nation. --Cool Cat My Talk 04:50, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)

New idea: I found this image of a star being formed, which is used for the Featured Article templates. I was wondering if something like this will work. (Note: See picture three) Zscout370 21:28, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Final Proposal
Ok, this should be my final proposal. After this (and once a few more items are cleared from our plate, I will ask for yet another Vote or Die situation)

New idea, once again: Ok, since I did a medal design based on US medals last time, now I will be NPOV and use one based on a Soviet template. It looks like the Hero of the Soviet Union, but this medal design is used by various Soviet medals (and Warsaw Pact). I did a sqaure version of the logo. It is getting late here, and System of a Down is making me tired/upset, so just comment and send me messages so I can see bright orange before I head off to class tomorrow morning. Zscout370 (talk) 03:34, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't think that this should be a "barnstar", per se. A regular award would be more appropriate, I think. – ClockworkSoul 01:22, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * At least this looks like a Barnstar, unlike the motivation award I discussed earlier. Zscout370 (talk) 01:28, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * It's a nice idea, but I prefer the medal. Plus, I really don't think that this necessitates a full barnstar either. – ClockworkSoul 18:41, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Consider it done. Zscout370 (talk) 18:49, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I received a notice on my talk page to go with the first medal idea. What do yall think? Zscout370 (talk) 17:28, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)


 * I support this idea, but I think that the barnstar is a too big to be put on an article page. Look at the bottom of this french article fr:Galaxie to see how the french one looks like. 500LL 09:50, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * You have a point. Perhaps this should have two versions: the large (original size) medal is given to actual editors, while the smaller, framed version (which is easy to do if you include the Wikicode as a cut and paste right on the image page) is placed at the end of the article itself. --Deathphoenix 14:03, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * We have something like that already. The main star used for the FA's is about 60-80 pixels big. There is a smaller version that is used in a template called fa . Of course, I mainly want the medal to award the people who did the major work on FA articles, but we should still use the Star on the FA talk pages and other areas. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 13:55, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * In that case, this template should be fine. If we still need to reach consensus, perhaps the time has come for another Vote or Die --Deathphoenix 04:32, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Let's do it. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 14:24, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Vote or die
Okay, ladies and germs, time for another vote! Do we accept the final result of the medal as given in the above "Final proposal"? --Deathphoenix 15:20, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Vote closed. I have added this to the Other Awards section of the Barnstar page. Thanks to all who voted, whether they feel this was necessary or not. ;-) --Deathphoenix 15:28, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)