[Wikipedia-l] Re: Wikipedia + culture differences on different wikis

Thu Nov 3 03:01:25 UTC 2005

Andrew Lih wrote:

> It's good to see universal debates we can learn from, but I enjoy
> discovering the tasty differences among Wikipedias.
> 
> My favorite - at Wikimania, I was moderating a panel, and one
> presenter (CathyMa) talked about barnstars. I explained to the
> audience that barnstars originated to be given by anyone to anyone for
> appreciation.
> 
> Rui Silva of Portugeuse Wikipedia dissented, saying it wasn't so on pt:
> 
> Me: "You don't just give out barnstars to anyone?"
> 
> Rui: "Oh no. Not just anyone can get a barnstar. The community must vote on it!"
> 
> :)

And in the german wikipedia we decided against rusty barnstars and 
introduced the golden Gummibear instead:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorlage:Gummib%C3%A4rchen
(can be given by anyone to anyone)

;-)

elian