Completing short descriptions for Level-5 Vital Articles

• Offeror: ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk, on behalf of WikiProject short descriptions
• Date offered: 20:10, 20 May 2020 (UTC)
• Request: Add a short description to every vital article that lacks one down to level 5 (currently 18,000). See this discussion for info.
• Reward: The Short Description Barnstar
• Expires: When there are no level 5 articles without short descriptions remaining
• Sign-up: Just ping me if you've completed the task, and I'll AGF. If a group wants to take this on together, that's also fine. If that's the case, rewards will be available at the time the task is completed for all participants who contributed at least 250 descriptions.

  @Skdb:, this offer looks like it already expired, but just as a note, I'm still working on this :). Is that okay? EpicPupper (talk) 17:30, 25 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  @Sdkb: oops, looks like that ping didn't go through. Trying again. EpicPupper (talk) 17:32, 25 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  EpicPupper, totally! ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 19:10, 25 May 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  If this is still ongoing, I'll sign myself up. pinktoebeans ^(talk) 20:24, 6 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  I'm interested in this, but the petscan link above comes back blank. Is there another way to find these? Retswerb (talk) 06:21, 29 October 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Pinging @Sdkb: incase they didn't see the above message, and because the link isn't working for me either and I have the same question. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 02:28, 1 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  @Retswerb @PerfectSoundWhatever Unfortunately, PetScan is finicky to the point of brokenness. The query is everything in Category:All Wikipedia level-5 vital articles but not Category:Articles with short description. You could file at WP:Query requests if PetScan doesn't work for you, either. Best, ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 03:44, 1 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  @Sdkb, @@Retswerb, @PerfectSoundWhatever, try Special:Search/incategory:"All Wikipedia level-5 vital articles" -incategory:"Articles with short description" ― Qwerfjkltalk 09:02, 1 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Nevermind, this won't work because it's on talk pages. ― Qwerfjkltalk 09:04, 1 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  @Sdkb:Thank you, listed at WP:QUERY. FYI, I don't intend on claiming this bounty, but just making a dent in it. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 15:02, 1 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  See quarry:query/65002. — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c) 02:28, 2 June 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  I will also join this effort. We can do this! MasterMatt12^{💬 ● Contributions} 20:56, 13 January 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Will keep track of progress here: ^{(so I don't forget!)} page 1 complete, up to Alexander Zaporozhets (100 entries) — PerfectSoundWhatever (t; c)

  I will also be helping out on this! Carpimaps (talk) 11:33, 27 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  I ran another query for an updated list: [1] Carpimaps (talk) 11:42, 27 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  I'm joining this project Gf0rC3wiki (talk) 23:53, 20 June 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Sdkb: I think I finished the last one as PetScan now shows 0 results. Can you double check if this is complete? OhanaUnited^{Talk page} 04:37, 9 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  @OhanaUnited, I just ran another query, and it looks like there's still a little over a thousand left. But we're close! ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 04:04, 14 July 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Hey there, I did about 100 or so a couple weeks ago or so. I’ll try to do more when I get the free time to. B3251 (talk) 20:14, 25 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• I'll join this task! Of the universe (talk) 07:33, 17 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  @Sdkb: Are there more articles to do? I tried to run a query and found none. Of the universe (talk) 07:52, 17 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  @Of the universe, I'm not seeing any! So perhaps this task has been completed. ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 07:01, 22 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Hi @Sdkb, it was me who completed the last of the 50,000 Short Descriptions :) see this diff. GraziePrego (talk) 02:33, 18 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Reward sent! And will archive this task now. It was definitely a team effort, so congrats as well to everyone who helped along the way! ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 02:06, 19 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Resolve issues on Wikipedia Page

• 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[reply]

Christopher Charles Benninger Karan Gandhi Arch (talk) 07:30, 8 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Figure out how to escape page links from within

• 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[reply]

Nice work! I'll archive this as resolved. ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 04:37, 9 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

• 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

• 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[reply]

Congrats! Barnstar delivered. ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 22:06, 6 October 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Convert Orbit Fab from a stub to a full article

