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Hi, Natalie. Yes, I do log an additional warning every time I revert a vandalism edit after a current final warning has been logged. I thought that would help document a problem editor's impact, and would show when an editor is ignoring a final warning (or doing worse, like taunting). If you think that's not necessary from an admin's point of view, let me know. As you mentioned, not logging the additional warnings would save some time. Take care...Joe. --[[User:JFreeman|'''JFreeman''']] [[User talk:JFreeman|<sup>''(talk)''</sup>]] 17:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC) |
Hi, Natalie. Yes, I do log an additional warning every time I revert a vandalism edit after a current final warning has been logged. I thought that would help document a problem editor's impact, and would show when an editor is ignoring a final warning (or doing worse, like taunting). If you think that's not necessary from an admin's point of view, let me know. As you mentioned, not logging the additional warnings would save some time. Take care...Joe. --[[User:JFreeman|'''JFreeman''']] [[User talk:JFreeman|<sup>''(talk)''</sup>]] 17:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 21:39, 20 March 2007
Greetings.
I hope you don't mind, but since your user page had been vandalized three times recently, I updated your vandal count from "21" to "24." I thought I'd save you some time by updating it myself. Acalamari 03:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- No problem. I've been so busy it didn't even occur to me to update it. Thanks! Natalie 22:35, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- The user that vandalized your user page also vandalized mine, and you would have seen the message they left on my talk page. I have to update my vandal counter now. Acalamari 23:17, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: Thanks
You're welcome. Glad I could help. Will (aka Wimt) 08:07, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
YW
You're welcome, and have fun at Antioch! I remember that place. :) Antandrus (talk) 01:36, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Adminship?
I don't do this much, but I was wandering around and I have to say I'm quite impressed by your range and quality of contributions. Interested in being nominated for adminship? We could use more high-quality admins such as yourself. :-) Best, IronGargoyle 06:41, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
RE: Block
I was blocking vandals, not random users. Michael Norkus 01:46, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
- No, you aren't blocking anyone. You are not an administrator and thus cannot block people. The blocking message doesn't block the person, it just informs them that they cannot edit. Natalie 01:48, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Thats a crappy rule. Anyway, thanks for the info! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norkus007 (talk • contribs)
- It's actually a pretty good rule if you think about it. If anyone was allowed to block users than I could block you right now for no reason. I could block Jimbo Wales, if I wanted. It would just introduce a new kind of vandalism into Wikipedia, which would be incredibly hard to deal with. That's why blocking is reserved for administrators. Natalie 01:53, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Good Point. Sorry for the trouble! What can I do to warn vandals wothout being an admin? Michael Norkus 01:55, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
- There's a list of warning templates at Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace, and more information about vandal fighting in general can be found at Wikipedia:Vandalism. Once a person has received the final warning, and then vandalizes again, they can be reported at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism.
- On a somewhat related note, I see you have been offering to adopt other users. Given your lack of experience with vandal fighting, I would suggest that you look to be adopted first, and get some more experience before shepherding even newer users. Natalie 02:00, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Well, I have been adopted before. But sure, I will remove that template and adoption offers I have made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norkus007 (talk • contribs)
- You don't have to if you don't want to, it was just a suggestion. Natalie 02:02, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Well you're an administrator so i better follow your guidelines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Norkus007 (talk • contribs)
- I'm not an admin. Besides that, admins don't really have more authority in the sense that they can tell other people what to do. Admins are users that have been around a while and are trusted by the general community to have access to certain tools (such as blocking) that need to be restricted. Natalie 02:09, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Ok, well thank you for your help and happy editing!
Overlake Church
I'm disappointed that this church has been stubbed out, I'd rather see it protected as some state such as below rather than stubbed out as many of the versions seem just fine and quite informative. From a person who lives nearby but does not go to this church.
Revision as of 15:53, 15 February 2007 (edit) (undo) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 170.35.224.63 (talk) 00:30, 8 March 2007 (UTC).
- You are more than welcome to add information to the article, provided it is attributed to a reliable source. My stubbing is in absolutely no way a final action. I stubbed the page for a variety of reason. Firstly, it was unsourced and concerned several living people, possibly running afoul of the policy on biographies of living persons. (Note that the policy applies to any information about living persons in any article, not just a biography about the subject.) Also, I believe the version at the time of my stubbing was giving undue weight to the scandal. Finally, I think this undue weight was attracting the vandalism, whitewashing, and whatever the opposite of whitewashing is that the article was receiving.
That said, I would more than welcome a sourced article about the church doesn't give the impression that the church is scandal-free nor that it is all scandal, all the time. I do not personally feel qualified to write such an article, but would be willing to help find sources, copyedit, and neutrality-edit such an article. Natalie 01:53, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
hooks quotes
Ok, the quotes are long - but I have seen other pages where the quotes are just as long, furthermore the quotations on hooks' page is long already, so maybe then we can trim them off. ForrestLane42 03:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC)ForrestLane42
- As far as what other pages do, that isn't really a good reason, since those pages could also be contrary to policy. If that's the case, I'd urge you to move those quotes to Wikiquote as well. As far as the hooks page, specifically, perhaps we could put one of those boxes that say "Wikiquote has a collection of quotations about bell hooks". I don't know if you've seen those boxes on other pages, but they are a handy way to provide people with quotes without overwhelming the page. Natalie 03:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
Tefellin
Can I converse with you here? Is there a better place? Your warning regarding the tefillin page was not necessary. I had got into a big mess and thought the best way out was to cut (ctrl-x) all the article, paste it into a notepad and then paste it back again into the original article after logging out, restarting my pc and logging in. It has worked in the past. My mess was about trying to upload an image - this is the first time I am trying this. My result was just a total mess. My image was uploaded (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Imagelist?limit=500&title=Special%3AImagelist) but apart from that I have had no success. Benqish 20:11, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
I took a few deep breaths, got out of my panic and succeeded - little clumsily - at my task. See tefillin for the result. Benqish 20:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
FuzzyFive's edit to 1 (number)
Wasn't it funny tho??? :) TheFuzzyFive 21:59, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
My edit to U2
But so often people confuse the band U2 with YouTube - See: http://www.shawneenet.net/dispatch/2006/12/u2-youtube.html TheFuzzyFive 22:01, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- I seriously doubt it - they are completely different things with different names that sound somewhat the same. This is analogous to writing "not to be confused with pears" in the article chair. Natalie 22:03, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- Well, two and too are totally analogous, but they are confusing to many a people. TheFuzzyFive 22:06, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- No pun intended on the third "to" in that sentence, hehe! TheFuzzyFive 22:07, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- Well, two and too are totally analogous, but they are confusing to many a people. TheFuzzyFive 22:06, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- I seriously doubt it - they are completely different things with different names that sound somewhat the same. This is analogous to writing "not to be confused with pears" in the article chair. Natalie 22:03, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
- Well thanks for your personal message on my talk page. You seem really sweet! (By the way that article needs a cleanup, sweetness that is.) TheFuzzyFive 22:05, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I'm all blue now!
I made my userpage so now my talk page and my user page are blue links not red links or question marks by the links. Hehe! TheFuzzyFive 22:15, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks!
