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MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM This user is not an administrator.  25  The highest rank which this user achieved was #25 in the list of Wikipedians by number of edits This editor is Supreme Gom, the Most Exalted Togneme of the Encyclopedia and is entitled to keep the floor plan of The Great Library of Alecyclopedias, including its cardboard carrying tube. This user's contributions to Wikimedia Commons prior to the April 2015 Grand Unification were under the username Xaradnam. This user has written or expanded 26 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This user successfully nominated 18 articles by others that featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. vn- ≥ 111 This editor's user page, talk page, or subpages have been vandalized  ≥ 111 times. This user is a male. This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 1 month and 18 days. 384,000+ This user has made more than 384,000 contributions to Wikipedia. 546,000 Bgwhite has made more than 546,000 contributions and is even more insane than Mandarax. About me This user believes in logic. This user is an art lover. This user is interested in science. KV This user enjoys the works of Kurt Vonnegut. This user believes that Breaking Bad is the greatest work of entertainment ever produced. This user believes that Babylon 5 is the greatest work of science fiction ever produced. This user believes that Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is the greatest musical of all time. This user thinks that Captain Holt may be the funniest sitcom character of all time. This user thinks that Rachel Bloom may be the most talented person in the entertainment industry.

The name Mandarax comes from the Kurt Vonnegut novel Galápagos.

Articles created

	Maurice Denis
	Synchromism
	LeRoy Neiman
	Henri-Edmond Cross •
	Colin Campbell Cooper
	Westmoreland Museum of American Art
	John McLaughlin (artist)‎
	Orovida Camille Pissarro •
	Frederick Hammersley
	Chantal Joffe •
	Rinaldo Cuneo
	Georg Muche
	Claire Falkenstein
	Charles Angrand •
	Barbara Longhi
	Frederick Carl Frieseke •
	John Vanderpoel (with JNW)
	Ellen Gallagher •
	Janet Fish •
	Paul Kelpe
	Walter Baxter •
	Caroline Shawk Brooks •
	Maria van Oosterwijck •
	Albert Swinden
	Allen Butler Talcott
	Pindakaasvloer (with Drmies)
	Maximilien Luce •
	Frank DuMond • (with WoodyinNYC)
	Albert Dubois-Pillet •
	Glòria Muñoz
	All articles were new creations except those marked "•", which I completely rewrote and expanded
	Click on an icon for the corresponding DYK below

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  Henri-Edmond Cross
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  Colin Campbell Cooper
• 
  Rinaldo Cuneo
• 
  Charles Angrand
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  Barbara Longhi
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  Frederick Carl Frieseke
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  John Vanderpoel
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  Paul Kelpe
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  Caroline Shawk Brooks
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  Maria van Oosterwijck
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  Albert Swinden
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  Allen Butler Talcott
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  Maximilien Luce
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  Frank DuMond
• 
  Albert Dubois-Pillet

Milestones

• I made my first edit as a registered user on February 14, 2005 (correcting the spelling of Jackson Pollock in the Robert Motherwell article).
• A week later I created my first article, Maurice Denis.
• In November 2009, I made my 50,000th edit (giving a Barnstar to a deserving user).
• In December 2009, for the first and only time, I made over 10,000 edits in one month.
• In May 2010, I submitted my first DYK, for John McLaughlin (artist); when it appeared two days later, the article was viewed 2.6k times, making it the most-viewed DYK of the group.
• In June 2010, my place in the list of the all-time most active users entered the top 100.
• In June 2010, I made my first DYK nomination for an article (Edward Weston) which I did not write.
• In July 2010, I made my 100,000th edit (giving another long-overdue Barnstar to a deserving user).
• In December 2010, I wrote my first BLP, rewriting and expanding Chantal Joffe. The DYK for this article was my most viewed so far. (This was also my first DYK which mentioned pornography. Coincidence?) At 4.7k views, it was just short of qualifying for inclusion on the DYK Stats page. I'm sure it would have done better if not for its unfortunate timeslot: it was about an English subject and appeared in England from midnight to six a.m.
• Continuing the tradition, my 150,000th edit, in February 2011, was used to award another well-deserved Barnstar.
• On April 1, 2011, the "Batman" DYK hook which I wrote set a new record as the most-viewed non-lead hook of all time. (I did not write the article, though.)
• The April 15, 2011 Colin Campbell Cooper hook was my first to qualify for the DYK Stats page. It generated 12k views for the article, plus 13.5k for the image. This was also the first time I had two hooks appear in the same calendar month (Charles Angrand had been featured on April 7).
• In June 2011, my position in the list of Wikipedians by number of edits hit number 25.
• In November 2011 the DYK for Frederick Carl Frieseke received 17,500 hits (plus 10,600 for the image), despite the fact that the hook appeared on Thanksgiving, a low traffic day when Americans were spending time with their families rather than looking at Wikipedia. This hook which generated the most views for any of my articles was my first to feature a nude painting.
• On April 1, 2012, I had my first April Fools' Day hook for an article I wrote. I composed a total of four of the April Fools' hooks, including two which I plucked out of the regular nominations when I recognized their AFD potential.
• On April 1, 2013, Walter Baxter became my first article which I began to write solely so that it could appear as an April Fools' Day hook. It was also the first article I ever wrote which was not related to art.
• On April 1, 2014, a hook which I had nominated on April 3, 2013 appeared as an April Fools' DYK. I believe I set a record for the longest any article has ever been held for a DYK.

