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The Dinosaur Barnstar
For your work on adding so many dinosaur images to Wikipedia's articles. Thanks to your edits, Wikipedia's dinosaur articles look better. Firsfron of Ronchester 23:05, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
The Minor Barnstar
For adding images to paleobiology articles, a very minor task, but repeated hundreds of times, and for finding quality, usable images, I present you with this award. Thank you, FunkMonk. Firsfron of Ronchester 05:55, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
For your contributions to Wikipedia and humanity in general, you are hereby granted the coveted Random Smiley Award.
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TomasBat 20:10, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar
Thank you for adding images to Burmese eyed turtle‎, Indian eyed turtle‎ and Indian black turtle Regards, SunCreator (talk) 19:17, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
The Good Article Barnstar
Thanks FunkMonk for helping to promote Red Rail to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give someone a pat on the back today. --Ruby 2010/2013 00:06, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
The Fossilized Barnstar
For the artwork and your contributions to our articles on paleontology! -- OBSIDIANSOUL 12:40, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
The Bio-star
Congratulations on the promotion of Rodrigues Solitaire, a thoroughly deserved first(?) featured article. I hope I'll see more of your work soon! J Milburn (talk) 10:27, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
Military history reviewers' award
By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work on Peer, A-Class and Featured Article reviews of Military history project articles for the period Jul–Sep 12, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. AustralianRupert (talk) 07:11, 7 October 2012 (UTC)

Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space

The Mauritius Barnstar of National Merit
For bringing Dodo and Rodrigues Solitaire to Featured Status and also for your major contribution to several other Bird related articles. Kingroyos (talk) 14:52, 17 October 2012 (UTC)

extinct creatures
Thank you for quality articles in Palaeontology and the Arab world, for bringing extinct creatures as Dodo and Mauritius Blue Pigeon back to the "life" of our attention with scientific precision, and for GA reviews, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:15, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for your review! Let me know if you would like another opinion on your current FAC, I'd be happy to help out. Cheers, Jack (talk) 08:24, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
The Fauna Barnstar
To FunkMonk, for writing the article "Woolly mammoth". Axl ¤ [Talk] 10:26, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar
For your amazing work on dinosaur images. You have this star already but you can never have to many stars. Reid,iain james (talk) 18:17, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
The Quarter Million Award
For your contributions to bring Woolly mammoth (estimated annual readership: 466,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Quarter Million Award. Congratulations, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! -- 16:56, 30 August 2013 (UTC)
The Million Award
For your contributions to bring Dodo (estimated annual readership: 1,007,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers. -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:16, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
Good Article Barnstar
For creating a good article about two teeth. Amazing job. Iainstein (talk) 18:47, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
You did it again!
Another round of congratulations are in order for all the work you did in making Al-Mansuriya a certified "Good Article"! Thank you for stepping in and taking over the nomination. Your work is much appreciated. All the best, – Quadell (talk) 17:25, 11 October 2013 (UTC)
The Fauna Barnstar
Thank you FunkMonk for going the extra mile to help promote Choiseul Pigeon to FA status. On behalf of the article's future audience, I hereby award you the The Fauna Barnstar. Please accept it --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 07:54, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Your name came up on a Wikipediocracy thread about solid content writers who don't get the credit they deserve and I just wanted to drop by and do a little of that. Thanks for your work on behalf of The Project! Carrite (talk) 02:36, 30 March 2014 (UTC)
The Fauna Barnstar
Thank you for the thorough GA review of the Camas pocket gopher. Gaff ταλκ 03:26, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Really appreciate your edits on extinct birds. Keep up the good work! Nascimentors (talk) 01:17, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar
For your impressive articles on mammoth, I hereby award you this editor's barnstar. Your articles are so good, I even felt pride in my inner caveman soul! Iry-Hor (talk) 10:41, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Something that I find you deserve more than anything else, but no one has given you before. A bit all of a sudden, but I have got to know you better only in the past few months, and you have turned out to be the one editor I can joke with anytime (most of our conversations are dominated by fun, too much of evidence! :P ), and one of the best I have come across! And I never knew you could be such a splendid reviewer as well (worse than me!) Sainsf <^>Talk all words 08:57, 7 March 2016 (UTC)
The Fauna Barnstar
To FunkMonk, for writing the article "Red rail". Axl ¤ [Talk] 12:02, 2 June 2016 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
For finally succeeding in getting me to write a GA on an extinct animal! It was such a lot of fun to work with you, I'm amazed I could write it well. But you were the one behind all this! Sainsf (talk · contribs) 13:02, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
The Epic Barnstar
For all your excellent work on the frustrating and confusing history of dinosaur discovery IJReid discuss 17:27, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
The Invisible Barnstar
On behalf of all the GA Cup judges, we would like to congratulate you on making it past Round 1 and into Round 2 of the 2016 GA Cup! Although you didn't make the top 8 for Round 3, you reviewed articles which further contributes to the GA process and we thank you for that. We hope to see you at the next competition! MrWooHoo (TC) 20:51, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar
Congratulations for your diligence as the FAC nominee for Stegoceras, and for the tireless work you did getting it promoted to WP:FA. As always, it was a pleasure for me to work with you, and to participate as one of the reviewers! Atsme📞📧 23:58, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
The Reviewer Barnstar
FAC can't function without people like you contributing reviews. Thank you for the six FAC reviews you did during October. . Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:52, 4 November 2016 (UTC)
Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week for work relating to extinct animals. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)
The Reviewer Barnstar
FAC can't function without people like you contributing reviews. Thank you for the nine FAC reviews and six FAC image and source reviews you did during March. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 19:40, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Awarded to Funkmonk for this inspired comment. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:06, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

