Wikipedia:Incremental service awards (Ribbons)

This page in a nutshell: Some editors choose to acknowledge their service to Wikipedia by displaying a service award, which denotes time served and number of edits made. These awards are unofficial – displaying the wrong one carries no penalty, and displaying the right one does not indicate authority or competence.

Incremental service awards are a simple way of acknowledging an editor's level of contribution based on two specific benchmarks: the number of contributions the editor made to Wikipedia and the length of time they have been registered. Academic interlocutors have described Wikipedia's service award schema as a way to award the self. The incremental service awards extend that tenet.

Unlike the Standard Unofficial Service Awards these awards are used to allow the users to have awards in-between the Major service awards.

Please remember that time spent with and number of edits to Wikipedia are not indicative of the quality of an editor's contributions, or of their diplomatic ability. Service awards also do not indicate any level of authority; "veteran" editors have no more authority than "novice" editors.

Levels

Currently there are 20 incremental service awards, 4 levels each for the first 5 service awards. The templates for further incremental service awards still exist - check the article's history for their use.

To keep the validity and status of the major service awards, a ribbon is the only variant of the incremental service award.

Requirements for incremental service awards
°	Award	Level	Edits	Period
1	Registered Editor (or Signator)	Level 2	50	8 days
		Level 3	100	15 days
		Level 4	150	18 days
2	Novice Editor (or Burba)	Level 2	400	1 month 15 days
		Level 3	600	2 months
		Level 4	800	2 months 15 days
3	Apprentice Editor (or Novato)	Level 2	1,250	3 months 23 days
		Level 3	1,500	4 months 15 days
		Level 4	1,750	5 months 8 days
4	Journeyman Editor (or Grognard)	Level 2	2,500	7 months 15 days
		Level 3	3,000	9 months
		Level 4	3,500	10 months 15 days
5	Yeoman Editor (or Grognard Extraordinaire)	Level 2	4,500	13 months 15 days
		Level 3	5,000	15 months
		Level 4	5,500	16 months 15 days

Ribbons

Level	Ribbons	Small ribbons	Requirements
Registered Editor (or Signator)
Level 2	The Signator lv 2, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 8 days and completion of 50 edits {{Registered_Editor_lv2_Ribbon}}	File:Signator lv2 small.jpg	50 edits 8 days of service
Level 3	The Signator lv 3, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 15 days and completion of 100 edits {{Registered_Editor_lv3_Ribbon}}	File:Signator lv 3 small.jpg	100 edits 15 days of service
Level 4	The Signator lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 23 days and completion of 150 edits {{Registered_Editor_lv4_Ribbon}}	File:Signator lv 4 small.jpg	150 edits 18 days of service
Novice Editor (or Burba)
Level 2	The Novice lv 2, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 1 month 15 days and completion of 400 edits {{Burba_lv2_Ribbon}}	File:Burba level 2 rib.svg	400 edits 1 month 15 days of service
Level 3	The Novice lv 3, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 2 months and completion of 600 edits {{Burba_lv3_Ribbon}}	File:Burba level 3 rib.svg	600 edits 2 months of service
Level 4	The Novice lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 2 months 15 days and completion of 800 edits {{Burba_lv4_Ribbon}}	File:Burba level 4 rib.svg	800 edits 2 months 15 days of service
Apprentice Editor (or Novato)
Level 2	The Apprentice lv 2, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 3 months 23 days and completion of 1,250 edits {{Apprentice_lv2_Ribbon}}	File:Novato level 2 rib.svg	1,250 edits 3 months 23 days of service
Level 3	The Apprentice lv 3, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 4 months 15 days and completion of 1,500 edits {{Apprentice_lv3_Ribbon}}	File:Novato level 3 rib.svg	1,500 edits 4 months 15 days of service
Level 4	The Apprentice lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 5 months 8 days and completion of 1,750 edits {{Apprentice_lv4_Ribbon}}	File:Novato level 4 rib.svg	1,750 edits 5 months 8 days of service
Journeyman Editor (or Grognard)
Level 2	The Journeyman lv 2, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 7 months 15 days and completion of 2,500 edits {{Journeyman_lv2_Ribbon}}	File:Journeyman lv2 small.jpg	2,500 edits 7 months 15 days of service
Level 3	The Journeyman lv 3, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 9 months and completion of 3,000 edits {{Journeyman_lv3_Ribbon}}	File:Journeyman lv3 small.jpg	3,000 edits 9 months of service
Level 4	The Journeyman lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 10 months 15 days and completion of 3,500 edits {{Journeyman_lv4_Ribbon}}	File:Journeyman lv4 small.jpg	3,500 edits 10 months 15 days of service
Yeoman Editor (or Grognard Extraordinaire)
Level 2	The Yeoman lv 2, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 13 months 15 days and completion of 4,500 edits {{Yeoman_lv2_Ribbon}}	File:Yeoman lv2 small.png	4,500 edits 13 months 15 days of service
Level 3	The Yeoman lv 3, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 15 months and completion of 5,000 edits {{Yeoman_lv3_Ribbon}}	File:Yeoman lv3 small.png	5,000 edits 15 months of service
Level 4	The Yeoman lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 16 months 15 days and completion of 5,500 edits {{Yeoman_lv4_Ribbon}}	File:Yeoman lv4 small.png	5,500 edits 16 months 15 days of service

Levels

Ribbons

Registered Editor (or Signator)

Novice Editor (or Burba)

Apprentice Editor (or Novato)

Journeyman Editor (or Grognard)

Yeoman Editor (or Grognard Extraordinaire)

See also