Just one more quick question, why is "Kent Brockman" an insect, according to your userpage? Hehe! TheFuzzyFive 22:26, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
gta songs
just added the categorys for all songs that all for anything to do with the gta songs on all games just like singstar songs are categorized User:Jonjoe
thanks its ok you can feel free to talk to me on msn messenger if ya wanna ok ;)from User:jonjoe
hows that
you never heard of an irish baptism (getting drunk) irish breakfast (drinking in the morning) irish coffee (coffee with whiskey in) or irishing up (adding alcohol to something). not everyone is american puritian some of us like a drink, stopping forcing your right wing christian agenda on the rest of us. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.26.106.44 (talk • contribs)
- a)None of those are slang terms for drunkeness, and b) you should probably visit my college before making allegations of Christian puritanism. Not that I don't find it amusing... Natalie 16:38, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
moving entire sections to a new page
I don't know if this is the right place to ask this question but... I am trying to edit a very large article (>70kb). There are sections that can be moved to a whole new page. When I try doing that (by excising the sections from the original article and adding them to the new page) I get a vandal notice :P. So this is obviously not the right way to do it. Whats the right procedure here?--TwoOars 19:34, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Actually the sections in question have to be removed entirely as they dont really belong in Wikipedia anyway but i am a little hesitant in deleting such a large body on which, obviously, someone had worked very hard. And there has to be some sort of a consensus before doing anything drastic (I know that much :) . So another question... how long is an older version kept in the 'history' section before it is finally deleted? --TwoOars 19:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Okey. Thanks a lot :). --TwoOars 19:50, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Nice work defending that template! Impressive... :-) (→Netscott) 02:16, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
My Dearest Natalie
Thank you for your welcome. I have spent many happy hours in Yellow Springs. I hope you enjoy the town as much as I did. Best Wishes, Taragon of Virtue 05:09, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Alas, I was not an Antioch undergrad, but a grad student at nearby WSU. However, Yellow Springs is a charming town with a few charming people. I myself lived in Xenia, but frequently dined at the Winds Cafe, and the other restaurants of YS. Taragon of Virtue 05:15, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Please stop deleting my edits
Please stop.
Aandhi 05:51, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Please stop deleting my contribution to wikipedia. This is tantamount to vandalism.
If you do not agree with my edits, you have to engage in a constructive debate and seek a consensus.
I am going to put back those pages in. Please explain yourself in a clear and concise fashion why do you want to remove them before taking any precipitous action.
With best regards Aandhi 05:59, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- As I am not an admin, I do not have the power to delete your pages. I merely tagged them for speedy deletion - an admin did the actual deletion. You'll need to take your complaints up with the deleting admin. Natalie 06:53, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- Well, if you are so bent on splitting hairs, then may I ask you why are you tagging pages created by me for deletion without giving absolutely no reason whatsoever.
- Further, if you delete my contribution again, you may be in danger of violating WP:3RR. Thought it was my duty to remind you.
- Best wishes
- Aandhi 07:10, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
- Perhaps you should read more carefully. I have deleted nothing, and thus have committed no vandalism. Recreating articles that have been deleted violates policy, tagging those articles for deletion is completely inline with policy. If you are so sure I've violated 3RR, report me. I'm quite sure no one will agree with you. Natalie 07:21, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Cheers
Thanks for the revert on my user page! Will (aka Wimt) 23:44, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Stratego
Natalie, like you, I desire to keep Wikipedia clean. That is why I was shocked to see the chages made by Jellyfish. You can go back in this thread history and check my edits (very few). Jellyfish is trying to recruit players to "his site" he has logged onto Metaforge and openly advertised for their site. Regardless, If you look at the link edits (also include Jellyfish's I.P. address edits, it should be clear who is violating Wiki policies. If it matters, I spoke to the head of Gravon.de today, We agreed that if a link were to be on wiki, it should simple say "play online" - in that way it serves as an informational resource. The Stratego Community is small, there are not many sites in which to play. Readers of the thread would generally want to know these details. The General & Probe are also commercial ventures. Metaforge has been linked on Wikipedia since May 2005. There has never been an issue until user Jellyfish started his advertising campaign for Gravon. Once again, like you, I just want the integirty of the Wiki maintained.
Commish
— Preceding unsigned comment added by StrategoCommish (talk • contribs)
- The issue really isn't who is adding what, but that there were inappropriate links on the page. And having been linked on WIkipedia for a long time isn't really a reason to stay linked on Wikipedia. If I find an error in an article, should I leave it in just because it's been their for two years? I think not. Also, this post on my talk page is the only contribution you've made, so I wonder what you mean by "check my edits". Natalie 01:29, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
My apologies, I am not that "fluent" on the wiki discussions. I just wanted you to be aware that this user Jellyfish had an agenda. I watch this thread, there have been very few edits. If the wiki policies say the links need to go, then there should be two general links. Ed's Stratego Page & The ISF page.
Sorry for the trouble comunicating I am a wiki chat newbie — Preceding unsigned comment added by StrategoCommish (talk • contribs)
- No problem, everyone starts out as a newbie. I'd tend to agree with you that their should be very few links, and the ISF link certainly makes sense. But I'm interested in your logic that Ed's Stratego Page should stay up - what particularly recommends that site? Natalie 01:34, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Ed's Site is generally recognized as the #1 Stratego site on the Internet, he has history of the game, strategies etc. Part of the Wiki thread is directly from Ed's site. So Ed's site is a great reference for all players. — Preceding unsigned comment added by StrategoCommish (talk • contribs)
- OK, that makes sense. If the site it being used as a reference than it should be linked no matter what. Natalie 01:43, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
On a go forward basis, will you be motioring the thread. If I see "suspect" changes what is proper procedure? Thanks for you help
Commish — Preceding unsigned comment added by StrategoCommish (talk • contribs)
- Well, it depends on what you mean by suspect changes. If you're talking about external links, the very first thing you should do is read Wikipedia's policy on external links, which has some good lists of criteria that can be used to judge the acceptable-ness of links. If an editor adds a link that is clearly inappropriate, you can simply remove it as spam and warn the editor with the spam user warning templates. If the link is somewhat of a gray area, take it to the talk page and ask people what they think there. If a user continues to add an obviously inappropriate link even after they've been given the full series of warnings, they may be blocked for a short while. Natalie 01:51, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Will you be making any additional edits to the links?
Commish
- Well, I haven't been active in editing the article, and I did just cut a bunch of info out of it, so I'm inclined to leave it be for a day or to. If you'd like, you can propose cutting the other links out on the article talk page yourself, to see what other people think about it. Natalie 02:02, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Mike W. Johnes et al.
