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[edit] Hall of Fame

I request everyone's input regarding this idea, to create a hall of fame to celebrate the editors who've made lasting, non-revertable contribution to the Wikipedia project and deserve some permanent form of recognition, which may serve as an inspiration to the growing community of newer editors. I believe it is also important to grow a distinctive culture and tradition, which will help us achieve our noble mission.

Please feel free to comment on anything and improve any aspect of this still-developing proposal. Rama's arrow 18:07, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Very bureaucratic and hugely self serving. A two tier process, with an electoral college for each? Proctors appointed by Jimbo Wales? Most distressingly, the proposal says "it is important to treat ordinary users on the same platform as with those serving as administrators". If you use "ordinary user" to describe someone who isn't an admin, then you aren't treating them on the same platform. Administrators are ordinary users, they just asked for some extra buttons and were given them. If there was ever a time on Wikipedia when this might be accepted, I would suggest that that time has passed, with the closing of Esperanza indicative of the general backlash against bureaucracy (e.g. at WP:MOTD).
This proposal represents a lot of effort spent patting ourselves on the back and raising some users above others, which is a bad use of our time at best and contrary to the spirit of Wikipedia at worst. With all respect to the good intentions of the creator, I suggest that this should be {{rejected}}. In the meantime I've tagged it as proposed. --Sam Blanning(talk) 19:06, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
I always meant that the electoral college and inductees should be from diverse backgrounds, and not just admins, etc. I'm an admin myself. The death of Esperanza - an open-ended organisation - especially marks the need to celebrate the achievements and contributions of users in a good way. There isn't much bureaucracy involved, and the said college and proctors would be at work for only a few weeks a year. That isn't much to ask. Rama's arrow 19:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
"Very bureaucratic" - what isn't then, bureaucratic? When some organized work has to be done, we will need an organized approach. This is quite minimal. Also "self-serving?" What does that mean? Can't we celebrate the achievements of users, who've helped build this project without any prospect of renumeration or direct benefit? Why can't this community find a way to honor some people, instead of just bringing them down? Rama's arrow 19:11, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

We already have a number of ways to honor people - barnstars, simple thank you notes, recognition of quality contributions (which are linked to those who made them via the history, and things like FAC), etc. This seemes redundant, and too narrow (in the sense that, I strongly hope, we have too many too good people to decide between the few who could be listed here). While I sympathize with the goal, this is the wrong way to go about it. JesseW, the juggling janitor 06:41, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikiproject

Call this a change of heart, but I certainly don't think a lengthy proposal debate is what I set out to ask for. I think it will be best for me to convert this into a wikiproject, so that anyone who wants to participate can do so and the others may feel free to ignore. Rama's arrow 19:18, 30 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Nominations

I personally believe that there is good cause to include in the Hall of Fame individual editors who have left the project who made significant contributions to wikipedia as it now stands. I would like to ask that the following editors all be considered for inclusion:

Each of these editors during the course of their activity here made significant contributions to the encyclopedia and I believe is at least deserving of consideration for recognition. I acknowledge I have little if any direct personal acquaintance with many of these editors, but at request I have every reason to believe that I will be able to have information supplied for each of these nominees. I would also suggest that any other editors make any nominations of retired wikipedians they believe deserving of such honor. Thank you. Also, if any member with graphics talent would be interested in creating an image into which the names of inductees could be included, I at least would be very grateful. John Carter (talk) 19:53, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed merger

For the purposes of centralized discussion, please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Wikipedia#Proposed merger. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 22:48, 17 November 2007 (UTC)