Alternative History:2016 Stirling Awards

This is the nomination and voting page for the 2016 Stirling Awards that honor the editors and timelines of 2015. This is the fourth time the Stirling Awards have been held.

CURRENTLY THE AWARDS ARE OPEN FOR VOTING! 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. 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 5th, 2016 and end on February 4th, 2015. Results will be posted and awards handed out on February 5th, 2016.

=Writer Awards=

Writer of the Year
This award is for the best writer on the wiki in 2015.

Nominations

 * United Republic - Now love or hate the guy, but you cannot discredit the work he has done this year. This wiki at a point was severely lacking actual timeline updates and pages, but this guy picked up the slack greatly. And you know what? His pages and writing was actually damn good. -  .....   Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * Mscoree - Despite being nominated here a few times Mscoree has never been able to win writer of the year, and I think this year after getting a timeline to featured status he deserves a nomination. Fritzmet (talk) 01:37, December 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * Vatonica Superised? He has worked extreamly hard over the last 14 months that he has been on here and made a pretty successful map game series and an extreamly detailed TL. Probably won't win but it's worth a shot. Awesome history 28 (talk) 22:34, December 8, 2015 (UTC)

Discussions

 * What timeline did Ms create that was elevated to featured status this year? "This is not your grave  but you are welcome in it. " 02:21, December 9, 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes, what exactly did Ms do this year besides get banned for doing something stupid? -  .....   Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * He's the writer for The Old Boar Suffered, which was featured in September. Fritzmet (talk) 13:46, December 9, 2015 (UTC)
 * I believe you are mistaken. Tr0llis created that timeline and I nominated it for featured. However this statement does make me raise my eyebrows at the multiple-accounts conspiracy. Cheers.

Voting

 * United Republic
 * .....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * AM, the King of the Banat (talk) 22:34, January 5, 2016 (UTC)
 * Mscoree
 * Vatonica
 * Vatonica

Best New Contributor
This award is for the best new contributor to the wiki in 2015. In order to be eligible their joining date must be in 2015.

Nominations

 * Firesofdoom: Firesofdoom is one of the few people, if no the only, who joined this year to make serious contributions, be it to map games or timelines. He may not be Upvote, but he managed to get almost 1000 edits during a stay of eleven months. AM, King of the Banat
 * Awesome history 28: AH28 is a nice person, he is a very enthusiastic person, and is active on chat and in map games. He's been here just half a year and already has 1000 edits. He is especially active in map games, and has become an important participant and sometimes even mod in map games. Vatonica (talk) 04:01, December 9, 2015 (UTC)
 * Tao64: One of the handful of new contributors who has surpassed 1000 edits. Kudos to him.

​Voting

 * Firesofdoom
 * person67
 * .....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * Awesome history 28
 * Tao64
 * Tao64

Best Writer in a Community Timeline
This award is for the best male or female writer on a community timeline in 2015. Acceptable community timelines generally 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 2015. Only current members of the TSPTF can be nominated. Brass, Lieutenants and Constables can all be nominated. No member of TSPTF can nominate themselves.

Nominations

 * Monster Pumpkin - MP has been really helpful this year, in my opinion. Lordganon (talk) 16:02, December 5, 2015 (UTC)
 * Lordganon A really helpful guy around the wiki. Helped me a lot and helps to keep order on this wiki. A great guy. Awesome history 28 (talk) 22:34, December 8, 2015 (UTC)
 * Scrawland Scribblescratch - Scrawland Scribblescratch (Scraw for short) is one of the most mature and experienced users that is still fairly active around the wiki. Scraw certainly deserves a nomination here.
 * SkyGreen24 - Sky has been a very good and active mod throughout the year, and is honestly one of the few this can be said of. Sky defiantly deserves to be nominated here in the Stirling. There is a god... And his name is FIRES

Discussions
Upvote is not a member of the group. Lordganon (talk) 14:44, December 6, 2015 (UTC)

​Voting

 * Monster Pumpkin
 * .....  Upvote did nothing wrong...
 * Lordganon
 * Scrawland Scribblescratch
 * Scrawland Scribblescratch

Best Copyeditor
This award is for the editor who has done incredible copyeditting work in the year 2015.

Nominations

 * EoGuy EoGuy is the only person on this wiki who actually cleans up pages. If not for him most of these pages on this wiki would be a mess. Done incredible copy editing this year.