Mike W. Johnes (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and his socks are actually socks of a long term vandal - see this for details. Mike Rosoft (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) probably knows more about this vandal than I do, so the next time you come across users performing this kind of vandalism, I suggest that you report the vandal account(s) directly to him. TML 01:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Haiku
Why exactly are the links I added to the external links section of "Haiku" unsuitable? I mean, I read the guidelines and see nothing wrong with them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shyamsanthanam (talk • contribs)
- It seemed to me that the point was to promote the site, since you added two links to the same sight. But if you disagree, please raise the issue on the Haiku talk page. The regular editors of the page will be in a better position to discuss the appropriateness of the link. Natalie 03:46, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
- I've added just one link now to satisfy your requirement. I added two because they were to different parts of the site (the forum and definitions) which have different content and intention. I've also made a note on the talk page and I will remove it if any of the regular editors object. Thanks for your clarification. Shyamsanthanam 03:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
After updating your vandal count, I took a look at this user's contributions, and it seems that this user seems to know (or actually is) a user named User:Mootoog. In fact, Mootoog mentions Mootoog's lawyer on their user page, and Mootoog's Lawyer has even signed Mootoog's user page. I suggest keeping an eye on this (I'm going to) in case this is a sockpuppet situation. Acalamari 20:26, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
- This isn't the only weird case I've been looking at; Abbopa left this weird message on my talk page. I looked at this user's contributions, and was led to a strange user/user talk page, as well as three other odd things: Tsubasa wings, Weird Wetland and the user Aboppa mentioned: Jimmy's bananooz (look at their talk pages). Do you think these are odd or not? I plan to take this to AN so some other users can take a look. Acalamari 20:33, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Stratego
StrategoCommish and javabarbarian are affiliated with the online link they tried to put up as an advertisement, and this violates the wiki policy on external links under a conflict of interest. Despite what they claim, I have no affiliation at all with Gravon and merely added the link because of its value to the Stratego page. Unlike Java’s site, Gravon is not a business, does not have ads, and is free to all who visit to play online. It is a great Stratego resource to the general public I stumbled upon and wished to add to Wiki as I believe it fits under the wiki link guidelines of a relevant foreign language site (even though it contains an English translation that can be linked to directly). StrategoCommish is interested in keeping Ed’s Stratego site listed because it links to his page through a prominent advertisement. That being said, it is a fantastic Stratego resource that fits under Wiki guidelines and should be allowed to stay. I am sorry for you having to deal with the petty arguments of a few, I sure you are unfortunately all too familiar with it. Jellyfish84 04:29, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
- It seems like everyone that has been editing that article lately has been less constructive than they could have been. You yourself have come perilously close to violated 3RR and have edited someone else's talk page comment, which is generally bad form. I'm personally of the opinion that none of the "play online" sites should be linked, since there are theoretically dozens of such sites and all of them could be found easily with a google search. I hear what you're saying about the potential conflict of interest, which is another reason, IMO, that there should be no external links to "play online" sites. But that's just my opinion, and I'm just one editor who happened to stumble across something I thought was inappropriate. I am in no way an arbitrator or the final authority on links. If you can make a good case for the external link you want to add, by all means please do so on the article talk page. Natalie 05:29, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
My change
Iraq war resisters is a sub category of American anti Iraq War activists.
Isn't there some rule about double categories?
Baddogy 19:17, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Vandalism
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. JJGD 20:29, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
- It apparantly has something to do with User:TenOfAllTrades. Jkelly 03:51, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
ACN
Hello. I have already added comments to the ACN INC talk page and the edit this page portions. I am going to again remove the section called 'Criticism' for reasons already stated. The whole section title is mis-leading and the citation from the BBB is completely misleading as it omits several portions of the citation found on the BBB website about ACN. Please refrain from chaning my edits YET AGAIN. If this change on your behalf is done again you leave me with no option but to report this to Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Erc855 (talk • contribs)
- Chill out. I understand your complaint, but as I said on the talk page of the article, the solution is not the blank the entire section. There have been criticisms made of the company, that information is sourced, and thus it deserves to stay. I couldn't quite tell from your post on the article talk page if the quote was incomplete or the cite was incomplete, but either way the solution is to fix it, not delete the whole thing. And, again, as I said on the article talk page, the sentence does say that the company has a rating of satisfactory.
- Also, please do not post on the top of my talk page - new messages go on the bottom, as on all talk pages. And please sign your posts, by typing ~~~~. Lastly, don't forget to assume good faith before jumpming to conclusions. Thanks! Natalie 22:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Actually, the solution is to remove the whole section as the title and the quote are both wrong and as of such, the section does not deserve to stay. The BBB rating of ACN is positive and thus can not be construed as a 'criticism'. Beyond that, where does the section have sourced info of criticisms made of the company? There is none, thus causing for the immediate removal of the section. Erc855 22:33, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
- Your first statement on the article talk page says that "the citation is incomplete", which is not a justification for deletion of the entire statement. I see what you're saying now though - thanks for clarifying. Natalie 22:39, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Just a word
I was at dab's page to return a message that he left on my talkpage when I noticed your message[1] to him. Obviously, he will respond himself, but I thought I should mention that if he hadnt reverted the addition, someone else - possibly myself would have. Some of it is a OR-by-synthesis and some of the rest quotes a writer marginal even among the polemicists on the subject. Its a little difficult to keep track of the many ways in which some people have been using WP to legitimise some doubtful scholarship, and dab does a good job watches those pages. Thanks for your time! Hornplease 23:38, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Congratulations
I'm pleased to inform you that you are now an administrator. Please read all the material on the administrators' reading list before testing out your new privileges. For instructions, please see the administrators' how-to guide. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 23:15, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Congrats, Natalie!!! Kukini hablame aqui 23:17, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Heh...yep. I thought you might be sitting there. Welcome to the next phase of your wikilife! --Kukini hablame aqui 23:20, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Congrats Natalie! I'm glad to see you succeeded in your RfA. Enjoy mopping! :-) - Anas Talk? 23:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations! IrishGuy talk 23:21, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Woo!! Congratulations :) - Alison☺ 23:21, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Congratulations- I'm sure you'll do a great job. Have a trusty vandal whacking stick to help out with your sysop duties. WjBscribe 23:23, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Congrats, now you can block the next Wikinecrophiliac on your own. —dgiestc 23:25, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Nice one, Natalie Erin; I know you will do a
goodexcellent job. Acalamari 23:33, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- I responded with: You're welcome; I seen your edits and was more than willing to support you in your RfA. Acalamari 23:41, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Slightly belated congratulations :) Good to see you already using the tools. – riana_dzasta 03:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Belated congratulations!! Daniel5127 | Talk 06:12, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Huzzah. You'll do well. I guess I don't get to process your reports to AIV anymore, eh? Heimstern Läufer 16:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Belated congratulations!! Daniel5127 | Talk 06:12, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Slightly belated congratulations :) Good to see you already using the tools. – riana_dzasta 03:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Just ran into something
Take a look at this [2]. It appears one of your templates is not working right. Kukini hablame aqui 23:31, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- No biggie. Trust me, I have certainly made much bigger errors on here! --Kukini hablame aqui 23:38, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- Just keeping an eye on you. Do you know how to use your "rollback" button yet? It ROCKS...although be vigilant...I have had to roll back my own rollback more than once. --Kukini hablame aqui 00:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- It works when in user contribs pages and page history pages. I prefer the latter. It allows me to roll back all vandalism by the most recent vandal to a page with just one click, regardless of if you are reverting an IP editor or one that signed in. --Kukini hablame aqui 00:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yes'm, you got it. Kukini hablame aqui 00:14, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- It works when in user contribs pages and page history pages. I prefer the latter. It allows me to roll back all vandalism by the most recent vandal to a page with just one click, regardless of if you are reverting an IP editor or one that signed in. --Kukini hablame aqui 00:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Just keeping an eye on you. Do you know how to use your "rollback" button yet? It ROCKS...although be vigilant...I have had to roll back my own rollback more than once. --Kukini hablame aqui 00:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
What I meant to say was, you are correct, it just rolls back the most recent edits from ONE given editor. The last one only. Does that make sense? Try it...you can always revert yourself if you mess up. Kukini hablame aqui 00:25, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- The multiple user issue wont matter, unless they are editing at the same time on the same article, which is something I have never seen. Don't fret. Just check to see what you reverted after. Kukini hablame aqui 00:30, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- See this [3] as my most recent use of it. --Kukini hablame aqui 00:32, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- There!!! You did it! Welcome to one of the very coolest of tools. It is one heckuva mop, no? Kukini hablame aqui 00:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- See this [3] as my most recent use of it. --Kukini hablame aqui 00:32, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
My pleasure. I will go away before you feel like you have a stalker! Keep up the good work and keep in touch. Ciao, Kukini hablame aqui 00:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ha...one more thang...ever been here: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User names? I thought I saw you blocking based on usernames, so I wanted to point you to this RfC. Kukini hablame aqui 01:01, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: Natalie
Thank you very much for spotting the problem, I have fixed it now. On 6 February 2007 the contents of Natalie was replaced with nonsense and deleted mistakenly. I have restored it to the correct version.--Commander Keane 00:58, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I recommend reading WP:U again and unblocking this user. The relevant guideline says "E-mail addresses: As of September 26, 2006, the MediaWiki software has been changed so the users may no longer register usernames with "@" in them. Previously, these usernames were discouraged. Preventing the usage of @ stops editors from receiving spam, reduces work for administrators and prevents hurt feelings due to being blocked, which may have led editors to simply leave in the past. Existing usernames with the sign are not blocked, but editors should be encouraged to change their names as the sign interferes with some MediaWiki functions." Note that existing usernames that are email addresses are NOT BLOCKED. Nardman1 01:27, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- re your message on my talk page: 'tis ok, as you can see from my talk page I've made many mistakes on wikipedia myself. It's why we all work together. Nardman1 01:33, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Alleged vandalism?
