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 my new users that were for minor or trivial reasons or which I suspect may have been meant sarcastically.

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.

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

A cookie for you!
--I dream of horses If you reply here, please leave me a message on my talk page. @ 22:42, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Thanks to Amit for this one:

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)

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)

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

 * please help translate this message into the local language

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 cupcake for you!

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

A barnstar for you!

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

A barnstar for you!

 * 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!

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

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


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

Barnstar!

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

A barnstar for you!

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

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!

 * 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!

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

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

 * (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!
 Happy First Edit Day! Have a very happy first edit anniversary!

From the Birthday Committee, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 01:15, 18 July 2020 (UTC)


 * 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 ,

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
--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!

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

A barnstar for you!

 * 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
= 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.


 * 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