Wikipedia:W Awards

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The W Awards are elite accolades recognizing the highest ability to bring content to the masses. The original Golden W means that you've had content in all of the original areas of the

WP:GA
sector of Wikipedia (even though GAs are not featured on the main page, they still give more information to teach others).

For each of the main page areas, you must have been a major editor of the article or a major participant in the article's nomination for that area as applicable (POTD has no nomination and OTD has a sort of submission process for hooks that get evaluated). The purpose of this award is to teach and give information to others by getting things featured onto the Main Page.

Content does not have to be featured at the time of the nomination and if it loses featured status after the award, the award status is unaffected because this award recognizes the achievement of the main page appearance rather than the featured content itself. You must document that you have made a successful contribution to each section of the main page, not that the content currently is featured.

Read the criteria below for achieving the awards. If you believe you meet the requirements, you may apply for this award at § Current nominations.

Award List and Their Requirements

Award list

This list highlights each of the awards and what is needed for it's nomination.

Award image Award Needed for nomination
Bronze W Award An article featured at Today's featured article OR an article featured at Today's featured list and 5 DYKs featured on the main page.
Silver W Award An article featured at Today's featured article, an article featured at Today's featured list, and a photograph you created or nominated at Picture of the day.
Golden W Award An article featured at Today's Featured Article, one featured on In The News, one featured in DYK, one featured in the On This Day, a picture featured on Picture of the day.
Platinum W Award Everything in the Golden W twice, have two articles at Today's featured list, and any 2 articles featured (except a Featured Article) be a good article.

Criteria

This list shows the criteria and it's description for what it is. This is what is needed to be given any of the above awards.

You must have an article that you created and/or significantly improved and nominated for
Today's Featured Article or at the Main Page
.
You must have an article that you created and/or substantially updated and nominated for
In the News appear at the Main Page
in that section, with you being credited.
You must have an article that you started and expanded fivefold be displayed at the
Did You Know...
, with you being credited.
You must have an article that you created or significantly improved and nominated for
On This Day displayed on the Main Page
.
You must have a picture that you uploaded or nominated for
Picture of the Day on the Main Page
.
You must have an article that you created and/or significantly improved and nominated for
Today's Featured List or at the Main Page
.
Have any of the articles featured on the
good article
at the time of the GA nomination.
BONUS: Have any
Featured Topic featured on the Main Page

Current nominations

Before nominating, please read the nomination process at Wikipedia:W Awards/Nominations

October 2024 nominations

See also

  • The Four Award
  • The Triple Crown Awards

Notes