For your work on Smilodon William Harris • (talk) • 21:09, 1 October 2017 (UTC) (i.e. "the cat"):

This editor won the Quarter Million Award for bringing Smilodon to Featured Article status.
The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
For your restoration of the conquered lorikeet and good humor dealing with yet another dipshit trying to make insinuations about user-submitted restorations being intrinsically WP:OR. Abyssal (talk) 01:54, 2 October 2017 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I don't know how many of my GA nominations you've reviewed over the years, but it's an awful lot, and your constructive feedback and comments are always very much appreciated. Thank you. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:55, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
You know what you did. Argento Surfer (talk) 19:06, 24 September 2018 (UTC)
The Fauna Barnstar
For reviewing two of my spinosaurid GA nominations: Oxalaia, and Cristatusaurus. Your comments and feedback are always helpful and appreciated! Here's a little celebratory drawing as well. ▼PσlєοGєєкƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼ 01:20, 28 September 2018 (UTC)
The Writer's Barnstar
Just saw your article Nemegtomaia on the main page. Thanks for the great work! Zanhe (talk) 01:35, 8 November 2018 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Just thought I'd send you a quick message to let you know that I appreciate your help with Jill Valentine's FAC review. I don't know if the article will be promoted this time around or not, but I appreciated the time and effort you put in reviewing the article and offering feedback. Happy holidays, and good luck in 2019. All the best, Homeostasis07 (talk) 19:28, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
The Dinosaur Barnstar
It gives me great pleasure to award you this richly deserved and hard earned barnstar for your work in bringing Xixiasaurus to featured article status. Only one of a large number of articles which illustrate the high quality of your work. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:59, 21 February 2019 (UTC)
Dinosaur man barnstar
For your excellent work bringing a Troodontid to TFA. Dale Russell would be proud. Onceinawhile (talk) 20:48, 22 March 2019 (UTC)
Four Award
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Spinophorosaurus. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 04:51, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this barnstar in recognition of your efforts in promoting many, many articles on dinosaurs. It is appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 16:03, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
The Reviewers Award The Reviewers Award
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in recognition of the thorough, detailed and actionable reviews you have carried out at FAC. This work is very much appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 22:31, 31 December 2020 (UTC)
Four Award
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Cimoliopterus. Blue Pumpkin Pie (talk) 21:35, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
The Reviewers Award The Reviewers Award
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this award in recognition of the thorough, detailed and actionable reviews you have carried out at FAC. This work is very much appreciated. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:40, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
Congratulations FunkMonk. You are awarded the WikiProject Birds Triple Crown for your incredible work on Passenger pigeon. Damien Linnane (talk) 13:32, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
Four Award
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Mimodactylus. ♠PMC(talk) 23:28, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
The Writer's Barnstar
Thank you for Laysan honeycreeper! OJJ (talk) 14:47, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar
Thank you for your help in raising Starship Troopers (film) to a Featured Article! Darkwarriorblake (talk) 14:20, 12 October 2024 (UTC)