Wikipedia:Four Award/History

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The history of the WP:FOUR award dates back to early 2009. This page provides a list of notable events in the history of the award, as well as a leaderboard featuring users who have accumulated over 10 awards. Please feel free to add any notable events as you see fit and update the leaderboard as needed.

Leaderboard

User	Recent count	Four Award x 10 Ribbon	Four Award x 25 Ribbon	Four Award x 50 Ribbon
Crisco 1492	37	YJuly 6, 2013	YDecember 28, 2024
Casliber	36	YJanuary 11, 2012	YApril 12, 2016
YellowMonkey	33	N (retired)	N (retired)
Sasata	32	YSeptember 17, 2011	YMarch 11, 2012
Ian Rose	27	YSeptember 17, 2011	YJuly 9, 2014
Premeditated Chaos	23	YJuly 2, 2023
Wehwalt	21	YApril 25, 2012
Hawkeye7	21	YMarch 31, 2020
Usernameunique	19	YDecember 14, 2019
TonyTheTiger	16	YJune 18, 2012
Ergo Sum	16	YAugust 10, 2020
J Milburn	15	YApril 30, 2017
Ucucha	15	YSeptember 17, 2011
Ealdgyth	15	YSeptember 17, 2011
Hamiltonstone	14	YNovember 3, 2013
MaranoFan	13	YAugust 17, 2023
Gog the Mild	11	YDecember 29, 2023
Hog Farm	10	YFebruary 21, 2023