DYK

Note that these appeared when DYK sets were on the Main Page for just six hours. Currently, hooks generally appear for a full day, or sometimes for twelve hours.

Hook	Image	Article / nom pg	Date	Views	Img views
... that for the last two decades of his artistic career, American abstract painter John McLaughlin did not use curves in his paintings?		John McLaughlin (artist)	13 May 2010	3025
... that artist Orovida Camille Pissarro preferred to be known simply as Orovida to distinguish herself from the many other artists in her family, including her renowned grandfather Camille Pissarro?		Orovida Camille Pissarro	20 Jun 2010	1427
... that American abstract artist Frederick Hammersley devised three categories for his paintings (example pictured): "Hunches", "Geometrics", and "Organics"?		Frederick Hammersley	31 Jul 2010	2592
... that English artist Chantal Joffe, who sometimes uses pornography for source material, created such large paintings that she required scaffolding to work on them?		Chantal Joffe	21 Dec 2010	4833
... that a critic said that landscapes by Rinaldo Cuneo (self-portrait pictured) "are the very soul and essence of California materialized in line and color"?		Rinaldo Cuneo	4 Jan 2011	4810	2026
... that works by German artist Georg Muche were confiscated by the Nazis and displayed in their 1937 Degenerate Art exhibition?		Georg Muche	23 Feb 2011	2423
... that a critic described the work of abstract sculptor Claire Falkenstein as "a Jackson Pollock in three dimensions"?		Claire Falkenstein	8 Mar 2011	3710
... that Paul Signac praised Charles Angrand's drawings as "masterpieces", calling them "poems of light"?		Charles Angrand	7 Apr 2011	3610
... that American artist Colin Campbell Cooper helped rescue survivors of the Titanic, and during the rescue created several paintings (example pictured) which document the events?		Colin Campbell Cooper	15 Apr 2011	12085	13534
... that Barbara Longhi's painting Saint Catherine of Alexandria (pictured) is believed to be a self-portrait, presented as a devotional image to avoid the appearance of indulging in the sin of vanity?		Barbara Longhi	23 Jun 2011	5561	2891
... that American painter Frederick Carl Frieseke said he got "much pleasure in shocking the good Church people with the nudes" (example pictured)?		Frederick Carl Frieseke	24 Nov 2011	17466	10566
... that Georgia O'Keeffe praised her art teacher John Vanderpoel, whose book The Human Figure is a standard reference for art students (example drawing pictured), as "one of the few real teachers I have known"?		John Vanderpoel	14 Dec 2011	12069	10562
... that painter Henri-Edmond Cross (self-portrait pictured) changed his name twice, each time to avoid confusion with a similarly named artist?		Henri-Edmond Cross	2 Mar 2012	3139	900
... that American artist Ellen Gallagher created artworks which included images carved into the surface of thick sheets of paper?		Ellen Gallagher	8 Mar 2012	3501
... that a fish in a fishbowl is in a fish?		Janet Fish	1 Apr 2012	9137
... that Paul Kelpe was criticized for painting murals which were too abstract, but an abstract arts group asked him to resign because his work (example pictured) wasn't abstract enough?		Paul Kelpe	10 Nov 2012	3315	3036
... that a large sculpture (smaller version pictured) by Caroline Shawk Brooks was listed by customs officials not as a work of art, but as "110 lbs. of butter"?		Caroline Shawk Brooks	9 Mar 2013	4479	2026
... that Walter Baxter wrote about the gay Batman–Kent relationship?		Walter Baxter	1 Apr 2013	7378
... that Maria van Oosterwijck included a specific species of butterfly in most of her major paintings?		Maria van Oosterwijck	4 May 2013	1042
... that an Albert Swinden mural (pictured), one of very few of his early paintings not destroyed in a studio fire, was painted over and thought lost, before being rediscovered and restored?		Albert Swinden	6 Jun 2013	3325	3297
... that a fellow artist said of Allen Butler Talcott that "no one was his peer in the knowledge of trees and how to paint them" (painting of oak pictured)?		Allen Butler Talcott	28 Jul 2013	2695	3888
... that Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers is responsible for Pindakaasvloer, a 4-by-12-metre (13 ft × 39 ft) floor covered in peanut butter, and Torentje van Drienerlo (pictured), a church spire sticking up from a pond?		Pindakaasvloer	16 Sep 2013	4047	3908
... that French artist Maximilien Luce (self-portrait pictured) published an album of lithographs documenting his experiences as a political prisoner?		Maximilien Luce	29 Sep 2013	2106	578
... that Frank Vincent DuMond created the illustrations (example pictured) for Mark Twain's book on Joan of Arc?		Frank DuMond	17 Oct 2013	1175	3621
... that Albert Dubois-Pillet added the "Pillet" to his name when signing his paintings (example pictured) in an attempt to hide his art-related activities from the military?		Albert Dubois-Pillet	27 Jan 2014	5662	2264
... that Spanish artist Glòria Muñoz uses the chapel of an abandoned convent as her studio?		Glòria Muñoz	8 Mar 2014	913

