A user called Antonu has proposed some new versions of barnstars at WikiProject Wikipedia Awards (permanent link) . Kind of awesome, but the old barnstars have character... Once I saw that I was pretty disappointed to see that I wasn't the first to comment. :) Anyway, since the thing has project-wide impacts, I put a new section at the proposals village pump (it probably gets MUCH more attention than RfCs) to attract people to that discussion.
A lot of !votes have been cast, with around half on each side. Some say the new ones look like cheap plastic, while others find them smooth and shiny. Some are concerned about the size of the barnstars as they may look terrible when scaled. Some think that it's not helpful to produce bitmap barnstars as they are not scalable. Some think that the new barnstars suit the new vector skin. I still haven't made up my mind yet; I'll try next time I give out a barnstar.
Anyway, so a user decided we could use both. Yes, that's right, both. Those who prefer the old ones can use the same old templates, while those who like the new ones can add |alt to the end so the new barnstar can be used. For example, {{The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua|alt}} will produce the new version of the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar.
I have informed the English Wikinews as well as the Chinese Wikipedia about the change. Wikinews is less concerned, with only one Wikinewsie popping over to enwiki to comment. The Chinese Wikipedia community is in favour of the new ones. According to a Wikipedian there, he has already been bold and adapted some of the new barnstars.
Not long after this happened, a Wikibookian proposed (permanent link) using barnstars at Wikibooks. Last year, I'd proposed the same thing though it didn't past. Interestingly enough, there was already a Wikibooks award that had been awarded twice! Anyway, there has been a short discussion and the WP barnstars page has been trasnwikied over to Wikibooks. I have drawn a medal with Inkscape and proposed it. Whether or not it will be adopted still takes time to decide.
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