This page provides a collection of awards created by individual
Wikipedians. Some of them originated from here, and some of them are copied and collected from various users' pages.
These awards are in addition to
barnstars. 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 - or to
spread good cheer!
Each award picture will come with a few lines of explanation about who should get this award.
The PSI is awarded to polite, courteous, and helpful users as a blessing for good mental health. Introduced by
Psy guy.
The Crackpot Mouse has been genetically modified to detect hotheadedness, political spin, and crackpottery. He will eat you if you fail to edit with humility, care, and impartiality. Otherwise, he is quite pleasant. Note that the mouse on the right is a trained ninja mouse, tasked to
protect newcomers from being bitten.
A {{
WikiCookie}} is a general reward that can be given for a number of tasks, from helping a new user to improvements to an article. First used in this form by
Mark.
The Plenary Indulgence can be awarded to anybody whom you appreciate. Introduced by
Essjay and shamelessly stolen by
Xiong Chiamiov.
The Mouldy Sandwich is awarded to those who tirelessly work on bettering Wikipedia. Introduced by
Maestrosync.
The Ed Poor Award is given to those who boldly and humbly help in improving Wikipedia. Introduced by
Phroziac.
The Back Scratching Award is designed to be awarded to any user that a Wikipedian trusts to be an excellent person. If you are awarded this, then it is expected that you reciprocate with a similar award to the giver, thus encouraging a sense of giving by Wikipedia users. Introduced by
spankthecrumpet.
The Flaming Wiki Award Created by
Casliber from an image made by
Debivort, for
Featured Articles listed
here. A new use for Wikipedians who've been through wiki-hell was initiated by
Gimmetrow in December 2007, and thought a good idea by Casliber too
The Upholder of Wiki is awarded to exceptional and distinguished contributors on Wikipedia. Introduced by
Jcw69.
The Outspoken Stars are given to users who defend the freedom of political expression in the Wikipedia community, on talk pages and in debates regarding deletion of articles, categories and templates.
The Sandwich of Exceptional Excellence The Sandwich of Exceptional Excellence (Potato Salad of Congeniality cluster, 1st. class) In Panis, Veritas. Award created by
Hamster Sandwich.
The Whirly World AwardUser:Linuxerist introduced this award on March 27, to give to people with a missing barnstar milk carton on their user page. This can be used to say that you believe the user deserves an award.
Rescue From Deletion Award Awarded to editors who rescue a stub or an article from deletion with excellent writing. Award introduced by
Grutness and designed by
Sango123 on April 13, 2005.
You are a Ray of Sunshine! You know how sometimes you hate checking your watchlist, especially when you see that certain someone or an IP has edited your favorite articles? The Ray of Sunshine is bestowed on that person that, when you see their name at the top of your watchlist, you know that all is right with the world, you can relax, and do something besides cleaning up another mess. May be awarded to any person who consistently brightens your day, but especially where their involvement in something that is bothering you lightens your load.
Thatcher131 13:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)reply
The Blurred Star Award. An award created from the existing Cscr-featured.png image that can be given to an editor who is near to making a FA article. Blurred the star significantly to show that it is still out of reach, like a mirage. Created by
User:Spawn Man.
The Bright Idea Award for editors that make commendable proposals and suggestions. Suggested by
User:Gray Porpoise
The Wise Man Award may be awarded to those who frequently answer questions asked at
the reference desk. This award was introduced by
Russian F on
June 262006.
The disco ball of knowledge certifies that editors are among the finest contributors in the world of Wikipedia, and help it to never stop turning. Created by
HighwayReturn to Oz...
A round of applause. For when someone does something that simply makes you want to stand up and clap. Created by
User:Hiding on the 16:52, 14 January 2007 (UTC) in order to applaud
User:Dragons flight.reply
I hereby award you a tiger! For patient, controlled strength applied to a task. Best at 600 px size. It was devised for
TonyTheTiger for his work on
Campbell's Soup Cans by
Tyrenius 00:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)reply
The Wise Old Owl Award – for when a few words of wisdom change the course of events for the better. First given to
Yanksox.
[1] Devised by
Tyrenius.
{{WikiHaggis}}. For people who are spicy, a bit nutty, and resemble stuffed pig intestines! Introduced by Kennedy.
