Barnstar
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A barnstar is a decorative motif found on barn structures in the United States and Germany. It is the custom to reward Wikipedia contributors for hard work and due diligence by awarding them "barnstars" based on star anchors.
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[edit] Actual barnstars
 Proud (3D) star |
 Wheel |
 Missing |
 Missing, close-up |
 On horse barn |
[edit] Wiki barnstars
[edit] General barnstars
General Barnstars are awarded not for work or contributions that do not fall into a specific Wikipedia category, but instead that describe contributions or editing along a specific theme.
 The Original Barnstar |
 The Editor's Barnstar |
 The Working Man's Barnstar |
 The Minor Barnstar |
 The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar |
 The Barnstar of Diligence |
 The Surreal Barnstar |
 The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
 The Photographer's Barnstar |
 The Photo Barnstar |
 The Graphic Designer's Barnstar |
 The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar |
 The Barnstar of Good Humor |
 The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar |
 The Resilient Barnstar |
 The Rosetta Barnstar |
 The Ed Poor Audacious Action Barnstar |
 The dissidents Barnstar |
 Mediator barnstar |
 Detective Barnstar |
 Angel Heart Barnstar |
 Good Heart Barnstar |
 Angel Barnstar |
 The User & User Discussion Page Barnstar |
 Commons Barnstar |
 The Wikification Barnstar |
 The Barnstar of Peace |
 The Half Barnstar is awarded for excellence in Cooperation |
 The "Flame Burnstar": to be awarded to people capable to maintain an extraordinaire calm attitude in front of a flame war, and to actively contribute to cool it) |
 The Vectorizer's Barnstar is to be awarded to excellent vectorizers. (See Template:Vectorizer's barnstar.) |
 What a Brilliant Idea |
 A barnstar for those who don't get enough sleep so as to edit wikimedia projects. |
 The Medic Barnstar |
 The Militaristic Barnstar |
 The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar is awarded for courageous efforts to clean up and prevent vandalism. |
 The Userpage Shield is awarded for protecting the userpages and talk pages of other editors |
 X over Y barnstar |
[edit] Category barnstars
The following barnstars are awarded in recognition of excellent contributions that fall into one of the following seven major categories listed on the Main Page. The categories are listed below, along with several examples of some of the subtopics that are associated with each.
- Culture – Art, literature, music, philosophy, religion
- Geography – Geography, "nation" articles
- History – Archaeology, history
- Daily Life – Education, food & drink, language, sports & games
- Science and Mathematics – The "hard" sciences: Biology, geology, medicine, mathematics, medicine, minerology, physics
- Society – Economics, government & politics, law, media, royalty & nobility, war
- Technology – Technology, transportation
 The Barnstar of High Culture |
 The Epic Barnstar |
 The Ancient Ruin History Barnstar |
 The History Barnstar |
 The Chemistry barnstar |
 The Geography Barnstar |
The E=MC² Barnstar |
 The Natural Science Barnstar |
 The Society Barnstar |
 The University Barnstar |
 The Technology Barnstar |
 The Barnstar of Life |
 Another Nature Barnstar |
 An architecture barnstar |
 WikiProject Racibórz Barnstar |
 WikiProject Racibórz Barnstar 2 |
[edit] Topical barnstars
A topical barnstarn is for a topic, wikiproject, or area of substantial interest to users of wikipedia.
