User:WhatamIdoing/Awards
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Great job!
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The Working Man's Barnstar | |
| Delighted to present you the barnstar for all the hard work you have done especially for the project assessment Countincr ( t@lk ) 19:30, 23 October 2007 (UTC) |
Barnstar for good works
The Barnstar of Diligence
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The Barnstar of Diligence | |
| This Barnstar of Diligence is awarded to WhatamIdoing for swift recognition of one of Wikipedia's chronic puppetmasters, likely saving us all much potential floor scrubbing in the process! Bradeos Graphon Βραδέως Γράφων (talk) 21:18, 29 January 2008 (UTC) |
Assessment
Award for amazing editing
Disneyland Hotel (California)
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The Barnstar of Diligence | |
| For your great work on merging trivia into the main article. Tiggerjay (talk) 16:57, 30 April 2008 (UTC) |
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
| You've put a lot of time and effort into advice and feedback for a new Wikipedian, and I'd like to think it's paying off. My thanks for all your efforts. Emrgmgmtca (talk) 12:03, 7 October 2008 (UTC) |
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The Medicine Barnstar | |
| To WhatamIdoing, for dedication to medical articles. Axl ¤ [Talk] 08:43, 24 October 2008 (UTC) |
barnstar'd
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The Original Barnstar | |
| For the creation of Fatigue (safety). Solid article on a needed topic! FlyingToaster 21:42, 17 November 2008 (UTC) |
Trophy for you
In appreciation for your help.
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The Human Sexuality Barnstar | |
| In appreciation for your help and involvement in a controversial area. Hfarmer (talk) 14:11, 15 January 2009 (UTC) |
How have I not given you a barnstar yet?
HIV TEST
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The Barnstar of Persistence (in flogging that dead horse...) | |
| For your repeated and curt persistence in flogging that dead horse. Stop, desist, it's finished, and had been for quite some time. You've made your point, whether correct or not. The other party has taken your point and either chosen to ignore it, or use your advice. For future reference, don't be so obtuse. Happy editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MrAnderson7 (talk • contribs) 00:10, 15 May 2009 |
- It's possible that the above award will be my all-time favorite: the only deeply sarcastic barnstar I expect to get!
- The editor in question had copied and pasted (after alphabetizing and partly wikifying) a long, detailed, fully sourced list of AIDS denialist information off of a copyrighted website. The information wasn't acceptable for reasons of reliable sourcing, improper attribution, original research and massive due weight problems, but the copyvio is troubling, too. He was called on his copyvio garbage repeatedly on the article's talk pages, but he brushed off these serious concerns with simplistic denials: Of course he didn't copy it from anywhere. He just happened to type up a list with the same sixty-five items using exactly the same words with exactly the same typos and exactly the same sixty-four sources in exactly the same order as the original copyrighted page. (A side-by-side comparison of the lists is in my sandbox.) This was a major copyright violation by an editor with only a moderate amount of experience, so even though a couple of weeks had passed since the dispute in the article had simmered down, I decided to leave a friendly note on his talk page to discourage any further stupidity around WP:COPYVIO.
- I received a not entirely unexpected bland denial, which I responded to rather more pointedly.
- The editor's response was to blank my messages from his user talk page and to leave me this barnstar, which was (delightfully) another copy-and-paste modification of someone else's work! He even left in nearly all of WLU's sig (see the immediately preceding barnstar), which has since been corrected for him.
- I conclude, for the sociologically minded, that the editor in question comes from a shame culture instead of a sin culture; therefore, it's better to steal and endlessly lie about it than to steal and confess when you're faced with embarrassingly incontrovertible evidence of your crime. WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:10, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
A barnstar
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The Original Barnstar | |
| For your excellent rewrite of Wikipedia:The difference between policies, guidelines and essays. It's always nice to see someone pull back the curtains and explain how this ridiculous project works.--Father Goose (talk) 21:18, 29 March 2010 (UTC) |
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Your Opinion is More Important than You Think Barnstar | |
| On behalf of the Panel of Unseen Omniscients I present unto thee this modest token of appreciation for being sane when everyone else wasn't. Lambanog (talk) 12:18, 21 October 2010 (UTC) |
Thanks!
