Wikipedia:Incremental service awards (Ribbons)

This page in a nutshell: Some editors choose to acknowledge their service to Wikipedia by displaying a service award, which denotes time served and number of edits made. These awards are unofficial – displaying the wrong one carries no penalty (except possible disapproval from other editors), and displaying the right one does not indicate authority or competence (except possible respect from other editors).

Incremental service awards are a simple way of acknowledging an editor's level of contribution based on two specific benchmarks: the number of contributions the editor made to Wikipedia and the length of time they have been registered. Academic interlocutors have described Wikipedia's service award schema as a way to award the self. The incremental service awards extend that tenet.

Unlike the Standard Unofficial Service Awards these awards are used to allow the users to have awards in-between the Major service awards.

Please remember that time spent with and number of edits to Wikipedia are not indicative of the quality of an editor's contributions, or of their diplomatic ability. Service awards also do not indicate any level of authority; "veteran" editors have no more authority than "novice" editors.

Levels

Currently there are 20 incremental service awards, four levels each for the first five service awards. The images for further incremental service awards still exist (although the templates are not available)—check this page history for their use.

To keep the validity and status of the major service awards, a ribbon is the only variant of the incremental service award.

List of requirements for incremental service awards

Award		Level	Number of levels	Edits	Incremental number of edits	Period	Incremental length of period
1	Registered Editor (or Signator)	Level 2	4	50	50 edits	8 days	7 days
		Level 3		100		15 days
		Level 4		150		23 days
2	Novice Editor (or Burba)	Level 2		400	200 edits	1 month 15 days	15 days
		Level 3		600		2 months
		Level 4		800		2 months 15 days
3	Apprentice Editor (or Novato)	Level 2		1,250	250 edits	3 months 23 days	23 days
		Level 3		1,500		4 months 15 days
		Level 4		1,750		5 months 8 days
4	Journeyman Editor (or Grognard)	Level 2		2,500	500 edits	7 months 15 days	1 month 15 days
		Level 3		3,000		9 months
		Level 4		3,500		10 months 15 days
5	Yeoman Editor (or Grognard Extraordinaire)	Level 2		4,500		13 months 15 days
		Level 3		5,000		15 months
		Level 4		5,500		16 months 15 days

Ribbons

Level	Ribbons	Small ribbons	Requirements
Registered Editor (or Signator) edit
Level 2	The Signator lv 2, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 8 days and completion of 50 edits {{Registered Editor lv2 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib01-2.svg	50 edits 8 days of service
Level 3	The Signator lv 3, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 15 days and completion of 100 edits {{Registered Editor lv3 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib01-3.svg	100 edits 15 days of service
Level 4	The Signator lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 23 days and completion of 150 edits {{Registered Editor lv4 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib01-4.svg	150 edits 23 days of service
Novice Editor (or Burba) edit
Level 2	The Novice lv 2, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 1 month 15 days and completion of 400 edits {{Burba lv2 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib02-2.svg	400 edits 1 month 15 days of service
Level 3	The Novice lv 3, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 2 months and completion of 600 edits {{Burba lv3 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib02-3.svg	600 edits 2 months of service
Level 4	The Novice lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 2 months 15 days and completion of 800 edits {{Burba lv4 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib02-4.svg	800 edits 2 months 15 days of service
Apprentice Editor (or Novato) edit
Level 2	The Apprentice lv 2, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 3 months 23 days and completion of 1,250 edits {{Apprentice lv2 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib03-2.svg	1,250 edits 3 months 23 days of service
Level 3	The Apprentice lv 3, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 4 months 15 days and completion of 1,500 edits {{Apprentice lv3 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib03-3.svg	1,500 edits 4 months 15 days of service
Level 4	The Apprentice lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 5 months 8 days and completion of 1,750 edits {{Apprentice lv4 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib03-4.svg	1,750 edits 5 months 8 days of service
Journeyman Editor (or Grognard) edit
Level 2	The Journeyman lv 2, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 7 months 15 days and completion of 2,500 edits {{Journeyman lv2 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib04-2.svg	2,500 edits 7 months 15 days of service
Level 3	The Journeyman lv 3, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 9 months and completion of 3,000 edits {{Journeyman lv3 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib04-3.svg	3,000 edits 9 months of service
Level 4	The Journeyman lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 10 months 15 days and completion of 3,500 edits {{Journeyman lv4 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib04-4.svg	3,500 edits 10 months 15 days of service
Yeoman Editor (or Grognard Extraordinaire) edit
Level 2	The Yeoman lv 2, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 13 months 15 days and completion of 4,500 edits {{Yeoman lv2 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib05-2.svg	4,500 edits 13 months 15 days of service
Level 3	The Yeoman lv 3, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 15 months and completion of 5,000 edits {{Yeoman lv3 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib05-3.svg	5,000 edits 15 months of service
Level 4	The Yeoman lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 16 months 15 days and completion of 5,500 edits {{Yeoman lv4 Ribbon}}	File:Editorrib05-4.svg	5,500 edits 16 months 15 days of service

v t e Awards, decorations, and medals of Wikipedia
Awarded by co-founder Jimmy Wales	Order of the Day Wikimedian of the Year also by country
Awards by WikiProject	WikiCup Editor of the Week W Award Four Award Triple Crown Million Award Impact • Precious
Barnstars and other personal awards	Barnstar awards by topic Personal user awards Personal greetings and cheers Awards by country 2.0 Ribbons
Awards by number of edits	Service awards Incremental service awards Administrative service awards
See also	WikiLove Thanks! Reward board Contests Merchandise giveaways
WikiProject Wikipedia Awards Kindness Campaign

Wikipedia:Incremental service awards (Ribbons)

Levels

List of requirements for incremental service awards

Ribbons

Registered Editor (or Signator)

Novice Editor (or Burba)

Apprentice Editor (or Novato)

Journeyman Editor (or Grognard)

Yeoman Editor (or Grognard Extraordinaire)

See also