This page is considered an official policy on The Harry Potter Compendium.
It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that everyone should follow. Except for minor edits, please make use of the discussion page to propose changes to this policy.
Awards are given to exceptional users on The Harry Potter Compendium.
Prefect badge[]
A prefect award is given at a user's discretion for being an overall great user to this wiki. Usage for them is as follows. {{Prefect|~~~|Personalized message}}. This is how it will look:
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Users who have received it[]
Order of Merlin[]
An Order of Merlin award is given for having many edits. First class goes to users with 3,000 or more edits, second for 2,000, and third for 1,000.
Note: these awards are given to active users only.
Usage for them is as follows. {{Order of Merlin 1|~~~}} This is how it will look:
First Class[]
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Order of Merlin (First Class) |
| The Order of Merlin is awarded to you by Someone for having over three-thousand edits on The Harry Potter Compendium. |
Users who have received it[]
Second Class[]
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Order of Merlin (Second Class) |
| The Order of Merlin is awarded to you by Someone for having over two-thousand edits on The Harry Potter Compendium. |
Users who have received it[]
Third Class[]
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Order of Merlin (Third Class) |
| The Order of Merlin is awarded to you by Someone for having over one-thousand edits on The Harry Potter Compendium. |
Users who have received it[]
Merlin's Beard[]
This award is given to users who have made 10,000 edits. Code: {{Merlin's Beard}}
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Merlin's Beard! |
| Ten-thousand edits on The Harry Potter Compendium makes this user a POTTER FANATIC! |
Users who have received it[]
Birthday cake[]
The birthday cake can be given on or around a user's date of birth. For a list of user birthdays, see here. The code of the template is {{Birthday|personalised_message}} and its appearance is as follows:
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