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Write a GA on a number

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Use AWB to templatize all U.S. Presidential election county results

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Presidential election results[1]
Year Republican Democratic Third parties
2020 48.6% 73,186 50.3% 75,802 1.1% 1,714 [2]
2016 45.1% 60,911 51.3% 69,342 3.6% 4,834
2012 46.1% 57,428 52.8% 65,793 1.1% 1,424
2008 46.7% 61,752 52.6% 69,543 0.7% 898
2004 49.6% 65,130 48.9% 64,191 1.5% 1,910
2000 39.5% 48,441 56.7% 69,530 3.8% 4,619
1996 36.0% 40,395 56.2% 63,127 7.8% 8,719
1992 40.7% 49,608 46.6% 56,759 12.7% 15,464
1988 56.8% 63,825 42.4% 47,634 0.8% 842
1984 60.9% 70,020 38.9% 44,687 0.3% 311
1980 56.3% 59,068 33.6% 35,277 10.1% 10,648
1976 51.3% 52,087 47.9% 48,673 0.8% 780
1972 64.3% 64,753 35.5% 35,771 0.2% 196
1968 49.1% 40,880 44.4% 36,948 6.6% 5,479
1964 36.2% 26,187 63.7% 46,173 0.1% 82
1960 54.8% 33,107 45.0% 27,178 0.2% 113
1956 71.0% 34,049 29.0% 13,881
1952 64.4% 27,657 35.1% 15,084 0.5% 212
1948 57.8% 20,661 36.6% 13,066 5.6% 2,001
1944 59.0% 19,471 40.7% 13,437 0.3% 91
1940 56.8% 20,040 42.2% 14,897 1.0% 362
1936 48.6% 15,583 49.5% 15,876 2.0% 631
1932 49.9% 13,963 47.7% 13,347 2.4% 672
1928 60.3% 15,732 37.5% 9,769 2.2% 571
1924 60.9% 11,915 28.8% 5,640 10.3% 2,004
1920 66.1% 11,169 29.9% 5,057 4.0% 671
1916 52.2% 5,041 46.3% 4,469 1.5% 149
1912 24.6% 2,221 46.9% 4,241 28.6% 2,586
1908 52.6% 4,857 42.7% 3,937 4.7% 433
1904 49.0% 4,283 48.6% 4,246 2.4% 213
1900 50.2% 4,187 48.2% 4,021 1.7% 139
1896 57.0% 4,336 39.4% 3,002 3.6% 276
1892 41.0% 2,909 53.4% 3,789 5.6% 395
1888 41.8% 3,013 54.7% 3,939 3.5% 251
1884 40.3% 2,593 57.4% 3,697 2.3% 151



































United States presidential election results for Cook County, Illinois[3][4]
Year Republican / Whig Democratic Third party(ies)
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 558,269 24.01% 1,725,973 74.22% 41,163 1.77%
2016 453,287 20.79% 1,611,946 73.93% 115,111 5.28%
2012 495,542 24.59% 1,488,537 73.88% 30,740 1.53%
2008 487,736 22.82% 1,629,024 76.21% 20,706 0.97%
2004 597,405 29.15% 1,439,724 70.25% 12,305 0.60%
2000 534,542 28.65% 1,280,547 68.63% 50,818 2.72%
1996 461,557 26.73% 1,153,289 66.79% 111,820 6.48%
1992 605,300 28.20% 1,249,533 58.21% 291,822 13.59%
1988 878,582 43.36% 1,129,973 55.77% 17,589 0.87%
1984 1,055,558 48.40% 1,112,641 51.02% 12,536 0.57%
1980 856,574 39.60% 1,124,584 51.99% 181,939 8.41%
1976 987,498 44.69% 1,180,814 53.44% 41,436 1.88%
1972 1,234,307 53.41% 1,063,268 46.01% 13,462 0.58%
1968 960,493 41.11% 1,181,316 50.56% 194,729 8.33%
1964 895,718 36.82% 1,537,181 63.18% 0 0.00%
1960 1,059,607 43.33% 1,378,343 56.37% 7,319 0.30%
1956 1,293,223 56.80% 977,821 42.95% 5,800 0.25%
1952 1,188,973 50.21% 1,172,454 49.51% 6,512 0.28%
1948 1,015,800 45.23% 1,216,636 54.17% 13,463 0.60%
1944 924,659 41.91% 1,275,367 57.81% 6,165 0.28%
1940 938,454 44.38% 1,168,141 55.24% 8,212 0.39%
1936 701,206 34.90% 1,253,164 62.36% 55,087 2.74%
1932 690,146 41.47% 919,231 55.23% 54,855 3.30%
1928 812,063 52.73% 716,283 46.51% 11,825 0.77%
1924 688,973 61.87% 226,141 20.31% 198,538 17.83%
1920 635,197 71.12% 197,499 22.11% 60,441 6.77%
1916 435,695 51.20% 379,438 44.59% 35,830 4.21%
1912 74,851 17.44% 130,702 30.44% 223,759 52.12%
1908 230,400 55.51% 152,990 36.86% 31,701 7.64%
1904 229,848 58.49% 103,762 26.41% 59,335 15.10%
1900 203,760 50.80% 186,193 46.42% 11,181 2.79%
1896 221,823 58.43% 152,146 40.08% 5,639 1.49%
1892 111,254 42.57% 144,604 55.33% 5,472 2.09%
1844 1,119 35.58% 2,026 64.42% 0 0.00%

References

  1. ^ Leip, David. "Atlas of US Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Presidential Election Results". New York Times. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org.
  4. ^ "The Popular Vote of the United States, in the Presidential Election of 1844". New York Daily Herald. No. 5270. November 7, 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 2 August 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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Working on this at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Qwerfjkl (bot) 8. ― Qwerfjkltalk 07:17, 18 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@John M Wolfson, I know this is very late, but the task is, inasmuch as it can be automated, complete. There are a under 200 pages listed at User:Qwerfjkl/UScounties that could not be automatically. If you find any pages not listed on that page that still have wikitable markup, the bot may be able to process it (might not be worth it unless there are a large number). ― Qwerfjkltalk 17:21, 31 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Bring three or more delisted featured articles back to good article status

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  • Offeror: {{u|Sdkb}} talk
  • Date offered: 07:02, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
  • Request: Improve any three former featured articles back to good article status.
  • Reward: The Good Article Barnstar.
  • Limit on rewards: None
  • Expires: When there are no former featured articles remaining
  • Sign-up: Please ping me here when you begin work, and again once the GANs have succeeded.
Fantastic! {{u|Sdkb}} talk 04:59, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Vital article quality markers

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Thanks for the heads up, @The wub; handing out now! {{u|Sdkb}} talk 03:29, 27 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Upload a photo to use at Books of Wonder article

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Improve Level 2 Vital Articles to Good Article status

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Completing short descriptions for Level-5 Vital Articles

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Resolve issues on Wikipedia Page

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  • Offeror: Karan Gandhi Arch
  • Date offered: 6th January 2024
  • Request: Edit article to properly resolve 'Promotional Language' issue.
  • Reward: Amazon gift card.
  • Limit on rewards: One.
  • Expires: 10th January 2024.
  • Sign-up: Post on talk page. Expected completion is 14th January 2024.
@Karan Gandhi Arch: Which article(s)? GoingBatty (talk) 21:07, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Christopher Charles Benninger Karan Gandhi Arch (talk) 07:30, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Figure out how to escape page links from within

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  • Offeror: {{u|Sdkb}} talk
  • Date offered: 17:16, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
  • Request: At some point between April 2022 and September 2022 (notice the example section), a change somewhere broke {{Escape page link from within}}. Figure out what happened and either fix it or find another method of achieving the same functionality.
  • Reward: A WikiLove food or drink item of your choice on your talk page.
  • Expires: When the template is fixed or on 1 April 2047, whichever is sooner.
  • Sign-up: Ping me to let me know what you've done.
@Sdkb: I cleaned up/simplified a few things and it seems to work now (but I have no idea why it stopped working). LittlePuppers (talk) 23:37, 8 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nice work! I'll archive this as resolved. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 04:37, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Improve the list at Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/History

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  • Offeror: Interstellarity (talk)
  • Date offered: 13:10, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Request: For the Late modern and Contemporary sections of the list, there are some events in the Contemporary section that happened prior to 1945. Events that happened after 1945 should go into the Contemporary section while events prior to 1945 go in the Late modern section. In both sections, all events should be listed alphabetically.
  • Reward: Tireless Contributor Barnstar
  • Limit on rewards: None
  • Expires: December 31, 2023
  • Sign-up: Please ping me if interested.