 The Running Man Barnstar |
 The Oddball Barnstar |
 The Spoken Barnstar |
 The Music Barnstar |
 The Music Barnstar |
 The Music Barnstar |
 The Guitar Barnstar |
 LGBT Barnstar |
 The Star of Sophia |
 The Wikiwings Award |
 The Orders, Decorations, and Medals Article Award |
 The Star Trek Award |
 The Stargate Award |
 The Comics Star |
 The Scouting Barnstar |
 The Current Events Barnstar |
 The Template Barnstar |
 The WikiChevrons Award |
 Pro Wiklesia et Wikifice (ecclesiastical topics) |
 Pro lesbus, gaius, bi et transeus (LGBT topics) |
 Star Wars barnstar |
 The Literary Barnstar |
 The Age of Empires barnstar |
 The Red Maple Leaf |
 The Silver Maple Leaf |
 Golden Maple Leaf |
 South African Barnstar |
 Bèrghem barnstar |
 NATO barnstar |
 The Heron Marked Barnstar (Wheel of Time material) |
 The Legion Barnstar (Legion of Super-Heroes material) |
 The Harry Potter Barnstar |
 The Barnstar o'Lantern (Wikiproject:Halloween) |
 The Tools Coder Barnstar |
 The Science Fiction Barnstar |
[edit] Barnstars of National Merit
 Barnstar of European Merit |
 The Barnstar of National Merit |
 Barnstar of National Merit of Afghanistan |
 The Albanian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Argentinian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Australian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Azerbaijan Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Bangladeshi Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Basque Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Belarusian Barnstar of National Merit (red-green, 1951-1991, 1995-now) |
 The Belarusian Barnstar of National Merit (white-red-white flag, 1919-?, 1991-1995) |
 The Bolivian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Brazilian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Canadian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Catalonian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Cape Verdean Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Chechen Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Chilean Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Colombian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Croatian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Czech Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Czech Barnstar of National Merit (version 2) |
 The Danish Barnstar of National Merit |
 Devon Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Ecuadorian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Faroese Barnstar of National Merit |
 The French Barnstar of National Merit |
 The French Guianan Barnstar of National Merit |
 The German Barnstar of National Merit |
 The German Barnstar of National Merit (another version) |
 The Greek Barnstar of Virtue |
 The Greek Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Guyanan Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Hungarian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The 1956 Hungarian Revolution Barnstar of National Merit |
 The 1848 Hungarian Revolution Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Barnstar of St. Stephen: highest-honor Hungarian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Icelandic Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Irish Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Indian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Indonesian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Italian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Israeli Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Kosovar Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Lebanese Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Lebanese Barnstar of National Merit (2nd version) |
 The Mexican Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Moldovan Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Dutch Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Norwegian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Paraguayan Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Peruvian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Polish Barnstar of National Merit (version 1) |
 The Polish Barnstar of National Merit (version 2) |
 The Portuguese Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Quebec Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Republic of China (ROC) Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Republic of China (ROC) Barnstar of National Merit (2nd version) |
 The Romanian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Rhodesian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Saudi Arabian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Somalian Barnstar of National Merit (version 1) |
 The Somalian Barnstar of National Merit (version 2) |
 Somaliland Barnstar of National Merit |
 The South African Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Scots Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Spanish Barnstar of National Merit |
 Another Spanish Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Surinamian Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Swedish Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Swiss Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Székely Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Tawantin Suyu Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Thai Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Turkish Barnstar of National Merit (version 1) |
 The Turkish Barnstar of National Merit (version 2) |
 The United Kingdom Barnstar of national merit (version 1) |
 The United Kingdom Barnstar of National Merit (version 2) |
 United States Barnstar of National Merit (version 1) |
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 United States Barnstar of National Merit (version 2) |
 The Uruguayan Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Venezuelan Barnstar of National Merit |
 The Zimbabwean Barnstar of National Merit |
 The People Republic of China Barnstar of National Merit |
[edit] Other related awards
 The WikiThanks |
 The WikiMedal for Janitorial Services |
 The Cool as a Cucumber Award (female) |
 The Cool as a Cucumber Award (male) |
 The Exceptional Newcomer Award |
 The Wiki Wiffle Bat |
 The Featured Article Medal |
 The Golden WikiAward |
 The DYK medal |
 The DYK medal |
 The DYK medal |
 The DYK medal |
 The DYK medal |
 Florence medal |
 WikiStar;Meilleur Image;Meilleur article;etc. |
 Gold star |
 Go wiki, For taxpayers who make the breakthrough Wiki |
[edit] Personal user awards
[edit] Proposed Barnstars
 The Interlingual Barnstar |
 The Barnstar Robot |
 The Vigilante Barnstar |
 The Life Sciences Barnstar |
 The Computer Barnstar |
 The Computer Barnstar |
 The Computer Barnstar |
 Sample Jainism Barnstar |
 Guestbook Barnstar |
 Human Sexuality Barnstar |
 The Vector Barnstar |
[edit] Miscellaneous
 Lots of barnstars |
 The Missing Barnstar |
 The Super Hidden Barnstar |
 Barn star free zone |
 The Burnstar |
 The Sock Puppet Star |
 The Jester Barn Star |
 The April Fools' Barnstar |
 Actual barnstar |
