barnstar

See also: barn star and barn-star

English

A barnstar.

Alternative forms

• barn star, barn-star

Etymology

From barn +‎ star.

Pronunciation

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Noun

barnstar (plural barnstars)

1. A decorative painted object or image, often in the shape of a five-pointed star but occasionally in a circular wagon-wheel style, used to adorn a barn.
2. (Wikimedia jargon) An image posted on a wiki user's personal page by another user, as an informal award or form of recognition.
   • 2008, Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet - And How to Stop It, page 290:

     There are many different Wikipedia barnstars that connote different things.

Translations

A decorative painted object or image

• Spanish: cobestrella f

image posted on personal page

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 星章 (zh) (xīngzhāng)

• Spanish: cobestrella f