Unionization

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  • Offeror: {{u|Sdkb}} talk, on behalf of WikiProject Organized labor
  • Date offered: 21:32, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
  • Request: Convert unionization from a redirect into its own article at least 5000 characters long, and successfully nominate a fun fact from it to WP:DYK.
  • Reward: The Red Link Removal Barnstar.
  • Limit on rewards: None
  • Expires: When unionization is created
  • Sign-up: I'll see on my watchlist when you begin work and probably touch base; let me know with a ping once the DYK appears.
User:Sdkb I have completed this. — Karnataka talk 21:51, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats! Barnstar delivered. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 22:06, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Convert Orbit Fab from a stub to a full article

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  • Offeror: Spaceeditor123 (talk)
  • Date offered: 20:39, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
  • Request: Convert the article Orbit Fab from its current stub status to an article at least 750 words long (currently approximately 250 words).
  • Reward: The Original Barnstar (one to each major contributor who signs up)
  • Limit on rewards: None
  • Expires: 23:44, 14 June 2023 (UTC)
  • Sign-up: Post to my talk page when you start and when you're done. Thank you.

Promote Vinoj P. Selvam to an article

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  • Offeror: SVcode(Talk)
  • Date offered: 00:15, 9 May 2023 (UTC)
  • Request: Promote Vinoj P. Selvam to at least an stub-class article. If you want you can promote it to an start class or beyond.
  • Reward: BLP barnstar
  • Limit on rewards: None
  • Expires: None
  • Sign-up: Talk Page

Add citations to Easter

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  • Offeror: BeanieFan11 (talk)
  • Date offered: 17:01, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
  • Request: Add citations to every unreferenced paragraph, section and to every place with a "CN" tag on the article Easter.
  • Reward: 4 barnstars. If it takes several users to accomplish this, they will get two each.
  • Limit on rewards: See above.
  • Expires: 31 March 2024
  • Sign-up: Post to my talk page to let me know if the request has been done.

Stub expanson (2nd revision)

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George Edgar Slusser

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Claimed by Ɱ. Chris Troutman (talk) 22:24, 7 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Biographical Assessment

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Claimed by Samsara Chris Troutman (talk) 14:34, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Doge (meme) and dogecoin

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  • Offeror: Retartist (talk)
  • Date offered: 09:16, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
  • Request: Promote Doge (meme) or Dogecoin to featured article Good Article
  • Reward: 1 Dogecoin Or a barnstar
  • Limit on rewards: One coin per article.
  • Expires: 1 April 2016. 8 April 2015
@Retartist: Featured status is a fair jump from where theses article are now, would you consider offering a reward to promote either article to GA? Perhaps a barn star? Freikorp (talk) 00:01, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Freikorp: Sure ill change it now. RetΔrtist (разговор) 00:09, 21 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Improving RfD template functionality

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  • Offeror: BDD (talk)
  • Date offered: 16:59, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
  • Request: Improve the {{rfd2}} template as requested Template talk:Rfd2#Improving functionality; three improvements are requested.
  • Reward: A barnstar for the editor who performs each edit. If at least two of these are completed in one week (by the end of 4 March 2015, UTC), I will make a donation of $20 (or $30, if all three are completed) to the Wikimedia Foundation. I would like to do that on behalf of the editors who improve the template; if anyone knows of a way to explicitly donate on someone's behalf, please let me know.
  • Expires: 25 February 2016
  • Completed by Steel1943. --BDD (talk) 18:03, 3 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Kurt Vonnegut photo

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Let me start looking--many times photos of authors were sent out for their new books, for interviews and other appearances. We may be able to work from that angle. We hope (talk) 15:42, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yaksar, Crisco 1492 See if this one works: File:Kurt Vonnegut 1972.jpg We hope (talk) 16:41, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Just want to say that you don't need to give me the barnstar because I do this (or at least try to) for anyone who asks. We hope (talk) 23:49, 22 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reward: A barnstar!
  • Expires: September 1, 2015

Stub expansion

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  • Offeror: Matty.007
  • Date offered: 18:57, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
  • Request: Frederick Edward-Collins, at present a stub, get to start-class. There are multiple references at the bottom of the article in hidden text to make the task easier.
  • Reward: The stub barnstar and a topical barnstar
  • Limit on rewards: Two barnstars per person (collaborating is encouraged)
  • Expires:06.07.2015

Stub expanson (revised)

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown for article improvements (two copies available)

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Collapsed to save space. Expand for details.

User:Sven Manguard/XCOM 2

Global Industrial (Company) Improvement

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  • Offeror: JWalk6 (talk!)
  • Date offered: 10:34, 25 November 2014
  • Request: The Page Draft:Global Industrial is currently unacceptable due to conflict of interest and lack of resources. This page needs to be made more neutral with additional contributors.
  • Reward: 3 Barnstars.
  • Limit on rewards: Max 3 barnstars per contributor.
  • Expires: 25 December 2014.

Vladimír Remek to B-class

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  • Offeror: C679
  • Date offered: 16:30, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
  • Request: Remek was the first person in space from a country other than the USA and USSR. Get the article on him to B-class by the end of 2014 (assessment must be conducted by a member of WP:CZ).
  • Reward: The Ribbon of National Merit
  • Limit on rewards: None.
  • Expires: 31 December 2014.
@Cloudz679: I've expanded the article and it's awaiting reassessment. Chris Troutman (talk) 17:03, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Article has been successfully expanded, reward issued. The request may now be archived. C679 19:44, 2 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Terraria for Terraria

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Note: I am not affiliated with Terraria in any way. I simply have extra copies of it in my Steam inventory.

Checking up on this request. Tezero, did you ever get that copy of Terraria from User:Odie5533? GamerPro64 17:17, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I did. It's fun enough, though I haven't played more than a few hours yet. Tezero (talk) 17:37, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@Odie5533: Do you have other copies to give away for this reward, or should I archive it? Cheers, TLSuda (talk) 13:04, 19 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Stanton Foundation

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  • Offeror: Stanton By Your Man (talk)
  • Date offered: 13:11, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
  • Request: Currently, Wikipedia has no article about the Stanton Foundation, the over $200-million offspring of the Ruth and Frank Stanton Fund. Please create a suitable "Start" article about the foundation.
  • Reward: $5 for an appropriate 3- to 5-sentence lede, plus $3 per reliably-sourced sentence of follow-up detail regarding this topic, up to $21.
  • Limit on rewards: Multiple recipients are eligible, but maximum payout will be $26. No rewards will be paid if the article is deleted or merged to Frank Stanton (executive) within 30 days of its creation.
  • Expired: July 4, 2014
  • I would move this request to "Expired requests" since it expired yesterday, but it appears that it was fulfilled. I emailed Stanton By Your Man on how he was going to carry out the reward but I did not get a response from him. I'm not sure what to do. GamerPro64 05:41, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to quickly point out that my e-mail inbox lacks any notification of being contacted by you, GamerPro64; but regardless, I appreciate this reminder that the offer has expired. By my reckoning, User:Eddymason is entitled to $5 for starting an appropriate 3- to 5-sentence lede, plus $9 for three additional reliably-sourced sentences of follow-up detail. I then calculate that User:The Devil's Advocate is entitled to $12 for adding approximately four additional sentences, although it is a little difficult to determine exactly because of much over-writing of Eddymason's content. This would sum to $26, which was the maximum payout. I will also note that User:Geraldshields11 added a heavy dose of incorrect information, attributing the Stanton Foundation (tax EIN number 133598005) to a doppelganger namesake in Jackson, Michigan, which has nothing to do with the Ruth and Frank Stanton body. If it is not too much trouble, I would ask that this notice (which I've now marked "Expired") stay in place until payments can be authenticated. - Stanton By Your Man (talk) 12:23, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
That is entirely possible. However, with Eddymason accounting first for $14 of the maximum $26, there was only $12 remaining for the additional sentences, anyway. I understand from my financial assistant that the two beneficiaries from this request have been paid via PayPal, so it can be moved to "Expired". Also, just to play devil's advocate for a moment, it may be appropriate to point out here that The Devil's Advocate seems to have been in violation of the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, which specify:
"...with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. You must make that disclosure in at least one of the following ways:
a statement on your user page,
a statement on the talk page accompanying any paid contributions, or
a statement in the edit summary accompanying any paid contributions."
Eddymason's edits predated the Wikimedia Foundation's new Terms of Use which focus on paid editing, so that is why I am only mentioning The Devil's Advocate. It seems that a more explicit reminder of the Wikimedia Foundation Terms of Use should be placed on this Reward Board page. I don't feel like a long-enough contributor in good standing to have the authority to make substantial changes to the preamble on this page. - Stanton By Your Man (talk) 12:46, 6 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I reverted my edits. Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:01, 5 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Frank Stanton (executive)