You've got a lot of nerve. The supposed reference was a spam site that had no bearing on the previous edit. Therefore I deleted it. You should be thanking me rathering than falsely accusing me of vandalism. How dare you? Mi Novelas 04:34, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
No - the [1] in brackets is a link to a spam site. Give the link a try. Why don't you follow your own advice and assume good faith? Mi Novelas 04:39, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
30 times.
30 times.... Acalamari 18:01, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- I responded with: You're welcome; when I went to your userpage I saw something that I knew you wouldn't write, so I looked at the history and saw I saw correct; so I reverted it. :) Acalamari 18:11, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: 204.171.48.140
Hey. I see you reporting this IP to AIV, as they had vandalized past a last warning. I've removed the report, since their last warning was 6 days ago and it's an IP address. Also, they seem to have stopped. If you encounter them again today, please report them. Thanks! Natalie 18:24, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Okay, thanks for keeping me up to date. Cheers, Jonomacdrones 18:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank You
Natalie, thanks for the welcoming post to my user talk page. I've got to say, it takes a special kind of person with drive and determination to sift through the new users and post welcomes, from which the least I can do in return is reply.
So, thanks, and I hope you have a nice day!
--John M. McClamrock (Jmarkmcc 18:59, 15 March 2007 (UTC))
Re: AIV
They were given a final warning, though not by me. Please see this edit. Do they need to vandalize past a final warning given by me for me to list them at AIV? Or can I just relist them? I'd really appreciate some clarification there because it doesn't seem to be very clear as to what is required for someone to be listed. Thank you. --pIrish 19:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- That's the warning that I left them, not realizing that they had removed previous warnings from other users at the time, including the one I linked to which IS a final warning, NOT a level 2. Clearly they haven't learned their lesson if they've continued to vandalize after that. Even worse, they deleted that warning and made a joke out of it! Do you suggest I revert their deletion of my warning and add a level 3? --pIrish 19:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know what to do! --pIrish 20:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- They've already deleted my level 4 warning (and some other message left by someone else that seemed kind of random). Should I just relist them? --pIrish 20:13, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Nevermind, somebody already got to it and blocked him indefinitely. Thanks for letting me know that I could replace warnings with higher levels. I wasn't sure if I could do that or not. --pIrish 20:16, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- They've already deleted my level 4 warning (and some other message left by someone else that seemed kind of random). Should I just relist them? --pIrish 20:13, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks for letting me know what to do! --pIrish 20:05, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Reza Shah
Thank you very much Natalie. I am hopping that the intervention of Scott Wilson will solve the problem. Mehrshad123 has blanked several time all contributions relating to Reza Shah's relationships with Nazi Germany. Arguing that these are propaganda bu the US and British, without giving any references. Even when Scott Wilson responded to my request for help from third party, he dismissed Scott's recommendation as being uniformed. This is very frustrating. Any help or suggestion you provide are greatly appreciated. Best Regards 21:02, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks again Natalie. I have incorporated Scott Wilson's comments, and if it is blanked again I will try to use your advice. But I need help since I am not very good at this.
Best Regards Artaxerex 21:29, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
vandal
hey, i think you got me wrong on that last edit. wikipedia goofed and i reverted the page. i'm not a vandal. hope it's some bot that posted that on my talk page, cause i think the situation is obvious. have a good one! -chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chriswalker7 (talk • contribs)
- No, it was not a bot that reverted a warned you, it was an editor. Bot accounts generally have "bot" in the name. When someone challenges an edit you made, please don't simply revert and claim that Wikipedia is corrupted. Natalie 22:34, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
- sorry, nat, i think you need to lighten up a bit. there was a browser or wikipedia error that i didnt notice before saving! thanks for the help! keep your eyes sharp! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chriswalker7 (talk • contribs)
Trying to fix page
I was trying to fix the page you reverted. Some of the stuff doesn't belong like the sites used as sources. Where's the permission from those sites to use them as sources? You have no clue what should and shouldn't be on the page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AbsoluteZero7 (talk • contribs) 22:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC).
- There is no permission needed to use a website as a source. Please do not remove information from articles without good reason. Natalie 22:44, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Linking a site as a source with no proof that the site sources the page is good reason. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AbsoluteZero7 (talk • contribs)
- You definitely misunderstand what is meant by source. It means that we are using that website as a source and are acknowledging, not that they are using Wikipedia as a source. Natalie 22:48, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Hellothere19
why did you block my change?!?! all i added was that he was jewish! HE IS!! jeeze! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hellothere19 (talk • contribs)
Re: Thanks
Of course. ;) I don't remember where the problem started at, but I've seen a few pages get blanked in that fashion. And, as you said, they're obviously not new, either way. – Luna Santin (talk) 03:49, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
New user prepping socks?
Hi there. You gave PeacePenguin (talk • contribs) a warning for some vandalism. That user just created two new users, Peacepenguin24 (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log) and Adam Haverstock (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log). It may be nothing, but I thought I'd let you know. Regards, Flyguy649talkcontribs 04:09, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah, I'll keep an eye on them for the next little while. Flyguy649talkcontribs 04:12, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Thief!
In the past 5 minutes you have stolen 3 blocks from me! Therefore I think you deserve the WikiMedal for Janitorial Services.I still think you're a thief. James086Talk 12:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
UI&U Page
Just wanted to say thank you for cleaning it up and keeping an eye on the Union Institute & University page. Jikaku 13:25, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
Quick question - I'm the webmaster for UI&U and we would like to use some of the historical content that a previous user added (but was removed for copyvio reasons) to add a little more depth to the entry. Is there anything specific I'd have to do to avoid the copyvio issue? Thanks for all your help! Jikaku 06:04, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Reply
I have replied to you on my talk page. This message is in case you don't have my talk page on your watchlist, or you are an IP who doesn't have a watchlist. --TeckWizParlateContribs@
Vandals Whacking.
I've updated your vandal count to 34. They're really hammering on you at the moment, aren't they? You may even want to consider semi-protection, since your user page has had dialy vandalism almost for the last few days. I had mine semi-protected when it had daily vandalism for a week, and it's still semi-protected; I've still had a couple of cases of vandalism, but less since IPs and new users can't edit it. :) Acalamari 22:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
63.152.13.57, Rachel Corrie
You blocked User:63.152.13.57 for a 3RR violation at Rachel Corrie. I'm concerned that the user is now continuing to revert using a previously-established account, User:Naoko77. Would you mind removing the "anon only" flag from your block, please? It appears to be a QWest DSL address and it doesn't appear to be shared. I suppose the other approach would be to request a Checkuser. Rhobite 23:04, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
- A checkuser isn't needed. The user is describing the IP block on his user (no IP) page. --TeckWiz ParlateContribs@ 23:18, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
TY
Thanks for the intro —The preceding unsigned comment was added by ThaIceman73 (talk • contribs) 00:58, 17 March 2007 (UTC).
