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The '''W Awards''' ('''Golden W Award''' and '''Platinum W Award''') are elite accolades recognizing the highest ability to bring content to the masses. The original Golden W means that you've had content in all of the original areas of the [[Main Page]]: [[WP:TFA|Today's featured article]], [[WP:ITN|In the news...]], [[WP:DYK|Did you know...]], [[WP:OTD|On this day...]], and [[WP:POTD|Today's featured picture]]. The Golden W predates the 2011 main page expansion plans by over a year, with only one recipient ({{u|TonyTheTiger}}) in that time. In 2011, both [[WP:FL]]s and [[WP:FS]]s were accepted to be added to the main page. FS eventually went inactive and never made it to the main page, but [[WP:TAFI]] was briefly added to the main page in 2013. To retain the spirit of the Golden W, a Platinum W award will be awarded to those who have added content to all areas of the main page at the time of the nomination. 

For each of the main page areas, you must have been a major editor of the article and a major participant in the article's nomination for that area as applicable (POTD has no nomination and OTD has a sort of submission process for hooks that get evaluated). I.E., this is an award for not only creating meritorious content, but also for having the ability to maneuver it onto the main page. Thus, to earn this award you must be intimately involved in both the creation of the content and the process of getting the content onto the main page.

Content does not have to be featured at the time of the nomination and if it loses featured status after the award, the award status is unaffected because this award recognizes the achievement of the main page appearance rather than the featured content itself. You must document that you have made a successful contribution to each section of the main page, not that the content currently is featured.

Read the criteria below for achieving the Golden W Award. If you believe you meet the requirements, you may apply for this award via the "Nominations" section.

==W Award History==
# On 22 January 2010 @ 03:06, {{user|Noraft}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Wikipedia-W-Award-%28Laurels%29.jpg&oldid=339279318 created a first draft of a Golden W Award image] at [[:File:Wikipedia-W-Award-(Laurels).jpg]].
# On 22 January 2010 @ 07:58, Noraft  [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Four_Award&diff=339310858&oldid=334768685 announced his intention to create a Golden W Award] at [[WT:FOUR]].
# [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3AFour_Award&action=historysubmit&diff=339517666&oldid=339310858 Subsequent discussion] encouraged this pursuit. 
# On 23 January 2010 @ 11:23, Noraft [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals/WikiProject_Golden_W_Award&oldid=339517171 proposed] the Golden W award at the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals]] page.
# 13 February 2010 @ 19:12, {{user|TonyTheTiger}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Noraft&diff=343790508&oldid=342304215 suggested userfying the proposal] due to its lack of consensus.
# On 9 March 2010 @ 15:46, Noraft [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Noraft/W_Awards&oldid=348753697 created] the Golden W Award page.
# On 9 March 2010 @ 19:18, TonyTheTiger [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:GOLDENW&oldid=348795774 created] the [[WP:GOLDENW]] shortcut.
# On 11 March 2010 @ 12:11, Noraft [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals/WikiProject_Golden_W_Award&diff=349203766&oldid=340481051 userfied] his proposal, which had garnered no consensus.
# In March, TonyTheTiger and Noraft [[User_talk:Noraft/Archive_4#Golden_W_2|agreed on an image]] for the award on various talk pages and by email.
# On 17 March 2010 @ 11:07, Noraft [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Golden_W_Award2.png&oldid=350378341 posted the current design] of the original Golden W Award image at [[:File:Golden W Award2.png]].
# On 20 March 2010, Noraft [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AWikipedia-W-Award-%28Laurels%29.jpg&action=historysubmit&diff=350928814&oldid=339279318 posted the current design] of the original Golden W, with Laurels, image over the first draft of the original Golden W Award image. This award has not been issued {{asof|lc=on|March 31, 2011}}.
# On 8 April 2010 @ 10:04, {{user|Lampman}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Noraft/W_Awards&diff=354717932&oldid=350932543 made the first nomination]. 
# On 10 April 2010 @ 03:46, TonyTheTiger [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Noraft/W_Awards&diff=355076828&oldid=355065375 made the first nomination that would lead to an award].
# On 2 May 2010 @ Noraft [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Noraft/W_Awards&diff=359691630&oldid=359549812 promoted TonyTheTiger's nomination].
# On 21 January 2011 at 11:01 PM (Chicago time), Noraft informed TonyTheTiger by email that he had become busy with real life and that TonyTheTiger should become proactive with the review process.
# On 22 January 2011 @ 14:31, TonyTheTiger [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Noraft/W_Awards&diff=409366135&oldid=409360261 revised] the [[WP:FP]] requirement to make it more inline with other awards and honors on wikipedia including [[WP:FOUR]] and [[WP:CUP]].
# During a series of edits on 31 March 2011  following the [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2011-03-28/Features_and_admins|March 28 2011 signpost notice]] of the discussions to [[Talk:Main_Page/Archive_157#Featured_list_proposal|add FL]] and [[Talk:Main_Page/Archive_156#Featured_sounds_vote|add FS]] to the [[main page]], TonyTheTiger [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3ANoraft%2FW_Awards&action=historysubmit&diff=421652193&oldid=409461774 set forth the Platinum W Award].
# On June 13, 2011 [[WP:TFL]] began its trial period of weekly lists on the main page as reported in [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-06-13/Featured content|Wikipedia Signpost]].
# July 23, 2014 {{u|Crisco 1492}} earns 1st Platinum W award.

