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So...what is the purpose of this again? I don't get it. -Litefantastic 14:10, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

It's an icon a Wikipedian puts on his/her userpage so as to not get barnstars. --Wikiacc ¶ 01:00, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar-free zones (copied from Village pump)

Why do some people not like barnstars? Rad Racer | Talk 22:34, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Your link to TCOL as "some people" seems a bit strange. A guy whose user page is dominated by 6 barnstars hardly qualifies as a barnstar hater. -- Tim Starling 03:48, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

SPUI added that link. :) Rad Racer | Talk 04:57, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Alright, rather than waiting for you to acknowledge that, I'll just say: it's about modesty. There's no need to put testimonials on your user page, you're a person not a knife set. If a barnstar is unceremoniously removed, the person who put it there might be offended, so the BFZ logo is a warning that you shouldn't try. -- Tim Starling 04:27, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, but isn't the whole point of contributing to Wikipedia to become the champion with the most Barnstars, in an achievement analagous to Lance Armstrong's six consecutive Tour de France win? It's all about beating out the competition. Second place is the first loser, and all that. Rad Racer | Talk 04:57, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

If you can use barnstars to motivate yourself to do work that is appreciated by the community, then I think that's great. I wouldn't want to get in the way. 215,000 articles were created before the barnstar concept was imported from Meatball, so obviously some people are able to motivate themselves in other ways. -- Tim Starling 05:18, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)

Bwahahahah! El_C 00:47, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It's a shame that barnstars seem to be awarded for maintenance skillz rather than creating content. Pcb21| Pete 09:11, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Your assertion that maintenance is of less worth than creating articles is offensive. If I clean up a badly-spelled, badly-formatted article, that's at least as important as creating the initial ugly stub. RickK 06:05, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)

Maintenance is nothing without other people writing content. Pcb21| Pete 11:16, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Ugly content is nothing without the people who come along behind the illiterates and clean it up so it's readable and doesn't cast Wikipedia in an unfavorable light. RickK 20:53, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)

This whole argument is silly. Obviously, there is value both in providing new content and in maintaining and improving existing content. *Dan* 14:24, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar is a five-point star. In some european countries, what were occupied by the soviet armies, it is a prohibited sign. We don't like five-point stars too much. But I have a more important remark on it's colour. I think this brown is awful, terrible, horrible. May I write what is the thing a normal human associates to when he/she see it? A sheeet, a suit, or a bullshot, maybe. :-)? Who was that fool who invwented this brown symbol? Gubbubu 11:50, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

In no such country a star is prohibited. Pavel Vozenilek 00:01, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hungarian Law No. XVL./1993 §1. Gubbubu 13:31, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

So would an American flag be illegal in Hungary? Is this law actually enforced? — Ливай | ☺ 01:58, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The symbol of Communism was not simply a five-pointed star. It was a RED five-pointed star. If every five-pointed star were prohibited, we couldn't have the EU flag on every building. Only the red star is prohibited and even the prohibiting of red stars isn't really enforced, since Heineken beer bottles have red stars on them and no one cares about it. As much as I respect Gubbubu and his contributions to Wikipedia, I have to say he seems to have a phobia of Communism. I'm Hungarian and I wouldn't have a problem with the barn star even if it was red. Actually I'd love to have one but it's still in the far future I think. :) Alensha 18:49, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I believe that the reason that people might refuse to accept Barnstars (such as myself) is similar to the reason in England why some famous people refused to be honoured by the Queen. Some people may consider honours to be an anachronism. Some people do not want to be associated with a small elite class of people just because they have medal. Others may not want to be famous just for winning a trophy and feel that the honour overshadows the work they did to win the award in the first place. ISD 08:26, 23 April 2006 (UTC).