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The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | ||
Natalie Erin, I award you the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar in apprechiation of your great vandal-fighting. Keep it up! > Kamope < 00:12, 17 March 2007 (UTC) |
Mop and bucket.
- It occured to me you hadn't received this yet. Also, you might like to know I just whacked another vandal; your count's up to 36. Acalamari 01:59, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
duplicate warnings?
Sorry, my mistake. I am fairly new to Wikipedia and am still learning the ropes. Who did I sent a warning after you had already blocked them? Thanks --1312020Wikicop 18:46, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- Ok. Thanks a lot for your help! 1312020Wikicop 22:12, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
I realize that
...some editors (not referring to you) don't think we should put welcomes on unless all editing is above board. In that case, the new editor does not seem to understand how things work here. This is why I added the welcome mat. Hopefully it will help. --Kukini hablame aqui 22:34, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- Seems we were writing each other at the same time. I will watch over it. If he/she continues, we will try a short block to get the message across. --Kukini hablame aqui 22:35, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- I wasn't trying to butt in, but instead provide backup. Sometimes, editors need to learn that they are being watched by many many other editors and thus do not have free reign to post whatever they want. Hope you have a good day...is it warm up there? It is HOT down here today. --Kukini hablame aqui 22:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- OK...I cleaned it a bit and caught one more random change (just now). Try 97 degrees for hot. Daaaaaaaaaang. --Kukini hablame aqui 22:45, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
- I wasn't trying to butt in, but instead provide backup. Sometimes, editors need to learn that they are being watched by many many other editors and thus do not have free reign to post whatever they want. Hope you have a good day...is it warm up there? It is HOT down here today. --Kukini hablame aqui 22:40, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
All You Have To Do Is Be Nice
Is that so hard? You call me a sockpupteer, but if you didn't block I wouldn't create another account, I could use mine. Why are doing that? It does not make sennse. It does not work. It just blocks IPs for other wikipedians. Maybe you should think about the damage your actions are doin to the project. First ohnoitsjaime does it, then you jump in. Is that what they teach you in Admin school? Be mean? Jeez. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AllYouHaveToDoIsBeNice (talk • contribs) 05:05, 18 March 2007 (UTC).
No Offense But
That has to be one of the stupidiest things I have heard. I have one account and it gets blocked (stupidly) so I create a new one. I have a sockpuppet of nothing. I have one account. You aren't blocking a sockpupet. You are blocking my only account.
Stop blocking and there wouldn't be a sockpupet. Duh... NoOffenseBut 05:10, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- If you hadn't had used your original account for bad purposes than you wouldn't have been blocked at all. -- Hdt83 | Talk 05:12, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Your recent block of WikiBeNiceWiki
Hello. You recently blocked WikiBeNiceWiki (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), and they have asked to be unblocked. Are there any specific reasons why you think this user is a sock of a blocked user? I admit that his "I didn't even edit yet" defence is a bit of a giveaway. Thank you, Sandstein 08:44, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Images: Fair use and copyright issues
hi, i have some doubts regarding the use of cover images in book infoboxes...
1. Is it ok to scan / photograph a book cover and use it? Would it be copyright infringement?
2. Would it be considered 'Fair use' if i used an image from a website (say, Amazon.com) because i would not be using the picture to get a profit, nor does it hurt their business? Thanks for your time. TwoOars (T | C) 14:31, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- Actually I did ask someone else who (i think) knows better about copyright issues (Kevinalewis). But he hasn't been online for a day or 2 now. And I saw that you are active on your talk page, so I asked. Thanks anyway. :) TwoOars (T | C) 17:31, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
do you know
why you are trying to stop me from creating an account? I don't. What on earth did I do to make you Admins act so foolishly?JustWhat 01:36, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
- Vandalism, maybe? Or trolling? As long as you continue to do this, you will remain blocked, or even banned; whichever you are. Acalamari 01:45, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
I would think it be important to know why a user should be blocked rather than just blocking. It seems ignorant to just do it without knowing why. Just because someone tosses out a label does not make it right to carry out a campaign against a user.Collector345678 03:50, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Checkuser.
Natalie Erin, a checkuser is a very good idea; I helped deal with an extremely abusive sockpuppeteer sometime ago. That user didn't stop until a range blocked was introduced (and it's still likely that the user is around, just keeping quiet). Users like PoolGuy/WikiBeNiceWiki, are not likely back down simply by blocking the accounts. This PoolGuy person continues to leave messages on talk pages, including yours. To me, this is another example of a master sockpuppeteer. Acalamari 01:58, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Holy mackerel, this kid guessed it. I am Starwars1955! Just like I am whatever made up demon people want to pretend me to be. All I did was ask an Admin not to act like such a dick, and a more admins come along acting like dicks. It would be nice if one of them acted like a nice person and used their brain a little. Doubtful it will happen.Collector345678 03:54, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
This person has been using a name I use to edit articles to vandalize. I have written more on their talk page. I would like to ask if anything I have suggested there is possible. Sorry to waste your time otherwise. Thankyou, Mootoog 09:46, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Re: Amehbahlou
Sorry, i hadn't even checked the user's block logs- it didn't even cross my mind. Cheers, Jonomacdrones 20:57, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Why?
Why was I autoblocked yesterday? That was not very nice if you ask me. King Lopez Contribs 03:33, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- You should read Wikipedia: autoblock, which contains a concise explanation of how autoblocks work, as well as instructions on how to have an autoblock lifted if this happens again. The following is especially relevant:
And don't forget, always assume good faith! Natalie 03:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC)It is important for users to understand that administrators do not set autoblocks; they are set by the MediaWiki software. Administrators are not notified of the autoblock unless they happen to check Special:Ipblocklist. Autoblocks do not appear in administrator's block logs. Administrators do not have the ability to shut off the autoblocker, nor are they able to access the IP address of the user. (Wikipedia's privacy policy requires that IP addresses be hidden from general view, including from administrators.) When IP addresses are autoblocked, they appear in Special:Ipblocklist (but not in the admin's block log) with a special mask that prevents the IP from being seen.)
links
I thought I was deleting some links that didn't have pages that they led too. Isn't that what a red link is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by BananaTime! (talk • contribs)
Good work
I've noticed you've been deleting vandalism on WP:AIR ariticles lately, and just wanted to say thanks! Keep up the good work, and you just might earn a pair of {{Wikiwings}}! Again, good work! - BillCJ 05:32, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
RE: duplicate warnings?
You wrote on my talk page:
- I've been blocking a lot of vandals you reported today, and I've noticed that you often give multiple final warnings within minutes of each other. Is there a particular reason you do this? I know it's not wrong or anything, but it seems like a less ideal use of your time.
