User:Gwern/Awards

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Awards in 2010-2012[edit]

Executive Director's Barnstar
Gwern, I am delighted to award you the Executive Director's Barnstar, which I give out every now and then to thank editors who are making particularly significant contributions to the Wikimedia projects. I'm giving it to you for your work on the English Wikipedia and English Wikibooks. Since 2004, you've made more than 100,000 edits, and you've written or worked on hundreds of articles on a wide range of topics include ones related to technology, science fiction, and Chinese, Japanese and American history, popular culture, art and literature. You've got amazing throughput – you've done an incredible amount of high-quality work for Wikimedia readers. I also want to specifically thank you for your advocacy on behalf of new editors, and especially your essay In Defense of Inclusionism, which I believe makes a significant contribution to Wikimedia's thinking about barriers to entry for new editors. If you, or anyone reading this, wants to nominate an editor for the ED Barnstar, please feel free to do it on my talk page. Sue Gardner (talk) 01:15, 3 October 2011 (UTC)


The Template Barnstar
Or whatever. For creating the extremely useful Google RS. Thanks! SharkD  Talk  23:02, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

Awards in 2006-2009[edit]

The Lonely Geek Barnstar
This barnstar is in honor of your depressing, unloved presence on IRC on Valentine's Day, 2009. Roses and kisses work for some, but you, noble Wikipedian, have important things to discuss on the internet with people you barely know who you'll probably never meet. Here's to you! FlyingToaster 20:44, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


The Minor Barnstar
(8:57:44 PM) mboverload: They have horse competitions? wtf?
(8:57:34 PM) AngryParsley: nobody rides horses anymore
(8:58:16 PM) mboverload: Horses are still needed by some ranches. But they are being replaced by ATVs
(8:58:34 PM) AngryParsley: lame. motorcycles are so much cooler than horses
(8:58:46 PM) gwern: you can't eat your ATV
--mboverload@ 04:01, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
You always seem to be in the right place at the right time.
The Working Man's Barnstar
Here's a present for entirely disambiguating Titanic. 'Cause it's just frikken' beautiful now. PMC 03:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
for going (litterally) the extra mile to make sources for Serial Experiments Lain available. This spontaneous effort was appreciated. SidiLemine 16:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
For your contributions to Wikipedia and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted Random Smiley Award
by Pedia-I Project Jesus