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| Wikipedia Awards |
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| Awarded by co-founderJimmy Wales |
| Awards by WikiProject |
| Barnstars and other personal awards |
| Awards by number of edits |
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In addition to barnstars, there are several other awards. While barnstars are generally reserved for a long-standing pattern of excellence, the following awards are more often given to honour a specific action or event.
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 | {{subst:ZenAward|message ~~~~}} | TheZen Garden Award for Infinite Patience may be awarded to an editor who has shown extraordinary patience in the face of toil or turmoil. This award was introduced on March 31, 2006 byClockworkSoul. |
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 | {{subst:WikiMedal|message ~~~~}} | TheWikiMedal for Janitorial Services is a medal with which to reward those doing good janitorial work. This award was introduced byTopbanana on June 16, 2004. |
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 | {{subst:The Exceptional Newcomer Award|message ~~~~}} | TheExceptional Newcomer Award may be awarded to newcomers who display exceptional enthusiasm, skill, andboldness beyond their experience. This award was introduced byClockworkSoul on November 7, 2004. |
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 | {{subst:MissingBarnstar|message ~~~~}} | TheMissing Barnstar is designed for Wikipedians who are long overdue for a Barnstar due to their efforts, if they've ever received one at all for that matter (apparently their Barnstar was missing). The Missing Barnstar was introduced byKarmafist on September 1, 2005. |
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 | {{subst:The Featured Article Medal|message ~~~~}} | TheFeatured Article Medal may be awarded to an editor who makes great contributions to three or more articles that have aFeatured Article status. This award was introduced on March 14, 2005 byAllyUnion, and was designed byAusir andKimbar. |
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 | {{subst:The Featured List Medal|message ~~~~}} | TheFeatured List Medal may be awarded to an editor who makes great contributions to three or more lists that have aFeatured List status, or to users that have contributed greatly to the FL process. This award was introduced on December 9, 2008 byScorpion0422 and the barnstar portion was designed byCannibaloki. |
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 | {{subst:The DYK Medal|message ~~~~}} | TheDYK medal may be awarded to an editor who makes several great contributions to theDid you know section. This medal was introduced on March 9, 2006 byVaoverland, and designed byAzaToth. |
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 | {{subst:ReviewersAward|message ~~~~}} | The Reviewers Award is an award to show appreciation for work at any of theWikipedia:Featured content processes. This award was introduced byAmbuj.Saxena. |
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 | {{subst:CRM|message ~~~~}} | The Content Review Medal of Merit can be given for significant contributions to any aspect of the Content Review process:Wikipedia:Featured articles,Wikipedia:Featured portals,Wikipedia:Peer review,Wikipedia:Good articles orWikipedia:Featured lists. This award was designed byLing.Nut on October 28, 2007. |
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 | {{subst:The Outlaw Halo|message ~~~~}} | The Outlaw Halo Award is given for whatever reason you may have, to whomever you feel like presenting it to. This award may also be given to those whoIgnore All Rules in an audacious way that protects the 'pedia. It was introduced byKathryn NicDhàna on March 15, 2007, afterSue Rangell[citation needed]Climbed the Reichstag to present her with aWikihalo award, without even asking anyone to vote on it. |
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 | {{subst:The Bot Builder Award|message ~~~~}} | The Bot Builder Award may be awarded to any user who creates a bot for the Wikipedia project. |
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 | {{subst:The Mensch's Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}} | The Mensch's Barnstar TheMensch's Barnstar may be awarded to those editors who have shown to be a person of integrity and honor. In other words, amensch! |
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| The WikiJaguar Award for Excellence TheWikiJaguar Award for Excellence may be awarded to those editors who have responded to a question or request on another user's talk page in their role as atalk page stalker. |
{{Useraward}}—Similar to official Award templates, to craft custom non-official user awards.| Awarded by co-founderJimmy Wales |
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| Awards by WikiProject | |
| Barnstars and other personal awards | |
| Awards by number of edits | |
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