Wikipedia:Barnstars/Topical

The Barnstar of National Merit may be awarded to an editor who contributes significantly to expand or improve Wikipedia's coverage of any given country.

This barnstar was proposed by Redux on February 23, 2005, and was designed by Zscout370.

For national variations, see Barnstar of National Merit or Commons, the national variations.

The Running Man Barnstar may be awarded for distinguished efforts in sports-related articles. This barnstar is intended for those who give 110% in order to advance Wikipedia's coverage of the world of sports.

This award was introduced on February 15 2005, and was designed by Deathphoenix and brian0918.

The Oddball Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who creates a particularly fine article regarding a subject that is odd, whimsical, or is otherwise something that one wouldn't expect to find in more traditional encyclopedias.

This award was introduced on March 222005 by ClockworkSoul, and was designed by Riffsyphon1024 and brian0918.

The Current Events Barnstar may be awarded to editors who make substantial contributions to current events articles, helping accurate information get through when it is most needed.

This barnstar was introduced by Kizor on July 7 2005 and designed by Zscout370, David Levy and Sango123.

The Template Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who contributes significantly to create or improve useful templates and infoboxes.

This barnstar was introduced by Smurrayinchester on January 8, 2006.

The Barnstar of Liberty may be awarded to an editor who contributes significantly to expand or improve Wikipedia's coverage of Human rights or Freedom of expression

This barnstar was proposed by evrik 2005, and was designed by Smurrayinchester.

The LGBT Barnstar is awarded to editors who make significant contributions that expand Wikipedia’s knowledge about homosexuality, bisexuality, transexuality, LGBT life and culture, notable LGBT people, events and movements, sociological issues, and population statistics.

This barnstar was proposed by Dev920 on November 11, 2006, and was designed by Ouro.

The Fauna Barnstar is awarded to editors who make significant contributions to either wild or domestic animal related articles that expand Wikipedia’s knowledge about various animal species, habitats, behavior/characteristics, endangerment, and population statistics.

This award was proposed and designed by Persian Poet Gal 2006.

The Royalty and Nobility Barnstar is awarded to editors who make significant contributions to royalty and nobility related articles that expand Wikipedia’s knowledge about the biographies of people belonging to royalty and/or nobility.

This barnstar was developed by BolinhasFofas 2007.

This Barnstar was created to reward users who have worked hard to expand and maintain page within the jurisdiction of Project Paranormal.

This barnstar should be awarded to a user who participates beyond the call of duty in the Tip of the day department.

Adapted from the technology barnstar.

This barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes significant contributions to articles about literature.

This barnstar was designed by Scartol in September 2007.