​Voting

 * EoGuy
 * .....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!

Best Ban
This award is for the most deserving one year or more ban of 2015.

Nominations

 * Saturn1257/Saturn120 – Got banned WIKIA-WIDE for striking against TFOE as an alternate account. Although he later came back as Saturn1257, I think Sat is surely worthy of such a nomination
 * Mscoree We can all agree that this is the ban of the year. -  .....   Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!

​Voting

 * Saturn120
 * Mscoree
 * .....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * .....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!

=Timeline Awards=

Timeline of the Year
This award is for the best timeline of 2015. Any and all timelines are eligible, provided that large updates have occurred to the timeline in the last year.

Nominations

 * King of America by United Republic - One of the few good versions of a very overdone trope. However, this timeline does it well, I think, and deserves a nod here in the Stirlings. ~ Scraw 21:38, December 5, 2015 (UTC)
 * The Old Boar Suffered - A good timeline that saw a lot of work over the course of this past year. Managed to become a featured timeline fairly recently. Fritzmet (talk) 01:39, December 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * Russian America by NuclearVacuum - A great timeline that saw an exceptional amount of work over the course of this year alone. It will certainly make featured status as it bears the quality, craftsmanship, and dignity that many timelines, featured or not, lack. Russian America surely deserves a nomination.
 * No Napoleon by ChrisL123 - A good timeline that saw a lot of work over the course of this past year. Explores an underdone trope and does it quite well. It also has some of the best media I've seen on the wiki.
 * Fidem Pacis by Arbolianus - A good timeline that has had a lot of work done to it over the last few years. Goes up to the present day and is one of the few TLs that actually have work done to it this year.

​Voting

 * King of America
 * .....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * The Old Boar Suffered
 * Russian America
 * No Napoleon
 * Fidem Pacis
 * No Napoleon
 * Fidem Pacis
 * Fidem Pacis

Best New Timeline
This award is for the best TL that was created in 2015.

Nominations

 * Grand Union by LightningLynx89 and Upvoteanthology. While clearly attempting to profit off of the Superpowers formula, I think Grand Union is one of the more interesting and expansive timelines created this year. "This is not your grave  but you are welcome in it. " 22:13, December 5, 2015 (UTC)
 * Land of Empires by wild. If you miss out the ASBness, this TL is actually really good. It's really interesting and has got 70 pages. Wild has worked crazy on this and is the best darn Tl created this year.
 * The Once and Never Kings by me, I am that Guy. I started TONK after I became disinterested in my first TL, No Great War, and I feel much better about this one than that. With over 50 pages, I like the point I'm at at the end of its first year! and I intend to expand it greatly in its second year. I am that guy (talk) 03:37, December 24, 2015 (UTC)
 * Scotland says "Yes" by Bryce3. This timeline is quite new, started on the 23rd of December, but it has been greatly developed over the past ~2 weeks. A new POD, set quite recently, in 2014, that is already reasonably extensive and also plausible. Despite its newness, I feel that it is deserving of this award and will be an incredible timeline when it is finished. - Supergamer1(Currently between sigs)
 * Loyal Italynowiki&gt;: This is a new timeline and it revolves around the consequences of Italy joining the Central Powers in World War I. It has a number of pages and has explores interesting possibilities and is still being editing actively by Person67 and Vatonica to make it a more extensive and better timeline. Person67

​Voting

 * Grand Union
 * .....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * Land of Empires
 * The Once and Never Kings
 * Scotland says "Yes"
 * Scotland says "Yes"
 * Scotland says "Yes"


 * Loyal Italy

Best New Article
This award is for the best article created in 2015.

Nominations

 * Napoleone di Buonaparte (The Once and Never Kings) by me. Easily the article I put the most effort into, and the one I'm the most proud of so far. I am that guy (talk) 22:05, December 24, 2015 (UTC)
 * Anna II of Anglia (The Kalmar Union) by Yan. I give credit where it's due, and Yan deserves a lot of credit for his 500th article for The Kalmar Union. The depth of it is incredible imo. I am that guy (talk) 22:05, December 24, 2015 (UTC)
 * War of the Axes (The Old Boar Suffered) - A great and well written article. Definitely took a lot of work and research to write given that it's about as dense and fleshed out as an actual history textbook. With that said though it's still entertaining in my opinion, and goes to show how strange wars can get ATL. Harvenard2 (talk) 00:42, January 3, 2016 (UTC)
 * United Kingdom (In Frederick's Fields) - Great amount of detail, and a nice focus on politics as well. ChrisL123 (talk) 16:43, January 4, 2016 (UTC)
 * The Spanish Civil War (No to Nazism) by ME!(Supergamer1). Also Erizium. It has a table, a detailed timeline going back decades, contains an overview of all the major battles and is quite detailed. - Supergamer1 (Currently between sigs)

