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The reward board is an informal page where users who want a specific task related to Wikipedia (such as the promotion of an article to featured article status or the editing of an image) can offer a reward to editors willing to take on the task. The execution and details of the transaction are the responsibility of the participating parties, and the reward can be monetary, goods (books, cookies, etc.), barnstars, or tit-for-tat editing (like improving another article).

Reward board is similar to the Bounty board; however, instead of a donation to the Wikimedia Foundation, payment is made directly to a specific editor.

The Wikimedia Foundation is not hiring and no payments are made by the Foundation. This is purely a page for editors to offer rewards to other editors. Challenges may remain open for a maximum duration of one year. After that period of time, the challenge will be moved to expired requests; however, the author of the challenge may repost the challenge with a new expiration period. The aim of this policy is to keep the board clutter-free, ensure editors are available to fulfill such challenges, and to ensure the challenges are still valid.

See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for information about monetary compensation and possible conflicts of interest.

[edit] How to offer a reward

If you would like to offer a reward such as the ones below, simply add an entry to appropriate category below. Add all the details that you feel are relevant to the reward, in a format similar to this pattern:

====Reward title====
*'''Offeror''': ~~~
*'''Date offered''': ~~~~~
*'''Request''': What needs to be done to claim the award.
*'''Reward''': The reward you are offering.
*'''Limit on rewards''': In the case of possible multiple rewards, any limit set.
*'''Expires''': Date until which your offer is valid. Max expiration date is one year from offer date.

In the case of a monetary offer, please specify country currency. Numerous countries use the same symbols.

Please place new entries towards the top of the category. See Wikipedia:Reward board fulfilled requests for past rewards.

[edit] Active requests

[edit] Tit for tat requests

[edit] 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: 23:59, 1 March 2011 (CET)

[edit] Wikifying (adding links and fixing syntax)

Offeror: WikiProject Wikify (contact: Guoguo12 --Talk-- )
Date offered: 00:26, 1 February 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: One barnstar, plus another special barnstar for users on the leaderboard.
Expires: 23:59, 28 February 2011 (UTC).

[edit] David Kato

Offeror: EdChem (talk)
Date offered: 21:05, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Request: Upload a suitably licensed (not fair use) photo of David Kato, the recently-murdered Ugandan gay rights activist and add it to his wiki-bio. This is urgent as there is a related DYK nomination which would benefit from an image.
Reward: A suitable barnstar will be awarded, the uploader may choose from the Human Rights Barnstar, the LGBT Barnstar, the Barnstar of Liberty, or the Special Barnstar. Suggestions for a different suitable barnstar will be considered.
Limit on rewards: One only.
Expires: February 10, 2011. After you added the image to the article, please leave me a note on my talk page.

[edit] Operation Rock Avalanche

Offeror: Sharkface^T/_C
Date offered: 16:39, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
Request: Help get Operation Rock Avalanche to GA status. Must make more than 5 edits total.
Reward: Barnstars will be awarded depending on what area the work was done in (pictures, sourcing, expansion, copy-editing, etc.).
Limit on rewards: Up to 2 barnstars per user.
Expires: January 26 2012. After you have done the work, leave me a note on my talk page.

[edit] The Lost Hero

Offeror: Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here
Date offered: 18:42, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Request: Get the article to GA status or up
Reward: {{Original Barnstar}} for 50-100 edits; {{Working Man's Barnstar}} for 100-150 edits. {{The Literary Barnstar}} is for 150+ edits.
Expires: May 3, 2011.

[edit] The Lightning Thief

Offeror: Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here
Date offered: 18:42, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Request: Get the article to A-class or up
Reward: {{Original Barnstar}} for 100-150 edits; {{Working Man's Barnstar}} for 150+ edits. {{The Literary Barnstar}} for FA.
Expires: June 3, 2011.

[edit] Percy Jackson & the Olympians

Offeror: Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here
Date offered: Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here
Request: Get the article to GA-status or up; copyedit
Reward: {{Working Man's Barnstar}} for copyedit and/or GA. For A-class, I will give {{The Literary Barnstar}}.
Expires: July 3, 2011.

[edit] Percy Jackson

Offeror: Perseus, Son of Zeus ✉ sign here
Date offered: 19:08, 25 January 2011 (UTC)
Request: Get the article to B-class or up.
Reward: {{Working Man's Barnstar}} for copyedit and/or B-class. For GA-class, I will give {{The Literary Barnstar}} and {{The Working Man's Barnstar}}.
Expires: May 3, 2011.

[edit] Antonio Stradivari

Offeror: Focus (talk)
Date offered: 04:38, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Request: Make at least 50 constructive edits to the article Antonio Stradivari, which I am currently trying to expand and source.
Reward: {{The Editor's Barnstar}} for 50 edits, as well as the {{Music Barnstar}} for 100+ edits.
Limit on rewards: Up to 2 barnstars per user.
Expires: January 18 2012

[edit] Battle of Kandahar (2001)

Offeror: Sharkface^T/_C
Date offered: 19:36, 8 January 2011 (UTC)
Request: Please add some sources to the page. Expansions, cleanup, pictures, etc. are all welcome, too.
Reward: Barnstars for any expansions, cleanup, sources added, etc.
Limit on rewards: Limit of 5 rewards per person for this page.
Expires: January 8th, 2012. After you have done the work, leave me a note on my talk page.

