Forum:Medal System (incentive)

As you all know, mainspace editing has died down greatly, even though there is a large overhaul project going on.

Chiafriend12 and I have been discussing a medal system for a while now, and it is going to be implemented now.

Chia has made. This medal is awarded to the editors who have been User of the Month before.

You can stick these on your userpage, wherever you want.

I apologize to the other admins that we did not discuss this with (namely, all of you), but Chia and I felt that it needed to be implemented to keep the mainspace editing flowing in our community.

More medals will be produced sooner or later.

--   EightOhEight   Talk  00:28, May 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Great work. I do hope you realize Darkman and I had a great discussion about an award system on the Soldier of Fortune Wiki, at about the time the idea was conceived, so we knew it would happen. I'm happy they have been implemented and hopefully we can see more action where it's needed now. 00:31, May 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * As of right now, awards will probably only be given out by admins. Callofduty4, I'd appreciate it if you could help me go through the UOTM list and add Template:Award/UOTM to their page. Also, can you add the Award/UOTM button to my monaco.js? -- Emblem-treasuremap-1.jpg  EightOhEight   Talk Emblem-pirate-1.jpg 00:32, May 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure. 00:34, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * This award program seems like a good idea. It might promote mainspace editing. [[File:Pvt.jpg]]Pvt. Dunn  00:36, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I fully support the idea. It's much more accessible and fair than a Rank system and it provides another avenue of rewarding good editors besides the once-a-month UotM. --Scottie theNerd 02:58, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I also fully support the idea, per Scottie & Dunn. [[Image:US Army OF-2.png|10px|link=Special:Contributions/CodExpert]]1st L t.  C ôd E xpert T alk 03:00, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * This seems like an excellent idea, Per Scottie & Dunn. [[Image:50px-USMC-E11.png|20px|link=Special:Contributions/Delta 4-7]]Sgt.Maj. Delta  4-7 USSOCOM.png 03:02, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I think it'll work. Per Scottie and everyone else. 10:03, May 23, 2010 (UTC)

Further Explanation
Due to the good responses that this thread has gotten, I'll go into further detail.

Right now, Chia has ribbons for being active for periods of time (6 months, 12 months, 24 months).

We're not going to create medals for edit counts because that'll encourage edit whoring.

There'll be medals for participating in the overhaul project that is going on, just to encourage helping. For these, you must provide proof that you actually helped out.

--   EightOhEight   Talk  03:11, May 23, 2010 (UTC)

I have a question. With the ribbons for being active for certain amounts of time, do you have to have never been inactive, even for a few days? Sorry if it's a stupid question, I'm just wondering. Pvt. Dunn  03:14, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * If you go a few days without making any edits it's not like you've left the community, so unless you go long periods of time without doing a thing it will probably still count. 03:29, May 23, 2010 (UTC)

Hmm....It is an interesting concept which i like very much. Great work guys,great work! Can someone post up the rest of the ribbons so we can see them? <font color="Green"> Talk 03:19, May 23, 2010 (UTC)

All of the ribbons so far:
 * Medal, User of the Month.png for being or having been a User of the Month
 * Medal, Six Month Good Conduct.png for having six months of good conduct
 * Medal, Twelve Month Good Conduct.png for having twelve months of good conduct
 * Medal, Twelve Month Good Conduct with Oak Leaf.png for having twenty-four months of good conduct

The device on the ribbon for twenty-four months of good conduct is an oak leaf cluster which indicates that a said medal has been awarded to the same person more than once. 03:29, May 23, 2010 (UTC)

I think we could make these a little fancier, but otherwise this gets a thumbs up from me. Nice work Chia. <font size="3" style="color:DarkOrange;">Sgt.Maj. <font size="3" style="color:red;">Delta <font size="3" style="color:DarkGoldenrod;"> 4-7 04:12, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I do think they could be jazzed up a bit. 10:04, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Two things:
 * 1. Great work Chia and Eight on the award system! But Ukimies is right. Jazz it up a notch!
 * 2. Can awards be given to non-admins? 12:06, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree, let's Jazz them up. And how do we collect medal's that we are applicable for. Also we need a page for them. Good job Chia GenCain sig.jpg<font color="Gold"> T <font color="Crimson"> C <font color="Gold"> E  <font color="Crimson"> B 11:21, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I personally like the ribbons as they are. They're based off real military decorations, which aren't meant to be snazzy. I'm glad to keep it simple and clear. --Scottie theNerd 11:53, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Per Scottie, I was just coming here to say that they're based off real Navy good conduct medals. They should stay as they are. 14:41, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Speaking of real medals, I suggest a WWII Campaign medal for the Overhaul project. Other historical campaign medals could be used if more projects are needed (e.g. improvement drives, etc.). --Scottie theNerd 15:24, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * How about a victory medal? 15:28, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * We're actually only using ribbons to stay organized. -- Emblem-treasuremap-1.jpg<font style="background:beige"> <font face="century gothic"> EightOhEight  <font face="century gothic"> Talk Emblem-pirate-1.jpg 18:49, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I got one, for reporting 100+vandals you get a purple heart GenCain sig.jpg<font color="Gold"> T <font color="Crimson"> C <font color="Gold"> E  <font color="Crimson"> B 15:29, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe a defense medal instead of a purple heart. 15:31, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * The difficulty of awarding medals based on vandal reports is that no one's keeping count. --Scottie theNerd 15:43, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * While that is difficult, I've gotta say that I'm counting. But most likely no one else is, so it is difficult. 17:09, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree, it would take me 8 min to find out GenCain sig.jpg<font color="Gold"> T <font color="Crimson"> C <font color="Gold"> E  <font color="Crimson"> B 17:12, May 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, there isn't a uniform method of combating vandalism, so many users won't have any means to keep record. Some users revert, others place vandal tags, others go straight to admins. Again, the actual number of reports isn't as important as the effort behind it. That's why a general good conduct ribbon is more appropriate for general distribution than specific task-based awards. Unless you want to add a V for Vandalism emblem :) --Scottie theNerd 02:26, May 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, there isn't a uniform method of combating vandalism, so many users won't have any means to keep record. Some users revert, others place vandal tags, others go straight to admins. Again, the actual number of reports isn't as important as the effort behind it. That's why a general good conduct ribbon is more appropriate for general distribution than specific task-based awards. Unless you want to add a V for Vandalism emblem :) --Scottie theNerd 02:26, May 24, 2010 (UTC)