User:Donner60/Barnstars

I have moved my barnstars and other awards from my user page or talk page to this page because the user page was getting too long and especially too long to save easily. I have omitted some that were added by new users that were for minor or trivial reasons or which I suspect may have been meant sarcastically. I may have missed posting a few, at least a few awards that were not technically barnstars, but a search would take too long. I also think all the citation barnstars are not yet listed below but they are all on my user page.

I have also moved the list of barnstars that I have awarded, some of which I customized, from my user page.

Barnstars and awards

I thank User:Bullmoosebell, a brave defender of our nation and our liberties and energetic Wikipedia contributor for the following barnstars. His contributions to our country far outweigh my meager contribution to Wikipedia. I express here my admiration for him and his work and display these awards with pride because he bestowed them. Introduction added to this award as copied from my talk page.

The Barnstar of Diligence

You edit with passion & adequate references, and your extensive service to Wikipedia speaks volumes of your tenacity to keep Wikipedia credible & fortuitous as a reference source. Your edits are in keeping with the proper Manual of Style of Wikipedia, the Policy on Good Faith Edits, and the heritage of the United States Military. Keep up the great work! Bullmoosebell (talk) 07:28, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	You've gone through much toil and hard work to keep the integrity of Wikipedia, while associating the proper channels and adherence to good faith edits. Seemingly overdue, you've earned the Barnstar of Defense. Bullmoosebell (talk) 07:26, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Quite an honor from Gerda Arendt, a truly awesome Wikipedian:

	hero of reviewing
	On your second Wiki-birthday, thank you for your collaborative reviewing for DYK, unafraid of a triple nom, seeking contact with all editors, commenting with precision, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

A cookie for you!

Thank you for promptly responding to the inappropriate edit on the Summary Execution page. You are a very diligent editor! Netrogeractor (talk) 22:36, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for being a vandal fighter.--I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a {{Talkback}} message on my talk page. @ 22:42, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks to Amit for this one:

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For the quick anti-vandal reverts Amit (talk) 03:25, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for protecting the Salem, MO from vandals. How can we report or block IP 108.239.141 for vandalism? Thank you again! Taram (talk) 07:46, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For the quick anti-vandal reverts Taram

Precious again

hero of reviewing
On your second Wiki-birthday, thank you for your collaborative reviewing for DYK, unafraid of a triple nom, seeking contact with all editors, commenting with precision, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:02, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

A year ago, you were the 186th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, repeated in br'erly style, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:23, 18 July 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For reverting the vandalism done to Mummy (and just being generally awesome)! -- Saint Soren (talk) 23:44, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Great to meet another vandal-fighter on this wiki. It's my tradition to give barnstars to random vandal-fighters and excellent editors that I run into. I noticed that you aren't a rollbacker yet. Have you considered nominating yourself for rollback permission? I'm sure you'll make very good use of the tool! K6ka (talk | contribs) 03:24, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

please help translate this message into the local language

	The Cure Award
	In 2013 you were one of the top 300 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you so much for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date medical information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do!

We are wondering about the educational background of our top medical editors. Would you please complete a quick 5-question survey? (please only fill this out if you received the award)

Thanks again :) --Ocaasi, Doc James and the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation

A barnstar for you!

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thanks for your ongoing work in countering vandalism on Wikipedia. Much appreciated. NorthAmerica1000 13:01, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Thank you for all the time you have invested here. Regards, Yamaguchi���生 21:28, 14 January 2015 (UTC)

A cupcake for you!

For being the rollbacker Wikipedia both needs and deserves. GABHello! 22:03, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. Donner60 (talk) 22:04, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	Happened to notice your seemingly indefatigable patience and civility w/r/t questionable recent edits. Cheers! ♜♞ parrotz1461 talk ♞♜ 23:34, 6 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Donner60 (talk) 05:28, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	thank you for reverting my mistake Jonnymoon96 (talk) 03:37, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I have deleted my original message on your talk page since you obviously made a mistake (also shown by past history). The barnstar is appreciated although I must say that a simple thanks and explanation would have been enough. Happy editing. Donner60 (talk) 03:52, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Looks like I beat you to the revert, and in return you beat me to the report. (Though, to be fair, you've beaten me to more than one report or revert today...) AddWittyNameHere (talk) 02:14, 30 March 2016 (UTC)

I have omitted further barnstars or other awards which were placed along with simply a series of comments, questions, requests or seem to have been placed at primarily as attention getters or facetiously. Donner60 (talk) 09:36, 19 January 2016 (UTC) I am puzzling about whether to include two others. I think they were sincerely placed but seem to have been based on only one or a few rather routine actions. Donner60 (talk) 05:26, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Congratulations

		100000 Edits
		Congratulations on reaching 100000 edits. You have achieved a milestone that only 357 editors have been able to accomplish. The Wikipedia Community thanks you for your continuing efforts. Keep up the good work!