[edit] Mindaugas II of Lithuania

Offeror: Spongie555 (talk)
Date offered: 01:29, 2 January 2011 (UTC)
Request: Bring Mindaugas II of Lithuania to GA status
Reward: Royalty barnstar, a plain Barnstar of National merit and a Lithuania barnstar
Limit on rewards: Both for the person who brings it to GA and if others help they get one of each too
Expires: Till GA status is achieved or May 30, 2011

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Organize Yank Adams

Offeror: Fuhghettaboutit (talk)
Date offered: 03:26, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
Request: Organize Yank Adams in a logical fashion. I have done the heavy lifting of many, many hours of research, writing and citation but I can't seem to get myself to organize the material better, add logical headers, and so on to start it on its way to being a GA. Every time I start to think about it I click on my watchlist and do something else.
Reward: I will add $30 to my Kiva account (currently at $240). You will not be able to check this but I will follow through. I will also give you an award featuring an enraged prosimian.
Limit on rewards: Only one donation is available. There are, however, an unlimited supply of primitive primates.
Expires: One year from offer.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

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

[edit] Falcon articles

Offeror: —out^offocus
Date offered: 22:20, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
Request: Improve an article on a species of falcon to GA or FA status. Articles about falcons in general (e.g. falcon or falconry) will also count.
Reward: The fauna barnstar for every GA. If you get it to FA, I will give you the bio-star as well.
Limit on rewards: One barnstar per article (two for FAs).
Expires: 1 year (October 4, 2011).

[edit] Ribbon Awards

Offeror: NielsenGW
Date offered: 29 September 2010
Request: Create new ribbons to match existing barnstars and add them to the ribbons page. To claim your reward, leave me a talk page message.
Reward: Any or all of the barnstars below

Create 2 new ribbons: The Original Barnstar
Create 5 new ribbons: The Barnstar of Diligence
Create 8 new ribbons: The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Create 12 new ribbons: The Graphic Designer's Barnstar

Limit on rewards: One set of the four above per user.
Expires: 1 year (September 29, 2011)
Awarded:

[edit] Rugby League photographs

Offeror: Mtaylor848 (talk)
Date offered: 11:08, 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Request: Get free-use images of content relating to Rugby League, inparticularly rugby league grounds that may not be used for much longer such as Knowsley Road, The Willows, Belle Vue and Wheldon Road.
Reward: The Photographer's Barnstar
Limit on rewards: One per editor
Expires: One year from date of offer
Awarded:

[edit] Getting articles into DYK

Offeror: Wilhelmina Will (talk)
Date offered: 03:22, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Request: Helping me to get the articles Eurycephalella, Kukufeldia, and Renphasma ready for DYK.
Reward: The DYK medal.
Limit on rewards: 1 medal per person, per article. Total possible amount of barnstars per editor: 3.
Expires: To get the articles nominated as recently created articles: Aug. 20th, 2010 (Eurycephalella), Aug. 22nd, 2010 (Kukufeldia), and aug. 24th, 2010 (Renphasma). To get them nominated as 5x expansions, 1 year.

[edit] Free-use pictures

Offeror: Eustress ^talk
Date offered: 01:48, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
Request: Get a free-use image of either of the following: author Stephen Covey, actress Hayley McFarland, George Wythe University (Utah)
Reward: The Photographer's Barnstar
Limit on rewards: One per editor
Expires: One year from date of offer
Awarded:

Alex Douglas (Covey pic)

[edit] Hong Kong

Offeror: Kayau Voting IS evil
Date offered: 01:42, 4 July 2010 (UTC)
Request: Give me at least 3 pics of Hong Kong factories of different districts (please upload to COMMONS), or give me the exact figures of the employment structure of any year of the 1960s in Hong Kong, or the employment structure of the manufacturing industry alone.
Reward: That photo award thingy... yeah I'll give it to you, don't worry.
Limit on rewards: No limit. 1 photo award every 3 pics. For every additional three, the original barnstar. Citation barnstar for the info on employment structure.
Expires: 4 July 2011

[edit] 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

There's a Time's Online article that describes the gorge...but it does not give it a name...

“	At two, after climbing along a river valley, we lunched high in the hills in the shade of an old fig tree above the cave of Baatara. Here, an ancient paved Roman road crosses a deep grassy bowl where water cascades for more than 100 feet into a dark cavern below.	”
—Trekking Lebanon's mountains

Smallman12q (talk) 19:19, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Additional references

Offeror: The High Fin Sperm Whale
Date offered: 23:39, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
Request: Expand and add additional references to Caracol falls.
Reward: If anyone expands this article, I will award the {{The Barnstar of Diligence}}. For adding refs, I will give the {{The Citation Barnstar}}. If anyone does both, I will award two barnstars.
Limit on rewards: 2 per person.
Expires: May 17th, 2011

[edit] Get Kriegsmarine to GA, then FA status

Offeror: White Shadows ^{you're breaking up}
Date offered: 18:17, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
Request: Help me (and anyone else who is willing) to bring Kriegsmarine to GA status. After that, we'll move on from there.
Reward: If you help me to get Kriegsmarine to GA status, I'll give you co-nom credit for the article as well as the WP:Ships barnstar
Limit on rewards: None
Expires: 18:17, 10 April 2011 (UTC) Expiration date added by Griffinofwales (talk) per rules at top.