​Voting

 * Napoleone di Buonaparte
 * Anna II of Anglia
 * War of the Axes
 * United Kingdom
 * .....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * The Spanish Civil War
 * United Kingdom
 * .....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * The Spanish Civil War

Best New OTL/non-AH Work
This award is for the best OTL/non-AH work that was created in 2015. 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 New Map Game
This award is for the best map game created in 2015.

Nominations

 * Diversa Pars - Created by Upvote. Despite not having been played in months, I found this to be a refreshing concept at that time, and still do - have had this in my note file all year for this, lol. Lordganon (talk) 19:47, December 4, 2015 (UTC)
 * The Ashes of Rome What I've seen of this wiki, this is the most succeful 'ancient' game. I, not being biased thought that it was a great game and wasn't boring at any time. Awesome history 28 (talk) 22:34, December 8, 2015 (UTC)
 * Dawn of War - By Feudalplague. This game features a new spin in the Cold War, featuring a third bloc to counter the USSR and US, and also had very interesting events take place, such as the ancient ruins from a high-tech civilisation, which made the game more fun and unique. -Seiga [[Image:Miko THPW2.png|30px]] [[Image:Flag of Europe.svg|25px|border]] 2015 December 09, 06:40 (CET)
 * Allies vs Axis Resurrection - By PitaKang. The sixth installment in the Allies vs Axis series, I believe it was a wonderful game for the time it lasted, centered around the world during the Great Depression and the subsequent events leading to World War II. The game had a fascinating chain of events, which entitled us to enjoy the rise of the Fascist and Communist ideological fronts, and the ascent of numerous Third World states; presenting a multipolar world with various centers of power.

Discussions

 * Only played in DoW of these three, and it really was fantastic until the aliens and ruins, which made the game completely implausible, completely to the judgment of the mods, and not fun. The aliens caused the game to collapse, and I'd say that it was two different games. The first game, with the three blocs of the cold war, was super fun, but the second, with the aliens, was horrible. -Vatonica

​Voting

 * Diversa Pars
 * .....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * The Ashes of Rome
 * Dawn of War
 * Allies vs Axis Resurrection
 * Allies vs Axis Resurrection
 * Allies vs Axis Resurrection

Best New 1983: Doomsday Article
This award is for the best article in our largest timeline - 1983: Doomsday - that was graduated in 2015. A list of articles graduated this year may be found on the Awards talk page.

Discussions
=Content Awards=

Best New Photoshopped Picture
This award is for the best photoshopped picture created in 2015. The creator can only nominate a single one of their pictures.

Best New Flag
This award is for the best fictional flag created in 2015. For reference see Category:Flags.

Nominations

 * Flag of Francia (TONK).png by me, I am that guy. The flag for the Empire of Francia on my TL, The Once and Never Kings, based on the otl French Royal standard. I am that guy (talk) 21:55, December 23, 2015 (UTC)
 * Flag of the United States (Rule, Britannia!).png by me. Variant flag of the United States for my timeline. Scraw 22:10, December 23, 2015 (UTC)

​Voting

 * Flag of Francia (TONK).png
 * Flag of the United States (Rule, Britannia!).png
 * .....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * .....  Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!

Best New Coat of Arms
This award is for the best fictional coat of arms created in 2015. For reference see Category:Coats of Arms.

Nominations

 * CoA of Francia TONK.png by me. The coat of arms of the Empire of Francia in my TL, The Once and Never Kings. Like the flag, the CoA uses the design of the Oriflamme. I am that guy (talk) 21:57, December 23, 2015 (UTC)
 * COA for MP final.png by Mscoree. One of PM3's better alternate coats of arms. Harvenard2 (talk) 00:46, January 3, 2016 (UTC)

Voting

 * CoA of Francia TONK.png
 * COA for MP final.png
 * COA for MP final.png

Best New Map
This award is for the best map created in 2015. World map, off-world map, city map or any kind of map is acceptable.