The Encephalon Cross
About time you got one of these. -- Colin°Talk 20:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC)
← image base puns? - 2/0 (cont.) 01:37, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
You get an award
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Valued Contributor Award |  |
| You have been identified as a valued contributor and your efforts are appreciated. We are honored to present you with the Valued Contributor Award and we thank you for donating your time, expertise and effort to Wikipedia. Keep up the good work. Thanks. (more details) |
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Civility Award | |
| For your friendly and civil 2¢ here. A little civility can go a long way in dealing with good faith newbies who are unaware of our policies and guidelines but are willing to communicate.Yoenit (talk) 16:30, 23 February 2011 (UTC) |
Thank You
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The Good Friend Award | |
| To WhatAmIDoing, for her gracious gestures of encouragement, and for her eloquent, rational, and dogged defense of positions consistent with my own - I thank you, friend! Cliff L. Knickerbocker, MS (talk) 01:11, 7 April 2011 (UTC) |
IMHO, You Deserve This Seven-Fold :-)
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All-Around Amazing Barnstar | |
| To WhatamIDoing, for "General Amazingness" Cliff L. Knickerbocker, MS (talk) 15:11, 28 May 2011 (UTC) |
Appreciating your contribution
Congratulations!
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The Executive Director's Barnstar |
| Hello Whatamidoing! Congratulations on being awarded the Executive Director's Barnstar, which was created for me by my colleague Frank Schulenburg, and which I award occasionally to editors who are making a major contribution to the Wikimedia projects. You've been nominated by User:Jorm (WMF) and User:Moonriddengirl, because, they tell me, you're a "consistently sane and friendly voice" "who does amazing work all around the project." Reading your talk page and edit history, it's obvious that you're a stellar Wikipedian: clear, constructive, prolific and knowledgeable. Thank you, and congratulations! If you, or anyone reading this, would like to nominate someone else for this award, please feel free to do that on my talk page. Sue Gardner (talk) 03:12, 20 September 2011 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
| Sorry this is so long after the event, but I want to thank WhatamIdoing for her patient, complete and so very helpful advice on my lame efforts editing parts of Talk:Breast Cancer. She thoroughly deserves a Barnstar/Burger/Furry kitten or whatever she fancies as appreciation for her hard and useful work. Treagle (talk) 17:51, 31 October 2011 (UTC) |
Some bubble tea for you!
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Thanks for dropping a thank you note to one of my students. It is unlikely they'll return to editing, but such messages make it more likely :) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me 18:09, 27 December 2011 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
| Thanks for your great comments on the Terms of Use draft--you've been nearly tireless at explaining points that people have questioned, with clarity and admirable patience! Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 03:39, 28 December 2011 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Brilliant Idea Barnstar |
Thank you so much for your help at the sources page. I have been rather floundering, for lack of a better word, in the insecticide articles regarding the use of good, solid primary studies in articles. Your advice is very encouraging. xxxooo (I'm a gurl too, so we can hug and kiss)  Gandydancer (talk) 21:45, 21 February 2012 (UTC) |
bstar
A wild barnstar appears...
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The Socratic Barnstar | |
| Hello, WhatamIdoing. I just felt compelled to leave a barnstar, after I read this comment you made. Cheers. Chickenmonkey 23:03, 8 September 2012 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| For your work socialising the VisualEditor :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 20:08, 13 May 2013 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
| Thank you for the good work you have done with the Breast cancer awareness article. Gandydancer (talk) 22:30, 10 June 2013 (UTC) |
Precious
magic tools
Thank you, user with an annoyingly high Intelligence Quotient, for quality articles contributions in MED, VE support, precise language, and for speaking edit summaries, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:16, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
Thank you
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It's the small things. A year ago you helped me correct some editing mistakes when another editor was raining on me. At the same time you invited me to the WP:MED project. It's been fun having good people to volunteer with and a meaningful mission to work towards. You're a good person. Thanks. Ian Furst Ian Furst (talk) 01:03, 8 February 2014 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
| Hey Zockernicky009 (talk) 10:41, 8 February 2014 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Editor's Barnstar |
| Thank you! Have a great day! Levinas 25 (talk) 16:58, 4 March 2014 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Barnstar of Good Humor |
| For your hilarious yet insightful commentary at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical), striking the delicate balance of light humor and astute relevance and seriousness I've not seen anyone do in a long time. TeleComNasSprVen (talk • contribs) 07:50, 13 April 2014 (UTC) |
Barnstar
Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
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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! |
Barnstar!
