Talk:Geobrush achievement

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Revision as of 14:21, 16 January 2014 by imported>Jevanyn (Proposals: +1)

Proposal discussion

  • Needs work: I really like the concept, and I wonder why we haven't had that idea earlier. But can we use a name which the majority of us won't need to look up in the Encyclopedia of Local Artists of Offshore Countries aka Wikipedia? I mean, we do have the Bill Gates achievement, which is also named after a human, but that's another league of fame. I'm thinking of a more general name such as Geobrush achievement, Ceci n'est pas un hashpoint achievement or simply Visual Artist achievement. --Calamus 04:10, 12 January 2014 (EST)
  • I support this achievement, because I like the idea and I think there is a lot of potential for even non-artists (like me) to come up with a collage, say, made of materials found at the hashpoint. I shall add it to my list of things to do this summer. But like Calamus above, the name means absolutely nothing to me and I would prefer a more general one which communicates the idea of the achievement better. — Benjw  {talk} 06:49, 12 January 2014 (EST)
  • Support. Though I suck at art so I'll probably never get this my self. --RedHatter (talk) 15:27, 14 January 2014 (EST)
  • Support, it would be neat to have a gallery of the artwork and it would be yet another reason to get into geohashing. Frogman (talk) 21:27, 15 January 2014 (EST)

Better Naming

The naming seems to be the only failure so far, so let's just start a list of better / more generally understandable names.
I choose Bob Ross originally because he was the first person plopping into my mind when I thought about a non-academic artist, famous for landscapes and encouraging people to be creative. But I understand that he's too widely unknown. ;) TroLLorT (talk) 13:19, 12 January 2014 (EST)

Naming is always hard. I've been running a background process in my head all day in search of a clever name for this achievement, and I haven't been able to come up with one. So for now, I'll just stick to one of the existing proposals. Anyone feeling creative? Posting this discussion to the news box. --Calamus 16:52, 12 January 2014 (EST)

Proposals

Name Pros Cons Supporters

Geobrush achievement

  • understandable
  • brush only?

Ceci n'est pas un hashpoint achievement
see: La trahison des images by René Magritte

  • nice allusion
  • again the Encyclopedia of Local Artists of Offshore Countries aka Wikipedia
  • Magritte was an academic (professional) painter

Visual Artist achievement

  • understandable
  • maybe a bit boring

Happy Trees achievement

  • stems (pun intended) from the original cause for Bob Ross' notoriety
  • not specific to an individual artist
  • trees only?