User:Vanamonde93/Gifts

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The Original Barnstar
Let's face it, you knew you were going to get this. For all your work in improving, participating actively in discussions and protecting Indian politics-related pages. Other than the dearth of such editors, it can really sometimes be a tiresome and soul-crushing job. Ugog Nizdast (talk) 10:16, May 1, 2014 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism + STiki Barnstar

Congratulations, Vanamonde93! You're receiving this barnstar because you recently crossed the 1,000 classification threshold using STiki. We thank you both for your contributions to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool. We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! West.andrew.g (developer) and ƬheStrike Σagle sorties 06:10, May 21, 2014 (UTC)

The Minor Barnstar
Thanks for copyediting a total of 891 words during the Guild of Copy Editors blitz! Mini apolis 19:24, August 31, 2014 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
Thanks for copyediting a total of 11,890 words during the Guild of Copy Editors September drive! All the best, Mini apolis 16:58, October 5, 2014 (UTC)
Leaderboard Award: 5K articles—5th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copyediting a 5,000-plus-word article during the GOCE September 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations! Mini apolis 16:58, October 5, 2014 (UTC)
Leaderboard Award: Longest article—4th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copyediting a 9,723-word article during the GOCE September 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations! Mini apolis 16:58, October 5, 2014 (UTC)
The Cleanup Barnstar
Hi Vanamonde93, thank you for copy editing 7,385 words in 2 articles during the Guild of Copy Editors’ October Blitz. Cheers, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 02:41, October 28, 2014 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar
This is rather belated, but thanks for fixing the lead and citations of 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état. It was in really in bad shape before you got there. Wind From the North (talk) 20:55, October 28, 2014 (UTC)
The Bronze STiki Barnstar of Merit
Congratulations, Vanamonde93! You're receiving this barnstar of merit because you recently crossed the 5,000 classification threshold using STiki.

We thank you both for your contributions to Wikipedia at-large and your use of the tool.

We hope you continue your ascent up the leaderboard and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! West.andrew.g (developer) and Widr (talk) 05:04, November 14, 2014 (UTC)

The Bio-star
Your article Evolution of snake venom went unappreciated. In recognition of that work, you deserve the Bio-Star AshLin (talk) 19:20, November 28, 2014 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copy edits totaling over 8,000 words during the GOCE November 2014 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:22, December 8, 2014 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copy edits totaling over 8,000 words during the GOCE March 2015 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:12, April 3, 2015 (UTC)
The Guatemalan Star
For your exellent work on getting Guatemalan Revolution up to GA, and your patience during the review process. It's a great improvement on an important Guatemalan topic. Best regards, Simon Burchell (talk) 09:17, April 11, 2015 (UTC)
The Cleanup Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copy edits totaling over 12,000 words during the GOCE May 2015 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:50, June 3, 2015 (UTC)
The Cleanup Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copy edits totaling over 6,000 words during the GOCE June 2015 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Mini apolis 17:31, June 28, 2015 (UTC)

increasing reading pleasure
Thank you, citizen of the world, interested in creating "short articles on neglected topics, expanding stubs, or rewriting poorly sourced and written articles", for quality articles such as Guatemalan Revolution and Teddy Osei, for reviews with depth and for prolific outstanding copy-editing, for edit summaries increasing reading pleasure, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:27, June 29, 2015 (UTC)