Hi, Natalie. Yes, I do log an additional warning every time I revert a vandalism edit after a current final warning has been logged. I thought that would help document a problem editor's impact, and would show when an editor is ignoring a final warning (or doing worse, like taunting). If you think that's not necessary from an admin's point of view, let me know. As you mentioned, not logging the additional warnings would save some time. Take care...Joe. --JFreeman (talk) 17:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
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The Systemic Bias Barnstar is awarded to editors who help reduce Wikipedia's systemic bias. (For specifically writing about women, see the goddess barnstar.) Introduced by Sdkb on March 17, 2022, and designed by FormalDude. | The Systemic Bias Barnstar
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The Barnstar for the Oops may be awarded to editors who have clarified a mistake made by another contributor and that incorrect contributor has acknowledged the error. Introduced by Jerium on 5 November 2023. | The Barnstar for the Oops
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The Recruiter Barnstar may be awarded to editors who have encouraged and/or assisted unregistered users to join the Wikipedia community. Introduced by Jerium on 6 November 2023. | The Recruiter Barnstar
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The Constitutional Barnstar may be awarded to editors who have corrected other contributors on how to properly implement policies and/or guidelines in particular situations on Wikipedia. Introduced by Jerium on 16 February 2024. | The Constitutional Barnstar
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The Completionist Barnstar may be awarded to show appreciation to editors who work to Complete the encyclopedia. Introduced by Spinixster and Queen of Hearts on 18 February 2024, in memory of Vami_IV. | The Completionist Barnstar
Specific editing contributions
These barnstars are awarded for specific types of contributions or editing which improve Wikipedia that do not fall into a specific article topical category in the encyclopedia.
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The Photographer's Barnstar is awarded to those individuals who tirelessly improve Wikipedia with their photographic skills and contributions. Introduced by Grunt on November 27, 2004. | The Photographer's Barnstar
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The Spoken Barnstar is awarded to editors who produce recordings of Wikipedia articles. Introduced by Chameleon on 1 June 2005. | The Spoken Barnstar
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The Rosetta Barnstar may be given to any editor who exhibits outstanding translation efforts on Wikipedia. Introduced on June 1, 2005 by Harðor, and was designed by David Levy. | The Rosetta Barnstar
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar may be awarded to those who work tirelessly to provide Wikipedia with free graphic files, either original or a version of a known design (e.g. a country's flag). Introduced by Redux on August 15, 2005. Original design by Sango123, later modified by L'Aquatique. Complete redesign by Rectilinium introduced on April 12, 2009. | The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
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The Template Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who contributes significantly to create or improve useful templates and infoboxes. Introduced by Smurrayinchester on January 8, 2006. | The Template Barnstar
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The Copyeditor's Barnstar is awarded for excellence in copyediting.
Suggested by Trusilver, designed by Kathryn NicDhàna with input from members of the Guild of Copy Editors and introduced on March 8, 2007. Retouched by H3llkn0wz in June 2010. | The Copyeditor's Barnstar
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{{subst:The Citation Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
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The Citation Barnstar is awarded to users who provide references and in-line citations to previously unsourced articles. It was created in March 2008 by J.delanoy. | The Citation Barnstar
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The Redirect Barnstar is awarded to those who have created and/or maintained useful redirects. It was introduced by J.delanoy on March 8, 2008, and has undergone redesign. | The Redirect Barnstar
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The Real-world perspective Barnstar is for any user who makes an effort to improve one or more fiction-related articles by including or expanding material related to real-world perspective. Created by User:Everyme April 5, 2008. | The Real-world perspective Barnstar
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The Categorisation Barnstar is to be awarded to users who dedicate themselves to pruning, maintaining and caring for our category structure, helping it to grow, or who devote themselves to categorising articles to better aid our readers. Suggested by Iuio on April 16, 2007[5] and introduced by Hiding T on April 12, 2008. Redesigned by Rectilinium in April 2009. | The Categorisation Barnstar
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The Guidance Barnstar may be awarded to users who help others locate valuable resources, information, or assistance. Introduced by Scartol on April 13, 2008. | The Guidance Barnstar
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The Audio Barnstar may be awarded to editors who make a significant contribution to the wiki by creating and/or adding original or rare audio files, such as historical recordings, self-made music, self-made examples of sound effects or musical styles, natural sounds, etc. Designed and introduced by Yintan on May 24, 2008. | The Audio Barnstar
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The SVG Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes significant contributions to converting raster images into vector images. Introduced on July 26, 2008, and designed by pbroks13. | The SVG Barnstar
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{{subst:Red Link Removal Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
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The Red Link Removal Barnstar may be awarded to editors who show diligence in removing red links in articles by creating new articles, correcting the links to connect to appropriate existing articles or deleting links to articles that should not exist because they do not satisfy Wikipedia:Notability guidelines. Proposed by Dogcowsaysmoof and introduced by Neptune5000 on September 29, 2008. | The Red Link Removal Barnstar
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The Cleanup Barnstar may be awarded to users who clean up articles. Introduced by Neptune5000 on October 13, 2008, image design by download. | The Cleanup Barnstar
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The Wikilink Barnstar may be awarded to users who either add useful links or remove unnecessary links in articles. Introduced by Neptune5000 on October 14, 2008. | The Wikilink Barnstar
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The Typo Team Barnstar may be awarded to any editor who has exceptional contributions in fixing typos. Suggested by Jason Quinn and designed by Sophus Bie February 9, 2009. | The Typo Team Barnstar
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{{subst:The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
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The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar may be awarded to those contributors who have gone the extra mile in clearing up copyright concerns on Wikipedia. Suggested by Moonriddengirl and designed by ArielGold on March 17, 2009. | The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar
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The BLP Barnstar is for users who work to diligently source and maintain neutrality in biography articles, ensuring they adhere to the Biographies of Living Persons policy. Requested by Enigmaman, and designed by ArielGold on April 2, 2009. | The BLP Barnstar
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{{subst:The Curator Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
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The Curator Barnstar may be awarded to those who have a long history of improving Wikipedia by finding and/or restoring historical files (illustrations, photographs, documents, sounds...). Introduced by Ksempac on August 11, 2009. | The Curator Barnstar
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The Disambiguator's Barnstar may be awarded to any Wikipedian who is a prolific disambiguator. Introduced by Quinxorin on June 16, 2010; original idea by Extra999. | The Disambiguator's Barnstar
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The Eraser Barnstar is awarded to those who remove unnecessary information from images or descriptions. | The Eraser Barnstar
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The Valued Picture Barnstar is awarded to users that uploaded a free image to Wikipedia that is considered wonderful, valuable, and/or crucial. | The Valued Picture Barnstar
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{{subst:The Stub Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
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The Stub Barnstar may be awarded to Wikipedians for exceptional work in the area of Stub creation, expansion and sorting. Introduced by BigPadresDUDE in September 2009. Commissioned On September 14, 2009. Designed By Raeky | The Stub Barnstar
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The Feathered Quill Barnstar may be awarded to two groups of Wikipedians: for writing a large number of articles/edits, or for the continued creation of good articles over a long period of time. | The Feathered Quill Barnstar
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The Scholarly Barnstar is awarded in recognition of contributions based on high-quality academic sources. Introduced by Noah Kastin on July 25, 2017, based on an idea by Eperoton. | The Scholarly Barnstar
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The Short Description Barnstar may be awarded to those who put much effort into writing high-quality, clear, and concise short descriptions for articles. Introduced by Noah Kastin on June 11, 2019, based on an idea by Trekker and ZLEA. | The Short Description Barnstar
Administration and patrol
These barnstars are awarded to editors who help adminstrate or patrol the encyclopedia.