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• Offeror: Armbrust ^{The Homunculus}
• Date offered: Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:53, 14 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Request: Expand one of the following stub articles to a Start-class or C-class article.
  • Into the Jaws of Death
    • Claimed by Spirit of Eagle. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:25, 24 March 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Cerambycinae
    • Claimed by Tomandjerry211. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:57, 30 March 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Spanish painted frog
    • Claimed by EmilioDiegoGarcia. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:41, 11 August 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Nembrotha cristata
    • Claimed by Tortle. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:52, 1 September 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Calocoris affinis
    • Claimed by Tomandjerry211. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:52, 1 September 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Cymbiola imperialis
    • Claimed by Hectonichus. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 14:52, 1 September 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Eckert II projection
    • Claimed by TienShenLong. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:50, 9 October 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Limit on rewards: Maximum of two Barnstars per article. If you want to collect your prize immediately, then notify me on my talk page.
• Listing expires: 14 February 2016

George Edgar Slusser

• Offeror: Chris Troutman (talk)
• Date offered: 21:43, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
• Request: Assess George Edgar Slusser for at least one applicable WikiProject.
• Reward: ((WikiCookie2))
• Expires: June 1, 2015

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

Biographical Assessment

• Offeror: Chris Troutman (talk)
• Date offered: 13:56, 20 April 2015 (UTC)
• Request: Assess Natasha Raikhel, Herbert John Webber, and William Rotsler
• Reward: WikiCookie for assessing all three
• Limit on rewards: NA
• Expires: May 20, 2015

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

Doge (meme) and dogecoin

• 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[reply]

@Freikorp: Sure ill change it now. RetΔrtist (разговор) 00:09, 21 January 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• The Doge meme is currently at GAN so it might take a while for it to be reviewed. GamerPro64 17:36, 29 March 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• I'm currently reviewing Doge meme, if anybody else works on and nominates Dogecoin let me know and I will initiate the review of that also. Freikorp (talk) 06:23, 3 April 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Wow much passed. So barnstar. Such barnstar for Freikorp too pls. '''tAD''' (talk) 07:58, 3 April 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Retartist: :) Freikorp (talk) 22:41, 3 April 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Improving RfD template functionality

• 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[reply]

Kurt Vonnegut photo

• Offeror: Yaksar (let's chat)
• Date offered: 19:22, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
• Request: While the author Kurt Vonnegut has a very iconic appearance, there are apparently no free images of him besides a photo taken during his military service, which is currently in the article. While we are able to use non-free images "where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information", I'm not sure if we are prevented from doing so by the existence of the army photo. Regardless, it would be a great solution if someone could find a free photo taken of him with his iconic appearance. He's spoken at numerous public events, so I think it may be likely that one exists somewhere.
  • @Yaksar:Would this image work out? It doesn't have him with wavy hair but he is rocking his mustache. GamerPro64 02:42, 3 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • It would definitely be better! It does not, however, seem to meet the copyright requirements for us to use here. Are you the owner of the photo by any chance?--Yaksar (let's chat) 04:35, 3 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
      • I am not. I looked up Kurt Vonnegut on Flickr in hopes that there would be a replacement for it there. I thought that it being on Flickr would allow us to upload it here. GamerPro64 18:21, 3 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
        • I wish! Unfortunately, we're limited to specific Flickr licenses. Check out Wikipedia:Upload/Flickr for more detailed information.--Yaksar (let's chat) 18:42, 3 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
          • Darn. That is disappointing. GamerPro64 18:46, 3 October 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Pinging the ever amazing and startling We hope. The force is strong with this one. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:05, 22 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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[reply]

Yaksar, Crisco 1492 See if this one works: File:Kurt Vonnegut 1972.jpg We hope (talk) 16:41, 22 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• And this is why we should just give you the keys to the encyclopedia here and now. Fantastic! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:30, 22 February 2015 (UTC)Reply[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[reply]

• Reward: A barnstar!
• Expires: September 1, 2015

Stub expansion

• 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
  • @Matty.007: It was harder than I expected, but i've managed to improve this article to start class. I used three of your hidden references, and found an additional four which I added to the article. Freikorp (talk) 11:26, 20 January 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Stub expanson (revised)

• Offeror: Armbrust ^{The Homunculus}
• Date offered: Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:03, 20 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Request: Expand one of the following stub articles to a Start-class or C-class article.
• Reward: A ((The Stub Barnstar)) if you expand the article to a Start-class article, and one additional topic-specific Barnstar if it reaches the C-class too. (The awards can be split.)
  • Brown thornbill

    Expanded to a Start-class article by Jakec. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:10, 8 March 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Bryaninops yongei