==Related main page history==
*[[WP:ITN]] has been on the Main Page since the [[September 11 attacks]] in 2001.<ref>This is according to legend. The earliest confirmed news story is that of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan on October 10, 2001, [https://web.archive.org/web/20011010233257/http://www.wikipedia.com/ here].</ref>
*[[WP:OTD]] has been on the Main Page since [[Special:Diff/373137|October 11, 2002]].
*The earliest [[WP:TFA]] is February 22, 2004, according to [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/2004]].
*[[T:DYK]] dates back to February 22, 2004, when it looked like [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Did_you_know&oldid=2500457 this].
*The earliest [[WP:POTD]] is May 14, 2004, according to [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/May 2004]].
*The earliest [[WP:TFL]] was June 6, 2011, according to [[Wikipedia:Today's featured list/June 2011]].
*[[WP:TAFI]] appeared on the main page in from April 15, 2013 and was discontinued prior to the May 20, 2013 update.

==Award Images and Their Requirements==
If you you meet all the following requirements for this award, or you have contributions which have been scheduled to go on the main page, you may submit a nomination at the section below. Please note that awards are not conferred until after all contributions have actually gone live on the main page.
{{User:Noraft/Golden W}}
{{User:Noraft/Golden W Laurels}}
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-style="background:#FFFDD0"
| You must have an article that you created and/or significantly improved and nominated for '''[[WP:FA|Featured Article]]''' be displayed in the [[WP:TFA|Today's Featured Article]] at the [[Main Page]]. 
| [[File:Symbol star FA gold.svg|100px]]
|-style="background:#CAFEB8"
| You must have an article that you created/substantially updated and nominated for [[WP:ITN|In the News]] appear at the [[Main Page]] in that section, with you being credited.
| [[File:Gnome_globe_current_event.svg|100px]]
|-style="background:#EDBEFE"
| You must have an article that you started/expanded fivefold be displayed at the [[Main Page]] as a '''[[WP:DYK|Did You Know...]]''', with you being credited.  
| [[File:Symbol question.svg|100px]]
|-style="background:#CCCCFF"
| You must have an article that you created or significantly improved and nominated for [[WP:OTD|On This Day]] displayed on the [[Main Page]].
| [[File:Nuvola_apps_date.svg|100px]]
|-style="background:#FFBBBB"
| You must have a picture that you created/substantially edited and nominated for [[WP:FP|Featured Picture]] be displayed in the [[WP:POTD|Picture of the Day]] on the [[Main Page]].
| [[File:Cscr-featured.svg|100px]]
|-style="background:#FFBBBB"

|}

==Nominations==
If you believe you meet all the requirements listed above, you may request the award following the instructions below.  It would also be helpful if you reviewed one nomination and moved it to the log for each nomination that you have made.

===Instructions===
*Copy the following code and paste it to the '''bottom''' of the list at the "Current nominations" section below.

<div style="margin-left:4em;"><pre><nowiki>
===={{User|YOUR USERNAME HERE}}====
:[[File:Symbol star FA gold.svg|25px]] '''FA''': [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/ARTICLE NAME]]
:[[File:Gnome_globe_current_event.svg|25px]] '''ITN''': ARTICLE NAME and nomination [DIFF]
:[[File:Symbol question.svg|25px]] '''DYK''': [[Wikipedia:Recent additions NUMBER]] and nomination [DIFF]
:[[File:Nuvola_apps_date.svg|25px]] '''OTD''': ARTICLE NAME and nomination [DIFF]
:[[File:Cscr-featured.svg|25px]] '''FP''': [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/PICTURE NAME]]
::~~~~
</nowiki></pre></div>

<!-- If you cannot provide a link to the "recent additions" for DYK, just link to article talk -->

===Current nominations===
===={{u|TonyTheTiger}}====
:[[File:Symbol star FA gold.svg|25px]] '''FL''': [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Mr. Basketball USA/archive1]] ([[:Wikipedia:Today's featured list/December 3, 2012|TFL]])
<!-- Add your nomination at the bottom -->
::*Looks correct to me (assuming this is being added to those already included below). Tony [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mr._Basketball_USA&oldid=471361698 started] the list and nominated it, and it ran on the MP. &nbsp;—&nbsp;[[User:Crisco 1492|Crisco 1492]] ([[User talk:Crisco 1492|talk]]) 13:46, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
:::*{{ping|Crisco 1492}} Any further development on this? '''[[User:JPxG|jp]]'''×'''[[User talk:JPxG|g]]''' 02:53, 13 June 2021 (UTC)

===Reviewing===
Anybody may help in reviewing the nominations. If you would like to actively participate, you may add this page to your watchlist and follow the reviewing instructions below. Although you can nominate yourself to the list above, you should not be the final arbiter for nominations of your own editorial work or your own nominations.

