For more background about the word "barnstar", seebarnstar.
This page in a nutshell: Abarnstar is an award intended to show appreciation for an editor or for their contributions to Wikipedia, given by their fellow editors.
Thebarnstar is not unique to Wikipedia. Some years ago, somewiki-based communities began to give their users awards calledbarn stars, using astar anchor to represent the concept of the shared work experience, as inbarn raising. The concept of the barnstar as a Wiki award was created bySunirShah onMeatballWiki.[1][2] Web designers were invited to incorporate a similar barn star design into their project asEaster eggs.[3]
Wiki barnstars were introduced to Wikipedia in December 2003 byMartinHarper.[4] Since then, the concept has become ingrained in the Wikipedia culture. These awards are also part of theKindness Campaign and are meant to promotecivility andWikiLove. They are meant as a form ofwarm fuzzy: they are free to give and are intended to bring joy to the recipient.
And please remember that there are also other ways of showing simple appreciation to someone, such as a comment on the user's talk page, a "thank" notification from an article's history page, as well as alternative awards displayed inPersonal user awards.
Thebarnstarname parameter should be replaced with the name of the barnstar you want to give.
Themessage parameter should be replaced with the message you want to accompany the barnstar.
The 2 parameter, when set to the value alt (2=alt), makes the barnstar appear as a Barnstar 2.0. If the parameter is omitted, the barnstar will appear as a Barnstar 1.0.
If you don't feel any of these barnstar awards covers the topics you are concerned with, you can always design your own (using these as examples, if you like).
If you have any questions concerning barnstars, or would like a barnstar to be added to this list, please seeWikiProject Wikipedia Awards - a group of volunteers who help guide these pages.
Barnstars are listed in chronological order, that is, in the order in which they were introduced to the English Wikipedia. Any new barnstars should be added to the bottom of the appropriate section. Note: Barnstars added without consensus may be removed.
These are barnstars which are not for any specific contribution or task. (For barnstars for specific types of contributions, see#Specific editing contributions, below.)
TheOriginal Barnstar, the first on Wikipedia, is given to recognize particularly fine contributions to Wikipedia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated.
Introduced byMartinHarper on December 19, 2003, and later modified bySilsor on February 17, 2004.
TheEditor's Barnstar is awarded to individuals who display particularly fine decisions in general editing. This is occasionally known as theExclusionists' Barnstar. Sometimes, expert text removal is the most effective editing.
Working Wikipedian's BarnstarThe Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
TheWorking Wikipedian's Barnstar may be awarded to those who work tirelessly and endlessly on the more laborious or repetitive of Wikipedia tasks.
This barnstar's name can now be gender-specific by supplying 'm' for "Working man's", 'w' for "Working Woman's", 'n' for "Hard worker's" and 'wiki' for "Wikipedian's" in place of the gender option. Leaving this option blank will first determine if the user has a gender set, and if not, use the default "Wikipedian's".
TheTireless Contributor Barnstar may be awarded to especially tireless Wikipedians who contribute an especially large body of work without sacrificing quality.
TheBarnstar of Good Humor may be awarded to particularly light-spirited Wikipedians who, by their unshakably good humor, consistently and reliably lighten the mood, defuse conflicts, and generally make Wikipedia a better place to be.
TheHalf Barnstar is awarded for excellence in cooperation, especially for productive editing together with someone who holds diametrically opposed viewpoints. Both users get one half of the star; when cooperating they hold a full one.
It was thought of in September 2006 byRadiant!, but not actually handed out until April 2007.
TheSpecial Barnstar may be awarded to a user as a gesture of appreciation for a specific reason, when there is no other barnstar that would feel appropriate.
What a Brilliant Idea! BarnstarThe "What a Brilliant Idea!" Barnstar
The"What a Brilliant Idea!" Barnstar should be awarded to a user who figures out an elegant solution to a particularly burdensome bottleneck or problem, or who identifies a means to improve Wikipedia in a profound way.
TheInvisible Barnstar is awarded to users who make significant and helpful contributions to the project, but have kept to the background without seeking recognition or reward for their work.
Designed and introduced byHersfold in August 2007.
