Alternative History:2014 Stirling Awards

This is the nomination and voting page for the 2014 Stirling Awards that honor the editors and timelines of 2013. This is the fourth 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 you think that it deserves the award. Only registered editors who have 200 or more edits and have been on the wiki for at least a month can make nominations. All nominations must be signed by the person nominating as well. Certain awards have additional rules or regulations, so please read the description carefully before supplying your nomination.

''Please REFRAIN from giving your opinion of anyone's nominations. That is what the voting is for. If a nomination is "bad" it will not win.'' Simple.

Voting will begin on January 1, 2014 and end on January 25, 2014. Results will be posted and awards handed out on January 26, 2014, the anniversary of the creation of this wiki.

=Writer Awards=

Writer of the Year
This award is for the best writer on the wiki in 2013.

Best New Contributor
This award is for the best new contributor to the wiki in 2013. In order to be eligible their joining date must be in 2013.

Nominations

 * Feudalplague - He's been very helpful and plausible overall, in timelines and map games. -Kogasa [[Image:Miko THPW2.png|50px]] [[Image:Flag of Europe.svg|23px|border]] 2013 December 03, 21:43 (CET)

Best Writer in a Community Timeline
This award is for the best male or female writer on a community timeline in 2013. Acceptable community timelines are listed here, or have similar notices on their front pages.

Best TSPTF Member
This award is for the member of the TSPTF that has been the "best" in 2013. Only current members of the TSPTF can be nominated. Brass, Lieutenants and Constables can all be nominated. No member of TSPTF can nominate themselves.

Best Copy Editor
This award is for the editor who has done incredible copy editing work in the year 2013.

Nominations

 * EoGuy: I really have to renominate the wiki's dutiful editor. He doesn't create articles, he doesn't post on map games, and he doesn't make blogs. He's gained huge edit counts by just fixing spelling and grammar. He's one of the wikis few constants. --Yank 16:03, December 3, 2013 (UTC)

Discussions
There really is no arguing for this one. :)  Imp (Say Hi?!) 16:15, December 3, 2013 (UTC)

Best Ban
This award is for the most deserving one year or more ban of 2013.

Nominations

 * Branbran64 - Added thousands of bytes of vandalism and sexual harassment. Went out with quite a bang. Mscoree (talk) 18:46, December 3, 2013 (UTC)

Discussions
Where do we even start with this one? :P  Imp (Say Hi?!) 15:56, December 3, 2013 (UTC)

=Timeline Awards=

Timeline of the Year
This award is for the best timeline of 2013. Any and all timelines are eligible, provided that large updates have occurred to the timeline in the last year.

Best New Timeline
This award is for the best TL that was created in 2013.

Best New Article
This award is for the best article created in 2013.

Best New OTL/non-AH Work
This award is for the best OTL/non-AH work that was created in 2013. The creator or principal contributor can only nominate a single one of their works. This category includes all such items on this wiki, be it from blogs, the forum or articles. The only exclusions are user pages and their extensions.

Best Non-English AH 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 2013. The administrators of these wikis may nominate them.

Best New Map Game
This award is for the best map game created in 2013.

Nominations

 * Night of the Living Alternate History - Yeah, the game had its ups and downs, and I was a part of them, but it was very fun to play and it let to some truly awesome scenarios around the world. I don't think a game like this could ever be reproduced. Great game! [[Image:1.png|23px]] Imp (Say Hi?!)

Best New 1983: Doomsday Article
This award is for the best article in our largest timeline - 1983: Doomsday - that was graduated in 2013. A list of articles graduated this year may be found on the Awards talk page.

Nominations

 * Operation Dissolution - It's a neatly written page, and gives a good amount of detail. -Kogasa [[Image:Miko THPW2.png|50px]] [[Image:Flag of Europe.svg|23px|border]] 2013 December 03, 21:47 (CET)

Discussions
How many 83DD articles were actually gradded in 2013? I know only of two...

20:02, December 3, 2013 (UTC)

There's a list on the talk page. -Kogasa  2013 December 03, 22:03 (CET)

=Content Awards=

Best New Photoshopped Picture
This award is for the best photoshopped picture created in 2013. The creator can only nominate a single one of their pictures.

Best New Flag/Arms
This award is for the best fictional flag or coat of arms created in 2013. For reference see Category:Flags and Category:Coats of Arms.

Best New Map
This award is for the best map created in 2013. World map, off-world map, city map or any kind of map is acceptable.

Best New Template
This award is for the best template created in 2013. The creators can nominate their own work, once.

Discussions
=Special Nominations=

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

Nominations
Nik /Nik42-- Well, he founded the wiki, and seeing as he (strangely) has not won the award yet...

20:04, December 3, 2013 (UTC)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Timeline
This award is for the best timelines 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.

Nominations

 * Ætas ab Brian by C II R. With possibly the most intricate and numerous maps of any work here, Ætas ab Brian is an exemplary timeline for the wiki. Its articles contain details that other timelines ignore (like the little idiosyncrasies of the modern Roman culture) and its timeline is thorough from start to the point it has reached so far. Despite having a point of divergence out of science fiction, it follows through with it realistically (compared with many other timelines) and tends not to lose sight of events that could have far-reaching consequences. In short, I'm honored just to nominate this timeline for a lifetime award. Red VS Blue (talk) 17:55, December 3, 2013 (UTC)

Discussions
I was going to nominate Ætas ab Brian for this much-deserved award again this year, so it's good to see you've saved me the effort. ;) --NFSreloaded (talk) 18:25, December 3, 2013 (UTC)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Article
This award is for the best articles across the entire lifetime of the wiki. Once an article wins this award, it cannot win this award ever again.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Flags and Coats of Arms
This award is for the most interesting, most ironic or most impressive flags or coats 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.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Maps and Other Files
This award is for the most interesting, most ironic or most impressive maps and 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.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Map Games
This award is for the best map games across the entire lifetime of the wiki. Once a game wins this award, it cannot win this award ever again.