The Coming of the Cavalry Award. For groups of three editors who help out in dire situations (such as difficult FACs) toward the end of the day with much appreciation. Introduced by
Casliber (
talk·contribs)
The Good Friend Award is for people who have helped new/inexperienced Wikipedians to successfully create their first article, resolve an argument, etc. It can also be used to spread happiness to other users. :-)
The Toy Block is awarded to administrators who accidentally block themselves. Introduced by
Durova (
talk·contribs)
The Added Sauce award is awarded to editors who hunt down and add references to articles, as all our dishes are better with added sources (sauces). Introduced by
Casliber (
talk·contribs)
The Wikipedia creativity award is awarded to creative Wikipedia users for their creativity. Introduced by
User:Mmxx
The Trash Sifter award is awarded to those who've successfully
rescued an article from
deletion and improved it to
good article status. Introduced by
User:Jclemens
The Entrepreneur's Barnstar is given to recognize new editors who have made great strides to contribute to Wikipedia. Created by Quinxorin in June 2010. See
Template:Entrepreneur's Barnstar for usage.
Wiki Lei Barnstar can be given to any Wikipedian to show appreciation and spread good cheer with the Polynesian concept of alofa/aroha/aloha. Also for editors contributing and improving topics on Polynesia and Oceania. Introduced November 2010 by
Teinesavaii.
The Check's in the Mail Barnstar. First given to Bridge Boy
[2], who asked "When do I start getting paid for this?" Introduced by
Dennis Bratland on May 13, 2012.
The Resilient BarnstarThe Resilient Barnstar may be given to any editor who learns and improves from criticisms, never lets mistakes or blunders impede their growth as
Wikipedians, or has the ability to recover/finish with a smile.
The Wiki Warrior Star - given to editors who'll fight to the metaphoric death to defend any (constructive) edit made to Wikipedia (within wiki policy, of course). Introduced by
Vjmlhds on March 22, 2014
100,000 Edit Star - any editor with 100,000 edits may display this star (see also userbox:
Template:User 100,000 edits)
50,000 Edit Star - any editor with 50,000 edits may display this star
25,000 Edit Star - any editor with 25,000 edits may display this star
10,000 Edit Star - any editor with 10,000 edits may display this star
Barnstar of Socratic Wisdom - for editors who have displayed great wisdom. Introduced by
FourVIolas
Golden Wiki Award created by
[3] from the Italian Wikipedia, originally for exceptional contributions to the wiki.
Barnstar of Existence Awarded to users who make outstanding contributions to
existence-related topics, or to show you appreciate a user's existence (after all, you can't contribute without existing). Introduced by
ZLEA
The Exploration of the Unknown badge is awarded to users who take the time to bravely explore new features, gadgets, tools, etc. that are in developmental stages, and provide constructive feedback. Introduced by
User:AHollender (WMF)
The Erasmus Star - Any editor who was registered on Wikipedia on January 15, 2015 when the Wikipedia community was collectively awarded the 2015
Erasmus Prize can display this star. Introduced by
Vjmlhds
The Ridiculous Star is awarded to anyone who has a ridiculous sense of humor that doesn't disrupt anyone or anything. Introduced by
Contradistinguishing
The Apple With A Bite Taken Out Of It may be awarded to individuals who contribute greatly to Apple Computer and Apple Macintosh-related articles. Introduced by
grm_wnr on January 10, 2006.
The Con Safos Jalapeño is used in awarding people Chicano awards as part of the Kindness Campaign.
Created to recognize those editors who tirelessly contribute in a genuine fashion to Christianity-related articles. by
Aiden
The Comics Communication Barnstar: For speaking up for the truth, educating fellow editors, explaining project guidelines and goals, striving to resolve differences while keeping a level head, and generally facilitating communication about comics-related articles and between their contributors. Usage: See
User:Doczilla/Template:Comicscom. Created by
Doczilla.
The WikiProject NASCAR Award shows the "never quit" spirit of NASCAR teams that we hope the project members exhibit. Introduced and designed by
Royalbroil on
2 June2006.
The WikiProject Japan Barnsensu Award can be awarded to those who have made outstanding additions and/or improvements to Japan-related articles. Introduced by
Nihonjoe, and designed by
Tangotango on 28 July, 2006 as part of
WikiProject Japan.
The Vandal Whacking Stick is given to users who have been attacked, and didn't lose their cool. Image created by
MathKnight and first given as an award by
Essjay to
Redwolf24.
The Optimistic's Star is for those who have had to put up with so much but still believed that there was light at the end of the tunnel. Created by
Leon2323. It may be handy to use the
User:Leon2323/Optimistic template.
The Abusive Admin Award can be awarded to admins who demonstrate a keen ability at offending or otherwise dominating vandals and trolls with an iron fist. A good indicator of eligibility for this award is a user page that has been repeatedly vandalized over the course of an admin's time on Wikipedia.