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  • Offeror: Stanton By Your Man (talk)
  • Date offered: 13:11, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
  • Request: Currently, Wikipedia's biography of Mr. Stanton contains no mention of his involvement in setting up anti-Communist surveillance at CBS in the early 1950's and the quiet blacklisting of certain actors and directors. It is a blemish on his record that he later (softly) regretted, or explained that he felt forced to do in order to keep CBS advertisers happy. It's an important enough event that it belongs (fully and reliably documented) in his Wikipedia biography.
  • Reward: $3 per reliably-sourced sentence regarding this topic, up to $15.
  • Limit on rewards: Multiple recipients are eligible, but maximum payout will be $15.
  • Expires: July 4, 2014
Note: it appears that User:Scortato has fulfilled this Reward Board request, and so payment of $15 will be processed soon for Scortato. - Stanton By Your Man (talk) 03:32, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Payment made in amount of $15 (£9). - Stanton By Your Man (talk) 20:07, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ribbon Alternatives for WP:WPMILHIST and WP:INDIA

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  • Offeror: Chris Troutman (talk)
  • Date offered: 07:36, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
  • Request: Ribbon Alternatives (shadowed, textured, and small ribbons) for the World War Barnstar. Alternatively, a complete single set of ribbons is also needed to represent both the India Star and the related India Barnstar of National Merit. The offerer will judge the entries for suitability to establish if the goal is met.
  • Reward: The Barnstar Barnstar for each complete set. If the same editor completes both, a different barnstar could be awarded for variety's sake.
  • Limit on rewards: One barnstar per complete set for a maximum of two.
  • Expires: 14 February 2015.
Would   work for the small one? If so, I'll try to make others in a similar manner. —PC-XT+ 05:36, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Yes that works for the small size and captures the idea. The request is for the complete set. Chris Troutman (talk) 07:03, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I haven't seen anyone make a complete set for the India ones, and felt like making some more ribbons, today. Are these suitable? File:India_Star_ribbon_(shadowed).png, File:India Star Ribbon.png, File:India Star rib.png, File:BoNM - India Ribbon (shadowed).png, File:BoNM - India Ribbon.png, File:BoNM - India rib.png —PC-XT+ 00:14, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
@PC-XT: Yes, those meet the requirements. Would you like a second barnstar barnstar or would you prefer a different award? Chris Troutman (talk) 03:12, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I am happy with either option. Thanks! —PC-XT+ 15:52, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
PC-XT completed sets for WP:INDIA's India Star and India Barnstar of National Merit. Chris Troutman (talk) 03:12, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Explore India

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Update: User:Chris troutman claimed the award for the entire original list, and I added a few more. Happy editing! —PC-XT+ 10:26, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Update: User:Green Giant claimed the award for the second batch of articles, improving Mayong (Assam) for a bonus barnstar! I may add more articles, soon, as I migrate... —PC-XT+ 02:00, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Update: User:Chris troutman and User:Green Giant continued to find coordinates and otherwise improve the articles, so I gave them each an India Geography award, as well. The list is getting long, but I may add a few more. —PC-XT+ 09:36, 12 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Stub expanson

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Ah ha, I get what all of these have in common. I might take a shot at one or two of these during the stub competition in December. Sven Manguard Wha? 17:55, 27 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I'm currently working on the Yellow-spotted Honeyeater article. --Jakob (Scream about the things I've broken) 20:06, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Silgan Holdings

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*Offeror: Cla68 (talk)

  • Date offered: 01:34, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
  • Request: Create an article about Silgan Holdings Inc., a consumer container company with $3.6 billion in sales, ranked #632 in the Fortune 1000, and component of the S&P MidCap 400 index.
  • Reward: The Original Barnstar and USD $75, payable direct to editor by check or PayPal, or equivalent donation to a humanitarian charity of winner's choice.
    • For a stub with 3 independent references (e.g., similar to Work N Gear), award is the barnstar.
    • For a start-class article with at least 10 independent references (e.g., similar to Aeroflex), award is the $75 gift.
  • Limit on rewards: One barnstar and one $75 prize will be rewarded to the editor(s) judged to have contributed the most to each goal.
  • Expires: 31 December 2013 The article has been completed as requested and the reward has been paid. Cla68 (talk) 07:50, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Expand List of Wikipedia controversies

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  • Offeror: SB Johnny on behalf of The Wikipediocracy Fund
  • Date offered: 15 April 2013
  • Request: English Wikipedia now has a new List article about the various Wikipedia controversies that have taken place over the years. The List is organized chronologically, by the date when the controversy either happened or became notably covered in reliable sources. We wish to see the List expanded with additional bullet points, where each bullet point is an independent event, and the editor must write at least 50 words about the event, and properly reference at least one credible, reliable source to verify the event and demonstrate its notability. Candidates for this prize will be registered Wikipedia user accounts whose entries are submitted under just one account (no use of multiple accounts). The judges will disqualify any added bullet points that fail to meet the 50-word minimum, or that insufficiently document the content with legitimate reliable sourcing. The judges will also disqualify any user who attempts to "game" the challenge (such as: duplicating entries on the same controversy; deleting the work of others and trying to re-add it as his/her own; plagiarizing other sources; etc.). Note that some Wikipedia articles already have a "Wikipedia controversy" section. Adding these to the new List are fair game, but the edit summary must clearly indicate that the content was based on material already in Wikipedia, not newly-generated content. Also, if you enter copied material that was covered only in a non-English Wikipedia, your edit summary must clearly indicate that your content was based on material translated from another Wikipedia, not newly-generated content.
  • Reward: Every qualifying contributor to the List will receive a coveted Internet Barnstar. The contributor adding the second-most qualifying bullet points will receive $75 (USD) from The Wikipediocracy Fund. The contributor who adds the most qualifying bullet points will receive $150 (USD) from The Wikipediocracy Fund, along with the Oddball Barnstar. Cash awards may be received via check or PayPal (to recipients who are willing to disclose their identity to Wikipediocracy judges), or the awards may be donated to a non-profit humanitarian charity of choice.
  • Limit on rewards: No limit on Internet Barnstars. Limit of two (2) cash awards.
  • Expires: 31 May 2013. Judges will issue all the awards before 15 June 2013.

Free copy of Civilization V for an FA

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This contest is now over. The free copy of Civilization V was won by Futuretrillionaire for bringing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion to Featured Article status.
Do you want a free copy of Civilization 5?

As part of a Steam pre-order deal for XCOM: Enemy Unknown I have just received a free copy of Civilization V, a top notch turn-based strategy game. Because I already owned a copy, I am free to gift the new one to anyone with a steam account. That anyone can be you.

Below is a list of some of my favorite games that are of C class or below. I will give my copy of Civilization V to the first user that brings any of the following articles to FA status:

If none of the articles above have made it to at least the stage of a good faith Featured article candidates run by the end of the year, I will expand the list to include some of my favorites that are ranked B or above:

If none of the articles from the first section make it to the stage of a good faith Featured article candidates run by the end of the year, but one of articles from the second was promoted before the end of the year, the nominator will instantly become eligible to claim my copy of Civilization V. If no game on either of the two lists makes it to FA status by April 6, 2013 (six months from the start of this competition) I will give my copy of Civilization V to the first user that brings any role playing or strategy game to FA status.

You must leave me a message on my user talk page in order to claim the prize.

Disclaimers: I only have one copy, so if you're going to work with someone else, you need to decide ahead of time who gets the game. I can only deliver the game via Steam. By receiving the game, you agree to never disclose any information that Steam transmits along with the game. I haven't read the terms of service closely enough to know if this transaction is a violation of them. If for any reason I lose the ability to gift the game, I am under no obligation to replace it; the competition is simply canceled. I reserve the right to add more games to the above lists.

Good luck. Sven Manguard Wha? 02:22, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

P.S. I am aware that some people will dislike this because it gets too close to "paid editing". I have no affiliation with anyone involved in any of these games. The selection was (essentially) completely arbitrary. The idea itself came about only because I had the game through the pre-order. If it were a different game that I recieved, I would be offering a different game. Please don't bombard my talk page if you think this is a bad idea; simply choose not to participate.