====Golden W Instructions====
*If you review and the award is '''not''' applicable, remove the nomination and notify the user via their talk page that the nomination failed; don't forget to explain why and to encourage them to try again later when they feel they've done it right. 
*#Did the editor make the very first encyclopedic content edit for each article? This partially satisfies the requirements for FA, ITN, DTK, and OTD. 
*#If the editor did not make the very first encyclopedic content edit for one or more of the above articles:
**In the case of FA, did the editor significantly improve and nominate it? (Look at the FAC discussion and the article history.)
**In the case of FP, did the editor create or significantly improve and nominate it? (Check the [[WP:FPC]] discussion and [[WP:POTD]] archives on the date in question.)
**In the case of ITN, did the editor substantially update and nominate it?
**In the case of DYK, did the editor expand it fivefold, and was the editor credited with the DYK entry? (Check to see if the editor was involved in the DYK nomination by reviewing his/her user contributions. This can be done as follows: Go to the user contribution history. Click on older.  The URL should now contain a YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format time for the newest contribution on that page. Change the date to a proper date to look for the DYK info.  Then search for "Did You" or something like that.  The author may not have been involved in the nomination, but may have been credited nonetheless so check his/her user talk page the same way if you do not find nomination involvement.

*If you review and the award is applicable, remove the nomination from this page and notify the user at their talk with the following template under a new section titled "Golden W Award": <nowiki>{{subst:User:Noraft/Golden W Award/Message}}</nowiki> which produces:
{| style="border: 1px solid gray"
|rowspan="2" valign="middle" | [[File:Golden W Award2.png|100px]]
|rowspan="2" |
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''Golden W Award'''
|-
|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Congratulations! You have been awarded the [[User:Noraft/Golden W Award|Golden W Award]] for your contributions to each long-time section of the [[Main Page]]: a [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] at [[WP:TFA|Today's Featured Article]];  articles listed on [[WP:ITN|In The News]], [[WP:DYK|Did You Know]] and [[WP:OTD|On This Day]]; and a [[WP:FP|Featured Picture]] at [[WP:POTD|Picture of the Day]]. Your contributions to Wikipedia put you in a class of prolific, highly skilled editors.
|}
*Finally, add the user to the [[User:Noraft/Golden W Award/Records|Golden W Award records]].

====Platinum W Instructions====
In addition to the Golden W checks above consider:
*#Did the editor make the very first encyclopedic content edit for each article? This partially satisfies the requirements for FA, FL, ITN, DTK, TAFI, and OTD. 
*#If the editor did not make the very first encyclopedic content edit for one or more of the above articles:
**In the case of FL, did the editor significantly improve and nominate it? (Look at the FLC discussion and the article history.)
**In the case of TAFI, did the editor significantly improve and nominate it? (Look at the editorial history during the TAFI and check the TAFI nomination page history.)

*If you review and the award is applicable, remove the nomination from this page and notify the user at their talk with the following template under a new section titled "Platinum W Award": <nowiki>{{subst:User:Noraft/Platinum W Award/Message}}</nowiki> which produces:
{| style="border: 1px solid gray"
|rowspan="2" valign="middle" | [[File:Platinum W Award2.png|100px]]
|rowspan="2" |
|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''Platinum W Award'''
|-
|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Congratulations! You have been awarded the [[User:Noraft/Platinum W Award|Platinum W Award]] for your contributions to each current section of the [[Main Page]]: a [[WP:FA|Featured Article]] at [[WP:TFA|Today's Featured Article]]; a [[WP:FL|Featured List]] at [[WP:TFL|Today's Featured List]]; articles listed on [[WP:ITN|In The News]], [[WP:DYK|Did You Know]], [[WP:OTD|On This Day]], and [[WP:TAFI|Today's Article for Improvement]]; and a [[WP:FP|Featured Picture]] at [[WP:POTD|Picture of the Day]]. Your contributions to Wikipedia put you in a class of prolific, highly skilled editors.
|}
*Finally, add the user to the [[User:Noraft/Golden W Award/Records|Platinum W Award records]].

====Reviewers====
Add your name here if you wish to actively check this page for nominations and review them.
*{{user|TonyTheTiger}}

==Nomination records==
{{User:Noraft/Golden W Award/Records}}
==Main Page archives==
{{User:Noraft/Golden W Award/MPagearchive}}

==See also==
*[[WP:FOUR|The Four Award]]
*[[WP:CROWN|The Triple Crown Awards]]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

{{Orders, decorations, and medals of Wikipedia}}

[[Category:Wikipedia awards]]