If you like you can add this template to your page.

This user has been awarded with the 100000 Edits award.

 Buster Seven Talk 15:08, 19 February 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Donner60 (talk) 07:12, 20 February 2016 (UTC)

Barnstar!

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For your tireless work fending off the vandals and imageboard attacks. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 03:57, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Much appreciated. Donner60 (talk) 04:22, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for your anti-vandalism work on Top Model-related articles! :D Linguist 111talk 04:04, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Ping removed. Thanks! It has been a busy night since AIV is backed up and one or a few IP vandals have been persistently vandalizing these articles. Since I signed off Huggle a short time ago, I hope this problem is over and perhaps the vandal (or vandals) has been blocked. Donner60 (talk) 04:12, 23 June 2016 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Four years ago ...

hero of reviewing
... you were recipient no. 186 of Precious, a prize of QAI!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:48, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

{{ping|Gerda Arendt}} Thank you. You have made many wonderful contributions to the project. I always have appreciated the recognition from you and am flattered to receive this further notice. Donner60 (talk) 06:00, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

Donner60! How are you?!! It's been awhile since we've said 'Hello'! I'm leaving you this barnstar to express my sincere appreciation for your dedication towards reverting vandalism, as well as the time you spend towards this project. Your time and experience keeping Wikipedia protected is absolutely valuable and it should not go unnoticed. Thank you. :-) ~Oshwah~(talk) (contribs) 07:11, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

{{ping|Oshwah}} Thanks. I am always glad to hear from you. BTW, I see your administrative work almost every time I am on line and you are doing a fine job, as I was sure you would. I will be on vacation and offline for about 11 or 12 days at the end of the month, as I have already noted on the top of the page. So I will have a period of inactivity later in the month until about March 1 or 2. Donner60 (talk) 22:05, 3 February 2017 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	I saw you take some personal attacks in your anti vandalism work tonight. Please have another barnstar to let you know you're appreciated. Ifnord (talk) 04:12, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

{{ping|Ifnord}} Thank you! Nice to be recognized by a long time editor. As you know, this comes with the territory. BTW, I have that Prisoner user box and the other one on my user page in the collapsed section "Thank you veterans and current military; Quotations." Donner60 (talk) 04:21, 27 January 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For the obnoxious edit war with the IP you had to endure tonight! Newbiepedian (talk · contribs · X! · logs) 03:52, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

		Military history service award
		On behalf of the Milhist coordinators, you are hereby awarded these stripes for your efforts during the April 2018 MILHIST Backlog Drive. Thank you for your contributions. AustralianRupert (talk) 09:08, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	This is for your tireless work reverting vandalism tonight. Thanks for all that you're doing to make Wikipedia a better encyclopedia! OhKayeSierra (talk) 02:47, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The American Civil War Barnstar
		For longstanding high-quality contributions to the improvement and expansion of American Civil War articles. ...GELongstreet (talk) 16:55, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

(Removed talk page ping) GELongstreet: Wow! Thank you. I think this is quite an honor coming from someone with such a great record of consistent, high-quality contributions to such articles. Not only do you make the substantive contributions but you are tireless in noticing and fixing the errors and omissions, including formatting, that many would not catch. Also, you keep an eye out for vandalism and other disruptions. This is a morale boost and an encouragement. Thanks again. I look forward to working with and communicating with you in the future. Donner60 (talk) 22:12, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	For always being right on top of the crazy amount of vandalism that constantly exists on Wikipedia. Thank you for your work! SkyGazer 512 Oh no, what did I do this time? 23:04, 12 August 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Great job reverting vandalism here. ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 03:04, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

{{ping|Abelmoschus Esculentus}} Thank you. This is very meaningful to me since it comes from a great contributor, not just to vandalism reversion, but to other areas of the project, especially noting your technical skills. Donner60 (talk) 03:07, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

You're welcome and thanks for your kind words. I'm not experienced as you ~ Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 03:12, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

A barnstar for you

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		This is for your valuable efforts for reverting and protecting enwiki from Vandalism PATH SLOPU (Talk) 07:52, 26 August 2018 (UTC)

(Removed talk page ping) Thank you....

Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!

The 2018 Cure Award

In 2018 you were one of the top ~250 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs.

Thanks again :-) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 17:41, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Why do you keep deleting my edits :) The One and Only Boothsift 04:55, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Comments on my talk page show the message, though not the barnstar, was a joke. I have noticed that a vandal posted the same text with a picture of a goat in the preceding edit. I had removed some of Boothsift's good edits, mostly or entirely vandalism reverts, when I restored an earlier version of an article due to multiple vandalisms by several users.

...That was fast...which is a really really good thing

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		As I am going though the RC and find vandalism of any kind to tackle, you already have done it. Your efficiency and persistence at cleaning Wikipedia may be admirable, but the actions you take to fix all vandalism right before I can do anything is very impressive. Very good job so far at fixing vandalism fast! UtopianPoyzin (talk) 04:02, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

(Removed ping) UtopianPoyzin. Thank you. You will find others that are faster. The important thing is to get it right, of course - or to quickly correct a wrong revert if possible. I have been around for awhile so I may recognize some common types of vandalism quickly. I also have suspicions about certain types of edits but will spend at least a little time trying to get confirmation, which slows down progress. Even if a person is careful, all of us make mistakes at least occasionally and can be grateful for a quick correction or a little help. Unfortunately vandalism and other types of disruptive editing are a constant problem and none of us can spend more that a little time on it occasionally. So many people need to be alert in order to keep Wikipedia reliable and well written. Keep up your good work and happy editing! Donner60 (talk) 04:28, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!

Removed ping: CAPTAIN RAJU: Thanks! 10 years; time flies! Donner60 (talk) 03:55, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Ten Year Society

Dear Donner60/Barnstars,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Ten Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for ten years or more. ​

Best regards, Chris Troutman (talk) 22:33, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Removed ping: Chris troutman: Thank you. I am glad to enter such esteemed company. I hope my articles and edits have made a worthwhile contribution. Donner60 (talk) 03:46, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

Precious anniversary

Precious

Eight years!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:55, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

Removed ping: Gerda Arendt: Thanks, Gerda. I always appreciate hearing from you. Donner60 (talk) 03:47, 21 July 2020 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Stopping vandals quickly. Good job! Blaze The Wolf | Proud Furry and Wikipedia Editor (talk) 23:03, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Thanks! (Also sent through log). Donner60 (talk) 04:27, 6 May 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The American Civil War Barnstar
		For all your excellent help with Gettysburg, Hobart Ward, Stonewall's arm, and many other articles. Hog Farm Talk 17:07, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

In appreciation

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For your help in saving Battle of Gettysburg at GAR. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:25, 9 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks! I was glad to help. The Battle of Gettysburg is such an important milestone in U.S. history that it should be kept to a good standard. Donner60 (talk) 02:18, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Original Barnstar
		For all the work you put in checking the military history writing contest entries. Hog Farm Talk 23:02, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. It's something I can do for the project which relieves the frequent contributors from the task and can be spread out over a month. Donner60 (talk) 00:45, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project

		Military history reviewers' award
		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (1 stripe) for participating in 2 reviews between October and December 2023. Hawkeye7 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:32, 3 January 2024 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

A barnstar for you!

		The Reviewer Barnstar
		For your work reviewing the backlog of Italian Army articles at Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Requests. Thank you! Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 15:50, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! At least 40 more to come soon. The editor has done a good job of bringing these up to B class. He will be posting the remainder in the near future. Donner60 (talk) 00:43, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team --13:36, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Premium Reviewer Barnstar
		I was curious, seeing as I remembered you reviewing another article I did some work on, William Henry Harrison Seeley, so I decided to check the history of the Military History assessment requests section; of the past 500 edits made there, you contributed 348 of them. That to me is an absolutely incredible figure, and I think you definitely deserve this. CommissarDoggoTalk? 23:36, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Most of the articles put up for manual assessments are easy enough to review due to the many outstanding contributors that we have to the project. Most are interesting as well. Donner60 (talk) 23:43, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

February 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

		Citation Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to Donner60 for collecting more than 5 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:56, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project

		Military history reviewers' award
		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (2 stripes) for participating in 4 reviews between January and March 2024. Hawkeye7 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 04:28, 22 April 2024 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Bravo Zulu!

