Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikipedia Awards


Wikipedia Awards

The WikiProject Awards is a project dedicated to guiding and enhancing the Wikipedia award processes. These awards are part of the Kindness Campaign and are meant to promote Civility and WikiLove.

Goals

List all awards and related sub pages in the awards space.
Maintain new award proposals.
Maintain all awards and templates related to them.

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Participants

Participants may use this code: {{User WPAwards}} to get this userbox:

This user is a participant in WikiProject Awards.

Anyone who is interested in maintaining the Awards page and proposals, and helping out with the project in general, is welcome to add their name here.

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Policy and criteria

To see the current policy, criteria, and instructions for making a proposal, see Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals

Awards

Barnstars

Barnstars It is the custom to reward Wikipedia contributors for hard work and due diligence by awarding them barnstars. To give the award to someone, just place the image on their talk page, and say why you've given it. Don't hesitate: be bold!

WikiProject awards

A WikiProject award is awarded for work on a wikiproject, or work of substantial interest to those members of that wikiproject

Other Related Awards

Other Related Awards, In addition to barnstars, there are several other awards as well. 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.

Order of the Day

The Order of the Day - usually awarded annually to a Wikimedia developer or technical person for exceptional service to the community. Often, but not always, awarded for a specific achievement, it was most recently awarded to Brion Vibber for numerous achievements over a long period of time.

Personal User awards

In the Personal User Awards there is a wide range of awards to chose from, from the "Golden Wiki" award, for users who have made outstanding contributions, to the "Son of Jimbo" award, for users with the last name "Wales". So the next time you think a user has made a significant contribution, or basically anything else, why don't you give him/her a reward to show your gratitude?

Subpages

Other templates

Wikipedia:Award templates