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
| Just to say thank you for your kindness in creating those quote boxes. They're exactly what I was looking for, and it was very nice of you to make them. All the best, SlimVirgin (talk) 04:48, 28 August 2014 (UTC) |
A Barnstar for you!
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The Socratic Barnstar | |
| For always coming up with wise and compelling arguments. While looking through discussions, yours is usually the one I highlight and read. ‑Ugog Nizdast (talk) 15:23, 13 September 2015 (UTC) |
Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
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The Cure Award |
| In 2015 you were one of the top 300 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, and we would love to collaborate further. |
Thanks again :) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Special Barnstar |
| For your patience in explaining clearly and without rancor the lack of automatic technical or artistic superiority of one method of capturing a human image over another. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 04:26, 31 December 2016 (UTC) |
Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
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The 2016 Cure Award |
| In 2016 you were one of the top ~200 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 18:08, 3 May 2017 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar |
| For protecting Wikipedia's universality! Magioladitis (talk) 22:09, 10 October 2017 (UTC) |
Holiday Cheer + a barnstar
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The Happy Holiday Barnstar | |
| How about combining a Barnstar with a Christmas Card? That is why this message is appearing on your talk page. Simultaneously and at the same time, this barnstar is conferred upon you because during this past year you worked and contributed your time to improve the encyclopedia. You also have received far too little recognition for your contributions. In addition, this is a small attempt at spreading holiday cheer. I've appreciated all the things that you have done for me. The Best of Regards, Barbara (WVS) ✐ ✉ and Merry Christmas 01:01, 17 December 2017 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
| barnstar นี้ได้รับรางวัลเพื่อรับรู้ถึงผลงานที่ดีโดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งกับวิกิพีเดียเพื่อให้คนรู้ว่าการทำงานหนักของพวกเขาจะเห็นและชื่นชม Lovelynam27 (talk) 08:21, 25 April 2018 (UTC) |
Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
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The 2017 Cure Award |
| In 2017 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 02:54, 26 April 2018 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
| For your empathy and helpfulness on WP:ELN last week. Schazjmd (talk) 00:12, 22 May 2019 (UTC) |
Brilliant Idea Barnstar
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What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar | |
| For adding a very useful sidebar at WP:RMT, hope this will help to reduce the unnecessary requests there. DBigXrayᗙ 12:38, 27 November 2019 (UTC) |
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| WhatamIdoing |
| Editor of the Week for the week beginning March 22, 2020 |
| Confers with our most knowledgeable and experienced editors. Impressive knowledge of WP with ability to clarify for others. A Peacemaker during disagreements. Active since 2007 with 93000 edits over a broad spectrum of WP platforms. Focuses on efforts to improve articles of special importance to women and displays a keen interest and participation in Medical topics. Has been very involved with the Village Pump, dealing with policy and proposals and other important decisions. A truly diversified Editor deserving appreciation. |
| Recognized for |
| work at the Village Pump, being a member of WP:MED, and active at External Links. |
| Notable work(s) |
| Leukemia, Cancer, Breastfeeding and Breast cancer awareness |
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Barnstar of Emergency Article Creation |
| Re: Thank you for re-writing Childhood interstitial lung disease on short notice. It was fun to work with you. WhatamIdoing You deserve this one more than me. If you look at the logs, you actually beat me to it! :) Dr. Vogel (talk) 20:22, 26 April 2020 (UTC) |
Small thank you
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
| A little thank you for your comments on my question about redirects vs anchored links in navboxes. You were reassuring and it's helping me start the day with a smile. Jasonkwe (talk) (contribs) 11:55, 22 November 2022 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Brilliant Idea Barnstar |
| On reading your latest post to the NPOV talk page, I decided to give you this barnstar for your many thoughtful policy talk page comments. Andre🚐 18:44, 18 August 2023 (UTC) |
- Thank you. Perhaps it might do some good. WhatamIdoing (talk) 00:11, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
Barnstar
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You Got A Star! A barnstar, that is... |
| For your contributions to the 2023 Bowdoin–Yarmouth shootings article. ★ The Green Star Collector ★ (talk) 14:10, 21 November 2023 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you !