		The Military Barnstar
		G'day Donner60. Just popped by to say what a brilliant effort you have been making on checking the B-Class auto assessments. Thanks for all your work for the project! Warm regards, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:36, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks sent. Donner60 (talk) 01:17, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Donner60

		The Military ranked Barnstar
		This award is for your heroic efforts over many months to review B-class military history articles. Djmaschek (talk) 03:24, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project

		Military history reviewers' award
		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (2 stripes) for participating in 4 reviews between April and June 2024. Hawkeye7 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 05:06, 2 July 2024 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

Congratulations from the Military History Project

		Military history reviewers' award
		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (1 stripe) for participating in 3 reviews between July and September 2024. Hawkeye7 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 3 October 2024 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

November 2024 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

		Citation Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to Donner60 for collecting more than 24.0 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's NOV24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing over 8,000 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – DreamRimmer Alt (talk) 17:57, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Donner60

		The Military ranked Barnstar
		This award is for your heroic efforts over many months to review B-class military history articles. Djmaschek (talk) 03:24, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

In appreciation

		The Good Article Rescue Barnstar
		This is presented to you by the GAR process in recognition of your sterling work in helping Darius the Great retain its Good Article status. Please feel free to display the GA icon on your userpage. Keep up the good work! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:02, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Donner60

		The Military ranked Barnstar
		This award is for your heroic efforts over many months to review B-class military history articles. Djmaschek (talk) 03:24, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project

		Military history reviewers' award
		On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (2 stripes) for participating in 4 reviews between April and June 2024. Hawkeye7 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 05:06, 2 July 2024 (UTC) Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

In appreciation

		The Good Article Rescue Barnstar
		This is presented to you by the GAR process in recognition of your sterling work in helping Flavian dynasty retain its Good Article status. Please feel free to display the GA icon on your userpage. Keep up the good work! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 11:34, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

Appreciated guidance and review

		The Original Barnstar
		Thank you, Donner60, for your straightforward review of the “Charles Thau” article. Your expertise (and time) to help get my 1st wiki article to B‑class status are deeply appreciated.

— Milwaukee911 (talk) 07:25, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

In appreciation

		The Good Article Rescue Barnstar
		This is presented to you by the GAR process in recognition of your truly outstanding work in helping Battles of Lexington and Concord retain its Good Article status. Please feel free to display the GA icon on your userpage. Keep up the good work! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 19:43, 28 July 2025 (UTC)

In appreciation

		The Good Article Rescue Barnstar
		This is presented to you by the GAR process in recognition of your sterling work in helping Edward Porter Alexander retain its Good Article status. Please feel free to display the GA icon on your userpage. Keep up the good work! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:41, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

In appreciation

		The Good Article Rescue Barnstar
		This is presented to you by the GAR process in recognition of your sterling work in helping Siege of Fort William Henry retain its Good Article status. Please feel free to display the GA icon on your userpage. Keep up the good work! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:01, 11 August 2025 (UTC)

Congratulations!

		The Coordinator stars
		On behalf of the members of WikiProject Military history, in recognition of your election to the position of Coordinator, I take great pleasure in presenting you with the Coordinator's stars, and wish you the best of luck for the coming year! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 00:53, 30 September 2025 (UTC)

In appreciation

		The Good Article Rescue Barnstar
		This is presented to you by the GAR process in recognition of your sterling work in helping P. G. T. Beauregard retain its Good Article status. Please feel free to display the GA icon on your userpage. Keep up the good work! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 15:51, 4 October 2025 (UTC)

In appreciation

		The Good Article Rescue Barnstar
		This is presented to you by the GAR process in recognition of your sterling work in helping Siege of Yorktown retain its Good Article status. Please feel free to display the GA icon on your userpage. Keep up the good work! ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 08:56, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

