To use this Barnstar template, create a new section on the user talkpage of the user you want to give the award to, and add {{subst:The Extra-Tropical Cyclone Barnstar|1=Put your message here. ~~~~}}
to the talk page of the user to whom you wish to award it.
This barnstar has an alternate version. To use, add |2=alt to the end:
{{subst:The Extra-Tropical Cyclone Barnstar|1=Put your message here. ~~~~|2=alt}}
Which produces:
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