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Badges are a way to acknowledge someone's contribution to Teahouse. You can give them by pasting a badge template on a user talk page, or by using Wikilove Badge Edition (try WikiLove - it's fun!). Learn more about this experiment.
What is WikiLove?
Go to someone else's userpage. See the red heart in the upper right? Click on the heart, you've found the WikiLove tool.
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Experienced editors with this badge have committed to welcoming guests, helping new editors, and upholding the standards of the Teahouse by giving friendly and patient guidance—at least for a time.
Hosts illuminate the path for new Wikipedians, like Tōrō in a Teahouse garden.
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The maître d' acts as a community organizer and a moderator who helps to make sure that all aspects of the Teahouse are running smoothly, and that guests have a good experience. The maître d' is not the boss of Teahouse, but acts as a responsible facilitator for the project.
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A good answer is one that fits in with the Teahouse expectations of proper conduct: polite, patient, simple, relies on explanations not links, and leaves a talkback notification.
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Awarded to everyone who participated in the Wikipedia Teahouse during its first year!
To celebrate the many hosts and guests we've met and the nearly 2000 questions asked and answered during this excellent first year, we're giving out this tasty cupcake badge.
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Teahouse Barnstar
Teahouse Barnstar
Your work at the Teahouse is consistently amazing! You deserve this Barnstar for your tireless efforts. ~~~~
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Given to users who have repeatedly done great work at the Teahouse! Barnstars are a classic way that Wikipedians recognize each other for doing great work. Those who receive the Teahouse Barnstar stand out from the crowd by repeatedly asking great questions, providing awesome answers or otherwise doing amazing things to keep the Teahouse going.