At AfC I decided to pass Erythrocyte-based drug delivery despite some AI writing concerns. These have somewhat been addressed over time but it is still a work in progress. One user WeirdNAnnoyed in particular has done a great job of tackling this massive problem. They have done so not only on this article but it is a useful example. I was about to award an original barnstar, but I think we should make a dedicated barnstar. This is a novel problem in editing that many editors will need to learn about. I think a dedicated barnstar will help to make example editors that we as a community can learn from. At Village Pump there has been many attempts, with limited success, to build consensus on AI policy. A dedicated barnstar may help to bring attention to cases where editors are doing a good job thereby creating moments to learn from a grow a future consensus. Czarking0 (talk) 20:07, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you are still interested, I will design this. Please let me know. - OmegaAOL (talk page, and contribs) 02:08, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I think this is still a good idea. I also recently learn more about SVG so if you want to do it that way I may be able to help. Czarking0 (talk) 02:13, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

I came across this user User:GOLDIEM J 's user page who has awarded himself the Wikipedia:Service awards#Journeyman Editor (or Grognard) Journeyman Editor award. The award's requirements state that the user needs to have 2000 edits.

However, upon checking this User's user logs (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/GOLDIEM_J&type=&user=GOLDIEM_J&offset=&limit=100) it seems that they have less than a 100 edits.

What is the due course of action in this case?

I'm new here and would like to be a participant in this WikiProject, hence I thought it is vital to bring this to attention here. Kingsacrificer (talk) 14:58, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm afraid you're mistaken, buddy. If you check my contributions again, you'll see I have over 5,000 edits on my account. The logs you've filtered are entirely page creations and moves, which are not the only edits that count towards the criteria. GOLDIEM J (talk) 16:49, 10 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I did not know this. I assumed the 'logs' will contain everything about the user's edits. Apologies for the confusion. Kingsacrificer (talk) 07:08, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is no action. As stated on the page, there is no consequence for an incorrect self-award. That is how Wikipedia works. Almost nothing on a userpage is disruptive editing (but you still need to be mindful that others will see your page and not just do whatever you want)

Please make sure to remember this. If you want, you could give yourself the highest award and nobody could do anything about it. - OmegaAOL (talk page, and contribs) 02:10, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing on a userpage is disruptive editing. is inaccurate advice, @OmegaAOL, it might be good for you to strike that so newer editors don't read it and think it's true. Schazjmd (talk) 13:39, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What is the accurate version then? @Schazjmd Kingsacrificer (talk) 15:45, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The rest of the message is fine. But there are instances where stuff on a userpage is considered disruptive. Nothing on a userpage is disruptive editing could be interpreted as "I can do anything I want on my userpage and not get in trouble for it" which is untrue. Schazjmd (talk) 15:52, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sure. - OmegaAOL (talk page, and contribs) 02:01, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I found a barnstar related to experimental aircraft earlier today, and as far as I know, it's not included on any lists relating to barnstars. The link to the barnstar on Wikimedia Commons can be found at this link [1] along with a silver version [2]. If this could be added to a list of barnstars I'd very much appreciate it! :) 🀰☯🀰Hexes54☯Talk to me🀰☯🀰 12:01, 4 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So do we have any policy on this? I'm referring specifically to this one, which has been given after a user vandalised articles. It seems to me that rewarding vandals with barnstars is antithetical to the purpose of barnstars. Valenciano (talk) 10:31, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Valenciano, I would take it up with Finlandestonia. — Qwerfjkltalk 16:18, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

		The Inspiration Barnstar
		Presented to an editor whose contributions have meaningfully inspired the work of the awarding editor.

This is a concept I hope to introduce.
r f q i i ^talk! 03:43, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I will put it on the page, if it is not okay, remove it. r f q i i ^talk! 03:44, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I could use some assistance from someone significantly smarter than myself. I was awarded the Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar on my TP, and while it displays fine in desktop I noticed that the image is tiny in mobile mode. Didn't think much about it until I saw this one, which displays how I'd expect. I popped into edit for both and the wiki sourcecode appears identical with the exception of text and image sources. Then, because I can't let anything go, I pulled up DevTools for both and drilled down into the page codes, and I thought I'd finally found the issue in a span class discrepancy - but when I went to check again it was gone and they both look identical now and I can hear colors and smell burning toast. Help a poor http-1 fluency newbie out??

(Yes, I should probably download the app and it's entirely possible it would make this whole thing go away, but right now I need to go find a fire extinguisher for my brain.) ChompyTheGogoat (talk) 12:29, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Looking further it appears this applies to numerous barnstars - possibly ones created before mobile devices were so prevalent? At any rate, might be a longer term issue to identify and fix any/all that are affected. Whatever the actual problem is. I could attempt to poke around on desktop but I'm not sure whether it would be identifiable there, unless I force mobile view maybe. Just not confident in my own meager coding abilities here. ChompyTheGogoat (talk) 02:45, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]