The acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) is a bird in the woodpecker family, Picidae. It is found across Central America, as well as the western United States and parts of Colombia. A medium-sized bird, it has a length of around 20 cm and is mostly black, and adult males have a red cap starting at the forehead and females a black area between the forehead and the cap. As their name implies, acorn woodpeckers are heavily dependent on acorns for food, which they store in small holes that they drill into trees, known as "granaries" or "storage trees". This acorn woodpecker was photographed in the grounds of California State University, Chico, United States.Photograph credit: Frank Schulenburg
This is for the work you do to the various Wikiprojects you are involved in, which nobody really seems to recognize, for mastering the ridiculously complicated art of uploading images, and for being an expert on Coldplay. Hell, you're not actively destroying WP are you? That almost deserves a BS in its own right,
For all your good contributions to Wikipedia. If only more people knew better than to
Helryx
17:45, 23 November 2009 (UTC)
The Userpage Shield
Placed here to recognize work done protecting User talk:tide rolls. Many thanks. Tiderolls 00:51, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
The Resilient Barnstar
For being able to take all the criticism you had in the past, and using it to grow. I think you have improved quite a bit over the past few weeks. :) You deserve this barnstar. Cheers! :) --Meaghanthe vanilla twilight 02:12, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
I seem to recall you got one of these already, but that was quite a while ago :P Good job finally getting that GA done! Nikkimaria (talk) 04:54, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
The Submarine Barnstar
(Just pretend that's a blueprint for a Submarine) For finding a niché in Wikipedia and working prolifically to improve it; then getting countless DYK's/GA's in a relatively short period of time, Lord Spongefrog,(I am Czar of all Russias!) 21:16, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
The Resilient Barnstar
For going with your gut feeling and for having the bollocks to defend it, I award you this barnstar! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:59, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Wow, I'm impressed with the amount of DYKs you have (20+!) and all your GAs! You have improved a lot since when you've started. Keep up the amazing work! --Meaghan:) ≈ 01:51, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
The Epic Barnstar
The Epic Barnstar may be awarded to an editor who makes particularly fine History and Events- related contributions. I, Quinxorin, hereby present this barnstar to White Shadows for all his edits on military history. Quinxorin (talk) 01:02, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
The Helping Hand Barnstar
The theme of this barney doesn't really fit the ocassion, but I'd like to thank you for helping out on the topics that I was working on during my trip. Thank you endlessly. Buggie111 (talk) 03:02, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
Congratulations, White Shadows! It's my pleasure to award you November 6, 2009's Red Star for being hard working, kind to others, and for being an excellent user in general. A record of this award will always be kept at User:Meaghan/Shining Stars. Enjoy! Meaghanguess who :) 00:02, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
You could also receive the next higher up award, the Orange Star!
Repeat Red Star
Congratulations, White Shadows! The first nine Red Stars of each cycle will consist of repeats from the previous cycle. The repeats will be users who did not receive the Orange Star. It's my pleasure to give you another shot at receiving the Orange Star today, on December 9, 2009! Keep up the great work! A record of this award will always be kept at User:Meaghan/Shining Stars. Enjoy! Meaghanthe vanilla twilight 00:03, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
Orange Star
Congratulations, White Shadows! Within the past three days, you received the Red Star for being hard working, kind to others, and for being an excellent user in general. You've now been chosen to receive the next higher up award, the Orange Star. A record of this award will always be kept at User:Meaghan/Shining Stars. Enjoy! Meaghanthe vanilla twilight 00:04, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
You could also receive the next higher up award, the Yellow Star!
User:White Shadows has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian,
and therefore, I've officially declared today as White Shadows' day!
For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian,
enjoy being the Star of the day, dear White Shadows!
White Shadows has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today as White Shadows's Day! For being a great person and awesome Wikipedian, enjoy being the star of the day, White Shadows!
For your contributions to bring World War II (estimated annual readership: 13,803,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Million Award. Congratulations on this rare accomplishment, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers. -- Khazar2 (talk) 01:50, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
On behalf of the Military History Project, I am proud to present the The Milhist reviewing award (1 stripe) for October to December 2018 reviews. MilHistBot (talk) 01:06, 8 January 2019 (UTC)
Keep track of upcoming reviews. Just copy and paste {{WPMILHIST Review alerts}} to your user space
Impressive resume: over 50 DYKs, 43 Good Articles, 8 Good Article Topics, 1 Featured Article, and 2 Featured Article Lists.
Brought one of the most viewed articles on Wikipedia, World War II , to GA status. Among the few and privileged Million Award recipients. Dedicated and detailed research is a norm. Wikipedia needs more editors like White Shadows
Recognized for
membership in WikiProject Military history and WikiProject Ships