The Barnstar EATEN BY A BEAR is awarded to any Wikipedian who says something very humorous and or random, thus cheering up fellow Wikipedians who read it. Introduced by
Karmafist.
The Public Domain Astronaut goes to anyone who helps Wikipedia by killing off copyvios. Introduced by
Redwolf24.
The Order of the Flaming, Dancing Hellpot is awarded by victims of egregious and malacious harrassment or vandalism, to those sending the offenders where they belong. It was first awarded on 9/11/05 by
paul klenk to
Bishonen, who declared it a "rockin'" and "prestigious" award (which is actually true). (The photo is of a float in
New York's Village Halloween Parade.)
The Babel Award for Translation by
paul klenk. Inspired by the many translations provided to paul klenk by Wikipedians all over the world, of his many user pages in non-English wikis, some translated minutes after being first created (e.g.,
de:User:Paul Klenk). Click on photo to enlarge.
The Barn Award is awarded by
Karmafist to anyone who he votes support for in
WP:RFA, since administratorship is a great responsibility, and taking it on should be rewarded with something bigger than just a star on a barn, it deserves the entire barn. Please feel free to copy this tradition.
The Son of Jimbo Award is given to anyone who does an excessive amount of tasks in advancing Wikipedia or basically has the last name of Wales. The award was introduced by
Karmafist.
The Thinking Outside the Box award, for users with an unorthodox take on policy or project, but which works. Introduced by
Smurrayinchester.
The laughpoint is awarded to users that make one laugh. Introduced by
User:Extreme Unction.
The Barnstar Star is awarded to users who are bold in creating awards for the community. Introduced by
cyde, designed by
Sango123 and
WillMak050389. Was re-done by
F9T.
The Enigma Rotor is awarded to those who solve difficult problems on Wikipedia.
The Admin's Mop & Bucket is for the newly created administrators.
The Lots of Barnstars Award is for the person who has lots of barnstars.
The Welcomer's Barnstar. Designed for those special Wikipedians who accept newcomers with open arms, exhibiting endless reserves of patience and kindness, and helping Wikipedia become a better place. Introduced by
Master of Puppets.
The re-use of image as an award to reward someone for creating a particularly good image by describing it as some award or another and slapping it on their userpage. Introduced by
User:BD2412.
The Sherlock Holmes Deductive Reasoning Award is awarded for complex investigations that sleuth down sneaky vandals. First created by
WAS 4.250 for
Durova.
The Mop and Bucket Manual is awarded to thank coaches for their participation in the
admin coaching program
The struck through barnstar goes to Wikipedians who retract their words at the right times and for the right reasons.
The Reformed Barnstar can be given to users who have rectified their originally-unpleasant behavior. Introduced by
Merovingian.
The Curveball Award for asking a particularly curly but probably necessary and altogether thought-provoking and enlightening question, first thought up by
casliber after witnessing one in an interesting RfB...
The Purple Heart Barnstar. Use this to recognize someone who's user page or user talk page has been notably vandalized (usually at least 20 times). Brought to you by
GO-PCHS-NJROTC (
talk) 22:43, 27 April 2008 (UTC)reply
Gears of Loud is a giant machine that makes a lot of noise. It is so big that people do not see it up close. This close-up shot of the Gears of Loud is awarded to people who have no chance of seeing this machine up close otherwise—in other words, to people who keep cool and stay the heck away from the most dangerous parts of the pointless drama wars. Beware this machine! Stay ever vigilant, as you have before, lest the Gears may crush you! (Brought to you by wwwwolf (
barks/
growls))
The Ka-Ching Ka-Ching Citation of the Monied and Munificent Order of Wikipedian Patrons of Civilization barnstar created by
Noroton and under the authority invested in him by his wallet awarded to
EconomicsGuy for having coughed up his own $$$ to expose a faulty reference hiding behind a $10 wall on an articles for deletion debate. A pimped out version of a similar barnstar awarded to Noroton for a simular deed. Live long and prosper! We salute you!
The John Winthrop Award This award recognizes outstanding citizens who vigourously and harshly suppress non-Protestants and non-conformists ( Note the irony of the terminology . ) .
Frank Trampe established this award in 2008 by giving it ( posthumously ) to
John Hathorne . Past awardees ,
Mayflower descendants ,
John Calvin , and
Jesus can also give the award at their discretion .
The Fearsome Jursassic thesaurus thanks Wikipedians for great copyediting.