Your Opinion is More Important than You Think BarnstarThe Your Opinion is More Important than You Think Barnstar
TheYour Opinion is More Important than You Think Barnstar was created for awarding to Wikipedians who don't realize that something they have said has helped make Wikipedia better. It is suggested, since the recipient of this award does not realize that they have helped, that you inform the recipient what change has come about as a result of whatever it was they said that was so noteworthy.
TheAll-Around Amazing Barnstar is awarded to editors who are all-around amazing in most—if not all—parts of Wikipedia. These users have exemplified what it means to be a trueRenaissance man or woman of Wikipedia, being active in more than one part of the Wikipedia community, and understanding that a true Wikipedian is more than just an editor of articles.
This barnstar was originally created on June 24, 2008 forBranStark byAngel caboodle for his continuing contributions in all aspects of Wikipedia.
TheHome-Made Barnstar is awarded to people who do a lot of work in difficult areas and do it well. Recipients are able to think outside the box, the original intention of theWP:IAR principle, and their interventions are always, or almost always effective in resolving or progressing difficulties and disputes.
ThePurple Barnstar is awarded to those who have endured undue hardship (e.g., incessant harassment, personal issues, etc.) on or outside Wikipedia, but still remain resolute in their commitment to the project and its ideals.
TheWinnowing Fan Barnstar is awarded to those with substantial and valuable input withindeletion discussions—in other words, those who work to separate Wikipedia's "wheat" from its "chaff".
Introduced byKDS444 on 7 December 2016 following consensus on talk page.
TheGreatly Improved Editor's Barnstar is awarded as part ofeditor retention efforts, to editors striving to learn and adopt best practices of the project, aiming to improve their contribution.
Turning Wikipedia Green BarnstarThe Turning Wikipedia Green Barnstar
TheTurning Wikipedia Green Barnstar is awarded to an editor who adds encyclopedic content at rapid or large rates, resulting in many of their contributions being green.
TheAnti-Systemic Bias Barnstar is awarded to editors who help reduce Wikipedia'ssystemic bias. (For specifically writing about women, see thegoddess barnstar.)
Introduced bySdkb on March 17, 2022, and designed byFormalDude.
TheBarnstar for the Oops may be awarded to editors who have clarified a mistake made by another contributor and that incorrect contributor has acknowledged the error.
TheConstitutional Barnstar may be awarded to editors who have corrected other contributors on how to properly implementpolicies and/or guidelines in particular situations on Wikipedia.
ThePassive Barnstar may be awarded to editors who have continued to contribute without seeking revenge or other forms of recompense in the face of rebuttals, sarcastic remarks, or outrightpersonal attacks prior to the initiation of a discussion, during a discussion, or after its conclusion.
These barnstars are awarded for specific types of contributions or editing which improve Wikipedia that do not fall into a specific article topical category in the encyclopedia.
TheGraphic Designer's Barnstar may be awarded to those who work tirelessly to provide Wikipedia with free graphic files, either original or a version of a known design (e.g. a country's flag).
Introduced byRedux on August 15, 2005. Original design bySango123, later modified byL'Aquatique. Complete redesign byRectilinium introduced on April 12, 2009.
TheCopyeditor's Barnstar is awarded for excellence in copyediting.
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TheReal-world perspective Barnstar is for any user who makes an effort to improve one or more fiction-related articles by including or expanding material related toreal-world perspective.
TheCategorisation Barnstar is to be awarded to users who dedicate themselves to pruning, maintaining and caring for our category structure, helping it to grow, or who devote themselves to categorising articles to better aid our readers.
Suggested byIuio on April 16, 2007[5] and introduced byHidingT on April 12, 2008. Redesigned byRectilinium in April 2009.
TheAudio Barnstar may be awarded to editors who make a significant contribution to the wiki by creating and/or adding original or rare audio files, such as historical recordings, self-made music, self-made examples of sound effects or musical styles, natural sounds, etc.
Red Link Removal BarnstarThe Red Link Removal Barnstar
TheRed Link Removal Barnstar may be awarded to editors who show diligence in removingred links in articles by creating new articles, correcting the links to connect to appropriate existing articles or deleting links to articles that should not exist because they do not satisfyWikipedia:Notability guidelines.
TheCurator Barnstar may be awarded to those who have a long history of improving Wikipedia by finding and/or restoring historical files (illustrations, photographs, documents, sounds...).
