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-[[Image:Chapeltown_Stocks.jpg|thumb|right|Wikimedia's [[w:Stocks|village stocks]].]]
-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 ducking from the Wikimedia community]]
-===[[en: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 [[en:Main Page|Main Page]] instead of the article.
-===[[en: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] [[en:User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo]]; also accidentally [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&user=Animum&page=User%3AClueBot blocked] [[en:User:ClueBot|ClueBot]].
-===[[en: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&user=&page=User%3AJimbo+Wales&pattern=&limit=2&offset=8 block] WP founder and chief honcho [[en:User:Jimbo Wales|Jimbo]].
-===[[en:user:east718|east718]] ''for the it sounded like a good idea... award''===
-Who used an unapproved bot to add over ''1200'' useless revisions to the [[en:Main Page|Main Page]] in order to make it undeletable for curious individuals. He failed to hit the necessary 5000-revision mark, but did succeed in taking up lots of time and server resources.
-===[[en:User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] ''for the boldness award''===
-On August 1, 2005, Ed Poor, one of English Wikipedia's senior editors, boldly decided to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=Wikipedia%3AVotes+for+deletion delete] the entire [[en:WP:VFD|VFD deletion process]]. The whole episode is described in the [[en:WP:POST|Signpost]] article [[en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-08-08/Deletion deletion|"Deletion deletion"]].
-===[[commons:User:Majorly|Majorly]] ''for the Commons Era award''===
-As a [[Wikimedia Commons]] admin, he managed to [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page=Commons%3ADeletion+requests delete] the [[commons:Commons:Deletion requests|deletion requests]] page on 30 October 2007.
-===[[en:User:Scientizzle|Scientizzle]] ''for the baby and bathwater award''===
-Who succeeded in locking the servers for half an hour on January 16, 2008, by deleting English Wikipedia's [[en:Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]], as discussed at [[en:Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive355#Apologies everyone...|AN/I]]; other editors, thankful for the unexpected wikibreak, [[en:User talk:Scientizzle/Archive 5#Wikipedia:Sandbox|offered]] various Wikitrouts and barnstars.
-==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 Stocks "barn star" will be subjected to crushing by elephant.
-Consider using the following barnstar for serious Wiki-breaking offences:
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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 -->
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-:I nominate myself for a dumb edit on Wikinews. In a fit of uninformed knee-jerk reactionism deleted an image of a swastika off the main page. Only to find it had been there because someone had interviewed the National Socialist candidate for the U.S. presidency. Lesson learned: Swastikas have their place, and it is sometimes highly visible. --[[Special:Contributions/81.247.215.61|81.247.215.61]] 16:06, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
-==See also==
-* [[en:Wikipedia:Whacking with a Wet Trout]]