Help me with my header

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  • Offeror: — nerdfighter
  • Date offered: 15:29, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
  • Request: Fix my user header user:nerdfighter/header so it is centered on the page.
  • Reward: One technical barnstar, and a drink of your choice
  • Expires: March 8th 2014

Editor reviews

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  • Offeror: Buggie111 (talk)
  • Date offered: 23:34, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
  • Request: Review editors at WP:ER.
  • Reward:1-3 gets an Original Barnstar, 4-7 the Working Wikipedian,8-10 the Helping Hand, 11-13 the Barnstar of Dilligence,14-15 the Tireless Contributor. Anything higher, well, that's something special arranged on later.
  • Limit on rewards: No limit, though there are limited editors currently on review. Comment on my talkpage for further details
  • Expires: 5 October 2012 or when the backlog is less than a month old. Whatever comes first.
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    3family6
    Bailo26
    Bill william compton
    Cwmhiraeth
    Diannaa
    Kerowyn
    Miniapolis
    Mu Mind
    Pjoef
  Ryan Vesey
    Whpq
    Wilhelmina Will

Copy Editing

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  • Offeror: Guild of Copy Editors (GOCE) (contact: S Masters (talk))
  • Date offered: 05:14, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
  • Request: Participate in the GOCE's May Backlog Elimination Drive and copy edit articles totaling at least 4,000 words or more.
  • Reward: 12 different barnstars are available, depending on your achievements. A full list of awards can be found here.
  • Limit on rewards: Full details of the drive and its rules can be found on the Drives Home Page.
  • Expires: 31 May 2011
  • Awarded:
  A. Parrot
  Acabashi
  Anaxial
  Ankit Maity
  Broletto
          Chaosdruid
            Clarityfiend
      Cwmhiraeth
            Diannaa
  Dthomsen8
  Freywa
  Grapple X
          jjron
  Johnson487682
  Keys767
  LeonidasSpartan
  Lfstevens
  Lkiller123
    Miniapolis
  NielsenGW
  Ocean Shores
          Philg88
  PKT
  Queenmomcat
  Richard asr
  Rrius
      Slon02
  SMasters
  Spock of Vulcan
  Stfg
  Synthfiend
  Tea with toast
  Theking17825
  Torchiest
      Wilhelmina Will
  Ynhockey

Add references

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  AbbyKelleyite
  Eustress
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  • Offeror: WikiProject Wikify (contact: Guoguo12--Talk-- )
  • Date offered: 03:08, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
  • Request: Help to wikify articles by adding internal links and fixing syntax.
  • Reward: Many different rewards are available, depending on how many articles are wikified.
  • Limit on rewards: See awards page for details.
  • Expires: 23:59, 30 April 2011 (UTC).
  • Awarded:
  Ankit Maity
    Chzz
    Cwmhiraeth
    DaGizza
    Diannaa
    Doh5678
    Fang Aili
  Glimmer721
    Gobonobo
  Nightenbelle
    Pjoef
    Tea with toast
  Miniapolis
    Wilhelmina Will

Improve La Silla Observatory

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  • Offeror: Lars Lindberg Christensen
  • Date offered: 12:23, 1 February 2011 (CET)
  • Request: Improve the Wikipedia page for La Silla Observatory adding additional relevant information so as to have the usual structure of an article, including citations for verification, adding images to illustrate the text and improving the gallery (there is an ESO gallery on Wikipedia from where images can be included; another source could be the ESO website: Images/La Silla)
  • Reward: Eyes on the Skies DVD and book, ESO posters, 2011 calendar, pins and cap (all can be seen on the ESOshop)
  • Limit on rewards: Top three contributors will each get the award above.
  • Expires: Deadline extended to 23:59, 31 March 2011 (CET)
  • Awarded: Lemon martini

Copy Editing

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  • Offeror: Guild of Copy Editors (GOCE) (contact: S Masters (talk))
  • Date offered: 17:55, 1 March 2011 (UTC)
  • Request: Participate in the GOCE's March Backlog Elimination Drive and copy edit articles totaling at least 4,000 words or more.
  • Reward: 12 different barnstars are available, depending on your achievements. A full list of awards can be found here.
  • Limit on rewards: Full details of the drive and its rules can be found on the Drives Home Page.
  • Expires: 31 March 2011
  • Awarded:
  A. Parrot
  Acabashi
      Anaxial
  Ankit Maity
  Bobnorwal
  Broletto
      Chaosdruid
      Clarityfiend
  Cwmhiraeth
  Dac04
        Diadema812
    Diannaa
  Dthomsen8
  Grapple X
  GorillaWarfare
  H3llkn0wz
  Herostratus
  jjron
  Johnson487682
  Keidax
  Keys767
  Khaotika
          Lfstevens
  Lkiller123
  Mabuska
  Macwhiz
  Ohconfucius
    Pax85
  Phoenixkin
  PKT
          Queenmomcat
    Reaper Eternal
  Richard asr
  Rrius
        SMasters
      Spock of Vulcan
  Stfg
  The Interior
    Torchiest
  Triviator
  Ute in DC
  Wi2g
  Wilhelmina Will

Wikifying in the "March Mini"

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  • Offeror: WikiProject Wikify
  • Date offered: 03:53, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
  • Request: Wikify articles from the 2008 backlog as part of the March Mini, a minidrive.
  • Reward: First place will recieve the WikiProject Wikify Special Award. Second and Third will recieve the Superior Barnstar.
  • Limit on rewards: One.
  • Expires: When the 2008 backlog is cleared, or the end of March 2011 (whichever occurs first).
  • Awarded:
  Nihola
  Fallschirmjäger
  Wilhelmina Will

Pholiota squarrosa

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  • Offeror: The High Fin Sperm Whale
  • Date offered: 21:38, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
  • Request: Make the article 1,500 characters of text (not including tables etc.) to get it to DYK status. It is already nominated so this needs to be done in the next few days.
  • Reward: The DYK medal
  • Limit on rewards: One for however does this. If two people both add some, they will both get barnstars.
  • Expires: October 14 or until someone does it.
  • Awarded:
  Sasata

Ugandan Barnstar

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  • Offeror: Skibden (talk)
  • Date offered: 16:10, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
  • Request: For editing any of the articles related to the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, primarily copyediting, added refs and such. Links to articles can be found at SkibDen
  • Reward: Editors barnstar for minor GOOD edits and Uganda Barnstar for larger improvements. I monitor the sites, so I will reward you when I see it fit.
  • Limit on rewards: None. But if you completely blow me away, you will get a 3rd barnstar
  • Expires: December 31 2010
  • Awarded:
  Est.r (Bunyoro)
  FT2 (Copyedits)
    AmericanXplorer13

Typo Correction

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  • Offeror: Sophus Bie (talk)
  • Date offered: 10:26, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
  • Request: Help out at the Typo Team by correcting 350 typos. Document your corrections here, then contact me on my talk page when you're done.
  • Reward: The Typo Team Medal
  • Limit on rewards: I will hand out a maximum of 3 medals.
  • Expires: 30 March 2011
  • Awarded:
  GoingBatty
  Yaksar
  Wilhelmina Will

Copy Editing

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  • Offeror: Guild of Copy Editors (GOCE) (contact: S Masters (talk))
  • Date offered: 16:49, 1 January 2011 (UTC)
  • Request: Participate in the GOCE's January Backlog Elimination Drive and copyedit articles totaling at least 4,000 words or more.
  • Reward: 12 different barnstars are available, depending on your achievements. A full list of awards can be found here.
  • Limit on rewards: Full details of the drive and its rules can be found on the Drives Home Page.
  • Expires: 31 January 2011

Women's rights in Saudi Arabia Needs a Consistent Cite Format

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  • Offeror: Noloop (talk)
  • Date offered: 17:58, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
  • Request:There is a recent peer review: [35]. The main obstacle to GA status, I suspect, is that the citations are a mix of the simple "ref" format, and some other fancier templates. There are about 100 citations, so this isn't something I can (or want) to fix myself. Help needed!
  • Reward: Dunno. I've never done this before. A barnstar? Propose an article for deletion and I'll vote your way ! (Just kidding.) A peer review. Make an offer (not money). Whatever happened to good deeds being their own reward? Let's get the article to GA status.
  • Expires: When GA status is achieved or at 17:58, 11 September 2010 (UTC)Expiration date added by Griffinofwales (talk) Come and join theSimple English Wikipedia. See rules at top.
Completed by Guoguo12--Talk--  21:57, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Make at least 20 constructive edits to the Silver Reef article

