This page in a nutshell: A barnstar is an award intended to show appreciation for an editor or for their contributions to Wikipedia, given by their fellow editors. |
Part of a Wikipedia help series on |
Wikipedia Awards |
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Awarded by co-founder Jimmy Wales |
Awards by WikiProject |
Barnstars and other personal awards |
Awards by number of edits |
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The barnstar is not unique to Wikipedia. Some years ago, some wiki-based communities began to give their users awards called barn stars, using a star anchor to represent the concept of the shared work experience, as in barn raising. The concept of the barnstar as a Wiki award was created by SunirShah on MeatballWiki.[1][2] Web designers were invited to incorporate a similar barn star design into their project as Easter eggs.[3]
Wiki barnstars were introduced to Wikipedia in December 2003 by MartinHarper.[4] Since then, the concept has become ingrained in the Wikipedia culture. These awards are also part of the Kindness Campaign and are meant to promote civility and WikiLove. They are meant as a form of warm 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 in Personal user awards.
[I] created the BarnStar[...]
A BarnStar, for bringing us the modern wonder that is the BarnStar.
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