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Other related awards

In addition to barnstars, there are several other awards as well. While barnstars are generally reserved for a long-standing pattern of excellence, the following awards are more often given to honor specific actions or events.

1 The Zen Garden Award
2 WikiMedal for Janitorial Services
3 The Exceptional Newcomer Award
4 The Missing Barnstar/The Hidden Barnstar
5 The Featured Article Medal
6 The DYK Medal
7 Excellent User Page Award
8 The Reviewers Award
9 The Good Article Medal of Merit
10 The Content Review Medal of Merit
11 The Outlaw Halo Award
12 The Bot Builder Award
13 See also

[edit] The Zen Garden Award

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	{{subst:ZenAward\|message ~~~~}}	The Zen Garden Award for Infinite Patience may be awarded to an editor who has shown extraordinary patience in the face of toil or turmoil. This award was introduced on 31 March 2006 by ClockworkSoul.

[edit] WikiMedal for Janitorial Services

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	{{subst:WikiMedal\|message ~~~~}}	The WikiMedal for Janitorial Services is a medal with which to reward those doing good janitorial work. This award was introduced by Topbanana on June 16, 2004.

[edit] The Exceptional Newcomer Award

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	{{subst:The Exceptional Newcomer Award\|message ~~~~}}	The Exceptional Newcomer Award may be awarded to newcomers who display exceptional enthusiasm, skill, and boldness beyond their experience. This award was introduced by ClockworkSoul on November 7, 2004.

[edit] The Missing Barnstar/The Hidden Barnstar

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	{{subst:MissingBarnstar\|message ~~~~}}	The The Missing Barnstar is designed for Wikipedians who are long overdue for a Barnstar due to their efforts, if they've ever received one at all for that matter (apparently their Barnstar was missing). The Missing Barnstar was introduced by Karmafist on September 1, 2005. This barnstar is alternatively used as an award for finding a hidden user subpage. When used in this way, it is called The Hidden Barnstar. However, this image is sometimes used instead. This different use was introduced by Penubag on June 1, 2007.

[edit] The Featured Article Medal

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	{{subst:The Featured Article Medal\|message ~~~~}}	The Featured Article Medal may be awarded to an editor who makes great contributions to three or more articles that have a Featured Article status. This award was introduced on March 14, 2005 by AllyUnion, and was designed by Ausir and Kimbar.

[edit] The DYK Medal

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	{{subst:The DYK Medal\|message ~~~~}}	The DYK medal may be awarded to an editor who makes several great contributions to the Did you know section. This medal was introduced on 9 March 2006 by Vaoverland, and designed by AzaToth.

[edit] Excellent User Page Award

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	{{subst:Userpagebarn\|message ~~~~}}	The Excellent User Page Award is given to those who put in that extra effort on their user page, whether in terms of design, writing, or content. If you find a user page that is unusually entertaining, useful, informative, beautiful, or otherwise noteworthy, let 'em know with this award. Introduced by Frater5 on May 29, 2006.

[edit] The Reviewers Award

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	{{subst:ReviewersAward\|message ~~~~}}	The Reviewers Award is an award to show appreciation for work at any of the Wikipedia:Featured content processes. This award was introduced by Ambuj.Saxena.

[edit] The Good Article Medal of Merit

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	{{subst:GAMedal\|message ~~~~}}	The Good Article Medal of Merit should be handed out to users who have significantly contributed to several Good Articles (A good guideline is 5 or 6), or who have made meritorious contributions to some part of the Good Article process. This award was introduced by IvoShandor on 30 April 2007 and designed by Ling.Nut.

[edit] The Content Review Medal of Merit

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	{{subst:CRM\|message ~~~~}}	The Content Review Medal of Merit can be given for significant contributions to any aspect of the Content Review process: Wikipedia:Featured articles, Wikipedia:Featured portals, Wikipedia:Peer review, Wikipedia:Good articles or Wikipedia:Featured lists. This award was designed by Ling.Nut on 28 October 2007.

[edit] The Outlaw Halo Award

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	{{subst:The Outlaw Halo\|message ~~~~}}	The Outlaw Halo Award s given for whatever reason you may have, to whomever you feel like presenting it to. This award may also be given to those who Ignore All Rules in an audacious way that protects the 'pedia. It was introduced by Kathryn NicDhàna, illegally, on March 15, 2007, after Sue Rangell ^{[citation needed]} Climbed the Reichstag to present her with a Wikihalo award, illegally, without even asking anyone to vote on it.