[edit] Youth Olympic Games

Offeror: H1nkles (talk)
Date offered: 19:28, 1 March 2010 (UTC)
Request: Improve the Youth Olympic Games article to GA and/or FA status.
Reward: For GA status the Running Man Barnstar, for FA status the coveted Olympics Barnstar. An alternate reward would be 3 GA reviews of your articles for a GA and 10 GA reviews of your articles for an FA.
Limit on rewards: None
Expires: 1 March 2011

[edit] Motto of the day

Offeror: Kayau Voting IS evil
Date offered: 02:59, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
Request: Suggest 30 approved mottos. (Must not be current member of MOTD.)
Reward: The motto of thet day barnstar.
Limit on rewards: None
Expires: 17 February, 2011

[edit] 20^th century architecture

Offeror: Elekhh (talk)
Date offered: 22:53, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
Request: Improve top importance 20^th century architecture articles, and bring them to featured or good quality status. Articles can be about important architects (for instance most Pritzker Prize winners fall within this category, as well as many post WWII Royal Gold Medal winners), important buildings or architectural movements (i.e.Modernism, Expressionist architecture, Postmodern architecture, etc.).
Reward: The highly prestigious WikiProject Architecture Award, will be awarded for any of the following:
- 1 article brought to Featured article status; (previous GA or FA class articles are not eligible).
- 3 articles brought to Good article status;
- 5* 4 images brought to Featured picture status;
- 15* 9 images brought to Valued picture status;

* revised condition. Elekhh (talk) 03:34, 27 February 2010 (UTC)

Limit on rewards: Consensus on "top" importance of articles within the WP:WikiProject Architecture.
Expires: 31 January 2011, or when 3 users complete a task.

[edit] Pictures of World War II military equipment

Offerer: Carnildo
Date offered: 21:12, 26 April 2010 (UTC) [Reposted; originally posted 02:01, 3 May 2006 (UTC)]
Request: Color photos of World War II military equipment for which Wikipedia has an article but not a free-license color image. Images should have a person in the picture to give a sense of scale: carrying or wearing the equipment for personal gear and weapons, or standing next to it for vehicles and larger weapons. Images should be in the public domain or under an appropriate Creative Commons license.
Reward: One photograph of anything the reward-claimer wants per photo provided, provided that I can legally and reasonably create that photo in the Inland Northwest.
Photos so far: Image:UofIdaho Arboretum Entrance20060624.jpg in exchange for Image:Bb-38.jpg
Expires: April 26, 2011

[edit] C++ GA/DYK

Offeror: decltype (talk)
Date offered: 11 June, 2009 (Renewed on 10 May, 2010)
Request: Get any existing C++-related article to GA, or get DYK credit for a C++ article (creation or 5x expansion)
Reward: Computing star and GA review and/or copy-edit of an article of your choice.
Limit on rewards: None
Expires: 10 May 2011
Notes: Consider contacting me first if you are unsure whether the article is within scope.

[edit] Arado Ar E.381

Offeror: AirplanePro^Radio_Checklist
Date offered: 00:42, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Request: Get the article Arado Ar E.381 up to A or up.
Reward: To A/FA, {{The Original Barnstar}}
Expires: June 29, 2011

GA achieved! It's such an obscure and un-realized craft that I'm not sure if FA is even feasible. One would have to have access to the actual Arado documents, blueprints, etc. BUT, I was glad to have helped to get it this far. NielsenGW (talk) 12:31, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

No way. I'm positive A-class is the next rung on the ladder for this great article (Cheers!), and up beyond that is the star of FA, maybe even part of a GT or FT. Who says obscure planes can't get FA? Obscure Russian ships are doing it (see this). WikiCopter (radio • sorties • images • lost • defense • attack) 01:20, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

I think it's going to A-class now. WikiCopter (♠ • ♣ • ♥ • ♦ • simple • commons • lost • cvu • onau) 00:08, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Industrial music albums

Offeror: —Torchiest ^talk_edits
Date offered: 00:21, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Request: Get an album article for any of the following industrial bands up to GA status: Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Ministry, Pigface, Throbbing Gristle
Reward: I will award {{The Industrial Barnstar}} and copy edit an article of your choice for each album article brought to GA status.
Limit on rewards: One barnstar per user per band, but one copy edit per article, i.e., if you did two Pigface albums and one Front 242 album, you'd get two barnstars and three copy edits.
Expires: 28 January 2011

[edit] Money

[edit] Other

[edit] See also

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