Conservapedia talk:Awards

These awards are really great! :) Will we eventually be able to nominate users for awards? Taj 02:57, 12 December 2008 (EST)

Conservapedia monthly awards discussion area below

A discussion was started regarding the type and number of monthly awards to be given for meritorious contributions to Conservapedia: http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Aschlafly#Productivity_at_Conservapedia_recognized_monthly Andy Schlafly, the owner of Conservapedia, likes the idea of having monthly awards. I also think that Conservapedia monthly award templates should be created so that they can be put on Conservapedian user pages (see: http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Aschlafly#Conservapedia_monthly_award_templates ).

I realize that conservapedians are volunteers and not employees but I do think this is an excellent resource to keep in mind when designing our conservapedia monthly awards: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0VCW/is_/ai_65329311

Please continue the discussion on this talk page in the area given below. conservative 15:43, 14 December 2008 (EST)

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In line with Mr. Schlafly's thinking I agree that these should be simple, i.e. there should only be a few awards each month otherwise they lose their value. I suppose "service levels" would depend on the accumulation of points over a period. Also I don't think it is a good idea to name the awards after people who are not Conservapedians as we do not have the rights to their name. They should just be called the Conservapedia awards. I don't wish to spend too much effort on this just at the moment as I am involved with a lot of activities for our church at this time - (carol services as well as organising the cooking and delivery of meals to the elderly and poor of our parish on Christmas day). So I would like to see more discussions and a clear idea of a workable system. I may not actually be doing much but I will think a bout it a lot. Perhaps we could launch them in January when everthing has been hashed out? --BrianCo 16:28, 14 December 2008 (EST)

I don't agree with you about the awards not being named after people in some cases. I do think that when names are used they should be used to honor historical figures and not contemporary figures. conservative 16:46, 14 December 2008 (EST)

Well I guess that was what I really meant; that we should exclude living people. Even so, we should consider with what authority we make use of someone else's name. BrianCo 17:17, 14 December 2008 (EST)

I do realize that it is courteous to have a living person agree to have their name used for an award. I thought having a historical person be used for an award would streamline the process of using a name based award in certain cases. However, I have rethought my position, as long as we have the person's permission, I see nothing wrong with using the person's name. I may contact Mr. Gish as far as a Duane Gish award (see: http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Aschlafly#In_2009_have_monthly_Duane_Gish_awards ), but if I cannot get reach him, I think we should use Henry Morris instead. conservative 17:25, 14 December 2008 (EST)

I agree it is a good idea. I don't agree with the quality of the medals. Since contributors are enticed to win these, I think they should look as close as possible to actual medals and not clip art. [1] --jpatt 11:55, 16 December 2008 (EST)

Category ideas

• Bible
• Literature
• Human interest
• News stories
• Anti-vandalism
• Science
• Essays
• Sports
• Geography
• Music
• Religion
• Conservative Principles
• Liberal Awareness
• Military

There are probably several others. Go ahead and add as you wish. I have no idea how to name the individual awards, but it's a start, anyway. I look forward to hearing your input. Yours truly, JY23 17:00, 14 December 2008 (EST)

I like the idea of subject area awards combined with a few key Geo's awards (see: Conservapedia:Awards ). I also think an award should go to the editor who does the most main space edits for a month. I think the winner of the awards should be voted on by the users and done monthly. In my next post, I will recommend which of Geo's awards I think should be done monthly. conservative 23:45, 16 December 2008 (EST)

I think the Geo's good conduct medal and Service White Medal should be voted on monthly. I also like the idea of a Duane Gish award being done monthly - see: http://www.conservapedia.com/User_talk:Aschlafly#In_2009_have_monthly_Duane_Gish_awards conservative 23:47, 16 December 2008 (EST)

I don't like the idea of a Liberal Awareness award. I don't even know how that award would be decided and I just don't think it is necessary as the "New Stories" should cover it and it seems as if Sysop Dean is handling that area along with Andy. Occasionally, I add news stories as well. conservative 23:50, 16 December 2008 (EST)