    Expanded to a Start-class article by Spirit of Eagle. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:02, 27 May 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Clynotis

    Expanded to a Start-class article by SGGH. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:02, 27 May 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Dioctria atricapilla

    Expanded to a Start-class article by Supernerd11. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:02, 27 May 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Cymbiola nobilis

    Expanded to a Start-class article by Spirit of Eagle. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:41, 2 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • White-throated rock thrush

    Expanded to a C-class article by Jakec. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 08:32, 26 June 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Buffy hummingbird

    Expanded to a Start-class article by Spirit of Eagle. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:04, 1 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Route 227 (Israel)

    Expanded to a Start-class article by Esmost. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:27, 9 September 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Eristalinus megacephalus

    Expanded to a Start-class article by Reawaken. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:37, 30 November 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Austroicetes frater

    Expanded to a Start-class article by Reawaken. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 15:19, 2 December 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Chat flycatcher

    Expanded to a Start-class article by Spirit of Eagle. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:39, 14 January 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Limit on rewards: Maximum of two Barnstars per article. If you want to collect your prize immediately, than notify me on my talk page.
• Listing expires: 20 February 2015.

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

• Note - One of these rewards were claimed so it was technically fulfilled. GamerPro64 05:46, 1 January 2015 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Global Industrial (Company) Improvement

• 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

• 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[reply]

Article has been successfully expanded, reward issued. The request may now be archived. C679 19:44, 2 December 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Terraria for Terraria

• Offeror: Odie5533 (talk)
• Date offered: 16:59, 13 August 2013 (UTC)
• Requests:
  1. A giftable copy of Terraria on Steam to any user that brings one of these survival video games to GA: Terraria, Don't Starve, Wasteland (video game), S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
• Limit on rewards: Limit one reward per article. You must message me with your intent to improve the article for this reward.
• Expires: August 13, 2014

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

• I'm curious: why these games? The articles for Terraria and Amnesia don't look too far from GA status as they are. Tezero (talk) 06:14, 28 January 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Y'know what, never mind. I do want to play Terraria. I'll message you. Tezero (talk) 21:35, 29 January 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • These articles were chosen because they are in the Survival genre and because they need(ed) improvement. --Odie5533 (talk) 04:55, 30 January 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
      • Ah. Anyway, to other potential takers, I'm doing Don't Starve. I'm not sure if Odie5533 has other copies of Terraria. Tezero (talk) 22:34, 30 January 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
        • Don't Starve is now a GA. Tezero (talk) 17:57, 22 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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[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[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[reply]

Stanton Foundation

• 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[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[reply]

• I believe I actually added more like eight sentences. Six in the activities section and two in the history section.--The Devil's Advocate _{tlk. cntrb.} 15:53, 5 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[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[reply]

I reverted my edits. Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:01, 5 July 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Frank Stanton (executive)

• 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[reply]

Payment made in amount of $15 (£9). - Stanton By Your Man (talk) 20:07, 2 May 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Ribbon Alternatives for WP:WPMILHIST and WP:INDIA

• 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[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[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[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[reply]

I am happy with either option. Thanks! —PC-XT+ 15:52, 10 March 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Claimants PC-XT completed the complete set for WPMILHIST's World War Barnstar. Chris Troutman (talk) 21:57, 21 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[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[reply]

