Barnstars are decorative awards that are given to users to thank them for editing and article or reverting vandalism, they are oftenly 5 pointed but also sometimes in a wagon wheel style which is to adorn a barn. Barnstars characteristics, such as border, background colour, text colour, text and image can be altered depending on the purpose of gifting a user one. Here is an example of a barnstar; This is an award given for signing a guest book.