Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors/Barnstars

A case of ambiguous awards
While poking around the project structure, I found two different awards listed under (practically) the same name: Template:GOCE Award and Template:GOCE award.

Template:GOCE Award produces:

While Template:GOCE award is the drive/blitz awards. I want to disambiguate them (maybe move them to Template:GOCE Gold Star Award and Template:GOCE barnstar award for the two. Is it okay with everybody? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ben79487 (talk • contribs)
 * I probably had a minute of confusion about this when I first went through this, but it's not a big deal. It is a very quiet corner of the wiki and only GOCE coordinators should be dealing with these. We have to use  an awful lot at the close of drives and blitzes, and even if that's usually a copy&paste I'd rather not have the template's name any longer than it is. I did a quick search (results) and found 42 talk pages (or talk page archives) where  had been used, mostly from around 2013.  I suppose it's a legacy; those who have been around longer could probably tell you more.  If we ever reorganize the blitz/drive system – which is a possibility with the shrinking backlog – it could use useful to consider how things were handled in the past, so I'd be hesitant to change it too much. – Reidgreg (talk) 15:48, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
 * This is probably my fault. I created Template:GOCE award (lower case) without noticing that there was already a Template:GOCE Award (upper case). That's just carelessness by me. Since the new one (award) is only substituted, we could move it to a new name without breaking anything, and then just update the documentation. Since (as Reidgreg says) the new award template is used only with copy/paste (at least by the two of us), I don't mind a slightly longer name. If we can come up with a good concise name, I'll be happy to do the moving and updating. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:56, 27 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Hey, it could have been worse (like upper case singular and lower case plural). I ran another search and counted 14 talk pages (& archives) where GOCE Award was transcluded instead of substituted (again from around 2013).  GOCE award always seems to have been substituted, no doubt due to the thorough instructions.  (It is, btw, a great all-in-one template which makes giving out the plethora of awards quick and painless.)  As for possible names:  Template:GOCE Barnstars would be consistent with the /Barnstars pages used to tally blitz and drive awards, so maybe that will be easy to remember? – Reidgreg (talk) 14:09, 2 April 2019 (UTC)

Ribbons
I notice that niether the Gold Star Award nor the Silver Star Award have ribbon equivalents. Unless WikiProject members disagree, I'd commission each at WP:RB, which has worked in the past. I'm not going to boldly do it because these awards belong to the WikiProject and therefore only have validity if there is a consensus here among members. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 16:56, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Is there a need for them? Thanks for coming to ask us. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:42, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I and I use ribbons on my user page. GOCE deserves to advertise what it awards rather than be represented by a placeholder ribbon. One request at RB with a minimal reward will likely net a reasonable solution which serves forevermore.  Chris Troutman  ( talk ) 17:51, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
 * It sounds like you would like a ribbon for your personal use, which is enough justification for me. I am a coordinator emeritus and in no way speak for the other coordinators, but in general on Wikipedia, a new file or template being useful is a valid reason for its creation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:13, 7 December 2023 (UTC)