Wikipedia:Personal user awards/General PUA

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  The Executive Director's Barnstar is given out by Sue Gardner. Its purpose is to recognize, celebrate and thank Wikimedians who are making a significant contribution to the projects. See "What is the Executive Director's Barnstar?" for more information. Designed by Frank Schulenburg
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  The PSI is awarded to polite, courteous, and helpful users as a blessing for good mental health. Introduced by Psy guy.
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  The Crackpot Mouse has been genetically modified to detect hotheadedness, political spin, and crackpottery. He will eat you if you fail to edit with humility, care, and impartiality. Otherwise, he is quite pleasant. Note that the mouse on the right is a trained ninja mouse, tasked to protect newcomers from being bitten.
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  A {{WikiCookie}} is a general reward that can be given for a number of tasks, from helping a new user to improvements to an article. First used in this form by Mark.
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  The Plenary Indulgence can be awarded to anybody whom you appreciate. Introduced by Essjay and shamelessly stolen by Xiong Chiamiov.
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  The Mouldy Sandwich is awarded to those who tirelessly work on bettering Wikipedia. Introduced by Maestrosync.
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  The Ed Poor Award is given to those who boldly and humbly help in improving Wikipedia. Introduced by Phroziac.
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  The Back Scratching Award is designed to be awarded to any user that a Wikipedian trusts to be an excellent person. If you are awarded this, then it is expected that you reciprocate with a similar award to the giver, thus encouraging a sense of giving by Wikipedia users. Introduced by spankthecrumpet.
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  The zOMG star!!! zOMG!!! Introduced by SPUI.
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  The Flaming Wiki Award
  Created by Casliber from an image made by Debivort, for Featured Articles listed here. A new use for Wikipedians who've been through wiki-hell was initiated by Gimmetrow in December 2007, and thought a good idea by Casliber too
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  The Upholder of Wiki is awarded to exceptional and distinguished contributors on Wikipedia. Introduced by Jcw69.
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  The Outspoken Stars are given to users who defend the freedom of political expression in the Wikipedia community, on talk pages and in debates regarding deletion of articles, categories and templates.
  
  This barnstar was introduced on December 25th, 2005 by Larix.
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  The Sandwich of Exceptional Excellence The Sandwich of Exceptional Excellence (Potato Salad of Congeniality cluster, 1st. class) In Panis, Veritas. Award created by Hamster Sandwich.
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  The Whirly World Award User:Linuxerist introduced this award on March 27, to give to people with a missing barnstar milk carton on their user page. This can be used to say that you believe the user deserves an award.
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  Rescue From Deletion Award Awarded to editors who rescue a stub or an article from deletion with excellent writing. Award introduced by Grutness and designed by Sango123 on April 13, 2005.
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  You are a Ray of Sunshine! You know how sometimes you hate checking your watchlist, especially when you see that certain someone or an IP has edited your favorite articles? The Ray of Sunshine is bestowed on that person that, when you see their name at the top of your watchlist, you know that all is right with the world, you can relax, and do something besides cleaning up another mess. May be awarded to any person who consistently brightens your day, but especially where their involvement in something that is bothering you lightens your load. Thatcher131 13:47, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
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  The Blurred Star Award. An award created from the existing Cscr-featured.png image that can be given to an editor who is near to making a FA article. Blurred the star significantly to show that it is still out of reach, like a mirage. Created by User:Spawn Man.
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  The Bright Idea Award for editors that make commendable proposals and suggestions. Suggested by User:Gray Porpoise
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  The Wise Man Award may be awarded to those who frequently answer questions asked at the reference desk. This award was introduced by Russian F on June 262006.
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  The disco ball of knowledge certifies that editors are among the finest contributors in the world of Wikipedia, and help it to never stop turning. Created by Highway ^{Return to Oz...}
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  A round of applause. For when someone does something that simply makes you want to stand up and clap. Created by User:Hiding on the 16:52, 14 January 2007 (UTC) in order to applaud User:Dragons flight.
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  I hereby award you a tiger! For patient, controlled strength applied to a task. Best at 600 px size. It was devised for TonyTheTiger for his work on Campbell's Soup Cans by Tyrenius 00:22, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
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  The Wise Old Owl Award – for when a few words of wisdom change the course of events for the better. First given to Yanksox.[1] Devised by Tyrenius.