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The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar may be awarded to those who show great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks of vandalism on Wikipedia. For more information on fighting vandalism, please see Wikipedia:Vandalism. Introduced on February 27, 2005 by brian0918, and designed by Deathphoenix. | The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
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The Anti-Spam Barnstar is awarded to users who fight spam. Introduced by Od Mishehu on March 27, 2008, image design by download. | The Anti-Spam Barnstar
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The Userpage Shield may be awarded to editors who work to protect the userpages and talk pages of other editors from vandalism. Introduced by Nutiketaiel on October 14, 2008, image modified by download. | The Userpage Shield
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The Admin's Barnstar may be awarded to administrators who made a particularly difficult decision, did a tiresome but needed admin task, cleared some extensive backlog or just to show an administrator that you think they are doing good work in a particular area of "the job" and that their work is appreciated. To be used when other, more specific, barnstars do not apply to the reasons at hand. Introduced by SoWhy on November 14, 2008, and redesigned by Rectilinium on May 8, 2009. | The Admin's Barnstar
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The New Page Patroller's Barnstar may be awarded to users who do great work patrolling new pages. This may be improving, tagging for deletion, tagging for issues, etc. Introduced by Kingpin13 on May 8, 2009. Graphic updated by MereTechnicality on February 9, 2017. | The New Page Patroller's Barnstar
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The Recent Changes Barnstar is for users who have been doing a lot of helpful work while patrolling Recent changes. Introduced by Porchcrop on October 8, 2009. | The Recent Changes Barnstar
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The Reviewer's Barnstar is for users who have been outstanding reviewers of pages with pending changes. It could be given to a new reviewer who hasn't received much attention, though they've been doing everything right. Introduced by Ancient Apparition on April 6, 2011. Graphic designed by Sven Manguard. Description update in January 2012 by Pine and H3llkn0wz. | The Reviewer's Barnstar
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The Checkuser's Barnstar may be awarded to checkusers who tirelessly work to keep Wikipedia free from sockpuppets. Introduced by Reaper Eternal on April 11, 2011. | The Checkuser's Barnstar
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The Oversighter's Barnstar (alternative name The The alternative name can be used by including the extra parameter Introduced by Mifter on December 1, 2018. 2.0 version designed in September 2022 by Doğu. | The Oversighter's Barnstar/The ||
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The Padlock Barnstar is awarded to an administrator who secures Wikipedia by placing a padlock in accordance with Wikipedia:Protection policy. Introduced by Jerium on July 23, 2019. | The Padlock Barnstar
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The Patroller's Barnstar is awarded to an editor for patrolling on the encyclopedia. Introduced by Doğu on September 12, 2021. | The Patroller's Barnstar
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The Closer's Barnstar is awarded to editors who've made particularly tough or tedious discussion closures or otherwise demonstrated principles of good closing. Introduced by FormalDude on December 19, 2021. | The Closer's Barnstar
Wikipedia-space barnstars
These barnstars are given to editors for helping out with things done behind-the-scenes, in those corners of the Wikipedia project typically unseen by the general public.
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{{subst:The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar may be awarded to those who have prevented Wikipedia from being used for fraudulent purposes, or who have defended Wikipedia against threats not covered by other barnstars. The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar was created after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, when a fraudulent charity tried to take advantage of the widespread media coverage of the article. Introduced by Alkivar on January 8, 2005. An expansion of the scope of the barnstar was proposed by Pine in December 2011 and was uncontroversial. | The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
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The Barnstar Barnstar was created to recognize Wikipedians who have contributed to Wikipedia by creating and awarding barnstars. As of January 2012, this barnstar is made more specific to be the project barnstar for WikiProject Wikipedia Awards. This award was introduced on December 23, 2005 by Cyde, and the design was modified by Sango123. The description was updated in January 2012 by Pine. | The Barnstar Barnstar
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{{subst:The Copyright Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
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The Copyright Barnstar is awarded to editors for keeping Wikipedia legal, and defend the rights of creators and authors. Introduced by Scott MacDonald on 16 January 2006. | The Copyright Barnstar
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The DYK Barnstar is awarded to editors who make a valued contribution to Wikipedia:Did you know. Introduced and created in March 2006. | The DYK Barnstar
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The da Vinci Barnstar may be awarded to anyone who has enhanced Wikipedia through their technical work (programming and tools, bot building, link repair, Mediawiki developers, etc.). This award may also be given to Cabalists, Mediators and Arbitrators – whose work is essential to the functioning of Wikipedia. Alternative: {{The Technical Barnstar}} Suggested by EWS23 and Covington, designed by The Man in Question and introduced on March 6, 2006. | The da Vinci Barnstar
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{{subst:The Userpage Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
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The Excellent User Page Barnstar is given to those who put in that extra effort on their user page, whether in terms of design, writing, or content. If you find a user page that is unusually entertaining, useful, informative, beautiful, or otherwise noteworthy, let them know with this award. Introduced by Frater5 on May 29, 2006. | The Excellent User Page Barnstar
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The Motto of the Day Barnstar is to be awarded to frequent participants of WP:Motto of the day. Introduced by ~AH1(TCU) on February 16, 2007. New design by Madhero88 on April 7, 2009. | The Motto of the Day Barnstar
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{{subst:The Commons Ambassador Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
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The Commons Ambassador Barnstar is awarded to users who make exceptional contributions to the synergistic relationship of English Wikipedia with Wikimedia Commons by searching through Commons to find suitable pictures to add to English Wikipedia or finding free-use images on English Wikipedia and moving them to Commons. Suggested by Johntex, designed by Smomo and introduced on March 6, 2007. | The Commons Ambassador Barnstar
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The Tip of the Day Barnstar should be awarded to a user who participates beyond the call of duty in the Tip of the day department. It was adapted from the technology barnstar by The Transhumanist in May 2007, then later the image from the "What a Brilliant Idea!" barnstar was adopted. | The Tip of the Day Barnstar
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{{subst:The Translation Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
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The Translation Barnstar is awarded to those who contribute to Wikipedia:Translation. This award was introduced by OhanaUnited on June 3, 2007, and designed by Chaza93. | The Translation Barnstar
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The Adopt-a-User Barnstar may be awarded to Wikipedians who go above and beyond as adopters or in improving the Adopt-a-User program. The award was created by CA387 for his adopter, Bencherlite on June 3, 2007. | The Adopt-a-User Barnstar
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The Articles for Creation Barnstar is to be awarded to a user who has demonstrated great effort and dedication in reviewing articles and/or other related work for the Articles for creation process. Introduced by Hersfold on 23 July 2007. | The Articles for Creation Barnstar
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The Rescue Barnstar is awarded to editors who rescue articles from deletion, or from being delisted from either Good Article or Featured Article status. This can be independent of or in cooperation with the Article Rescue Squadron. Proposed by Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! in October 2007 and officially listed July 2008. Span broadened by casliber in August 2018. | The Rescue Barnstar
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The Real-Life Barnstar is awarded to editors who make contributions both online and offline, by organizing wiki-related real-life events. Designed and introduced by TexasDex in November 2007. | The Real-Life Barnstar
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The Reference Desk Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes a contribution to the Wikipedia Reference Desks that is exceptionally useful to a person who seeks assistance there. Introduced on December 16, 2007 by SteveBaker. | The Reference Desk Barnstar
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The Red Barnstar is awarded to users who have created a new, "revolutionary" policy in Wikipedia. Introduced by Styrofoam1994 on February 17, 2008. | The Red Barnstar
