Wikipedia:Ribbons
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If you are someone who is fortunate enough to get a lot of awards, you might have trouble fitting them all on your userpage. There are a number of ways to handle this:
- You can create a sub-page to dump all your awards into.
- You can shrink them to miniatures and stack them.
- You can remove them and only keep a count of them.
- You can convert them into ribbons.
This page is meant to to help you convert your barnstars into ribbons.
In real life when you get an award/medal, you usually also get a rectangular textile equilavent to the medal, in a form of a ribbon. This is meant to minimize the space needed to display the awards, and a similiar concept is employed here.
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[edit] Available ribbons
[edit] Zscout370
| Name | Ribbon |
|---|---|
| Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar |  |
| Barnstar of Diligence |  |
| Atlas Award |  |
| Tournesol |  |
| Barnstar of National Merit |  |
| Barnstar |  |
| ODM Medal |  |
| The Featured Article Medal |  |
| Vandal award |  |
| Tireless Contributor Barnstar |  |
| Order Friendship of Peoples |  |
| Fake Barnstar | |
| Working Man's Barnstar Award |  |
| Graphic Design Barnstar |  |
| Choco chip cookie |  |
| Lots of barnstars |  |
| Blondin Award |  |
| Astronaut |  |
| Surreal Barnstar |  |
| Resilient Barnstar |  |
| Barnstar-copyvio |  |
| User page |  |
| Template |  |
| Love of Mexico |  |
| Order of Guadalupe |  |
| Military History project award |  |
| Stargate WikiProject |  |
| Idea Banrstar |  |
| PokeStar |  |
| Television Barnstar |  |
| Scouting barnstar |  |
| Sakura Barnstar (Wikiproject Anime) |  |
| Minor Barnstar |  |
[edit] AzaToth
| Name | Image name | Ribbon |
|---|---|---|
| Editors | Image:Editors Ribbon.png |  |
| Resilient | Image:Resilient Ribbon.png |  |
| Surreal | Image:Surreal Ribbon.png |  |
| Graphic Design | Image:Graphic Designer Ribbon.png |  |
| Technology | Image:Technology Ribbon.png |  |
| Template | Image:Template Ribbon.png |  |
| Working Man's | Image:Working Man Ribbon.png |  |
| Tireless Contributor | Image:Tireless Contributor Ribbon.png |  |
| Original Barnstar | Image:Original Ribbon.png |  |
| National Merit | Image:National Merit Ribbon.png |  |
| Tournesol | Image:Wikithanks Ribbon.png |  |
| Diligence | Image:Diligence Ribbon.png |  |
| Random Acts of Kindness | Image:Random Acts of Kindness Ribbon.png |  |
| Photographers | Image:Photographers Ribbon.png |  |
| Minor | Image:Minor Ribbon.png |  |
| Good Humor | Image:Good Humor Ribbon.png |  |
| Rosetta | Image:Rosetta Ribbon.png |  |
| High Culture | Image:High Culture Ribbon.png |  |
| Epic | Image:Epic Ribbon.png |  |
| EMC2 | Image:EMC2 Ribbon.png |  |
| Society | Image:Society Ribbon.png |  |
| Life | Image:Life Ribbon.png |  |
| Running Man | Image:Running Man Ribbon.png |  |
| Oddball | Image:Oddball Ribbon.png |  |
| Current Event | Image:Current Event Ribbon.png |  |
| Featured Article | Image:Featured Article Ribbon.png |  |
| Atlas | Image:Atlas Ribbon.png |  |
| Cool as a Cucumber | Image:Cool as a Cucumber Ribbon.png |  |
| Exceptional Newcomer | Image:Exceptional Newcomer Ribbon.png |  |
| Great Editing in Progress | Image:Great Editing in Progress Ribbon.png |  |
| Janitorial | Image:Janitorial Ribbon.png |  |
| RickK Anti-Vandalism | Image:RickK Anti-Vandalism Ribbon.png |  |
| Spoken Articles | Image:Spoken Articles Ribbon.png |  |
| Star of Sophia | Image:Star of Sophia Ribbon.png |  |
| Wikihalo | Image:Wikihalo Ribbon.png |  |
| Wiki Wiffle Bat | Image:Wiki Wiffle Bat Ribbon.png |  |
| Wikiwings | Image:Wikiwings Ribbon.png |  |
| Scouting Barnstar | Image:Scout Ribbon.png |  |
| Handshake | Image:Handshake Ribbon.png |  |
| Defender of the Wiki | Image:Defender of the Wiki Ribbon.png |  |
| BarnSakura | Image:BarnSakura Ribbon.png |  |
| Military history | Image:Military history Ribbon.png |  |
| Motivation | Image:Motivation Ribbon.png |  |
| da Vinci Barnstar | Image:Vitruvian Ribbon.png |  |
| LGBT Barnstar | Image:LGBT Ribbon.png |  |
[edit] Aeon1006
| Name | Ribbon |
|---|---|
| Esperanza Barnstar |  |
[edit] Wilsbadkarma
| Name | Image name | Ribbon |
|---|---|---|
| Chocolate Chip Cookie | Image:800px-Wiki Chocolate Chip Cookie Ribbon.png |  |
| Philippine Barnstar | Image:800px-Wiki Philippine Ribbon.png |  |
| Lots of Barnstars | Image:800px-Wiki Lots of Barnstar Ribbon.png |  |
[edit] A mcmurray
| Name | Image name | Ribbon |
|---|---|---|
| DYK Medal | Image:DYK Ribbon.png |  |
| WikiProject Illinois Award | Image:WikiProject Illinois Ribbon.png |  |
| WikiProject Ghost towns Award | Image:Ghost town ribbon.png |  |
[edit] Other
| Name | Ribbon | Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Polish Barnstar of National Merit |  |
Halibutt |
| Belarusian Barnstar of National Merit |  |
Halibutt |
| Cool as a Cucumber Award |  |
Halibutt |
| Placeholder/Other barnstar - for barnstars for which there is yet no ribbon |
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Herostratus |
[edit] Service Awards
(courtesy of A1octopus)
Novice Editor
Apprentice Editor
Journeyman Editor
Yeoman Editor
Experienced and Established Editor
Veteran Editor
Veteran Editor II
Veteran Editor III
Veteran Editor IV
Senior Editor
Master Editor
[edit] Adding Numbers to Ribbons
- The following discussions are an archived debate. Please do not modify it.
Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. As editors are getting more Barnstars over time, they are also get many of the same BarnStars. Here is a ribbon collection of one editor.
Barnstars and Awards
I propose that Wikipedia should follow the Military protocol in such cases, and have Numbers assigned to ribbons when awarded more than once. (See Award numerals) 
Pete Peters 20:43, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- Support. However, you wouldn't want to make each numeral version of each ribbon a separate image, because that would mean hundreds if not thousands of files. Instead, you'd want a set of numerals, each of which could be superimposed on any ribbon. Below is a model of how you could superimpose the images. (Note that it requires all numeral images to be padded to the same size as the ribbons.)
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- Oppose. I believe that many editors would strongly object to the idea of military style ribbons. That's far too insensitive in regions of the world where people are dying to get those medal ribbons - and the pacifists amongst us would not want to be seen to be accumulating military-style awards. If there is a problem with some editors having too many barnstars to fit onto their user pages - then let's just take the original barnstar image - shrink it to half size and make ten versions of it containing the digits zero through nine. Users can than show that they have 137 barnstars by putting the '1', '3' and '7' stars together. That fits with the present barnstar concept - it's very neutral - and it's utterly understandable to everyone who sees it. SteveBaker 15:02, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
- The ribbons should be an optional choice. That is what I did when I created the things, but I guess people took the idea and began to use it in ways that blow my mind. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 07:04, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
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- I'm a bit uncomfortable with the military look of the ribbons, and aesthetically I am not fond of the numbers. --Guinnog 07:45, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
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- But by the same argument, don't we need to eliminate all military metaphor in Wikipedia, including such terms as edit
war? That would be taking the inoffensiveness thing way too far, especially given that the Wikipedia:Profanity guideline tells us that inoffensiveness is not Wikipedia's top priority. (Indeed, if it were, we would hardly have any content at all.) Besides, I'm sure there are other non-military organizations (including some that are called armies but that have actually never been at war) that use similar systems of ribbons. NeonMerlin 04:13, 15 August 2006 (UTC)- Displaying Ribbons is purely optional to the user. Users who accumulate too many Barnstars, sometimes make thier user page a Barnstar free zone because of all the clutter. The ribbons reduce the clutter, and the numbers reduce the clutter even more, and thus is an incentive to keep them wanting to be recognized. It is not just the Military who does this to award someones services, other professions do it too. Pete Peters 04:42, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
- But by the same argument, don't we need to eliminate all military metaphor in Wikipedia, including such terms as edit
Support I like it! also stars could be used such as on my userpage for ribbons I usually make a new ribbon if I get a new star. Æon Insane Ward 14:09, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Support. As for superimposing User:Cool cat wrote a nice little template for that a while ago... -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 18:31, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose Not only is this proposal insulting to editors who don't like the military, it's also insulting to those who support the military. While alienating everyone might be an amusing thing to do, this is not a good proposal and should be dropped.--Alabamaboy 18:37, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
- I used the Miliatry as an example, perhaps I should have said the Firefighters. Or Canadian Mail couriers service medals, maybe I am unaware of American tensions with the Military. I never figured that this is how this proposal would be disputed. Pete Peters 18:56, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
- Me neither, I don't understand that. They're an option. If you don't want to use it, don't, it's just as simple. But I think it is very nice, see for instance User:Cool_Cat/Awards for an example (or User:Grafikm_fr/Awards too since I
stolecopied the code... :P ) -- Grafikm (AutoGRAF) 14:33, 16 August 2006 (UTC)- I'm military and I'm not insulted. Anyways Civilians that work for the DOD plus police firefight ect get ribbons for awards. How ever these should always remain an option on te wiki. But maybe a little clean up of them would be nice. Æon Insanity Now!EA! 16:50, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
- Me neither, I don't understand that. They're an option. If you don't want to use it, don't, it's just as simple. But I think it is very nice, see for instance User:Cool_Cat/Awards for an example (or User:Grafikm_fr/Awards too since I
- I used the Miliatry as an example, perhaps I should have said the Firefighters. Or Canadian Mail couriers service medals, maybe I am unaware of American tensions with the Military. I never figured that this is how this proposal would be disputed. Pete Peters 18:56, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
- HYPERSTRONG SUPPORT !!!! I'm a military brat US Army, USAF w/ some family in secretive govt branches. I do'nt find the ribbons insulting at all. Martial Law 01:13, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
- Just do it. --evrik 13:23, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
- Support. 07:10, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
- Support. Sharkface217 20:28, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
- Support. Very practical. Those of you pacifists who somehow think a picture of a piece of cloth is disgusting, go use downsized barnstars. --Joffeloff 23:32, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
