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Summary
To celebrate truly fantastic work dedication on How.com.vn, we have created the barnstar award. Please use it to show your appreciation for the truly exceptional How.com.vn contributors. Like everything on How.com.vn, these awards can be given in the "wiki way" meaning that anyone can award them to anyone. They don't require gathering a community consensus or a vote. But that said, let's try and use these awards rarely so they maintain their meaning.
Origin and Purpose of the Barnstar Award
The idea to award Barnstars at wikHow was originally proposed by Nathan Wong. It was inspired by the the creation of the Barnstar as a Wiki award by SunirShah on MeatballWiki and the common usage at Wikipedia. In Sunir's words, the goal of the barnstar was to celebrate fantastic displays of wiki community effort:
"One of (the wiki community) most central values is BarnRaising. We believe in building things collaboratively and collectively. To do this, each person plays their part, for sure. Some people create content. Other people edit. Some reorganize. Others bridge...to other communities. Some write software. Others manage projects. There are as many ways to contribute as there are hands helping. Occasionally, a person stands out above the rest and does something none of us would have thought of doing or were too lazy to do. They give a large gift to the community that shines against the background of our daily smaller gifts. Sometimes we thank them and maybe even congratulate them for a job well done. Sometimes we merely appreciate their contribution silently. Certainly people here know their work is appreciated and respected, but that isn't always enough."
Image Credit
The barnstar image is a public domain image created by Sunir Shah of the Meatball Wiki community. The current version comes to How.com.vn via Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Barnstar.png
License: Public Domain
