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In addition to barnstars, there are several other awards. While barnstars are generally reserved for a long-standing pattern of excellence, the following awards are more often given to honour a specific action or event.

== The Zen Garden Award ==
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| The ''Zen Garden Award for Infinite Patience'' may be awarded to an editor who has shown extraordinary patience in the face of toil or turmoil. This award was introduced on March 31, 2006 by [[User:ClockworkSoul|ClockworkSoul]].
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== WikiMedal for Janitorial Services==
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|The ''WikiMedal for Janitorial Services'' is a medal with which to reward those doing good janitorial work. This award was introduced by [[User:Topbanana|Topbanana]] on June 16, 2004.
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== The Exceptional Newcomer Award ==
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|[[File:Exceptional newcomer.svg|100px|Exceptional Newcomer Award]] 
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|The ''Exceptional Newcomer Award'' may be awarded to newcomers who display exceptional enthusiasm, skill, and [[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|boldness]] beyond their experience. This award was introduced by [[User:ClockworkSoul|ClockworkSoul]] on November 7, 2004.
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==The Missing Barnstar==
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|The ''Missing Barnstar'' is designed for Wikipedians who are long overdue for a Barnstar due to their efforts, if they've ever received one at all for that matter (apparently their Barnstar was missing). The Missing Barnstar was introduced by [[User:Karmafist|Karmafist]] on September 1, 2005.
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==The Featured Article Medal==
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|[[Image:Wiki_medal.jpg|The Featured Article Medal]]
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|The ''Featured Article Medal'' may be awarded to an editor who makes great contributions to three or more articles that have a [[Wikipedia:Featured_articles|Featured Article]] status.

This award was introduced on March 14, 2005 by [[User:AllyUnion|AllyUnion]], and was designed by [[User:Ausir|Ausir]] and [[:pl:Wikipedysta:Kimbar|Kimbar]].
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==The Featured List Medal==
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|[[Image:Featured List Medal.png|The Featured List Medal]]
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|The ''Featured List Medal'' may be awarded to an editor who makes great contributions to three or more lists that have a [[Wikipedia:Featured_list|Featured List]] status, or to users that have contributed greatly to the FL process.

This award was introduced on December 9, 2008 by [[User:Scorpion0422|Scorpion0422]] and the barnstar portion was designed by [[User:Cannibaloki|Cannibaloki]].
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== The DYK Medal ==
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|[[Image:DYK Medal.svg|80px|DYK medal]] 
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|The ''DYK medal'' may be awarded to an editor who makes several great contributions to the [[wikipedia:Did you know|Did you know]] section.

This medal was introduced on March 9, 2006 by [[User:Vaoverland|Vaoverland]], and designed by [[User:AzaToth|AzaToth]].
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== The Reviewers Award ==
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|Image:Reviewer's Award2.png|''The Reviewers Award'' is an award to show appreciation for work at any of the [[Wikipedia:Featured content]] processes. This award was introduced by [[User:Ambuj.Saxena|Ambuj.Saxena]].
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== The Content Review Medal of Merit ==
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|[[Image:CRM.png|The Content Review Medal of Merit|75px]]
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|Image:CRM.png|''The Content Review Medal of Merit'' can be given for significant contributions to any aspect of the Content Review process: '''[[Wikipedia:Featured articles]]''', '''[[Wikipedia:Featured portals]]''', '''[[Wikipedia:Peer review]]''', '''[[Wikipedia:Good articles]]''' or '''[[Wikipedia:Featured lists]]'''.<P><P></noinclude>
This award was designed by [[User:Ling.Nut|Ling.Nut]] on October 28, 2007.
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==The Outlaw Halo Award==
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|''The Outlaw Halo Award'' is given for whatever reason you may have, to whomever you feel like presenting it to.

This award may also be given to those who [[WP:IAR|Ignore All Rules]] in an audacious way that protects the 'pedia. 

It was introduced by [[User:Kathryn NicDhàna|Kathryn NicDhàna]] on March 15, 2007, after [[User:Sue Rangell|Sue Rangell]] <sup class="noprint">&#91;[[WP:CITE|''<span  style="white-space: nowrap;">citation needed</span>'']]&#93;</sup> [[WP:NCR|Climbed the Reichstag]] to present her with a [[Wikipedia:Wikihalo|Wikihalo]] award, without even asking anyone to vote on it. 
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==The Bot Builder Award==
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|Image:Dykbb.png|''The Bot Builder Award'' may be awarded to any user who creates a bot for the Wikipedia project.
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==Mensch's Barnstar==
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|<center>[[Image:MenschBarnstar.png|The Mensch's Barnstar]]</center>
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|'''The Mensch's Barnstar'''
''The [[Mensch|Mensch's]] Barnstar'' may be awarded to those editors who have shown to be a person of integrity and honor. 
In other words, a [[mensch]]!<br><br>
Introduced and designed by [[User:Shirulashem|'''<font color="#2B3856"><span style="font-family: cursive">shirulashem</span></font>''']] [[User talk:Shirulashem|'''<font color="#2B3856"><span style="font-family: cursive">(talk)</span></font>''']] on December 24, 2008.
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==The WikiJaguar (a.k.a. Talk-page Stalker) Award for Excellence==

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|'''The WikiJaguar Award for Excellence'''
''The [[WP:WikiJaguar|WikiJaguar]] Award for Excellence'' may be awarded to those editors who have responded to a question or request on another user's talk page in their role as a [[WP:talk page stalker|talk page stalker]].

Introduced and designed by –[[user:xeno|<b style="font-family:verdana; color:black;">xeno</b>]][[user talk:xeno|<sup style="color:black; font-family:verdana;">talk</sup>]] on June 11, 2009
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== See also ==
* [[Wikipedia:Awards]]
* [[Wikipedia:Barnstars]]
* [[Wikipedia:Reward board]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Editor of the Week]]
* [[Wikipedia:Million Award]]
* *{{tlx|Useraward}}—Similar to official Award templates, to craft custom non-official user awards.

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