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  • Offeror: The Utahraptor (talk)
  • Date offered: 14:38, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
  • Request: You must make at least 20 constructive edits to the article Silver Reef. You are not limited to 20 edits, however. The point is just to make Silver Reef a better article.
  • Reward: If you make 20 constructive edits, you will get the editor's barnstar. If you make 50 constructive edits, you will get the tireless contributor's barnstar.
  • Limit on rewards: Two awards per person.
  • Expires: December 31, 2010
I have made 22 constructive edits; I tidied most of the paragraphs throughout the article as best as I understood to, and I also left banners at the top of the page, citing the largest problems I could see. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:53, 11 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Revert vandalism on my user page

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  • Offeror: The Utahraptor Talk
  • Date offered: 00:41, 18 June 2010 (UTC)
  • Request: I'm busy patrolling Recent Changes, and may or may not notice vandalism on my user page quickly. What I want is for anybody that has rollback rights or uses Twinkle to revert any vandalism you find on my user page. Any edit that is made by an IP address, even if it appears constructive, is vandalism, because I always make sure I'm logged in before I do anything with my user page. Also any edit from a new user that isn't a vandalism revert is probably vandalism, too.
  • Reward: I am prepared to offer an anti-vandalism barnstar to anyone who reverts vandalism on my user page. If you revert more than three vandal edits on my user page you will get the user page shield barnstar.
  • Limit on rewards: Four barnstars per person.
  • Expires: 4/20/11

Cello (web browser) Creator Interview with Network World

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  Resolved
 – Award given to User:Traxs7
  • Offeror: Smallman12q (talk)
  • Date offered: 23:44, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Request: I'm looking for a link for the Cello (web browser). It states in Network World (October 27,1997) , that an interview was conducted with the creator of Cello for nwfusion.com . It gives the DocFinder id as 4421. I however, cannot find this interview. The interview should be online and accessible via wayback machine or via subscription, but I can't seem to find the link...I'd be grateful to anyone who could.
  • Reward: 2 Citation Barnstars
  • Limit on rewards: 1 per individual
  • Expires: January 1, 2011
2 Citation barnstars given to User:Traxs7 for this link: http://www.networkworld.com/news/1997/1027browser3.html . Thanks^.^Smallman12q (talk) 12:00, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Old School Vandalsim Hunting 4

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  • Offeror: Ottawa4ever (talk)
  • Date offered: 17:02, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
  • Request: Wikipedia:VANDALSIM#Types_of_vandalism lists over 20 types of vandalism edits. The task is to find 4 examples of 4 different types of vandalism listed in this table in wikipedia. Once found those disruptive edits should be reverted and the disrupting user should be warned. An example of succesfully completing this challenge would be reverting 4 incidences of blanking, 4 incidences of spam, 4 incidences of userspace vandalism, and 4 incidences of silly vandalism. Any configuration is acceptable so long as the incidences are examples from the table on WP:Vandalism. Once you've completed the task please notify me with the appropriate diffs (or post any questions here); O4E Challenges. In addition to spice the challenge and in the spirit of collaboration, you may collaborate with another user to revert vandalism (someone with little previous anti-vandalsim background) and present a combined application (same requirements 4 x 4 incidences for a total of 16 vandalism reversions in the combined application), an additional Defender of the Wiki star will be presented to both you and the new user for this feat providing you combined meet the challenge. As a side note, the collaboration should be mostly equal in terms of edit count for the challenge Queries/ problems bugs please message me thanks.
  • Reward: Anti-vandalsim Barnstar for independent hunting, Defender of the wiki for collaborative effort
  • Limit on rewards: 1 per person
  • Expires: March 2011 (or until 4 people/groups have completed the competition)
  VernoWhitney
  Traxs7
  PrincessofLlyr royal court
  The High Fin Sperm Whale

Old School Vandalism hunting 3

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  • Offeror: Ottawa4ever (talk)
  • Date offered: 01:19, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
  • Request: Read Wikipedia:Vandalism. Under the types of vandalism heading there is a list of catageories. The task is to find an example of ten types of vandalism and undo them (if possible*). Make sure after you undo the edit to warn the doer. If you can find an example of at least 10 different types and revert them (there are 21 different types) then i will award you with a barnstar. To claim the award provide the relevant Diff`s at User:Ottawa4ever/rewards or ask any questions or clarifications there. If you find an example of 21 types and revert those, I will offer an additional barnstar as a reward for your hard work. This is valid for edits after June 15th 2009, Using pop ups is allowed. *some types of vandalism may require the use of admin assistance, by bringing them to the attention of an admin this will count in the tally. Challenge is open to both non-admins and admins.
  • Reward: Defender of the wiki barnstar
  • Limit on rewards: First 3 to do so (1 per person)
  • Expires: July 2010
  • Successful Challengers:
  Dank (push to talk)
  Heracles31
  VernoWhitney

Old school Vandalism Hunting 2

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  • Offeror: Ottawa4ever (talk)
  • Date offered: 21:29, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Request: Find sneaky vandalism that has been present in an article for over one year. Sneaky vandilism is described in more detail on Wikipedia:Vandalism. I wil give a barnstar after you notify me here; User:Ottawa4ever/rewards with the proper 'diff' and describe why and proove the edit was sneaky vandalism. Be sure to fix or revert the information so that the article is accurate afterwards.
  • Reward: Anti-Vandalism barnstar.
  • Limit on rewards: First 5 to do so.
  • Expires: May 15, 2010
 OhanaUnitedTalk page
 Wehwalt (talk) (Met challenge twice)
 Shahab (talk)
 Grim23★
 JPMcGrath

Furry articles

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  Furry convention: $50 to Zscout370 on 2007-10-28
  Jack: $50 to ISD on 2007-11-02
  Kevin and Kell: $50 to ISD on 2007-12-02
  Ozy and Millie: $50 to ISD on 2008-02-22
  Fursuit: $50 to Zscout370 on 2008-04-06
  Bunnies & Burrows: $35 to Turlo Lomon, $5 to Webwarlock, Craw-daddy and Bilby on 2008-09-19

Bob Welch songs

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  • Offerer: Thekohser
  • Date offered: July 10, 2009
  • Request: Informative and engaging articles (with at least 3 independent reference sources) about the Bob Welch songs, Sentimental Lady and Hypnotized
  • Reward: $15 for each song article, or $35 total (a $5 bonus!) if both done by same editor before September 14, 2009
  • Limit on rewards: Wikipedia administrators are not eligible. Two editors at most will be paid, one for each song. In the case of multiple collaborators, I will choose the one who had primary influence on the article. If recipient wishes for the money to be donated to a charity, it must not be the Wikimedia Foundation or any "free culture" organization. Payment will be a mailed commercial check, drawn on a U.S. bank.
  • Expires: October 1, 2009.

I've expanded Sentimental Lady from a redirect into start class article due for a DYK... I'll look into Hypnotized now... Himalayan 19:59, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've also started an article on Hypnotized (Fleetwood Mac song) with three valid references! Himalayan 20:33, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Himalayan did a very nice job on getting these articles started, and he has been paid in full. Someone who knows the process of archiving these requests may do their magic now. -- Thekohser 13:27, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Old School Vandalism hunting

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  • Offeror: Ottawa4ever (talk)
  • Date offered: 18:52, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
  • Request: In the period of May 15 to July 15th fight vandalism without using any automatic assisted programs or scripts (ie. such as twinkle or huggle) to help. If you manage to this and revert 100 cases of vandalism using 'old school' methods, and warn the users properly (without scripts and programs). I will give you a barnstar after you notify me and you completed this challenge here; User:Ottawa4ever/rewards .
  • Reward: Anti-Vandalism barnstar.
  • Limit on rewards: first 3 to do so.
  • Expires: July 15, 2009
  Griffinofwales (talk) 19:27, 23 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  Sophus Bie (talk)
  Amorymeltzer

Userbox Organizer

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  • Expires:  Done

Decent article for culture of Lithuania

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  • Offerer: Renata (talk)
  • Date offered: 02:05, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
  • Request: Bring culture of Lithuania to anything decent. It does not have to FA, GA, or close to that. If the article is decently covering major aspects and does not require any more maintenance templates, I will be happy. Think of it as C-class article with in-line footnotes. Any questions, as on my talk.
  • Reward: $50 USD -- can be split
  • Limit on rewards: 1 article, can be split
  • Expires: until removed
  • Recipient: miranda
  • Awarded: Renata (talk) 05:45, 9 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Emma Goldman FA