Notable events

1. February 24, 2009: Original version of File:Four Award.PNG created by TomasBat (talk · contribs)
2. February 24, 2009: Project page created by TomasBat with this edit
3. March 14, 2009: Final version of File:Four Award.PNG created by Smallman12q (talk · contribs)
4. March 21, 2009: Record log created by TomasBat with this edit
5. March 21, 2009: First {{Four Award Message}} by TomasBat to Casliber (talk · contribs) for Amanita ocreata with this edit
6. April 12, 2009: WP:FOUR shortcut redirect is created by TonyTheTiger (talk · contribs) with this edit
7. April 14, 2009: TonyTheTiger becomes the first multiple recipient of the award when Saxbe fix, Chicago Board of Trade Building, and South Side (Chicago) are recognized with this edit
8. April 17–19, 2009: Discussion among TomasBat, TonyTheTiger, J Milburn (talk · contribs), and Iridescent (talk · contribs) results in J Milburn and TonyTheTiger reformatting the record log to an alphabetical sortable table with dates included.
9. Mid-2009: Over the course of a few months TonyTheTiger reviews all pre-August 2007 featured articles to find the oldest Four Award articles.
10. October 7, 2009: Founder TomasBat retires from Wikipedia with this edit
11. November 8, 2009: TonyTheTiger initiates a proposal to move project from TomasBat's userspace to wikispace with this edit
12. November 9, 2009: Proposal discussion closed with unanimous consent among the first 16 respondents in just over 24 hours with this edit. At the time of the formalization of the project, 47 Wikipedians accounted for 73 recognized articles including 6 by TonyTheTiger, 5 by Ian Rose (talk · contribs), 4 by Cyclonebiskit (talk · contribs) and 3 Wikipedians with 3 each. No featured article had been demoted through the FAR process.
13. February 22, 2010: The project awarded its 100th recognition when TonyTheTiger promoted Steve Dodd by Hamiltonstone (talk · contribs).
14. March 24, 2010: The project had its first featured article demoted following the featured aticle review of Marine 69-71 (talk · contribs)'s Puerto Ricans in World War II.
15. May 9, 2010: When achieving his 10th award, Sasata (talk · contribs) became the editor with the most awards, becoming the second solo leader since users have had multiple awards. (He had tied at 8 for a few days and Ian Rose had tied for the lead at 4, 5, 6 and 7.)
16. September 13, 2010: Four Award started counting its totals with this edit by Little Mountain 5 (talk · contribs).
17. October 21, 2010: The project ribbon and 10-count ribbon were created by EdChem (talk · contribs).
18. April 15, 2011: Four Award started comparing its proportional articles and featured articles with this edit by Little Mountain 5.
19. June 2011: Various discussions led to the conclusion that early Four Awards for mere nominations at DYK, GAC and FAC were no longer to be recognized. Significant involvement at all stages is required.
20. June 19, 2011: Rjanag (talk · contribs) tweaked {{ArticleHistory}} to accommodate a FOUR parameter that populates Category:Wikipedia four award articles that he created, allowing the Four Award count to become semi-automated.
21. June 19–22, 2011: TonyTheTiger tagged the first 186 Four Award article talk pages with the parameter to fill in the new category.
22. June 25, 2011: Category:Possible Wikipedia four award articles created by Rjanag to accommodate all possible remaining Four Award candidates based on having been past DYKs, past GAs and current FAs.
23. July 25, 2011: TonyTheTiger promoted the 200th Four Award article, Peter Evans (swimmer) by YellowMonkey (talk · contribs).
24. August 21, 2011: TonyTheTiger promoted Émile Lemoine by Nousernamesleft (talk · contribs), making him the 100th current awardee.
25. August 24, 2011: TonyTheTiger promoted Mark Kerry by YellowMonkey (talk · contribs), giving him his 20th award and surpassing Sasata (talk · contribs) for the individual lead.
26. August 24, 2011: TonyTheTiger promoted T206 Honus Wagner by Nishkid64 (talk · contribs), becoming the 250th current FOUR article.
27. September 9, 2011: TonyTheTiger promoted Second Test, 1948 Ashes series by YellowMonkey (talk · contribs), becoming the 300th current FOUR article.
28. September 17, 2011: Category:Possible Wikipedia four award articles was cleared out for the first time, with a total of 320 FOUR articles by 130 different editors and approximately one in every 11,689 articles and one in every 10.6 featured articles. This process revealed dozens of FOUR-worthy articles by YellowMonkey (talk · contribs), giving him the most in the project with 32.
29. March 2, 2012: The project's percentage of featured articles went above ten percent, making it possible to change the ratio calculation to two decimal places.
30. March 11, 2012: The project's first Four Award Ribbon x25.png was awarded to Sasata for Boletus frostii by TonyTheTiger.
31. August 8, 2012: ItsZippy (talk · contribs) became the 150th unique editor with a current Four Award when TonyTheTiger promoted Problem of religious language as the 377th honored article.
32. August 27, 2012: Following the August 23, 2012 removal of Millennium '73 by Will Beback (talk · contribs) from the Four Award log, TRLIJC19 (talk · contribs) became the 150th unique editor with a current WP:FOUR when Little Mountain 5 promoted Give Peace a Chance (Grey's Anatomy) as the 382nd honored article.
33. December 31, 2012: Following the demotion of South Side, Chicago, TonyTheTiger became the first editor with multiple delisted nominations.
34. January 6, 2013: Following TonyTheTiger's promotion of Omphalotus nidiformis, Casliber was recognized as the editor responsible for the project's 400th article.
35. June 12, 2013: Following TonyTheTiger's promotion of McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk by Nick-D (talk · contribs) and Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar by Wehwalt (talk · contribs), FOURs #426 & #427, there was 1 FOUR article for every 9966 on Wikipedia, marking the first time there was more than one for every ten thousand articles.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 22:30, 12 June 2013 (UTC)
36. August 18, 2013: The project's ratio of featured articles:FOUR-awardees reached 8.99 (the first time below 9) with the promotion of Casliber's Aleeta curvicosta by TonyTheTiger.
37. May 30, 2014: Imzadi1979 promoted Clackline Bridge by Evad37 (talk · contribs), becoming the 500th current FOUR article.
38. June 4, 2017: Casliber awarded the first joint award (after all, we should be encouraging collaboration, right?) to Ribbon Salminen and Starship.paint for Wrestle Kingdom 9. Great work guys!
39. October 9, 2018: Casliber moved to the top of the leader board with their 34th Four Award.
40. August 12, 2020: It was established via discussion that co-nominations will be allowed, so long as editors can show significant collaboration throughout all WP:FOUR processes.
41. May 24, 2024: Following Premeditated Chaos's promotion of DeLancey W. Gill, Generalissima was recognized as the editor responsible for the project's 800th article.
42. December 5, 2024: Crisco 1492 set a single-day record by nominating 36 articles at once, causing equal parts celebration and carpal tunnel for those who promote.
43. December 11, 2024: Removal of Four Award for delisted FAs has been deprecated, on the grounds of being a total downer and not really in line with how other content awards work. Former FOURs have been restored to their rightful place in the records chart, albeit marked with †.