User:Materialscientist/Awards

The Swimming Barnstar

Given in recognition of your many contributions to competitive swimmer articles, especially your efforts in adding contemporary photos of Olympic swimming medalists. Thank you for your good work. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 18:42, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

Your search for free-use photos of Olympic swimming medalists, and their inclusion in numerous competitive swimmer biography articles have materially improved Wikipedia's coverage of competition swimming and Olympic swimmers. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 18:42, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I know you have heaps of barnstars, but wanted to add my name to the chorus of people who think you are doing very good work. Happy editing! Johnfos (talk) 01:04, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For blocking extreme edit warring IP. Andrew Kurish (talk) 23:17, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Keep up the anti-vandalism patrol. 1966batfan (talk) 23:02, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
Many times have I nominated articles for deletion/speedy deletion and seen you deleting them. It's a pleasure to edit with someone as efficient as you. -Vaarsivius ("You've made a glorious contribution to science.") 10:39, 12 November 2011 (UTC)
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
Your brilliance in Wikipedia covers too many areas to count. -Vaarsivius ("You've made a glorious contribution to science.") 13:12, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Showing my appreciation for the speedy block to User:60.242.185.107. Continue to fight all the vandals. Thanks! :-) Allenjambalaya (talk) 07:00, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For removing the accusation of me being a sock puppet of myself. I saw that the vandal a similar thing to you. Anyway, thank you, and happy editing! pluma Ø 00:31, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Particuarly for the problem of IP 72.20.138.101. Oddbodz (talk) 22:30, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
Witnessing your adminning in action is almost a religious experience. How my heart leaps with joy when your edits appear on my watchlist! Long may you wield your mop of infinite justice! Yunshui  08:30, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Good work in Swami Vivekananda article. Tito Dutta (Send me a message) 11:43, 13 October 2011 (UTC)
An image created by you has been promoted to featured picture status
Your image, File:Tako to ama retouched.jpg, was nominated on Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates, gained a consensus of support, and has been promoted. If you would like to nominate an image, please do so at Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates. Thank you for your contribution! Makeemlighter (talk) 19:40, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
For your seeming omnipresence at WP:AIV. Doesn't matter when I'm vandalism patrolling, day or night, more often than not you are the one that handles the ones I send over. Trusilver 08:18, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
I always see you on and you are always doing a great job... I just wanted to compliment you on your great and tireless work, day in, and day out.... Moogwrench (talk) 04:26, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
The Sims 3 has been nominated to be a good article and we couldn't have done it without you. Let's hope it passes! Zach.vega1 (talk) 01:20, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I keep seeing you all over Wikipedia thrashing vandals with your big vandal-whacking stick - it may be a Sisyphean task, but I wouldn't want you to think it's a thankless one. Keep up the sterling work! Yunshui (talk) 07:53, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
Thanks for your work improving File:Sebuku Island.jpg. You've done a great job, and I am impressed that you were able to fix it while being so diligent in DYK and other parts of the Wiki. Crisco 1492 (talk) 04:49, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For your tireless contributions to vandalism fighting. Keep up your good work. Suraj T 07:52, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
Congratulations!
Thanks for all the work you did in making Actinide a certified "Good Article"! Your work is much appreciated, and for that I award you this thorium crystal uranium glass dish. Shiny!

In the spirit of celebration, you may wish to review one of the Good Article nominees that someone else nominated, as there is currently a backlog, and any help is appreciated. All the best, – Quadell (talk)