Nominations

 * Europe colored-labeled TONK.png by I am that guy depicting Europe in his timeline, The Once and Never Kings. I think it looks pretty good, and about the best we can expect for most maps. "This is not your grave  but you are welcome in it. " 22:01, December 5, 2015 (UTC)
 * Mejeada map.png by Hellerick. Made for the Map Contest. The Map speaks for itself. ~ Scraw 19:23, January 2, 2016 (UTC)
 * EuropeIFF.png by Fedelede. Great layout, great colours, great use of native languages for nation labels... just a great map. ChrisL123 (talk) 23:55, January 3, 2016 (UTC)

Voting

 * Europe colored-labeled TONK.png


 * ​   .....   Because I'm Just... Too... SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!
 * Mejeada map.png


 * EuropeIFF.png
 * EuropeIFF.png



Best New Template
This award is for the best template created in 2015. The creator can nominate their own work, once.

Nominations

 * - by I am that guy, having created quite a few templates for my TL, I see this as my favorite. I know it's red-link central, but it's going to take a while to fill in 100+ articles. - I am that guy (talk) 03:07, December 22, 2015 (UTC)


 * - by UR. Found this yesterday, I especially like the colors used and the organization. - I am that guy (talk) 17:37, December 26, 2015 (UTC)

Voting


=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

 * EoGuy Without him most of the articles on this wiki would be a mess. He's done incredible copyediting all 4 years and has got the 2nd highest edit tally on this wiki. Everybody whose bad at spelling owes this guy. Really helpful. Awesome history 28 (talk) 22:34, December 8, 2015 (UTC)
 * KingSweden - In my mind, KingSweden is one of the greatest writers on this entire wiki. He wrote my favorite timeline, Napoleon's World. I was absolutely sure that he won this award before only to go back and find that he did not. I think his accomplishments speak for themselves. Few others deserve this award. ~ Scraw 22:21, December 23, 2015 (UTC)

Voting

 * EoGuy
 * KingSweden
 * KingSweden

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

 * The Kalmar Union by Yan Hoek. Hands down one of the best written timelines on the wiki. And it passed 500 articles this year as well. I am that guy (talk) 22:07, December 27, 2015 (UTC)
 * Jill Clinton by Cgl1999. An all time classic, both in terms of interesting and realistic content and an insane attention to detail. Whether it is the hyperrealistic alternate photographs, massive biographies of figures in the timeline, or the far-reaching consequences of Bill Clinton's fateful decision, I cannot call this timeline anything less than "high art". —Bfoxius (talk)
 * Ætas ab Brian by C II R. One of our classics. I didn't realize it hadn't won yet. An interesting premise, to say nothing of what follows. It is one of the most detailed TLs on this wiki. ~ Scraw 22:23, January 4, 2016 (UTC)

Voting

 * The Kalmar Union
 * Jill Clinton
 * Aetas ab Brian
 * Aetas ab Brian
 * Aetas ab Brian

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.

Nominations

 * Kingdom of England (The Old Boar Suffered) - Very well written and immersive article. At over a quarter of a million bytes it's quite a read, and one of my favorites this year. Harvenard2 (talk) 00:41, January 3, 2016 (UTC)


 * Vinland (The Kalmar Union), by Yan Hoek, very informative, nicely written, and a good read. Imo, a good work. I am that guy (talk) 01:18, January 3, 2016 (UTC)

Voting

 * Kingdom of England
 * Vinland
 * Vinland

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.

Nominations

 * 2000 AD Superpowers Map.png - By Red VS Blue for his well-known timeline Superpowers. For me, and I suspect for many others, this map is the face of all maps on the wiki and one of the first maps users see when they first arrive. "This is not your grave  but you are welcome in it. " 22:07, December 5, 2015 (UTC)
 * Unite O Francia (Map Contest).png by ChrisL123. Made for the Map Contest. One of the best maps I have ever seen on this wiki. ~ Scraw 19:27, January 2, 2016 (UTC)

Voting

 * 2000 AD Superpowers Map.png


 * Unite O Francia (Map Contest).png
 * Unite O Francia (Map Contest).png



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.

Nominations

 * Principia Moderni III - Love it or hate it, it now holds the record for the longest map game in althistory at 615 turns from 1400-2015, and was by far and away the biggest map game of its kind. I would like to thank Feud for making Borealia possible  21:30, December 5, 2015 (UTC)

Voting

 * Principia Moderni III