The Bulletproof Barnstar is awarded in recognition of real-life risks taken by Wikipedians to create content for the encyclopedia. This usually comes in the form of photography for topics like riots, wars, disasters, etc., taken up-close and often without any of the protections afforded to members of the traditional media. First awarded to
User:Takeaway on May 20, 2010.
The Patience is a Virtue(Patience LP)Award is given to experienced Wikipedians who demonstrate continued patience when dealing with new editors and their endless questions (especially when in the Wikipedia IRC-Helpchat channel). Created by
Shearonink and first awarded to
Chzz.
WikiProject Kindness Campaign and Dispute Resolution
The Peace Doves are a peace offering, or truce, that you offer to someone whom you've had an argument with recently. An apology or note equipped with one of the Peace Dove images presented on a user talk page can easily make someone's day, resolve disputes, and quickly dissipate harsh feelings.
A nice cup of tea and a sit down is a place to publicly declare what it is that you like about other members of the community, or their contributions. The goal is to create goodwill, and perhaps assist the dispute resolution processes that occurs on other pages, or if we're lucky avoid disputes at all. Introduced by
Borofkin
Spreading kindness
These other images can also be useful for spreading kindness, recognizing those who do so, and comforting those who need it. You don't need to be told how and when to use them. This is not a bureaucracy.
The Purple Star given to Wikipedians who have been hurt by others, for example by having their user pages vandalized, being mistakenly blocked (for too long, or affected by range blocks), being personally attacked, etc.
The Mediation Award, awarded to Cabalists, Mediators and Arbitrators who do an excellent job on a specific job, or just a great job in general. Created by
Sango123
For your small (but still useful!)
wikignome edits without clamoring for attention, the WikiGnome award is hereby awarded. --
Jreferee 01:34, 21 January 2007 (UTC)reply
The Good Heart Barnstar given to Wikipedians who clearly demonstrate a good heart, showing kindness and courage, making their fellow Wikipedians feel good about themselves even if they disagree.
The Dive Right In Award for newcomers who have jumped right into administrative tasks, especially (but not only) if they are generally doing a good job but may be struggling a bit. No optional message; your signature will automatically be added in the appropriate place.
Suggested syntax: {{subst:WikiThanks|thankyou message}} or [[File:WikiThanks.png|43px|left|WikiThanks]]
You should drop it on a user's talk page, per the below message:
Note : When I introduced the picture, it was meant to be a THANK YOU note. I do *not* support the barnstar system. I started putting it on meta, on Raul talk page first as a simple thank you. It is meant to be little, to be gentle, to be hardly visible at all, not to be displayed in user page. Those who use it as a barnstar have made me great wrongness, because this little thank you note was precisely meant to be different of the barnstar system, all splattered on user page. If you appreciate what I do for Wikipedia, please DO NOT KEEP this on your user page, but leave it simply as a little thank you flower on your talk page and let it fall in your archives. This is simply what it was meant to be. This image is under GFDL, so, yes, you can do whatever you want with it, but if you want to be nice and stick to its original spirit, please do NOT use it as a barnstar. It pains me.
Anthere 06:11, 20 October 2005 (UTC)reply
The Builder, Cool, Veneration of Virtue Award
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The Builder Award No community can grow without a certain amount of political infrastructure: policies, procedures, processes. Casual readers never see it; editors generally hate it; but it supports all we do. Like all major construction, it requires broad vision, attention to detail, and hard work.
Building this infrastructure is distinct from routine maintenance of it; the latter is recognized by the
WikiMedal for Janitorial Services.
Introduced 14:48, 11 October 2006 (UTC) by
John Reid.
The Cool Award The Cool Award is intended for those who are cool in everything they do. It is for those who seem to do everything right on Wikipedia, and go beyond that to show excellence and be respected in every aspect. This award was introduced by Mr. Bouncy on
December 30,
2006.
{{subst:The Veneration of Virtue|recipient's username|~~~~}}
The Veneration of Virtue Award The Veneration of Virtue is awarded to Wikipedians who must – like
V – work anonymously against the forces of ignorance to preserve our intellectual traditions. This award was introduced by
Scartol on
11 November,
2007.
The Editing Reward(better known as The "Happy Editing" Reward) is awarded to any well-trained
Wikipedian or
Administrator.
Some Wikipedian has earned a
Cernen's
Plusbox for doing something witty, brilliant, or otherwise noticable, and if Cernen sees it, will award a plusbox, but this award is otherwise inherently worthless.
Four Award: awarded to those that work all through on a same article, from its humble beginnings as a new article to its days of glory as a Featured Article.