User:A Quest For Knowledge/sandbox



It is the custom to reward Wikipedia contributors for hard work and due diligence by awarding them a barnstar. To give the award to someone, just place the image on their talk page, and explain why it was given. If you are sure the barnstar is appropriate, don't be shy!

While awarding a barnstar, remember to provide relevant text as to why you are awarding it. The following are some of the barnstars and awards currently in use. If you don't feel any of these covers the topics you are concerned with, you can always design your own award (using these examples, if you like). If you have questions, WikiProject Wikipedia Awards is a group of volunteers who help guide these pages.

There are many types of barnstars. Please make sure that your choice is fair and appropriate, which will help prevent over-use. Remember that there are other ways of showing simple appreciation to someone, such as a comment on the user's talk page, a "thank" notification from an article's history page, and alternative awards such as cookies in Personal user awards.

Barnstars
''Barnstars are listed in chronological order, that is, in the order in which they were introduced to the English Wikipedia. Please add any new barnstars to the bottom of the appropriate section.''

General barnstars
General barnstars are awarded for work or contributions that do not fall into a specific Wikipedia category, but instead that describe contributions or editing along a specific theme.

They can be sorted by title by clicking the button next to "Title and description".

Topical barnstars
A topical barnstar is for a topic or area of substantial interest to users of Wikipedia.

Wikipedia-space barnstars
These barnstars are given to editors for things done behind the scenes, in those corners of the Wikipedia project unseen by the general public, helping to keep things moving along.

They can be sorted by title by clicking the button next to "Title and description".