Hawaiian Lei
A lei for all the help you have given me in cleaning up and improving images. :-) KAVEBEAR (talk) 06:09, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
For keeping User:YouCute from adding misinformation about people to cause negativity to them on Wikipedia AnyGuy (talk) 02:05, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Here a star for you, Sir. You were very protective for this wiki, Good Job Jameslibra (talk) 10:39, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
For stepping in, stepping up, and even stepping out beyond the call of duty in making up DYK Queue in time for France's national holiday, – and then fiddling with the work you had already done, and done well, to make it more magnifique and formidable. Sharktopus talk 12:24, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
The E=mc² Barnstar
Thank you for the Manhattan Project chemical processing image help and for other things you've done at other times! You do a lot here. TCO (reviews needed) 03:45, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks, guardian angel! Fleet Command (talk) 12:41, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
For the excellent job fixing Taku.jpg. Thanks! Kaldari (talk) 00:49, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
Prost big guy! TCO (talk) 02:08, 4 July 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much indeed!
Angel670 talk 23:48, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
For all your efforts in blocking vandals and helping out newbies! Fewq567 (talk) 07:46, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
The Society Barnstar
For long term efforts at keeping DYK going, making it as good as it is, and helping newbies. BarkingMoon (talk) 11:56, 12 June 2011 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Time for my periodic barnstar to you, to thank you for your many contributions--specifically at DYK and in attending to vandalistic matters. Drmies (talk) 00:11, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
The Sleepless editor Barnstar
Constant work at WP:AIV. Do you ever rest and what would happen there without you? Cptnono (talk) 10:10, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar
For fixing so many links at once in an important article on the modern history of Russia. ilgiz (talk) 02:21, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
For being an incredibly busy, hard-working, and great all-around Wikipedian! Keep up the outstanding work. :) œ 10:07, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I, Mikhailov Kusserow, hereby award Colds7ream with The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for outstanding achievement in countering vandalism. — Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 09:30, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar
Some really good photos on your user page. Oddbodz (talk) 16:49, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
To show appreciation for your adding all the April Fool's DYK hooks to the Statistics page, i offer you any piece of candy out of the Candy desk you would like.

Oh, you can take a second piece too for your absolute demolishment of the old Non-lead hook record with your Batman hook.--Found5dollar (talk) 13:53, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
The 200 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
The community would like to thank you for your many high quality science-related articles. Recognition is also deserved for your tireless efforts in maintaining the DYK project. You are an inspiration to Wikipedians. The Interior (Talk) 21:25, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
The Mandarax Barnstar of Excellence
Materialscientist, I am pleased to award this MBE to you in recognition of your outstanding work in many areas. Unlike some people who only focus on a few WikiTasks, you revert vandalism, work on all aspects of DYK, monitor AIV, write articles, and so much more. I've been meaning to give this to you for some time now, but what finally prompted me to go for it was your stellar performance in the April Fools' DYKs. Your five entries, including what is now the most-viewed non-lead hook of all time, were viewed an impressive total of about 114,000 times. Keep up the good work! MANdARAX  XAЯAbИAM 06:17, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I've given you this barnstar for defending my userspace. Thank you! DRAGON 280 (TALK/CONTRIBS) 23:19, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
The E=mc² Barnstar
This is a little premature, but I wanted to congratulate you on improving our knowledge of sex with dead cat's arsoles. That's certainly not something that I say everyday! SmartSE (talk) 08:05, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
You're always there to help at AIV. Many of the vandals I reported and/or warned were blocked by you.
The Admin's Barnstar
I award you this admin's barnstar for blocking the wonderfully spammy IP that is 96.48.144.49 Your efforts are appreciated! Cheers. Bped1985 (talk) 04:33, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
The Vandal Eliminator Award
Thank you for blocking 74.110.161.90 and 98.140.188.76, those two IP addresses that vandalized my user page within a day. Good thing you got them before they became out of control! November Hotel Romeo Hotel Sierra Two Zero One Zero 04:13, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
Thanks for semi-protecting Cat organ
The Admin's Barnstar
Materialscientist, I have an honor to award you with The Admin's Barnstar for first protecting Wikipeda's reputation by removing a tagged article from the Main page and then for looking into the article and, removing the tags that were added to it inappropriately. Your actions were brave and wise!Mbz1 (talk) 04:14, 10 March 2011 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
I award you this Admin's Barnstar for alleviating my stress level and blocking the user Ogodtheaftermath. He was starting to give me a headache! Cheers Bped1985 (talk) 05:01, 23 February 2011 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
The DYK "review-one-submit-one" system is great because it delegates responsibilities to other editors, thus sharing the workload, while giving them an opportunity to learn. As you were the first to suggest this clever idea, (not to diminish the efforts of those who developed it), I hereby award you this brilliant barnstar. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:14, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
Your Majesty, I am pleased to award this special edition platinum triple crown to WikiProject Elements and its hardworking volunteers. – SMasters (talk) 10:03, 28 January 2011 (UTC)

Materialscientist has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
so I've officially declared today as Materialscientist's Day!
For being a great person and awesome Wikipedian,
enjoy being the star of the day, Materialscientist!

