Wikipedia:Personal user awards/Special Circumstance
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 The Vandal Whacking Stick is given to users who have been attacked, and didn't lose their cool. Image created by MathKnight and first given as an award by Essjay to Redwolf24. |
 The Optimistic's Star is for those who have had to put up with so much but still believed that there was light at the end of the tunnel. Created by Leon2323. It may be handy to use the User:Leon2323/Optimistic template. |
 The Abusive Admin Award can be awarded to admins who demonstrate a keen ability at offending or otherwise dominating vandals and trolls with an iron fist. A good indicator of eligibility for this award is a user page that has been repeatedly vandalized over the course of an admin's time on Wikipedia. |
 The General Alexander Haig Medal of Honor is awarded to those exceptional individuals who take control. Introduced by Xiong |
 The Barnstar EATEN BY A BEAR is awarded to any Wikipedian who says something very humorous and or random, thus cheering up fellow Wikipedians who read it. Introduced by Karmafist. |
 The Public Domain Astronaut goes to anyone who helps wikipedia by killing off copyvios. Introduced by Redwolf24. |
 The Order of the Flaming, Dancing Hellpot is awarded by victims of egregious and malacious harrassment or vandalism, to those sending the offenders where they belong. It was first awarded on 9/11/05 by paul klenk to Bishonen, who declared it a "rockin'" and "prestigious" award (which is actually true). (The photo is of a float in New York's Village Halloween Parade.) |
 The Babel Award for Translation by paul klenk. Inspired by the many translations provided to paul klenk by Wikipedians all over the world, of his many user pages in non-English wikis, some translated minutes after being first created (e.g., de:User:Paul Klenk). Click on photo to enlarge. |
 The Barn Award is awarded by Karmafist to anyone who he votes support for in WP:RFA, since administratorship is a great responsibility, and taking it on should be rewarded with something bigger than just a star on a barn, it deserves the entire barn. Please feel free to copy this tradition. |
 The Son of Jimbo Award is given to anyone who does an excessive amount of tasks in advancing Wikipedia or basically has the last name of Wales. The award was introduced by Karmafist. |
 The Thinking Outside the Box award, for users with an unorthodox take on policy or project, but which works. Introduced by Smurrayinchester. |
 The Red Flag Of the Motherland by Project2501a. Inspired by one too many In Soviet Russia jokes in #wikipedia. |
 The "YOU! YOU ANONYMOUS PERSON! SIGN UP! NOW!" award for being convincing enough to turn anonymous users into registered users. |
 The Rouge Admin award is granted to any administrator who has been called a rouge administrator. Introduced by Katefan0. |
 The Tightrope Award for dangerous balancing acts represents the amazing Charles Blondin carrying Jimbo Wales safely across the Niagara Falls, and was created by Bishonen for SlimVirgin. |
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 The laughpoint is awarded to users that make one laugh. Introduced by User:Extreme Unction. |
 The Barnstar Star is awarded to users who are bold in creating awards for the community. Introduced by cyde, designed by Sango123 and WillMak050389. |
 The Enigma Rotor is awarded to those who solve difficult problems on Wikipedia. |
 The Admin's Mop & Bucket is for the newly created administrators. |
 The Lots of Barnstars Award. is for the person who has lots of barnstars. |
 Designed for those special Wikipedians who accept newcomers with open arms, exhibiting endless reserves of patience and kindness, and helping Wikipedia become a better place. Introduced by Master of Puppets. |
 The Firm but Fair award is given for great effort in encouraging and enforcing civility on Wikipedia. Introduced by Mytwocents |
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 The re-use of image as an award to reward someone for creating a particularly good image by describing it as some award or another and slapping it on their userpage. Introduced by User:BD2412 |
