Alternative History:2012 Stirling Awards

This is the nomination and voting page for the 2012 Stirling Awards that honor the editors and timelines of 2011. This is the second time the Stirling Awards have been held.

CURRENTLY THE AWARDS ARE ONLY OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS. If you want to make a nomination you need to link to the thing/person you wish to nominate and explain why it/they deserve the award. Only registered editors who have 100 or more edits can make nominations. Certain awards have additional rules or regulations, so please read the description carefully before supplying your nomination.

Voting will begin on January 1, 2012 and end on January 25, 2012. Results will be posted and awards handed out on January 26, 2012, the anniversary of the creation of this wiki.

=Writer Awards=

Best Male Writer
This award is for the best male writer on the wiki in 2011. You cannot nominate yourself.

Nominations
Lordganon- Editor and admin, also a great sounding-board for ideas. I particulary nominate him for the edits he has made to 1983:DD. Bobalugee1940 18:24, December 7, 2011 (UTC)

Best Female Writer
This award is for the best female writer on the wiki in 2011. You cannot nominate yourself.

Nominations

 * Smoggy80 - One of our Doomsday editors, and a creator of a few of her own timelines, Smoggy is an avid editor. She became a Lieutenant in the TSPTF this year, and has been a great help with things since. Lordganon 01:37, December 2, 2011 (UTC)

Best New Contributor
This award is for the best new contributor on the wiki in 2011. You cannot nominate yourself, and in order to be eligible their joining date must be in 2011.

Nominations

 * 1) Detectivekenny - He's been here since January 16th and he practically revolutionized map games. He took control of the Principia Moderni game and made sure it didn't go downhill. He introduced war algorithms into map games, which have been adapted into use by other map games. CrimsonAssassin 04:14, December 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) 9 もりや すわこ - 9 joined this year but already has a few TL's under her belt. Her major timeline (World of the Rising Sun) is a good one. ~Imperium Guy
 * 3) Hidan43vr - To me, his new timeline is amazing. Lordganon 23:26, December 5, 2011 (UTC)

Best Writer in a Community Timeline
This award is for the best male or female writer on a community timeline. You cannot nominate yourself. Acceptable community timelines are listed here.

Nominations

 * 1) Mister Sheen - Sheen's done an amazing amount of work on Great White South this year. In addition, he's messed around in a couple of the map games, done a little bit of Doomsday editing, done some work with Napoleon's World, and even joined the TSPTF. Lordganon 06:55, December 6, 2011 (UTC)

Best TSPTF Member
This award is for current members of the TSPTF. Brass, Lieutenants and Constables can all be nominated. No member of TSPTF can nominate themselves.

Nominations

 * 1) Lordganon - [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imperium Guy 08:50, December 2, 2011 (UTC) (Isn't it obvious why?)
 * 2) Lordganon - Bobalugee1940 18:25, December 7, 2011 (UTC)

Best Copyeditor
This award is for the editor who has done incredible copyeditting work in the year 2011.

Nominations
Lordganon: Shall I say any more? PitaKang- (Talk | Contribs) 00:25, December 7, 2011 (UTC)

Best Ban
This award is for the most deserving one year or more ban of 2011.

Nominations

 * 1) Eldwolf: He may have been on the wiki for a short while, but he's done more serious damage than possibly Catherine. After he was told he could only annex 3% of Portugal by LurkerLordB, he went and sent profane insults on that users talk page. When he was banned for three days as a result, he went on a rampage on Principia Moderni and later on the admins. RandomWriterGuy 00:19, December 3, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Rebelsoldier: He was a nice guy and his heart was in the right place. However, he did more damage than Catherine or Eldwolf could hope to do. Any map game he played on quickly turned into a quagmire of implausibility and he made sure things went his way in map games. While making sure things go well for you is a good goal, the ends don't justify the means. For months, his implausibility and sockpuppetry kept everyone who played map games on their toes. To this day, people are accused of being Reb. If you're reading this Reb, I'm sorry, but your army of ten was a lot more damaging than you think. CrimsonAssassin 02:31, December 3, 2011 (UTC)

Discussions
I agree with nominating Eldwolf. I don't care why he joined Principia Moderni, as "I'm playing this to have fun" is no reason to throw out the rules of the game.

Yank 02:28, December 3, 2011 (UTC)

I know him IRL. If you want a psycological profile, just ask. CrimsonAssassin 02:47, December 3, 2011 (UTC)

Eldwolf is more insane than Reb. That's why I chose him. RandomWriterGuy 06:36, December 4, 2011 (UTC)

While the both of them are jerks, Pita, I think you can only choose one. Great to see you around by the way! CrimsonAssassin 00:55, December 7, 2011 (UTC)

Yup. I've removed both of them. Pita, you need to choose one. Lordganon 05:08, December 7, 2011 (UTC)

=Timeline Awards=

Best Timeline
This award is for the best TL that was created in 2011. A creator or principal contributor cannot nominate their timeline.

Discussions
RWG, New Union is from 2010. Heck, it was even nominated for this category last year. I've removed it. Lordganon 08:26, December 4, 2011 (UTC)

Best Article
This award is for the best article created in 2011. The creator or principal contributor cannot nominate their own article.

