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— Bwithh 07:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar, In recognition of Ohconfucius's admirable commitment to judiciously, tirelessly and fairly reviewing many similar, repetitive articles. Bwithh 07:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar, In grateful recognition of Ohconfucius willingness to clear tirelessly through the chaff with extraordinary diligence and commitment! Eusebeus 08:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar, For your incredible work with deletionism and keeping Wikipedia orderly, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this Editor's Barnstar.S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 23:01, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
I award you this Barnstar of Babel for your meritous translation work in general and especially for your translation of sex selection into Chinese. The article is well on its way to being a Featured Article in the Chinese Wikipedia. Johntex\talk 16:38, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Rescue from Deletion Barnstar This award is long overdue for fixing up the article for Gomaa, which I nominated for deletion. In the middle of the discussion for deletion, this led to many people changing their original decisions to delete the article, and it's looking much better today. --queso man 01:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar, I would like to show my admiration for your tireless contributions to Hong Kong-related articles by giving you this Barnstar, which I hope you would kindly accept. Cheers. K.C. Tang 09:11, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
The Hollywood Barnstar, Merci bien for your most excellent improvements to the Jean-Paul Ney article with your knowledge of the French language and culture! Dreadstar† 14:52, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar I award you one for finding User:Trekphiler's page for people who always think that "new message" bar is real. Aren't you glad you checked your mail? Trekphiler (talk) 05:49, 18 June 2008 (UTC) (Yep, you do get one. BTW, what brought you to my page?)
Rescue from Deletion Barnstar Although an administrator incorrectly closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Queen of Bollywood as a Delete, your heroic and valiant efforts at saving the article deserve, at the very least, a barnstar. Great work! --brewcrewer(yada, yada) 01:10, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
The Anti-Flame Barnstar For keeping the beijing cultural center fire article up to date and spending the time necessasry to bring it up to develop the article more fully :) Ottawa4ever (talk) 14:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for all your work maintaining the article July 2009 Ürümqi riots during its time on the main page. This has been a difficult and thankless task, working at a frenetic pace for 4 days straight so far (I, for one, have been getting very little sleep), and it's only been thanks to coordinated efforts and discussion from numerous editors that the article has been kept as neutral and informative as possible. This is the most collaboration I've done, with the largest number of editors at once, since I have joined Wikipedia, and I think the results are showing; while it's not perfect, when my friends and family ask me about what's going on in Urumqi, I have been more comfortable recommending this article than any other source. The work is far from over, but now that this article is off the main page I think it's finally time to thank the editors Seb az86556, Colipon, Jim101, Ohconfucius, Benlisquare, Simonm223, and Jinhuili for all their contributions; while we had disagreements, I think each of these editors has been particularly active and has made real efforts to improve the article.rʨanaɢtalk/contribs 20:07, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar For your investigation and follow-through of duplicated text at Shaquille O'Neal. Moonriddengirl(talk) 11:44, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia Excellence Award for finding the unfindable currency converter. Thanks! You spin Wikiworld!User:Tomwsulcer 17 Aug 2009
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to Ohconfucius, for his willingness to comprimise and his ability to work with other editors to come up with amicable solutions which satisfy everyone. Thank you for your valiant efforts to the project. Ikip (talk) 06:24, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
The Working Man's Barnstar - For braving one of Wikipedia's most contested topic areas, and working with perseverance and professionalism to produce FA-quality, NPOV work, I award you this barnstar. JN466 10:24, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
The Citation Barnstar - For reformatting the massive number of citation dates on International Space Station to the correct format, a job everyone was dreading and putting off... :-) Many, many thanks! Colds7ream (talk) 16:36, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
WikiProject Hong Kong Award- Thanks for making that article about the five constituencies referendum a great one. Kayau VotingISevil 10:53, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
Zhonghua Barnstar of Merit- With 10th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, I only had to press "Mark as patrolled" and move on. For your contributions to Wikipedia in general, and your contributions to articles about Chinese subjects specifically, I award you this barnstar. I dream of horses @ 04:14, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar – For copy editing during the March 2011 GOCE Backlog Elmination Drive totaling over 30,000 words, I present Ohconficius with this barnstar. Congratulations, and thanks for your help! —Torchiesttalkedits 04:13, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar – Random Barnstar Macedoniarulez (talk) 02:10, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
100000 Edits – Congratulations on reaching 100000 edits. You have achieved a milestone that very few editors have been able to accomplish. The Wikipedia Community thanks you for your continuing efforts. Keep up the good work! Buster Seven Talk 15:10, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar – For your breathtaking number of edits, and the value of your contributions.... Hackerrye (talk) 13:15, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence- Thank you for the minor yet important date editing in my article Hermann von Kuhl which appeared on the front page today. I note other instances where you edited good pages to that last level of exactness. That's a rare talent don't discontinue :) Ultracobalt (talk) 06:40, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar - This isn't for the shared view on the authority of sports websites as "reliable sources" for spelling non-anglo living persons' names (cough!), that is just the coincidental reminder for thanks for myriad other contributions. 加油！ In ictu oculi (talk) 12:23, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar- Hey, I just wanted to thank you for your work in the Cadereyta Jiménez massacre! It was a pleasure working with you. Keep up the good work! ComputerJA (talk) 21:38, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar- Good job on the removal of Flag Icons across the project. JOJHutton 23:30, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