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  • Offeror: Kaldari
  • Date offered: 22:03, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Request: Bring Emma Goldman to FA status and contact me once it is done.
  • Reward: $30 USD, payable via PayPal. I can donate this to the charity of your choice if you prefer.
  • Limit on rewards: 1 reward available, can be split if requested
  • Expires: January 31, 2008
  • Recipient: Scartol
  • Date awarded: January 2008
  • Paid: $30 to charity per editor's request

Free-license photo of Anne Frank Tree

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  • Reward: $20 for a GFDL, CC-by, or public domain photo of the Anne Frank Tree
  • Offerers: Kaldari ($10) and SEWilco ($10)
  • Date offered: November 22, 2007
  • Expires: When the tree is no longer standing
  • Notes: Photo must be decent resolution and quality (not at night) and feature the tree as the main subject of the photo.
  • Recipient: Miranda
  • Date awarded: December 2007
  • Paid: $20

Uranus

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  • Offeror: User:Remember
  • Date offered: August 3, 2007
  • Request: Bring Uranus to featured article status
  • Reward: $20
  • Limits on reward: In order to get the reward, a person needs to both: (1) be the first to claim the month on User:Remember/Contributions/Reward Board in which the article is promoted to FA status and (2) have contributed during that month to the promotion of the article to FA status. Thus, if user:Joe Smith was the first to put his name under August 2007 on the User:Remember/Contributions/Reward Board wikipedia page, and Joe Smith helped get the article to FA status during that month, then he would receive $20. A editor can only claim a month once.
  • Expires: Already awarded. So expired

New barnstar design

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  • Offeror: User:Clarityfiend
  • Date offered: Sunday, May 27, 2007
  • Request: I would like a futuristic-looking barnstar with a cherry stuck on top, so I can properly recognize some hard-working, deserving devotees of a certain science-fiction writer.
  • Reward: I will copyedit an article of your choice (not too esoteric, please) to a fare-thee-well. It will gleam with polished excellence by the time I get through with it.
  • Expires: When it gets done or I get swallowed by a passing black hole.
  • Update: Ling.Nut has exceeded my expectations in fulfilling this request.

User:Quatreryukami

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  • Offeror: above stated user
  • Date offered: Sunday, May 6 2007
  • Request: Clean up my Main Page (organize userboxes and put them in a Show/Hide box, etc.), and clean up my talk page so there is a directory for my Archived talk, and any messages I want to put there for posters*

Reward: An appropriate barnstar and credit on my pages

  • Expires:When request is complete.
Update: Main page is clean, and barnstar is awarded to Pupster21; I am still looking for someone to organize my talk! Barnstar will be awarded for this as well. Quatreryukami 02:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
User:Quatreryukami did not mention this, but I completed this and I was awarded. Greeves (talk • contribs) 21:34, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Almost any Lithuania-related article

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  • Offeror: Renata3
  • Date offered: 21:38, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Request: Make almost any Lithuania-related article a Featured Article
  • Reward: $50
  • Recipient: Zscout370
  • Article: Flag of Lithuania
  • Date awarded: 04:04, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Note: one more reward is waiting for its owner... (see above)

Tennessee State Museum

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  • Offeror: Kaldari
  • Date offered: 21:28, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Request: Write a decent-quality non-stub article about the Tennessee State Museum
  • Reward: $10 or $20 USD (see notes below)
  • Limit on rewards: 1 reward available, can be split if requested.
  • Notes: For the $10 reward, the article must be of acceptable writing quality, at least 400 words (not counting lists, templates, refereces, or external links), and include at least two references. For the $20 reward, the article must be well written, at least 800 words (not counting lists, templates, refereces, or external links), and include at least three references. Reward payable via PayPal only. Can be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation if requested.
  • Recipient: Snailwalker
  • Date awarded: 16:07, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Paid: $10 to foundation (at user request).

BMI Images

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Pre-War Blues, Gospel, and Jug Band: Will Shade

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  • Offeror: Catherineyronwode
  • Date offered: 22:43, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Request: Create from scratch a biographical article longer than a stub about any individual "red link" pre-war African American rural acoustic blues, jug band, gospel, or songster musician -- or any collective "red link" pre-war African American acoustic hokum, jug band, string band, or gospel group -- and contact me once it is done. Extra rewards paid for articles with photos (but not for photos alone), and extra rewards paid for articles with valid external links to discographies and caches of lyrics (see sliding scale).
  • Reward: Text: $15.00 (US currency) per text article (base rate). Image: Add $5.00 (US currency) if a photo is included (only one photo per page will be paid for, and it must feature the artist -- album covers with generic photos or painted artwork do not count). External Links: Add $1.00 (US currency) per external link to a discography, add $1.00 (US currency) per external link to a lyrics cache. No bonus paid for external links to other biographies, although they may, of course, be cited. Total possible reward per page: $22.00 (US currency).
  • Recipient: → J@red 
  • Date awarded: 19:47, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Paid: $20 to user.

Apple Macintosh photographs (partial)

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Interdental plate article creation

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  • Offeror: Spawn Man
  • Date offered: 05:25, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Request: Create an article (whether it be a stub or more) on the Interdental plate that is of a good quality writing & is factually correct.
  • Reward: Just the plain old Image:Barnstar.png - never can have too many, but it always feels good to recieve one for a job well done.
  • Limit on rewards: May take some expert knowledge, but other than that, go wild. Not literally, we can't have any Wikipedia editors outside running around eating out of garbage cans can we now?
  • Other notes: After you have completed article, say you've created it on my talk page & i'll inspect it. If it's okay, you shall recieve your reward in abundance!
  • Recipient: Johntex
  • Date awarded: 06:45, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Rewarded: 1X Barnstar to user.

Antikythera mechanism footnote fixes

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  • Offeror: Spawn Man
  • Date offered: 10:59, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Request: The footnotes of the article Antikythera mechanism are all stuffed up. Someone needs to go through & place in the right footnote formatting throughout the article. If you can, there'll be a barnstar waiting for you at the end...
  • Reward: The Image:Barnstar-minor.png (Minor barnstar). You don't see these very often (who really wants a small wee barnstar really apart from you, the bounty hunter?) & like I said, it will be well worth it at the end...
  • Limit on rewards: Must be the correct formatting.
  • Other notes: After you have completed the task, say you've completed it on my talk page & I'll inspect it. If it's okay, you shall recieve your reward in abundance!
  • Recipient: SteveBaker
  • Date awarded: 07:05, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Rewarded: 1X Minor Barnstar to user.

Userbox Page

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  • Offeror: La Alquimista
  • Date offered: 07:16, 30 October 2008 (UTC)
  • Request: Tidy up my already messed up userbox page.
  • Reward: A Special Barnstar
  • Limit on rewards: First come, first serve
  • Expires: Offer open until someone comes and claims it.

MRB Constant

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  • Offeror: Marvin Ray Burns (talk)
  • Date offered: April 21, 2009
  • Request: An article about the MRB Constant
  • Reward: A barnstar awarded to Eustress talk. Thank You!
  • Limit on rewards: No Limit on rewards
  • Expires: April 21, 2010

Give good reviews to at least 3 editors at WP:ER

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  • Offeror: œ™
  • Date offered: 04:26, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
  • Request: Wikipedia:Editor review is backlogged and desperately needs reviewers. If you've ever been ignored in your life I'm sure you know how it feels.. not very nice. Every editor deserves at least a few positive words on their progress or constructive criticism if they request it. Therefore I will offer a barnstar (maybe two depending on how good the reviews are) to anyone who provides at least 3 editors with reviews. But they MUST be good quality reviews, each tailored to the specific individual and not just generic boilerplates for every editor.
  • Reward: A special barnstar
  • Limit on rewards: Since I won't always be monitoring the page, I'll limit it to 5 different people that each give 3 reviews, they'll all get barnstars, and that's 15 editors reviewed so I'm happy with that. If anyone gives more than 3 reviews then I will give them more barnstars if that's what they want :) The point is, we want these editors to feel important and encouraged.
  • Expires: *limit reached*
  • Awarded:
  Marcusmax(speak)
  Btilm
  Kayau Voting IS evil
  Heracles31 (talk)
  The Utahraptor Talk
  Buggie111 (talk)
  Sophus Bie (talk)
  Eustress talk
  PrincessofLlyr royal court
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  • Offeror: KiasuKiasiMan (talk)
  • Date offered: 13:59, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
  • Request: Change [[PlayStation]] to [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] on all PlayStation game articles.

