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WikiProject Awards

WikiProject Awards is a project dedicated to helping people develop the creation and use of Barnstars and other awards within the Wikipedia community. These awards are part of the Kindness Campaign and are used to help promote Civility and WikiLove.

Goals

  1. Keep all awards in a tidy, easy-to-navigate directory.
  2. Help users who are keen to make new awards.
  3. Maintain all awards and templates related to them.
  4. Promote the use of Barnstars and other awards throughout Wikipedia.
  5. Make sure that all awards are used in the proper manner.

Award Barnstar

{{Award Barnstar}}|message ~~~~ Results in

The Award Barnstar
message ~~~~

Participants

Participants may use this code: {{User WPAwards}} to get this userbox:

This user is a participant in WikiProject Awards.

Anyone who is interested in maintaining the Awards page and proposals, and helping out with the project in general, is welcome to add their name here (Do NOT add your name if you have the intention of only contributing once or twice!) using {{user2|User name here}} ''Optional Comment''

  1. F9T (talk · contribs · count) - Anything, just ask
  2. Rbpolsen (talk · contribs · count) - New barnstars, or anything, just ask!
  3. Mwilso24 (talk · contribs · count) - I'll help out
  4. Piotrus (talk · contribs · count) - feel free to ask for my help
  5. Pedant (talk · contribs · count) - glad to do 'grunt work', I feel that wikiawards should be more casual/less regimented
  6. Jamessugrono (talk · contribs · count) - Any cleanup, or whatever, that needs to be done by someone that is immune to boredom, simply send it my way.
  7. Snowolf (talk · contribs · count)
  8. Mr kc (talk · contribs · count) - I'll do what i can
  9. Erik212 (talk · contribs · count) - Anything, avoiding graphics
  10. Stormtracker94 (talk · contribs · count) I'm in.
  11. Elipongo (talk · contribs · count)
  12. Zenlax (talk · contribs · count)
  13. Klownox (talk · contribs · count) - I'll try to make some stuff
  14. BernhardFischbein (talk · contribs · count) - I would be Happy to help
  15. Tjpravetz (talk · contribs · count) - Still willing to help out!
  16. Swirlex (talk · contribs · count)
  17. Blacksmith (talk · contribs · count)-willing to help, just ask.
  18. Drahcir (talk · contribs · count)-semi-active but willing to help
  19. Barkjon (talk · contribs · count)-not good at graphics but willing to give out barnstars. If you have anyone for me to put a barnstar on their page, just tell me who and give me a copy of the barnstar.
  20. RyRy5 (talk · contribs · count)-Can help make and give out barnstars. I hope you can give me barnstars too.
  21. Eustress (talk · contribs · count)
  22. Klownox (talk · contribs · count) - May come up with some designs if i have free time or during the weekends.
  23. Channel_R (talk · contribs · count) - Graphic design.
  24. Jordan Timothy James Busson (talk · contribs · count) I'll design barnstars and other awards whenever I have time.
  25. Hereford (talk · contribs · count) I'll do any requests for Barnstar Ribbons.
  26. Skittleys (talk · contribs · count) ask away! :)
  27. Meisfunny (talk · contribs · count) design, but mostly images with no template.
  28. Angel caboodle (talk · contribs · count) - Graphics and advice about graphics!
  29. Candyo32 (talk · contribs · count)

New Awards

If you have an idea for a new award, you can either:

  • Be bold and put the award up yourself on the appropriate page (see below)

or if you are not confident enough, or would like to see if anyone comes up with a better design, you can

Awards

Barnstars

The Original Barnstar
The Original Barnstar
  • Barnstars are what we use on Wikipedia as a reward for those users who make outstanding contributions in the particular field. To give someone an award, all you have to do, is copy the code from the table onto the talk page of the person you want to give the award to, and tell them why you have given it to them. Don't hesitate: be bold!

WikiProject awards

The Olympic Award
The Olympic Award
  • A WikiProject award is awarded for substantial contributions towards a particular WikiProject.

Other Related Awards

The translation barnstar
The translation barnstar
  • Other Related Awards, In addition to barnstars, there are several other awards as well. While barnstars are generally reserved for a long-standing pattern of excellence, the following awards are more often given to honor specific actions or events.

Order of the Day

The order of the day award
The order of the day award

The Order of the Day is usually awarded annually to a Wikimedia developer or technical person for exceptional service to the community. Often, but not always, awarded for a specific achievement, it was most recently awarded to Brion Vibber for numerous achievements over a long period of time.

Personal User awards

The "thinking out of the box" award
The "thinking out of the box" award

In the Personal User Awards there is a wide range of awards to chose from, from the "Golden Wiki" award, for users who have made outstanding contributions, to the "Son of Jimbo" award, for users with the last name "Wales". So the next time you think a user has made a significant contribution, or basically anything else, why don't you give them a reward to show your gratitude?

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