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-[[Image:Chapeltown_Stocks.jpg|thumb|right|Wikipedia's [[Stocks|village stocks]], found a short distance from the [[WP:PUMP|village pump]]]]
-It is a truth universally acknowledged that intelligent and otherwise sensible editors and administrators occasionally engage in acts of extreme stupidity.
-Based on the fundamental principle that such blatant disregard of sensibility, however unintended, is best punished by humiliation, the '''village stocks''' have been built to identify the wiki-idiots in our midst.
-==Hall of shame==
-[[Image:Cucking stool.png|thumb|right|A foolish administrator receives a ritual [[WP:DUCK|ducking]] from the Wikipedia community]]
-===[[User:AmiDaniel|AmiDaniel]] ''for the revert the right page award'' ===
-Who succeeded in [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=prev&oldid=61168673 reverting] vandalism, but posted the reversion to the [[Main Page]] instead of the article.
-===[[User:Animum|Animum]] ''for the lèse majesté award''===
-'''Self-confession''' – Was somehow overly impetuous and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User%3AJimbo_Wales&diff=183936104&oldid=183936036 reverted] [[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo]]; also accidentally [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=Animum&page=User%3AClueBot blocked] [[User:ClueBot|ClueBot]].
-===[[User:Dan100|Dan100]] ''for the most understated use of OOPS! as an edit summary award''===
-On [[12 December]] [[2005]], did, with shocking lack of situational awareness, [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:Jimbo_Wales block] WP founder and chief honcho [[User:Jimbo|Jimbo]].
-===[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] ''for the [[WP:BOLD|boldness]] award''===
-On August 1, 2005, Ed Poor, one of Wikipedia's senior editors, [[WP:BOLD|boldly]] decided to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=Wikipedia%3AVotes+for+deletion delete] the entire [[WP:VFD|VFD deletion process]]. The whole episode is described in the [[WP:POST|Signpost]] article [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-08-08/Deletion deletion|"Deletion deletion"]].
-===[[User:Maxim|Maxim]] ''for the "what does this button do?" award''===
-Who managed, on [[3 February]] [[2008]], to delete the [[Main Page]], because [[WP:BEANS|someone told him it could not be done]]. (confession: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AAdministrators%27_noticeboard%2FIncidents&diff=188874109&oldid=188873946])  Moral of the story: [[WP:DDMP|Don't delete the main page]]
-===[[User:Scientizzle|Scientizzle]] ''for the baby and bathwater award''===
-Who succeeded in locking the servers for half an hour on [[16 January]] [[2008]] by deleting the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]], as discussed at [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive355#Apologies everyone...|AN/I]] and thus achieved various [[WP:TROUT|Wikitrouts]] and barn stars on his/her [[User talk:Scientizzle/Archive 5#Wikipedia:Sandbox|user page]].
-===[[User:Betacommand]] ''for the it sounded like a good idea... award''===
-Who, along with [[User:East718]], used [[User:Betacommandbot|Betacommandbot]] to add over ''1200'' null revisions to the Main Page in order to make it undeletable for curious individuals. They failed to hit the necessary 5000-revision mark, but did succeed in taking up lots of time and server resources.
-==Nominations==
-[[Image:The arrest of Bligh propaganda cartoon from around 1810.jpg|thumb|right|"Fair cop, guv!" declares the administrator as he is arrested.  "Let that be a lesson to us all." ]]
-Any editor perpetrating an act of extreme but logical stupidity can be nominated for this page, if the act or result is outrageous or amusing, but it is advisable to get their agreement, to avoid unnecessary and inappropriate distress.
-Please note this is NOT a [[pillory]].  Its purpose is to amuse, and in essence is a type of [[cautionary tale]], warning us all of the pitfalls waiting to lure us all in.  It should never be offensive or accusatory, and anyone posted is free to remove themselves at any time.
-Admins deliberately performing reckless acts in order to win admission to the page and gain the coveted [[Template:Stocks|Stocks "barn star"]] will be [[Shunning|shunned]].
-Sentences can be confirmed by posting [[Template:Stocks]] on the recipient's talk page.  Consider also using the following barnstar for serious Wiki-breaking offences:
-{| style="border: 1px solid {{{border|gray}}}; background-color: {{{color|#fdffe7}}};"
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-|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The Destroyer of the Wiki Barnstar'''
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-|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Oh my gosh what did you do now it seems there are monkeys and fish everywhere someone help they a... <!-- text goes here; credit to Alison for the award -->
-|}
-==See also==
-* [[Wikipedia:Whacking with a Wet Trout]]
-[[Category:Wikipedia humor|Village stocks]]
-[[Category:Wikipedia culture|Village stocks]]