The Special Barnstar
For your work on promoting Bharatiya Janata Party to GA status, you deserve this. A very important and demanding article to work on. Cowlibob (talk) 13:39, July 4, 2015 (UTC)
The Half Barnstar
You've deserved this! UA Victory (talk) 14:20, July 20, 2015 (UTC)
The Ant Barnstar
I think this barnstar is appropriate in relation to your extreme hard work on fixing up the Myrmecia article. I thank you for taking your time on fixing up the mistakes I have made on such a large article and your useful suggestions on further improving the article. You definitely deserve this barnstar, for I am extremely grateful for your work. Burklemore1 (talk) 05:21, July 27, 2015 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 2nd Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copyediting 2 long articles during the GOCE July 2015 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Mini apolis 20:48, August 5, 2015 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 2nd Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 9,575 words – during the GOCE July 2015 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Mini apolis 20:48, August 5, 2015 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copy edits totaling over 20,000 words during the GOCE July 2015 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Mini apolis 20:48, August 5, 2015 (UTC)
The marketplace of ideas award
Thanks for venturing in to the Gender Gap Task Force talk page with a constructive suggestion! I see you've done some good work on Latin American topics, so I'm giving you this WikiLove award as a sign of encouragement. Put a bunch of links in my response to you to help you find your way around a bit on the site. Looking forward to more constructive collaborations! Djembayz (talk) 15:53, August 29, 2015 (UTC)
The Million Award
For your contributions to bring Bharatiya Janata Party (estimated annual readership: 500,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Half Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! — Cirt (talk) 18:39, October 2, 2015 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
I find this user profile to be extraordinary. Even though I am not the most prolific article editor, I do read a lot of Wikipedia... I will emulate .. Philbutler (talk) 13:57, January 10, 2016 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copy edits totaling over 8,000 words during the GOCE January 2016 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Mini apolis 23:49, February 2, 2016 (UTC)
The Modest Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copy edits totaling over 2,000 words during the GOCE February 2016 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Mini apolis 19:42, March 3, 2016 (UTC)
The (old school) League of Copy Editors Barnstar
This barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copy edits totaling over 30,000 words during the GOCE March 2016 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:35, April 6, 2016 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Words, 5th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copyediting 18,299 total words during the GOCE March 2016 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:35, April 6, 2016 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 4th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copyediting one long article during the GOCE March 2016 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:35, April 6, 2016 (UTC)
Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 4th Place
This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Vanamonde93 for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 8,698 words – during the GOCE March 2016 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:35, April 6, 2016 (UTC)
Sorry for reverting you there - I actually meant to thank you. So, thanks! GABgab 18:49, August 15, 2016 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar
For your precise edits in Morteza Avini. It was an outstanding job and I tried to learn the points lying within your edits. Thank you very much. Mhhossein talk 17:23, August 26, 2016 (UTC)
Cucumbers of coolness
For maintaining one's cool at the snakepit that is RfA. Congrats. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:49, September 2, 2016 (UTC)
Congratulations on your successful RFA! Though you had some interesting opposition, you nonetheless made it and you've earned yourself a mop. Now here's a cup of coffee for you to enjoy before you scrub the latrines. —k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 15:47, September 2, 2016 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
Congratulations on your successful RfA! I gave the first support vote on the RfA, and I thought you would succeed. And also, thanks for your help on RFPP earlier. Now enjoy this and, as that funny gumball machine from Regular Show said (I used to watch this when I was younger) GET BACK TO WORK! 😜😉 Class455 (talk) 17:14, September 2, 2016 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
Congratulations on your successful RFA! We have never spoken before, so I do hope this is the first of many interactions to come. You deserve this Barnstar, but more importantly, you deserve to be an admin! Zerotalk 19:28, September 2, 2016 (UTC)
Nice work and good luck! GABgab 13:35, September 3, 2016 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
Thank you very much. Cheers, 2601:188:1:AEA0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 12:14, October 19, 2016 (UTC)

Precious again, your The Left Hand of Darkness, a "seminal work of science fiction"! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:02, October 23, 2016 (UTC)

The Barnstar of Diligence
Thank you so much for reviewing the Elyesa Bazna article two times! You provided great, insightful input, and the article is a much better and now good article as the result of your input. CaroleHenson (talk) 16:42, November 19, 2016 (UTC)
The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Dear Vanamonde93, I'd just like to congratulate you on your excellent article Music in the movement against apartheid. It looks like you spent a ton of time and research on it, but the result makes Wikipedia all the better. Thanks! Yoninah (talk) 23:25, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
Special Snakemouth BarnStar
For several years of fine work on Evolution of snake venom. I guess this star-shaped orchid does look quite like a snake's mouth on a good day. Great work. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:42, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
Guatemalan Star
Congratulations on getting 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état to FA - it was a long haul but you got there in the end! All the best, and thank you for your work on this important Guatemalan topic, Simon Burchell (talk) 10:24, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
Congratulations, it's a...
...Wikipedia Good Article!! Shearonink (talk) 14:14, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
The Literary Barnstar
For your valuable work on the writings of Ursula K. Le Guin --Thnidu (talk) 18:21, 20 April 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for showing me the RfC at WP:INDICSCRIPT. I updated that with some information.

