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. Certain awards have additional rules, so please read carefully.

=Writer Awards=

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Discussions
=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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.