TheFeathered Quill Barnstar may be awarded to two groups of Wikipedians: for writing a large number of articles/edits, or for the continued creation of good articles over a long period of time.
Short Description BarnstarThe Short Description Barnstar
TheShort Description Barnstar may be awarded to those who put much effort into writing high-quality, clear, and conciseshort descriptions for articles.
TheGood Article Rescue Barnstar may be awarded to editors who have improved an article significantly, so that agood article reassessment concludes that it is worthy to remain aGood Article.
TheAnti-Vandalism Barnstar may be awarded to those who show great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks ofvandalism onWikipedia. For more information on fighting vandalism, please seeWikipedia:Vandalism.
TheAdmin's Barnstar may be awarded toadministrators who made a particularly difficult decision, did a tiresome but needed admin task, cleared some extensive backlog or just to show an administrator that you think they are doing good work in a particular area of "the job" and that their work is appreciated. To be used when other, more specific, barnstars do not apply to the reasons at hand.
Introduced bySoWhy on November 14, 2008, and redesigned byRectilinium on May 8, 2009.
New Page Patroller's BarnstarThe New Page Patroller's Barnstar
TheNew Page Patroller's Barnstar may be awarded to users who do great workpatrolling new pages. This may be improving, tagging for deletion, tagging for issues, etc.
TheReviewer's Barnstar is for users who have been outstanding reviewers ofpages with pending changes. It could be given to a new reviewer who hasn't received much attention, though they've been doing everything right.
TheOversighter's Barnstar (alternative name The(information removed) Barnstar) may be awarded tooversighters who tirelessly work to keep Wikipedia free fromhighly disruptive material.
The alternative name can be used by including the extra parameter|altname=yes.
Introduced byMifter on December 1, 2018. 2.0 version designed in September 2022 byDoğu.
These barnstars are given to editors for helping out with things done behind-the-scenes, in those corners of the Wikipedia project typically unseen by the general public.
Defender of the Wiki BarnstarThe Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
TheDefender of the Wiki Barnstar may be awarded to those who have prevented Wikipedia from being used for fraudulent purposes, or who have defended Wikipedia against threats not covered by other barnstars. The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar was created after the2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, when a fraudulent charity tried to take advantage of the widespread media coverage of the article.
Introduced byAlkivar on January 8, 2005. An expansion of the scope of the barnstar was proposed byPine in December 2011 and was uncontroversial.
TheBarnstar Barnstar was created to recognize Wikipedians who have contributed to Wikipedia by creating and awarding barnstars. As of January 2012, this barnstar is made more specific to be the project barnstar for WikiProject Wikipedia Awards.
This award was introduced on December 23, 2005 byCyde, and the design was modified bySango123. The description was updated in January 2012 byPine.
Theda Vinci Barnstar may be awarded to anyone who has enhanced Wikipedia through their technical work (programming and tools,bot building,link repair,Mediawiki developers, etc.). This award may also be given to Cabalists, Mediators and Arbitrators – whose work is essential to the functioning of Wikipedia.Alternative:{{The Technical Barnstar}}
Excellent User Page BarnstarTheExcellent User Page Barnstar
TheExcellent User Page Barnstar is given to those who put in that extra effort on their user page, whether in terms of design, writing, or content. If you find a user page that is unusually entertaining, useful, informative, beautiful, or otherwise noteworthy, let them know with this award.
TheCommons Ambassador Barnstar is awarded to users who make exceptional contributions to the synergistic relationship of English Wikipedia with Wikimedia Commons by searching through Commons to find suitable pictures to add to English Wikipedia or finding free-use images on English Wikipedia and moving them to Commons.
Suggested byJohntex, designed bySmomo and introduced on March 6, 2007, later redesigned byNoah Kastin.
Tip of the Day BarnstarThe Tip of the Day Barnstar
TheTip of the Day Barnstar should be awarded to a user who participates beyond the call of duty in theTip of the day department.
It was adapted from the technology barnstar byThe Transhumanist in May 2007, then later the image from the "What a Brilliant Idea!" barnstar was adopted.
Articles for Creation BarnstarThe Articles for Creation Barnstar
TheArticles for Creation Barnstar is to be awarded to a user who has demonstrated great effort and dedication in reviewing articles and/or other related work for theArticles for creation process.