People I've met in real life

• Ted Danson – I met him at an art museum; wouldn't Diane have been proud?
• Troy Evans
• David Garibaldi
• John Hensley
• Jeffrey Jones
• Richard Kind
• Wallace Langham
• Roland Reiss
• Pat Schroeder
• Jane Seymour
• Joe Spano
• Barry Van Dyke
• Dick Van Dyke
• Jacob Zachar

Awards

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		For rescuing Bert Glennon from a CSD, I, LAAFan, award you this barnstar LAAFan 14:43, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		This is being offered in appreciation of your excellent work within the WP:UAA sector of Wikipedia. Thank you very much for your wonderful input. Pastor Theo (talk) 09:53, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Well deserved and congratulations Mandarax on 50K and for all of your excellent work on visual arts and related. Modernist (talk) 23:09, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For helping in the elimination of euphemisms. Kittybrewster (talk) 12:52, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

User:Mandarax has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Mandarax's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Mandarax! Peace, Rlevse 00:25, 6 July 2010 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

Mandarax has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today as Mandarax's Day! For being a great person and awesome Wikipedian, enjoy being the star of the day, Mandarax! Signed, Neutralhomer • Talk • 05:11, 6 January 2011 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

You've won a Wikimedia t-shirt (not this t-shirt, but an equally lovely t-shirt) as part of the Great Backlog Drive. Thank you for your hard work and perseverance and we hope to see you next week! All Hail The Muffin Nor does it taste nice... 13:40, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	You haven't had one of these in a while, yet you keep plugging away. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 21:41, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

		The DYK Medal
		For your tireless work in the DYK project area, which does not go unnoticed, and for writing the Batman 1 April 2011 hook. Materialscientist (talk) 03:47, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

		The Anti-Flame Barnstar
		i think you need this one qwerty1219 chat 19:42, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For everything you do on the visual arts (including correcting my mistakes), and related. Modernist (talk) 20:57, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

		The Fearsome Jurassic Thesaurus award
		For your tireless copy-editing in DYK! AshLin (talk) 18:25, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