Signed, Neutralhomer

A record of your Day will always be kept here.

Awesome Wikipedian


Materialscientist has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Materialscientist's day!
For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian,
enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Materialscientist!

Keep up this work,
--Extra 999 (Contact me + contribs) 15:11, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

User:Materialscientist has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
and therefore, I've officially declared today as Materialscientist's day!
For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian,
enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Materialscientist!

Peace,
Rlevse
00:07, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

A record of your Day will always be kept here.

FTAThis user is persistent in the fight against vandalism. Hence, the user has been entrusted with membership into Wikipedia's Fire Team Alpha.
The Barnstar of Diligence
For your tireless work at Wikipedia:Did you know Leszek Jańczuk (talk) 08:47, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
The E=mc² Barnstar
... for an impressive expansion of the article on chemical reaction. KimChee (talk) 10:15, 15 December 2010 (UTC)
The 100 DYK Medal  
THIS MEDAL IS HEREBY BESTOWED UPON MATERIALSCIENTIST, LONG AFTER THE CENTURY MILESTONE WAS ACTUALLY REACHED, SO WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE EXPANSION OF EINSTEINIUM. THE AWARD CLEARLY ISN'T INTENDED FOR THOSE WHO LABOUR ON THE DYK PAGE ITSELF, BUT PERHAPS THERE COULD BE A MENTION OF THAT, TOO. MOONRAKER2 (TALK) 08:34, 26 NOVEMBER 2010 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
I know you already have a bunch of these barnstars, but you deserve it for all of the vandals you block JDDJS (talk) 23:35, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
The Chemistry Star
For the extremely impressive expansion of the actinide article, I award you this Chemistry Star. Well done!
EdChem (talk) 12:17, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
The E=mc² Barnstar
For all of your work in Science articles, I award you this barnstar. Quadzilla99 (talk) 09:58, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
For your hard work in administrative tasks, I award you the Admin's Barnstar. The UtahraptorTalk to me/Contributions 01:07, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
The Minor Barnstar
I'm awarding this minor barnstar for this edit to Etruscan shrew, I wish my minor edits were all like that! Smartse (talk) 11:00, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar, for good deed #1 The Original Barnstar
This barnstar is for the wikignome work of Materialscientist with a thank you from --Rosiestep (talk) 16:27, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Hey Materialscientist! Thanks so much for helping out Wikipedia. I've seen you around doing some much helpful stuff to the community, it's so great. I can't thank you enough! Here's your barnstar! :) Endofskull (talk) 02:29, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Awarded to commemorate your solution to a terrible problem of manually fixing references, which used to take me about 5 minutes per reference Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 01:53, 27 August 2010 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
Thank you for all that you do in an admin capacity Moxy (talk) 06:26, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Thanks. --Extra 999 (Contact me + contribs) 11:18, 16 July 2010 (UTC)
-- φ OnePt618Talk φ has given you a pie! Pies promote the kind of hearty eating that puts a smile on your face and a sustaining meal in your stomach. Hopefully this pie has made your day better. Spread the goodness by giving someone else a pie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy eating!

I've noticed that you are very prompt and effective when it comes to dealing with reported vandals, so a sincere THANK YOU for all of your efforts =)-- φ OnePt618Talk φ 06:42, 2 July 2010 (UTC)

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For your very fine edit in Vangjel Meksi, which taught me how to finely and elegantly reference. Thanks for your help! Sulmues Let's talk 14:40, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
The Userpage Shield
Thank you for reverting vandalism on my userpage. Best wishes. Immunize (talk) 13:10, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
The Minor Barnstar
... for improving the image Gascoigne Stromlo 1948.jpg. I hadn't even realised it had happened, but it definitely was better for your tweaks. hamiltonstone (talk) 23:59, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
The Main Page Barnstar
For all your efforts in keeping Wikipedia's frontpage correct, this barnstar is given to Materialscientist this 28th day of May in anno domini 2010. --moreno oso (talk) 06:38, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your work in processing DYK over a very long time YellowMonkey (vote in the Southern Stars and White Ferns supermodel photo poll) 04:49, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
By what it means --Extra999 (Contact me + contribs) 09:50, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
A well-deserved barnstar for a hard-working administrator. Dr Aaij (talk) 14:44, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
It doesn't matter what time of the day or night I'm online, you seem to always be on WP:AIV, cleaning it out as fast as I can fill it up. I'd ask you if you ever sleep, but then I would be forced to answer the same question. Trusilver 06:49, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
Thank you, Materialscientist, for all your hard work on April Fools' Day DYK in 2010.Storye book (talk) 09:31, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
A Barnstar!
Thanks and kudos for your support and effort for the DYK project and other things you do for Wikipedia. They may not always agree with you but...people do notice! - Victuallers (talk) 20:08, 25 March 2010 (UTC))
DYK Barnstar
For the insane amount of work you do reviewing DYK candidates and otherwise making DYK run smoothly, I hereby award you this barnstar. You certainly deserve it! --ThaddeusB (talk) 14:47, 15 March 2010 (UTC)