The Original Barnstar or The Video Games Barnstar.

  • Limit on rewards: Each major contributor shall receive a barnstar each. Leave a message on my talk page to claim.
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  • Awarded:
  Tavatar (Talk)

Alumni grad years and citations

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QUESTION: Are you looking to add citations to List of Cornell University people or do you want graduation year notations and inline citations added to the main Cornell University article? NielsenGW (talk) 15:24, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The latter. —Eustress talk 19:21, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Found 37! On the hunt for more... NielsenGW (talk) 00:22, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Finished with a total of 48 confirmed citations. NielsenGW (talk) 14:45, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Awarded:
  NielsenGW (talk)
  NielsenGW (talk)
  H1nkles (talk) citius altius fortius

The Quasar barnstar

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   Achowat

Shadowed Ribbon for New Page Patroller's Barnstar

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  • Offeror: Achowat (talk)
  • Date offered: 14:45, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
  • Request: Create a Shadowed Ribbon, in keeping with the others found on WP:RIB, for the NPP Barnstar
  • Reward: {{The Graphic Designer's Barnstar}} and a $20 (USD) donation to the Wikimedia Foundation in your name or a $10 (USD) direct payment to the editor.
  • Expires: 09:30, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
  • Awarded: Completed by Offeror, 30 December 2011

Create Portal:Grey's Anatomy

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Beyond Good & Evil

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005

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  • Offeror: Godsy (TALKCONT)
  • Date offered: 19:37, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
  • Request: Gain access to Kurtz, Bill (2007). "The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games". Schiffer Book for Collectors. Schiffer Publishing. 005; p. 211. ISBN 978-07-643-1925-9 and use it to improve Draft:005 (however much improvement the source allows for).
  • Reward: The Video Games Barnstar
  • Limit on rewards: One barnstar will be awarded to whoever completes the task first. Please leave a message on my talk page once the task is completed; apologies in advance for any delay that might occur in granting the award.
  • Expires: Saturday, November 3, 2018 (six months from date offered).
  • Awarded: Fulfilled by Worldbruce, May 10, 2018

Add the option of WikEd color

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  • Offeror: Doc James (talk · contribs · email)
  • Date offered: 06:03, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
  • Request: The colors used by the Wikitext editor syntax highlighting are IMO poor. I am wanting WikED colors as an option. Further details here
  • Reward: Personal check from me for 100 CAD mailed to whoever solves this.
  • Expires: Expires at the end of 2018.
  • Awarded: Fulfilled by wbm1058, April/May 2018

The Signpost barnstar ribbons

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  • Offeror: Chris Troutman (talk)
  • Date offered: 13:37, 19 July 2019 (UTC)
  • Request: A ribbon version (in shadowed, textured, and small variants) of The Signpost Barnstar
  • Reward: Your choice of either the Invisible, Minor, or Graphic Designer's barnstar.
  • Limit on rewards: Only one award for the complete set of three, the winning entry chosen by me if multiple editors provide submissions as well
  • Expires: July 19, 2020
  • Sign-up: Person interested in taking on the task. Please provide expected completion date.
  •   Done Here's my proposals Will (talk) 14:21, 3 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Barnstar Shadowed Ribbon Textured Ribbon Small Ribbon
 
The Signpost Barnstar 		 
File:Signpost Barnstar Shadowed.svg 		 
File:Signpost Barnstar.svg 		 
File:Signpost Barnstar.svg

GA review: Afghanistan

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  • Offeror: Cerebellum (talk)
  • Date offered: 15:31, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
  • Request: Conduct a good article review for Afghanistan. Don't care if you fail it or pass it, I'm just tired of waiting for a review. Review must be at least 1000 bytes long.
  • Reward: I will review any GAN of your choice, or work on an article of your choice for two hours (no businesses or living people).
  • Limit on rewards:
  • Expires: 31 January 2020
  • Fulfilled: User:Lee Vilenski

Review old AfC submissions

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  • Offeror: Cerebellum (talk)
  • Date offered: 02:17, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
  • Request: Review old AfC submissions. Submissions must be at least 60 days old, review must be conducted after this posting. Must have at least 1000 edits on your account.
  • Reward: $1 US per review. I will deny rewards if the reviews appear to be of low quality.
  • Limit on rewards: $1000 US
  • Expires: 15 January 2020
  • Sign-up: Just post on my talk page or send me an email if you want to claim the reward, with a list of drafts reviewed. Can pay via paypal, venmo or Amazon gift cards. Might take me a few days to respond.

Completing short descriptions for good articles

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@Sdkb: Done about 750 short descriptions and I think I am done with this task. Record is here. --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 02:06, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like the list is done now. Please put me down for about 1000 short description clean ups. Thanks all.--Akrasia25 (talk) 17:55, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Akrasia25 I'm still seeing 240 pages. ― Qwerfjkltalk 18:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You are right. The report returned no results an hour ago. Thanks everyone almost there. --Akrasia25 (talk) 19:13, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Sdkb:   Done Many hands. Well done all.--Akrasia25 (talk) 14:00, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Great work, all! I've handed out the barnstars. Hopefully I didn't miss anyone, but if I did, please ping me (and my apologies). On to the next task!   (This may be archived soon.) {{u|Sdkb}} talk 19:17, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Add content links to Frances Parthenope Verney

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  • Literature Girl: Literaturegirl (talk)
  • October 6, 2021: 18:01, 6 October 2021 (UTC)
  • Request: On the Frances Parthenope Verney article, there is a link to a google archived article "In a Great Town Hospital" in the external links section. Many thank yous to whoever did that. I found that extremely valuable. If possible, I would like to add two more links to that section. The links should lead the reader to other important articles by Parthenope Verney. The articles I would like to see included are "The Miseries of War" and "Class Morality (“Class Morality.” Saint Paul's Magazine 8 (June 1871): 259-268. British Periodicals.") The Wikipedia article on P. Verney references both of these articles. They are equally representative of P. Verney's work with the Great Town Hospital article. Please note the links should lead to the complete text of the article, not bibliographical information.
  • Reward: US $25 via PayPal per link to each entire article, the tireless contributor barnstar, and I will reciprocate by copy editing up to three articles of your choice. Please be sure you understand PayPal before taking this assignment. It can take several days for the payment to "clear." It's almost as bad as mailing a check. If you'd prefer me to mail you a check, please let me know. Please correspond with me on my talk page about this if you would like to know more. Disclosure: I am a Nightingale scholar, and Parthenope is a Nightingale. I am not related to the Nightingales, however.
  • Limit on rewards: As indicated in the reward section of this offer
  • Expires: October 14, 2021
  • Sign-up:  Y done. St★lwart111 23:57, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:07102010 (Crown the Empire album)

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  • Offeror: Moony483 (talk)
  • Date offered: 18:08, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
  • Request: Help proofread/edit Draft:07102010 (Crown the Empire album) to meet Wikipedia standards.
  • Reward: I am very new to this, so I'm not sure how rewards work. As long as no monetary payment is required, I'm happy to do anything within my reach. I'm also especially willing to help translate articles (EN/ES, either direction) and proofread for grammar/spelling (EN/ES). I can also add archive links to references wherever needed and hunt for new refs.
  • Limit on rewards: Whatever I have time for, I'm a university student, and therefore pretty busy.
  • Expires: Until the article submission is approved or it is otherwise determined that the subject doesn't meet Wikipedia requirements for notability.
  • Sign-up: Please let me know you're joining (either here, on my talk page, or the article talk page). Multiple people can join, there's no limit.