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The Philosophy Barnstar | |
| Thanks for always making extremely wise, and sometimes unusually clever, decisions regarding matters on Wikipedia. --Dustfreeworld (talk) 07:49, 7 January 2024 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you
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The Good Heart Barnstar | |
| For your unaffected goodwill, calming demeanor, and knack for connecting with the human behind every account and edit. Hydrangeans (she/her | talk | edits) 16:37, 13 April 2024 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you !
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The Invisible Barnstar | |
| Thanks for always making significant and helpful contributions to the project, but having kept to the background without seeking recognition or reward for your work. --Dustfreeworld (talk) 06:48, 13 May 2024 (UTC) |
A Barnstar
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The Helping Hand Barnstar | |
| For all of the help you provide at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine. I don't think I would have continued editing, or at least wouldn't be editing as much as I currently do if it wasn't for your continuous help. Your knowledge and willingness to help others does not go unnoticed. CursedWithTheAbilityToDoTheMath (talk) 17:12, 17 July 2024 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
A barnstar for you!
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The Civility Barnstar |
| There's been a lot of discussion lately where things you say have been particularly helpful, centering, and enlightening for me. I blow hot and cold and worry how I come off to others sometimes, but you always carry conversations in a maximally constructive direction, particularly when it comes to how to get along with others. You're among those who consistently reminds me of my own abilities, if that makes sense. I'm only now completing my first full year of actively contributing, so I wanted to thank some of those who are a part of why I'm still enthusiastic about Wikipedia. Remsense ‥ 论 17:33, 30 September 2024 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Anti-Systemic Bias Barnstar | |
| Thank you for being one of the most upright persons I have ever known. I hope you like this. :-) --Dustfreeworld (talk) 06:18, 7 December 2024 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Brilliant Idea Barnstar |
| Thank you for shepherding WP:NSPECIES from draft to guideline. It's a bit surprising that this was a de facto guideline for many years without achieving official status. It needed a push, and you gave that push. Great job. –Novem Linguae (talk) 11:20, 19 November 2024 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Medicine Barnstar | |
| WAID for your support of WikiProject Medicine Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 02:50, 8 December 2024 (UTC) |
Saints Star Award
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Saints Star Award | |
| For the patience, clarity, wisdom and accumulated knowledge that you bring to Wikipedia through thick and thin ... thank you ... and may memories of the productive times always outweigh those trying times! SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:13, 8 December 2024 (UTC) |
Legendary work
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The Barnstar of Diligence | |
| Thanks for your time to fix everything up on medical articles. Amazing work. Summerfell1978 (talk) 22:24, 14 February 2025 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| Just wanted to take a moment to say how much I appreciate your contributions! Helping me find my feet in medical topics, always standing up for new users in community discussions, keeping an eye on a large swath of important medical articles. Thanks for all you're doing :). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 19:41, 31 July 2025 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you
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The Original Barnstar | |
| For your countless detailed explanations of Wikipedia's labyrinth of policies. When I see a policy discussion, I know you will soon provide a well-reasoned and factually supported opinion, even if not everyone agrees with it. Katzrockso (talk) 00:03, 11 November 2025 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar |
| Stopped by your profile, and saw how many essays you've written that I've read/referenced in the past. Some that that jump out that have been particuarlly helpful are WP:USESPS, WP:BMI, and WP:NOTMEDNEWS. Thought you deserved recognition. GeogSage (⚔Chat?⚔) 06:29, 26 November 2025 (UTC) |
A Barnstar for You
A barnstar for you
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Thank you for your amazing work on therapy speak! | |
| Thank you so much for your work on the therapy speak article! This article very accurately describes what therapy speak is and the effects of it. Great job! ~2026-11730-93 (talk) 00:37, 22 February 2026 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
Yet another barnstar for you ...
Yeah, I see all the other barnstars above ... but you deserve yet another one:
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
| For your work improving Wikipedia:Citing sources. I suggested an improvement to the guideline, and got some pushback in the Talk page. You came along and followed-up and boldly implemented the improvement. I don't know who you are, or what your background is ... but I know that Wikipedia needs a lot more editors like you. Noleander (talk) 20:01, 6 February 2026 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
A barnstar for you!
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The Philosophy Barnstar | |
| For the baseball umpires example on your user page. A fine example of complementarity variables. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 05:00, 12 February 2026 (UTC) |
Thank you
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The Signpost Barnstar | |
| For helping to copyedit what turned out to be a pretty great issue (vol. 22 issue 4)! |