Best OTL/non-AH Work
This award is for the best OTL/non-AH work that was created in 2011. The creator or principal contributor can only nominate a single one of their articles.

Best Non-English Wiki
This award is for the best non-English alternate history wiki. Unlike the other awards, this one covers the lifetime of the wiki itself and not just work done in 2011. The administrators of these wikis may nominate them.

Nominations

 * Альтернативная История, Russian counter-part. Has a good amount of articles, and is fairly active too. -Kogasa [[Image:Symbol of Natori, Miyagi.png|23px|border]][[Image:宮城県.png|23px|border]][[Image:Flag of Japan.png|23px|border]] 20:08, December 6, 2011 (UTC)

Best Map Game
This award is for the best map game created in 2011. The creator of the map game cannot nominate his own map game.

Nominations

 * 1) Radioactive Tide - [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imperium Guy 10:42, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * 2) Fractured America - VonGlusenburg (talk to Von!) 11:34, December 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * 3) Greater Europe - Enclavehunter 04:27, December 2, 2011 (UTC)
 * 4) Axis vs Allies Revised - Great game, but turned into a quagmire of implausibility :( Flag_of_South_Korea.png PitaKang- (Talk | Contribs) 00:23, December 7, 2011 (UTC)

Discussions
Once again, RWG, PR was started in 2010 and is thus not eligible. Please look at the histories before you nominate anything else. I've removed it. Lordganon 08:28, December 4, 2011 (UTC)

To be technical, it was created in 2010 (Dec 21) but started in January 2011. It's okay that it's not eligible though. IMO in the future (2013 onward) we should go by starting date, because there as is the case here, the game was essentially recycled from a game that would have otherwise never started. But this is probably not the right place to discuss that so I will stop talking…  Detectivekenny (Info; Talk)  05:36, December 6, 2011 (UTC)

When it "started" is irrelevant. It was created in 2010, not 2011. End of Discussion. Permanently. Lordganon 06:40, December 6, 2011 (UTC)

Best 1983: Doomsday Article
This award is for the best article in our largest timeline - 1983: Doomsday - that was graduated in 2011. The creator cannot nominate their own article.

Discussions
=Content Awards=

Best Photoshopped Picture
This award is for the best photoshopped picture created in 2011. The creator can only nominate a single one of their pictures.

Nominations

 * [[Image:Qurikantja Rear View (VOE).png|100px]] - Detectivekenny. Looks pretty realistic and shows an old city (Qorikancha) surviving till the modern day. -Kogasa [[Image:Symbol of Natori, Miyagi.png|23px|border]][[Image:宮城県.png|23px|border]][[Image:Flag of Japan.png|23px|border]] 20:14, December 6, 2011 (UTC)

Best Flag
This award is for the best fictional flag created in 2011. The creator cannot nominate their own work. For reference see Category:Flags.

Nominations
- VENEZUELA - It really looks quite interesting. Doctor261 ''' (Talk to Doctor261) 18:24, December 7, 2011 (UTC)

Best Map
This award is for the best map created in 2011. World map, off-world map, city map or any kind of map is accepted. The creator cannot nominate their own map.

Best Template
This award is for the best template created in 2011. The creator can nominate their own work, once.

Discussions
=Special Nominations=

Lifetime Achievement Award: Writer
This award is for the best male or female writer across the entire lifetime of the alternative history wiki. Once individual wins this award, they cannot win this award ever again. As usual no editor can nominate him/herself.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Timeline
This award is for the best timeline across the entire lifetime of the wiki. Once a timeline wins this award, it cannot win this award ever again. Nevertheless, this award can be held in conjunction with any other award. As usual a creator or principal contributor(s) cannot nominate it.

Nominations

 * 1) Napoleon's World by KingSweden. This timeline is very detailed, and rarely goes past a couple days without a new article. Some of the work King has done on this is just insane with details. I mean, after Doomsday - heck, I wouldn't be shocked if it had passed it - it's probably the largest timeline on the wiki. Lordganon 08:02, December 2, 2011 (UTC)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Article
This award is for the best article on the entire wiki. Once an article wins this award, it cannot win this award ever again. As usual the creator cannot nominate it.

Nominations

 * 1) Roman Empire (Superpowers), by Red VS Blue - This is the longest finished nation article on the wiki, and justifiably so. I'm still impressed that this thing is so big that it's sections had to be made into their own huge articles. Lordganon 09:50, December 5, 2011 (UTC)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Flags and Coats of Arms
This award is for the most interesting, most ironic or most impressive flag or coat of arms in the archives of this wiki. The file must come under the form "File:XXXXXXXX". Once a flag or coat of arms wins this award, it cannot win this award ever again. As usual the creator cannot nominate his own work.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Maps and Other Files
This award is for the most interesting, most ironic or most impressive map or other files in the archives of this wiki. The file can be a portrait, map, picture, etc. as long as it comes under the form "File:XXXXXXXX" and it is not a flag or coat of arms. Once a file wins this award, it cannot win this award ever again. As usual the creator cannot nominate his own work.