Would you please look over what I did and confirm that it is correct? Check the version I published, please. Thanks. Blue Rasberry (talk) 13:50, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
Thank you for 25 (now 37) creation and expansion DYks. Green tick applied.  — Calvin999 11:29, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
As above!  — Calvin999 16:17, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
Imperial Napoleonic triple crown
I am pleased to present this Imperial Napoleonic Triple Crown to Vanamonde93 for their many outstanding contributions. Keep up the good work. Freikorp (talk) 11:20, 30 August 2017 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For getting Biko (song) to good article status and on the front page on the anniversary of his death, and coordinating with Midnightblueowl on getting Steve Biko to TFA on the same day. Coordinating both is quite an achievement! Onceinawhile (talk) 10:58, 12 September 2017 (UTC)
Book Barnstar
For your diligent and careful work improving Voices --Thnidu (talk) 14:49, 13 September 2017 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For all your hard work in bringing Carlos Castillo Armas up to Good Article quality status, and for your wider work on Guatemalan history themed articles. You're one of the most useful editors on here, IMO. Midnightblueowl (talk) 14:04, 15 September 2017 (UTC)
Thanks a ton for declining the speedy deletion suggestion at the article of Ravindra Ghooi. I cannot tell you how happy I am! Abhijeet Safai (talk) 05:42, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
Four Award
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Paradises Lost. epicgenius (talk) 19:53, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
The Good Article Barnstar
Nice job promoting Manuel Noriega to GA! I noticed you didn't have this barnstar, so I hope you like it. Thank you and I hope to see more work from you in the future. Happy editing, MX () 18:10, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
For finishing second in the 2017 WikiCup
Awarded to Vanamonde93, for second place in the 2017 WikiCup! Sturmvogel 66, Godot13 and Cwmhiraeth (talk) 10:46, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
The World Contest Laurels
Thankyou for the hard work you put into developing the missing article lists for Women in Red World Contest!! You won the Librarian's 1st Prize of $25!-♦ Dr. Blofeld 14:05, 4 December 2017 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
List of Presidents of India has been promoted to a featured list.This would not have been possible without your guidance and critical comments.Thank You and Merry Christmas(Happy New Year also)  — comment added by Force Radical (talkcontribs) 04:00, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy
I appreciate your contributions regarding my topic ban as well as your thoughts on Arbitration Enforcement. --MONGO 13:20, 10 January 2018 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
You deserve a barnstar for your tireless contribution to improving the project. Regards. -- Titodutta (talk) 10:57, 24 March 2018 (UTC) --11:26, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
This is for your valuable efforts for reverting and protecting enwiki from Vandalism PATH SLOPU (Talk) 07:46, 26 August 2018 (UTC)
The Good Article Barnstar
Congrats for getting Francisco Javier Arana to GA status. I'm a big fan of your work. Hope to see more LatAm articles from you! MX () 04:05, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
Military history service award
For you work on Operation PBHistory and Luis Posada Carriles, you are hereby awarded the Military history WikiProject Service 2 stripe. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:13, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
The Biography Barnstar
For you work on Luis Posada Carriles you are hereby awarded The Biography Barnstar. Congrats! TomStar81 (Talk) 19:13, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
Thanks for the assist. 7&6=thirteen () 17:03, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
The Writer's Barnstar
For your work on promoting Ursula K. Le Guin! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 17:35, 20 June 2019 (UTC)
Military history reviewers' award
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (1 stripe) for participating in 1 review between April and June 2019 Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 03:06, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