The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For every time I've come to ANI, which really isn't but 3 or 4 times, I think it's been you who cleaned up the mess or set me straight, LOL. Good work. Going to get that fresh air and log off for the night now. Heironymous Rowe (talk) 05:26, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
The Userpage Shield
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my userpage! Hamtechperson 00:47, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
The DYK Medal
For manually updating the DYK template on the main page in so many 6-hour intervals with near bot-like efficiency after the DYK bot crashed, I award you the DYK award. I don't know how you can get any sleep when you're updating night and day for the past week! Thank you for being so proactive in this crisis. Royalbroil 13:53, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
For tireless DYK formatting and labor. (Let's hope that bot gets up real soon) NativeForeigner Talk/Contribs 05:44, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
For your tireless contributions at WP:AIV, a place where there is no respite from vandals, and seemingly always being there when I make a report, I hereby award you this admin's barnstar. Thanks for your endless work on maintaining the site's quality and integrity. Shirik 03:20, 14 February 2010 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
For your tireless work at Wikipedia:Did you know, it is appreciated! Simon Burchell (talk) 00:11, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
You acted on the persistent vandal so fast, you made my head spin. But in a good way. :-) FeygeleGoy/פֿײגעלע גױ‎ (talk) 03:24, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Well, that was certainly one way to resolve the issue! That was a big job, and persuades me i should learn to use AWB. Thank you for your efforts on my hook and the rest of DYK. hamiltonstone (talk) 21:46, 14 January 2010 (UTC)
The E=mc² Barnstar
I just want to let you know that there are people who are grateful for you're contributions on science articles! A great deal of science related articles are on my watchlist and it makes me very happy when I see that you reverted vandalism on these articles. Keep up the amazing work! Kind regards, LouriePieterse 11:57, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
For the good job you've been doing as a sysop! TomA8 00:32, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For doing a number of manual updates to DYK and for tirelessly checking hooks and keeping the place running, you have earned this barnstar. Regards SoWhy 12:19, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Yet another barnstar — this time, for your response to multiple vandalism reports. Thanks! :-) FeygeleGoy/פֿײגעלע גױ‎ (talk) 04:18, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
The DYK Organizer Barnstar
I've noticed the hard work you put into checking DYK nominations, preparing them and sending out notices. Thanks for the work you put into making sure nominations reach standards for the front page. Cheers! Himalayan 16:17, 18 November 2009 (UTC)
The DYK Medal
For outstanding contributions to the running of DYK this year, particularly with regards to the many thoughtful reviews on the Suggestions page but also for your other contributions across all areas of the project, I hereby present you with this long-overdue DYK contributors' award. Congratulations, and many thanks for your efforts! Gatoclass (talk) 15:00, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your work on Synthetic diamond, which has undoubtedly educated countless readers about the process of lab-grown diamonds. ErgoSumtalktrib 17:25, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
I award you, Materialscientist, the Barnstar of Diligence for your major contribution to the article entitled: The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question? This was an exemplary accomplishment of a tedious task. With unflagging diligence you rewrote all 70 citations for this article. This not only results in a smoother operation of the page on Wikipedia, but this boosts the asthetic quality of the article signifigantly.


A tip of the hat to you! Ti-30X (talk) 19:51, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

The Adopt-a-User Barnstar
Materialscientist I award you The Adopt-a-User Barnstar as a Wikipedian editor who goes above and beyond expectations as an adopter. Though we have never formally established the adopter to adoptee relationship, it has evolved into this. Your experience has guided me through turbulent and calm waters. Ti-30X (talk) 15:42, 17 August 2009 (UTC)