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The WikiProject Barnstar is for users who have done a great job in WikiProjects overall, either A) in a WikiProject that does not have a specific barnstar, or B) someone who makes great strides in improving WikiProjects. This could also be given to a person who starts a very successful WikiProject. Introduced by Soxred93 on February 22, 2008. | The WikiProject Barnstar
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The Barnstar Creator's Barnstar is an award for people who create great barnstars. Introduced on July 1, 2008 by Meisfunny, and updated on July 15, 2008 by Angel caboodle. Designed by DeadEyeArrow on February 2008 and used for the first time on March 2008. Title was updated by Pine per an uncontroversial proposal in December 2011. | The Barnstar Creator's Barnstar
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The Exemplary Adoptee Barnstar may be awarded to exemplary candidates currently undergoing adoption by an experienced user through the Adopt-a-User scheme or when the candidate has effectively "graduated." The award was created by BranStark on July 2, 2008. | The Exemplary Adoptee Barnstar
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The Main Page Barnstar is awarded to people with extensive contributions in editing the Main Page. The award was created by Electrical Experiment on July 5, 2008, and was proposed by Genius101 Wizard. | The Main Page Barnstar
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The Account Creation Barnstar is to be awarded to individuals in recognition of their significant contribution to creating accounts for users at WP:ACC. Account creators are often overlooked and rarely receive any form of acknowledgement for their work, which, at times, can be very repetitive and tedious. The award was created by BranStark on July 24, 2008. | The Account Creation Barnstar
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The Newyorkbrad Dispute Resolution Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes a contribution to one of the dispute resolution forums that exceptionally furthers the aims of the project. The award was created by Dendodge on September 1, 2008. | The Newyorkbrad Dispute Resolution Barnstar
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The Signpost Barnstar is for users who make outstanding contributions to the Wikipedia Signpost. Introduced by Ragesoss on February 19, 2009. | The Signpost Barnstar
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The Press Barnstar may be awarded to any editor whose contributions to Wikipedia were cited by one or more news services off Wikipedia. Alternatively, it may be awarded to a Wikipedian or Wikiproject whose contributions have earned Wikipedia praise from the media. As the focus of this barnstar is off Wikipedia praise it should not be awarded to those who have contributed to internal news services like the Signpost or Wikiproject newsletters, nor to those who actively edit articles concerning the press in general. (See The Signpost Barnstar) Suggested by TomStar81 and designed by Chamal N February 15, 2009, and introduced February 20, 2009. | The Press Barnstar
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The In The News Barnstar may be awarded to recognise significant long-term contributions by an editor to the In The News section. Designed by Melesse and Neutralhomer and introduced in August 2010. | The In The News Barnstar
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The Portal Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who have made significant contributions to Portal:Contents/Portals. Introduced by Notyourbroom on August 5, 2010. | The Portal Barnstar
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The MediaWiki SysAdmins Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who make outstanding contributions to the MediaWiki third-party wikis community. Introduced by Varnent on December 12, 2011. | The MediaWiki SysAdmins Barnstar
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The MediaWiki Extensions Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who make outstanding contributions to the development of MediaWiki extensions. Introduced by Varnent on December 12, 2011. | The MediaWiki Extensions Barnstar
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The Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar may be awarded to campus or online ambassadors in recognition of excellent service. Introduced by Sross (Public Policy) on Sept 21, 2010, and added to this main barnstar list by Pine on January 25, 2012 after multiple requests. | The Wikipedia Ambassador Barnstar
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{{subst:The Reviewer Barnstar|1=message ~~~~}}
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The Reviewer Barnstar is awarded to users who diligently review new or newly improved articles for errors/mistakes. | The Reviewer Barnstar
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The Premium Reviewer Barnstar is awarded to users that have achieved more than three Reviewer Barnstars or are given to users who have diligently reviewed an article or set of articles very closely to ensure its good quality on Wikipedia. | The Premium Reviewer Barnstar
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The Instructor's Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians for stellar work in the area of writing or improving instructional material, such as how-to and help pages, documentation of templates or of Wikipedia tools, or Wikipedia processes, policies and guidelines. (See also the Helping Hand Barnstar for providing individual assistance to new editors, and the Guidance Barnstar for helping other editors of any experience level find already-existing resources.) Introduced by SMcCandlish on December 18, 2011. | The Instructor's Barnstar
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Research Participation Barnstar may be awarded to any Wikipedian that contributed to Wikipedia Research, whether as a participant or as a researcher. Introduced by Tsikerdekis on February 15, 2012. | The Research Participation Barnstar
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The Diligent Librarian Barnstar may be awarded to a Wikipedian who helps deliver reliable sources at Resource Exchange. | The Diligent Librarian Barnstar
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The Feedback Responder Barnstar is awarded to users who have demonstrated great effort and dedication in responding to feedback on the Feedback Dashboard and/or other related work for the Feedback Dashboard. | The Feedback Responder Barnstar
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The Kevin Gorman Education Program Barnstar is named for User:Kevin Gorman, an active member of the community who came to Wikipedia as a student editor and became one of the foremost champions for Wikipedia's importance in education. It is awarded to users for any activity related to the use of Wikipedia in education, either inside or outside of the Wikipedia Education Program. Proposed by Tryptofish on August 1, 2016, and designed by Rhododendrites on August 5, 2016. | The Kevin Gorman Education Program Barnstar
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This Banstar Barnstar is reserved for editors that have been either temporarily or permanently banned from public databases due to incessant fact-checking, due diligence, data collection, and/or general curiosity. Keep up the good work (after finding a proxy). Introduced by Tom.Reding on November 18, 2016. | The Banstar Barnstar
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The Teahouse Barnstar is awarded to editors who have contributed to or made excellent contributions related to the Teahouse. | The Teahouse Barnstar
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The Women in Red Barnstar is awarded to users who create quality articles and significantly improve articles as part of the Women in Red project. Introduced by Netherzone on 6 February 2017. | The Women in Red Barnstar
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The Bot Creator Barnstar is awarded to editors who created a bot. Introduced by Jerium on September 19, 2019. | The Bot Creator Barnstar
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The Technician's Barnstar is awarded to editors who participate in the maintenance of the encyclopedia. Introduced by Doğu on September 17, 2021. | The Technician's Barnstar
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The Scripting Barnstar is awarded in recognition of an outstanding user script contributed to the project. Introduced by Jerium on 21 February 2023, based on an idea by Mathglot with assistance from Fred Gandt. | The Scripting Barnstar
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The Released Barnstar is awarded to editors who upload copyright-free media or relinquish previously copyrighted media to the public domain. Introduced by Jerium on 26 December 2023. | The Released Barnstar
Other Barnstar templates
Editors may use these alternate templates as appropriate. Best created by subst: the barnstar of your choice, then customizing the layout to suit the purpose. This is just a partial list designed to inspire barnstar creativity. Please consider adding your creative alternative barnstar templates to this list.
The Barnstar Userbox
This is an example of a barnstar userbox. For other barnstars, just replace the image and related text with the barnstar of your choice. (And don't forget to sign.)
The Original Barnstar - This barnstar is given to recognise particularly fine contributions to Wikipedia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated. |
And here is another userbox barnstar.
This user has been awarded a barnstar for their contributions to WikiProject Userboxes. |
Steffoxp69 21:39, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- ^ Shah, Sunir. "Wikimania 2006 : Archived Toronto bid". Wikimedia meta-wiki. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
[I] created the BarnStar[...]
- ^ "User:SunirShah". Wikipedia talk pages. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
A BarnStar, for bringing us the modern wonder that is the BarnStar.
- ^ "Barnstar Subterfuge". 2003-04-01. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
- ^ "MeatballWiki: WikipediaExile". 2003. Archived from the original on 2004-11-08. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
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
- ^ "Wikipedia:Barnstar and award proposals/New Proposals". Retrieved September 6, 2011.