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The Writer's Barnstar
For your enormous contributions to science fiction fantasy authors and novels. Politics-related articles make a close second. THE NEW ImmortalWizard(chat) 19:32, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
The Barnstar of National Merit
For extraordinary work in articles related to Guatemala and even getting Featured Article status for them. This WikiAward was given to Vanamonde93 by Thinker78 (talk) on 00:39, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
The Multiple Good Article Reviewer's Barnstar

Thanks for your participation in the September 2019 GA Backlog drive. Your 16 reviews made a difference, as did your willingness to review particularly old nominations. The work of editors like you helped bring down the unreviewed backlog by over 35%. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 19:54, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

The Half Million Award
For your contributions to bring Ursula K. Le Guin (estimated annual readership: 578,000) to Featured Article status, I hereby present you the Half Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers! Reidgreg (talk) 19:39, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
I know I don't say this enough, and there are reasons why I haven't, but your assistance in IRANPOL has been nothing short of extraordinary. Thank you for taking the time; thank you for listening to all sides carefully; thank you for not letting attackers try to intimidate you; thank you for sticking to your values; thank you... Stefka Bulgaria (talk) 12:27, 26 April 2020 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
Thank you for your contribution to content, particularly under-represented content, and especially 'Whitey on the Moon'. Wonderful work! hamiltonstone (talk) 12:28, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Military history reviewers' award
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (1 stripe) for participating in 2 reviews between April and June 2020. Peacemaker67 (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:34, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Thank you for completing 10 reviews in the April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive. Your work helped us to reduce the backlog by over 60%. Regards, Harrias talk 08:41, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
The Military history A-Class medal
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the A-Class medal for Operation PBFortune, Carlos Castillo Armas, and Manuel Noriega. Gog the Mild (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 00:30, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
Thanks. Drmies (talk) 18:56, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
Military history reviewers' award
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (2 stripes) for participating in 6 reviews between July and September 2020. Harrias (talk) via MilHistBot (talk) 05:26, 7 October 2020 (UTC)
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Editor of the Week
Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week in recognition of your positive impact. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy
For a likely successful deescalation. GRuban (talk) 20:52, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

On behalf of the FAR coordinators, thank you, Vanamonde93! Your work on J. K. Rowling has allowed the article to retain its featured status, recognizing it as one of the best articles on Wikipedia. I hereby award you this Featured Article Save Award, or FASA. You may display this FA star upon your userpage. Keep up the great work! Cheers, Nikkimaria (talk) 18:46, 4 June 2022 (UTC)

The Admin's Barnstar
Thank you for your good work Andre🚐 19:20, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
The (information removed) Barnstar
I absolutely appreciate the work that you and the rest of the Oversight Team do. Thanks for protecting the privacy of all! SunilNevlaFan 19:48, 30 October 2022 (UTC)
Alexander the Great Edition Triple Laurel Crown Jewels
I'm very pleased to present the Alexander the Great Edition Triple Laurel Crown Jewels to Vanamonde93, for your work on "Did you know?" and the good and featured article processes! — Bilorv (talk) 22:47, 4 November 2022 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar
Thank you very much for nominating me at RFA. I couldn't have asked for better nominators. I look forward to working with you in the future :) –Novem Linguae (talk) 22:54, 19 June 2023 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
Castle in the Sky has just made it to GA-class, and I wanted to show my appreciation for your work on Howl's Moving Castle, which greatly inspired me when I was working on my very first GAN. Here's a colorful star to add to your collection! TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 03:02, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
The Reviewer Barnstar
We really appreciate that you reviewed several GANs during the drive. Due in part to your efforts, the backlog of unreviewed nominations was reduced by 440 articles, an astonishing 69 percent.
Women in Green Editathon October '23
At last – here is your barnstar! Thank you for your excellent contributions to GA nomination The Day Before the Revolution during the WiG "Around the World in 31 Days" Good Article editathon. Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 22:42, 10 December 2023 (UTC)