Barnstar

**barnstar**
	painted object or image, often in the shape of a five-pointed star but occasionally in a circular "wagon wheel" style, used to decorate a barn in some parts of the United States
	Upload media
	Wikipedia
Subclass of	star polygon; lucky symbol; folk art;
Culture	Fancy Dutch; Pennsylvania Dutch;
Connects with	barn;
Authority file
	Q600446;
	Reasonator; Scholia; Wikidocumentaries; KML file; Search depicted;

English: A barnstar is a decorative motif found on barn structures in some regions of the United States and Canada. It is the custom to reward Wikipedia contributors for hard work and due diligence by awarding them "barnstars" based on star anchors.

Actual barnstars

Proud (3D) star
Wheel
Missing
Missing, close-up
On horse barn
On a house
On a building in Petaluma, California

Wiki barnstars

General barnstars

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

The Original Barnstar
The Original Barnstar v 2.0
The Editor's Barnstar
The Working Wikimedian's Barnstar
The Minor Barnstar
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
The Barnstar of Diligence
The Surreal Barnstar
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
The Photographer's Barnstar
The Photo Barnstar
The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
The Barnstar of Good Humor
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
The Resilient Barnstar
The Rosetta Barnstar
The Ed Poor Audacious Action Barnstar
The dissidents Barnstar
Mediator barnstar
Angel Heart Barnstar
Good Heart Barnstar
Angel Barnstar
The User & User Discussion Page Barnstar
Commons Barnstar
The Wikification Barnstar
The Barnstar of Peace
The Half Barnstar is awarded for excellence in Cooperation
The "Flame Burnstar": to be awarded to people capable to maintain an extraordinaire calm attitude in front of a flame war, and to actively contribute to cool it)
The Vectorizer's Barnstar is to be awarded to excellent vectorizers. (See Template:Vectorizer's barnstar.)
What a Brilliant Idea
This barnstar should be awarded to a user who figures out an elegant solution to a particularly burdensome bottleneck or problem, or who identifies a means to improve Commons in a profound way.
A barnstar for those who don't get enough sleep so as to edit wikimedia projects.
The Medic Barnstar
The Militaristic Barnstar
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar is awarded to illustrate and prevent misuse of the word "vandalism".
The Cleanup Barnstar can be awarded to user cleaning up mess of other users.
The Userpage Shield is awarded for protecting the userpages and talk pages of other editors

Category barnstars

The following barnstars are awarded in recognition of excellent contributions that fall into one of the following seven major categories listed on the Main Page. The categories are listed below, along with several examples of some of the subtopics that are associated with each.

High-resolution barnstars – high quality designed barnstars
Culture – Art, literature, music, philosophy, religion
Geography – Geography, "nation" articles
History – Archaeology, history
Daily Life – Education, food & drink, language, sports & games
Science and Mathematics – The "hard" sciences: Biology, geology, medicine, mathematics, medicine, minerology, physics
Society – Economics, government & politics, law, media, royalty & nobility, war
Technology – Technology, transportation

The Barnstar of High Culture
The Epic Barnstar
The Ancient Ruin History Barnstar
The History Barnstar
The Chemistry barnstar
The Geography Barnstar
The E=MC² Barnstar
The Natural Science Barnstar
The Society Barnstar
The University Barnstar
The Technology Barnstar
The Barnstar of Life
The Nature Barnstar
An architecture barnstar
WikiProject Racibórz Barnstar
WikiProject Racibórz Barnstar 2
The Mathematical Illustrator's Barnstar
The OrchiBarnstar

Topical barnstars

A topical barnstarn is for a topic, wikiproject, or area of substantial interest to users of wikipedia.

The Internet Barnstar
The Running Man Barnstar
The Oddball Barnstar
The Spoken Barnstar
The Music Barnstar
The Music Barnstar
The Music Barnstar
The Guitar Barnstar
LGBT Barnstar
The Star of Sophia
The Wikiwings Award
The Orders, Decorations, and Medals Article Award
The Star Trek Award
The Stargate Award
The Comics Star
The Scouting Barnstar
The Current Events Barnstar
The Template Barnstar
The WikiChevrons Award
Pro Wiklesia et Wikifice (ecclesiastical topics)
Pro lesbus, gaius, bi et transeus (LGBT topics)
Star Wars barnstar
The Literary Barnstar
The Age of Empires barnstar
The Red Maple Leaf
The Silver Maple Leaf
Golden Maple Leaf
Bèrghem barnstar
NATO barnstar
The Heron Marked Barnstar (Wheel of Time material)
The Legion Barnstar (Legion of Super-Heroes material)
The Harry Potter Barnstar
The Barnstar o'Lantern (Wikiproject:Halloween)
The Tools Coder Barnstar
The Science Fiction Barnstar
The Horology Barnstar (low)
The Horology Barnstar (medium)
The Horology Barnstar (high)
The Geology Barnstar
The Formula 1 Barnstar
The MTG Barnstar
The Transport Barnstar