Explore India

• Offeror: —PC-XT+
• Date offered: 05:23, 10 February 2014 (UTC)
• Request: Verify or add coordinates for one or more of the following articles, which I have found while migrating infoboxes. Further improvements may give bonus points. Once you edit an article, post a diff link to your edit(s), (or if no edit is needed, sign a short note,) after the article in the list below for review. Articles will be crossed out after I give the reward(s).
  • Coords needing verification/correction
    • Koovagam
    • Gangada [2] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:13, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Kavalur corrected Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:13, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Valathoor updated Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:13, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Khatti [3] Chris Troutman (talk) 11:31, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Tlungvel [4] Chris Troutman (talk) 11:31, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Ajgaon [5] Chris Troutman (talk) 07:14, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Aknapur [6] Chris Troutman (talk) 07:14, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Vilandhai [7] Chris Troutman (talk) 07:14, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • Coords missing
    • Baliganapalli
    • Koottala [8] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:13, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Peddamanagalaram [9] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:13, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Khera, Nangal [10] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:13, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Polupalli [11] Chris Troutman (talk) 11:44, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Thaniyamangalam [12] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 12:40, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Lakhpur [13] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 12:40, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Rawalpindi, Kapurthala [14] Chris Troutman (talk) 11:31, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Durdura [15] Chris Troutman (talk) 09:26, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Makradeo [16] Chris Troutman (talk) 08:06, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Polachira [17] Chris Troutman (talk) 06:40, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Sangatpur [18] Chris Troutman (talk) 06:40, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Sarvaram [19] Chris Troutman (talk) 06:40, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Thiruveezhimizhalai [20] Chris Troutman (talk) 06:48, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Kaloor[21] Chris Troutman (talk) 03:40, 11 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Ajtani [22] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:10, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Mayong (Assam) [23] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:10, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Panchetiya [24] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:10, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Pilichikuzhi [25] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:10, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Rangiyam [26] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:10, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Tebhapadar [27] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:10, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Thirukalappur [28] Green Giant (edits) (talk) 17:10, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Bharkhar [29]Chris Troutman (talk) 06:31, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Kallankurichi [30]Chris Troutman (talk) 06:38, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Kesavapuram [31]Chris Troutman (talk) 06:54, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Kherda [32]Chris Troutman (talk) 06:54, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Peringottukara [33]Chris Troutman (talk) 06:17, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    • Vazhuthacaud [34]Chris Troutman (talk) 06:25, 10 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Reward: Depending on the estimated difficulty, I will post a thank you, barnstar, or other surprise on your talk page. I may or may not offer choice of award.
• Limit on rewards: I have no set limit per article. I may add more articles to the list.
• Expires: 2 March 2014, or when all articles in the list are claimed, whichever comes first. (I may extend the date if I add more articles.)

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[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[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[reply]

Stub expanson

• Offeror: Armbrust ^{The Homunculus}
• Date offered: 14:02, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
• Request: Expand one of the following stub articles to a C-class article.
  • Yellow-spotted Honeyeater

    Claimed by King jakob c 2. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:59, 30 November 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Bar-backed Partridge

    Claimed by HueSatLum. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:14, 1 December 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Plumbeous Water Redstart

    Claimed by Bloom6132. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:06, 3 December 2013 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Mangrove Robin

    Claimed by Bloom6132. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:17, 11 January 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Black-breasted Thrush

    Claimed by Bloom6132. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:02, 16 January 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Velodona

    Claimed by Sven Manguard. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 09:49, 17 January 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Sainte-Enimie

    Claimed by HueSatLum. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:07, 18 January 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Marpesia zerynthia

    Claimed by JamesDouch. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:09, 9 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Tonna galea

    Claimed by Bloom6132. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:56, 20 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Nemanthus annamensis

    Not eligible now. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:56, 20 February 2014 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Reward: ((The Stub Barnstar)) and topic-specific Barnstar.
• Limit on rewards: Two Barnstars for one article. If you want to collect your prize, than notify me on my talk page.
• First listing expires: 27 November 2014. If not every article on the list reached at least the C-class quality, than will be reposted.

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[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[reply]

Silgan Holdings

*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[reply]

Expand List of Wikipedia controversies

• 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

Help me with my header

• 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

• 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.

• Just reviewed two editors; Uirauna and Catchthedream. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 00:16, 20 October 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• If you're done, then I"ll go ahead and award. Buggie111 (talk) 00:34, 20 October 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• I was going to review on a daily pattern, but if you give one for each reviewer's total efforts, then I'd rather the award waited till I'd done my full part. :) Wilhelmina Will (talk) 00:41, 20 October 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• I've finished the review on SwisterTwister. I don't think I'll do another one because of my other tasks, but I'll think about it. Nah, I'll do a few more. --Sp33dyphil © • © 21:49, 28 October 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• I'm not done reviewing editors yet, but to keep track of the reviews I've done (together with the two mentioned above): LoveUxoxo, Neckername, Mobile Snail, Simply south, and Strikerforce; that's seven so far. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 03:14, 30 October 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Make that 8; just reviewed Sodacan. Wilhelmina Will (talk) 04:35, 4 November 2011 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wikifying (adding links and fixing syntax)

• Offeror: WikiProject Wikify (contact: Guoguo12--Talk-- ).
• Date offered: 1 June 2011.
• Request: Help to wikify articles as part of the June Backlog Elimination Drive.
• 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 June 2011 (UTC).
• Awarded:

3family6

Bailo26

Bill william compton

Cwmhiraeth

Diannaa

Kerowyn

Miniapolis

Mu Mind

Pjoef

Ryan Vesey

Whpq

Wilhelmina Will

Copy Editing

• 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

• Offeror: The High Fin Sperm Whale
• Date offered: 20:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
• Request: Add some references to Baatara gorge waterfall.
• Reward: The ((The Citation Barnstar)).
• Limit on rewards: 1 per person.
• Expires: May 17th, 2011
• Awarded:

AbbyKelleyite

Eustress

Wikifying (adding links and fixing syntax)

• 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

• 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

• 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"

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• The Editor's Barnstar
• The Uganda Barnstar

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 the}_{Simple English Wikipedia}. See rules at top.

Completed by Guoguo12--Talk--  21:57, 25 September 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Make at least 20 constructive edits to the Silver Reef article

• 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[reply]

Revert vandalism on my user page

• 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

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[reply]

Old School Vandalsim Hunting 4

• 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

• 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

• 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

OhanaUnited^{Talk page}

Wehwalt (talk) (Met challenge twice)

Shahab (talk)

Grim²³★

JPMcGrath

Furry articles

• Reward: $150 for a featured article, $50 each for up to 10 good articles (4 remaining) or for making list of furry conventions, list of furry comics or list of furry role-playing games a featured list.
• Offerers: Rat and GreenReaper
• Date offered: October 9, 2007
• Expires: January 1, 2010 Offer extended on June 14, 2009
• Limit on topics: Must fall within the theme of WikiProject Furry and be "in the furry community," not merely "something [some] furries are interested in." As a rough guide, topics falling within Category:Furry fandom are a good sign, while topics around before the late 1960s/early 1970s (before the furry community existed) are unlikely to count, as are creative properties or characters developed by large companies. For example: The Lion King, Set (mythology), or Miles "Tails" Prower would not be suitable, while Albedo Anthropomorphics, fursuit or furry convention would. All non-related-topic entries in ((furry fandom)) are good choices. If in doubt, contact offerers in advance.
• Limit on rewards: Only the first featured article and the first ten good articles will receive a bounty.
• Notes: Collaborative contributions accepted. See featured article bounty and good article bounty on WP:FURRY talk for more details.
• Awarded:

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

• 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[reply]

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

Old School Vandalism hunting

• 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[reply]

Sophus Bie ^(talk)

Amorymeltzer

Userbox Organizer

• Offeror:The New Mikemoral^talk_contribs 19:19, 31 January 2009 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Date: 19:04, 31 January 2009 (UTC)
• Request: Organize my userboxes in to two areas: WIkipedia and Personal. Notify me on my talk page first please.
• Reward: Barnstar
• Limit on rewards: What I feel like

• Expires: Done

Decent article for culture of Lithuania

• 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[reply]

Emma Goldman FA

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

• lets out breath* done... wanting barnstar... *falls over* ;) --Pupster21 Talk To Me 16:32, 7 May 2007 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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[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[reply]

Almost any Lithuania-related article

• 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

• 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

• Offeror: User:Creidieki
• Request: Images with known height/weight for Body mass index article: Image:Male borderline underweight.jpg
• Reward: $2 USD per picture.
• Recipient: Fredrik Johansson
• Date awarded: 00:19, 19 April 2006
• Paid: To foundation (at user request).

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

• 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)

• Offeror: grm_wnr
• Details: See above.
• Filled:
  • 1/5: Wilhelm Hasenclever translated from German on June 4 2006 for User:Linuxerist, who provided Image:Power Macintosh G3 AIO.jpeg

Interdental plate article creation

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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}

Re-link PlayStation games

• 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.
• Expires: *limit reached*
• Awarded:

Tavatar (Talk)

Alumni grad years and citations

• Offeror: Eustress ^talk
• Date offered: 02:01, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
• Request: Insert a reliable citation in proper format for alumni listed at Cornell#Alumni AND include their year of graduation (e.g., John Doe '56, Jane Doe '99).
• Reward: Citation Barnstar for 15, Tireless Contributor Barnstar for doing an additional 15.
• Limit on rewards: One of each barnstar per editor.
• Expires: One year from date of offer or when no more citations are needed in the section, whichever comes first.