	The Do-I-Really-Have-To-Explain Award
	For their fantabulous gnoming, now over 178,000 times. Drmies (talk) 00:59, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	Thanks for always helping me with my formatting problems. LadyofShalott 20:40, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Awarded because it looks like you did a few hours of very boring looking work today. bodnotbod (talk) 13:38, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	For your efforts at Wikipedia:Contribution Team/Backlogs/Participants and progress. Cloudbound (talk) 21:14, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	You're awesome in many ways. Thank you for improving James Kidd (prospector). Means a lot to have someone pay attention to the little details. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 12:33, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Fine Arts
		Richly deserved for your many contributions. Best wishes, JNW (talk) 18:47, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

		The Minor Barnstar
		This is for your many, many, many minor edits that add up to major improvement of the 'pedia. Thank you for all the work you do. LadyofShalott 22:46, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

	The Editor's Barnstar
	For picking up after me, time after time after time. WP would be a badly-running place without you. Drmies (talk) 22:14, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

	Protector of Wikipedian Sex Workers Award
	Some moral crusader almost stripped me of my already non-existing status as one of the last Wikipedian sex workers, and you saved me. You are my hero. Ms. Drmies (talk) 01:00, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

	knowledge and precision
	Thank you for sharing your profound knowledge, your viewpoint on art, your patience in repairing the same formal mistakes over and over, your review of one Bach cantata to improve them all (with more patience, of course). Did you know that there is now a better list of the Bach cantatas, transferred from Germany? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:03, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	Yes it was. Well spotted. These are the kinds of games I like to play with the kids. Drmies (talk) 14:42, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	For cleaning up all of my typos, spelling, and grammar mistakes on Eddie's House, I award you this barnstar.Thanks for all you do! Found5dollar (talk) 13:36, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For your fine work at Columbo. —Djathinkimacowboy 18:50, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

		The LGBT Barnstar
		Thanks for fixing the wikilink on Pink News and helping with an important LGBT article! I most likely wouldn't have noticed it. Jenova20 22:51, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar

I haven't barnstarred you in at least a week or so: this is so you don't forget that the wiki will break without you. Thanks for remembering my anniversary: I had no idea it's already been a year. Thanks also for your continued advice and support; if I've done anything right it's in large part because of help from editors like (I could list a dozen more immediately, but you're top of the list). Mandarax, I worship you. Have a great holiday weekend--if transponsters have holidays, of course. Drmies (talk) 13:04, 27 May 2012 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks a lot Mandarax for helping me correct and fix my user page quickly! Your efforts have been very helpful :) TheGeneralUser (talk) 10:30, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

	Navigating on storm tossed seas
	Just like Saint Brendan, you have been a savior. Thank you. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:36, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Aw shucks Mandarax, I'm all flushed. Drmies (talk) 04:26, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For your virtuality, displayed yet again in Nederlands Letterenfonds. Drmies (talk) 03:21, 31 October 2012 (UTC)

I thought that you deserved something a bit extra for all of the amazing work you've done for the project. I've nominated you for a gift from the Wikimedia Foundation! LadyofShalott 00:17, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	for tirelessly fixing minor changes to DYK nominations & ensuring that editors errors are fixed Dan arndt (talk) 09:40, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

		The Minor Barnstar
		It may seem completely trivial, but thanks for catching the en dash on the DYK — little things matter! NorthBySouthBaranof (talk) 09:09, 31 May 2013 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you again, Mandarax, for looking over my shoulder. I'm kind of pissed: I went to school with him, and he's a thousand times more notable than me, and better-looking to boot. (Well, with hair he was; he got ALL the girls.) Drmies (talk) 01:22, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	Well caught. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 22:01, 29 June 2013 (UTC)

Good as gold!

