For your efforts in removing some things best done without, I award you this barnstar! —Kirill Lokshin 03:45, 18 February 2006 (UTC)To Mackensen for his exceptional pearls for new administrators --Samir धर्म 03:48, 6 December 2006 (UTC)I award you the "what's-missing-in-the picture? non barnstar"! -- ( drini's page☎ ) 04:59, 23 February 2006 (UTC)It is my honour to award the Tireless Contributor Barnstar to Mackensen for his commitment and services to the encyclopedia over the years as an editor, admin, and arbitrator. -- Banes 12:50, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For your tireless efforts to combat sockpuppetry on the CheckUser page and elsewhere. May you sleep some nights. Essjay(Talk) 19:56, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
For moving all of the LACMTA station pages to the new syntax, I award you the working man's barnstar. Terrific work. Hbdragon88 01:51, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
For effective use of oversight and page protection to keep Wikipedia out of trouble- and thereby protecting an apparently innocent person's reputation. WjBscribe 13:40, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
Simply for doing your best in an impossible job. Rockpocket 00:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar
This barnstar is for you for working hard on train-related and train station related articles. I've seen you start some of the articles about Amtrak stations. NHRHS2010 talk 12:27, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
For your contributions to bring Pennsylvanian (train) to Good Article status. Thanks, and keep up the good work! -- Khazar2 (talk) 17:37, 28 July 2013 (UTC)
The Writer's Barnstar
Thank you so much for all of the wonderful content you have contributed to Wikipedia on various railroad-related topics, many of which weren't previously covered before you wrote about them. Please accept this barnstar as a small token of my appreciation. From one railfan to another, I really appreciate it. Thanks again! Michael Barera (talk) 01:13, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
For your contributions to bring North Coast Hiawatha to Good Article status. Thanks, and keep up the good work! -- Khazar2 (talk) 16:39, 24 November 2013 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For the well-referenced creation of the Budd SPV-2000 article. Great work! oknazevad (talk) 22:52, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
The Categorization Barnstar
Thank you so much for all your help categorizing the railroad-related photographs taken by Lawrence and David Barera, in addition to countless other rail photos. Please accept this barnstar as a small token of my appreciation. I know that categorization and recategorization are sometimes overlooked contributions on Wikimedia Commons, but I really, really do appreciate all of the hard work you've done that makes it easier for everyone to find and use all of these wonderful rail photos. Thanks again! Michael Barera (talk) 02:47, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
I saw you on my watchlist, and I said to myself: 'Antrocent, you ought to give that man a barn star'. So, hi. Antrocent (♫♬) 20:49, 27 July 2014 (UTC)
The Turbo Award
The Turboliner article looks great on the main page today! I just called my Dad to inform him about it, and he is pretty excited that a photo from his and his father's collection is featuring so prominently in the article. Also, I'm personally very excited to see such an interesting bit of Amtrak history now at the Good Article level. Thanks so much for all your time and effort on the article. Take care! Michael Barera (talk) 16:49, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
This is to acknowledge your 50 (and counting!) contributions to the DYK page, on the topics of railway networks, professional baseball players, and other sports articles. Thank you for making Wikipedia a more comprehensive and interesting encyclopedia! Yoninah (talk) 00:39, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
The Writer's Barnstar
Great job promoting Superliner (railcar) to GA and to DYK! Fantastic work. One of the best pieces I've seen on the Main Page in a while. MX (✉ • ✎) 16:18, 14 July 2017 (UTC)
The Writer's Barnstar
Great work on taking the Superliner article to Featured Article status! Please accept this barnstar as a small token of my appreciation. I am always amazed and inspired by your railroad-related contributions. Michael Barera (talk) 18:01, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
Four Award
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Hi-Level. Usernameunique (talk) 07:01, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
