Alternative History:2011 Stirling Awards

This is currently the nomination page for the 1st Annual Stirling Awards of Alternate History that honor the writers, editors and timelines of 2010.

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, 2010 and end on January 25, 2010. Results will be posted and awards handed out on January 26, 2010, 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 2010. You cannot nominate yourself.

Nominations

 * C II R - C II R (also known as TEAKAY) is the creator of the earlier featured Ætas ab Brian timelines (or universe, seen its size) and also an avid mapper. --XterrorX 13:48, December 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Oerwinde - When it looked like the Map Games were going to kicked off the wiki, Oer was the only gamer to step up and do the work necessary to keep the games here. He has also made numerous articles and flags over the year. Mitro 14:40, December 9, 2010 (UTC)

Best Female Writer
This award is for the best female writer on the wiki in 2010. You cannot nominate yourself.

Nominations

 * Smoggy80 - Smoggy is an early editor to 1983: Doomsday and has several TLs of her own. She is currently a Constable in the TSPTF. Mitro 23:28, December 5, 2010 (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

 * Lordganon - Since his arrival Lordganon has become one of the most respected and prolific contributors to 1983: Doomsday. His articles tend to be extremely well researched and incredibly detailed. His work improving many of the existing articles has also lead to a much more plausible and in depth timeline.Oerwinde 17:14, December 9, 2010 (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 or any other member of the TSPTF.

Best Copyeditor
This award is for the editor who has done incredible copyeditting work in the year 2010.

Best Ban
This award is for the most deserving one year or more ban of 2010.

Nominations

 * Owen1983 - Creating multiple contradictory or implausible articles in the 1983: Doomsday TL, stealing others work, taking credit for work he did not create, antagonizing other users, abuse of multiple accounts, refusal to follow the naming conventions and the rules of 1983: Doomsday, harrassing users about being promoted to the TSPTF, habitual liar, racked up large number of short blocks during his tenure, personal attacks left on user talk pages.
 * Calthrina950/Catherine - Troll-like behavior, personal attacks against other users, leaving messages on other users' talk pages and insulting them if they do not respond immediately, refusing to follow the rules of various Map Games, abusive emails in response to previous shorter blocks, warned various times to clean up her act.

Discussions
I vote for Owen to win, if you're gonna get banned then making sock puppets and sending offensive messages is the way to do it!--Smoggy80 19:18, December 6, 2010 (UTC)

It would be a difficult choice, but I'd vote Calthrina. Still, both were intriguing characters; online and I bet IRL as well. --XterrorX 13:48, December 9, 2010 (UTC)

Calthrina CrimsonAssassin 14:12, December 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Right now we are just doing nominations. Voting will begin in January. Mitro 14:25, December 9, 2010 (UTC)

=Timeline Awards=

Best Timeline
This award is for the best TL that was created in 2010. A creator or principal contributor cannot nominate their timeline.

Nominations

 * Great White South, by NuclearVacuum and others. It just seems really creative and thought-out to me, with a unique premise. --Lordganon 14:12, December 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Choose Your Own Alternate History! - Probably the most innovative TL on this wiki. Mitro 16:34, December 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * New Union by NuclearVacuum and Vlad. It seems very creative and is fairly unique in its premise - Vegas adict 17:25, December 9, 2010 (UTC)

Discussions
I removed X's nomination because as the rules state this award is for timelines created in 2010. I'm moving the nomination to the lifetime section. Mitro 13:58, December 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Apologies, I thought it also included timelines still active in 2010. --XterrorX 14:15, December 9, 2010 (UTC)

Best Article
This award is for the best article created in 2010. The creator or principal contributor cannot nominate their own article.

Nominations

 * Bellinsgauzenia (Great White South) by NuclearVacuum. It's very filled-out and well-written; and covers a lot of the bases needed for inventing a country. - Mister Sheen 18:18, December 9, 2010 (UTC)

Best OTL/non-AH article
This award is for the best OTL/non-AH article created in 2010. The creator or principal contributor cannot nominate their own article.

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 2010.

Best Map Game
This award is for the best map game created in 2010. The creator of the map game cannot nominate his own map game.

Nominations
Europe 1430 (Map Game) by ProfessorMcG - the biggest, best, and longest running of the games. --Lordganon 14:27, December 6, 2010 (UTC)

Discussions
=Content Awards=

Best Photoshopped Picture
This award is for the best photoshopped picture of 2010. The creator cannot nominate their own work.

Best Flag
This award is for the best fictional flag of 2010. The creator cannot nominate their own work. For reference see Category:Flags.

Nominations

 * [[Image:83DD - AstoriaFlag2.png|50px]] by Oerwinde. To me, it just seems to have everything in a flag that there should be. --Lordganon 12:15, December 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * Seal of Bellinsgauzenia.svg by NuclearVacuum. It's a Coat of Arms rather than a flag, but I figured it belonged in this category. In any case it looks utterly authentic and it's beautifully detailed. - Mister Sheen 18:18, December 9, 2010 (UTC)

Best Map
This award is for the best map created in 2010. World map, off-world map, city map or any kind of map is accepted. The creator cannot nominate their own map.

Nominations

 * 775px-Balkanized_vatican.png by Baconton. Simply because of the continuing amusement this map has given me over the past couple months, I nominate this as best map of 2010. Baconton did a fine job here. --BoredMatt 00:33, December 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Atlas of the Great White South.png by NuclearVacuum. A very detailed map of a habitable Antarctica. --Mitro 23:52, December 8, 2010 (UTC)

Best template in 2010
This award is for the best template create in 2010. The creator cannot nominate their own work.

Nominations
By NuclearVacuum. It's laid out nicely, filled with content, but at the same time it's not a plain one either. --Lordganon 13:13, December 6, 2010 (UTC)

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.

Nominations

 * Louisiannan - For the three featured timelines he created or contributed to, for all his other works on this wiki, for being the acting caretaker of the wiki for years and for founding the TSPTF. Mitro 18:30, December 9, 2010 (UTC)

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

 * 1983: Doomsday - What do I need to say to convince anyone that this TL deserves this award. It is one of the largest and most active TLs on this wiki. It's fame is known across the AH online-verse. It was the first featured TL. Every active member of the TSPTF have contributed at least one article to this TL. Do I need to say more? --Mitro 23:26, December 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ethelred the Pious, by Benkarnell. Although still in progress, this timeline offers a great look into a Nordic orientated world. --XterrorX 13:48, December 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * Superpowers - Possibly the most detailed timeline on the wiki. Includes lots of good maps and images with a very detailed timeline as wellVegas adict 17:34, December 9, 2010 (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.

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

Nominations

 * ANZ-flag-HCF-small.png by Hellerick. It's easily one of the most recognizable flags of the entire timeline of 1983: Doomsday. --Arstar 01:23, December 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Celtic alliance flag.gif by Mjdoch. Always kinda stood out, to me. Lordganon 14:52, December 9, 2010 (UTC)