Barnstars of National Merit

For high-quality Barnstar of National Merit see Barnstar of National Merit 2.0

Barnstar of European Merit
The Barnstar of National Merit
Barnstar of National Merit of Afghanistan
The Albanian Barnstar of National Merit
The Argentinian Barnstar of National Merit AL Mérito Nacional
The Armenian Barnstar of National Merit
The Armenian history Barnstar of National Merit
The Australian Barnstar of National Merit
The Austrian Barnstar of National Merit
The Azerbaijan Barnstar of National Merit
The Bangladeshi Barnstar of National Merit
The Basque Barnstar of National Merit
The Belarusian Barnstar of National Merit (red-green, 1951-1991, 1995-now)
The Belarusian Barnstar of National Merit (white-red-white flag, 1919-?, 1991-1995)
The Bolivian Barnstar of National Merit
The Brazilian Barnstar of National Merit
The Canadian Barnstar of National Merit
The Catalonian Barnstar of National Merit
The Cape Verdean Barnstar of National Merit
The Chechen Barnstar of National Merit
The Chilean Barnstar of National Merit
The Colombian Barnstar of National Merit
The Croatian Barnstar of National Merit
The Czech Barnstar of National Merit
The Czech Barnstar of National Merit (version 2)
The Danish Barnstar of National Merit
Devon Barnstar of National Merit
The East Timorese-Boaventura-Barnstar of National Merit
The Ecuadorian Barnstar of National Merit
The Estonian Barnstar of National Merit
The Faroese Barnstar of National Merit
The French Barnstar of National Merit
The French Guianan Barnstar of National Merit
The German Barnstar of National Merit
The German Barnstar of National Merit (another version)
The Ghana Barnstar of National Merit
The Greek Barnstar of Virtue
The Greek Barnstar of National Merit
The Greek Barnstar of National Merit (version 2)
The Guyanan Barnstar of National Merit
The Hungarian Barnstar of National Merit
The 1956 Hungarian Revolution Barnstar of National Merit
The 1848 Hungarian Revolution Barnstar of National Merit
The Barnstar of St. Stephen: highest-honor Hungarian Barnstar of National Merit
The Icelandic Barnstar of National Merit
The Irish Barnstar of National Merit
The Indian Barnstar of National Merit
The Indonesian Barnstar of National Merit
The Italian Barnstar of National Merit
The Israeli Barnstar of National Merit
The Israeli Barnstar of National Merit (another version)
The Kenyan Barnstar of National Merit
The Kosovar Barnstar of National Merit
The Lebanese Barnstar of National Merit
The Lebanese Barnstar of National Merit (2nd version)
The Mexican Barnstar of National Merit
The Moldovan Barnstar of National Merit
The Dutch Barnstar of National Merit
The Norwegian Barnstar of National Merit
The Pakistani Barnstar of National Merit
The Paraguayan Barnstar of National Merit
The Peruvian Barnstar of National Merit
The Polish Barnstar of National Merit (version 1)
The Polish Barnstar of National Merit (version 2)
The Polish Barnstar of National Merit — correct version
The Polish Barnstar of National Merit (with horizontal flag)
The Portuguese Barnstar of National Merit
The Quebec Barnstar of National Merit
The Republic of China (ROC) Barnstar of National Merit
The Republic of China (ROC) Barnstar of National Merit (2nd version)
The Romanian Barnstar of National Merit
The Rhodesian Barnstar of National Merit
The Russian Federation Barnstar of National Merit
The Sapmi (Lappish) Barnstar of National Merit
The Saudi Arabian Barnstar of National Merit
The Somalian Barnstar of National Merit (version 1)
The Somalian Barnstar of National Merit (version 2)
Somaliland Barnstar of National Merit (version 1)
The Somaliland Barnstar of National Merit (version 2)
The South African Barnstar of National Merit
The Scots Barnstar of National Merit
The Spanish Barnstar of National Merit
Another Spanish Barnstar of National Merit
The Surinamian Barnstar of National Merit
The Swedish Barnstar of National Merit
The Swiss Barnstar of National Merit
The Székely Barnstar of National Merit
The Tawantin Suyu Barnstar of National Merit
The Thai Barnstar of National Merit
The Turkish Barnstar of National Merit (version 1)
The Turkish Barnstar of National Merit (version 2)
The Ukrainian Barnstar of National Merit. Note the raspberry color of the ribbon, the historical color of the Dnieper Cossacks.
The United Kingdom Barnstar of national merit (version 1)
The United Kingdom Barnstar of National Merit (version 2)
United States Barnstar of National Merit (version 1)
United States Barnstar of National Merit (version 2)
The Uruguayan Barnstar of National Merit
The Venezuelan Barnstar of National Merit
The Zimbabwean Barnstar of National Merit
The Sudanese Barnstar of National Merit
The People Republic of China Barnstar of National Merit