Mediator Barnstar

		The Mediator Barnstar
		For your efforts in fairly mediating a lengthy and drawn-out dispute on Battle of Maritsa, which ended in a suitable compromise thanks to your suggestions. Keep up the good work! Botushali (talk) 08:31, 31 October 2025 (UTC)

Invitation to join the Fifteen Year Society

Dear Donner60,

I'd like to extend a cordial invitation to you to join the Fifteen Year Society, an informal group for editors who've been participating in the Wikipedia project for fifteen years or more. By the power vested in me by nobody in particular, I appoint thee a member duly authorized to display the {{User Fifteen Year Society}} userbox and/or the {{15 Year topicon}} as desired.​

Best regards, ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 01:33, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Thanks! This also may show that occasionally someone looks at my user page! Donner60 (talk) 02:44, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Congratulations!!!! A.Cython (talk) 02:57, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Congratulations from the Military History Project

		Military history service award
		On behalf of the Wikiproject Military History coordinators, I am pleased to reward your performance - 95 points - in the November 2025 Article Improvement Drive with this award. Congratulations! Hawkeye7 (discuss) 18:21, 17 December 2025 (UTC)

November 2025 WikiProject Unreferenced articles backlog drive – award

		Citation Barnstar
		This award is given in recognition to Donner60 for collecting more than 4 points during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's NOV25 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing over 6,000 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 15:30, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

WP:GAR Barnstar

		The Good Article Rescue Barnstar
		For Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Battle of Long Island/1. TompaDompa (talk) 00:05, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Barnstars given to others

I should take more notice of others' good work and have started this list to keep track. Sometimes I have been reluctant to award barnstars because (1) many of the good contributors already have quite a few and another coming from me, especially if I have not worked with them much or at all, seemed almost presumptuous; (2) it seems to me that the trend of giving these to others has been rapidly declining (maybe because of (1)?); (3) I often have only seen a little of someone's work, a snapshot so to speak and (4) I wonder about whether I am really able to make such judgments. I suppose these are not adequate reasons to refrain completely from placing barnstars. The special barnstar and a few others do seem to have been created to cover number 3 in my short list of possible reasons to ignore barnstars. The list below has the previous barnstars I placed as found by a search of my edit summaries on May 27, 2014, with others added as or near the time when I have "awarded" them. I am not looking for any recognition or reciprocity. I simply realized that I should be a little more generous with occasional praise, as others have been to me.

I have not kept up this list; probably forgot about it; I have too many edits to spend much time searching for past entries but I may take a quick look back when I have time. I am certain that I have given out a few since the last one noted below. Donner60 (talk) 06:17, 7 February 2025 (UTC)

• 26 December 2025 User:Pbritti add Kudos to GAR banstar
• 22 December 2025 User:Himaldrmann Special Barnstar
• 22 December 2025 User:Botshali Civility Barnstar
• 22 December 2025 User:Aeengath Civility Barnstar
• 19 December 2025 User:Dumelow The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

• 4 April 2020 User:PINTofCARLING The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
• 4 April 2020 User:GELongstreet The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
• 4 April 2020 User:AustralianRupert The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
• 4 April 2020 User:Peacemaker67 The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
• 4 April 2020 User:Gog the Mild The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
• 26 July 2014 User:Gerda Arendt Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
• 26 July 2014 User:TheVirginiaHistorian Barnstar of Diligence
• 11 June 2014 User:Hlj The Jedediah Hotchkiss Barnstar of Diligence
• 4 June 2014 User:Magicpiano The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
• 30 May 2014 User:Acalamari The Modest Barnstar
• 28 May 2014 User:Rjensen The Editor's Barnstar
• 27 May 2014 User:Jim Cartar The White Barnstar
• 26 May 2014 User:LlywelynII ‎ The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
• 24 May 2014 User:John from Idegon The Special Barnstar
• 23 May 2014 User:Bgwhite The Special Barnstar
• 23 May 2014 User:Electric Wombat The Special Barnstar
• 05 February 2014 User:K6ka Anti-vandalism barnstar
• 04 October 2013 User:IcarusPhoenix Userpage shield barnstar
• 27 August 2013 User:Eyesnore Userpage shield barnstar
• 02 June 2013 User:WikiPuppies Userpage shield barnstar