TheRescue Barnstar is awarded to editors who rescue articles from deletion, or from being delisted from either Good Article or Featured Article status. This can be independent of or in cooperation with theArticle Rescue Squadron.
TheReference Desk Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes a contribution to the WikipediaReference Desks that is exceptionally useful to a person who seeks assistance there.
TheWikiProject Barnstar is for users who have done a great job in WikiProjects overall, either A) in a WikiProject that does not have a specific barnstar, or B) someone who makes great strides in improving WikiProjects. This could also be given to a person who starts a very successful WikiProject.
TheExemplary Adoptee Barnstar may be awarded to exemplary candidates currently undergoing adoption by an experienced user through theAdopt-a-User scheme or when the candidate has effectively "graduated."
The award was created byBranStark on July 2, 2008.
TheAccount Creation Barnstar is to be awarded to individuals in recognition of their significant contribution to creating accounts for users atWP:ACC. Account creators are often overlooked and rarely receive any form of acknowledgement for their work, which, at times, can be very repetitive and tedious.
The award was created byBranStark on July 24, 2008.
TheDispute Resolution Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes a contribution to one of thedispute resolution forums that exceptionally furthers the aims of the project.
The award was created byDendodge on 1 September 2008.
ThePress Barnstar may be awarded to any editor whose contributions to Wikipedia were cited by one or more news services off Wikipedia. Alternatively, it may be awarded to a Wikipedian or Wikiproject whose contributions have earned Wikipedia praise from the media. As the focus of this barnstar is off Wikipedia praise it should not be awarded to those who have contributed to internal news services like the Signpost or Wikiproject newsletters, nor to those who actively edit articles concerning the press in general. (See The Signpost Barnstar)
Suggested byTomStar81 and designed byChamal N February 15, 2009, and introduced February 20, 2009.
ThePremium Reviewer Barnstar is awarded to users that have achieved more than threeReviewer Barnstars or are given to users who have diligentlyreviewed an article or set of articles very closely to ensure its good quality on Wikipedia.
TheInstructor's Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians for stellar work in the area of writing or improvinginstructional material, such ashow-to andhelp pages,documentation of templates or ofWikipedia tools, orWikipedia processes, policies and guidelines.(See also the Helping Hand Barnstar for providing individual assistance to new editors, and the Guidance Barnstar for helping other editors of any experience level find already-existing resources.)
TheFeedback Responder Barnstar is awarded to users who have demonstrated great effort and dedication in responding to feedback on the Feedback Dashboard and/or other related work for the Feedback Dashboard.
Kevin Gorman Education Program BarnstarThe Kevin Gorman Education Program Barnstar
TheKevin Gorman Education Program Barnstar is named forUser:Kevin Gorman, an active member of the community who came to Wikipedia as a student editor and became one of the foremost champions for Wikipedia's importance in education. It is awarded to users for any activity related to the use of Wikipedia in education, either inside or outside of theWikipedia Education Program.
ThisBanstar Barnstar is reserved for editors that have been either temporarily or permanently banned frompublic databases due to incessant fact-checking, due diligence, data collection, and/or general curiosity. Keep up the good work (after finding a proxy).
Editors may use these alternate templates as appropriate. Best created by subst: the barnstar of your choice, then customizing the layout to suit the purpose. This is just a partial list designed to inspire barnstar creativity. Please consider adding your creative alternative barnstar templates to this list.
This is an example of a barnstar userbox. For other barnstars, just replace the image and related text with the barnstar of your choice. (And don't forget to sign.)
The Original Barnstar - This barnstar is given to recognise particularly fine contributions to Wikipedia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated.
Multiple-barnstars are particularly useful for WikiProject awards, where the first barnstar is the Project barnstar and the additional ones are for the specific task. They are also useful in conjunction with The Teamwork Barnstar.
The Multiple Barnstar
Six barnstars for everyone who worked on eliminating the backlog. Good work team.sign here please
This is an example of a Barnometer. You can check the coding and then tweak it according to your own needs. Hover your mouse pointer over each barnstar to read each greeting.
^"MeatballWiki: WikipediaExile". 2003. Archived fromthe original on November 8, 2004. RetrievedJuly 10, 2013.Attempting to use Meatball's BarnStar on Wikipedia might help here. I've uploaded it – must add some appropriate text and start awarding it. --MartinHarper