The Technical Barnstar- Thousands of pages have been changed with your scripts. I liked that you are well dedicated and you never give up. Thanks a lot! Hope to see more innovations from you. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 09:39, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar– Dear Ohconfucius ; Very many thanks for your helpful assistance (aided by these great scripts of yours!) in tidying up our encyclopedia! I particularly appreciated the improvements you applied to the article on Andy Irvine, which I have been working on for a while. Please know that your meticulous approach is much appreciated. With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee. (talk) 12:00, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar - Thank you for your scripts they are extremely useful for those of us who edit wikipedia Jonnymoon96 (talk) 04:07, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
COVID-19 Barnstar– Awarded for efforts in expanding and verifying articles related to COVID-19. Awarded by Cdjp1(talk) 8 March 2022 (UTC)
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The Working Man's Barnstar, In recognition of Ohconfucius's admirable commitment to judiciously, tirelessly and fairly reviewing many similar, repetitive articles. Bwithh 07:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar, In grateful recognition of Ohconfucius willingness to clear tirelessly through the chaff with extraordinary diligence and commitment! Eusebeus 08:42, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
I award you this Barnstar of Babel for your meritous translation work in general and especially for your translation of sex selection into Chinese. The article is well on its way to being a Featured Article in the Chinese Wikipedia. Johntex\talk 16:38, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Rescue from Deletion Barnstar This award is long overdue for fixing up the article for Gomaa, which I nominated for deletion. In the middle of the discussion for deletion, this led to many people changing their original decisions to delete the article, and it's looking much better today. --queso man 01:02, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar, I would like to show my admiration for your tireless contributions to Hong Kong-related articles by giving you this Barnstar, which I hope you would kindly accept. Cheers. K.C. Tang 09:11, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
The Hollywood Barnstar, Merci bien for your most excellent improvements to the Jean-Paul Ney article with your knowledge of the French language and culture! Dreadstar † 14:52, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar I award you one for finding User:Trekphiler's page for people who always think that "new message" bar is real. Aren't you glad you checked your mail? Trekphiler (talk) 05:49, 18 June 2008 (UTC) (Yep, you do get one. BTW, what brought you to my page?)
The Anti-Flame Barnstar For keeping the beijing cultural center fire article up to date and spending the time necessasry to bring it up to develop the article more fully :) Ottawa4ever (talk) 14:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence I've been watching your edits on Patrick Henry College. Good work! American Eagle (talk) 04:28, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
The Copyright Cleanup Barnstar For your investigation and follow-through of duplicated text at Shaquille O'Neal. Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:44, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia Excellence Award for finding the unfindable currency converter. Thanks! You spin Wikiworld!User:Tomwsulcer 17 Aug 2009
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to Ohconfucius, for his willingness to comprimise and his ability to work with other editors to come up with amicable solutions which satisfy everyone. Thank you for your valiant efforts to the project. Ikip (talk) 06:24, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
The Golden Wiki For Good Works on Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident
The Citation Barnstar - For reformatting the massive number of citation dates on International Space Station to the correct format, a job everyone was dreading and putting off... :-) Many, many thanks! Colds7ream (talk) 16:36, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Zhonghua Barnstar of Merit- With 10th anniversary of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, I only had to press "Mark as patrolled" and move on. For your contributions to Wikipedia in general, and your contributions to articles about Chinese subjects specifically, I award you this barnstar. I dream of horses @ 04:14, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
The Half Barnstar Per the request of the sinister Bishonen LessHeard vanU (talk) 12:32, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar – For copy editing during the March 2011 GOCE Backlog Elmination Drive totaling over 30,000 words, I present Ohconficius with this barnstar. Congratulations, and thanks for your help! —Torchiest talkedits 04:13, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
The Great Arkansas Barnstar – Thanks for your work cleaning up 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) and related articles on the Arkansas National Guard. Thanks! Aleutian06 (talk) 12:43, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar – Random Barnstar Macedoniarulez (talk) 02:10, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
100000 Edits – Congratulations on reaching 100000 edits. You have achieved a milestone that very few editors have been able to accomplish. The Wikipedia Community thanks you for your continuing efforts. Keep up the good work! Buster Seven Talk 15:10, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence- Thank you for the minor yet important date editing in my article Hermann von Kuhl which appeared on the front page today. I note other instances where you edited good pages to that last level of exactness. That's a rare talent don't discontinue :) Ultracobalt (talk) 06:40, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
The Teamwork Barnstar- Hey, I just wanted to thank you for your work in the Cadereyta Jiménez massacre! It was a pleasure working with you. Keep up the good work! ComputerJA (talk) 21:38, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
North Korean Fashion Watch Barnstar- Gerald Shields, founder of the North Korean Fashion Watch, awards you the North Korean Fashion Watch Barnstar for your continuing efforts to add reliable and poignant discussions about North Korean topics, such as Ri Sol-ju. Geraldshields11 (talk) 14:32, 28 April 2014 (UTC)
The Technical Barnstar- Thousands of pages have been changed with your scripts. I liked that you are well dedicated and you never give up. Thanks a lot! Hope to see more innovations from you. OccultZone (Talk • Contributions • Log) 09:39, 29 June 2014 (UTC)
; Very many thanks for your helpful assistance (aided by these great scripts of yours!) in tidying up our encyclopedia! I particularly appreciated the improvements you applied to the article on Andy Irvine, which I have been working on for a while. Please know that your meticulous approach is much appreciated. With kind regards; Patrick. ツ Pdebee. (talk) 12:00, 14 August 2014 (UTC)
The Copyeditor's Barnstar - Thank you for your scripts they are extremely useful for those of us who edit wikipedia Jonnymoon96 (talk) 04:07, 20 December 2016 (UTC)