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  Cherry Impact Event Award. For an outstanding contributor whose impact spreads. Introduced by Ling.Nut.
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  Resist Hivethink Award. For those who... you know... resist hivethink. Introduced by Ling.Nut.
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  {{WikiHaggis}}. For people who are spicy, a bit nutty, and resemble stuffed pig intestines! Introduced by Kennedy.
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  The Coming of the Cavalry Award. For groups of three editors who help out in dire situations (such as difficult FACs) toward the end of the day with much appreciation. Introduced by Casliber (talk · contribs)
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  The Good Friend Award is for people who have helped new/inexperienced Wikipedians to successfully create their first article, resolve an argument, etc. It can also be used to spread happiness to other users. :-)
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  The Toy Block is awarded to administrators who accidentally block themselves. Introduced by Durova (talk · contribs)
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  The Added Sauce award is awarded to editors who hunt down and add references to articles, as all our dishes are better with added sources (sauces). Introduced by Casliber (talk · contribs)
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  The Wikipedia creativity award is awarded to creative Wikipedia users for their creativity. Introduced by User:Mmxx
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  The Trash Sifter award is awarded to those who've successfully rescued an article from deletion and improved it to good article status. Introduced by User:Jclemens
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  The Entrepreneur's Barnstar is given to recognize new editors who have made great strides to contribute to Wikipedia. Created by Quinxorin in June 2010. See Template:Entrepreneur's Barnstar for usage.
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  The Oak Leaf and Acorn Hex Sign is given for edits that strengthen and reinvigorate a Wikipage, which may not qualify for a particular Barnstar. To award it see: Template:Personal User Award--the Oak Leaf and Acorn Hex Sign. Created September 2010 by ElijahBosley
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  A beer on me offers a beer for fine efforts on improving Wikipedia. Cheers! To award it see: Template:A beer on me! Originated September 2010 by Orionist ★ talk, template design by ElijahBosley ^{(talk ☞)}
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  Wiki Lei Barnstar can be given to any Wikipedian to show appreciation and spread good cheer with the Polynesian concept of alofa/aroha/aloha. Also for editors contributing and improving topics on Polynesia and Oceania. Introduced November 2010 by Teinesavaii.
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  The Check's in the Mail Barnstar. First given to Bridge Boy [2], who asked "When do I start getting paid for this?" Introduced by Dennis Bratland on May 13, 2012.
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  The Resilient Barnstar The Resilient Barnstar may be given to any editor who learns and improves from criticisms, never lets mistakes or blunders impede their growth as Wikipedians, or has the ability to recover/finish with a smile.
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  The GNU Barnstar The GNU Barnstar may be given to any editor who have helped the dissemination of free content, free software, and free licenses.
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  The Wiki Warrior Star - given to editors who'll fight to the metaphoric death to defend any (constructive) edit made to Wikipedia (within wiki policy, of course). Introduced by Vjmlhds on March 22, 2014
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  100,000 Edit Star - any editor with 100,000 edits may display this star (see also userbox: Template:User 100,000 edits)
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  50,000 Edit Star - any editor with 50,000 edits may display this star
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  25,000 Edit Star - any editor with 25,000 edits may display this star
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  10,000 Edit Star - any editor with 10,000 edits may display this star
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  Barnstar of Socratic Wisdom - for editors who have displayed great wisdom. Introduced by FourVIolas
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  Golden Wiki Award created by [3] from the Italian Wikipedia, originally for exceptional contributions to the wiki.
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  Barnstar of Existence Awarded to users who make outstanding contributions to existence-related topics, or to show you appreciate a user's existence (after all, you can't contribute without existing). Introduced by ZLEA
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  The Exploration of the Unknown badge is awarded to users who take the time to bravely explore new features, gadgets, tools, etc. that are in developmental stages, and provide constructive feedback. Introduced by User:AHollender (WMF)
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  The Erasmus Star - Any editor who was registered on Wikipedia on January 15, 2015 when the Wikipedia community was collectively awarded the 2015 Erasmus Prize can display this star. Introduced by Vjmlhds
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  The Ridiculous Star is awarded to anyone who has a ridiculous sense of humor that doesn't disrupt anyone or anything. Introduced by Contradistinguishing