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[reply]

The latter. —Eustress ^talk 19:21, 16 August 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Found 37! On the hunt for more... NielsenGW (talk) 00:22, 17 August 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Finished with a total of 48 confirmed citations. NielsenGW (talk) 14:45, 17 August 2010 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• Awarded:

NielsenGW (talk)

NielsenGW (talk)

H1nkles (talk) _{citius altius fortius}

The Quasar barnstar

• Offeror: benzband (talk)
• Date offered: 13:21, 26 December 2011 (UTC)
• Request: Create a WP:RIB for ((The Quasar barnstar)). See details here.
• Reward: ((The Graphic Designer's Barnstar)) (and of course the ribbon that goes with it  :)
• Expires: 13 November 2012
• Awarded:

Achowat

Shadowed Ribbon for New Page Patroller's Barnstar

• 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

• Offeror: TRLIJC19 (talk)
• Date offered: 17:12, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
• Request: Please create a portal for the topic of Grey's Anatomy (see WikiProject Grey's Anatomy for usable info.) I would prefer that it be modeled off of Portal:Friends.
• Reward: Portal Barnstar and The Special Barnstar
• Expires: June 25, 2012

Beyond Good & Evil

• Offeror: MrStalker ^(talk)
• Date offered: 18:31, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
• Request: Bring Beyond Good & Evil (video game) to GA status.
• Reward: 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.
• Expires: August 2, 2010

005

• Offeror: Godsy ^(TALK_CONT)
• 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

• 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

• 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[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

• 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

• 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

• Offerer: ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk
• Date offered: 07:09, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
• Request: Add a short description to every good article that lacks one (currently roughly 8000)
• Reward: The Short Description Barnstar
• Expires: When there are less than 1,000 good articles without short descriptions remaining
• Sign-up: Just ping me if you've completed the task, and I'll AGF. If a group wants to take this on together, that's also fine.

  @Sdkb: Guess I'll get started on this one. Will try to get a sane number of short descriptions done. Maybe 100? Or even more than that. We'll see how far I get. Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me | Contributions). 08:33, 1 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Sdkb I'll try this as well. ―Qwerfjkltalk 20:52, 1 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Awesome; best of luck to you both! ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 20:58, 1 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Sdkb:: Actually started on this last week. Glad to see more editors on board. My editing shortdesc history. --Justanothersgwikieditor (talk) 02:32, 4 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@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[reply]

• @Sdkb:: I have completed about 200 short descriptions as of today. Good exposure to different subjects. Easy to get caught up in reading them.My editing shortdesc history--Akrasia25 (talk) 02:43, 4 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  It looks like the total count remaining is down to 2900! Many hands make light work It's hard for me to tell exactly who's contributing and how much, but for anyone who's taken care of a chunk, just ping me once you've done as many as you're willing and I'll be happy to hand out the promised reward. Hopefully it'll be possible to get all the way to zero! ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 04:36, 4 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Sdkb and others: I handled a couple thousand or so of these by strategically adding short descriptions to infoboxes. Many of the remaining articles are were ships and military operations, but I have chosen not to add automated SDs to that template because the Wikidata descriptions are usually pretty good. They just need to be imported, mostly. (Current count is 2,300.) – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:31, 6 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  We're passing 1,278 now! While I've unfortunately not managed to contribute as many as other takers of this project, I've been trying whenever I've free time, which is hard when you've got other things to do. Thank you and good luck to everyone else on this project, for making the impossible possible. Let's see if we can get to 0! Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me | Contributions). 00:32, 18 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Sdkb: I've done a little over a hundred according to my contribs, and the remaining total is just under 950. – Reidgreg (talk) 19:06, 1 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  @Reidgreg, nice going! Are you planning to do a few more or calling it for now? I'm very happy to see this task being taken up—it seems very feasible we'll get to zero soon! ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 21:03, 1 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  I'll try for a few (dozen?) more today. – Reidgreg (talk) 21:25, 1 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Awesome! Let me know what your (approximate) count is once you wrap up. ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 21:27, 1 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  @Sdkb:Let's call it 140. – Reidgreg (talk) 02:51, 2 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  We are down to 850, with still many easy ones left to do. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:53, 2 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Sdkb: Saw your call to arms on Discord...I have a lot of free time on my hands, so will give this a go. pinktoebeans ^(talk) 11:04, 2 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• @Sdkb: I have started using the shortdesc helper recently and I think this might be a task for me. I know I'm late (currently, around 800 GAs without short descriptions) but I'll try to finish the task. Luxtaythe2nd (talk) 03:05, 3 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• @Sdkb: We might be out, believe it or not... your petscan link returns No result for source categories. We all did such an impressive job if that's the case! Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me | Contributions). 22:02, 3 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  @TheDragonFire300, It's still returning 564 results, so not quite there yet, but we're close! ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 22:54, 3 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  @Sdkb: That was a weird moment. Perhaps petscan was on the fritz... but whatever, let's keep at it. Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me | Contributions). 23:22, 3 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Sdkb: Me and LunaEatsTuna managed to lower the count from 800 to less than 600 yesterday! We worked together on the Wikimedia Community server. Luxtaythe2nd (talk) 05:28, 4 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  Nice! It seems like we're on track to finish in the next few days ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk 06:42, 4 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  @Sdkb: It currently sits at 397 now :3 Progress is fast great job everyone! LunaEatsTuna (talk) 17:10, 4 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[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[reply]