Earlier this year, I began presenting the Golden Editor Award to editors who have made a significant contribution to this project. While I don't recall ever having talked with you, I believe that you meet the criteria for this award (you should probably be given an award simply for hanging around this place for eight-and-a-half years). Your userpage shows you've done plenty of content work, but I'm sure that's not the only way you have contributed to the 'pedia. I have been impressed by the respect shown to you both on Drmies talk page and also in the "Admin" section above. I certainly hope you will at least consider presenting yourself to the community as a candidate for adminship. While your hesitance to give it a try is understandable, RfA isn't always as bad as it's made out to be and this community needs more quality candidates. Either way, I am quite pleased to dub you a Golden Editor (even if chocolate is better than cheese). AutomaticStrikeout  ?  02:01, 13 August 2013 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	For always fixing my DYK formatting errors, and everyone else's, I award Mandarax this barnstar! Matty.007 18:59, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

	The Writer's Barnstar
	Nice job expanding Maximilien Luce and for nominating it at DYK. It is a very interesting article. Keep up the good work :) ComputerJA (☎ • ✎) 00:58, 29 September 2013 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	I want to thank you for the work you do around here. It truly is pleasing to know that I have someone that can always help and support the articles and the DYK nominations that I have done. Keep on editing friend! Proudbolsahye (talk) 04:54, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

		Editor of the Week
		Your ongoing efforts to improve the encyclopedia have not gone unnoticed: You have been selected as Editor of the Week, for despite frequently recognized content contributions, underrecognized behind-the-scenes work, particularly at DYK. Thank you for the great contributions! (courtesy of the Wikipedia Editor Retention Project) Go Phightins! 00:14, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

		The Guidance Barnstar
		With my 300,000 edit, I want to thank you for helping me reach the dubious plateau. Without your help and guidance, I would never have found my place that keeps me around here. Bgwhite (talk) 23:12, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

		The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		Welcome to the club of people who not only write brilliant content (and you even won the DYK medal for tireless work around the nominations, correcting countless mistakes), but who also make the extra effort to present facts accessibly and visible for people with broad interests. The beauty and expression of the arts comes across in your articles, and understanding for the creators' background in works such as ‎John McLaughlin and Albert Dubois-Pillet. We look forward to more of your creations for brain, eye and heart. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:45, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

	The savior of lost causes award
	Thank you Mandarax. You are a kind man. Drmies (talk) 14:11, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

	The Minor barnstar
	For outstanding patience and for a wonderful page. A barnstar for you! Hafspajen (talk) 21:37, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar is awarded to especially tireless editors who contribute an especially large body of work without sacrificing quality. Hafspajen (talk) 15:01, 19 October 2014 (UTC)

	Conspicuous attention to detail
	Thank for your work at Template:Did you know nominations/Hold Me While I'm Naked. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:01, 3 June 2015 (UTC)

	thanks
	Mandarax, Thanks for your encouragement and suggestions. I cite myself mostly because that material is published and therefore has some legitimacy but I completely understand the suggestion to be very conservative doing so and to branch out and add different materials. The conflict of interest information was very useful. Thanks, again. SummerTigress 14:25, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Hope you are well, Mandarax. Drmies (talk) 18:02, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Mandarax, thank you so much for your help on a million articles including this one, Tugelbay Sydykbekov. Drmies (talk) 00:07, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Witch-hunts in Nepal was featured at DYK yesterday and received almost 10,000 views! I really appreciate your help in improving the article during the approval process. Thank you very much! Usedtobecool ✉ ✨ 18:29, 13 August 2019 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		for helping with DYK nomination Sm8900 (talk) 01:32, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

		The da Vinci Barnstar
		For all you technical DYK work --evrik (talk) 04:27, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
	Thank you so much for helping me with my first DYK. I owe you a million! Zakaria1978 ښه راغلاست (talk) 03:12, 12 December 2020 (UTC)

	The Special Barnstar
	For outstanding work in the fine arts related articles. MRRaja001 (talk) 09:28, 29 December 2020 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	Thanks for catching those small (and many times not so small) but important mis-edits in the DYK nominations! Much appreciated. Ktin (talk) 22:24, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

		The Minor Barnstar
		There's a reason that ants are considered some of the most vicious, warlike creatures in the world—even the tiniest of things can have a massive impact in numbers. Your edits at the prep sets of DYK, while not earth-shatteringly flashy, are a boon for the project and I can't express my gratitude for them, especially when I was just starting out in August. Thank you! the ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 22:07, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	For your work on Tomé Ferreira da Silva. Bearian (talk) 15:36, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

		The Template Barnstar
		For all your work making DYK work. Thanks. --evrik (talk) 20:16, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

(The above list includes only archived awards. Any more recent ones may be on my current talk page.)