Remove "A" as the first word from short descriptions

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  • Offeror: 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk, FAQ, contribs)
  • Date offered: ~~
  • Request: Remove "A" as the first word from short descriptions, per WP:SHORTDESC.
  • Reward: Your choice of barnstar, and I'll "thank" any random edits that I find interesting.
  • Limit on rewards: None. Pick as many barnstars as you like (within reason)!
  • Expires: When there are less than 50 article short descriptions that start with "a", or all of the rest are within reason.
  • Sign-up: Feel free to ping me here when you start on this task, and another ping when you finish.
    For the sake of the sanity of whoever takes this up: Please use AWB. For anyone not familiar use the search hastemplate:"short description" insource:/short description\|[Aan? /]to generate the list and replace ({{[Ss]hort description\|)[Aa]n? (\w) with $1{{subst:uc:$2}}. This is also a typical example of when JWB with faster saving and better substitution handling in diffs. If you don't have AWB access just ask. The folks at WP:AWBREQ are also always hungry for tasks. --Trialpears (talk) 21:54, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Trialpears This doesn't work when the character after the 'a(n)' is not a number or a letter, such as here. As a side note, thanks for the RegEx! —Qwerfjkltalk 20:35, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Qwerfjkl I think you messed up the oldid, but the solution would be expanding the types of characters it capture after a(n). Try replacing \w with a period (.) which should match literally anything instead of just "word characters". I can't guarantee there won't be weird edge cases though. --Trialpears (talk) 20:49, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Trialpears Thanks! (fixed the oldid). —Qwerfjkltalk 21:06, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@EpicPupper: I can take this on with AWB. I'm assuming you want the first word capitalized as well? Yeeno (talk) 🍁 06:35, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Yeeno, yes, thanks! I'm a pretty active AWB user myself as well, and with Trialpears' instructions, I'll probably try to take this on myself as well. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk, FAQ, contribs) 16:13, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@EpicPupper, Trialpears, and Yeeno: Any reason this couldn't be done by an AWB bot? I'd be happy to submit the BFRA if you like, and also remove "The" per WP:SDFORMAT. GoingBatty (talk) 22:48, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I imagine there are a couple of false positives where it could cause issues. For example "A iPhone model" would be converted to "IPhone model" which wouldn't be great. --Trialpears (talk) 22:55, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly. I was thinking of a bot, but it would probably have too many false positives. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk, FAQ, contribs) 23:47, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@EpicPupper: Fair enough. I've added your find/replace rule to my AWB setup, and am making those updates when I visit articles for another reason. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 00:08, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@EpicPupper I'll try this with JWB. —Qwerfjkltalk 21:34, 26 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm doing a few too ... from the back of the search list, it looks like I'm in danger of edit conflicts with Qwerfjkl ☆ Bri (talk) 23:22, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
By my calculations there are about 2,700 left. I got a little burned out but will jump back in to try to finish. Watch out for A capella! ☆ Bri (talk) 23:06, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There might be 1,500 or so left. All those "a species of fly" are gone now, I think. ☆ Bri (talk) 13:04, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: A useful task, but I would ask anyone tackling it not just to blindly remove "A" or "An". While you're there, also check that the remainder of the description complies with WP:SDFORMAT. In particular, many existing descriptions are far too long and need to be shortened to no more than 40 characters. MichaelMaggs (talk) 07:48, 10 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@MichaelMaggs I've been using the RegEx:
Replace: (\{\{\s*?[Ss]hort description\s*?\|.*?)[\.| |\. |,]\}\}
With:$1{{
To remove punctuation from the end.
1000 left! ―Qwerfjkltalk 06:22, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Qwerfjkl: I'm curious why you're using \s*? instead of \s* Are you replacing the regex with $1{{ or $1}} Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 02:44, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Oops, I meant $1}} ―Qwerfjkltalk 05:35, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: An initial article ("a", "an", or "the") should only be removed from short descriptions that are noun phrases. When an article has a short description formatted as a sentence (Example: Euclid's lemma, "A prime that divides a product divides one of the factors"), the article should not be removed, because it would break the grammar of the sentence. Also, do not convert these sentences into noun phrases by adding useless verbiage ("Lemma that a prime that divides a product divides one of the factors") just to comply with the rule about articles in short descriptions; that would not be an improvement. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:14, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@EpicPupper Pretty much finished . ―Qwerfjkltalk 19:13, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Qwerfjkl for the ping. I've awarded barnstars to everyone who participated, please let me know if I missed anyone. Cheers! 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk, FAQ, contribs | please use {{ping}} on reply) 21:06, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

🐶 EpicPupper Going to start on it, a few left. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tintinkien (talk • contribs) 13:03, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@EpicPupper: I will give this a start.--Akrasia25 (talk) 00:36, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Completed. The list is done. The only ones left are for variations of "A cappella group" which is a group that performs A cappella so we should leave those alone. Good that a bot did not remove those instances of 'a'. (Now I have to go back and revert a few instances. I think it is good to close this task/reward. Any missed?--Akrasia25 (talk) 01:32, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like this is done, yep. Once again, thanks everyone! I’ll reward barnstars to whoever I didn’t last time. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk, FAQ, contribs) 17:03, 9 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sign-up @EpicPupper: I would like to sign up for this; ~70 articles is pretty easy and I can finish this quickly. Luxtaythe2nd (talk) 15:24, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Luxtaythe2nd This task is finished. The actual number of articles is probably less than 20; the rest are "a cappella" and similar exceptions. ― Qwerfjkltalk 17:57, 7 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Creating spoken versions of Level-1 Vital Articles

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Creating spoken version of English language

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  • Offeror: {{u|Sdkb}} talk, on behalf of WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia
  • Date offered: 23:56, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
  • Request: Add a spoken version of English language
  • Reward: The Spoken Barnstar
  • Expires: When a spoken version of the article is created
  • Sign-up: Just ping me if you've completed the task.

X Challenge

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  • Offeror: CactiStaccingCrane (talk)
  • Date offered: 18:49, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
  • Request: Improve any article that is related about SpaceX to a good article status. All eligible articles can be found at WP:SPACEX. You don't need to be a space nerd to improve them!
  • Reward: An exclusive X Challenge barnstar, which is much more than just a regular barnstar. Smaller prize can be given when notified at my talk page. (Reward detail would be finalized soon)
  Congrats on completing the X Challenge!
This challenge is inspired from XPRIZE, a competition that involves solving extremely hard problems. Something something something something something something something something something something something something something something something something.
Good luck, CactiStaccingCrane.
  • Limit on rewards: No limit! More is better!
  • Expires: 6 May 2022, 20 years anniversary of SpaceX
  • Sign-up: Please notify me at my talk page to have special arrangements. If you actually want to get the prize, please notify me in my talk page. I will be your mentor for everything SpaceX-related.

Adding references to the draft

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Shorten long short descriptions

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  • Offeror: Luxtay the IInd (talke to mee)
  • Date offered: 15:58, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
  • Request: Clear Category:Articles with long short description (currently ard. 6500 articles)
  • Reward: The Short Description Barnstar
  • Limit on rewards: In the case of possible multiple rewards, any limit set.
  • Expires: When the category is cleared, c. early to mid 2022
  • Sign-up: Reply to this request.
I'll try to make a dent on these. Retswerb (talk) 06:28, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Having a go at this (although there are definitely some articles still in the category that have already had their descriptions shortened). pinktoebeans (talk) 19:28, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'll participate in this. I usually find these long ones annoying, and here's some incentivization. -2pou (talk) 23:13, 18 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
There's definitely something buggy in populating this category. A number seem to correlate to auto-generated short descriptions from certain infoboxes (i.e. the auto SD would be long, but someone overrode/customized it with something short, yet it's still flagged), but others I can't figure out. -2pou (talk) 01:02, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
To help out people finding the same, there are some opened topics regarding this category at Wikipedia talk:Short description#Template incorrectly categorizing when transcluded and Wikipedia talk:Short description#"Category:Articles with long short description" isn't working that indicate this category can't be fully cleared until some additional changes are made (not sure if it'd be on the category end or the transclusion end). To editor Luxtaythe2nd: Courtesy ping for SA as the offeror. -2pou (talk) 20:19, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe you could try an (expensive) search like hastemplate:"Short description" insource:/\{\{short description\|[^\}]{100,}/
 ― Qwerfjkltalk 21:03, 20 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm up to trying for this. 🐶 EpicPupper (he/him | talk) 22:57, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try to make a dent at this when I can. JML1148 (talk) 23:36, 8 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto. I'll go take a look at the category and take care of what I can. Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me | Contributions). 08:53, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Let's do this. I'll try to get 25-75 per day. interstatefive  18:06, 9 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Well I did about 15 and 3 got reverted (1 with the edit summary "vandalism"), so I may want to stay away from this for a bit. interstatefive  15:28, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Luxtaythe2nd: Just to let you know, the backlog was recently finished. There aren't any articles left in the category. (Not sure exactly who contributed if you're giving out barnstars. I contributed, but only somewhere between 100 and 200 articles.) — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 14:07, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@PerfectSoundWhatever: Alright. I'll close this shortly. Luxtay the IInd (talketh to me) 17:16, 6 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@Luxtaythe2nd: Well... Some new articles popped up, i'll see what I can do. Always a pleasure to help with things like that Craffael.09 (talk) 22:47, 24 October 2022 (UTC) 22:47, 24 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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