@Akrasia25 I'm still seeing 240 pages. ― Qwerfjkltalk 18:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[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[reply]

• @Sdkb:It is around 200 and I did around 4,000. My history SVcode(Talk) 14:32, 6 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

• @Sdkb: We can do this today! Less than 200 are left. Only a stone's throw from here. I'm gonna finish this. Luxtaythe2nd (talk) 04:57, 6 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• This is  Done. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:54, 6 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • @Sdkb: Woohoo! Well done everyone. Please put me down for ~200 done, as shown here. pinktoebeans ^(talk) 13:57, 6 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • @Sdkb: This is one of the greatest collaborations on Wikipedia I've seen since the (^{now defunct}) to do list for WikiProject Poland! I did ~300, I think. Luxtaythe2nd (talk) 14:14, 6 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

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

Add content links to Frances Parthenope Verney

• 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[reply]

Draft:07102010 (Crown the Empire album)

• 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

• 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[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[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[reply]

  @Trialpears Thanks! (fixed the oldid). —Qwerfjkltalk 21:06, 27 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[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[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[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[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[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[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[reply]

@EpicPupper I'll try this with JWB. —Qwerfjkltalk 21:34, 26 June 2021 (UTC)Reply[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[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[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[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[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[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[reply]

Oops, I meant $1)) ―Qwerfjkltalk 05:35, 12 July 2021 (UTC)Reply[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[reply]

@EpicPupper Pretty much finished . ―Qwerfjkltalk 19:13, 13 July 2021 (UTC)Reply[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[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[reply]

@EpicPupper: I will give this a start.--Akrasia25 (talk) 00:36, 9 August 2021 (UTC)Reply[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[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[reply]

• Just to echo MichaelMaggs and David Eppstein. Do not blindly remove articles as an automated tick box exercise. There are many cases when they are needed for accuracy. This should not be treated as a hard rule. SpinningSpark 19:11, 3 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • ... and in fact the WP:SDFORMAT guideline says just that "avoid initial articles (A, An, The) except when required for correct grammar and meaning". SpinningSpark 07:06, 4 September 2021 (UTC)Reply[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[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[reply]

Creating spoken versions of Level-1 Vital Articles

• Offeror: ((u|Sdkb)) ^talk, on behalf of WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia
• Date offered: 05:19, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
• Request: Add a spoken version of a level-1 vital article that lacks one (currently Life, Mathematics, Philosophy, Science, Technology, and The arts).
• Reward: The Spoken Barnstar
• Expires: When all level-1 vital articles have a spoken version
• Sign-up: Just ping me if you've completed the task.

Creating spoken version of English language

• 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

• 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

• Offerer:Wikiwow*_* (talk) 07:00, 9 October 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
• Date offered:09:17 1 October 2022(UTC)
• Request:Some references need to be added to the Draft:Dark Hollow I would do it myself but I am currently busy in real life.
• Reward:The Citation Barnstar,The Writer's Barnstar and The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
• Limit on rewards:None
• Expires:UNKNOWN
• Sign up:Leave a message on User talk:Wikiwow1102
• Awarded:User:Reidgreg

Shorten long short descriptions

• 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[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[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[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[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[reply]

Maybe you could try an (expensive) search like hastemplate:"Short description" insource:/\{\{short description\|[^\}]{100,}/
 ― Qwerfjkltalk 21:03, 20 December 2021 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I'm up to trying for this. 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 22:57, 12 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]