Alternative History talk:2015 Stirling Awards

New Categories
Throughout the year I thought of a few ideas for new Stirlings (which I have mostly forgot; will add more when they come to me), and will propose them here:


 * Best ASB Timeline (probably with a best new ASB timeline) - I propose this one because there are a lot of great ASB timelines (Great White South to use an example) which really show what can be done in a creative way, just by making one outlandish change. It would also help to eliminate the stigma against ASB timelines (after all one of the main reasons people abandon their newly, ie forcefully, categorized ASB timelines is because they thing it eliminates any chance of a stirling or featured). Also would allow for more timelines as a whole to be recognized. A lot of work nowadays goes into large group projects like Days After Chaos, which are great ideas and well written in some cases, but simply have an ASB premise.

Will add more soon. Feel free to critique these ideas as well as propose more. Tr0llis (talk) 01:55, December 4, 2014 (UTC)

I think the idea of a Best ASB Timeline award would be pretty well recieved, as most ASB TLs aren't seen on the same tier as regular ones. I feel like it would be a good time to let the people who got ASB tags show off their TLs. Of course, we should still keep the Best New TL the same way it is now, I think. Upvoteanthology''' ( Talk | Sandbox )

Not many ASB timelines are really that well received, but there are a few really great ones (like Great White South) that would deserve something like that. Though, new as a category would be kinda biased torward the chat community (just look at Hitlerland and Days After Chaos, timelines which will probably have a lot chat community people working on it) compared to the old timers. I like the concept, but just get rid of the new and I'd say thumbs up. Saturn (Talk/Blog) 04:08, December 4, 2014 (UTC)

"Bias toward the chat community". What if I told you that all votes are bias, and that you're supposed to vote on things you think are the best? Also the so called chat community is pretty much the majority of the voting population. Also why would you get rid of the "new" when that pretty much comes pre packaged with the other, simply because you fear many people will benefit from it. Mscoree (talk) 11:38, December 4, 2014 (UTC)